1. Surgical considerations for atrial functional regurgitation of the mitral and tricuspid valves based on the etiological mechanism

   • Toshihiko Shibata
   • Yosuke Takahashi
   • Yukio Abe

   Review Article Open access 10 May 2021 Pages: 1041 - 1049

   

2. Preoperative renal function affects outcomes of surgery for aortic arch aneurysm in the elderly

   • Yoshimasa Seike
   • Koki Yokawa
   • Hitoshi Matsuda

   Original Article 25 November 2020 Pages: 1050 - 1059

   

3. Comparison of safety and haemodynamic performance between the Avalus™ stented aortic valve bioprosthesis and Magna™ valve in Japanese patients

   • Naoki Tadokoro
   • Satsuki Fukushima
   • Tomoyuki Fujita

   Original Article Open access 05 January 2021 Pages: 1060 - 1069

   

4. Lymphatic permeation and vascular invasion should not be integrated as lymphovascular invasion in lung adenocarcinoma

   • Yusuke Sugita
   • Tomonari Kinoshita
   • Hirotoshi Horio

   Original Article 05 January 2021 Pages: 1070 - 1078

   

5. Influence of caliber mismatch on patients’ clinical course after sleeve lobectomy

   • Takuma Tsukioka
   • Nobuhiro Izumi
   • Noritoshi Nishiyama

   Original Article 28 January 2021 Pages: 1079 - 1085

6. Survival analysis of pathological complete response of locally advanced lung cancer after neoadjuvant treatment

   • Özgür İşgörücü
   • Necati Citak

   Original Article 15 January 2021 Pages: 1086 - 1095

   

7. Can the Japanese National Clinical Database risk calculator predict long-term survival of patients who undergo palliative segmentectomy for primary lung cancer?

   • Tomoyuki Nakano
   • Hiroyoshi Tsubochi
   • Shunsuke Endo

   Original Article Open access 28 January 2021 Pages: 1096 - 1104

   

8. Our experience of lung resection in patients who decline blood transfusion for religious reasons

   • Hironori Takagi
   • Satoshi Muto
   • Hiroyuki Suzuki

   Original Article Open access 06 February 2021 Pages: 1105 - 1111

   

9. Efficacy of three-dimensional computed tomography volumetry for recipients in downsizing oversized grafts in brain-dead donor lung transplantation

   • Ryo Fujimoto
   • Daisuke Nakajima
   • Hiroshi Date

   Original Article 28 January 2021 Pages: 1112 - 1117

   

10. The evaluation of the gastric tube blood flow by indocyanine green fluorescence angiography during esophagectomy: a multicenter prospective study

    • Kazuya Yamaguchi
    • Youichi Kumagai
    • Yusuke Kinugasa

    Original Article 30 April 2021 Pages: 1118 - 1124

    

11. Coronary artery bypass grafting for an anomalous origin of the right coronary artery: is it a valid surgical procedure?

    • Yuki Imamura
    • Hajime Kin
    • Junichi Koizumi

    Case Report 05 March 2021 Pages: 1125 - 1128

    

12. Ascending aortic extension to enlarge the retroaortic space in children after the Norwood procedure

    • Hideki Tatewaki
    • Toshihide Nakano
    • Hideaki Kado

    Case Report 25 May 2021 Pages: 1129 - 1132

    

13. Spontaneous hemopneumothorax with a ruptured aneurysm in the second intercostal artery: report of a case

    • Yasushi Tanaka
    • Naoki Haratake
    • Masaki Mori

    Case Report 27 May 2021 Pages: 1133 - 1136

    

14. Successful transcatheter aortic valve in valve implantation for degenerated trifecta bioprosthesis in a patient with a coronary anomaly

    • Akiko Yamagata
    • Satoru Domoto
    • Hiroshi Niinami

    Case Report 26 March 2021 Pages: 1137 - 1139

    

15. Endoscopy-assisted removal of multiple left ventricular thrombi through right mini-thoracotomy

    • Shintaroh Koizumi
    • Keiichi Ishida

    Case Report 20 March 2021 Pages: 1140 - 1143

    

16. Insertion of Impella CP following postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock concomitant with veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

    • Yasunori Iida
    • Kenji Tamai
    • Hideyuki Shimizu

    Case Report 31 March 2021 Pages: 1144 - 1146

    

17. Primary cardiac hydatic cyst with multiple locations: an unusual case of chest pain

    • Tiago R. Velho
    • João Moreira Gonçalves
    • Ângelo Nobre

    Case Report 12 April 2021 Pages: 1147 - 1150

    

18. Idiopathic right ventricular pseudoaneurysm presenting with ventricular tachycardia: a case report

    • Rupesh Kumar
    • Vikram Halder
    • Neelam Dahiya

    Case Report 18 April 2021 Pages: 1151 - 1154

    

19. SMARCA4-deficient thoracic sarcoma revealed by metastasis to the small intestine: a diagnostic dilemma

    • Fatma Khanchel
    • Raweh Hedhili
    • Aschraf Chadli

    Case Report Open access 17 April 2021 Pages: 1155 - 1158

    

20. Elective lung resection after treatment for COVID-19 pneumonia

    • Takashi Sakai
    • Yoko Azuma
    • Akira Iyoda

    Case Report 03 April 2021 Pages: 1159 - 1162

    

21. Triple valve endocarditis: the case for multiple valve replacement

    • Uberto Bortolotti

    Letter to the Editor 08 January 2021 Pages: 1163 - 1163