Letter from the Editor-in-Chief

Abstract

It was in the mid-nineties when a senior colleague of mine, Dr. Bojan Biocina, introduced me to something called “OpenHeart-L” on The Heart Surgery Forum website. Suddenly, a whole new world appeared in front of me! The possibility to communicate with colleagues from all around the globe was amazing. And not only that—one could ask anything, and there was always someone who had an answer, gave a piece of advice…what to do, what to avoid...it was magic! The person responsible for this whole idea of sharing information and interactive communication was Mark Levinson. At that time I was more a lurker than a poster, eagerly waiting for discussions to develop and learning from other people’s posts.