# Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeries in Japan during 2024: Annual report by the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery

**Authors:** Naoki Yoshimura, Yukio Sato, Hiroya Takeuchi, Tomonobu Abe, Toshio Doi, Toyofumi Fengshi Yoshikawa, Yasutaka Hirata, Michiko Ishida, Hisashi Iwata, Takashi Kamei, Nobuyoshi Kawaharada, Shunsuke Kawamoto, Kohji Kohno, Kazuo Koyanagi, Hiraku Kumamaru, Goro Matsumiya, Kenji Minatoya, Noboru Motomura, Rie Nakahara, Morihito Okada, Hisashi Saji, Aya Saito, Kenji Suzuki, Hirofumi Takemura, Yasue Kimura, Wataru Tatsuishi, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Akira Shiose, Takushi Yasuda, Masayuki Chida, Hideyuki Shimizu

PMC · DOI: 10.1007/s11748-025-02242-y · 2026-02-27

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- **Diseases:** cervical esophageal cancer (MESH:D002583), esophageal cancer (MESH:D004938), Pneumothorax (MESH:D011030), recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy (MESH:D014826), aortic diseases (MESH:D001018), end-stage renal failure (MESH:D007676), fistula (MESH:D005402), thymic carcinoids (MESH:D013953), COPD (MESH:D029424), hypoplastic left heart syndrome (MESH:D018636), colorectal cancer (MESH:D015179), Benign pulmonary (MESH:D008171), thymic carcinomas (MESH:D013945), achalasia (MESH:D004931), Malignant Esophageal disease (MESH:D004935), bleeding (MESH:D006470), Thymic epithelial tumors (MESH:C536905), Diaphragmatic hernia (MESH:D006548), adenocarcinoma (MESH:D000230), brain infarction (MESH:D020520), Interstitial pneumonia (MESH:D017563), pulmonary sequestration (MESH:D001998), tetralogy of Fallot (MESH:D013771), Stanford type A (MESH:D006969), aneurysm (MESH:D000783), death (MESH:D003643), pneumonia (MESH:D011014), lung cancer (MESH:D008175), Hamartomas (MESH:D006222), inflammatory pseudotumor (MESH:D006104), Tracheal tumor (MESH:D014134), pleural fistulas (MESH:D010995), postoperative complications (MESH:D011183), arteriovenous malformation (MESH:D001165), pectus excavatum (MESH:D005660), mycobacterial and fungal infections (MESH:D009181), NCD (MESH:D000075902), myasthenia (MESH:D020294), pleural tumors (MESH:D010997), transposition of the great arteries (MESH:D014188), esophageal strictures (MESH:D004940), atrioventricular septal defect (MESH:C562831), Mediastinal (MESH:D008480), aortic aneurysms (MESH:D001014), Chest trauma (MESH:D013898), Primary malignant pulmonary tumor (MESH:D001932), esophageal malignancies (MESH:D004941), arrhythmia (MESH:D001145), Empyema (MESH:D004653), and thoracoabdominal aortic diseases (MESH:D000094624), Tracheal (MESH:D014133), TEVAR (MESH:D049914), congenital heart disease (MESH:D006330), Valvular heart disease (MESH:D006349), ventricular septal defect (MESH:D006345), respiratory failure (MESH:D012131), thoracic aneurysm (MESH:D017545), COVID-19 (MESH:D000086382), squamous cell carcinoma (MESH:D002294), ischemic heart (MESH:D017202)
- **Chemicals:** implantable cardioverter (-)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606], Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (no rank) [taxon 2697049]

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