The primary aim of the European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery is to provide a medium for the publication of high-quality original scientific reports documenting progress in cardiac and thoracic surgery. The journal publishes reports of significant clinical and experimental advances related to surgery of the heart, the great vessels and the chest. The European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery is an international journal and accepts submissions from all regions. The journal is supported by a number of leading European societies.
The European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery publishes:
Original Articles
Reviews
Surgical Techniques
Case Reports
Reviews
Images in Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
Letters to the Editor
Papers are submitted to peer review by members of the Editorial and Advisory Board and by other invited reviewers. Selected papers from the annual meetings of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery and the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons are printed in the journal.

Original Articles
Meta-Analysis Articles
Review Articles
Surgical Technique
Case Reports
Images in Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
Letters to the Editors
Guidelines
Reports
Great Debates
Editorials
Editorial Comments

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Editor-in-Chief
Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Freiburg, Germany

Past Editors
Hans G. Borst, Hannover, Germany
Marko I. Turina, Zurich, Switzerland
Ludwig K. von Segesser, Lausanne, Switzerland

Associate Editors
Anders Ahlsson, Stockholm, Sweden (Cardiac General)ORCID logo
Denis Berdajs, Basel, Switzerland (Assisted Circulation, Cardiopulmonary Bypass)
Thierry P. Carrel, Bern, Switzerland (Valves)
Martin Czerny, Freiburg, Germany (Thoracic Vascular)
Enrico Ferrari, Lugano, Switzerland (Cardiac General) ORCID logo
Mario F. L. Gaudino, New York, NY, USA (Meta-Analysis)
Tom R. Karl, St. Petersburg, FL, USA (Congenital)
Bruno Podesser, Vienna, Austria (Experimental)ORCID logo
Gaetano Rocco, New York, NY, USA (Thoracic General, ESTS) ORCID logo
Bartosz Rylski, Freiburg, Germany (Coronary)
Peyman Sardari Nia, Maastricht, The Netherlands (Thoracic General)
Alan Dart Loon Sihoe, Hong Kong, China (Thoracic General)
Steven Tsui, Cambridge, UK (Transplantation)

Editorial Board
Johannes Albes, Bernau-Berlin, Germany
David J. Barron, Birmingham, UK
Mikolaj Berezowski, Wroclaw, Poland
Lyudmil G. Boyadzhiev, Sofia, Bulgaria
Hiroshi Date, Kyoto, Japan
Xavier D'Journo, Marseille, France
Tomas Gudbjartsson, Reykjavik, Iceland
Rui Haddad, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Christoph Haller, Toronto, CanadaORCID logo
Jeffrey P. Jacobs, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
Fabio Biscegli Jatene, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Larry R. Kaiser, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Eric J. Lehr, Seattle, WA, USA
Oliver Liakopoulos, Cologne, Germany
Giovanni Battista Luciani, Verona, Italy
Wei-Guo Ma, New Haven, CT, USAORCID logo
Carlos Mestres, Zurich, SwitzerlandORCID logo
Calvin Ng, Hong Kong, ChinaORCID logo
Davide Pacini, Bologna, Italy
G. Alexander Patterson, St. Louis, MO, USA
Thomas Schachner, Innsbruck, AustriaORCID logo
Christoph Schmitz, Berlin, Germany
Serban Stoica, Bristol, UK
Li-Zhong Sun, Beijing, China ORCID logo
Alper Toker, Istanbul, Turkey
Konstantinos Tsagakis, Essen, Germany
Gonzalo Varela, Salamanca, Spain
Luca Voltolini, Florence, Italy
Alexander Wahba, Trondheim, Norway

Assistant Editors
Hitendu H. Dave, Zurich, Switzerland
Georges Decker, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Katrien Francois, Ghent, Belgium ORCID logo
Igor E. Konstantinov, Melbourne, Australia 
Florian Schoenhoff, Bern, SwitzerlandORCID logo
Naomichi Uchida, Himeji, Japan
Dirk Van Raemdonck, Leuven, Belgium

Statistical Consultants
Eleni-Rosalina Andrinopoulou, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Hans Ulrich Burger, Neuenburg, Germany
Matthew Carr, Manchester, UK
Nick Freemantle, London, UK
Klaus Kaier, Freiburg, Germany
Katya Mauff, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Burkhardt Seifert, Zurich, Switzerland

Managing Editor
Judy Gaillard, Freiburg, Germany

Editorial Manager
Franziska Lüder, Freiburg, Germany

Editorial Office, University Freiburg - Medical Center, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hugstetter Str. 55, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany
Telephone: +49-761-27090860
Fax: +49-761-27090870
E-mail: info@ejcts.org