Preface

Human Prosperity and Crisis Caused by Discovering the Unknown and Benefiting from It　H. Yamamoto

Invited Review

Current Status of Cardiovascular Surgery in Japan:A Report Based on the Japan Cardiovascular Surgery Database in 2017, 2018

1.Congenital Heart Surgery　Y. Hirata et al.…151

2.Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting　A. Saito et al.…155

3.Valvular Heart Surgery　T. Abe et al.…160

4.Thoracic Aortic Surgery　H. Shimizu et al.…169

Original

Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury and Efficacy of Continuous Hemodiafiltration after Cardio-Thoracic Surgery　K. Hayashida et al.…180

Case Reports

［Congenital Heart Disease］

Subcutaneous Self-Injection Therapy of Heparin for a Case of Ebstein Disease with Artificial Valve and Warfarin-Induced Skin Ulcer　Y. Uno et al.…188

Posterior Plication of the Ascending Aorta to Relieve Tracheal Compression after Aorto-Left Ventricular Tunnel Repair　S. Isobe et al.…192

［Acquired Cardiovascular Surgery］

Surgical Strategy for Mitral Valve Infective Endocarditis with Concomitant Cerebral Hemorrhage and Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation Syndrome:Decompressive Craniotomy before Open-Heart Surgery　H. Uchiyama et al.…196

Infective Endocarditis with an Infectious Cerebral Aneurysm Rupture and an Acute Myocardial Infarction　K. Kumagai et al.…200

A Case of Giant Mobile Left Atrial Thrombus during Dabigatran Therapy　S. Sato et al.…205

A Case of Bilateral Coronary Ostial Aneurysms and an Aortic Root Pseudoaneurysm after a Modified Bentall Procedure with the Button Technique　M. Komatsu et al.…210

A Case of Aortic Root Replacement in Freestyle Valve Reoperation　T. Kawaida et al.…214

Left Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm Repair 44 Years after Closed Commissurotomy for Mitral Valves　Y. Hasegawa et al.…218

A Case of Protein-Losing Gastroenteropathy due to Constrictive Pericarditis after Cardiac Surgery　O. Namura et al.…222

［Aortic Disease］

Successful Open Surgical Repair and Postoperative Complications for Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Transferred with Intra-aortic Balloon Occlusion Catheter　T. Shibukawa et al.…228

Efficacy of Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair for Recurrent Hemoptysis of Bronchial-Pulmonary Artery Fistula Resistance to Several Bronchial Artery Embolization　H. Yamamoto et al.…233

Progress in Cardiovascular Surgery（2019）

An Update on Valvular Heart Disease and Arrhythmias　K. Maeda…237

Update of 2019 in Peripheral Artery Disease　A. Kodama…240

U-40

U-40 Column No.4 A Survey on Actual Circumstances of Young Cardiovascular Surgeons　H. Hongu et al.…U1

Editor’s Post Script

Y. Saiki