The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Smart, Neil J.; Petter-Puchner, Alexander H.: Commentary on “Sterilization and Cross-Linking Combined with Ultraviolet Irradiation and Low-Energy Electron Irradiation Procedure: New Perspectives for Bovine Pericardial Implants in Cardiac Surgery”

Carrel, Thierry; Schoenhoff, Florian S.: Teaching Cardiac Surgery: A Major Contemporary Issue in the Academic Institutions

Karck, Matthias: Time to Rethink about Prophylactic Aortic Root Surgery in Patients with Marfan's Syndrome

Schwarzer, Michael: Regulation of Animal Research in Science: How to Harm Both Science and Animal Protection

Gaissert, Henning A.: Invited Commentary

Lococo, Filippo: The Role of ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT Scan in Predicting Histological Type of Thymic Epithelial Tumors: Indications and Practical Clinical Considerations

Bölükbas, Servet: Lung Cancer with Unexpected Localized Pleural Dissemination Detected during Surgery: Should We Stop Surgery or Should We Go On?

Calafiore, Antonio M.; Iaco', Angela L.; Di Mauro, Michele: Chronic Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation: Randomized Trials or Observational Studies?

Petter-Puchner, Alexander H.: A Critical Remark on Surgical Collagen Implants

Antunes, Manuel J.: Biological versus Mechanical Heart Valve Prostheses. Has the Paradigm Shifted Definitively?

Albes, Johannes M.: Conflicts, Compromises, and Common Sense