Issue 4/2023
Content (8 Articles)
Aortic Valve Replacement
Review Article
Externally mounted versus internally mounted leaflet aortic bovine pericardial bioprosthesis: meta-analysis
Yujiro Yokoyama, Yosuke Sakurai, Toshiki Kuno, Hisato Takagi, Shinichi Fukuhara
Aortic Dissection
Original Article
Late outcomes of the frozen elephant trunk technique for acute and chronic aortic dissection: the angle change of the FROZENIX by “spring-back” force
Akira Furutachi, Jun Osaki, Kiyokazu Koga, Keiji Kamohara
Visceral Ischemia
Original Article
Surgical outcomes in acute type A aortic dissection based on surgeon experience
Shigeru Hattori, Kenichiro Noguchi, Yusuke Gunji, Motoki Nagatsuka, Hideo Kagaya, Ikuo Katayama
Sternotomy
Original Article
Association between frailty and long-term outcomes among patients undergoing thoracic aortic surgery via median sternotomy
Yuichiro Kitada, Homare Okamura, Naoyuki Kimura, Atsushi Yamaguchi
Pneumothorax
Original Article
A retrospective multi-institutional survey of characteristics of surgically treated spontaneous hemopneumothorax patients
Hitoshi Igai, Noriyoshi Sawabata, Toshiro Obuchi, Noriyuki Matsutani, Mitsutaka Kadokura
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Original Article
Efficacy and safety of the SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine in lung transplant recipients: a possible trigger of rejection
Yasufumi Goda, Daisuke Nakajima, Satona Tanaka, Yoshito Yamada, Yojiro Yutaka, Kohei Unagami, Mikiko Yoshikawa, Hiroto Egawa, Hiroshi Date
How to Do It
Modified composite-graft technique for aortic root replacement
Yorihiko Matsumoto, Yashutosh Joshi, Mathew Doyle, Shingo Takahara, Hideyuki Shimizu, Paul Jansz
CABG
Letter to the Editor
Radial artery versus right mammary artery: the fight is always open, and statistics rule
Francesco Formica, Stefano D’Alessandro