Erratum to: Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery in Japan during 2004

Erratum to: Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2006) DOI 10.1007/s11748-006-0008-x

In Table 5 in section (A) Caridovascular surgery, under the main column headings “Heart–lung assist,” “Results,” “Weaned,” the final column heading, “Transplant,” should have been “Survived.”

The original publication of the article cited above included incorrect values in the following parts: in section (A) Cardiovascular surgery, Table 3 “Thoracic aortic aneurysm”, both (1) Dissection and (2) Non-dissection, values in “9. Stent graft*a”; and in section (B) General thoracic surgery (Respiratory surgery), Table 1 “Total entry cases of general thoracic surgery”. The corrected versions are below.

In Table 2 of section (A) Cardiovascular surgery, the table title “Acquired (total, (1) + (2) + (4) + (5) + (6) + (7) + isolated operation for arrhythmia in (3); 34,624” should be “Acquired (total, (1) + (2) + (4) + (5) + (6) + (7) + isolated operation for arrhythmia in (3); 35,122”, “(2) Ischemic heart disease (total, (A) + (B) + (C); 20,753)” should be “(2) Ischemic heart disease (total, (A) + (B) + (C); 21,251)”, and “(B) Operation for complications of MI (total; 823)” should be “(B) Operation for complications of MI (total; 1,321)”.

(A) Cardiovascular Surgery

Table 3 Thoracic aortic aneurysm (total; 8,157)

Table 3 continued

(B) General Thoracic Surgery

Table 1 Total entry cases of general thoracic surgery during 2004