title: Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery in Japan during 2014 : Annual report by The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery.
authors: Department of Surgery, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan. survey-adm@umin.net.
authors: Munetaka
authors: M
authors: Masuda
authors: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
authors: Meinoshin
authors: M
authors: Okumura
authors: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
authors: Yuichiro
authors: Y
authors: Doki
authors: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan.
authors: Shunsuke
authors: S
authors: Endo
authors: Department of Cardiac Surgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Yasutaka
authors: Y
authors: Hirata
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan.
authors: Junjiro
authors: J
authors: Kobayashi
authors: Department of General Surgical Science Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University, Gunma, Japan.
authors: Hiroyuki
authors: H
authors: Kuwano
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sakura Medical Center, Toho University, Chiba, Japan.
authors: Noboru
authors: N
authors: Motomura
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Hiroshi
authors: H
authors: Nishida
authors: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan.
authors: Yoshikatsu
authors: Y
authors: Saiki
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Sakura Medical Center, Toho University, Chiba, Japan.
authors: Aya
authors: A
authors: Saito
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Hideyuki
authors: H
authors: Shimizu
authors: Second Department of Surgery, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors: Fumihiro
authors: F
authors: Tanaka
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan.
authors: Kazuo
authors: K
authors: Tanemoto
authors: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, National Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors: Yasushi
authors: Y
authors: Toh
authors: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Hiroyuki
authors: H
authors: Tsukihara
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nihon University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors: Shinji
authors: S
authors: Wakui
authors: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan.
authors: Hiroyasu
authors: H
authors: Yokomise