Hospital volume and outcomes of cardiothoracic surgery in Japan: 2005–2009 national survey Ryuzo SakataHiroyuki KuwanoHiroyasu Yokomise National Survey 01 October 2012 Pages: 625 - 638
Heart transplantation in Japan: a critical appraisal for the results and future prospects Soichiro Kitamura Current Topics Review Article 01 October 2012 Pages: 639 - 644
Comparative study of brain protection in ascending aorta replacement for acute type A aortic dissection: retrograde cerebral perfusion versus selective antegrade cerebral perfusion Tadahisa SugiuraKiyotaka ImotoShota Yasuda Original Article 01 October 2012 Pages: 645 - 648
Traumatic diaphragmatic injury: experience from a tertiary emergency medical center Masahiko OkadaHideo AdachiYuuichi Hamabe Original Article 01 October 2012 Pages: 649 - 654
Case report and literature review: surgical treatment of a right atrial metastatic melanoma from a previously resected “advanced” primary site with regional lymph nodes involvement Haralabos ParissisBassel Suffian Al-AlaoVincent K. Young Case Report 01 October 2012 Pages: 655 - 660
Reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract after surgical removal of a cardiac hemangioma Masakazu SogawaTakuya FukudaNoriko Ishihara Case Report 01 October 2012 Pages: 661 - 663
A case of middle mediastinal thymoma Yasunori ShikadaMasakazu KatsuraSadanori Takeo Case Report 01 October 2012 Pages: 664 - 667
Cardiac herniation after operative management of lung cancer: a rare and dangerous complication Jeroen E. H. PontenTed W. O. ElenbaasAlbert H. M. van Straten Case Report 01 October 2012 Pages: 668 - 672
A case of basaloid carcinoma of the esophagus with a solitary lung metastasis for which thoracoscopic partial lung resection was performed Hidehito ShibasakiAyaho YoshinoAkira Ogata Case Report 01 October 2012 Pages: 673 - 679
Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery in Japan during 2010 Hiroyuki KuwanoJun AmanoHiroyasu Yokomise ANNUAL REPORT 01 October 2012 Pages: 680 - 708