Important contributions to cardiothoracic surgery by Japanese Thoracic and Cardiac Surgeons Arthur E. Baue Special Contribution Pages: 181 - 185
Early results of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting for patients on chronic renal dialysis Satsuki FukushimaJunjiro KobayashiSoichiro Kitamura Original Article Pages: 186 - 192
Pericardial metastasis of myxoid liposarcoma causing cardiac tamponade Akihiro AoyamaNoritaka IsowaTadahiro Ito Case Report Pages: 193 - 195
False positive accumulation in 18F fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography scan due to sarcoid reaction following induction chemotherapy for lung cancer Jun MaedaMitsunori OhtaHikaru Matsuda Case Report Pages: 196 - 198
Emergent permanent pacemaker implantation in a premature 1,502 g neonate Shin TakabayashiHisato ItoYoshihiro Komada Case Report Pages: 199 - 201
Surgical closure of an apical ventricular septal defect through a septal ventriculotomy Shin TakabayashiShin ShomuraHideto Shimpo Case Report Pages: 202 - 205
Cardiac tamponade due to intrapericardial rupture of an amebic liver abscess Tadamasa MiyauchiHiroshi TakiyaEiji Murakami Case Report Pages: 206 - 209
Ossifying cardiac myxoma with neovascularity Takahiro NishidaYukihiro TomitaShigeki Morita Case Report Pages: 210 - 212
Bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt using the azygos vein Yoshihiro KoYuzuru NakamuraFumihito Yamashiro Case Report Pages: 213 - 216
Re-reconstruction of visceral arteries with thoraco-abdominal aortic replacement using a branched graft Kazuchika SuzukiTeruhisa KazuiYohei Ohkawa Case Report Pages: 217 - 219
Successful surgical treatment for acute aortic dissection in pregnancy with Marfan’s syndrome Masayuki SakaguchiHiroto KitaharaJun Amano Case Report Pages: 220 - 222
Successful surgical treatment for an adult case of double aortic arch Chiaki KondoShin TakabayashiIsao Yada Case Report Pages: 223 - 226
Thoracoabdominal coarctation of the aorta Koji NomuraYuzuru NakamuraKatsushi Kinouchi Case Report Pages: 227 - 229
Anterior spinal artery syndrome after minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting under general combined epidural anesthesia Seijiro YoshidaYoshio NittaKatsuhiko Oda Case Report Pages: 230 - 233
