1. Surgical intervention for small-cell lung cancer: what is the surgical role?

   • Masayoshi Inoue
   • Noriyoshi Sawabata
   • Meinoshin Okumura

   Current Topics Review Article Open access 26 May 2012 Pages: 401 - 405

2. Characteristics and treatment strategies of mitral regurgitation associated with undifferentiated papillary muscle

   • Ichiro Matsumaru
   • Koji Hashizume
   • Tomayoshi Hayashi

   Original Article Open access 11 May 2012 Pages: 406 - 410

   

3. Optimization of thromboelastography-guided platelet transfusion in cardiovascular surgery

   • Kenji Aoki
   • Ai Sugimoto
   • Hajime Ohzeki

   Original Article 08 May 2012 Pages: 411 - 416

   

4. Gender influence in isolated coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a propensity match score analysis of early outcomes

   • Bassel Suffian Al-Alao
   • Haralabos Parissis
   • Vincent K. Young

   Original Article 15 May 2012 Pages: 417 - 424

   

5. One-dimensional mean computed tomography value evaluation of ground-glass opacity on high-resolution images

   • Akihiko Kitami
   • Yoshito Kamio
   • Mitsutaka Kadokura

   Original Article Open access 01 June 2012 Pages: 425 - 430

   

6. Diaphragmatic hernia following coronary artery bypass surgery with the right gastroepiploic artery: case report and literature review

   • Yoshiei Shimamura
   • Kazuma Maisawa
   • Kazuo Yamafuji

   Case Report 08 May 2012 Pages: 431 - 434

   

7. Pulmonary artery replacement for pulmonary Takayasu’s arteritis

   • Masaki Hamamoto
   • Daisuke Futagami

   Case Report 28 April 2012 Pages: 435 - 439

   

8. Use of side branch of total arch replacement graft as bypass inflow to prevent visceral ischemia with type B aortic dissection

   • Yasunori Iida
   • Yukio Obitsu
   • Hiroshi Shigematsu

   Case Report 28 April 2012 Pages: 440 - 442

   

9. A case of ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm in a patient with aortic replacement

   • Yuichi Ishida
   • Yasuhito Sakano
   • Yoshio Misawa

   Case Report 28 April 2012 Pages: 443 - 445

   

10. Hyperthemia after cardiac surgery due to ascariasis in a child: report of a case

    • Yoshiyuki Maekawa
    • Takahiko Sakamoto
    • Hikoroh Matsui

    Case Report 29 May 2012 Pages: 446 - 448

    

11. Port-access double valve replacement: first case report in Japan

    • Koyu Tanaka
    • Masahiko Kuinose
    • Yoshimasa Tsushima

    Case Report 08 May 2012 Pages: 449 - 451

    

12. Null allele alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency: case report of the total pleural covering technique for disease-associated pneumothorax

    • Takashi Kusu
    • Tomoyuki Nakagiri
    • Meinoshin Okumura

    Case Report 28 April 2012 Pages: 452 - 455

    

13. Mediastinal bronchogenic cyst presenting with pericardial effusion

    • Naoko Kimura
    • Takatomo Morita

    Case Report 08 May 2012 Pages: 456 - 458

    

14. Transdiaphragmatic intercostal hernia following blunt trauma

    • Satoshi Yodonawa
    • Keisuke Kobayashi
    • Emika Tokoshima

    Case Report 28 April 2012 Pages: 459 - 461

    

15. Postpericardiotomy syndrome after thymothymectomy: report of two cases

    • Shungo Yukumi
    • Hideaki Suzuki
    • Yoshifumi Sano

    Case Report 08 May 2012 Pages: 462 - 464

    

16. Squamous cell carcinoma of the lung invaded to esophagus: a case report of successful surgical treatment after preoperative transesophageal echographic evaluation

    • Tomohiro Haruki
    • Hiroshige Nakamura
    • Yuji Taniguchi

    Case Report 16 May 2012 Pages: 465 - 467

    

17. Localized malignant pleural mesothelioma

    • Takayuki Nakano
    • Rurika Hamanaka
    • Masayuki Iwazaki

    Case Report 08 May 2012 Pages: 468 - 474