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Originals Long-Term Results of Patchplasty for True Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm and the Effectiveness of Open Stents in Recurring Cases 　　I. Morita, et al.……309 Intra-Abdominal Pressure Monitoring after Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Surgery 　　S. Isoda, et al.……314 Evaluation of the Palmaz Stent in Iliac Artery Stenosis Using Intravascular Ultrasound 　　H. Kumakura, et al.……319 Usefulness of Lower Ministernotomy in Aortic Valve Replacement (AVR) by Minimary Invasive Cardiac Surgery (MICS) 　　S. Shioguchi, et al.……325 Case Reports A Case of Cardiac Infiltrating Lipoma in the Interatrial Septum 　　H. Nishida, et al.……329 A New Technique of Left Atrial Spiral Plication for Giant Left Atrium 　　H. Doi, et al.……333 Tricuspid and Mitral Valve Replacement in a Patient with Atrioventricular Discordance Long after Functional Biventricular Repair 　　K. Aoki, et al.……337 Radiofrequency Maze Ablation in a Beating Heart with Cardiomyopathy 　　T. Ushijima, et al.……341 A Case of DeBakey Type II Aortic Dissection with Respiratory Tract Compression 30 Years after Open Aortic Commissurotomy 　　O. Namura, et al.……344 A Case of One-Stage Operation for Brachiocephalic Aneurysm and Aortic Regurgitation Associated with Aortitis Syndrome 　　H. Morita, et al.……348 A Case of Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysm in the Right Atrium Associated with a Right Coronary-Right Atrial Fistula 　　M. Oshiumi, et al.……352 A Case of Subclavian-Subclavian Artery Bypass Grafting for Relief of Left Subclavian Artery Occlusion in a Patient with Coronary Artery 　Bypass Grafting Using a Left Internal Mammary Artery Graft 　　K. Takeuchi, et al.……356 Salvage Therapy with Non-Heparinized Extracorporeal Life Support for Massive Lung Hemorrhage after Pulmonary Thromboembolectomy 　　M. Matsubara, et al.……359 Ross Operation for Prosthetic Aortic Valve Endocarditis with Paravalvular Abscess 　　M. Mohri, et al.……363 A Case of Acute Hydronephrosis Caused by a Common Iliac Aneurysm 　　S. Okumura and J. Okawara……366