Long-term benefits of internal thoracic artery-coronary artery bypass in Japanese patients Soichiro KitamuraKanji KawachiHidehito Sakaguchi Original Article Pages: 1 - 10
Clinical evaluation of adjuvant chemoradiotherapy with CDDP, 5-Fu, and VP-16 for advanced esophageal cancer Hidenori MukaidaToshihiro HiraiTetsuya Toge Original Article Pages: 11 - 17
The effect of pump flow on cerebral oxygen metabolism during cardiopulmonary bypass Hiroyuki Sakahashi Original Article Pages: 18 - 24
Reoperative coronary artery bypass grafting without cardiopulmonary bypass Kenji TakahashiShoichi TakahashiSohei Suzuki Original Article Pages: 25 - 29
The oxygen transporting capability of neo red cells (NRC) evaluated under total cardiopulmonary bypass Yotaro IzumiTakeshi YamahataMakio Mukai Original Article Pages: 30 - 37
Strategies for preventing stroke after coronary artery bypass grafting Ikuo FukudaHideya UnnoYuichiro Kaminishi Original Article Pages: 38 - 45
Blood flow velocity in the ophthalmic artery measured by doppler ultrasonography during cardiopulmonary bypass —Usefullness for cerebral perfusion monitor— Masahiro AibaShigeaki SekiguchiToshihiro Takaba Original Article Pages: 46 - 50
Pleural adenosine deaminase levels in tuberculous pleurisy —Its diagnostic performance under the different prevalences in the different age of population— Tetsuro HamadaMasaki SanakaTsuguo Hasegawa Original Article Pages: 51 - 57
The propriety of bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting in women Keiji KamoharaRyuzo SakataAkihiro Sugimoto Original Article Pages: 58 - 64
Experimental study in partial liquid ventilation for acute respiratory failure after ischemia reperfusion pulmonary injury in a rabbit model Yoshimitsu Momoki Original Article Pages: 65 - 70
Removal of infected pacemaker lead through sternotomy without cardiopulmonary bypass Yasushi MatsumotoKatsushi AkemotoHisao Sasaki Case Report Pages: 71 - 74
Three cases of right-sided active endocarditis with multiple pulmonary infarction Hiroyuki TsukuiKuniyoshi OharaKouhei Abe Case Report Pages: 75 - 80
A case report of aortoesophageal fistula due to thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm Shogo NakayamaKazuaki MinamiHiroshi Tsuneyoshi Case Report Pages: 81 - 84
Two cases of surgical treatment of recrudescent Stanford type a dissection after early thrombogenic closure without intimal tear Hirofumi IdeMasaya SatoKen-ichi Sudo Case Report Pages: 85 - 90
A successful valve repair case of isolated tricuspid regurgitation due to traumatic lacerated papillary muscle of the tricuspid valve Hiroshi SakuragawaNobuya KoyamaShiroh Yamazaki Case Report Pages: 91 - 95
A case of total arch replacement for redissected impending rupture of early thrombosed aortic dissection without intimal tear detectable at operation Yusuke IwataShigeki IshiharaHiroshi Niinami Case Report Pages: 96 - 100
Acute aortic dissection after aortic valve replacement Shuji KohataMoriichi SugamaToru Ogata Case Report Pages: 101 - 104
Left ventricular rupture following mitral valve replacement with preservation of posterior leaflet Yoshimasa MoizumiTsunehiro KomatsuKoichi Tabayashi Case Report Pages: 105 - 109
Mediastinal bronchogenic cyst associated with high serum level of CA19-9 —A surgical case report— Yasuo SumiKiyoshi OhnoKeiji Kuwata Case Report Pages: 110 - 114
High-dose methylprednisolone-containing chemotherapy in advanced invasive thymoma —Report of three cases— Takashi SudaShuichiro SugimuraRyou Hoshino Case Report Pages: 115 - 120
Repair of intrathoracic visceral damage using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for blunt chest trauma and rib fixation at the site of mini-thoracotomy Tsutomu TagawaShigehiko ItohHisakuni Ohe Case Report Pages: 121 - 126
Use of ultrasonically activated scalpel for the paced patient —A case report— Takashi MinowaNobuaki NagaeYasuhisa Shimazaki Case Report Pages: 127 - 129