General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Management of pulmonary venous obstruction

Naoki Yoshimura, Kazuaki Fukahara, Akio Yamashita, Yoshinori Doki, Toshio Doi, Katsunori Takeuchi, Tomonori Higuma, Kazutaka Senda, Masayoshi Toge, Saori Nagura

Extracardiac conduit Fontan procedure versus intra-atrial lateral tunnel Fontan procedure

Toshiyuki Katogi

Surgical experience with chronic constrictive pericarditis

Tsuneo Ariyoshi, Koji Hashizume, Shinichiro Taniguchi, Takashi Miura, Kazuyoshi Tanigawa, Seiji Matsukuma, Tomohiro Odate, Shun Nakaji, Mizuki Sumi, Kiyoyuki Eishi

Immunohistochemical analysis of thymic carcinoma focusing on the possibility of molecular targeted and hormonal therapies

Mutsuko Omatsu, Toshiaki Kunimura, Tetsuya Mikogami, Shigeharu Hamatani, Akira Shiokawa, Atsuko Masunaga, Akihiko Kitami, Takashi Suzuki, Mitsutaka Kadokura, Toshio Morohoshi

Safety of the paravertebral block in patients ineligible for epidural block undergoing pulmonary resection

Tatsuya Katayama, Shinji Hirai, Rei Kobayashi, Makoto Hamaishi, Takeshi Okada, Norimasa Mitsui

Brain swelling in acute superior vena cava syndrome due to aortic dissection: unusual and lethal manifestation aggravated by induction of general anesthesia

Kiyoshi Koizumi, Toshihiko Ueda, Kenichi Hashizume, Shinya Inoue, Ryuichi Takahashi

Marked discrepancy in pressure gradient between Doppler and catheter examinations on Medtronic Mosaic valve in aortic position

Toshiaki Ito, Atsuo Maekawa, Genyo Fujii, Sadanari Sawaki, Satoshi Hoshino, Yasunari Hayashi

Mitral bioprosthetic valve stenosis in a patient with antiphospholipid antibody syndrome and systemic lupus erythematosus

Akimasa Morisaki, Hidekazu Hirai, Yasuyuki Sasaki, Mitsuharu Hosono, Masanori Sakaguchi, Atsushi Nakahira, Hiroyuki Seo, Shigefumi Suehiro

Reoperation on a Starr–Edwards ball valve without structural deterioration

Yukihiro Hayatsu, Takeshi Saito, Osamu Adachi, Kiichiro Kumagai, Masatoshi Akiyama, Naotaka Motoyoshi, Shunsuke Kawamoto, Yoshikatsu Saiki

Successful surgical removal of an entrapped intravascular ultrasonography catheter in the left circumflex coronary artery

Masaki Hamamoto, Daisuke Futagami

Coronary arterial compression caused by an aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva with aortic prosthetic valve endocarditis

Tomoya Uchimuro, Toshihiro Fukui, Tsukasa Nakamichi, Wahei Mihara, Shuichirou Takanashi

Technique of managing periprosthetic leakage due to mitral prosthetic valve endocarditis: report of a case

Noriyasu Kawada, Yoshimasa Sakamoto, Ryuuichi Nagahori, Michio Yoshitake, Hirokuni Naganuma, Takahiro Inoue, Gen Shinohara, Kazuhiro Hashimoto

Repeat conduit replacement in the pulmonary position without sternal resplitting for the patient with repaired Tetralogy of Fallot and the absent inferior caval vein

Nobuyuki Takagi, Akitatsu Yamashita, Takeshi Uzuka, Satoshi Muraki, Tetsuya Higami

Pleomorphic adenoma of the trachea

Okan Solak, Kubilay Ocalan, Mehmet Unlu, Abdullah Aycicek, Fatma Aktepe, Remziye Sivaci

Vascular occlusion device closure of bronchial stump fistulae: a straightforward approach to manage bronchial stump breakdown

Andrea Billè, Tarun Sabarwhal, Routledge Tom

Salvage surgery for a super-responder by gefitinib therapy for advanced lung cancer

Kohei Hashimoto, Hirohisa Horinouchi, Takashi Ohtsuka, Mitsutomo Kohno, Yotaro Izumi, Yuichiro Hayashi, Hiroaki Nomori

Pulmonary carcinosarcoma with an osteosarcomatous component

Ryu Kanzaki, Naoki Ikeda, Eiji Okura, Naoto Kitahara, Akira Okimura, Kunimitsu Kawahara, Mitsunori Ohta

Resection of a giant, invasive malignant solitary fibrous tumor of pleura

Kazuhiro Imai, Kyo Hirayama, Ikuo Matsuzaki, Yoshihiro Minamiya, Hajime Saito, Masahumi Mitsui, Yukiko Hosono, Jun-ichi Ogawa

A giant neuroendocrine tumor of the thymus gland causing superior vena cava syndrome

Satsuki Komoda, Takeshi Komoda, Christoph Knosalla, Marianne E. Pavel, Lars Morawietz, Ludwig Fischer von Weikersthal, Hans B. Lehmkuhl, Roland Hetzer

Acknowledgment to reviewers