1. Review of the use of simulators in learning revascularization techniques

   • Ryaan EL-Andari
   • Sabin J. Bozso
   • Jeevan Nagendran

   Review Article 11 January 2021 Pages: 415 - 424

   

2. Effect of bivalirudin on neointimal hyperplasia and endothelial proliferation in rabbit

   • Tugra Gencpinar
   • Serdar Bayrak
   • Cenk Erdal

   Original Article 03 August 2020 Pages: 425 - 433

   

3. Outcomes of surgical treatment for active infective endocarditis of mitral valve compared using complexity scoring

   • Masahide Enomoto
   • Tomoaki Suzuki
   • Tohru Asai

   Original Article 04 August 2020 Pages: 434 - 443

   

4. Saphenous vein characteristics evaluated using three-dimensional contrastless computed tomography before coronary artery bypass grafting

   • Yuji Maruyama
   • Hajime Imura
   • Takashi Nitta

   Original Article 09 August 2020 Pages: 444 - 450

   

5. Risk factors for morbidity and mortality after a bidirectional Glenn shunt in Northern Thailand

   • Saviga Sethasathien
   • Suchaya Silvilairat
   • Surin Woragidpoonpol

   Original Article 11 August 2020 Pages: 451 - 457

   

6. Efficacy of left atrial plication for atrial functional mitral regurgitation

   • Masamichi Matsumori
   • Motoharu Kawashima
   • Nobuhiko Mukohara

   Original Article Open access 20 September 2020 Pages: 458 - 465

   

7. Efficacy of preoperative electrocardiographic-gated computed tomography in predicting the accurate aortic annulus diameter in surgical aortic valve replacement

   • Satoshi Kimura
   • Tomoki Ushijima
   • Akira Shiose

   Original Article 31 August 2020 Pages: 466 - 471

   

8. Advantages and disadvantages of corticosteroid use for acute exacerbation of interstitial pneumonia after pulmonary resection

   • Mariko Fukui
   • Kazuya Takamochi
   • Kenji Suzuki

   Original Article 16 September 2020 Pages: 472 - 477

   

9. Postoperative complications and perioperative management in patients on hemodialysis undergoing lung resection

   • Yukio Watanabe
   • Aritoshi Hattori
   • Kenji Suzuki

   Original Article 28 September 2020 Pages: 478 - 486

   

10. Perioperative risk factors for atrial fibrillation (AF) in patients underwent uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) pneumonectomy versus open thoracotomy: single center experience

    • Samer Al Sawalhi
    • Junrong Ding
    • Deping Zhao

    Original Article 26 September 2020 Pages: 487 - 496

    

11. Complete pleural symphysis is predicted by a blunted costophrenic angle

    • Shohei Mori
    • Takamasa Shibazaki
    • Takashi Ohtsuka

    Original Article 30 September 2020 Pages: 497 - 503

    

12. Thoracic trauma and mortality in geriatric Turkish population: 6-month follow-up study

    • Servet Özdemir
    • Selçuk Köse

    Original Article 14 October 2020 Pages: 504 - 510

    

13. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery using a three-dimensional thoracoscopic system as an educational tool for surgical trainees in general thoracic surgery

    • Takeshi Mimura
    • Atsushi Kagimoto
    • Yoshinori Yamashita

    Original Article 11 October 2020 Pages: 511 - 515

    

14. Intrathoracic use of a small ultrasonic probe for localizing small lung tumors in thoracoscopic surgery: Empirical results and comparison with preoperative CT images

    • Fumi Yokote
    • Yoshikane Yamauchi
    • Masafumi Kawamura

    Original Article 20 October 2020 Pages: 516 - 524

    

15. Biomarkers predicting the response to chemotherapy and the prognosis in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

    • Seiya Inoue
    • Takahiro Yoshida
    • Akira Tangoku

    Original Article 15 January 2021 Pages: 525 - 533

    

16. Giant coronary artery aneurysm masquerading as an anterior mediastinal mass

    • Rachel Deitz
    • Olugbenga Okusanya
    • Ibrahim Sultan

    Case Report 08 September 2020 Pages: 534 - 537

    

17. Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum in a patient with cleidocranial dysplasia

    • Satoshi Takagi
    • Daisuke Hamatake
    • Hiroyuki Ohjimi

    Case Report 14 September 2020 Pages: 538 - 541

    

18. Long-term results of tricuspid reconstruction with pericardium in an infant

    • Hajime Sakurai
    • Toshimichi Nonaka
    • Hiroshi Nishikawa

    Case Report 14 September 2020 Pages: 542 - 545

    

19. Reduction plasty for giant left atrium causing dysphagia: a case report

    • Abdul Kerim Buğra
    • Ersin Kadiroğulları
    • Burak Onan

    Case Report 23 September 2020 Pages: 546 - 549

    

20. Clinical management of coagulation status and placenta previa in a pregnant woman with Marfan’s syndrome after mitral and aortic mechanical heart valve replacement

    • Atsushi Nakanishi
    • Chizuko A. Kamiya
    • Jun Yoshimatsu

    Case Report 27 September 2020 Pages: 550 - 554

    

21. Intracardiac paragangliomas: surgical approach and perioperative management

    • Brandon A. Guenthart
    • Winston Trope
    • Natalie S. Lui

    Case Report 19 October 2020 Pages: 555 - 559

    

22. Spontaneous splenic rupture, mesenteric ischemia and spinal infarction after aortic repair for acute type A dissection in a patient with sickle cell trait

    • Makoto Toyoda
    • Tadashi Kitamura
    • Kagami Miyaji

    Case Report Open access 22 October 2020 Pages: 560 - 563

    

23. Ectopic intrapulmonary follicular adenoma diagnosed by surgical resection

    • Ryusuke Sumiya
    • Keigo Sekihara
    • Satoshi Nagasaka

    Case Report 16 September 2020 Pages: 564 - 567

    

24. Successful treatment of catamenial hemoptysis by single-incision thoracoscopic left S9 + 10 segmentectomy using indocyanine green injection-assisted targeting

    • Joo Hyung Son
    • Do Hyung Kim
    • Sung Kwang Lee

    Case Report 28 September 2020 Pages: 568 - 571

    

25. Posterior mediastinal nodule diagnosed as a tuberculous granuloma infiltrating into the aorta

    • Kazuto Sugai
    • Hideo Ichimura
    • Yukio Sato

    Case Report 02 October 2020 Pages: 572 - 576

    

26. COVID-19 pneumonia following double-sleeve lobectomy for lung cancer

    • Yusuf Inanc
    • Guven Olgac
    • Cemal Asim Kutlu

    Case Report 30 September 2020 Pages: 577 - 579

    

27. Right sleeve S2 segmentectomy for lung carcinoid tumor in a patient with tracheal bronchus

    • Samuel Garcia-Reina
    • Esther Fernandez
    • Pedro E. Lopez De Castro

    Case Report 06 October 2020 Pages: 580 - 583

    

28. A case of primary pulmonary Schizophyllum commune empyema treated with video-assisted thoracoscopic decortication

    • Alice Zhu
    • Kevin R. An
    • Michael Ko

    Case Report 28 October 2020 Pages: 584 - 587

    

29. Lung transplantation for Kartagener syndrome: technical aspects and morphological adaptation of the transplanted lungs

    • Haruchika Yamamoto
    • Seiichiro Sugimoto
    • Shinichi Toyooka

    Case Report 07 October 2020 Pages: 588 - 592

    

30. Preoperative tracheal resection and reconstruction simulations with patient-specific three-dimensional models

    • Keitaro Matsumoto
    • Daisuke Taniguchi
    • Takeshi Nagayasu

    Case Report 29 October 2020 Pages: 593 - 596

    

31. Anterior mediastinal ectopic pancreatic cyst incidentally identified by pericarditis: a case report

    • Yoshihito Iijima
    • Shun Iwai
    • Hidetaka Uramoto

    Case Report 02 November 2020 Pages: 597 - 600

    

32. Rupture of aneurysmal coronary-to-pulmonary artery fistula in a 96-year-old female; report of a case

    • Haruka Murakami
    • Sentaro Nakanishi
    • Hiroyuki Kamiya

    Case Report 16 September 2020 Pages: 601 - 604

    

33. Minimally invasive endoscopic aortic valve replacement for alkaptonuria-associated severe aortic stenosis: a case report and literature review

    • Shinichiro Taniguchi
    • Takashi Shimada
    • Tatsuya Miyanaga

    Case Report 24 September 2020 Pages: 605 - 609

    

34. Single-stage hybrid procedure for ruptured calcified thoracic aortic aneurysm caused by Takayasu’s arteritis

    • Shuichi Okonogi
    • Satoshi Ohki
    • Takao Miki

    Case Report 17 October 2020 Pages: 610 - 613

    

35. Beating heart left ventricle thrombectomy through mini-left-anterior thoracotomy for a patient with cardiogenic shock

    • Masato Mutsuga
    • Akihiko Usui

    How to Do It 15 October 2020 Pages: 614 - 617

    

36. Facilitating robotic thymectomy in patients with pectus excavatum deformity

    • Konstantinos Kapriniotis
    • Georgios Geropoulos
    • Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos

    How to Do It 22 October 2020 Pages: 618 - 620

    

37. Three-dimensional computed tomography and indocyanine green-guided technique for pulmonary sequestration surgery

    • Shunichiro Matsuoka
    • Takashi Eguchi
    • Kimihiro Shimizu

    How to Do It 19 October 2020 Pages: 621 - 624