1. The change in the mitral-septal angle after surgery for atrial functional mitral regurgitation

   • Daisuke Kaneyuki
   • Hiroyuki Nakajima
   • Atsushi Iguchi

   Original Article 19 June 2020 Pages: 1 - 7

   

2. Total arterial multivessels minimal invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting via left minithoracotomy

   • Kaushal K. Tiwari
   • Vivek Wadhawa
   • Chirag Doshi

   Original Article 25 June 2020 Pages: 8 - 13

   

3. Artificial endocrine pancreas with a closed-loop system effectively suppresses the accelerated hyperglycemic status after reperfusion during aortic surgery

   • Kei Aizawa
   • Arata Muraoka
   • Koji Kawahito

   Original Article 26 August 2020 Pages: 14 - 18

   

4. A meta-analysis comparing transaxillary and transaortic transcatheter aortic valve replacement

   • Yong Zhan
   • Serena Lofftus
   • Frederick Y. Chen

   Original Article 15 July 2020 Pages: 19 - 26

   

5. Mid- to long-term surgical outcomes of partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection

   • Kenji Suzuki
   • Yusuke Iwata
   • Hiroshi Niinami

   Original Article 19 July 2020 Pages: 27 - 31

6. Long-term results of the edge-to-edge repair for failed mitral valve repair as a bailout option

   • Zhaoji Zhong
   • Ziqi Yue
   • Sheng Liu

   Original Article 11 July 2020 Pages: 32 - 37

   

7. Factors influencing activated clotting time following heparin administration for the initiation of cardiopulmonary bypass

   • Satoshi Matsushita
   • Akinori Kishida
   • Atsushi Amano

   Original Article 12 July 2020 Pages: 38 - 43

8. Development of a new risk model for a prognostic prediction after transcatheter aortic valve replacement

   • Koichi Maeda
   • Toru Kuratani
   • Yoshiki Sawa

   Original Article 12 July 2020 Pages: 44 - 50

   

9. Intraoperative complications and troubles in robot-assisted anatomical pulmonary resection

   • Hiroyasu Ueno
   • Yukio Watanabe
   • Kenji Suzuki

   Original Article 01 July 2020 Pages: 51 - 58

   

10. Prognostic factors of stage I thymic epithelial tumors

    • Takayuki Fukui
    • Yuka Kadomatsu
    • Toyofumi Fengshi Chen-Yoshikawa

    Original Article 03 July 2020 Pages: 59 - 66

    

11. Surgical results and prognosis of lung cancer in elderly Japanese patients aged over 85 years: comparison with patients aged 80–84 years

    • Hideomi Ichinokawa
    • Kazuya Takamochi
    • Kenji Suzuki

    Original Article 05 July 2020 Pages: 67 - 75

    

12. The prognostic impact of the mediastinal fat tissue invasion in patients with non-small cell lung cancer

    • Necati Çitak
    • Yunus Aksoy
    • Adnan Sayar

    Original Article 16 July 2020 Pages: 76 - 83

    

13. Postoperative pneumonia causes the loss of skeletal muscle volume and poor prognosis in patients undergoing esophagectomy for esophageal cancer

    • Seiichiro Fujishima
    • Hironori Tsujimoto
    • Hideki Ueno

    Original Article 10 September 2020 Pages: 84 - 90

    

14. Successful endovascular treatment of an ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm using an Amplatzer Vascular Plug II

    • Takuya Matsuzawa
    • Mio Kasai
    • Motohiko Osako

    Case Report 23 April 2020 Pages: 91 - 93

    

15. Surgical management for dual left anterior descending artery with anomalous origin of left coronary artery from pulmonary artery: a case report

    • Kosuke Nakamae
    • Yuki Ichihara
    • Hiroshi Niinami

    Case Report 12 May 2020 Pages: 94 - 96

    

16. A 43-year-old functional Starr–Edwards ball and cage mechanical aortic valve

    • Samuel Powell
    • Ravi Choxi
    • Ion S. Jovin

    Case Report 14 May 2020 Pages: 97 - 99

    

17. Temporary stenting in a case of Stanford type A aortic dissection complicated with left main coronary ischemia

    • Shu Yamamoto
    • Tatsuya Ogawa
    • Takeshi Shichijo

    Case Report 19 May 2020 Pages: 100 - 102

    

18. Surgical repair of an isolated left-sided partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection in an 18-month-old child

    • Alwaleed Al-Dairy
    • Lujain Al-kyakhi
    • Mohammad Fawzi Nabhani

    Case Report 13 June 2020 Pages: 103 - 106

    

19. Aortic root morphology can cause early bioprosthetic valve failure of externally mounted pericardial bioprosthesis

    • Tomoki Ushijima
    • Satoshi Fujita
    • Akira Shiose

    Case Report 13 June 2020 Pages: 107 - 109

    

20. Sandwich repair for postinfarction ventricular septal rupture and left ventricular rupture

    • Homare Okamura
    • Yuichiro Kitada
    • Mamoru Arakawa

    Case Report 11 June 2020 Pages: 110 - 113

    

21. Total endovascular aortic repairs using branched devices for arch and thoracoabdominal aneurysms

    • Tomoaki Kudo
    • Toru Kuratani
    • Yoshiki Sawa

    Case Report 18 June 2020 Pages: 114 - 117

    

22. Surgeon-modified endovascular grafts for treating ruptured arch aneurysm due to proximal endograft failure after thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair combined with total debranching

    • Tsuyoshi Shibata
    • Masami Shingaki
    • Kiyofumi Morishita

    Case Report 26 June 2020 Pages: 118 - 121

    

23. Successful treatment of left ventricular patch infection by latissimus dorsi muscle flap covering without patch removal

    • Kousuke Mori
    • Koji Furukawa
    • Kunihide Nakamura

    Case Report 01 July 2020 Pages: 122 - 125

    

24. Solitary myocardial metastasis from neuroendocrine tumor: surgical resection as curative surgery

    • Hugo Clermidy
    • Mayeul Tabutin
    • François Tronc

    Case Report 18 June 2020 Pages: 126 - 129

    

25. Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula ruptured in an adolescent girl 1 week after her mother’s rupture: a report of a case

    • Suguru Mitsui
    • Shunsuke Tauchi
    • Satoshi Tobe

    Case Report 18 June 2020 Pages: 130 - 132

    

26. Unusual local and distant metastases after complete resection of roentgenographically occult squamous cell carcinoma

    • Katsuo Usuda
    • Shun Iwai
    • Hidetaka Uramoto

    Case Report 26 June 2020 Pages: 133 - 136

    

27. Spontaneous pneumothorax associated with cavitating pulmonary metastasis from breast cancer: a case report and literature review

    • Asato Hashinokuchi
    • Takaki Akamine
    • Seiya Kato

    Case Report 02 July 2020 Pages: 137 - 141

    

28. Pulmonary sclerosing pneumocytoma with mediastinal lymph node metastasis: a case report

    • Gökhan Kocaman
    • Mustafa Bülent Yenigün
    • Serkan Enön

    Case Report 14 July 2020 Pages: 142 - 146

    

29. Tumor-to-tumor metastasis: lung cancer within a thymoma

    • H. Takahashi
    • Y. Asato
    • K. Hatanaka

    Case Report 12 September 2020 Pages: 147 - 150

    

30. Subxiphoid dual-port thymectomy for thymoma in a patient with post-aortic left brachiocephalic vein

    • Masahito Naito
    • Mototsugu Ono
    • Yukitoshi Satoh

    Case Report 25 September 2020 Pages: 151 - 154

    

31. Intrathoracic omental herniation mimics posterior mediastinal lipomatous tumor

    • Yasuhiro Nakashima
    • Masashi Kobayashi
    • Kenichi Okubo

    Case Report 12 July 2020 Pages: 155 - 159

    

32. Extralobar sequestration with a pulmonary arterial feeding vessel

    • Daisuke Nakamura
    • Ryoichi Kondo
    • Hiroko Itagaki

    Case Report 18 July 2020 Pages: 160 - 162

    

33. Management of congenital lobar overinflation in an adult

    • Alexander Fernández
    • Stella I. Martínez
    • Sandra Huertas

    Case Report 21 July 2020 Pages: 163 - 167

    

34. Thoracoscopy–thoracotomy approach for an aortoesophageal fistula: a case report

    • Yuriko Isagawa
    • Kengo Kanetaka
    • Susumu Eguchi

    Case Report 25 November 2020 Pages: 168 - 171

    

35. Congenital heart disease in the era of COVID-19 pandemic

    • Raffaele Giordano
    • Massimiliano Cantinotti

    How to Do It 22 June 2020 Pages: 172 - 174

36. The VVBA method for thoracoscopic right middle lobe segmentectomy

    • Min Zhang
    • Qing-chen Wu
    • Ming-jian Ge

    How to Do It 01 June 2020 Pages: 175 - 177

    

37. Global left ventricular afterload matters in left ventricular reverse remodeling after aortic valve replacement

    • Hisato Ito

    Letter to the Editor 07 April 2020 Pages: 178 - 178

38. Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeries in Japan during 2018

    • Committee for Scientific Affairs, The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery
    • Hideyuki Shimizu
    • Yoshiki Sawa

    Annual Report Open access 22 October 2020 Pages: 179 - 212