Recent experiences with minimally invasive pectus excavatum repair “nuss procedure” Donald Nuss Special Contribution Pages: 338 - 344
Risk of recurrence after surgical resection of small-sized invasive lung adenocarcinoma Atsushi MorioHideaki MiyamotoHiroshi Izumi Original Article Pages: 345 - 353
Late outcomes after isolated coronary artery bypass grafting for ischemic mitral regurgitation Satsuki FukushimaJunjiro KobayashiSoichiro Kitamura Original Article Pages: 354 - 360
Postoperative mediastinitis following hemiarch replacement Koji TsutsumiMikihiko Ookura Case Report Pages: 361 - 364
Sudden death from metastatic esophageal cancer to the ventricular septum Masafumi KataokaKaori ShigemitsuSoichiro Nose Case Report Pages: 365 - 368
Pulmonary cryptococcosis mimicking pulmonary metastases in a patient treated with tegafururacil after lung cancer surgery Shunsuke EndoNoriko SaitoYasunori Sohara Case Report Pages: 369 - 371
Combined aortic and mitral valve repair in active infective endocarditis Hiroichiro YamaguchiKiyoyuki EishiSeiji Matsukuma Case Report Pages: 372 - 376
Primary mediastinal lymph node malignancy with features suggestive of dendritic cell sarcoma Ken-ichi TogashiHirohiko ShinoharaManabu Isoda Case Report Pages: 377 - 381
Pitfalls of sutureless repair of a blow-out type left ventricular free wall rupture Naoyuki KimuraKoji KawahitoTakashi Ino Case Report Pages: 382 - 385
Huge thrombus growing on an aortic prosthetic valve detected in acute coronary syndrome Genta ChikazawaHideaki NakanoTakafumi Tabuchi Case Report Pages: 386 - 388
Emergency operation for distal aortic arch aneurysm in Behcet’s disease Kazuchika SuzukiTeruhisa KazuiTakayasu Suzuki Case Report Pages: 389 - 392
Spontaneous disappearance of focal ground-glass opacity in the lung detected on the high-resolution computed tomography Hiroyuki SakuraiKunio TakanoMasahiko Matsumoto Case Report Pages: 397 - 399
Temporary decompression of the right ventricle to assess the right ventricle-dependent coronary circulation in pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum Shigemitsu IwaiHidefumi KishimotoHiroaki Kawata Case Report Pages: 400 - 403
Arterial air embolism during percutaneous pulmonary marking under computed tomography guidance Koichi SatoKatsutoshi MiyauchiKanji Kawachi Case Report Pages: 404 - 406
Emergent mitral valvuloplasty with an autologous pericardial patch in an octogenarian with active infective endocarditis Shigefumi MatsuyamaTetsuya UenoKazuyuki Ikeda Case Report Pages: 407 - 410