Degree of right ventricular dysfunction dictates outcomes after tricuspid valve repair concomitant with left-side valve surgery Khaled D. AlgarniAmr ArafatTurki B. Albacker Original Article 06 November 2020 Pages: 911 - 918
Sex differences in continuous-flow ventricular assist device therapy for advanced heart failure Yorihiko MatsumotoSatsuki FukushimaTomoyuki Fujita Original Article 02 November 2020 Pages: 919 - 925
Full PETTICOAT in acute type B aortic dissection with patent false lumen may offer positive remodeling for the distal aorta Kenichi HashizumeMasanori HondaHideyuki Shimizu Original Article 17 November 2020 Pages: 926 - 933
Preoperative right ventricular dysfunction requires high vasoactive and inotropic support during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting Tatsuya KunigoYusuke YoshikawaMichiaki Yamakage Original Article 03 January 2021 Pages: 934 - 942
Clinical usefulness of the 3-tier classification according to the proportion of morphological patterns for patients with pathological stage I invasive lung adenocarcinoma Junichiro OsawaYoshihisa ShimadaNorihiko Ikeda Original Article 01 January 2021 Pages: 943 - 949
Prospective study of recurrence at the surgical margin after wedge resection of pulmonary metastases Satoshi ShionoNoriyuki MatsutaniMetastatic Lung Tumor Study Group of Japan Original Article 03 January 2021 Pages: 950 - 959
How preserved regional pulmonary function after thoracoscopic segmentectomy in clinical stage I non-small cell lung cancers in right upper lobe Yusuke SugitaHiroaki KurodaKenichi Okubo Original Article 02 January 2021 Pages: 960 - 966
Clinical significance of bifocal treatment for synchronous brain metastasis in T1-2 non-small-cell lung cancers: JNETS0301 Katsuyuki SuzukiSatoshi ShionoYoshinori Okada Original Article 05 January 2021 Pages: 967 - 975
Spontaneous ventilation combined with double-lumen tube intubation in thoracic surgery József FurákZsolt Szabó Original Article 12 January 2021 Pages: 976 - 982
Histological study of the thin membranous dense connective tissue around the middle and lower thoracic esophagus, caudal to the bifurcation of the trachea Yutaka TokairinKagami NagaiYusuke Kinugasa Original Article 13 March 2021 Pages: 983 - 992
Fatal septic embolism due to Staphylococcus lugdunensis-induced bacteremia Motonori IshidouKazuyoshi KannoKisaburo Sakamoto Case Report 04 January 2021 Pages: 993 - 995
A rare case of idiopathic chronic expanding pericardial hematoma presenting as pericardial tamponade: a case report and literature review Hiroaki TakahashiShunya ChomeiKunio Gan Case Report 19 January 2021 Pages: 996 - 999
Mitral endocarditis in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy with leaflet perforation Hiroko TaguchiShun NakajiKiyoyuki Eishi Case Report 25 January 2021 Pages: 1000 - 1003
A patient with Marfan’s syndrome who developed an acute aortic dissection at 28 weeks of pregnancy treated with aortic root replacement Riki SumiyoshiHideki MoritaHiroshi Nagano Case Report Open access 07 February 2021 Pages: 1004 - 1007
Cardiac arrest due to acute thrombosis after surgical closure of coronary fistula: the role of anticoagulation Francesco MelilloFrancesco MarantaDomenico Cianflone Case Report 16 February 2021 Pages: 1008 - 1011
Multiple small tumor formation on both surfaces of the aortic valve cusps in Epstein–Barr virus-associated T/NK-cell lymphoproliferative disease: a case report Ryuta TaiHiroyuki IrieTadashi Yoshino Case Report Open access 13 March 2021 Pages: 1012 - 1015
Mature cystic teratoma of anterior mediastinum in a 4-month-old infant: a rare case report Senai Goitom SerekeAnthony OriekotFelix Bongomin Case Report 15 January 2021 Pages: 1016 - 1021
Successful resection of giant mediastinal tumor with growing teratoma syndrome by bilateral transmanubrial approach, clamshell and median sternotomy Kotaro MurakamiSatona TanakaHiroshi Date Case Report 30 January 2021 Pages: 1022 - 1025
Unusual presentation of empyema necessitans: case report and review of the literature Colin G. White-DzuroPatrick E. AssiWesley P. Thayer Case Report 09 February 2021 Pages: 1026 - 1030
Combined surgical therapy for pulmonary sequestration and aberrant artery from the abdominal aorta Shuhei HakiriTakayuki FukuiToyofumi F. Chen-Yoshikawa Case Report 20 March 2021 Pages: 1031 - 1034
Initial experience of virtual-assisted lung mapping utilizing both indocyanine green and indigo carmine Masahiro YanagiyaYoko AmanoJun Matsumoto How to Do It Open access 03 January 2021 Pages: 1035 - 1039