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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003;125:S80-S81
© 2003 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Editorials

Evolving technology: Recognition and opportunity*

Bruce W. Lytle, MD

From the Department of Thoracic/Cardiovascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.

Received for publication Nov 22, 2000. Accepted for publication Dec 13, 2000. Address for reprints: Bruce W. Lytle, MD, Department of Thoracic/Cardiovascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Ave, F-25, Cleveland, OH 44195.

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   Editorial note
 
The Journal has the responsibility to morph with changes in our specialty. One example of this growth has been the addition to the Journal of a section entitled "Evolving Technology." This section provides a forum for brief communications and original manuscripts that focus on emerging technologies that influence our practice. The same rigorous standards of peer review are applied to these articles as to any other article accepted for publication in the Journal. It does, however, sequester this information into an easily identifiable section of the Journal.

Enabling technology alters the way we do things: sometimes for the better (enduring technology) and sometimes not for the better (evanescent technology). Occasionally, new technologies that do not endure are steps in the direction of advances that will ultimately become part of our therapeutic options. Whereas new pharmacologic agents can usually be rapidly dispersed and their use can be well described in text, advances in technology are more complex to disseminate. Ideally, one would like to minimize the "learning curve" . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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