Volume 14 Number 2 April, 2008


EDITORIAL
Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: Is It Really Going to Be a Surgical Market?
Masashi Komeda

REVIEW
Left Ventricular Reconstruction for Severely Dilated Heart
Yoshiro Matsui, et al.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Fulminant Myocarditis Treated with Percutaneous Cardiopulmonary Support System (PCPS)
Kiyohiro Oshima, et al.
Comparison of the Effects of Aortic Valve Replacement Using 19-mm Carpentier-Edwards Perimount Bioprosthesis and 19-mm Medtronic Mosaic Bioprosthesis
Kazuyoshi Tanigawa, et al.
Recommendation for Appropriate Use of GRF Glue in the Operation for Acute Aortic Dissection
Takashi Kunihara, et al.
The Outcome of Patients Undergoing Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair with and without Cardiac Disease
Atsushi Tamura, et al.

CASE REPORT
Left Sleeve Basal Segmentectomy for Broncholithiasis
Masao Chujo, et al.
Surgical Treatment of Endobronchial Leiomyosarcoma with Right Main Bronchus Total Obstruction: A Case Report
Ming-Ching Lee, et al.
Pulmonary Typical Carcinoid Tumor and Liver Metastasis with Hypermetabolism on 18-Fluorodeoxyglucose PET: A Case Report
Ryuichi Suemitsu, et al.
Functional Large Parathyroid Carcinoma Extending into the Superior Mediastinum
Takashi Iwata, et al.
Surgical Management of Aspergillus Colonization Associated with Lung Hydatid Disease
Julio C. Vasquez, et al.
Long-Term Clinical Outcome after Extended Thymectomy Combined Postoperative High-Dose Steroid Therapy for Juvenile Myasthenia Gravis
Masato Kanzaki, et al.
Successful Replacement of Aortic Valve Using a Stentless Porcine Valve in a Patient with Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Keizo Tanaka, et al.
Microembolization from an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm after Thoracic Aortic Replacement
Yasushige Shingu, et al.
Nonocclusive Mesenteric Ischemia after Aortic Surgery in a Hemodialysis Patient
Yuji Maruyama, et al.