1. In memoriam: Juro Wada (1922–2011)

   • Hideo Nagara

   Obituary 28 March 2012 Pages: 191 - 191

2. Trends in and perspectives on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe adult respiratory failure

   • Tomohito Sadahiro
   • Shigeto Oda
   • Koichiro Shinozaki

   Current Topics Review Article 28 March 2012 Pages: 192 - 201

3. Outcomes and long-term quality of life of patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction who underwent coronary artery bypass surgery

   • Saeed Davoodi
   • Mehrdad Sheikhvatan
   • Mahmood Sheikh Fathollahi

   Original Article 28 March 2012 Pages: 202 - 212

4. Survival and quality of life of octogenarians who underwent mechanical valve replacement at a younger age

   • Wataru Hashimoto
   • Kazuyoshi Tanigawa
   • Kiyoyuki Eishi

   Original Article 28 March 2012 Pages: 213 - 216

5. Propensity analysis of outcome in coronary artery bypass graft surgery patients >75 years old

   • Bassel S. Al-Alao
   • Haralabos Parissis
   • Vincent K. Young

   Original Article 28 March 2012 Pages: 217 - 224

6. Isolated dissecting aneurysm of the brachiocephalic artery associated with contained rupture

   • Tomoaki Hirose
   • Nobuoki Tabayashi
   • Shigeki Taniguchi

   Case Report 28 March 2012 Pages: 225 - 227

7. Combined aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass grafting for a calcified ascending aorta

   • Hironori Baba
   • Masayoshi Umesue
   • Shigeki Morita

   Case Report 28 March 2012 Pages: 228 - 232

8. Surgical resection and reconstruction for a giant cell tumor of the anterior rib

   • Akira Mogi
   • Takayuki Kosaka
   • Hiroyuki Kuwano

   Case Report 28 March 2012 Pages: 233 - 236

9. Intrathoracic ganglioneuroma surrounding left vertebral and subclavian arteries successfully resected by modified trapdoor thoracotomy

   • Masayuki Okui
   • Takashi Ohtsuka
   • Hiroaki Nomori

   Case Report 28 March 2012 Pages: 237 - 239

10. cT1aN0M0 lung adenocarcinoma treated with left S9+10 segmentectomy followed by completion lobectomy for a solitary metastasis (isolated tumor cells) in the neighboring segmental lymph node

    • Kohei Hashimoto
    • Takashi Ohtsuka
    • Hiroaki Nomori

    Case Report 28 March 2012 Pages: 240 - 243

11. Anastomosis of left to right superior vena cava for repair of Unroofed Coronary Sinus

    • Shingo Chihara
    • Hiroshi Yasunaga
    • Kageshige Todo

    How to Do It 28 March 2012 Pages: 244 - 246

12. Aortic arch occlusion technique using a balloon during open proximal anastomosis

    • Shinya Fukui
    • Masataka Mitsuno
    • Yuji Miyamoto

    How to Do It 28 March 2012 Pages: 247 - 248

13. Bronchoplasty with continuous sutures for non-small-cell lung cancer

    • Hitoshi Igai
    • Hiroyasu Yokomise

    How to Do It 28 March 2012 Pages: 249 - 251