1. Ablate we must; tools may vary!

   • A. M. Patwardhan

   Editorial Pages: 101 - 103

2. Presidential Address

   • N. Prabhudev

   EditorialNotes Pages: 104 - 107

3. ‘Twists, travails & triumphs of pediatric and congenital heart surgery in India’

   • Suresh G. Rao

   Sadasivan Oration Pages: 108 - 110

4. The challenge of pulmonary tuberculosis and the thoracic surgeon

   • RK Dewan

   Godrej Karai Oration Pages: 111 - 115

5. Coronary endarterectomy on beating heart: Our experience

   • Uday Eknathrao Jadhav
   • Raghavendra Chikkatur
   • Anil Tendolkai

   Original Articles Pages: 116 - 120

6. Left ventricular mass regression following aortic valve replacement with mechanical valves

   • Ashutosh Singh
   • Vidyut Kumar Sinha
   • Jagdish Kharideparkar

   Original Articles Pages: 121 - 125

7. Is chlamydia pneumoniae associated with calcification in coronary atherosclerosis?

   • Sanjay Mammen Cherian
   • Sarasa Bharati Arumugam
   • Bayalal Ragavendra Jagannath

   Original Articles Pages: 126 - 131

8. Outcomes of surgical management of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm

   • Ritwick Raj Bhuyan
   • Adil Sadiq
   • Jayakumar Karunakaran

   Original Articles Pages: 132 - 136

9. The problems and advantages of one lung ventilation during surgical intervention in pulmonary hydatid cyst disease

   • Hidir Esme
   • Huseyin Fidan
   • Ahmet Cekirdekci

   Original Articles Pages: 137 - 140

10. Pulmonary artery aneurysm repair with Mersilene Mesh: Report of a case

    • Davoodabadi Abdoulhossein
    • Razi Ebrahim

    Case Reports Pages: 141 - 142

11. Cardiac tamponade: An unusual complication following left upper lobectomy for post-tubercular aspergilloma: A case report

    • Suraj Pradhan
    • Anand Padmanabhan Iyer
    • Madathipat Unnikrishnan

    Case Reports Pages: 143 - 144

12. Large plasma cell tumour of the lung in a young adult—A case report

    • Gutam Sen
    • Mona Tiwari
    • Shubha Gupta

    Case Reports Pages: 145 - 147

13. Mediastinal dermoid presenting as a supra sternal fleshy mass

    • Bhabatosh Biswas

    Case Reports Pages: 148 - 149

14. Postoperative chylothorax after cardiac surgery—A rare presentation

    • Binary Krishna Sarkar
    • Subhankar Bhattacharya
    • Uday Narayan Sarkar

    Case Reports Pages: 150 - 152

15. Left main ostial reconstruction

    • Sachin Talwar
    • Gurpreet Singh Gulati
    • Arkalgud Sampath Kumar

    Images Pages: 153 - 154

16. Norman E. Shumway, MD, PhD (1923–2006)

    • Bruce A. Reitz
    • William A. Baumgartner

    Obituary Pages: 155 - 156

17. Sir Brian Gerald Barratt-Boyes, KBE (1924–2006)

    • Dasari Prasada Rao

    Obituary Pages: 157 - 157

18. Report of National Cardiac Surgical Registry, 2004

    • P. V. Satyanarayana

    Database Registry Pages: 158 - 160