Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
Vol.27 No.5 2011 CONTENTS

Editorial

Prospect of Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Koichiro Niwa

Review

Developmental Origins of Metabolic Syndrome: Characteristics early in life
Tomoo Okada ……209 Full text PDF

Case Reports

Idiopathic Chordal Rupture of Mitral Valve in Infants
Yuki Ozawa, et al ……220 Full text PDF
Negative Pressure Wound Therapy for Mediastinitis following
Pediatric Open Heart Surgeries−A Report of Two Cases−

Tomoyuki Katayanagi, et al ……233 Full text PDF
Decision of Optimal Pacing Sites by Speckle-tracking Transesophageal
Echocardiography−Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in 2 Cases with
Dilated Cardiomyopathy−

Naoki Kuwabara, et al ……242 Full text PDF

Editorial Comment

Idiopathic Infantile Acute Mitral Valve Regurgitation
Yoshimichi Kosaka ……227 Full text PDF
Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment of Mitral Valve Regurgitation Using
Echocardiography in Pediatric Population
Manatomo Toyono ……229 Full text PDF
Negative Pressure Wound Therapy and Preconceived Notion
Yoshihisa Tanoue ……238 Full text PDF
Managements of Postoperative Mediastinitis in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Keiichi Fujiwara ……240 Full text PDF