1. Radical esophagectomy and secondary anastomosis for high-risk patients with intrathoracic esophageal carcinoma

   • Susumu Sueyoshi
   • Hideaki Yamana
   • Kazuo Shirouzu

   Original Article Pages: 683 - 687

2. Combined superior-transseptal approach versus conventional approach for mitral valve surgery

   • Hironori Tenpaku
   • Seiichirou Wariishi
   • Takasumi Nakamura

   Original Article Pages: 688 - 692

3. Effects of inhaled nitric oxide in a canine living-donor lobar lung transplant model

   • Koji Ueda
   • Hiroshi Date
   • Nobuyoshi Shimizu

   Original Article Pages: 693 - 699

4. Minimally invasive lung and pleural biopsies using 2-mm and standard thoracoscopic equipment

   • Shunsuke Yamada
   • Akio Kosaka
   • Mikio Toyoshima

   Original Article Pages: 700 - 702

5. Coronary artery bypass grafting in dialysis patients

   • Hiroyuki Tanaka
   • Kazuhiro Suzuki
   • Toshihiro Takaba

   Original Article Pages: 703 - 707

6. Efficacy of autologous platelet-rich plasma in thoracic aortic aneurysm surgery

   • Ichiro Kashima
   • Toshihiko Ueda
   • Shiaki Kawada

   Original Article Pages: 708 - 712

7. Mid-term follow up results of Japanese heart transplant patients operated in UCLA Medical Center

   • Mitsuhiro Hachida
   • Masaki Nonoyama
   • Hitoshi Koyanagi

   Original Article Pages: 713 - 716

8. Complete revascularization of the left anterior descending coronary artery

   • Yoshihiro Nakayama
   • Ryuzo Sakata
   • Yoshio Arai

   Original Article Pages: 717 - 724

9. Comparison of standard coronary artery bypass grafting and minimary invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting

   • Yasuhide Okawa
   • Hiroshi Baba
   • Kenichiro Azuma

   Original Article Pages: 725 - 729

10. Surgical cryoablation for frequent premature ventricular contraction originating in the left sinus of valsalva

    • Kenji Ariizumi
    • Ryoichi Hashimoto
    • Hiroto Mochizuki

    Case Report Pages: 730 - 732

11. Definite improvement in left ventricular function at six years after the Takeuchi procedure

    • Yukihisa Isomatsu
    • Yasuharu Imai
    • Toshiharu Shin’oka

    Case Report Pages: 733 - 735

12. Malignant solitary fibrous tumor in the pleura

    • Ryoji Yamamoto
    • Hirohito Tada
    • Takashi Tojo

    Case Report Pages: 736 - 738

13. St. Jude Medical prosthetic aortic valve malfunction due to pannus formation

    • Yuji Naito
    • Mitsuhiro Hachida
    • Hitoshi Koyanagi

    Case Report Pages: 739 - 741

14. Inhaled nitric oxide ameliorates postoperative acute graft dysfunction after living-donor lobar lung transplantation

    • Takeshi Yoshikawa
    • Hiroshi Date
    • Nobuyoshi Shimizu

    Case Report Pages: 742 - 745

15. Batista’s operation with coronary artery bypass grafting and mitral valve plasty for ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy

    • Masahiro Ikeda
    • Hirokazu Ohashi
    • Masateru Ohnaka

    Case Report Pages: 746 - 749