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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008;135:1-2
© 2008 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Editorial

What is changing and what isn’t in The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: The cardiovascular and thoracic service-line concept

Lawrence H. Cohn, MD*

Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Received for publication October 11, 2007; accepted for publication October 11, 2007.

* Address for reprints: Lawrence H. Cohn, MD, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115-6110. (Email: lhcohn@bics.bwh.harvard.edu).

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It is a great honor to be elected Editor of the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (JTCVS), and I am looking forward to increasing the presence and effect of the JTCVS. My predecessor, Andrew Wechsler, has done a great job these past 7 years editing the world’s oldest and most authoritative journal in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, significantly improving the Journal’s impact factor, beginning journal continuing medical education programs, and helping to pioneer electronic publication at the highest level.

Everyone in the field of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery understands that we are in a period of great transformation. Although I plan to preserve the Journal’s great tradition of academic excellence in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery by publishing the most important clinical findings in our field, some changes that are compatible with the changing global scene in our specialty will be forthcoming.

Because there continues to be an increase . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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