1. Technical aspects of mitral valve repair in Barlow’s valve with prolapse of both leaflets: triangular resection for excess tissue, sophisticated chordal replacement, and their combination (the restoration technique)

   • Takashi Miura
   • Tsuneo Ariyoshi
   • Kiyoyuki Eishi

   Current Topics Review Article 29 November 2014 Pages: 61 - 70

   

2. Did you write a protocol before starting your project?

   • Ko Bando
   • Tosiya Sato

   Current Topics Review Article 27 September 2014 Pages: 71 - 77

   

3. More than 20-year experience of Bentall operation with mechanical prostheses for chronic aortic root aneurysm

   • Takahiro Nishida
   • Hiromichi Sonoda
   • Ryuji Tominaga

   Original Article 12 June 2014 Pages: 78 - 85

   

4. Contemporary outcome of the surgical management of prosthetic graft infection after a thoracic aortic replacement: is there a room to consider vacuum-assisted wound closure as an alternative?

   • Tomoyuki Suzuki
   • Shunsuke Kawamoto
   • Yoshikatsu Saiki

   Original Article Open access 20 July 2014 Pages: 86 - 92

   

5. Smoking is a perioperative risk factor and prognostic factor for lung cancer surgery

   • Satoshi Shiono
   • Masato Katahira
   • Toru Sato

   Original Article 02 August 2014 Pages: 93 - 98

   

6. Evaluation of postoperative pregabalin for attenuation of postoperative shoulder pain after thoracotomy in patients with lung cancer, a preliminary result

   • Yukako Imai
   • Kazuhiro Imai
   • Yoshihiro Minamiya

   Original Article 29 August 2014 Pages: 99 - 104

   

7. A new method for protection from shower embolism during TEVAR on a shaggy aorta

   • Tomoyuki Wada
   • Hirofumi Anai
   • Shinji Miyamoto

   Case Report 22 June 2013 Pages: 105 - 108

   

8. A case of the Starr–Edwards ball valve (Model 6120) in the mitral position for 45 years

   • Shuhei Azuma
   • Masafumi Morita
   • Shigetoshi Mieno

   Case Report 19 July 2013 Pages: 109 - 111

   

9. A case of middle mediastinal cavernous hemangioma

   • Yasunori Shikada
   • Masakazu Katsura
   • Sadanori Takeo

   Case Report 11 July 2013 Pages: 112 - 115

   

10. Curative resection of esophageal cancer with a double aortic arch

    • Norihisa Uemura
    • Tetsuya Abe
    • Masayuki Shinoda

    Case Report 31 December 2014 Pages: 116 - 119

    

11. Erratum to: Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery in Japan during 2012: Annual report by The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery

    • Committee for Scientific Affairs, The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery, Tokyo, Japan
    • Munetaka Masuda
    • Hiroyasu Yokomise

    Erratum 20 December 2014 Pages: 120 - 122