EJCTS Volume 61, Issue 4 is out now. 📄 🌟 Editor’s Choice: 💬 “The value of perioperative biomarker release for the assessment of myocardial injury or infarction in cardiac surgery” academic.oup.com/ejcts/issue/61… #EJCTS

💡 EACTS is seeking a dedicated member to take the lead as the QUIP Committee Chair. Please apply by 30 April 2022 👇 bit.ly/37C9FsY

A David repairs a quadriceps valve. Good for the patient but the surgeon must have enjoyed it as well 😎 mmcts.org/case-report/17…

Our publications, EJCTS and ICVTS are peer-reviewed by members of the Editorial and Advisory Board and by other invited expert reviewers. We’d like to thank colleagues who volunteered to review papers for #EJCTS and #ICVTS in 2021. 🙌

Nice paper By Fabio Barili. A must to be read

Take a look at the EJCTS: during the past 2 years, we changed to online-only, we changed to a virtual editorial office and the budget from loss to profit. And the result is a steady increase in Impact Factor to 4.534 - great work of all the reviewers, editors and authors - Thanks

The Elephant has left the room! With greatest sadness, we heard that Prof. Borst passed away. The father of the “Elephant Trunk” technique was a visionary leader, innovative scientist and a giant in CT surgery. He was the founder of the EJCTS - a pioneer in scientific publishing.

The time is ripe for the next EACTS annual meeting! Not only to gather fresh scientific data and ideas, but also see friends from around the world… …and I urgently need a new keychain!

Hot off the press🔥: happy to share our review in JAHA highlighting the management of #ACAOS #AAOCA considering pathophysiology and hemodynamics. Marius Reto Bigler Massimo Padalino Matthias Siepe Lorenz Räber, MD PhD ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JA…

In case you missed it! 📣 ICVTS will relaunching in January 2023 as the 🌟 Interdisciplinary 🌟 Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery journal. Peyman Sardari Nia Full video via YouTube: youtu.be/6s7m8MqJYK4

Congratulations Matthias Siepe Sarah Longnus Odening Lab !

Open science at work: controversial EJCTS CABG meta-analysis independent reanalysis confirms initial approach scientifically sound, different statistical approach provides contrasting results. eacts.org/radial-artery-…

Prospective Randomized Trial of the On-X Mechanical Prosthesis + St Jude Medical Mechanical Prosthesis Evaluation. Read the JTCVS Open article by Jamieson, Ye, et al doi.org/10.1016/j.xjon… Torsten Doenst Matthias Siepe Joe Bavaria, MD Watch the AATS22 presentation: bit.ly/3XOj4mE

We’ve launched a podcast! 🎙️🎉 Hosted by Miia Lehtinen and Can Gollmann-Tepeköylü, A Cut Above allows our #cardiothoracic community and the wider #HeartTeam to keep up to date with the latest research and key discussions on the go! Learn more 👇 bit.ly/3kSLEoi

Behind the curtain of the editorial process! Happy to share our editorial on major changes in peer-review process, author’s guidelines of our two flagship journals EJCTS_ICVTS . Also some advice for our authors! EACTS Matthias Siepe academic.oup.com/icvts/article/…

At least hypothesis generating: should all patients undergoing cardiac surgery receive a LAA clip? Left Atrial Appendage Amputation concomitant to Cardiac Surgery in Patients with Sinus Rhythm academic.oup.com/ejcts/advance-…

70 years ago (May 6, 1953), Dr. John Gibbon used a heart-lung machine for the first time on an 18-year-old female ASD patient. A well-prepared giant achievement and the very begin of modern cardiac surgery! It also may remind us to foster innovation and allow disruptive ideas.

After careful consideration by editor-in-chief Matthias Siepe, we’re thrilled to share that Dr Yutaka Okita has been awarded #EJCTS Reviewer of the Year 2022! Congratulations Yutaka 👏 Matthias Siepe Oxford University Press ESTS #EACTS

The final episode of the year is here! 🎙🎧 In this episode of A Cut Above, our hosts Can Gollmann-Tepeköylü and @Miia_ll chat to Matthias Siepe, leading cardiothoracic surgeon and EACTS Editor-in-Chief. Matthias talks about his journey to becoming the Editor-in-Chief for EJCTS and his

Joint statement from EACTS, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons and AATS 📣 The Editors of #EJCTS, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery and #JTCVS recognise the value of a streamlined and consistent submission process. To provide a simplified experience for our authors as they submit, we have harmonised our