What expectations are realistic in the surgical outcome of acute type-A aortic dissection? Teruhisa Kazui Editorial Pages: 47 - 48
Video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy reduces the morbidity after surgery for stage I non-small cell lung cancer Masashi MuraokaTadayuki OkaTakeshi Nagayasu Original Article Pages: 49 - 55
Easier node dissection after chemoradiotherapy for lung cancer with collagen insertion at mediastinoscopy Kenichi OkuboMasashi KobayashiEiichi Hayatsu Original Article 13 January 2010 Pages: 268 - 272
Midterm results of mitral valve repair with the Carpentier-Edwards rigid ring Yoshimasa SakamotoKazuhiro HashimotoMichio Yoshitake Original Article Pages: 56 - 60
End-to-side anastomosis for coarctation of the aorta and type a aortic arch interruption with hypoplastic aortic arch Masahito YamashiroYukihiro TakahashiToshio Kikuchi Original Article 13 January 2010 Pages: 273 - 277
Lower limits of hematocrit and mixed venous oxygen saturation ensuring sufficient cerebral oxygenation during hemodilution in rabbits Koji OgataHidenori InoueMasahiko Matsumoto Original Article Pages: 61 - 66
Effects of rabeprazole or famotidine during cardiac surgery on perioperative gastric and esophageal pH readings Shigeyoshi GonYoshihito IrieMono Takahashi Original Article 13 January 2010 Pages: 278 - 284
Aortic valve perforation due to latent infective endocarditis Mamoru MunakataHiroyuki ItayaYuichi Ono Case Report Pages: 67 - 69
Resection of a cardiac tumor extending into the inferior vena cava presenting as Budd-Chiari syndrome Naruto MatsudaMunehiro SaikiShigetsugu Ohgi Case Report Pages: 285 - 288
Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy for chronic pulmonary thromboembolism in protein C deficiency Masato YoshidaNobuhiko MukoharaYutaka Okita Case Report Pages: 70 - 74
Intrapulmonary metastasis developing eighteen years after complete resection of thymoma Mamoru UemuraMasahiko HigashiyamaKen Kodama Case Report Pages: 289 - 292
Use of an audible ultrasonic flowmeter to locate deeply buried coronary arteries for off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting Keita KikuchiHaruo MakuuchiKiyoshi Chiba Case Report Pages: 75 - 77
Pulmonary lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue type followed as a long-standing indeterminate lesion in immunoglobulin M-type paraproteinemia Yasushi SakamakiHyung-Eun YoonMasami Imakita Case Report Pages: 293 - 296
Successful treatment of myocotic thoracic aortic aneurysm by in situ graft replacement with omental wrapping Yoshiharu NishimuraYoshitaka OkamuraShigeru Komori Case report Pages: 78 - 80
Infective endocarditis with congenital heart disease Yasuyuki SuzukiKazuyuki DaitokuIkuo Fukuda Case Report Pages: 297 - 300
Valve-on-valve technique for replacement of degenerated tricuspid bioprosthetic valve without explantation Hirofumi MidorikawaKouichi SatouShunichi Hoshino Case Report Pages: 81 - 84
Homemade endovascular treatment of postoperativi aortobronchial fistulas Yosuke TakahashiYasuyuki SasakiShigefumi Suehiro Case Report Pages: 301 - 304
Replacement of the common atrioventricular valve with floating annuloplasty in a patient with univentricular physiology Masataka SatoYuji HiramatsuYuzuru Sakakibara Case Report Pages: 85 - 87
Obstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract due to pannus formation after the implantation of a carbomedics aortic valve Ken-ichi ImasakaMasahiro OeHitoshi Sumida Case Report Pages: 304 - 307
Reversal of delayed-onset paraplegia with thrombectomy of an interposed graft for the intercostal artery after thoracic descending aortic aneurysm repair Hidenori SakoTetsuo HadamaEriko Iwata Case Report Pages: 88 - 91
Primary pulmonary valve papillary fibroelastoma Satoshi TobeKazunori YoshidaMasahito Kawata Case Report Pages: 308 - 310
Gorham’s disease complicated by chyloma of the chest wall Akihiko KitamiTakashi SuzukiMitsutaka Kadokura Case Report Pages: 311 - 313
Extended parasternal approach for aortic and tricuspid valve surgery Masayoshi UmesueKoji MatsuzakiKanzi Matsui Case Report Pages: 314 - 317