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AME and Wolters Kluwer aim to expand access to global medical research through new collaboration

The agreement broadens the reach of nearly 50 Open Access titles, contributing globally to over 5,000 articles

October 2, 2025 — Wolters Kluwer Health announced a new collaboration with AME Publishing Company, an Open Access publisher specializing in medical journals and books, headquartered in Hong Kong, China. The two organizations will work together to ensure that more researchers and clinicians around the globe can access the growing family of AME journals—broadening access to high-impact medical research and supporting the advancement of healthcare knowledge worldwide.

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New Impact Factor for Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery

We are pleased to announce that the Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery (ACS) has received its latest Impact Factor for the 2024 citation year – 3.1.

This Impact Factor places ACS in the top 25% 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.

Professor Tristan D. Yan
Editor-in-Chief
Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery
June 2025

Sofia Martin-Suarez, Luca Botta, Giuseppe Barberio, Filippo Londi, Costanza Fiaschini, Davide Pacini

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Step-by-step technique of robotic-assisted minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass

MaryAnn C. Wertan, Serge Sicouri, Yoshiyuki Yamashita, Massimo Baudo, Trisha A. Senss, Danielle Spragan, Gianluca Torregrossa, Francis P. Sutter

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G. Michael Deeb

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Upcoming issues

Degenerative Mitral Valve

Patick McCarthy, Chicago, USA. Free submissions closed.
Tricuspid Valve Disease

Gilbert Tang, New York, USA; Mateo Marin-Cuartas, Leipzig, Germany. Free submissions closing 31st January, 2026.
Aortic Arch Repair

Luca Di Marco, Bologna, Italy. Free submissions closing 31st May, 2026.

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Past issues

Vol 14, No 6 (November 30, 2025)
Mitral Annular Calcification

Guest Editors: Michael Chu, London, Canada; Tsuyoshi Kaneko, St Louis, USA
Vol 14, No 5 (September 30, 2025)
Evolution of Elephant Trunk II

Guest Editor: Malakh Shrestha, Rochester, USA
Vol 14, No 4 (July 31, 2025)
Evolution of Elephant Trunk I

Guest Editor: Malakh Shrestha, Rochester, USA

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Online First

Browse ACS articles that are available online first for an upcoming issue.

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Submissions

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Current Issue: Vol 14, No 6 (November 2025)

Mitral Annular Calcification

Systematic Review

Early and mid-term outcomes of mitral annular calcification and transcatheter mitral therapy: a systematic review

Yosuke Sakurai, Ashton McDonald, Tsuyoshi Kaneko

Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery

2025;

(6)

:395-406

(30 November 2025)

Full Text (271) | PDF | Open Access

Early and late outcomes of mitral valve surgery in the setting of mitral annular calcification: a systematic review with narrative synthesis

Ali Hage, Anjolaoluwa Ajai, Caroline A. Snyder, Justin Wang, Fadi Hage, Michael W. A. Chu

Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery

2025;

(6)

:407-422

(30 November 2025)

Full Text (321) | PDF | Open Access

Keynote Lecture Series

Mitral annular calcification: implications on clinical outcomes and interventions

Maximilian Reisinger, Mateusz Kachel, Rahul Kanade, Jonathan Roland, Mohamed Aly, Jack Gosden, Chunhui Wang, Paul Kurlansky, Michael Brener, Isaac George

Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery

2025;

(6)

:423-437

(30 November 2025)

Full Text (Video) (427) | PDF | Open Access

Transcatheter mitral valve options for severe mitral annular calcification

Takayuki Onishi, Ahmed El-Eshmawi, Stamatios Lerakis, Lucy M. Safi, Sahil Khera, Annapoorna S. Kini, David H. Adams, Gilbert H. L. Tang

Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery

2025;

(6)

:438-451

(30 November 2025)

Full Text (Video) (259) | PDF | Open Access

Tips and tricks in addressing mitral annular calcification in mitral valve surgery

Malak Elbatarny, Tirone E. David

Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery

2025;

(6)

:452-461

(30 November 2025)

Full Text (Video) (422) | PDF | Open Access

Featured Articles

Impact of mitral annular calcification in mitral valve surgery: 25-year Mayo Clinic experience

Arman Arghami, Behrooz Banivaheb, Hartzell V. Schaff

Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery

2025;

(6)

:462-471

(30 November 2025)

Full Text (259) | PDF | Open Access

Clinical and echocardiographic outcomes of patients with mitral annular calcification undergoing mitral valve surgery: a 10-year single center experience

Rahul Kanade, Jack Gosden, Jonathan Roland, Mohamed Aly, Maximilian Reisinger, Mateusz Kachel, Luigi Pirelli, Koji Takeda, Michael Argenziano, Hiroo Takayama, Arnar Geirsson, Chunhui Wang, Paul Kurlansky, Isaac George

Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery

2025;

(6)

:472-481

(30 November 2025)

Full Text (149) | PDF | Open Access

Ultrasonic emulsification to facilitate mitral valve reconstruction in mitral annular calcification

Mathieu Rheault-Henry, Mohsyn Imran Malik, Nitish Bhatt, Jill Gelinas, Michael W. A. Chu

Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery

2025;

(6)

:482-490

(30 November 2025)

Full Text (Video) (166) | PDF | Open Access

Editorial

Surgical approach to mitral annular calcification—the Cleveland Clinic experience

Haley Jenkins, Haytham Elgharably, Shinya Unai, Gosta Pettersson, Marc Gillinov

Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery

2025;

(6)

:491-493

(30 November 2025)

Full Text (143) | PDF | Open Access

Future of transcatheter versus surgery for mitral annular calcification

Gorav Ailawadi

Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery

2025;

(6)

:494-495

(30 November 2025)

Full Text (90) | PDF | Open Access

Art of Operative Techniques

Mitral valve surgery in mitral annular calcification

Martin Misfeld, Tristan D. Yan

Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery

2025;

(6)

:496-503

(30 November 2025)

Full Text (339) | PDF | Open Access

Masters of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Extensive posterior bar decalcification with novel calcific emulsification to enable endoscopic minimally invasive mitral valve repair

Mathieu Rheault-Henry, Michael W. A. Chu

Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery

2025;

(6)

:504-507

(30 November 2025)

Full Text (Video) (345) | PDF | Open Access

Use of ultrasonic aspirator for decalcifying the mitral annulus during mitral valve replacement

Isao A. Anzai, Arnar Geirsson

Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery

2025;

(6)

:508-510

(30 November 2025)

Full Text (Video) (192) | PDF | Open Access

Robotic mitral valve repair in the setting of mitral annular calcification

Taylor Pickering, Cody W. Dorton, Ely Erez, Lee Hafen, Robert L. Smith

Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery

2025;

(6)

:511-513

(30 November 2025)

Full Text (Video) (191) | PDF | Open Access

Robotic posterior bar decalcification and mitral repair in mitral annular calcification

Didier F. Loulmet, Ali Hage, Eugene A. Grossi

Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery

2025;

(6)

:514-516

(30 November 2025)

Full Text (Video) (260) | PDF | Open Access

Modified mitral valve replacement technique using transcatheter aortic valve for severe mitral annular calcification

Sujay Kulshrestha, Tsuyoshi Kaneko

Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery

2025;

(6)

:517-519

(30 November 2025)

Full Text (Video) (246) | PDF | Open Access

Tackling MAC and other complex mitral valve repair scenarios through the lens of robotics

Didier F. Loulmet, Ali Hage

Published online: 20 January 2026

Surgical management of the anterior leaflet in mitral valve repair: the legacy of Professor Alain Carpentier

Gilles Dreyfus, Jérôme Jouan

Published online: 19 January 2026

My approach to Barlow’s disease

Patrick M. McCarthy

Published online: 14 January 2026

Mitral valve surgery and maze procedure: the Korean experience in rheumatic versus degenerative disease

Joon Young Kim, Hong Rae Kim, Jae-Suk Yoo, Joon Bum Kim, Sung-Ho Jung, Jae Won Lee, Ho Jin Kim

Published online: 07 January 2026

Robotic mitral valve surgery: the future is now

Vinay Badhwar

Published online: 04 January 2026

Don’t fix what’s not broken: tricuspid valve repair in the mitral patient

Marc Gillinov, Tarek Malas, Per Wierup, Lars G. Svensson

Published online: 16 December 2025

Patient selection in robotic mitral valve surgery

Marc Gillinov, Tarek Malas, Daniel J. P. Burns, Stephanie L. Mick, Per Wierup

Published online: 11 December 2025

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

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

Brian F. Buxton, Philip A. Hayward

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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

AME and Wolters Kluwer aim to expand access to global medical research through new collaboration

New Impact Factor for Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Step-by-step technique of robotic-assisted minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass

Degenerative Mitral Valve

Tricuspid Valve Disease

Aortic Arch Repair

Mitral Annular Calcification

Evolution of Elephant Trunk II

Evolution of Elephant Trunk I

Submissions

Systematic Review

Keynote Lecture Series

Featured Articles

Editorial

Art of Operative Techniques

Masters of Cardiothoracic Surgery