1. Protective effects of calpain inhibitor for prolonged hypothermic cardiac preservation

   • Takayuki Saito
   • Akira Mishima
   • Tadao Manabe

   Original Article Pages: 145 - 152

2. Effect of storage temperature on cell viability in cryopreserved canine aortic, pulmonic, mitral, and tricuspid valve homografts

   • Ichiro Kashima
   • Ryouhei Yozu
   • Shiaki Kawada

   Original Article Pages: 153 - 157

3. Left antero-axillary thoracotomy as an alternative approach for aortic arch reconstruction

   • Shiro Sasaguri
   • Tomonobu Fukuda
   • Yasuyuki Hosoda

   Original Article Pages: 158 - 162

4. Chest size matching in single and double lung transplantation

   • Shinichiro Miyoshi
   • Stefanos Demertzis
   • Hans-Joachim Schaefers

   Original Article Pages: 163 - 170

5. Post-parturition infectious endocarditis in a patient with a normal mitral valve

   • Noriyuki Murai
   • Yasushi Katayama
   • Ikkoku Hata

   Case Report Pages: 171 - 173

6. Intrathoracic retroesophageal goiter causing tracheal stenosis

   • Hisashi Tsukada
   • Koji Kojima
   • Hiroaki Osada

   Case Report Pages: 174 - 177

7. Stent grafting for aortic dissection

   • Masato Machii
   • Hiroshi Nishimaki
   • Hirokuni Yoshimura

   Case Report Pages: 178 - 181

8. Aortic valve replacement in a patient with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

   • Takayuki Kumamoto
   • Shigeki Higashi
   • Tomohiko Sumida

   Case Report Pages: 182 - 184

9. Surgical treatment for metastatic lung tumors with incidentally coexisting lung cancer

   • Masahiko Higashiyama
   • Ken Kodama
   • Keiko Kuriyama

   Case Report Pages: 185 - 189

10. Bronchoscopic removal of bronchial foreign bodies through the laryngeal mask airway in pediatric patients

    • Takashi Hirai
    • Akira Yamanaka
    • Tadashi Fukuoka

    Case Report Pages: 190 - 192