Preface

Let’s Make Cardiovascular Surgery Better for the Next Generation H. Kamiya

Original

Validity of the SOFA Score in Predicting Mortality in the Field of Cardiovascular Surgery K. Takai et al.…197

Case Reports

［Congenital Heart Disease］

Valve Replacement for Progressive Mitral Valve Stenosis Associated with Geleophysic Dysplasia Y. Komori et al.…204

［Acquired Cardiovascular Surgery］

A Long-Term Survival Case after Successful Five-Fold Surgical Intervention for Recurrent Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma in the Left Atrium T. Murakami et al.…208

A Case of Tubercular Infrarenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm T. Tsuji et al.…213

A Case of Mechanical Hemolytic Anemia due to Aortic Regurgitation Jet Collision with the Mitral Valve Stent-Post K. Yoshida et al.…217

Dual-Valve Repair in Dextrocardia and Situs Inversus Totalis M. Inagaki et al.…221

Two Cases of Minimally Invasive Right Thoracotomy Approach and Microscope-Assisted Surgery for Mitral Re-Operation; Mechanical Valve Dysfunction in the Late Operative Period T. Murakami et al.…225

A Case of Non-Bacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis with Atypical Massive Vegitation T. Kimura et al.…231

Two Cases of Combined Performance of Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair (EVAR) and Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (OPCAB) S. Motono et al.…235

［Aortic Disease］

Translocation of the Isolated Left Vertebral Artery during Thoracic Endovascular Stent-Graft Repair T. Arai et al.…240

Tracheoplasty for Tracheal Collapse after the Tracheoinnominate Fistula Repair H. Sasaki et al.…245

Surgical Tumor Resection and Reconstruction of the Inferior vena cava under Cardiopulmonary Bypass for Right Renal Cell Carcinoma Extending into the Right Ventricle A. Ohkawa et al.…249

Progress in Cardiovascular Surgery (2021)

Update of 2021 in Peripheral Artery Disease H. Obara…254

Progress in Valvular Heart Disease and Arrhythmias S. Katahira…256

U-40

U-40 Column Parallel Carrier of Cardiovascular Surgeon and Medical Innovator T. Yamada…U1

Editor’s Post Script

K. Okada