1. Proximal versus extensive repair in acute type A aortic dissection: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis

   • Panagiotis T. Tasoudis
   • Dimitrios E. Magouliotis
   • Thanos Athanasiou

   Review Article 26 February 2022 Pages: 315 - 328

   

2. Early results after aortic annuloplasty with a complete external Dacron band

   • John-Peder Escobar Kvitting
   • Jan Otto Beitnes
   • Runar Lundblad

   Original Article Open access 20 September 2021 Pages: 329 - 336

   

3. Tranexamic acid after cardiopulmonary bypass does not increase risk of postoperative seizures: a retrospective study

   • Changwei Chen
   • Jing Liu
   • Lei Du

   Original Article 24 September 2021 Pages: 337 - 346

   

4. Impact of radiation to the eye of operators during endo-cardiovascular surgery and the importance of protection

   • Junki Yokota
   • Toru Kuratani
   • Shigeru Miyagawa

   Original Article 15 September 2021 Pages: 347 - 351

   

5. Pectus cross bars increase hospital readmission rates due to serous pleural effusion

   • Bihter Sayan
   • Nural Bekiroglu
   • Mustafa Yuksel

   Original Article 16 November 2021 Pages: 352 - 358

   

6. Stapler-lavage cytology using a new rapid immunocytochemistry for evaluating surgical margin status after pulmonary sublobar resection

   • Nobuyasu Kurihara
   • Kazuhiro Imai
   • Yoshihiro Minamiya

   Original Article 16 November 2021 Pages: 359 - 365

   

7. Positive bag lavage cytology during thoracoscopic surgery for lung cancer is a significant predictor of locoregional recurrence

   • Naoya Iwamoto
   • Junji Ichinose
   • Mingyon Mun

   Original Article 20 November 2021 Pages: 366 - 371

   

8. New strategy to resume and taper epoprostenol after lung transplant for pulmonary hypertension

   • Akihiro Ohsumi
   • Akihiro Aoyama
   • Hiroshi Date

   Original Article 03 January 2022 Pages: 372 - 377

9. Patients scheduled to undergo esophageal surgery should have the highest priority for perioperative oral management triage: a cross-sectional study

   • Reiko Yamanaka-Kohno
   • Yasuhiro Shirakawa
   • Yoshihiko Soga

   Original Article 16 January 2022 Pages: 378 - 385

   

10. Total arch replacement with both frozen elephant trunk and transthoracic aorto-axillary extra-anatomical bypass through partial sternotomy for acute aortic dissection in a tracheostomy patient

    • Motoo Osaka
    • Ryuhei Yamamoto
    • Yuji Hiramatsu

    Case Report 07 January 2022 Pages: 386 - 389

    

11. Repeated aortic dissection in a patient with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

    • Kimihiro Kobayashi
    • Yoshinori Kuroda
    • Tetsuro Uchida

    Case Report 11 January 2022 Pages: 390 - 393

    

12. Extensive aortic root endocarditis caused ventricular septal rupture

    • Satoru Maeba
    • Dai Kawashima
    • Takuya Ito

    Case Report 23 January 2022 Pages: 394 - 397

    

13. Surgical repair for systolic anterior motion of anterior mitral leaflet due to mitral annular calcification

    • Kosuke Nakamae
    • Takashi Oshitomi
    • Hideyuki Uesugi

    Case Report 19 January 2022 Pages: 398 - 401

    

14. Successful pulmonary artery stenting for occlusion at a constructed pericardial conduit after right upper double sleeve lobectomy

    • Tomoshi Tsuchiya
    • Keitaro Matsumoto
    • Takeshi Nagayasu

    Case Report 19 January 2022 Pages: 402 - 405

    

15. Successful lung transplant cases with ex vivo lung perfusion assessment of extended criteria donor lungs

    • Daisuke Nakajima
    • Shunichi Nagata
    • Hiroshi Date

    Case Report 21 January 2022 Pages: 406 - 412

    

16. Basal segment deep wedge resection for lung cancer with pulmonary fibrosis

    • Shinya Tane
    • Yuko Ando
    • Kazuya Uchino

    How to Do It 27 January 2022 Pages: 413 - 415

    

17. Letter to Editor: Incidence and risk factors of acute cholecystitis after cardiovascular surgery

    • Erdinc Kamer

    Letter to the Editor 30 January 2022 Pages: 416 - 416