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Originals A Study on the Implantation of a Left Ventricular Epicardial Lead during CABG in Patients with Low Cardiac Function M. Taoka et al.……285 Comparison of Sealed Woven Polyester Grafts with Non-sealed Woven Polyester Grafts in Abdominal Aortic Surgery M. Sato et al.……289 Early Induction of Continuous Hemodiafiltration for the Prevention of Organ Failure after Cardiac Surgery S. Kugawa……294 Early Application of Continuous Hemodiafiltration（CHDF）after Open Heart Surgery on Hemodialysis Patients M. Yamamura et al.……300 Case Reports A Case of Surgical Therapy for Coronary Aneurysm with Kawasaki Disease K. Tanaka et al.……305 A Case of Constrictive Pericarditis with Mild Pericardial Thickening K. Kanno et al.……309 Spontaneous Left Main Coronary Artery Dissection Treated by Emergency Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting H. Osawa et al.……314 Ascending Aorta and Total Arch Replacement in a Stanford Type A Aortic Dissection with Island Reconstruction for an Isolated Left Vertebral Artery N. Ishida et al.……318 Peripheral Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm Secondary to Tricuspid Valve Infective Endocarditis in an Intravenous Drug User M. Nishimura et al.……321 A Rare Case of Intramyocardial Lipoma K. Ishimaru et al.……325 Tricuspid Valve Repair for Active Infective Endocarditis Complicated by Vertebral Osteomyelitis and a Pancreatic Abscess K. Watanabe et al.……328 Rupture of Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Pseudoaneurysm Concomitant with Infectious Endocarditis A. Katayama et al.……332 Successful Repair of Critical Anastomotic Bleeding after Surgery for Ruptured Infected Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm kT. Inoue et al.……335 Early Structural Valve Deterioration of Third-Generation Porcine Bioprosthesis in Patients M. Kotani et al.……339 Pleuro-peritoneal Shunting for Refractory Pericardial Effusion after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting T. Matsumoto et al.……343 Two Cases of Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Perforation due to Obstruction of the Right Coronary Artery S. Obata et al.……347 Recurrent Pulmonary Venous Stenosis after Repair of Mixed-Type Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection N. Atsumi et al.……351 Two Successful Proximal Reoperation Cases after Acute Type A Dissection Repair T. Sakamoto et al.……355 A Case of Quadricuspid Aortic Valve Complicated by Infectious Endocarditis T. Igarashi and S. Takahashi……359 Surgical Repair of Various Pseudoaneurysms in 2 Patients with Vasculo-Behçet Disease Y. Sugimura et al.……363