Warning regarding thrombosis-in-transit across the patent foramen ovale associated with pulmonary embolism: ultrasonographic imaging analysis.

Contrast-enhanced CT is useful for diagnosing Pulmonaly embolism (PE) but not for foramen ovale thrombi. Therefore, cardiac ultrasonographic observation of the atrial septum is important to avoid overlooking foramen ovale thrombi.

Primary coronary artery pseudoaneurysm in a patient with familial hypercholesterolemia.

Rare primary coronary artery pseudoaneurysms in a young patient with heterozygous FH was successfully repaired with direct closure of intimal defects with aneurysmorrhaphy.

Advanced cadaver-based educational seminar for trauma surgery using saturated salt solution-embalmed cadavers.

Aim: Senior surgeons in Japan who participated in "cadaver-based educational seminar for trauma surgery (CESTS)" subsequently stated their interest in seminars for more difficult procedures. Therefore, we held a 1-day advanced-CESTS with saturated salt solution (SSS)-embalmed cadavers and assessed its effectiveness for surgical skills training (SST).

Methods: Data were collected from three seminars carried out from September 2015 to January 2018, including a 10-point self-assessment of confidence levels (SACL) questionnaire on nine advanced surgical skills, and evaluation of seminar content before, just after, and half a year after the seminar.