Guest Editor: Gregor J. Kocher (Hirslanden Clinic Beau Site, Bern & Lindenhof Hospital, Bern, Switzerland; University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland)

Guest Editors: Johan van der Merwe (Netcare Blaauwberg Hospital, Sunningdale, South Africa) and Filip P. Casselman (Cardiovascular Center OLV Aalst, Aalst, Belgium)

Guest Editors: Hiran C. Fernando (Allegheny General Hospital, Department of Thoracic Surgery, South Tower, Pittsburgh, Pa, USA) and John F. Lazar (Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery MedStar, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA)

Guest Editor: Johannes Bonatti (UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute and Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

Guest Editor: Michel Gonzalez (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, University of Lausanne, Switzerland)

Guest Editors: Charles T. Bakhos (Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA) and Abbas E. Abbas (Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA)

Guest Editor: Federico Rea (Thoracic Surgery Unit, University of Padua, Padua, Italy)

Guest Editors: Roberto Di Bartolomeo, Davide Pacini (Cardiac Surgery Department, Policlinico di Sant’Orsola, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Italy) and Mohamad Bashir (Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital, Blackburn, UK)

Guest Editors: Roberto Di Bartolomeo, Davide Pacini (Cardiac Surgery Department, Policlinico di Sant’Orsola, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Italy) and Mohamad Bashir (Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital, Blackburn, UK)

Guest Editor: Jean-Marc Baste (Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France)

The "Art and Surgery" series is for surgeons to think beyond surgery, to tell their stories, and to express their unique understanding on relationship between Art and Surgery, via their artwork.

The "Cover Gallery" series featured the different covers applied in the journal, with a short description of the pictures, intriguing and inspirational.

Guest Editor: Diego Gonzalez-Rivas (Coruña University Hospital, Coruña, Spain)

Guest Editors: Ibrahim Sultan (University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA) and George J. Arnaoutakis (University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA)

Guest Editor: Douglas Z Liou (Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA)   

The "Meet the Professor" series features interviews with the global Key Opinion Leaders, providing a window into the new developments, breakthroughs, and achievements in the interviewees’ professional fields, both clinically and academically.

Guest Editors: Martin Gross (Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA), Jay Simhan (Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA) and Faysal A. Yafi (University of California Irvine, CA, USA)

Guest Editor: Meinoshin Okumura (National Hospital Organization (NHO) Osaka Toneyama Medical Center, Osaka, Japan)

Guest Editors: Marco Scarci (Ospedale San Gerardo Monza, Italy) and Fabrizio Minervini (Cantonal Hospital of Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland)

Guest Editors: Filip Casselman (OLV Clinic, Aalst, Belgium) and Johan van der Merwe (Atlantic Cardiovascular and Thoracic Institute, Netcare Blaauwberg Hospital, Sunningdale, South Africa) 

Guest Editor: Abbas E. Abbas (Temple University Hospital, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA)   

Guest Editor: Michel Gonzalez (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland)   

Guest Editor: Peyman Sardari Nia (University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands)   

Guest Editors: Seshiru Nakazawa (Integrative Center of General Surgery, Gunma University Hospital, Japan) and Kimihiro Shimizu (Integrative Center of General Surgery, Gunma University Hospital, Japan)

Guest Editor: Kamran Ali (Fortis Flt Lt Rajan Dhall Hospital, New Delhi, India)   

Guest Editor: Jose Luis Danguilan (Lung Center of the Philippines, Quezon Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines)   

Guest Editors: Paula A. Ugalde (Institut de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Quebec, Laval University, Quebec, Canada) and Ricardo Terra (University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Guest Editor: Federico Rea (University of Padova, Padova, Italy)   

Guest Editor: Mohamad Bashir (Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK)   

Guest Editors: Roberto Di Bartolomeo (S. Orsola Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy), Davide Pacini (S. Orsola Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy) and Mohamad Bashir (Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK)   

Guest Editor: Tommaso Claudio Mineo (Tor Vergata University Rome, Rome, Italy)

Guest Editor: Alessandro Brunelli (St. James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK)

Guest Editors: Roberto Di Bartolomeo (S. Orsola Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy), Davide Pacini (S. Orsola Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy) and Mohamad Bashir (Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK)   

Guest Editors: Mohamad Bashir (Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK) and Joseph E. Bavaria (Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), CA, USA)

Guest Editor: Allen Cheng (University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA)

Guest Editors: Roberto Crisci (University of L’ Aquila, Italy), Reinhold Perkmann (General Hospital, Bolzano, Italy), and Francesco Zaraca (General Hospital, Bolzano, Italy)

Guest Editor: Dominique Gossot (Institut du Thorax Curie-Montsouris, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, France)

Guest Editor: Jin Shing Chen (National Taiwan University, Taipei)

Guest Editors: Markus Czesla (Klinikum Passau, Passau, Germany) and Javier Gallego (Santa Maria University Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal)

Guest Editors: Meng Chia Shing William (Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong, China) and Jian Hu (First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China)

Guest Editor: David T Cooke (University of California, Davis Health (UC Davis Health), Sacramento, CA, USA)

Guest Editors: Roberto Crisci (Maggiore Teaching Hospital, Bologna, Italy) and Luca Bertolaccini (University of L’Aquila, G. Mazzini Hospital, Teramo, Italy)

Guest Editors: Marcello Migliore (Policlinico University Hospital, University of Catania, Catania, Italy), Alan Sihoe (Gleneagles Hong Kong Hospital, Hong Kong, China), and Dr. Diego Gonzalez-Rivas (Coruña University Hospital, Coruña, Spain)

Guest Editors: Matthew J. Weiss (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA) and Melissa Hogg (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA)

Guest Editor: Enrico Ruffini (University of Torino, Torino, Italy)

Guest Editor: Robert J Cerfolio (New York University Langone Health, New York, NY, USA)

Guest Editor: Hiroyuki Oizumi (Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan)

Guest Editor: Toshiaki Morikawa (The Jikei University School of Medicine, Minato-City, Tokyo, Japan)

Guest Editor: Kamran Ali (Medanta the Medicity, Gurgaon, India)

Guest Editors: Mahmoud Ismail (Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany) and Diego Gonzalez-Rivas (Coruña University Hospital, Coruña, Spain)