Lanthanum carbonate, a phosphate binder, inhibits calcification of implanted aortic allografts in a rat model Osamu KinoshitaHaruo YamauchiMinoru Ono Original Article 29 October 2018 Pages: 413 - 419
Long-term outcomes of Ross and Ross–Konno operations in patients under 15 years of age Yuichi MatsuzakiTakeshi HiramatsuHiroshi Niinami Original Article 13 November 2018 Pages: 420 - 426
Early surgery with aggressive surgical approach to improve 6-month outcomes in patients with active infective endocarditis: contribution of cerebral preoperative magnetic resonance imaging Masanori NakamuraTakeshi UzukaTetsuro Kohya Original Article 27 November 2018 Pages: 427 - 435
Mitral valve repair versus replacement with preservation of the entire subvalvular apparatus Eiri KisamoriSatoru OtaniTaichiro Matsumoto Original Article 23 November 2018 Pages: 436 - 441
Risk factors for postoperative complications and long-term survival in elderly lung cancer patients: a single institutional experience in Turkey Celal Bugra SezenAnil GokceAbdullah Irfan Tastepe Original Article 12 November 2018 Pages: 442 - 449
Ligating the pulmonary vein at the pericardial reflection is useful for preventing thrombus formation in the pulmonary vein stump after left upper lobectomy Takahito NakanoHiroyuki KanedaTomohiro Murakawa Original Article 11 November 2018 Pages: 450 - 456
Long agonal period deteriorates cardiac death donor lung function in a rat EVLP model Kyoko HijiyaToyofumi Fengshi Chen-YoshikawaHiroshi Date Original Article 23 November 2018 Pages: 457 - 463
Natural history of bulla neogenesis for primary spontaneous pneumothorax: a propensity score analysis Kenji TsuboshimaYasumi MatobaYoshimasa Maniwa Original Article 06 December 2018 Pages: 464 - 469
Efficacy of preserving the residual stomach in esophageal cancer patients with previous gastrectomy Keita NakanishiHiroyuki DaikoKazuo Koyanagi Original Article 18 February 2019 Pages: 470 - 478
Pyogenic granuloma originating in the pulmonary artery Noriaki KishimotoTakeshi IkutaYoshihiro Shimizu Case Report 02 May 2018 Pages: 479 - 482
A rare case of life-threatening traumatic carotid artery dissection in a child Fulya Kamit CanSoysal TurhanOnur Aras Isik Case Report 08 May 2018 Pages: 483 - 485
Surgical outcomes in 13 patients with bronchopulmonary carcinoid tumors including one recurrent oncocytic carcinoid tumor Tsuyoshi UenoYuho MakiNorihiro Teramoto Case Report 03 July 2018 Pages: 486 - 489
Metastatic thymic tumor arising from spermatic cord leiomyosarcoma Kohei AokiMasatoshi YamaguchiMitsuo Nakayama Case Report Open access 21 July 2018 Pages: 490 - 492
