1. Remembrance: Keiichi Suemasu, MD, 1926–2015

   • Hisao Asamura

   Obituary 18 September 2015 Pages: 593 - 594

   

2. Reoperative double ventricular outflow tract reconstruction in grown-up congenital heart disease patients with conotruncal anomalies

   • Kunio Kusajima
   • Takaya Hoashi
   • Hajime Ichikawa

   Original Article 05 September 2015 Pages: 595 - 600

   

3. Optimal timing of clopidogrel discontinuation in Japanese patients: platelet aggregation test using the VerifyNow^® system

   • Hiroki Takiuchi
   • Kazuo Tanemoto

   Original Article 23 August 2015 Pages: 601 - 606

   

4. Erratum to: Optimal timing of clopidogrel discontinuation in Japanese patients: platelet aggregation test using the VerifyNow^® system

   • Hiroki Takiuchi
   • Kazuo Tanemoto

   Erratum 29 September 2015 Pages: 607 - 607

5. Impact of smoking on outcome of resected lung adenocarcinoma

   • Masaki Tomita
   • Takanori Ayabe
   • Kunihide Nakamura

   Original Article 05 August 2015 Pages: 608 - 612

   

6. Rapid pannus formation after few months of obstructing aortic mechanical prosthesis

   • Bassel Al-Alao
   • Urszula Simoniuk
   • Haralabos Parissis

   Case Report 25 September 2013 Pages: 613 - 615

   

7. A successful treatment for concomitant injury of the coronary artery and tricuspid valve after blunt chest trauma

   • Chizuo Kikuchi
   • Shinya Motohashi
   • Hiroshi Kanazawa

   Case Report 17 September 2013 Pages: 616 - 619

   

8. Herniation of transverse colon into mediastinum after pedicled omental grafting for mediastinitis: report of a case

   • Makoto Hashimoto
   • Akihiko Yamauchi
   • Tetsuya Higami

   Case Report 04 October 2013 Pages: 620 - 622

   

9. Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma originating from the chest wall with rib metastases

   • Junichi Shimamura
   • Moriyuki Kiyoshima
   • Ryuta Amemiya

   Case Report 08 January 2014 Pages: 623 - 626

   

10. Three-dimensional multidetector computed tomography may aid preoperative planning of the transmanubrial osteomuscular-sparing approach to completely resect superior sulcus tumor

    • Hisashi Saji
    • Yasufumi Kato
    • Norihiko Ikeda

    Case Report 25 January 2014 Pages: 627 - 631

    

11. Lung abscess mimicking lung cancer developed around staples in a patient with permanent tracheostoma

    • Yui Watanabe
    • Masaya Aoki
    • Masami Sato

    Case Report 23 April 2014 Pages: 632 - 635

    

12. Closure of esophagotracheal fistula after esophagectomy for esophageal cancer

    • Junji Arimoto
    • Atsutoshi Hatada
    • Yoshitaka Okamura

    Case Report 19 July 2015 Pages: 636 - 639

    

13. Clinical experience of sleeve lobectomy with bronchoplasty using a continuous absorbable barbed suture

    • Tatsuo Nakagawa
    • Naohisa Chiba
    • Shinya Ishikawa

    How to Do It 08 January 2015 Pages: 640 - 643