Yokoyama, Yujiro https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8552-9496
Shimoda, Tomonari M.
Kuno, Toshiki
Sá, Michel Pompeu
Miyamoto, Yoshihisa
Takagi, Hisato
Fukuhara, Shinichi
Kaneko, Tsuyoshi
Article History
Received: 6 November 2025
Accepted: 1 February 2026
First Online: 5 March 2026
Declarations
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: Dr. Fukuhara serves as a consultant for Terumo Aortic, Medtronic Inc, Edwards Lifesciences and Artivion. Dr. Kaneko serves as a consultant for Edwards Lifesciences, Medtronic, 4 C Medical, CardioMech, and Cook Medical, and received lecture fees from Abbott and Baylis. The other authors report no conflict of interest.
: This work has been presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons on January 27th, 2024, in San Antonio, USA.