Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery (ICVTS) publishes scientific contributions in the field of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, covering all aspects of surgery of the heart, vessels and the chest. The journal publishes a range of article types including:
Best Evidence Topics
Brief Communications
Case Reports
Original Articles
State-of-the-Art
Work in Progress Report
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Editor-in-Chief
Matthias Siepe, Freiburg, Germany
Associate Editors
Ahmet Ruchan Akar, Ankara, Turkey (Transplantation)
Payam Akhyari, Düsseldorf, Germany (Experimental)
Luca Bertolaccini, Milan, Italy (Thoracic)
Ruggero De Paulis, Rome, Italy (Thoracic Vascular)
Roberto Di Donato, United Arab Emirates (Congenital)
Ioannis Dimarakis, Manchester, UK (Extracorporeal Technologies)
Katrien Francois, Gent, Belgium (Coronary)
Mario Gaudino, New York, USA (Meta-Analysis)
Krishna Khargi, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Valves)
Frank Merkle, Berlin, Germany (Perfusion, EBCP)
J. Rafael Sadaba, Pamplona, Spain (Cardiac General)
Ralph White, Middlesbrough, UK (Best Evidence Topics)
Editorial Board
Nikolaos Bonaros, Innsbruck, Austria
Lucio Cagini, Perugia, Italy
Antonio Calafiore, Campobasso, Italy
Michele De Bonis, Milan, Italy
Luca Di Marco, Bologna, Italy
Dimitrios Dougenis, Athens, Greece
Julia Dumfarth, Innsbruck, Austria
Mark Hazekamp , Leiden, Netherlands
Yoshito Inoue, Kanagawa, Japan
Fabian Kari, New York, NY, USA
Ari Mennander, Tampere Finland
Milan Milojevic, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Patrick Myers, Geneva, Switzerland
Christian Schlensak, Tübingen, Germany
Malakh Lal Shrestha, Hannover, Germany
Sachin Talwar, New Delhi, India
Nikolay Travin, Moscow, Russian Federation
 
Assistant Editors
Jason Ali, Cambridge, UK
Giuseppe Cardillo, Rome, Italy
Ikuo Fukuda, Hirosaki, Japan
Roman Gottardi, Salzburg, Austria
Mohsen Ibrahim, Rome, Italy
Tomislav Kopjar, Zagreb, Croatia
Clarence Pingpoh, Bad Krozingen, Germany
David Schibilsky, Freiburg, Germany
Mohammad Begham Shadmehr, Tehran, Iran
Freya Smolle-Jüttner, Graz, Austria
Kerem Vural, Ankara, Turkey
Can Yerebakan, Washington, DC, USA
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
Past Editors
Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Freiburg, Germany
Ludwig K. von Segesser, Lausanne, 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@icvts.org