1. Development of an annually updated Japanese national clinical database for chest surgery in 2014

   • Shunsuke Endo
   • Norihiko Ikeda
   • Hiroaki Miyata

   Guest Review Article Open access 08 August 2016 Pages: 569 - 576

   

2. Tricuspid surgery for tricuspid regurgitation: review

   • Tadashi Isomura
   • Yasuhisa Fukada
   • Masahiro Endo

   Current Topics Review Article 27 June 2016 Pages: 577 - 583

   

3. Outcome analysis for prediction of early and long-term survival in patients receiving intra-aortic balloon pumping after cardiac surgery

   • Hiroyuki Kamiya
   • Maximilian Schilling
   • Artur Lichtenberg

   Original Article Open access 25 July 2016 Pages: 584 - 591

   

4. Evaluation of 60 cases of systemic-pulmonary shunt with cardiopulmonary bypass

   • Yoshimasa Uno
   • Ayumu Masuoka
   • Takaaki Suzuki

   Original Article 08 July 2016 Pages: 592 - 596

5. Association between endothelial function and micro-vascular remodeling measured by synchrotron radiation pulmonary micro-angiography in pulmonary arterial hypertension

   • Satoko Fuji
   • Shonosuke Matsushita
   • Chiho Tokunaga

   Original Article 08 July 2016 Pages: 597 - 603

   

6. Analysis of the variation pattern in right upper pulmonary veins and establishment of simplified vein models for anatomical segmentectomy

   • Kimihiro Shimizu
   • Toshiteru Nagashima
   • Hiroyuki Kuwano

   Original Article Open access 19 July 2016 Pages: 604 - 611

   

7. Thoracoscopic pulmonary wedge resection without post-operative chest drain: an observational study

   • Bo Laksáfoss Holbek
   • Henrik Jessen Hansen
   • René Horsleben Petersen

   Original Article 10 August 2016 Pages: 612 - 617

   

8. A rare case: bioprosthetic tricuspid valvuloplasty dramatically improved hepatic encephalopathy

   • Yuichiro Yokoyama
   • Mitsunori Abe
   • Yumiko Abe

   Case Report 22 February 2015 Pages: 618 - 620

   

9. Trans-aortic endoscopic ventricular thrombectomy in a patient with HIT and concomitant Aortic and ventricular thromboses

   • George T. Stavridis
   • Maria Vasili
   • Athanasios Manginas

   Case Report 08 April 2015 Pages: 621 - 624

   

10. A persistent tracheocutaneous fistula closed with two hinged skin flaps and rib cartilage interpositional grafting

    • Francesco Paolo Caronia
    • Alfonso Fiorelli
    • Sergio Castorina

    Case Report 10 February 2015 Pages: 625 - 628

    

11. Two cases of lung herniation treated by surgery or observation

    • Ryosuke Hara
    • Keitaro Matsumoto
    • Takeshi Nagayasu

    Case Report 13 May 2015 Pages: 629 - 632

    

12. Percutaneous transapical closure of cardiac apex and mitral prosthetic paravalvular leak is feasible and alternative approach to the septal approach

    • Cengiz Ozturk
    • Turgay Celik
    • Adem Guler

    Letter to the Editor 27 May 2016 Pages: 633 - 633

13. Prospective observational cohort study of postoperative risk and prognosis scoring for elderly patients with medically operable lung cancer (JACS1303)

    • Hisashi Saji
    • Takahiko Ueno
    • Committee for Scientific Affairs, The Japanese Association for Chest Surgery, Tokyo, Japan

    Letter to the Editor 16 August 2016 Pages: 634 - 635

14. Fate of Hancock valve in tricuspid position 36 years after implantation

    • Hideki Kitamura
    • Arishige Kimura
    • Masanobu Maeda

    Rapid Communication 01 July 2016 Pages: 636 - 637