1. Feasibility of transcatheter prosthetic paravalvular leakage closure: a single-center, exploratory safety evaluation study of transcatheter closure of prosthetic paravalvular regurgitation in Japan (STOP PARA study)

   • Takafumi Nakayama
   • Atsushi Okada
   • Junjiro Kobayashi

   Original Article 14 December 2018 Pages: 493 - 500

   

2. Surgical outcomes of acute type A aortic dissection in dialysis patients

   • Kei Akiyoshi
   • Naoyuki Kimura
   • Atsushi Yamaguchi

   Original Article 14 December 2018 Pages: 501 - 509

   

3. Outcomes after aortic valve replacement for aortic valve stenosis, with or without concomitant coronary artery bypass grafting

   • Reo Sakakura
   • Tohru Asai
   • Shoichiro Shiraishi

   Original Article 17 December 2018 Pages: 510 - 517

   

4. Z-plasty as an alternative choice for the treatment of recurrent local sternal wound infections

   • Emre Kubat
   • Malik Abacı
   • Celal Selçuk Ünal

   Original Article 19 December 2018 Pages: 518 - 523

   

5. Multimodality therapy for thymoma patients with pleural dissemination

   • Shota Nakamura
   • Koji Kawaguchi
   • Kohei Yokoi

   Original Article 06 February 2019 Pages: 524 - 529

   

6. Clinical analysis of pneumonectomy for destroyed lung: a retrospective study of 32 patients

   • Fuat Sayir
   • Ilhan Ocakcioglu
   • Ufuk Çobanoğlu

   Original Article 02 January 2019 Pages: 530 - 536

   

7. Concurrent chemoradiotherapy using cisplatin and S-1, followed by surgery for stage II/IIIA non-small cell lung cancer

   • Tomoshi Tsuchiya
   • Keitaro Matsumoto
   • Takeshi Nagayasu

   Original Article 23 January 2019 Pages: 537 - 543

   

8. Outcomes and predictive factors for pathological node-positive in radiographically pure-solid, small-sized lung adenocarcinoma

   • Hiroyuki Kayata
   • Mitsuhiro Isaka
   • Yasuhisa Ohde

   Original Article 09 January 2019 Pages: 544 - 550

   

9. The conversion to Rastelli’s type operation from Patrick-McGoon’s procedure of an adult with Taussig–Bing heart: a case report

   • Keiichi Fujiwara
   • Kousuke Yoshizawa
   • Hisanori Sakazaki

   Case Report 11 June 2018 Pages: 551 - 553

   

10. Anatomical correction of atrioventricular discordance using three-dimensional replica

    • Tai Fuchigami
    • Masahiko Nishioka
    • Nobuhiro Nagata

    Case Report 28 May 2018 Pages: 554 - 557

    

11. Right completion pneumonectomy for impending rupture of a pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm

    • Masatoshi Kanayama
    • Yoshinobu Ichiki
    • Fumihiro Tanaka

    Case Report 30 July 2018 Pages: 558 - 560

    

12. Resection of mediastinal goiter extending to the carina with use of artificial pneumothorax, two-lung ventilation, and thoracoscopy, with the patient in a prone position

    • Satoshi Hayashi
    • Masaya Kawada
    • Shunichi Okushiba

    Case Report 24 August 2018 Pages: 561 - 565

    

13. De-airing an open stent graft to potentially reduce spinal cord injury

    • Susumu Isoda
    • Ryo Izubuchi
    • Munetaka Masuda

    How to Do It 06 December 2018 Pages: 566 - 568

    

14. Pulmonary artery reconstruction using an autologous pulmonary vein patch in pulmonary resection

    • Hiroaki Tsunezuka
    • Narumi Ishikawa
    • Masayoshi Inoue

    How to Do It 02 January 2019 Pages: 569 - 571

    

15. Correction to: New insight into tricuspid valve anatomy from 100 hearts to reappraise annuloplasty methodology

    • Yoshito Sakon
    • Takashi Murakami
    • Toshihiko Shibata

    Correction 05 April 2019 Pages: 572 - 572

16. Correction to: Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery in Japan in 2016

    • Committee for Scientific Affairs, The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery
    • Hideyuki Shimizu
    • Yutaka Okita

    Correction Open access 24 April 2019 Pages: 573 - 575