Volume 9 Number 4 August, 2003


REVIEW
Cardiac Myxoma: Its Origin and Tumor Characteristics
Jun Amano, et al.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Preoperative and Intraoperative Factors Predictive of Length of Hospital Stay after Pulmonary Lobectomy
Andrei Gagarine, et al.
Risk Factors and Treatment of Deep Sternal Wound Infection after Cardiac Operation
Hiroaki Sakamoto, et al.
Effect of Mechanical Assist Devices for Ischemic Myocardial Damage
-Cardiomyocyte Apoptosis and TNFα-
Tsutomu Hattori
The Mid-term Outcome of Geometric Endoventricular Repair for the Patients with Ischemic Left Ventricular Dysfunction
Mitsumasa Hata, et al.
Influence of Blood Contact on the Calcification of Glutaraldehyde-pretreated Porcine Aortic Valves
Shigeyuki Ozaki, et al.
Mid-term Results of Aortoplasty for Dilated Ascending Aorta Associated with Aortic Valve Disease
Takeshi Kamada, et al.

CASE REPORT
Successful Surgical Treatment for an Aortoesophageal Fistula due to a Descending Aortic Aneurysm
Satoshi Unosawa, et al.
Large Bronchial Cyst Causing Compression of the Left Atrium
Tohru Mawatari, et al.
Thoracic Duct Cyst of the Mediastinum
C S Pramesh, et al.
Preoperative Respiratory Physiotherapy for a Patient with Severe Respiratory Dysfunction and Annuloaortic Ectasia
Masakazu Sogawa, et al.
A Report of a Surgical Case of Papillary Fibroelastoma in the Left Ventricular Outflow Tract
Yoichi Sato, et al.
CT Features of Chronic Contained Rupture of an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Masaki Ando, et al.

NEW METHOD
Feasible Pericardiotomy for Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass
Tetsuji Kawata, et al.