The angle of the outflow graft to the aorta can affect recirculation due to aortic insufficiency under left ventricular assist device support Kei IizukaTomohiro NishinakaEisuke Tatsumi Original Article 23 July 2018 Pages: 399 - 404
Single-center experience of the bridge-to-bridge strategy using the Nipro paracorporeal ventricular assist device Shuichi YoshitakeOsamu KinoshitaMinoru Ono Original Article 25 June 2018 Pages: 405 - 411
Cerebral oximetry for cardiac surgery: a preoperative comparison of device characteristics and pitfalls in interpretation Kensuke KobayashiTadashi KitamuraKagami Miyaji Original Article 20 June 2018 Pages: 412 - 418
Correction to: Cerebral oximetry for cardiac surgery: a preoperative comparison of device characteristics and pitfalls in interpretation Kensuke KobayashiTadashi KitamuraKagami Miyaji Correction 17 July 2018 Pages: 419 - 419
Efficacy of regional saturation of oxygen monitor using near-infrared spectroscopy for lower limb ischemia during minimally invasive cardiac surgery Teppei ToyaTomoyuki FujitaJunjiro Kobayashi Original Article 25 June 2018 Pages: 420 - 426
Efficient CO2 removal using extracorporeal lung and renal assist device Nozomi TakahashiTaka-aki NakadaShigeto Oda Original Article 06 July 2018 Pages: 427 - 434
Thrombogenicity and long-term cytokine removal capability of a novel asymmetric triacetate membrane hemofilter Andreas KörtgeThomas WildReinhold Wasserkort Original Article 24 July 2018 Pages: 435 - 442
Risk analysis using the prognostic nutritional index in hemodialysis-dependent patients undergoing cardiac surgery Soki KurumisawaKoji Kawahito Original Article 27 June 2018 Pages: 443 - 449
Oxygen consumption during hypothermic and subnormothermic machine perfusions of porcine liver grafts after cardiac death Noriyuki MoritoHiromichi ObaraHiroyuki Furukawa Original Article 25 July 2018 Pages: 450 - 457
HeartMate II implantation technique that spares the sternum and ascending aorta Masashi KawaboriChitaru KuriharaJeffrey A. Morgan Case Report 21 May 2018 Pages: 458 - 461
Left ventricular assist device implantation after plasma exchange for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia Shintaroh KoizumiHiroki KohnoGoro Matsumiya Case Report 25 June 2018 Pages: 462 - 465
Omental and deep inferior epigastric artery perforator flap coverage after heart transplantation to manage wide left ventricular assist device exposure with pocket infection Yusuke InatomiHideki KadotaAkira Shiose Case Report 22 October 2018 Pages: 466 - 470
Pregnancy complicated by influenza A ARDS requiring consecutive VV-ECMO treatment with successful vaginal delivery Peter RadselVojka GorjupMarko Noc Case Report 17 May 2018 Pages: 471 - 474
Rapid-onset plasma leakage of extracorporeal oxygenation membranes possibly due to hyperbilirubinemia Yoshiko KidaShinichiro OhshimoNobuaki Shime Case Report 02 June 2018 Pages: 475 - 478
Venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for the management of critical airway stenosis Yu YamadaToshihiro OhataMichihiko Kohno Case Report 05 October 2018 Pages: 479 - 481
Lumbar muscle atrophy caused by harness replacement in a chronic calf model of total artificial heart implantation Jamshid H. KarimovKimberly A. SuchKiyotaka Fukamachi Brief Communication 14 May 2018 Pages: 482 - 485
Histological investigation of the titanium fiber mesh with one side sealed with non-porous material for its application to the artificial heart system Eiji OkamotoKyoko ArimuraYoshinori Mitamura Brief Communication 20 August 2018 Pages: 486 - 490