Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
Vol.19 No.1 2003 CONTENTS

Editorial

Serendipity
Hirohisa Kato

Original

Effects of Hypoxia Inhalation Therapy Using Nitrogen Gas Mixture on Infants with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Tatsujiro Oka, et al. ……2 Full text PDF
Surgical Strategy for Aortic Coarctation and Interrupted Aortic Arch
Manabu Watanabe, et al. ……8 Full text PDF
Development of a Needs Scale for Children with Congenital Heart Disease: Validity and Reliability of the Needs Scale
Yukimi Hirose, et al. ……14 Full text PDF
A Study of How Professionals and Mothers Recognize the Needs of Children
with Congenital Heart Disease
Yukimi Hirose, et al. ……20 Full text PDF

Case Report

Four Cases of Protein-losing Enteropathy after Cardiac Operation
Keiichi Hirose, et al. ……30 Full text PDF
Surgical Treatment of a Case of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) with Intracranial Hemorrhagic Infarction
Norihiko Oka, et al. ……35 Full text PDF
A Case of Premature Constriction of Ductus Arteriosus:
Echocardiographic Assessment of Perinatal Course after Early Delivery
Takehiko Ishida, et al. ……41 Full text PDF
Plastic Bronchitis after Fontan Operation
Yoichi Onoue, et al. ……51 Full text PDF

Editorial Comments

Patient-Centered Therapy in the Treatment of Pediatric Cardiac Disease
Hideo Sato ……28 Full text PDF
Two-stage Norwood Procedure and Bilateral Pulmonary Artery Banding
Tetsuya Kitagawa ……39 Full text PDF
Fetal Diagnosis and the Clinical Implications of Premature Constriction of Ductus Arteriosus
Makoto Nishibatake ……46 Full text PDF
Spontaneous Early Closure of Ductus Arteriosus without Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs: A New Fetal Disease?
Motoyoshi KawatakU ……49 Full text PDF
Plastic Bronchitis and Protein-losing Enteropathy after the Fontan Procedure: Implications of Lymphatic Coagulation in Pathogenesis
Hitoshi Horigome ……56 Full text PDF