Originals
Early Diagnosis and Therapy of Non-occlusive Mesenteric Ischemia after Open Heart Surgery
  S. Watanabe, et al.……69
Evaluation of the Enclose® II Anastomosis Device during Off-Pump Coronary Artery Surgery
  K. Tamura, et al.……74
Mid-Term Outcome after Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot with Absent Pulmonary Valve
  K. Agematsu, et al.……78
Effects of Edaravone on Prevention of Paraplegia Caused by Ischemic Spinal Cord
  K. Chiba, et al.……82
Effect of Sivelestat Sodium Hydrate on Postoperative Respiratory Failure due to  Acute Aortic Dissection
  K. Tamura, et al.……91
Case Reports
Detection of Late Presentation of Poststernotomy Mediastinitis in an Infant by  Positron Emission Tomography
  S. Morishima, et al.……96
Surgical Treatment of Pulmonary Valve Disease Associated with Pulmonary  Arterial Dilatation in the Adult: Reports of Two Cases
  K. Yamashita, et al.……100
Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Repair in a Patient with an Absent Right and Persistent  Left Superior Vena Cava
  T. Murakami, et al.……104
Cardiac Surgery in a Patient with Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura:  Preoperative High-Dose Immunoglobulin Therapy
  H. Ikegami, et al.……108
Effectiveness of Assisted Ventilation Supplemented by RTX and NPPV for the  Prevention of Postoperative Respiratory Failure in a Patient with Severe COPD  Undergoing Total Arch Replacement
  H. Terada, et al.……112
A Case of Left Ventricular Reconstruction in a Patient with Systemic Lupus  Erythematosus and Antiphospholipid Syndrome
  S. Matsuyama, et al.……116
Surgical Treatment for Thoracoabdominal Aneurysm with Severely Calcified Aorta
  N. Tamaoka, et al.……120
Repair of Mitral Valve Perforation Secondary Involved with Primary Aortic Valve  Endocarditis
  K. Nakamura, et al.……124
A Surgical Case of CABG with Subclavian Steal Syndrome and Bilateral Iliac Type ASO
  T. Yamaguchi and N. Matsuda……128
Marfan’s Syndrome with Acute Aortic Dissection during Pregnancy
  M. Ryugo, et al.……132
A Case of Infective Endocarditis on an Annuloplasty Ring following Mitral Valve  Repair
  T. Murakami, et al.……136
Surgical Treatment for Papillary Muscle Rupture after Myocardial Infarction  with Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia
  K. Kitabayashi, et al.……140
A Successfully Treated Case of Primary Aortoenteric Fistula
  K. Ishikawa, et al.……144
Thoracoabdominal Aortic Dissection in a Patient with SLE
  H. Morita, et al.……147
A Case of Hemolytic Anemia after Mitral Valve Repair
  K. Yamamoto, et al.……151