Pathophysiology and Surgical Indication of the Closing Type of Aortic Dissection
Keiji Uchida, et al.
Cardiovascular Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Japan

Therapeutic Strategy of Type A Aortic Dissection with Closed and Thrombosed False Lumen
Shuichiro Kaji
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Hyogo, Japan

Detection of Myocardial Ischemia Using 64-Slice MDCT
Hiroshi Matsuoka, et al.
¹Department of Cardiology, Ehime Prefectural Imabari Hospital, Ehime, Japan
²Department of Radiology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan

Association between Coronary Stenosis or Calcification Score on MDCT and PWV
Ryoko Mitsutake, et al.
Department of Cardiology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan

Important Roles of Endogenous Atrial and Brain Natriuretic Peptides in Reparative Vascular Remodeling in Ischemic Tissue
Takeshi Tokudome, et al.
¹Division of Hypertension, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Osaka, Japan
²Department of Biochemistry, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Osaka, Japan
³National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Osaka, Japan

Diagnosis of Proximal Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery Stenosis by Transthoracic Doppler Echocardiography in Patients with Angina Pectoris
Yuko Sugiyama, et al.
¹Depertment of Cardiovascular Center, Toho University Medical Center Sakura Hospital, Chiba, Japan
²Depertment of Clinical Physiology, Toho University Medical Center Sakura Hospital. Chiba, Japan

Treatment of Lower Extremity Varicose Veins with Three-dimensional Computed Tomography
Dai Kawashima, et al.
¹Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Takeda General Hospital, Fukushima, Japan
²Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, the University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
³Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ageo Central General Hospital, Saitama, Japan
⁴Department of Cardiology, Takeda General Hospital, Fukushima, Japan

Effects of the Valsalva Maneuver on the Mechanical Properties of the Main Pulmonary Artery: Relationship to Pulse Wave Reflection
Shizuo Hanya
Faculty of Health Care Science, Himeji Dokkyo University, Hyogo, Japan

Pericyte Recruitment during the Neurogenesis Period of the Central Nervous System
Seiji Yamamoto, et al.
¹Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan
²Department of Molecular Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
³Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Genome Biotechnology Laboratory, Ishikawa, Japan
⁴Division for Health Service Promotion, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
⁵Laboratory of Genomics and Proteomics, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Aichi, Japan
⁶Department of Primary Care & Emergency Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan (Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan)
⁷Ishidsu Shun Memorial Scholarship

Bloodless Surgery for Rupture of Isolated Internal Iliac Artery Aneurysm
Hiroto Iwasaki, et al.
Division of Vascular Surgery, Higashi Takarazuka Satoh Hospital, Takarazuka, Hyogo, Japan

Endovascular Therapy for Rectal Bleeding Caused by an External Iliac Pseudoaneurysm and Radiation-induced Colitis: A Case Report
Syuko Nakamura, et al.
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan