Terminal warm blood cardioplegia improves the recovery of myocardial electrical activity Yoshinobu HattoriZequan YangRyou Hoshino Original Article Pages: 1 - 8
Combined thoracic aortic or upper digestive tract resection for lung cancer and malignant mediastinal tumor Kunihiro OyamaTakamasa OnukiSumio Nitta Original Article Pages: 9 - 15
Right ventricular volume unloading evaluated by tangential magnetocardiography Yasushi TeradaToshio MitsuiKeiji Tsukada Original Article Pages: 16 - 23
Nicorandil pretreatment and improved myocardial protection during cold blood cardioplegia Yan LiAtsushi IguchiKoichi Tabayashi Original Article Pages: 24 - 29
Evaluation of postoperative cardiac function and long-term results in patients after aortic valve replacement for aortic valve disease with increased left ventricular mass Masafumi NatsuakiTsuyoshi ItohKouzou Naitoh Original Article Pages: 30 - 38
Clinical experience of argatroban for anticoagulation in cardiovascular surgery Hitoshi OhtekiKojiro FurukawaKazuyoshi Doi Original Article Pages: 39 - 46
Risk factors for posttransfusion graft versus host disease, mediastinitis, and late cardiac tamponade in heart surgery Hisanori MayumiAtsuhiro NakashimaKouichi Tokunaga Original Article Pages: 47 - 55
Surgical management of pulmonary aspergilloma Nobuhiro OnoKiyoshi SatoKoichi Tamura Original Article Pages: 56 - 59
Evaluation of motor- and sensory-evoked potentials for spinal cord monitoring during thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm surgery Taijiro SuedaKenji OkadaYuichiro Matsuura Original Article Pages: 60 - 65
Mediastinal growing teratoma syndrome Masakazu YoshiokaTakeshi MoriKazuhiko Nishi Case Report Pages: 66 - 68
Stanford type A acute dissection developing acute myocardial infarction Norifumi OhtaniKeiko KiyokawaToshiaki Kawakami Case Report Pages: 69 - 72
Aorto-bronchial fistula after implantation of a self-expanding bronchial stent in a patient with aortic dissection Yoshihiko KatayamaHitoshi SuzukiTetsuo Mizutani Case Report Pages: 73 - 75
Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting via partial sternotomy Makoto TakedaToshio KonishiKazushige Furuya Case Report Pages: 76 - 79
Acute heart failure due to local dehiscence of aortic wall at aortic valvular commissure Yuzuru SakakibaraSeigo GomiToshiki Doi Case Report Pages: 80 - 82
Translocation of aortic valve for calcific aortic stenosis Mikio NinomiyaHaruo MakuuchiTakeshi Sato Case Report Pages: 83 - 85
