Volume 8 Number 3 June, 2002


EDITORIAL
Current Status of Lung Transplantation in Japan
Takashi Kondo

REVIEW
Preoperative Concurrent Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy Followed by Surgery for Esophageal Cancer
Masahiko Yano, et al.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE
15 Years in Surgical Management of Pulmonary Hydatidosis
Raafat I. Y. Shalabi, et al.
Off-pump On-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Decision-making
Raafat I. Shalabi
Off-pump CABG Attenuates Myocardial Enzyme Leakage but Not Postoperative Brain Natriuretic Peptide Secretion
Munetaka Masuda, et al.
Early Angiographic and Clinical Results of Branch Conduits Attached Proximally to Left Internal Thoracic Arteries
Mitsuharu Hosono, et al.

CASE REPORT
A Case of Lung Cancer with Hypercalcemia which was Incidentally Complicated with Primary Hyperparathyroidism due to Parathyroid Adenoma
Joe Matsumoto, et al.
The UPAO Test in Preoperative Evaluation for Major Pulmonary Resection: An Operative Case with Markedly Improved Ventilatory Function after Radical Pulmonary Resection for Lung Cancer Associated with Pulmonary Emphysema
Akihiro Hayashi, et al.
Slowly Progressive Adenocarcinoma of the Lung: Report of a Case
Masafumi Yamaguchi, et al.
Thymic Carcinoma Presenting as an Intraluminal Growth into the Great Vessels and the Cardiac Cavity
Koji Yamazaki, et al.
Simultaneous Carotid Endarterectomy, Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Surgery
Abul Hasan Muhammad Bashar, et al.
Infected Polypropylene Suture Repair of a Ventricular Aneurysm
Farah R. Meher-Homji, et al.
A Case of Left Ventricular Endomyocardial Fibrosis
Tetsuya Niino, et al.
Rupture of a Smoldering Mycotic Aneurysm of the Thoracic Aorta into the Lung
Mayumi Shinonaga, et al.
Spontaneous and Isolated Dissection of the External Iliac Artery: A Case Report
Shinji Hirai, et al.
Surgical Treatment of Atherosclerotic and Dysplastic Aneurysms of the Extracranial Internal Carotid Artery
Tadanori Kawada, et al.
Resection of Thymic Carcinoma in a Patient with Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm
Makoto Nonaka, et al.
A Technique for the Prevention of Hoarseness during Surgery for Distal Aortic Arch Aneurysm
Katsuhisa Onoguchi, et al.