1. Transmediastinal approach to exploring the lung contralateral to the thoracotomy site

   • Ken Kodama
   • Masahiko Higashiyama
   • Toshiyuki Kabuto

   OriginalPaper 13 May 2014 Pages: 267 - 272

2. Effect of tranexamic acid on blood loss reduction after cardiopulmonary bypass

   • Yasuhiro Uozaki
   • Go Watanabe
   • Takuro Misaki

   OriginalPaper 13 May 2014 Pages: 273 - 278

3. Prevention of surgical site infection by antibiotic spraying in the operative field during cardiac surgery

   • Shinpei Yoshii
   • Shigeru Hosaka
   • Yusuke Tada

   OriginalPaper 13 May 2014 Pages: 279 - 281

4. Impact of immediate cerebral angiography for in-hospital cerebral thromboembolism after cardiovascular surgery

   • Ikuo Fukuda
   • Seigo Gomi
   • Mitsuyoshi Wada

   OriginalPaper 13 May 2014 Pages: 282 - 286

5. Reduced tolerance of global ischemia in the hypertrophied heart

   • Hiroshi Yamamoto
   • Fumio Yamamoto
   • Tadahiro Sasajima

   OriginalPaper 13 May 2014 Pages: 287 - 295

6. A modified “elephant trunk” procedure for aortic arch replacement

   • Hirofumi Ide
   • Tatsuo Fujiki
   • Ken-ichi Sudo

   OriginalPaper 13 May 2014 Pages: 296 - 300

7. Bullectomy is beneficial in the pulmonary blood flow/driving pressure relationship in bullous emphysema patients

   • Takamasa Onuki
   • Masahide Murasugi
   • Sumio Nitta

   OriginalPaper 13 May 2014 Pages: 301 - 306

8. Optimal positioning of temporary epicardial atrial pacing leads after cardiac surgery

   • Ichiro Kashima
   • Hankei Shin
   • Shiaki Kawada

   OriginalPaper 13 May 2014 Pages: 307 - 310

9. Nitinol stent for the treatment of tracheobronchial stenosis

   • Susumu Sasano
   • Takamasa Onuki
   • Sumio Nitta

   OriginalPaper 13 May 2014 Pages: 311 - 316

10. Cardiac displacement after lobectomy in a patient with a congenital complete left-sided pericardial defect

    • Akira Yamaguchi
    • Seijiro Yoshida
    • Tomohiro Ito

    OriginalPaper 13 May 2014 Pages: 317 - 319

11. Oblique aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass grafting for severely calcified narrow aortic root with unstable angina

    • Toru Ishida
    • Kiyoharu Nakano
    • Naoki Saegusa

    OriginalPaper 13 May 2014 Pages: 320 - 323

12. Aortic subannular left ventricular aneurysm in a patient of Asian ancestry

    • Yoshito Inoue
    • Issei Kiso
    • Hidefumi Nakajima

    OriginalPaper 13 May 2014 Pages: 324 - 326

13. Thymic carcinoma with tumor thrombus into the superior vena cava

    • Yasuhiro Kamikubo
    • Norihiko Shiiya
    • Keishu Yasuda

    OriginalPaper 13 May 2014 Pages: 327 - 329

14. Bronchial artery aneurysm treated with percutaneous transluminal coil embolization

    • Kei Sakuma
    • Kei Takase
    • Koichi Tabayashi

    OriginalPaper 13 May 2014 Pages: 330 - 332

15. Thrombus on the intraluminal felt strip

    • Masakazu Sogawa
    • Hisanaga Moro
    • Jun-ichi Hayashi

    OriginalPaper 13 May 2014 Pages: 333 - 335