1. Ischemic functional mitral regurgitation: from pathophysiological concepts to current treatment options. A systemic review for optimal strategy

   • Francesco Nappi
   • Antonio Nenna
   • Yoshiro Matzui

   Review Article 05 January 2021 Pages: 213 - 229

   

2. Long-term results of the maze procedure with GP ablation for permanent atrial fibrillation

   • Kazuo Yamanaka
   • Takeshi Nishina
   • Masatoshi Fujita

   Original Article 27 July 2020 Pages: 230 - 237

   

3. Dysregulated long non-coding RNAs involved in regulation of matrix degradation during type-B aortic dissection pathogenesis

   • Hongjie Xu
   • Boyao Zhang
   • Guokun Wang

   Original Article 14 July 2020 Pages: 238 - 245

   

4. Femoral artery anatomy is a risk factor for limb ischemia in minimally invasive cardiac surgery

   • Takayuki Kawashima
   • Keitaro Okamoto
   • Shinji Miyamoto

   Original Article 15 July 2020 Pages: 246 - 253

   

5. Modified annular suturing technique for minimizing postoperative pacemaker use after surgical aortic valve replacement

   • Hiromi Yanagisawa
   • Minoru Tabata

   Original Article 29 July 2020 Pages: 254 - 259

   

6. Reimplantation for annular stabilization in bicuspid aortic valve repair

   • Hiroshi Tanaka
   • Kenji Okada
   • Yutaka Okita

   Original Article 02 August 2020 Pages: 260 - 266

   

7. Safety and efficacy of the percutaneous thoracic endovascular repair with regional anesthesia

   • Satoru Domoto
   • Takashi Azuma
   • Hiroshi Niinami

   Original Article 28 July 2020 Pages: 267 - 273

   

8. 18F-FDG-PET/CT predicts grade of malignancy and invasive potential of thymic epithelial tumors

   • Takamasa Ito
   • Hidemi Suzuki
   • Ichiro Yoshino

   Original Article 30 July 2020 Pages: 274 - 281

   

9. Factors associated with changes in the 12-m stair-climbing time after lung lobectomy

   • Naoki Ozeki
   • Takayuki Fukui
   • Toyofumi Fengshi Chen-Yoshikawa

   Original Article 06 August 2020 Pages: 282 - 289

   

10. Right top pulmonary veins associated with lung incomplete fissure and displaced bronchus: a retrospective study using multidetector computed tomography

    • Yaginuma Hiroshi
    • Takao Ken-ichiro
    • Umeda Masashi

    Original Article 13 August 2020 Pages: 290 - 296

    

11. Airway inflammation and lung function recovery after lobectomy in patients with primary lung cancer

    • Keigo Okamoto
    • Kazuki Hayashi
    • Jun Hanaoka

    Original Article 28 August 2020 Pages: 297 - 302

    

12. Prognostic value of visceral pleural invasion in pure-solid and part-solid lung cancer patients

    • Satoru Okada
    • Aritoshi Hattori
    • Kenji Suzuki

    Original Article 12 September 2020 Pages: 303 - 310

    

13. Diagnosis of recurrence and follow-up using FDG-PET/CT for postoperative non-small-cell lung cancer patients

    • Hiroaki Toba
    • Naoya Kawakita
    • Akira Tangoku

    Original Article 09 September 2020 Pages: 311 - 317

    

14. Effectiveness and postoperative pain level of single-port versus two-port thoracoscopic lobectomy for lung cancer: a retrospective cohort study

    • Cheng-guang Hu
    • Kang Zheng
    • Shi-ping Guo

    Original Article Open access 08 September 2020 Pages: 318 - 325

    

15. Comparative analysis of the prognostic utility of preoperative nutritional parameters in patients with resectable esophageal carcinoma

    • Masayuki Urabe
    • Masaki Ueno
    • Harushi Udagawa

    Original Article 27 November 2020 Pages: 326 - 335

    

16. A staged surgical strategy for cardiogenic shock and iatrogenic ventricular septal perforation due to a malpositioned catheter

    • Takuya Nishijima
    • Yoshihisa Tanoue
    • Akira Shiose

    Case Report 06 July 2020 Pages: 336 - 339

    

17. Endovascular relining of a Dacron graft for refractory perigraft seroma

    • Shinji Abe
    • Yasuhiro Kamikubo
    • Makoto Takahira

    Case Report 06 July 2020 Pages: 340 - 342

    

18. Aortic valve-sparing procedure—a durable choice in liver transplantation recipient

    • Andrea De Martino
    • Stefano Pratali
    • Uberto Bortolotti

    Case Report Open access 12 July 2020 Pages: 343 - 345

    

19. Total arch and descending aorta replacement via left thoracotomy for infected post-thoracic endovascular aortic repair type B aortic dissection

    • Atsushi Miyagawa
    • Homare Okamura
    • Hideo Adachi

    Case Report 27 July 2020 Pages: 346 - 349

    

20. Aortic root destruction after aortic valvuloplasty for bicuspid aortic valve

    • Mitsutaka Nakao
    • Michio Yoshitake
    • Takashi Kunihara

    Case Report 25 July 2020 Pages: 350 - 352

    

21. Titanium plate to fix crossed rib can cause cardiac tamponade: A cautionary note

    • Masaaki Ryomoto
    • Naosumi Sekiya
    • Taichi Sakaguchi

    Case Report 25 July 2020 Pages: 353 - 355

    

22. Surgical treatment of a primary cardiac lymphoma presenting with cardiac tamponade

    • Juan Xia
    • Laichun Song
    • Xiaojing Ma

    Case Report 04 August 2020 Pages: 356 - 359

    

23. Adult case of tetralogy of Fallot associated with atrioventricular septal defect

    • Shigeto Tsuji
    • Akio Ikai
    • Junichi Koizumi

    Case Report 20 August 2020 Pages: 360 - 363

    

24. Rheumatic mitral stenosis in a 28-week pregnant woman treated by mitral valvuoplasty guided by low dose of radiation: a case report and brief overview

    • Arturo Cesaro
    • Iris Garrido Bravo
    • Eduardo Pinar Bermudez

    Case Report 27 August 2020 Pages: 364 - 366

    

25. Diagnostic dilemma in spontaneous innominate artery pathology: a case report

    • Christophoros Kotoulas
    • Charalampos Georgiou
    • Ioannis Panagiotou

    Case Report 30 August 2020 Pages: 367 - 370

    

26. Huge typical pulmonary carcinoid presented with gigantism syndrome

    • Morris Beshay
    • Federico Gutierrez
    • Fritz Mertzlufft

    Case Report Open access 28 July 2020 Pages: 371 - 374

    

27. Severe scoliosis with an impaired pulmonary allograft function after pediatric unilateral lung transplantation

    • Takeshi Shiraishi
    • Haruhisa Yanagida
    • Akinori Iwasaki

    Case Report 15 September 2020 Pages: 375 - 378

    

28. Endoscopic resection of tracheal lobular capillary haemangioma with ultrasonically activated device

    • Alfonso Fiorelli
    • Marina Accardo
    • Mario Santini

    Case Report 01 August 2020 Pages: 379 - 382

    

29. Intraoperative real-time hemodynamics in intralobar pulmonary sequestration using indocyanine green and near-infrared thoracoscopy

    • Yusuke Motohashi
    • Tatsuya Kato
    • Kichizo Kaga

    Case Report 06 August 2020 Pages: 383 - 387

    

30. Iatrogenic bronchial injury findings during video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

    • Yuya Ishikawa
    • Tetsu Yamada
    • Yoshihiro Miyamoto

    Case Report 26 August 2020 Pages: 388 - 390

    

31. “Decompression of tension pneumothorax in a trauma patient –first use of a novel decompression colorimetric capnography device in human patient”

    • John Zietlow
    • Matthew Hernandez
    • Johnathon Aho

    Case Report 03 September 2020 Pages: 391 - 393

    

32. Thymic lipofibroadenoma accompanied with largish calcifications

    • Shuhei Hakiri
    • Koji Kawaguchi
    • Toyofumi F. Chen-Yoshikawa

    Case Report 04 September 2020 Pages: 394 - 397

    

33. An endobronchial recurrence of resected lung adenocarcinoma

    • Shin Koyama
    • Kazuhito Funai
    • Norihiko Shiiya

    Case Report 09 September 2020 Pages: 398 - 400

    

34. Avoidance of circulatory collapse by preoperative percutaneous drainage of tumor contents for a giant mediastinal mature cystic teratoma

    • Satoko Shiomi
    • Shohei Mori
    • Takashi Ohtsuka

    Case Report 05 September 2020 Pages: 401 - 404

    

35. Distal gastrectomy for early gastric conduit carcinoma after Ivor–Lewis esophagectomy

    • Motohiro Hirao
    • Takuya Hamakawa
    • Masayuki Mano

    Case Report 09 October 2020 Pages: 405 - 408

    

36. Rib osteotomy with the Nuss procedure for the repair of adult pectus excavatum

    • Sadashige Uemura
    • Atsushi Yoshida
    • Hisako Kuyama

    How to Do It 14 August 2020 Pages: 409 - 411

    

37. Managing benign tracheal stenosis during COVID-19 outbreak

    • Silvia Fiorelli
    • Cecilia Menna
    • Erino Angelo Rendina

    Letter to the Editor 26 August 2020 Pages: 412 - 413