1. Flow dynamic comparison of In-situ internal thoracic and gastroepiploic arterial conduits

   • Yasunori Iida
   • Yukio Obitsu
   • Hiroshi Shigematsu

   Original Article Pages: 233 - 238

2. Aortic valve replacement with a 16-mm carboMedics valve in adult patients

   • Takeru Shimomura
   • Tadahito Eda
   • Katsuhiko Yoshida

   Case Report Pages: 239 - 241

3. Leiomyoma originating from the extrapleural tissue of the chest wall

   • Naohiro Nose
   • Masaaki Inoue
   • Kosei Yasumoto

   Case Report Pages: 242 - 245

4. Infective endocarditis with an aortic periannular abscess extending along the right coronary artery

   • Shunei Saito
   • Akihiko Usui
   • Yuichi Ueda

   Case Report Pages: 246 - 248

5. Systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve despite the sliding leaflet technique for repair of the mitral valve

   • Kozo Fukui
   • Masaharu Hatakeyama
   • Ikuo Fukuda

   Case Report Pages: 249 - 252

6. Revascularization using satellite vein after radial artery harvested for coronary artery bypass grafting

   • Shigeyoshi Gon
   • Shigehiko Yoshida
   • Eiichi Inada

   Case Report Pages: 253 - 255

7. Large cell neuroendocrine thymic carcinoma coexisting within large who type AB thymoma

   • Yoko Nagata
   • Kiyoshi Ohno
   • Yuko Suzuki

   Case Report Pages: 256 - 259

8. Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the pulmonary artery

   • Shu Yamamoto
   • Takeshi Shichijo
   • Toshihide Hinoi

   Case Report Pages: 260 - 262

9. Resected case of synovial sarcoma in the pleural cavity

   • Takuma Tsukioka
   • Kiyotoshi Inoue
   • Shigefumi Suehiro

   Case Report Pages: 263 - 266