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Q1Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
About Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery is a scholarly journal published by Elsevier Inc.. SCImago 2025 places it in Q1 with an SJR of 1.817 and an H-index of 234.
Its listed coverage is 1959-2026 and its research categories include Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (Q1); Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (Q1); Surgery (Q1). The 2025 dataset reports 643 documents and 5201 citations across the latest three-year reporting window.
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Aims & Scope
The journal publishes research related to Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches, Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques, Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair, Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices.
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2026-09 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2026.03.616Postoperative molecular residual disease status refines recurrence risk stratification beyond pathologic response after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
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2026-09 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2026.04.014Reply: Striving together for better outcomes in rheumatic valve surgery
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2026-09 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2026.03.56825-Year outcomes following the regionalization of three competing pediatric cardiac surgery programs
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2026-09 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2026.03.613Erratum to 2025 American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Expert Consensus Document: Surgical management of acute myocardial infarction and associated complications
David J. Kaczorowski, Koji Takeda, Pavan Atluri, Marisa Cevasco et al.
2026-09 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2026.04.004From detection to strategy: Reframing venous thromboembolism screening after esophagectomy for cancer
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2026-09 · DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(26)01174-8A single-center experience of 2000 adult lung transplants
Charles R. Liu, Yuriko Terada, Tsuyoshi Takahashi, Hailey M. Shepherd et al.
2026-09 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2026.04.031A novel wearables-based sleep quality index to quantify postoperative sleep quality
Zhengyu Fang, Danny Wang, Alexandra L. Potter, Lizi Zhang et al.
2026-09 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2026.04.045A prospective, multicenter trial of irrigated radiofrequency ablation and cryoablation to treat nonparoxysmal atrial fibrillation
Ralph J. Damiano, Jonathan M. Philpott, Michael G. Moront, Edward T. Murphy et al.
2026-09 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2026.04.010Reply: Timing, risk, and relevance: Refining venous thromboembolism screening in esophageal cancer
Gregory D. Jones, Siva Raja, Usman Ahmad, Daniel P. Raymond et al.
2026-09 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2026.04.042Commentary: No longer baffling: Surgeon-derived virtual reality surgical simulations are transforming complex congenital intracardiac repairs
Ryan A. Moore, David L.S. Morales
2026-09 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2026.05.014Three-dimensional computed tomography volumetry and pulmonary function outcomes after segmentectomy versus lobectomy
Masaya Nakamura, Tatsuya Goto, Terumoto Koike, Takahiro Tanaka et al.
2026-09 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2026.04.034Reply: Pregnancy-related type A aortic dissection: Expand raw data or refine statistical methodology?
Su-Wei Chen, Wei-Guo Ma, Jun-Ming Zhu, Li-Zhong Sun et al.
2026-09 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2026.05.012For-profit hospitals deliver lower coronary artery bypass graft value: National evidence on mortality and Medicare expenditures
Alyster Alcudia, Glade Adams, Subodha Kumar, G. William Moser et al.
2026-09 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2026.04.015Diastolic dysfunction persists 3 months after surgical revascularization in a large animal model of hibernating myocardium
Koray N. Potel, Annie Shao, Nolan McLaughlin, Cory Swingen et al.
2026-09 · DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2026.02.014Reviews
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