1. Lung transplantation from donation after cardiac death (non-heart-beating) donors

   • Takahiro Oto

   Current Topics Review Article 12 November 2008 Pages: 533 - 538

2. Secondary spontaneous pneumothorax associated with emphysema and ruptured bullae at the azygoesophageal recess

   • Katsuyuki Asai
   • Norikazu Urabe

   Original Article 12 November 2008 Pages: 539 - 543

3. Thrombotic occlusion of Blalock-Taussig shunt in a patient with unnoticed protein C deficiency

   • Manabu Watanabe
   • Mitsuru Aoki
   • Tadashi Fujiwara

   Case Report 12 November 2008 Pages: 544 - 546

4. Large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma without immunohistological positivity or serum elevation of CEA until relapse

   • Yasutaka Watanabe
   • Shunsuke Endo
   • Yasunori Sohara

   Case Report 12 November 2008 Pages: 547 - 550

5. Surgical management and treatment of a traumatic right atrial rupture

   • Takeshi Hakuba
   • Naoki Minato
   • Keiji Kamohara

   Case Report 12 November 2008 Pages: 551 - 554

6. Thyroid carcinoma with extensive tumor thrombus in the atrium

   • Yuko Yamagami
   • Masayuki Tori
   • Kazuyasu Nakao

   Case Report 12 November 2008 Pages: 555 - 558

7. Tricuspid valve replacement and levosimendan

   • Ferit Cicekcioglu
   • Ali Ihsan Parlar
   • Salih Fehmi Katircioglu

   Case Report 12 November 2008 Pages: 559 - 562

8. Levosimendan and severe pulmonary hypertension during open heart surgery

   • Ferit Cicekcioglu
   • Ali Ihsan Parlar
   • S. Fehmi Katircioglu

   Case Report 12 November 2008 Pages: 563 - 565

9. Large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma in the thymus

   • Seiji Mega
   • Mitsuru Oguri
   • Satoshi Kondo

   Case Report 12 November 2008 Pages: 566 - 569

10. Pulmonary embolism and cerebral venous thrombosis after thoracoscopic surgery for benign pulmonary disease

    • Takehiro Sakai
    • Yuta Ogura
    • Ikuo Fukuda

    Case Report 12 November 2008 Pages: 570 - 574