1. “De-airing” in open heart surgery: report from the CVSAP nation-wide survey and literature review

   • Kazumasa Orihashi
   • Toshihiko Ueda

   Review Article 09 July 2019 Pages: 823 - 834

   

2. Minimally invasive treatment for isolated internal iliac artery aneurysms preserving superior gluteal artery flow

   • Satoru Domoto
   • Takashi Azuma
   • Hiroshi Niinami

   Original Article 27 February 2019 Pages: 835 - 840

   

3. Enhanced outcomes for coronary artery disease obtained by a multidisciplinary heart team approach

   • Manabu Yamasaki
   • Kohei Abe
   • Nobuyuki Komiyama

   Original Article 15 March 2019 Pages: 841 - 848

   

4. Risk factors for residual mitral regurgitation after aortic valve replacement in patients with severe aortic valve stenosis and moderate mitral regurgitation

   • Yasushige Shingu
   • Hiroyuki Iwano
   • Yoshiro Matsui

   Original Article 15 March 2019 Pages: 849 - 854

   

5. External suture annuloplasty for mild to moderate and moderate aortic regurgitation due to an isolated type Ic lesion

   • Minoru Matsuhama
   • Satoshi Arimura
   • Takashi Kunihara

   Original Article 08 April 2019 Pages: 855 - 860

   

6. Lymphatic invasion is a cause of local recurrence after wedge resection of primary lung cancer

   • Natsumi Matsuura
   • Tetsuhiko Go
   • Hiroyasu Yokomise

   Original Article 28 February 2019 Pages: 861 - 866

   

7. Impact of enhanced recovery after surgery on outcomes of elderly patients undergoing open thoracic surgery

   • Satoshi Shiono
   • Makoto Endo
   • Kazuki Hayasaka

   Original Article 30 March 2019 Pages: 867 - 875

   

8. A risk scoring system for predicting visceral pleural invasion in non-small lung cancer patients

   • Shuhei Iizuka
   • Akikazu Kawase
   • Kazuhito Funai

   Original Article 19 March 2019 Pages: 876 - 879

   

9. Influx of air into the left atrium during lung resection

   • Kenta Nakahashi
   • Hiroyuki Oizumi
   • Mitsuaki Sadahiro

   Original Article 02 April 2019 Pages: 880 - 883

   

10. The usefulness of a bilateral trans-cervical pneumomediastinal approach for mediastinoscopic radical esophagectomy: a right transcervical approach is an available option

    • Yutaka Tokairin
    • Yasuaki Nakajima
    • Yusuke Kinugasa

    Original Article 25 July 2019 Pages: 884 - 890

    

11. Recurrence of cardiac myxoma in the right atrium with Carney complex following resection of myxomas in both ventricles

    • Takashi Ando
    • Hiroshi Goto
    • Katsuhiko Kasahara

    Case Report 09 August 2018 Pages: 891 - 893

    

12. Resection of a plasma cell granuloma combining a conventional posterolateral left-sided thoracotomy with a minimally invasive valve approach

    • John-Peder Escobar Kvitting
    • Ulf Hermansson
    • Ingemar Vanhanen

    Case Report 11 August 2018 Pages: 894 - 896

    

13. Return to work after surgical treatment for malignant pleural mesothelioma: report of a case

    • Masaru Takenaka
    • Yoshinobu Ichiki
    • Fumihiro Tanaka

    Case Report 12 January 2019 Pages: 897 - 900

    

14. Anomalous right upper lobe pulmonary veins draining posterior to the pulmonary artery

    • Yasuhiro Otsuki
    • Tetsuhiko Go
    • Hiroyasu Yokomise

    Case Report 13 February 2019 Pages: 901 - 903

    

15. Correction to: Risk assessments for broncho-pleural fistula and respiratory failure after lung cancer surgery by National Clinical Database Japan

    • Shunsuke Endo
    • Norihiko Ikeda
    • Hiroaki Miyata

    Correction 05 September 2019 Pages: 904 - 906