About the Journal

The Heart Surgery Forum® (HSF, Print ISSN: 1098-3511, Electronic ISSN: 1522-6662) is an open access peer-reviewed scientific journal for cardiothoracic surgery professionals. The journal utilizes electronic peer review for efficient and timely decision-making and publishes articles to the web as soon as accepted and processed through the production system. All articles published in HSF will be indexed in/visible through Web of Science (the Science Citation Index Expanded, Impact Factor: 0.7), SciSearch, Scopus, ISI Alerting Services, Google Scholar, Current Contents/Clinical Medicine, and EMBASE. (Founded in 1997)

Current Issue

Vol. 27 No. 6 (2024)
Published: 2024-06-06

Editorial

  • The Days Are Just Packed: Learning Surgery on the Go…
    Skylar Rodgers, Curt Tribble
    E701-E706
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.59958/hsf.7563

Review

  • Hybrid Coronary Revascularization in Multivessel Disease: The Ideal Strategy for Challenging Scenarios
    Antonella Tommasino, Emiliano Marco Navarra, Federico Dell'Aquila, Camilla Ciani, Vincenzo Fiorentini, Simone Amicizia, Andrea Berni, Emanuele Barbato, Giovanni Melina
    E689-E700
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.59958/hsf.7369
  • Development of Dyslipidemia in Atherosclerosis and Modern Approaches to its Treatment
    Alexander Blagov, Igor Sobenin, Vasily Sukhorukov, Victor Glanz, Elizaveta Pleshko, Alexander Orekhov
    E680-E688
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.59958/hsf.7341

Systematic Review

Article

  • Novel Mechanism of SIRT3 Regulation in Cardiac Inflammatory Injury: The Key Role of MITOL
    Ping Li, Lingzhi Wang
    E655-E667
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.59958/hsf.7311
  • Using a Novel Machine-Learning Algorithm as an Auxiliary Approach to Predict the Transfusion Volume in Mitral Valve Surgery
    Ruirui Sang, Qianyi Wu, Shun Liu, Kai Wu, Yining Nie, Xingqiu Xia, He Ren, Mi Jiang, Guowei Tu, Ruiming Rong, Lai Wei, Rong Zhou
    E645-E654
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.59958/hsf.7559
  • Early Enteral Nutrition Does Not Cause Excessive Inflammatory Response in Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Patients
    Shengnan Yang, Chen Wang, Feilong Hei, Anshi Wu
    E637-E644
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.59958/hsf.7417
  • Initial Clinical Experience with Implantation of a New Left Ventricular Assist Device HeartCon New Left Ventricular Assist Device HeartCon
    Shan Guo, Shi-Fu Wang, Ling-Di Hou, Xiao-Cheng Liu, Guo-Wei He
    E628-E636
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.59958/hsf.7445
  • A Retrospective Study of Whether Sacubitril–Valsartan Improves Cardiac Function in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome and Hypertension after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
    Fuzhong Liu, Jia Lu, Yongchao Dong, Yingjun Yang
    E619-E627
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.59958/hsf.7351
  • Outcomes of Obese Coronavirus 2019 Patients Treated with Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation
    Kyle P. Walsh, Marian H. Hamand, Lovkesh Arora, Miranda Kaleel, Charles A. Rappaport, Anthony L. Panos, Mohammad A. Bashir, Ali S. Nasr, Arun K. Singhal
    E613-E618
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.59958/hsf.7383
  • Association between Thrombocytopenia and Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Redo Valvular Surgery Utilizing Cardiopulmonary Bypass
    Can Zhao, Yaqiong Xiao, Jianping Xu
    E605-E612
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.59958/hsf.7463
  • Effect of Early Heparin Anticoagulation on Blood Flow and Cardiac Function in Patients with Acute ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Treated by Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
    Xiaohua Huang, Xiaobo Jiang, Mingyang Tang, Li Deng, Xia Wei, Mingjian Lang
    E597-E604
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.59958/hsf.7269
  • Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on Anxiety, Self-Efficacy, and Quality of Life in Patients after Coronary Artery Bypass Transplantation
    Shuyuan Wei, Ji Wang, Hua Xie, Yanshuang Cheng
    E589-E596
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.59958/hsf.7389
  • Influence of Serum Apelin and CD40L Expression Levels on Adverse Cardiovascular Events after PCI
    Jie Zhang, Yanjun Liu, Ning Liu
    E582-E588
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.59958/hsf.7385

Case Report

  • Surgical Repair of Giant Dissecting Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm Associated with Atrial Septal Defect and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Case Report
    Wen Xie, Jianrui Ma, Haiyun Yuan, Yong Zhang, Jian Zhuang, Shusheng Wen
    E572-E581
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.59958/hsf.6835
  • Anomalous Origin of the Right Pulmonary Artery from the Ascending Aorta in a 10-Day-Old Boy: A Case Report
    Lin Luo, Yulan Luo, Qi An, Mei Feng
    E568-E571
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.59958/hsf.7017
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