CABG and Clinical Vascular Physiology
Soichiro Kitamura
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan

Present Status and Problems of Japanese Board of Cardiovascular Surgery
Haruo Makuuchi
Chief Secretary; Japanese Board of Cardiovascular Surgery Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan

Vascular Reconstruction for Critical Limb Ischemia with Crural Arterial Lesions —Clinical Results of Bypass First Strategy—
Nobuyoshi Azuma, et al.
¹Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Asahikawa Medical College, Hokkaido, Japan
²Department of Emergency Medicine, Asahikawa Medical College, Hokkaido, Japan

Outcome of Revascularization in Critical Limb Ischemia — Comparison of Bypass Surgery and Endovascular Treatment —
Ikuro Kitano, et al.
¹Department of Surgery, Shinsuma General Hospital, Hyogo, Japan
²Department of Radiology, Kobe Red Cross Hospital, Hyogo, Japan

Team Approach for Treatment of Critical Limb Ischemia in Collaboration with Surgical Wound Care and Endovascular Treatment
Sachio Kouraba, et al.
¹Division of Plastic Surgery, Wound Treatment Center, Tokeidai Memorial Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan
²Division of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, Tokeidai Memorial Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan
³Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan

Surgical Indication and Technique for Patients with Carotid Artery Stenosis
Masaaki Uno, et al.
¹Deparment of Neurosurgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan
²Deparment of Neurosurgery, The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan

The Clinical Trial of Newly Developed Angiogenic Gene Therapy with FGF-2 Gene Mounted Sendai Virus Vector for Critically Ischemic Limbs: Preliminary Report
Hiroyuki Itoh, et al.
¹Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
²Department of Gene Therapy, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
³Division of Pathophysiological and Experimental Pathology, Department of Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Selective and Sustained Delivery of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor (bFGF) for Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Disease: Results of a Phase I Trial
Takuya Hashimoto, et al.
¹Division of Tissue Engineering, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
²Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
³Institute for Frontier Medical Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Development of New Therapeutic Angiogenic Strategy Using SDF-1/CXCR4 System
Masafumi Takahashi, et al.
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagano, Japan
*Division of Bioimaging Sciences, Center for Molecular Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

Autologous Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell Transplantation for Peripheral Arterial Disease
Junichi Hoshino, et al.
¹Nephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
²Cardiovascular Center, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo Japan

Endovascular Abdominal Aneurysm Repair―Clinical Significance of Intraoperative Sac Pressure Measurement
Hiroyuki Ishibashi, et al.
¹Department of Vascular Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Aichi, Japan
²Department of Radiology, Aichi Medical University, Aichi, Japan

A Pathological Role of Semaphorin3E in Postnatal Angiogenesis and Its Implication for Therapeutic Angiogenesis
Junji Moriya, et al.
¹Department of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
²PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, Japan

Establishment of a Novel Strategy for Therapeutic Angiogenesis
Junji Moriya, et al.
¹Department of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
²PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, Japan

Endovascular Therapy for Arteriosclerosis Obliterans with Chronic Renal Failure using Carbon Dioxide Gas: A Case Report
Moritoshi Funasako, et al.
¹Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
²Department of Radiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan

A Case of Successful Surgical Treatment for Saccular Aneurysm of Brachiocephalic Artery
Masayuki Mukaida, et al.
¹Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, MHC Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan
²Department of Anesthesiology, MHC Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan

A Giant Pseudoaneurysm of Superficial Femoral Artery in Behçet’s Disease
Masayuki Mukaida, et al.
¹Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, MHC Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan
²Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, MHC Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan
³Department of Vascular Surgery, Morioka Yuai Hospital, Morioka,