1. Differences in left ventricular response between rheumatic and myxomatous mitral valve disease following mitral valve replacement

   • Mitsuyuki Nakayama
   • Chikao Yutani
   • Nobuyuki Nakajima

   Original Article Pages: 751 - 756

2. Ipsilateral recurrence frequency after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for primary spontaneous pneumothorax

   • Kiyoshi Ohno
   • Shinichiro Miyoshi
   • Shuichi Ohashi

   Original Article Pages: 757 - 760

3. Prevention of paraplegia in transluminally placed endoluminal prosthetic grafts for descending thoracic aortic aneurysms

   • Hirofumi Midorikawa
   • Shunichi Hoshino
   • Kazunori Ishikawa

   Original Article Pages: 761 - 768

4. Sarpogrelate reduces mechanical hemolysis in patients with heart valve prostheses

   • Akihiko Usui
   • Yasushi Takagi
   • Yuichi Ueda

   Original Article Pages: 769 - 774

5. Freehand cryopreserved mitral valve allograft with flexible ring in the pig

   • Motohiko Osako
   • Reiji Hattori
   • Hiroji Imamura

   Original Article Pages: 775 - 781

6. Cerebral protection selection in aortic arch surgery for patients with preoperative complications of cerebrovascular disease

   • Hidetoshi Akashi
   • Keiichiro Tayama
   • Shigeaki Aoyagi

   Original Article Pages: 782 - 788

7. Standard coronary artery bypass grafting and beating heart bypass

   • Kenji Takahashi
   • Shigeru Oikawa
   • Masaharu Hatakeyama

   Original Article Pages: 789 - 794

8. Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting for the left anterior descending coronary artery

   • Akihiro Nabuchi
   • Atsushi Kurata
   • Kong-il Kim

   Original Article Pages: 795 - 801

9. Clinical assessment of unilateral pulmonary artery occlusion test with dobutamine infusion

   • Toyohide Ikeda
   • Takamasa Onuki
   • Sumio Nitta

   Original Article Pages: 802 - 808

10. Neuroblastoma resection in an adult with a 10-year history of chest-mass shadow

    • Ryoji Yamamoto
    • Hirohito Tada
    • Takeshi Inoue

    Case Report Pages: 809 - 811

11. Coronary surgery through partial sternotomy in a patient with tracheostoma

    • Hitoshi Ogino
    • Yuichi Ueda
    • Keiji Matsubayashi

    Case Report Pages: 812 - 813

12. Benign mesenchymoma of the mediastinum

    • Hidetaka Uramoto
    • Tsunehiro Oyama
    • Kosei Yasumoto

    Case Report Pages: 814 - 816

13. Primary tracheal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma accompanying lung Cancer

    • Takashi Suzuki
    • Takanori Akizawa
    • Toshiyuki Mitsuya

    Case Report Pages: 817 - 819

14. Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy associated with mitral regurgitation due to infective endocarditis

    • Mikio Ninomiya
    • Shinichi Takamoto
    • Katsuhito Ueno

    Case Report Pages: 820 - 823

15. Early small cell lung cancer with extensive inflammation and scar formation

    • Hirotoshi Horio
    • Hiroaki Nomori
    • Keiichi Suemasu

    Case Report Pages: 824 - 826