1. Two-lung ventilation in the prone position: is it the standard anesthetic management for thoracoscopic esophagectomy?

   • Hiroya Takeuchi
   • Yuko Kitagawa

   Editorial 04 February 2014 Pages: 133 - 134

2. Elephant trunk technique for hybrid aortic arch repair

   • Yuji Miyamoto

   Current Topics Review Article 15 August 2013 Pages: 135 - 141

3. Streptococcus bovis bacteraemia: an evaluation of the long-term effect on cardiac outcomes

   • Gerard J. Fitzmaurice
   • Adrian J. McKenna
   • Mark E. O’Donnell

   Original Article 11 September 2013 Pages: 142 - 148

   

4. Training the novice to become cardiac surgeon: does the “early learning curve” training compromise surgical outcomes?

   • Ed Peng
   • Pradip K. Sarkar

   Original Article 01 October 2013 Pages: 149 - 156

5. FDG PET/CT is useful for detecting infiltration to the port site in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma

   • Koji Kawaguchi
   • Tetsuo Taniguchi
   • Kohei Yokoi

   Original Article 27 November 2013 Pages: 157 - 162

   

6. Efficacy and safety of artificial pneumothorax under two-lung ventilation in thoracoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer in the prone position

   • Daisuke Saikawa
   • Shunichi Okushiba
   • Hiroyuki Kato

   Original Article 31 October 2013 Pages: 163 - 170

   

7. Early pseudoaneurysm formation after the sutureless technique for left ventricular rupture due to acute myocardial infarction

   • Kenichi Sasaki
   • Toshihiro Fukui
   • Shuichiro Takanashi

   Case Report 26 March 2013 Pages: 171 - 174

   

8. Recurrent primary cardiac osteosarcoma: a case report and literature review

   • Andrea Dell’Amore
   • Nizar Asadi
   • Franco Stella

   Case Report 24 March 2013 Pages: 175 - 180

   

9. Mitral valve replacement and septal myectomy for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

   • Kouji Furukawa
   • Takahiro Hayase
   • Mitsuhiro Yano

   Case Report 02 April 2013 Pages: 181 - 183

   

10. Surgical treatment for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

    • Kenji Minakata
    • Ryuzo Sakata

    Invited Commentary 28 May 2013 Pages: 184 - 185

11. Leiomyomas requiring chest wall resection and reconstruction

    • N. Kanlıoğlu Kuman
    • E. Pabuşçu
    • I. Meteoğlu

    Case Report 24 December 2012 Pages: 186 - 190

    

12. Epithelioid inflammatory myofibroblastic sarcoma arising in the pleural cavity

    • Yoshiki Kozu
    • Mitsuhiro Isaka
    • Takashi Nakajima

    Case Report 24 January 2013 Pages: 191 - 194

    

13. A false positive fluorodeoxyglucose lymphadenopathy in a patient with pulmonary carcinoid tumor and previous breast reconstruction after bilateral mastectomy

    • Andrea Billè
    • Lara Girelli
    • Ugo Pastorino

    Case Report 19 February 2013 Pages: 195 - 197

    

14. Intrathoracic papillary thyroid carcinoma from occult primary disease

    • Anastasia Oikonomou
    • Emanuelle Astrinakis
    • Panos Prassopoulos

    Case Report 28 February 2013 Pages: 198 - 201

    

15. Collagen fleece failed to prevent intrapleural adhesions in a canine model: failure of murine models to translate into a large animal model

    • Masatsugu Hamaji
    • Fumitsugu Kojima
    • Tatsuo Nakamura

    Rapid Communication 09 January 2014 Pages: 202 - 203