1. Immunocompetent cells in durable ventricular assist device-implanted non-ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy

   • Ayumi Koga-Ikuta
   • Satsuki Fukushima
   • Tomoyuki Fujita

   Original Article Open access 28 February 2022 Pages: 685 - 693

   

2. Mid-term results of mitral valve reconstruction with autologous pericardial patch for active infective endocarditis with extensive leaflet destruction

   • Ryoji Kinoshita
   • Hirokuni Arai
   • Eiki Nagaoka

   Original Article 09 February 2022 Pages: 694 - 704

   

3. Hyperlactatemia as a prognostic indicator for contemporary left ventricular assist device implantation

   • Yeahwa Hong
   • Hannah Rinehardt
   • Arman Kilic

   Original Article 10 February 2022 Pages: 705 - 713

   

4. Combined cardiac surgery procedures and liver transplant: a single-center experience

   • Samuel Jacob
   • Justin H. Nguyen
   • Kevin P. Landolfo

   Original Article 10 February 2022 Pages: 714 - 720

   

5. Effectiveness of early rehabilitation following aortic surgery: a nationwide inpatient database study

   • Kensuke Nakamura
   • Hiroyuki Ohbe
   • Hideo Yasunaga

   Original Article 19 February 2022 Pages: 721 - 729

   

6. Control of air leakage during pleurectomy/decortication by the ventilation and anchoring method

   • Masaki Hashimoto
   • Nobuyuki Kondo
   • Seiki Hasegawa

   Original Article 28 February 2022 Pages: 730 - 734

   

7. Validation of the simplified cough symptom score in non-small cell lung cancer patients after surgery

   • Rongjia Lin
   • Leilei Zhu
   • Xiaojie Pan

   Original Article 28 February 2022 Pages: 735 - 739

   

8. Prognostic analysis and clinical characteristics of dual primary lung cancer: a population study based on surveillance, epidemiology, and end results (SEER) database

   • Guanghui Wang
   • Yukai Zeng
   • Jiajun Du

   Original Article 22 March 2022 Pages: 740 - 749

   

9. Successful bridge to transplantation with long-term support using Berlin heart EXCOR in a child with failing Fontan

   • Moyu Hasegawa
   • Yuji Tominaga
   • Shigeru Miyagawa

   Case Report 28 June 2022 Pages: 750 - 753

   

10. A knot-pusher technique with hand-tying precision through a mini-thoracotomy

    • Satoru Maeba
    • Masatoshi Sunada
    • Ryoi Okano

    How to Do It 25 April 2022 Pages: 754 - 755

    

11. Hybrid robotic lobectomy with thoracic wall resection for superior sulcus tumor

    • Shinsuke Uchida
    • Kenji Suzuki
    • Kazuya Takamochi

    How to Do It 06 June 2022 Pages: 756 - 758

    

12. Can really preoperative furosemide increase the risk of acute kidney injury after coronary artery bypass grafting?

    • Wen-He Yang
    • Fu-Shan Xue
    • Lei Wan

    Letter to the Editor 10 April 2022 Pages: 759 - 760