The Heart Surgery Forum

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)