Editorial comment regarding “Total aortic arch replacement using the frozen elephant trunk technique with J Graft Open Stent Graft for distal aortic arch aneurysm” Kazuo Yamanaka Current Topics Review Article 23 July 2018 Pages: 501 - 503
Minimally invasive cardiac surgery in Japan: history and current status Kazuma Okamoto Current Topics Review Article 17 July 2018 Pages: 504 - 508
Pulmonary valve replacement after repaired Tetralogy of Fallot Hideki TatewakiAkira Shiose Review Article 19 May 2018 Pages: 509 - 515
Clinical and pathological characteristics of spontaneous pneumothorax in women: a 25-year single-institutional experience Tomohito SaitoYukihito SaitoTomohiro Murakawa Original Article 30 May 2018 Pages: 516 - 522
Morphometrical and biomechanical analyses of a stentless bioprosthetic valve: an implication to avoid potential primary tissue failure Hiroki TakayaShinya MasudaYoshikatsu Saiki Original Article 28 June 2018 Pages: 523 - 528
Effect of early tracheostomy on clinical outcomes in critically ill lung transplant recipients Ryo MiyoshiToyofumi F. Chen-YoshikawaHiroshi Date Original Article 23 May 2018 Pages: 529 - 536
A risk score to predict postoperative complications after lobectomy in elderly lung cancer patients Yo KawaguchiJun HanaokaKazuki Hayashi Original Article 28 June 2018 Pages: 537 - 542
Undiagnosed mitroflow bioprosthesis deformation causing early structural valve deterioration Marco GennariGianluca PolvaniMarco Agrifoglio Case Report 29 November 2017 Pages: 543 - 545
Aortic valve reconstruction using autologous pericardium (Ozaki procedure) for active infective endocarditis: a case report Kimiaki OkadaYoshito InoueSatoru Suzuki Case Report 12 December 2017 Pages: 546 - 548
Rare case of radiation-induced primary tracheal carcinoma Makoto MoriFrank C. Detterbeck Case Report 15 March 2018 Pages: 549 - 551
Atraumatic tension hemothorax associated with ruptured aneurysm of intercostal artery–azygous fistula: a case report Takashi NakayamaHirofumi UeharaMasafumi Kawamura Case Report 26 April 2018 Pages: 552 - 555
Correction to: Development of a simple device enabling percutaneous flow regulation for a small vascular graft for a Blalock–Taussig shunt capable of flow regulation: complete translation of an original article originally published in Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery (154–159, 2016: vol. 32) Yoshikazu MotohashiRyo ShimadaShintaro Nemoto Correction 27 June 2018 Pages: 556 - 556