Volume 10 Number 2 April, 2004


EDITORIAL
Surgery for Resectable Esophageal Cancer in Japan
Hironori Shigeoka, et al.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Mortality Secondary to Esophageal Anastomotic Leak
Khaled Alanezi, et al.
Prognostic Significance of Preoperative Serum Carcinoembryonic Antigen Level in Lung Adenocarcinoma but not Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Masaki Tomita, et al.
The Prevalence and Severity of Cerebrovascular Disease in Patients Undergoing Cardiovascular Surgery
Yoshitsugu Nakamura, et al.
Coronary Artery Bypass in Patients 80 Years and Older: Comparison with a Younger Age Group
Hiroyuki Tanaka, et al.
Inflammatory Response after Coronary Revascularization: Off-pump versus On-pump (Heparin-coated Circuits and Poly2methoxyethylacrylate-coated Circuits)
Shiro Hazama, et al.
Abdominal Surgery Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Using an in situ Right Gastroepiploic Artery Graft
Keiju Kotoh, et al.
Preoperative Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation is the Only Predictor for Operative Mortality of Type A Acute Aortic Dissection: A Recent 8-year Experience
Mitsumasa Hata, et al.
Correlation of Hemostatic Molecular Markers and Morphology of the Residual False Lumen in Chronic Aortic Dissection
Katsuyoshi Iyano, et al.

CASE REPORT
Advanced Lung Cancer Invading the Left Atrium Wall Treated with Pneumonectomy and Combined Resection of the Left Atrium Using Stapling Devices: Report of Two Cases
Junzo Shimizu, et al.
Primary Giant Hydatid Cyst of the Diaphragm
Sevval Eren, et al.
A Case of Atrial Septal Defect Complicated by Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
Koichi Inoue, et al.
Dissection of Intima on Atrial Septum Patch after Mitral Valve Replacement in a Patient with Infective Endocarditis after Incomplete Atrio-ventricular Septal Defect Repair: Report of a Case
Hisayoshi Osawa, et al.
Multiple Atherosclerotic Aneurysms of the Bilateral Subclavian Artery, Aortic Arch and Abdominal Aorta
Keita Tanaka, et al.
Blunt Injury of Proximal Innominate Artery
Hitoshi Hirose, et al.