Volume 9 Number 3 June, 2003


EDITORIAL
State of the Art: Lung Cancer in China
Li Houwen

ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Genetic Alteration in Carcinoid Tumors of the Lung
Kenji Sugio, et al.
Myocardial Protective Effect of Hypothermia during Extracorporeal Circulation
-By Quantitative Measurement of Myocardial Oxygen Consumption-
Yukio Kuniyoshi, et al.
Evidence of Woven Bone Formation in Heart Valve Disease
Masoud Mirzaie, et al.
Patency of Saphenous Vein Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts from the Vascular Prosthesis of the Ascending Aorta
Hidenori Sako, et al.
A Retrospective Comparative Study of Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest, Retrograde, and Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion in Aortic Arch Surgery
George Matalanis, et al.
Combined Carotid Endarterectomy and Cardiac Surgery for Concomitant Carotid and Cardiac Disease
Yoshitsugu Nakamura, et al.

CASE REPORT
Peripherally Located Occult Lung Cancer with AMFR Expression
Masaya Tamura, et al.
Clinical Features of Medical Pneumomediastinum
Hiroyuki Miura, et al.
Pulmonary Thromboembolectomy in Congenital Antithrombin III Deficiency Associated with Acute Pulmonary Embolism -Report of a Case-
Junichiro Takahashi, et al.
Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery: Successful Direct Reimplantation in a 50-year-old Man
Takemi Kawara, et al.
Surgical Treatment of Aortic Coarctation Associated with Multi-vessel Brachiocephalic Involvement in Takayasu's Arteritis
Yuji Sugawara, et al.
Combined Aortic Valve Replacement and Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting with in situ Arterial Grafts for Porcelain Aorta
Kentaro Tamura, et al.
DeBakey IIIb Aortic Dissection Originating in a Distal Aortic Arch Aneurysm
Saeki Tsukamoto, et al.