Volume 9 Number 5 October, 2003


REVIEW
Surgical Treatment of Stage I Non-small Cell Lung Carcinoma
Chiaki Endo, et al.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE
“The Law of 3”: Prognostic Parameters for Resected Metastatic Pulmonary Tumors
Yasunori Matsuzaki, et al.
Significance of Expression of TGF-β in Pulmonary Metastasis in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Tissues
Hisashi Saji, et al.
A Study of the Myocardial Protective Effect of Rapid Cooling Based on Intracellular Ca, Intracellular pH, and HSP70
Koichi Inoue, et al.
Effects of Ischemic Preconditioning on Myocardial Protective on Cardiac Surgery: Possibility of Ischemic Preconditioning and Adenosine Administration
Michio Funahashi
Descending Aortic Pulsed Wave Doppler can Predict Changes in Cardiac Output during Off-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Colin F. Royse, et al.

CASE REPORT
Multidisciplinary Treatment by Pneumonectomy, PMX and CHDF in a Case of Pulmonary Suppuration Complicated with Septic Shock
Noriyuki Takahashi, et al.
Combined Cox Maze Procedure, Septal Myectomy, and Mitral Valve Replacement for Severe Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy Complicated by Chronic Atrial Fibrillation
Yoshiro Matsui, et al.
Multisaccular Aneurysm Developing in Association with Abdominal Aortic Coarctation: Report of a Surgical Case
Sugato Nawa, et al.
Acute Postoperative Paraplegia Complicating with Emergency Graft Replacement of the Ascending Aorta for the Type A Dissection
Satoshi Yamashiro, et al.
A Successful Management of Concomitant Renovascular Hypertension and Symptomatic Subclavian Steal Syndrome due to Takayasu's Arteritis Using Balloon Angioplasty and Axillo-axillary Bypass Grafting
Seijiro Yoshida, et al.
Internal Iliac Artery Injury in a Fractured Pelvis
Mahmoud A. Wali