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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

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 15, No 2 (March 31, 2026)
Transcatheter & Surgical Management of Tricuspid Valve Disease: Multidisciplinary Lifetime Management Considerations I

Guest Editors: Gilbert Tang, New York, USA; Mateo Marin-Cuartas, Leipzig, Germany
Vol 15, No 1 (January 31, 2026)
Degenerative Mitral Valve

Guest Editors: Patrick McCarthy and Kevin Hodges, Chicago, USA
Vol 14, No 6 (November 30, 2025)
Mitral Annular Calcification

Guest Editors: Michael Chu, London, Canada; Tsuyoshi Kaneko, St Louis, USA

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Online First

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

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Submissions

Submission information:

Current Issue: Vol 15, No 2 (March 2026)

Transcatheter & Surgical Management of Tricuspid Valve Disease: Multidisciplinary Lifetime Management Considerations I

Systematic Review

Short-term outcomes of commercial transcatheter tricuspid valve intervention: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Dominic K. Y. Ng, David Downes, Rohan Gupta, Yianni Droungas, Katie Nguyen, Ashley R. Wilson-Smith

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Keynote Lecture Series

Transcatheter and surgical management of tricuspid valve disease: multidisciplinary lifetime management considerations

Suzanne de Waha, Thilo Noack, Tobias Kister, Steffen Desch, Mateo Marín-Cuartas, Philipp Kiefer, Michael A. Borger

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Percutaneous mechanical aspiration in tricuspid valve infective endocarditis

Abdallah El Sabbagh, Kevin Landolfo, Evin Yucel, Nadira Hamid, Larry M. Baddour, Sanjum S. Sethi

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How to mirror tricuspid transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) to mitral TEER in terms of procedural imaging and device workflow: a step-by-step primer

Takayuki Onishi, Gilbert H. L. Tang, Stamatios Lerakis, Annapoorna S. Kini, Sahil Khera, Lucy M. Safi

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Featured Articles

Features and short-term outcomes of real-world transcatheter tricuspid valve repair vs. replacement in Asia-Pacific

Vyanne Hei Tung Chan, Krissada Meemook, Ching-Wei Lee, Angel Lai, Chun-Chin Chang, Tawai Ngernsritrakul, Surakiat Leelasithorn, Kevin Ka-Ho Kam, Bryan P. Yan, Alex Pui-Wai Lee, Gilbert H. L. Tang, Yat-Yin Lam, Adam S. H. Sung, Kent Chak-Yu So

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Prognostic significance of right ventricular-pulmonary artery coupling in patients undergoing tricuspid valve surgery

Jagdip Kang, Antonio Mutarelli, Svitlana Bielichenko, Abdellaziz Dahou, Jacob P. Dal-Bianco, Michael A. Borger, Nathaniel B. Langer, David D’Alessandro, Judy Hung, Thoralf M. Sundt, Evin Yucel, Serguei Melnitchouk

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