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Originals The Long-Term Survival and Predictors of Heart Failure after Endoventricular Circular Patch Plasty Y. Nishimura et al.……1 Effectiveness of Wound Infection Control in Open Heart Surgery for Neonates and Infants less than Three Months Old H. Sakurai et al.……7 Evaluation of Domestic and International Journals in the Field of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Using h-Index Y. Tomizawa……11 Short Communications A Surgical Case of Severe Mitral Regurgitation with Idiopathic Hypereosinophilic Syndrome T. Hayashi et al.……17 Successful Surgical Repair Case of Cardiac Rupture after Acute Myocardial Infarction K. Matsuki and H. Fujiwara……22 Successful Treatment of Prosthetic Graft Infection after Descending Thoracic Aortic Reconstruction K. Yamana et al.……26 A Case of Infective Endocarditis with Incarcerated Vegetation in Mitral Orifice T. Furukawa et al.……31 A Case of Aortic Valve Plasty for Non-coronary Cusp Fracture after Infective Endocarditis T. Furukawa et al.……35 Total Aortic Replacement for Type B Aortic Dissection after Aortic Root Replacement and Repair of a True Aneurysm of the Right Subclavian Artery in a Patient with Marfan Syndrome M. Inaoka and A. Fujii……40 Successful Surgical Repair for Rupture of Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcer with MRSA Infection of a Porcelain Descending Aorta K. Yoshimoto et al.……44 A Case of Successful Surgical Treatment for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection in Late Pregnancy with Marfan Syndrome M. Kabasawa et al.……49 Quadricuspid Aortic Valve S. Katahira et al.……53 A Successful Surgical Repair for Mesenteric Ischemia Associated with Acute Type A Dissection K. Iwata et al.……56 Unsuccessful LITA Harvest due to Sternocostoclavicular Hyperostosis T. Miyauchi et al.……60 A Case of Partial Arch and Descending Aortic Replacement for a Ruptured Type B Acute Aortic Dissection K. Shibata et al.……64 Mitral Valve Replacement for Libman-Sacks Endocarditis in Antiphospholipid Syndrome Secondary to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Complicated with Thrombocytopenic Purpura M. Yoshikawa et al.……67 Ross Operation for Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis in a Patient with Aortitis Syndrome S. Kadowaki et al.……71 Postoperative Bleeding from the Right Lung after Aortic Root Replacement Treated Successfully with ECMO in a Patient Who Underwent Radical Operation for Tetralogy of Fallot 38 Years Ago Y. Kobayashi et al.…75 Cardiac Papillary Fibroelastoma Which Occurred from the Tricuspid Valve K. Tanaka et al.…79 Primary Papillary Fibroelastoma in the Left Ventricle Y. Tsunoda et al.……83 Review ReviewThe Development of Surgery of Heart and Great Vessels in Japan:A History A. Furuse……86