The Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia is primarily aimed at anesthesiologists who deal with patients undergoing cardiac, thoracic, or vascular surgical procedures. JCVA is international in scope, with a multidisciplinary approach and emphasis on rapid publication of clinically relevant material.

Areas of particular interest include:
Cardiac, Vascular, and Thoracic Surgery
Cardiac Interventional Procedures
Critical Care Medicine & Postoperative Pain Management
Mechanical Circulatory Support
Perioperative Medicine & Monitoring
Adult & Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease
Cardiovascular & Anesthetic Physiology & Pharmacology
Contributions from Anesthesiologists, Surgeons, Cardiologists, Critical Care Specialists, and other related specialists worldwide

 Research Papers, Case Reports, Review Articles , Feature Articles (E-Challenges & Clinical Decisions, Case Conferences, Pro and Con Articles, Diagnostic Dilemmas, Special Articles [those not easily suited to another type], Editorials, and Letters to the Editor). 

Editor-in-Chief
J. A. Kaplan, MD
Professor of Anesthesiology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA., La Jolla, California, United States Dean Emeritus, School of Medicine; Former Chancellor, Health Sciences Center; Professor of Anethesiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Associate Editor-in-Chief
J. G. T. Augoustides, MD, FASE
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Associate Editors
G. R. Manecke, Jr, MD
Cardiac Anesthesia, Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology, University of California, La Jolla, California, United States
P. D. Slinger, MD
Thoracic Anesthesia, Professor of Anaesthesia, The University of Toronto, The Toronto Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
B. S. Rasmussen, MD
Vascular Anesthesia & Critical Care Medicine, EACTA Scientific Secretary, EACTA President Elect, Department of Cardiothoracic Vascular Anesthesia, Aalborg Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
F. Mahmood, MD
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
A. J. C. Mittnacht, MD
Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York, United States
T. Maus, MD, FASE
University of California San Diego Department of Anesthesiology, La Jolla, California, United States
Section Editors
G. Landoni, MD
Ospedale San Raffaele, Dept. of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Milano, Italy
G. R. Manecke, Jr, MD
Emerging Technology Reviews, Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology, University of California, La Jolla, CA
M. A. Chaney, MD
Case Conference, Professor, Director of Cardiac Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
V. C. Baum, MD
Case Conference, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland
M. Capdeville, MD
Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
P. S. Pagel, MD,PhD
Diagnostic Dilemmas, Professor and Director of Cardiac Anesthesia, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
G. Silvay, MD,PhD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
F. Guarracino, MD
Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy
M. Swaminathan, MD, MMCi, FASE, FAHA
Duke University, Durham, NC
D. A. Banks, MD
Cardiac Anesthesia Fellow's Education, Director, Cardiac Anesthesia, Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, CA
Social Media Editor
J. Huang, MD, PhD, FASA, FASE
University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Editorial Assistants
N.G. Kaplan
Encinitas, CA
D. W. Alkofer, PhD
Louisville, KY
K. Lander
San Diego, CA
Editors
S. Akhtar, MD
New Haven, CT
O. Alfieri, MD
Milano, Italy
R.P. Alston, MD, ChB, MD, FRCA, FFPFRCA
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
M. Andritsos, MD
Columbus, OH
U. Aypar, MD
Ankara, Turkey
D. Bainbridge, MD, FRCPC
London, Canada
S. J. Barker, MD, PhD
Tucson, AZ
E. Bennett-Guerrero, MB
Durham, NC
D. A. Bettex, MD
Zurich, Switzerland
H. V. Bhatt, DO, MPA, FASE, FASA
New York, New York, United States
G. Biondi Zoccai, MD
Latina, Italy
D. Bolliger, MD
Basel, Switzerland
T. Bowdle, MD, PhD, FASE
Seattle, WA
K. Byrne, MBChB, FANZCA
Hamilton, New Zealand
J. H. Campos, MD
Iowa City, IA
M. Cannesson, MD, PhD
Irvine, CA
A. Carpentier, MD, PhD
New York, NY
M. Chakravarthy, MD
Karnataka, India
D.C.H. Cheng, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Londont, ON, Canada
A. Cheung, MD
Palo Alto, CA
J. Chikwe, MD
New York, NY
F. C. Cobey, MD, MPH, FASE
Boston, MA
A. Coetzee, MD, PhD
Stellenbosch, South Africa
E. Cohen, MD
New York, NY, United States
J. M. Coletta, MD, FACS
San Diego, CA, USA
B Cronin, MD
La Jolla, California, United States
A. A. Dalia, MD, MBA
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
S. G. De Hert, MD,MD,PhD
Gent, Belgium
A.Y. Denault, MD, PhD
Montreal, QC, Canada
D.P. Desiderio, MD
New York, NY, United States
W. Dietrich, MD
Munich, Germany
B. Drenger, MD
Yerushalayim, Israel
J. Ender, MD
Leipzig, Germany
G. Erdoes, MD, PhD
Bern, Switzerland
M.K. Essandoh, MD
Columbus, OH, United States
A.S. Evans, MD.
Baltimore, MA, United States
D. Faraoni, MD, FCCP
Toronto, ON, Canada
J. Fassl, MD, FASE
Dresden, Germany
F. Filsoufi, MD
New York, NY
G. W. Fischer, MD
New York, NY
L.A. Fleisher, MD, FACC
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
B.C. Flynn, MD
Kansas City, KS, United States
C. Galhardo Jr, ., MD
Rio do Janeiro, Brazil
S. Gelman, MD
Boston, MA
T.A. Gelzinis, MD
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
N. S. Gerstein, MD, FASE
Albuquerque, NM
E. Golts, MD
San Diego, CA
A. M. Grigore, CCP, FASE
Las Vegas, NV
H.P. Grocott, MD, FRCPC, FASE
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
R. Groom, CCP
Portland, ME
J. Gutsche, MD
Philadelphia, PA
E. Hessel, II, MD, FACS
Lexington, KY
T.L. Higgins, MD, MBA, FACP, FCCM
Springfield, MA
A. M.-H. Ho, MD, FRCP, FCCP
Kingston, ON, Canada
J.C. Horrow, MD, MS, FAHA
Philadelphia, PA
W.E. Hurford, MD, FCCM
Cincinnati, OH
N.C. Hwang, MD
Singapore
G. M. Janelle, MD
Gainesville, FL
W.S. Jellish, MD, PhD
Maywood, IL
W. E. Johnston, MD
Temple, TX
R. A. Kahn, MD
New York, NY
K. R. Khabbaz, MD
Boston, MA
C. G. Koch, MD
Baltimore, MD
P. A. Kumar, MD
Chapel Hill, NC
G. Kunst, MD, PhD, FRCA, DEAA
London, UK
G. Landesberg, MD
Jerusalem, Israel
J-S. Lebon, B.Pharm., MD, FRCPC
Montreal, QB, Canada
J.D. Leff, MD, FASE
Bronx, NY, United States
A. Leibowitz, MD
New York, NY
A. Levin, MBChB, MMed (Anes), PhD, FCA, DA (SA)
Stellenbosch, South Africa
J. H. Levy, MD
Durham, NC
L. Li, MD
Beijing, China
V. Lomivorotov, MD, PhD
Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
P. Luna, MD
Mexico City, Mexico
G. MacLaren, MBBS, FCICM, FCCM
Melbourne, Australia
G. B. Mackensen, MD, PhD, FASE
Seattle, WA
A. Mahajan, MD, PhD
Los Angeles, CA
N. Marczin, MD, PhD
London, UK
A. Maslow, MD
Providence, RI
R. Matyal, MD
Boston, MA
W. J. Mauermann, MD
Rochester, MN
B. G. Maxwell, MD, MPH
Baltimore, MD
M.A. Mazzeffi, MD, MPH
Baltimore, MD
W. McBride, MD
Belfast, UK
S.L. McCartney, MD
Durham, NC
D.R. Mcilroy, MD, MClinEpi, FANZCA
Victoria, Australia
R.E. Michler, V
Bronx, NY
E. Mossad, MD
Houston, TX
G. S. Murphy, MD
Evanston, IL
P. K. Neema, MD
Raipur, India
P.J. Neuburger, MD
New York, NY
S. Neustein, MD
New York, NY
S. Nhieu, MD
Santa Clara, California, United States
M. Nomura, MD
Kita-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
E. A. Ochroch, MD, MSCE
Philadelphia, PA
L. Pasin, BMed & Surg.
Milan, Italy
P.A. Patel, MD
Philadelphia, PA
A. Pedoto, MD
New York, NY
J.I.T. Poelaert, MD, PhD, FCCP
Brussel, Belgium
W. Popescu, MD
New Haven, CT
H. Ramakrishna, MD, FACC, FESC, FASE
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
S. L. Rao, MBBS, MS
Hershey, PA
K. Rehfeldt, MD
Rochester, MN
D. L. Reich, MD
New York, NY
A. Rhee, MD
New York, NY
J. B. Riley, MHPA, CCP
Rochester, MN
G. W. Roach, MD
San Francisco, CA
M. Roth, MD
La Jolla, CA, United States
R. Royster, MD
Winston-Salem, NC
D. Royston, MB, FRCA
Harefield, Middlesex, United Kingdom
M. Schermerhorn, MD
Boston, MA
R. B. Schonberger, MD, MHS
New Haven, CT
P. M. Schulman, MD
Portland, OR
S. Shahul, MD, MPH
Chicago, IL, United States
A. Shander, MD,FCCM,FCCP
Englewood, New Jersey, United States
T. D. Shear, MD
Evanston, IL
S. K. Shernan, MD, FAHA, FASE
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
S. K. Shillcut, MD, FASE
Omaha, NE
L. Shore-Lesserson, MD
Long Island, NY
A. C. Shukla, MBBS, FRCA
Boston, MA
M. Stone, MD
New York, NY
E. A. Sullivan, MD
Pittsburgh, PA
J. Swanevelder, MD
Cape Town, South Africa
A. Székely, MSc, PhD, DEAA
Budapest, Hungary
K. A. Tanaka, MD, MSc
Baltimore, MD
K. Taylor, B.Med, BA, M.Med, FANZA
Toronto, ON, Canada
D.K. Tempe, MD, FRCA
New Delhi, India
M. Townsley, MD
Birmingham, AL, United States
Y. Tshomba, MD
Milano, Italy
E.A. Valentine, MD
Philadelphia, PA
A. Vuylsteke, BSc, MD, DESAR, FRCA, FFICM
Cambridge, UK
E. E. C. de Waal, MD, PhD
The Netherlands
C. E. Wagner, MD
Nashville, TN
J. A. Wahr, MD
Minnetonka, MN
M. H. Wall, MB, FCCM
Saint Louis, MO
A. W. Wallace, MD, PhD
San Francisco, CA
W. Wang, MD
Beijing, China
M. M. Weiner, MD
New York, NY
S. J. Weiss, MD,PhD
Philadelphia, PA
N. S. Weitzel, MD
Aurora, CO
R. S. Wilson, MD
New York, NY
K. Yoshitani, MD
Suita, Japan