1. Transfer of a minimally invasive mitral valve repair program from a high-volume center to a very low volume center: how many cases are necessary to maintain acceptable results?

   • Hiroyuki Kamiya
   • Hiroto Kitahara
   • Payam Akhyari

   Original Article 18 January 2019 Pages: 577 - 584

   

2. Mitral valve repair in infective endocarditis is not inferior to valve replacement: results from a Spanish nationwide prospective registry

   • Gregorio P. Cuerpo
   • M. Valerio
   • The GAMEs Study Group

   Original Article 21 January 2019 Pages: 585 - 593

   

3. Malperfusion in type A aortic dissection: results of emergency central aortic repair

   • Koji Kawahito
   • Naoyuki Kimura
   • Kei Aizawa

   Original Article 07 February 2019 Pages: 594 - 601

   

4. Conservative treatment of type A aortic dissection following hybrid arch repair

   • Tomo Yoshizumi
   • Yoshiyuki Tokuda
   • Akihiko Usui

   Original Article 31 January 2019 Pages: 602 - 607

   

5. Reoperation for postoperative bleeding following pulmonary resection: a report of a single-center experience

   • Motoki Yano
   • Hiroki Numanami
   • Masayuki Haniuda

   Original Article 17 January 2019 Pages: 608 - 614

   

6. Preoperative biopsy does not affect postoperative outcomes of resectable non-small cell lung cancer

   • Yohei Taniguchi
   • Kento Fukumoto
   • Tomohiro Murakawa

   Original Article 18 January 2019 Pages: 615 - 623

   

7. Lung transplantation via cardiopulmonary bypass: excellent survival outcomes from extended criteria donors

   • Hirosh Taka
   • Kentaroh Miyoshi
   • Takahiro Oto

   Original Article 18 January 2019 Pages: 624 - 632

   

8. Intraoperative displacement of a Perceval sutureless prosthesis

   • Giosuè Falcetta
   • Clemente Pascarella
   • Uberto Bortolotti

   Case Report 31 May 2018 Pages: 633 - 636

   

9. A case of type A acute aortic dissection with a common carotid trunk

   • Yuki Ikeno
   • Masamichi Matsumori
   • Yutaka Okita

   Case Report 04 June 2018 Pages: 637 - 639

   

10. Living-donor lung transplantation after surgical repair of transposition of the great arteries

    • Daisuke Yoshinaga
    • Shiro Baba
    • Toshio Heike

    Case Report 06 September 2018 Pages: 640 - 643

    

11. Case report of cardiac herniation after sleeve pneumonectomy with superior vena cava reconstruction

    • Mariko Fukui
    • Mikiko Suzuki
    • Kenji Suzuki

    Case Report 08 September 2018 Pages: 644 - 649

    

12. Novel harvesting technique of no-touch saphenous vein graft using THUNDERBEAT

    • Ai Ishizawa
    • Azumi Hamasaki
    • Mitsuaki Sadahiro

    How to Do It 28 February 2019 Pages: 650 - 652

    

13. It is time to consider incorporating sarcopenia assessment in the surgical management of non-small-cell lung cancer

    • Han-Yu Deng
    • Rui Jiang

    Letter to the Editor 27 May 2019 Pages: 653 - 654