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Originals Risk Factors for Deep Sternal Wound Infection after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting 　　H. Masumoto, et al.……175 Case Reports Deep Vein Thrombosis following Y-Graft Replacement for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm after Splenectomy in a Case of Chronic Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura 　　S. Kuze and H. Fujita……180 A Case of Refractory Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia with Dilated-Phase Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Treated by Left Ventriculotomy 　　K. Izumi, et al.……184 Infective Endocarditis Followed by Fungal Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis and Mycotic Aneurysm of the Common Iliac Artery 　　K. Maruta, et al.……188 Tricuspid Valve Replacement for a Patient with Corrected Congenital Transposition of the Great Vessels and Protein C Deficiency 　　G. Shinohara, et al.……193 A Case of Stent-Graft Occlusion 5 Years after Endovascular Repair for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm 　　K. Ataka, et al.……198 A Case of Coral Reef Aorta Causing Blue Toe Syndrome 　　K. Maeda, et al.……202 A Case of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia following Surgery for DeBakey Type I Acute Aortic Dissection 　　H. Kunishige, et al.……206 A Surgical Repair of Aneurysm of the Sinus of Valsalva Dissecting into the Interventricular Septum 　　Y. Ohkawa……211 Acute Aortic Dissection Occurring on the Day after Coronary Artery Bypass Operation 　　K. Nakamura, et al.……215 Distal Arch Replacement for Intrathoracic Left Subclavian Artery Aneurysmin a 68-Year-Old Man 　　K. Nakamura, et al.……218 Reconstructing a Coronary Artery Bypass Graft of an Ascending Aorta after an Acute Type I Aortic Dissection 　　R. Asano, et al.……221 Clinical Study of Nine Cases of Extraanatomic Bypass from the Thoracic Aorta to Bifemoral Arteries 　　A. Sasaki, et al.……225 Successful Treatment of an Aortoesophageal Fistula after Open Stent Grafting of a Right Aortic Arch and a Descending Aortic Aneurysm Rupture 　　M. Nishimoto, et al.……228 A Case of Endovascular Aortic Repair of Traumatic Thoracic Aortic Rupture 　　H. Midorikawa, et al.……233