Risk factors for open heart surgery in hemodialysis patients Mitsuhiro YamamuraMasataka MitsunoYuji Miyamoto Original Article 15 May 2009 Pages: 235 - 238
Mediastinal lymph node carcinoma of an unknown primary site: clinicopathological examination Ken MiwaShinji FujiokaHiroshige Nakamura Original Article 15 May 2009 Pages: 239 - 243
Retrospective investigation of pulmonary resection in patients with high total pulmonary vascular resistance during preoperative unilateral pulmonary artery occlusion Yoshinori NagamatsuAkira OhkitaKazuo Shirouzu Original Article 15 May 2009 Pages: 244 - 249
Infected aortic aneurysm, purulent pericarditis, and pulmonary trunk rupture caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Shunei SaitoAkio MatsuuraHideki Ito Case Report 15 May 2009 Pages: 250 - 252
Successful repair of atrial fibrillation by surgical ablation in a patient with persistent left superior vena cava and mitral stenosis Min-Ho SongTomohiro NakayamaTsuyoshi Hibino Case Report 15 May 2009 Pages: 253 - 254
Aortoesophageal fistula due to esophageal ulcer Shinji TakanoKazuhiro KatsuharaYoshihisa Hohjo Case Report 15 May 2009 Pages: 255 - 257
Carinal wedge resection for lipoma combined with bronchoplastic lobectomy for lung cancer Masatsugu HamajiToru TanakaYoichiro Ueno Case Report 15 May 2009 Pages: 258 - 260
Complex bronchial ruptures successfully treated with primary reconstruction and limited lung resection Hassan Jamal-EddineAdel K. AyedNael Al-Sarraf Case Report 15 May 2009 Pages: 261 - 263
Stage Ia malignant pleural mesothelioma: clinical course and appropriate diagnostic process Ryo MaedaNoritaka IsowaYuji Kawasaki Case Report 15 May 2009 Pages: 264 - 268
Clear cell carcinoma originating from ectopic thymus Masaya OkudaCheng-long HuangHiroyasu Yokomise Case Report 15 May 2009 Pages: 269 - 271
Spontaneous regression of an invasive thymoma Yojiro YutakaMitsugu OmasaToshihiko Taki Case Report 15 May 2009 Pages: 272 - 274
Catastrophic hemorrhage due to aortic injury during resternotomy: what to do? Yutaka ImotoAkira SeseTakashi Kajiwara How to Do It 15 May 2009 Pages: 275 - 277