1. Inhaled nitric oxide improves pulmonary hypertension and organ functions after adult heart valve surgeries

   • Takeichiro Nakane
   • Jiro Esaki
   • Hitoshi Okabayashi

   Original Article 25 May 2021 Pages: 1519 - 1526

   

2. Limited upper mini-sternotomy approach for closed heart surgery in the newborns and infants

   • Muhammet Akyuz
   • Onur Isik
   • Meltem Cakmak

   Original Article 02 June 2021 Pages: 1527 - 1531

   

3. Open anatomical repair for primary coarctation of the aorta in adults

   • Kyokun Uehara
   • Hitoshi Matsuda
   • Hiroaki Sasaki

   Original Article 05 June 2021 Pages: 1532 - 1538

   

4. Clinical features and treatment of bronchial rupture of pulmonary hydatid cyst in children: a retrospective study of 36 patients

   • El Hassane Kabiri
   • Meryem Kabiri

   Original Article 19 June 2021 Pages: 1539 - 1544

   

5. The predictive power of artificial intelligence on mediastinal lymphnode metastasis

   • Yohei Kawaguchi
   • Yosuke Matsuura
   • Mingyon Mun

   Original Article 16 June 2021 Pages: 1545 - 1552

   

6. Recruitment maneuvers in patients undergoing thoracic surgery: a meta-analysis

   • Ming-Chi Hu
   • You-Lan Yang
   • Ka-Wai Tam

   Original Article 21 June 2021 Pages: 1553 - 1559

   

7. Mediastinal lymph node dissection for the elderly with clinical stage I non-small cell lung cancer

   • Shinya Katsumata
   • Kenta Tane
   • Masahiro Tsuboi

   Original Article 29 May 2021 Pages: 1560 - 1566

   

8. Effectiveness of the taut-line hitch knot in accurately determining the length of artificial chordae during repair for degenerative mitral insufficiency

   • Mitsuhiro Yano
   • Masanori Nishimura
   • Tomoaki Taniguchi

   How to Do It 05 June 2021 Pages: 1567 - 1569

   

9. A hybrid approach for a case with a high risk of not only surgical but transcatheter aortic valve replacement

   • Tsubasa Mikami
   • Koichi Maeda
   • Yoshiki Sawa

   Case Report 27 September 2021 Pages: 1570 - 1574

   

10. Intralobar pulmonary sequestration associated with left main coronary artery obstruction and mitral regurgitation

    • Yusuke Motohashi
    • Tatsuya Kato
    • Satoru Wakasa

    Case Report 21 September 2021 Pages: 1575 - 1579

    

11. Pulmonary vein reconstruction for pulmonary vein stenosis and occlusion after surgical ablation

    • Hiroyuki Hara
    • Naoki Kanemitsu
    • Kazuo Yamanaka

    Case Report 12 September 2021 Pages: 1580 - 1584

    

12. A case of tricuspid atresia with pulmonary valve absence coexisting coronary-right ventricular fistula

    • Satoshi Fujita
    • Hideki Tatewaki
    • Akira Shiose

    Case Report 14 September 2021 Pages: 1585 - 1588

    

13. Surgical treatment for tracheal stent prolapse in a patient with blunt tracheal trauma

    • Shinya Otsuka
    • Tatsuya Kato
    • Naofumi Shinagawa

    Case Report 28 September 2021 Pages: 1589 - 1592

    

14. Acknowledgment to reviewers

    Acknowledgment 04 October 2021 Pages: 1593 - 1596