Mohammed Fakhro et al surveyed 278 patients who underwent lung transplantation. The researchers found that while Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) often limits survival rates following lung transplantation, double-lung transplant recipients showed a better chance of survival despite developing BOS compared to single-lung transplant recipients.
Editors-in-Chief:
Prof Vipin Zamvar, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK
Prof David Taggart, John Radcliffe Hospital, UK
Featured article: Double lung, unlike single lung transplantation might provide a protective effect on mortality and bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome
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.
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Dr Menelaos Karanikolas, Washington University School of Medicine, USA
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65 days to first decision for all manuscripts
120 days from submission to acceptance
15 days from acceptance to publication
Citation Impact
1.470 - 2-year Impact Factor
1.403 - 5-year Impact Factor
0.880 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
0.581 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
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