1. An evaluation of coronary artery bypass grafting without aortic cross-clamping due to severely atherosclerotic ascending aorta

   • Hideyuki Fumoto
   • Ryuzo Sakata
   • Yoshio Arai

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 54

2. Cosmetic benefits of lower midline skin incision for pediatric open heart operation

   • Hiroyoshi Komai
   • Yasuaki Naito
   • Yasuzo Noguchi

   ReviewPaper Pages: 55 - 58

3. Geometrical difference between an ascending aneurysm and a root aneurysm in valve-sparing operations

   • Satoshi Ohtsubo
   • Tsuyoshi Itoh
   • Masafumi Natsuaki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 59 - 65

4. The superiority of pulmonary function after minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass

   • Akihiko Ohkado
   • Kiyoharu Nakano
   • Naoki Saegusa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 66 - 69

5. Successfully repaired traumatic tracheal disruption and cardiac rupture with cardiopulmonary support

   • Kazuyuki Daitoku
   • Takehiro Sakai
   • Shunichi Takaya

   OriginalPaper Pages: 70 - 73

6. Chest wall myxoma protruding into the thoracic cavity

   • Makoto Kurai
   • Masayuki Haniuda
   • Jun Amano

   OriginalPaper Pages: 74 - 76

7. Beating coronary bypass with right-heart bypass

   • Toshiki Takahashi
   • Shigeaki Ohtake
   • Hikaru Matsuda

   OriginalPaper Pages: 81 - 84

8. Mediastinal parathyroid cyst with tracheal constriction

   • Yoshiki Umemori
   • Shigeki Makihara
   • Kazuhiro Washio

   OriginalPaper Pages: 85 - 87

9. Simultaneous repair of stenosis in coronary and vertebral arteries and aortic regurgitation secondary to Takayasu's aortitis

   • Goro Matsumiya
   • Shigeaki Ohtake
   • Hikaru Matsuda

   OriginalPaper Pages: 88 - 91