1. Memorial address for Motokazu Hori (1929–2013)

   • Yuji Hiramatsu
   • Yuzuru Sakakibara

   Obituary 20 March 2014 Pages: 269 - 270

   

2. Editorial comment for ‘Safety and efficacy of ascending aorta cannulation during repair of acute type A aortic dissection’

   • Kazuo Yamanaka

   Editorial 08 March 2014 Pages: 271 - 272

3. Bad Aorta

   • Kazuyoshi Tajima

   Current Topics Review Article 18 March 2014 Pages: 273 - 281

   

4. TEVAR for type B aortic dissection in Japan

   • Akihiko Usui

   Current Topics Review Article 10 December 2013 Pages: 282 - 289

   

5. Anterolateral approach for minimally invasive aortic valve replacement

   • Toshinori Totsugawa
   • Masahiko Kuinose
   • Taichi Sakaguchi

   Original Article 30 November 2013 Pages: 290 - 295

   

6. Safety and efficacy of ascending aorta cannulation during repair of acute type A aortic dissection (PA29-04): “Presented at the 65th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery”

   • Masahiro Osumi
   • Hideichi Wada
   • Tadashi Tashiro

   Original Article Open access 06 December 2013 Pages: 296 - 300

   

7. Early and long-term outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting and percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with left main disease: single-center results of multidisciplinary decision making

   • Toshihiro Fukui
   • Minoru Tabata
   • Tetsuya Sumiyoshi

   Original Article 08 December 2013 Pages: 301 - 307

   

8. Risk assessment of perioperative mortality after pulmonary resection in patients with primary lung cancer: the 30- or 90-day mortality

   • Kenji Tomizawa
   • Noriyasu Usami
   • Yukinori Sakao

   Original Article 13 February 2014 Pages: 308 - 313

   

9. Lung metastasectomy for postoperative colorectal cancer in patients with a history of hepatic metastasis

   • Mitsuhiro Kamiyoshihara
   • Hitoshi Igai
   • Izumi Takeyoshi

   Original Article 08 February 2014 Pages: 314 - 320

   

10. Reversal of acute monoparesis following thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair

    • Naoto Fukunaga
    • Mitsuru Yuzaki
    • Yukikatsu Okada

    Case Report 23 April 2013 Pages: 321 - 323

    

11. Isolated mediastinal amyloidosis mimicking a neoplastic lesion

    • Alfonso Fiorelli
    • Marina Accardo
    • Mario Santini

    Case Report 13 April 2013 Pages: 324 - 326

    

12. A case of thoracic esophageal cancer with an unusual type of duplicated inferior vena cava

    • Ryuta Shintakuya
    • Hidenori Mukaida
    • Naoki Hirabayashi

    Case Report 29 January 2014 Pages: 327 - 330