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New Impact Factor for Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery: 4.617

We are pleased to announce that the Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery (ACS) has received its latest Impact Factor for the 2021 citation year - 4.617.

This Impact Factor places ACS in the top 20% of surgical journals evaluated, and is a testament to the high scientific merit of our published work. We are grateful to all our Guest Editors, authors, and reviewers for their contributions and ongoing support.

We look forward to bringing more groundbreaking issues and insightful articles to our readers in the near future.

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Upcoming issues

Adult Congenital

Duke Cameron & Jordan Bloom, Massachusetts, USA. Free submissions close July 31st 2022.
Aortic Disease in Women

Rana O. Afifi, Houston, USA. Free submissions TBA.
Spinal Cord Protection

Anthony L. Estrera, Houston, USA. Free submissions TBA.

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Past issues

Vol 11, No 4 (July 2022)
Bicuspid Aortic Valve

Michael Borger, Leipzig, Germany
Vol 11, No 3 (May 2022)
Surgical & Non-Surgical Management of Mechanical Complications of AMI

Prof. Roberto Lorusso, Maastricht, Netherlands
Vol 11, No 2 (March 2022)
PTE in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension and Disease

Guest Editors: Sofia Martin-Suarez and Antonio Loforte, Bologna, Italy

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Current Issue: Vol 11, No 4 (July 2022)

Bicuspid Aortic Valve

Systematic Review

Procedural and clinical outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement in bicuspid aortic valve patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Cheng-Hao Jacky Chen, Henry Jiang, Owen Martin, Ashley R. Wilson-Smith

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Incidence of bicuspid valve related aortic dissection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ashley R. Wilson-Smith, Aditya Eranki, Benjamin Muston, Harish Kamalanathan, Amanda Yung, Michael L. Williams, Prachi Sahai, Caroline Zi, Hector Michelena

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Keynote Lecture Series

The need for comprehensive multidisciplinary programs, complex interventions, and precision medicine for bicuspid aortic valve disease

Erin E. Crawford, Patrick M. McCarthy, S. Chris Malaisrie, Christopher K. Mehta, Jyothy J. Puthumana, Joshua D. Robinson, Michael Markl, Robert O. Bonow, Paul W. M. Fedak

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Normal and abnormal development of the aortic valve and ascending aortic wall: a comprehensive overview of the embryology and pathology of the bicuspid aortic valve

Nimrat Grewal, Adriana C. Gittenberger-de Groot, Jan H. Lindeman, Arthur Klautz, Antoine Driessen, Robert J. M. Klautz, Robert E. Poelmann

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Transcatheter aortic valve replacement for bicuspid aortic valve disease: does conventional surgery have a future?

Breandan B. Yeats, Pradeep K. Yadav, Lakshmi P. Dasi, Vinod H. Thourani

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Speaking a common language: the international consensus on bicuspid aortic valve nomenclature and classification

Hector I. Michelena

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Featured Articles

Twenty-five years’ experience with root remodeling and bicuspid aortic valve repair

Lennart Froede, Karen B. Abeln, Tristan Ehrlich, Susanne K. Feldner, Hans-Joachim Schäfers

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Elastin integrity in bicuspid valve-associated aortopathy is associated with altered biomechanical properties and influenced by age

Miriam Nightingale, David G. Guzzardi, Alex J. Barker, S. Chris Malaisrie, Patrick M. McCarthy, Michael Markl, Elena S. Di Martino, Paul W. M. Fedak

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Aortic root replacement in bicuspid versus tricuspid aortic valve patients

Josephina Haunschild, Zara Dietze, Antonia van Kampen, Khadzhimurad Magomedov, Martin Misfeld, Sergey Leontyev, Michael A. Borger, Christian D. Etz

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Surgery for endocarditis in patients with bicuspid aortic valves

Lisa O. F. Bearpark, Ulrik Sartipy, Anders Franco-Cereceda, Natalie Glaser

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Editorial

The aortic team and bicuspid aortic valve patients

Martin Misfeld, Christian D. Etz, Sergey Leontyev, Michael A. Borger

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Diameter-based decision making in bicuspid aortic valve aortopathy: is it time to expand our perspective?

Jordan P. Bloom, Mackram F. Eleid, Thoralf M. Sundt

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Update on biomarkers of bicuspid aortic disease: still a long road to run?

Alessandro Della Corte, Federica Lo Presti, Davide Pacini

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4D flow imaging—state of the art

Michael Markl, Michael D. Hope

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Importance of bicuspid aortic valve phenotype on aortopathy

Evaldas Girdauskas, John A. Elefteriades

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Art of Operative Techniques

Bicuspid aortic valve repair: the 180°-Reimplantation technique

Jama Jahanyar, Laurent de Kerchove, Gebrine El Khoury

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Masters of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Simple bicuspid valve repair

Lars G. Svensson

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The Ross procedure for bicuspid aortic valve: total root implantation technique

Maroun Yammine, Elbert Williams, Ismail El-Hamamsy

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Management of anomalous coronary anatomy during aortic valve repair

Piroze M. Davierwala, Imran Khan, Christian Etz, Michael A. Borger

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Submissions

Submission information:

Technical aspects of robotically assisted left atrial myxoma resection

Rachel L. Deitz, Takuya Ogami, Syed Faaz Ashraf, David J. Kaczorowski, Johannes Bonatti

Systematic review and meta-analysis of transcatheter aortic valve implantation versus surgical aortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis

Christopher Cao, Su C. Ang, Praveen Indraratna, Con Manganas, Paul Bannon, Deborah Black, David Tian, Tristan D. Yan

A meta-analysis comparing bilateral internal mammary artery with left internal mammary artery for coronary artery bypass grafting

Aaron J. Weiss, Shan Zhao, David H. Tian, David P. Taggart, Tristan D. Yan

Malignant pleural mesothelioma: an epidemiological perspective

Benjamin M. Robinson

A meta-analysis of unmatched and matched patients comparing video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy and conventional open lobectomy

Christopher Cao, Con Manganas, Su C. Ang, Tristan D. Yan

Results of open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Scott A. LeMaire, Matt D. Price, Susan Y. Green, Samantha Zarda, Joseph S. Coselli

Systematic review and meta-analysis: techniques and a guide for the academic surgeon

Kevin Phan, David H. Tian, Christopher Cao, Deborah Black, Tristan D. Yan

Anatomy of the aortic root: implications for valve-sparing surgery

Efstratios I. Charitos, Hans-Hinrich Sievers

Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm

John R. Frederick, Y. Joseph Woo

Complications after aortic valve repair and valve-sparing procedures

Michel Van Dyck, David Glineur, Laurent de Kerchove, Gébrine El Khoury

Why is the mammary artery so special and what protects it from atherosclerosis?

Fumiyuki Otsuka, Kazuyuki Yahagi, Kenichi Sakakura, Renu Virmani

Illustrated techniques for transapical aortic valve implantation

Anson Cheung, Kevin M. Lichtenstein

Harvesting the radial artery

Arie Blitz, Robert M. Osterday, Richard F. Brodman

Stents or surgery in coronary artery disease in 2013

David P. Taggart

Valve sparing root replacement: the remodeling technique with external ring annuloplasty

Emmanuel Lansac, Isabelle Di Centa, Jan Vojacek, Jan Nijs, Jaroslav Hlubocky, Gianclaudio Mecozzi, Mathieu Debauchez

The art of arterial revascularization—total arterial revascularization in patients with triple vessel coronary artery disease

Brian F. Buxton, Philip A. Hayward

Aortic valve sparing operations: outcomes at 20 years

Tirone E. David

Minimally invasive aortic valve surgery: state of the art and future directions

Mattia Glauber, Matteo Ferrarini, Antonio Miceli

Video-atlas of aortic valve repair

Saadallah Tamer, Laurent de kerchove, David Glineur, Gebrine Elkhoury