1. Current strategies of spinal cord protection during thoracoabdominal aortic surgery

   • Akiko Tanaka
   • Hazim J. Safi
   • Anthony L. Estrera

   Current Topics Review Article 04 April 2018 Pages: 307 - 314

   

2. Surgical management of extensive dissecting thoracic aortic aneurysm via the semi-clamshell approach

   • Hiroshi Furukawa
   • Takeshi Honda
   • Kazuo Tanemoto

   Original Article 22 February 2018 Pages: 315 - 320

   

3. Minimally invasive trans-mitral septal myectomy for diffuse-type hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

   • Taichi Sakaguchi
   • Toshinori Totsugawa
   • Hidenori Yoshitaka

   Original Article 16 March 2018 Pages: 321 - 326

   

4. Early results of total arch replacement under partial sternotomy

   • Yosuke Inoue
   • Kenji Minatoya
   • Junjiro Kobayashi

   Original Article 29 March 2018 Pages: 327 - 333

   

5. Suppressive effect of pitavastatin on aortic arch dilatation in acute stanford type B aortic dissection: analysis of STANP trial

   • Naoki Masaki
   • Kiichiro Kumagai
   • For the STANP trial investigators

   Original Article 06 April 2018 Pages: 334 - 343

   

6. The influence of comorbidity on the postoperative survival in elderly (≥ 75 years old) with lung cancer

   • Tokujiro Yano
   • Mototsugu Shimokawa
   • For the National Hospital Organization Network Collaborative Research—Thoracic Oncology Group

   Original Article 03 April 2018 Pages: 344 - 350

   

7. Expression of kallikrein-related peptidase 13 is associated with poor prognosis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

   • Kyoko Nohara
   • Kazuhiko Yamada
   • Yuki I. Kawamura

   Original Article 26 March 2018 Pages: 351 - 357

   

8. Giant biatrial myxoma with two different gross findings

   • Taiyo Kuroda
   • Yukifusa Yokoyama
   • Shinji Mii

   Case Report 18 August 2017 Pages: 358 - 360

   

9. Recovery from very long aortic cross-clamping in redo complex aortic surgery

   • Shoichi Suehiro
   • Koji Shimizu
   • Teiji Oda

   Case Report 29 August 2017 Pages: 361 - 364

   

10. Primary synovial sarcoma of the left heart with large amount of necrotic tissue

    • Shusaku Maeda
    • Hiroshi Takano
    • Yukitoshi Shirakawa

    Case Report 13 September 2017 Pages: 365 - 367

    

11. Successful conservative management of an anastomotic airway dehiscence at the left main bronchus following bilateral cadaveric lung transplantation

    • Ryo Miyata
    • Toyofumi F. Chen-Yoshikawa
    • Hiroshi Date

    Case Report 02 September 2017 Pages: 368 - 371

    

12. Chylothorax post thoracoscopic surgery for an anterior mediastinal tumor

    • Hironori Ishibashi
    • Yuya Ishikawa
    • Kenichi Okubo

    Case Report 16 November 2017 Pages: 372 - 375

    

13. Correction to: Expression of kallikrein-related peptidase 13 is associated with poor prognosis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

    • Kyoko Nohara
    • Kazuhiko Yamada
    • Yuki I. Kawamura

    Correction 24 April 2018 Pages: 376 - 377