Volume 9 Number 1 February, 2003


EDITORIAL
Complete Resection in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Surgery
Giovanni Motta

REVIEW
Distinctive Clinicopathological Characteristics in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Hiroyuki Kuwano, et al.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Lobectomy by Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery for Lung Cancer Patients Aged 80 Years or More
Kiyoshi Koizumi, et al.
Biocompatibility of Poly2methoxyethylacrylate Coating for Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Manabu Noguchi, et al.
Application of Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting for Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome Requiring Emergency Surgery
Masami Ochi, et al.
Myocardial Protective Effect of Lidocaine during Experimental Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Kazuhiro Hinokiyama, et al.
Comparison of m-RNA Expression for Inflammatory Mediators in Leukocytes between On-pump and Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Naoko Okubo, et al.
Atrial Flutter after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting:
Proposed Mechanism as Illuminated by Independent Predictors
Satsuki Mori, et al.
Subclavian Artery Reconstruction in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Masami Ochi, et al.

CASE REPORT
Left Upper Division Sleeve Segmentectomy for Early Stage Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Segmental Bronchus: Report of Two Cases
Junzo Shimizu, et al.
Cardiac Herniation Following Intrapericardial Pneumonectomy with Partial Pericardiectomy for Advanced Lung Cancer
Junzo Shimizu, et al.
Emergency Surgical Treatment for Acute Occlusion of the Left Main Coronary Artery-Report of a Case-
Junichiro Takahashi, et al.
Acute Type A Aortic Dissection with Intestinal Ischemia Predicted by Serum Lactate Elevation
Satoshi Muraki, et al.

LETTER TO EDITOR
Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting for an 88-year-old Man with Familial Hypercholesterolemia
Hiroyuki Kamiya, et al.