Preoperative evaluation using asialoscintigraphy in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with noncardiac liver cirrhosis Yoshiyuki TakamiHiroshi Masumoto ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 463 - 468
Atrial septal defect repair through limited lateral thoracotomy in children Takeshi ShinkawaMasaaki YamagishiHitoshi Yaku ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 469 - 471
Skeletonized harvesting improves the early-term and mid-term perfect patency of a radial artery graft Naoto MiyagiNagahisa OshimaMakoto Sunamori ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 472 - 476
Predictors of surgical indications for acute type B aortic dissection based on enlargement of aortic diameter during the chronic phase Hideyuki KunishigeKazuhiro MyojinJunichi Oka ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 477 - 482
Aorto-right atrial fistula following acute type A aortic dissection repair Kazuchika SuzukiTeruhisa KazuiNaoki Washiyama CASE REPORT Pages: 483 - 485
Massive pulmonary embolism after off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery Masaki HashimotoMasakazu AokiYoshiyuki Nishimura CASE REPORT Pages: 486 - 489
Unusually high serum levels of lactate dehydrogenase without perivalvular leakage following double valve replacement: predictor of tetany attack after thyroidectomy Masaaki RyomotoYuji MiyamotoHiroe Tanaka CASE REPORT Pages: 490 - 491
First-stage angioplasty for a single ventricle with pulmonary artery coarctation Shin TakabayashiHideto ShimpoHideki Iwata CASE REPORT Pages: 492 - 495
Aortic valvular insufficiency and postductal aortic coarctation with small aorta syndrome: one-stage surgical management using extra anatomic bypass through median sternotomy Toru MizumotoToshiya TokuiHideki Fujii CASE REPORT Pages: 496 - 499
Annular reconstruction for mitral valve replacement in a destroyed or calcified mitral annulus Shigeru SakamotoJunichi MatsubaraJun Kiyosawa CASE REPORT Pages: 500 - 503
Pleuropulmonary blastoma in a 12-year-old boy presenting with pneumothorax Hiroki NumanamiMotoya TanakaMasayuki Haniuda CASE REPORT Pages: 504 - 506
Pleural space sterilization using gentian violet irrigation for postbullectomy empyema associated with artificial material infection Katsuyuki AsaiNorikazu UrabeKazutoshi Asano CASE REPORT Pages: 507 - 509