Originals
Risk Factors for Prolonged Pleural Effusion after Total Cavopulmonary Connection by Multivariate Analysis
  F. Fukumura, et al.… 223
Pharmacokinetics of Teicoplanin in Patients Undergoing Open Heart Surgery
  T. Asakura, et al.… 226
Clinical Studies of Anticoagulant Therapy by Monitoring of Heparin Concentration
  K. Takahashi, et al.… 230
Comparison of Warm and Tepid Re-perfusion Temperature for Myocardial Protection by Ischemic Preconditioning
  H. Hirose… 237
Case Reports
Two Cases of Adventitial InversionTechnique for Stanford Type A Acute Dissecting Aortic Aneurysm
  Y. Kunii, et al.… 242
A Case of Transient Stenotic Valve Failure after Porcine Prosthetic Valve Replacement for Mitral Regurgitation
  M. Nishiwaki and K. Nakagiri… 245
A Case of Aortic Valve Regurgitation due to Infective Endocarditis Associated with Multiple Organ Failure
  H. Yano, et al.… 248
A Case of Aortic Root Remodeling for Aneurysm of the Noncoronary Sinus of Valsalva
  K. Ono, et al.… 252
Successful Surgical Treatment of a Case of Ruptured Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Associated with Liver Cirrhosis
  Y. Hanafusa, et al.… 255
Successful Conversion of Atriopulmonary Anastomosis to Total Cavopulmonay Connection Using Autologous Atrial Flap
  N. Kawada, et al.… 259
Successful Treatment of Annulo-aortic Ectasia Associated with DeBakey's Type IIIb Dissecting Aortic Aneurysm
  A. Mizuno, et al.… 262
Surgical Treatment of a Patient with Aorto-pulmonary Fistula due to Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Rupture Associated with Gastric Carcinoma
  S. Motohashi, et al.… 265
A Case of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting for a Patient with Hereditary Protein S Deficiency
  Y. Takagi, et al.… 268
Surgical Stent Graft Operation for Chronic Type A Associated with Acute Type B Dissection
  T. Ohashi and N. Sakamoto… 271
A Case of Successful Treatment of Intraoperative Pulmonary Tumor Embolism Using Pulmonary Angioscopy under Cardiopulmonary Bypass
  T. Suzuki, et al.… 274