Issue 9/2018
Content (12 Articles)
Editorial comment regarding “Total aortic arch replacement using the frozen elephant trunk technique with J Graft Open Stent Graft for distal aortic arch aneurysm”
Kazuo Yamanaka
Minimally invasive cardiac surgery in Japan: history and current status
Kazuma Okamoto
Pulmonary valve replacement after repaired Tetralogy of Fallot
Hideki Tatewaki, Akira Shiose
Clinical and pathological characteristics of spontaneous pneumothorax in women: a 25-year single-institutional experience
Tomohito Saito, Yukihito Saito, Kento J. Fukumoto, Hiroshi Matsui, Takahito Nakano, Yohei Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Kaneda, Toshifumi Konobu, Koji Tsuta, Tomohiro Murakawa
Morphometrical and biomechanical analyses of a stentless bioprosthetic valve: an implication to avoid potential primary tissue failure
Hiroki Takaya, Shinya Masuda, Masaaki Naganuma, Ichiro Yoshioka, Goro Takahashi, Masatoshi Akiyama, Osamu Adachi, Kiichiro Kumagai, Shukei Sugita, Yoshikatsu Saiki
Effect of early tracheostomy on clinical outcomes in critically ill lung transplant recipients
Ryo Miyoshi, Toyofumi F. Chen-Yoshikawa, Masatsugu Hamaji, Atsushi Kawaguchi, Hidenao Kayawake, Kyoko Hijiya, Hideki Motoyama, Akihiro Aoyama, Hiroshi Date
A risk score to predict postoperative complications after lobectomy in elderly lung cancer patients
Yo Kawaguchi, Jun Hanaoka, Yasuhiko Ohshio, Tomoyuki Igarashi, Yoko Kataoka, Keigo Okamoto, Ryosuke Kaku, Kazuki Hayashi
Undiagnosed mitroflow bioprosthesis deformation causing early structural valve deterioration
Marco Gennari, Gianluca Polvani, Mara Rubino, Francesco Arlati, Andrea Annoni, Marco Agrifoglio
Aortic valve reconstruction using autologous pericardium (Ozaki procedure) for active infective endocarditis: a case report
Kimiaki Okada, Yoshito Inoue, Hirofumi Haida, Satoru Suzuki
Rare case of radiation-induced primary tracheal carcinoma
Makoto Mori, Frank C. Detterbeck
Atraumatic tension hemothorax associated with ruptured aneurysm of intercostal artery–azygous fistula: a case report
Takashi Nakayama, Hirofumi Uehara, Marie Osawa, Yukichi Tanahashi, Hiroshi Kondo, Masafumi Kawamura
Correction to: Development of a simple device enabling percutaneous flow regulation for a small vascular graft for a Blalock–Taussig shunt capable of flow regulation: complete translation of an original article originally published in Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery (154–159, 2016: vol. 32)
Yoshikazu Motohashi, Ryo Shimada, Tomoyasu Sasaki, Takahiro Katsumata, Kazunori Dan, Yasuhiro Tsutsui, Shintaro Nemoto