1. Organ malperfusion in acute aortic dissection

   • Riichiro Toda
   • Yukinori Moriyama
   • Akira Taira

   Original Article Pages: 545 - 550

2. Strategy for reduction of stroke incidence in coronary bypass patients with cerebral lesions

   • Yoshiharu Takahara
   • Yoshio Sudo
   • Nobuyuki Nakajima

   Original Article Pages: 551 - 556

3. Surgical management of aortopulmonary window

   • Yoshihisa Tanoue
   • Akira Sese
   • Kunitaka Joh

   Original Article Pages: 557 - 561

4. Development and clinical application of minimally invasive cardiac surgery using percutaneous cardiopulmonary support

   • Hiroshi Ohuchi
   • Shunei Kyo
   • Ryozo Omoto

   Original Article Pages: 562 - 567

5. Early surgery for active infective endocarditis

   • Yasuyuki Sasaki
   • Shigefumi Suehiro
   • Hiroaki Kinoshita

   Original Article Pages: 568 - 573

6. Bypass graft material and myocardial protective procedure in combined coronary artery bypass grafting and valve surgery

   • Hirofumi Fujii
   • Hajime Otani
   • Hiroji Imamura

   Original Article Pages: 574 - 578

7. Traumatic ciardiac rupture with acute ascites

   • Teruyuki Koyama
   • Shigeki Miyamoto
   • Noboru Yamate

   Case Report Pages: 579 - 582

8. Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection with bronchogenic cyst in neonatal period

   • Yasuhiro Uozaki
   • Arata Murakami
   • Takuro Misaki

   Case Report Pages: 583 - 585

9. Combined partial sternectomy for thymic carcinoma

   • Kenro Takahashi
   • Junji Yoshida
   • Kanji Nagai

   Case Report Pages: 586 - 589

10. Partial left ventriculectomy in a 3-year-old boy with dilated cardiomyopathy

    • Hiroshi Osawa
    • Shinpei Yoshii
    • Yusuke Tada

    Case Report Pages: 590 - 593

11. Regression of left main coronary ostium stenosis after surgical revascularization and steroid therapy

    • Yukihisa Isomatsu
    • Shuichi Hoshino
    • Tadao Ishikawa

    Case Report Pages: 594 - 596

12. Inverted left atrial appendage

    • Naoki Kanemitsu
    • Manabu Okabe
    • Fumio Kitamura

    Case Report Pages: 597 - 598

13. Adult aortic arch atresia

    • Satoru Okumura
    • Satoshi Niu
    • Koichi Ohga

    Case Report Pages: 599 - 602

14. Less invasive therapy using endovascular stent graft repair and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for ruptured acute aortic dissection

    • Toshiya Tokui
    • Takatsugu Shimono
    • Isao Yada

    Case Report Pages: 603 - 606

15. Primary osteosarcoma of heart with severe congestive heart failure

    • Hiroya Minami
    • Noboru Wakita
    • Tsutomu Shida

    Case Report Pages: 607 - 609

16. Pericardioperitoneal drainage

    • Fumihiko Yasuma

    Letter to the Editor Pages: 610 - 610

17. Reply to the editor

    • Motoharu Narimatsu

    Letter to the Editor Pages: 610 - 610