Mitral valve surgery at the oriental crossroad

The Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals turns 30

“…The International Advisory Board has also been renewed. Through these difficult and challenging times of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr Okita has successfully led Asian Annals and started publishing Special Issues 17 , 18 which, together with an increasing number of original and review articles, will hopefully reach a major goal of receiving an impact factor which has been preliminary calculated by SAGE Journals at 1.272. 2 …”

The consolidation of surgery for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy in Asia and the Pacific Rim

“…Asia has the numbers and data generating knowledge have to follow. (18) The Editor-in-Chief and the Guest Editors would also like to express our gratitude to all individual authors and centres graciously collaborating with Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals. We understand that all contributors stole precious time from their busy agendas to allow us constructing this Special Issue and this must be recognized.…”