Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Editors-in-Chief:

Prof Vipin Zamvar, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK

Prof David Taggart, John Radcliffe Hospital, UK

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Right anterolateral thoracotomy: an attractive alternative to repeat sternotomy for high-risk patients undergoing reoperative mitral and tricuspid valve surgery

Hailong Cao, Qing Zhou, Fudong Fan, Yunxing Xue, Jun Pan and Dongjin Wang

Published on: 21 September 2017
Commentary

The Zamvar pericardial fold

Vipin Zamvar

Published on: 12 September 2017
Case report

Intralobar pulmonary sequestration displayed as localized emphysema on computed tomography image

Weibo Qi, Junjie Zhao, Guping Shi and Fan Yang

Published on: 8 September 2017
Case report

A dual therapy of off-pump temporary left ventricular extracorporeal device and amniotic stem cell for cardiogenic shock

Toshinobu Kazui, Phat L. Tran, Tia R. Pilikian, Katie M. Marsh, Raymond Runyan, John Konhilas, Richard Smith and Zain I. Khalpey

Published on: 7 September 2017
Case report

Sutureless aortic valve replacement in a calcified homograft combined with mitral valve replacement

Ferdi Akca, Kayan Lam, Ibrahim Özdemir and Erwin Tan

Published on: 7 September 2017

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Thoracoscopic plication for a huge thoracic meningocele in a patient with Neurofibromatosis

Heng-Chung Chen, Ping-Hsien Chang, Shang-Wun Jhang and Bing-Yen Wang

Published on: 13 May 2014
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Auditory stimulation of opera music induced prolongation of murine cardiac allograft survival and maintained generation of regulatory CD4⁺CD25⁺ cells

Masateru Uchiyama, Xiangyuan Jin, Qi Zhang, Toshihito Hirai, Atsushi Amano, Hisashi Bashuda and Masanori Niimi

Published on: 23 March 2012
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Comparison of two different mechanical esophagogastric anastomosis in esophageal cancer patients: a meta-analysis

Dong Zhou, Quan-Xing Liu, Xu-Feng Deng, Jia-Xin Min and Ji-Gang Dai

Published on: 8 May 2015
Research article

Postoperative abdominal complications after cardiopulmonary bypass

Guohua Dong, Canhui Liu, Biao Xu, Hua Jing, Demin Li and Haiwei Wu

Published on: 9 October 2012
Research article

Physiotherapy-supervised mobilization and exercise following cardiac surgery: a national questionnaire survey in Sweden

Elisabeth Westerdahl and Margareta Möller

Published on: 25 August 2010

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Featured article: High dose statins in patients waiting for cardiac surgery

Yie Roei Chee et al trialed high dose statin therapy in patients waiting for cardiopulmonary bypass surgery. The use of high dose preoperative statins resulted in evidence of lesser cardiac and renal damage.

Aims and scope

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery is an open access journal that encompasses all aspects of research in the field of cardiothoracic surgery. The journal publishes original scientific research documenting clinical and experimental advances in cardiac and thoracic surgery, and related fields. Topics of interest include surgical techniques, survival rates, surgical complications and their outcomes, pediatric conditions, transplantations and clinical trials.

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery is of interest to cardiothoracic surgeons, cardiothoracic anaesthesiologists, cardiologists, chest physicians, and allied health professionals.

Author's quote

“In the last three years, we have been increasingly using BioMed Central journals to present our work. This choice is based on a number of factors, including a streamlined online submission process, rigorous peer-review, open access, and relatively short time from submission to publication. As our experiences while publishing in BioMed Central journals such as Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery have been excellent, and the benefits of open access to our research are obvious, I intend to continue publishing much of our work through BioMed Central.”