1. Surgical treatment for patients with lung cancer complicated by severe pulmonary emphysema

   • Koji Hayashi
   • Kanae Fukushima
   • Mika Takeshita

   Original Article Pages: 583 - 587

2. Are superficial bullae with broad bases suitable for ablation?

   • Noriyoshi Sawabata
   • Akihide Matsumura
   • Takashi Mori

   Original Article Pages: 588 - 591

3. Superior biocompatibility of heparin-bonded circuits in pediatric cardiopulmonary bypass

   • Tsukasa Ozawa
   • Katsunori Yoshihara
   • Yoshinori Takanashi

   Original Article Pages: 592 - 599

4. Clinical role of blood heparin level monitoring during open heart surgery

   • Toshihiro Ohata
   • Yoshiki Sawa
   • Hikaru Matsuda

   Original Article Pages: 600 - 606

5. Analysis of the elephant trunk method in patients with extensive thoracic aortic aneurysm

   • Yoshihisa Naka
   • Keishi Kadoba
   • Hikaru Matsuda

   Original Article Pages: 607 - 610

6. Combined resection of the aorta for an esophageal carcinoma invading the aorta through a right transthoracic approach

   • Toshiyuki Kabuto
   • Takushi Yasuda
   • Toru Kobayashi

   Original Article Pages: 611 - 616

7. A lung metastasis from giant cell tumor of bone at eight years after primary resection

   • Keiko Kitano
   • Takeshi Shiraishi
   • Takayuki Shirakusa

   Case Report Pages: 617 - 620

8. A Subclavian artery aneurysm associated with aortitis syndrome

   • Hideaki Nishimori
   • Kunihiko Hirose
   • Toshiyuki Yamashiro

   Case Report Pages: 621 - 624

9. Aortic dissection complicating cardiac surgery in a patient with calcified ascending aorta

   • Yuzuru Sakakibara
   • Kazuro Matsuda
   • Toshio Mitsui

   Case Report Pages: 625 - 628

10. Carcinosarcoma of the lung mis-diagnosed preoperatively as a mediastinal tumor

    • Fengshi Chen
    • Akitoshi Tatsumi

    Case Report Pages: 629 - 632