The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Southern Thoracic Surgical Association
Annals of Thoracic Surgery, The
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
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Editor ,G. Alexander Patterson ,MD,St. Louis, MO,Emeritus Editors ,L. Henry Edmunds, Jr ,MD,,Deputy Editors , ,,,Adult Cardiac ,Joanna Chikwe ,MD,Los Angeles, CA, ,John A. Kern ,MD,Charlottesville, VA, ,Jennifer S. Lawton ,MD,Baltimore, MD, ,Nahush Aahok Mokadam ,MD,Columbus, OH,Congenital Heart ,Yves d'Udekem ,MD, PhD,Melbourne, Australia, ,Jennifer C. Romano ,MD,Ann Arbor MI,General Thoracic ,Shanda H. Blackmon ,MD, MPH,Rochester, MN, ,Mark K. Ferguson ,MD,Chicago, IL, ,Benjamin D. Kozower ,MD, MPH,St. Louis, M.O, ,James D. Luketich ,MD,Pittsburgh, PA,Biostatistics ,Graham Colditz ,MD, DrPH,St. Louis, MO,CME ,Colleen G. Koch ,MD,Baltimore, MD,Education ,Wilson Y. Szeto ,MD,Philadelphia, PA,Digital Media and Digital Scholarship ,Thomas K. Varghese ,Jr, MD, MS,Salt Lake City, UT,Public Policy ,Alan M. Speir ,MD,Falls Church, VA,Quality ,David M. Shahian ,MD,Boston, MA, United States,Associate Editors , ,,,CME ,Rick A. Esposito ,MD,Manhasset, NY, ,Kirk R. Kanter ,MD,Atlanta, GA, ,Kemp H. Kernstine ,MD,Dallas, TX, ,Feroze Mahmood ,MD,Boston, MA, ,Nicholas G. Smedira ,MD,Cleveland, OH,Ethics ,Robert M. Sade ,MD,Columbia, SC,Surgical Heritage ,Douglas J. Mathisen ,MD,Boston, MA,Feature Articles ,Gorav Ailawadi ,MD,Charlottesville, VA, ,Daniel J. Boffa ,MD,New Haven, CT, ,Derek R. Brinster ,MD,New York, NY, ,Robert Douglas B. Jaquiss ,MD,Dallas, TX, ,Virginia R. Litle ,MD,Boston, MA, United States, ,Mitchell J. Magee ,MD,Dallas, TX, ,Ourania Preventza ,MD, MBA,Houston, TX, ,Marc Ruel ,MD, MPH,Ottawa, Canada, ,Jorge D. Salazar ,MD,Hutson, TX, ,Mark S. Slaughter ,MD,Louisville, KY, ,Bobby Yanagawa ,MD, PhD,Toronto, Canada,Managing Editor ,John C. Kerpan ,MA,Chicago,Editorial Board ,Jake H. Abernathy, III ,MD, MPH,Baltimore, MD, United States, ,Mara B. Antonoff ,MD,Houston, TX, United States, ,Jehangir J. Appoo ,MDCM,Calgary, Canada, ,Hisao Asamura ,MD,Tokyo, Japan, ,Ko Bando ,MD, PhD,Tokyo, Japan, ,Michael E. Bowdish ,MD,Los Angeles, CA, ,Alexander A. Brescia ,MD,Ann Arbor, MI, United States, ,Lisa M. Brown ,MD, MAS,Sacramento, CA, ,Paulo F. Cardoso ,MD, PhD,Sao Paulo, Brazil, ,Adriano Carotti ,MD,Rome, Italy, ,Ke-Neng Chen ,MD, PhD,Beijing, China, ,Traves D. Crabtree ,MD,Springfield, IL, United States, ,Elizabeth A. David ,MD,Los Angeles, CA, ,Emily A. Downs ,MD,Charlottesville, VA, United States, ,Pirooz Eghtesady ,MD, PhD,St. Louis, MO, United States, ,Wentao Fang ,MD,Shanghai, China, ,Fahhood Farjah ,MD,Seattle, WA, ,Felix G. Fernandez ,MD,Atlanta, GA, United States, ,Hiran C. Fernando ,MD,Boston, MA, United States, ,Victor A. Ferraris ,MD,Lexington, KY, ,Amy G. Fiedler ,MD,Madison, WI, ,Seth D. Force ,MD,Atlanta, GA, ,Mario Gaudino ,MD,New York, New York, United States, ,Robert C. Gorman ,MD,Philadelphia, PA, ,Kristine J. Guleserian ,MD,Dallas, TX, ,T. Sloane Guy ,MD, MBA,New York, NY, ,Matthew G. Hartwig ,MD,Durham, NC, ,George L. Hicks, Jr ,MD,Rochester, NY, ,Tain-Yen Hsia ,MD,London, United Kingdom, ,G. Chad Hughes ,MD,Durham, NC, United States, ,Dawn S. Hui ,MD,San Antonio, TX, ,S. Adil Husain ,MD,Salt Lake City, UT, ,Jeffrey P. Jacobs ,MD,St. Petersburg, FL, ,Tara Karamlou ,MD,Cleveland, OH, ,Anthony W. Kim ,MD, FACS,Los Angeles, CA, ,Damien J. LaPar ,MD, MSc,New York, NY, ,Michael Lanuti ,MD,Boston, MA, ,Scott A. LeMaire ,MD,Houston, TX, ,Eric J. Lehr ,MD, PhD,Seattle, WA, United States, ,Peter B. Licht ,MD, PhD,Odense, Denmark, ,Jessica G.Y. Luc ,MD,Vancouver, Canada, ,Thomas E. MacGillivray ,MD,Boston, MA, ,Nader Moazami ,MD,New York, NY, ,Susan Moffatt-Bruce ,MD, PhD,Columbus, OH, ,Daniela Molena ,MD,New York, NY, ,David L.S. Morales ,MD,Cincinnati, OH, ,David M. Overman ,MD,Minneapolis, MN, ,Sara K. Pasquali ,MD, MHS,Ann Arbor, MI, United States, ,Gregory Pattakos ,MD, MS,Athens, Greece, ,T. Brett Reece ,MD,Aurora, CO, ,Mark D. Rodefeld ,MD,Indianapolis, IN, ,Evelio Rodriguez ,MD,Nashville, TN, United States, ,Shunji Sano ,MD, PhD,Okayama, Japan, ,Isabelle Schmitt-Opitz ,MD,Zurich, Switzerland, ,Andrew J. Seely ,MD, PhD,Ottawa, Canada, ,Christian Shults ,MD,Washington, DC, ,Ibrahim Sultan ,MD, FACS,Pittsburgh, PA, ,Johanna J.M. Takkenberg ,MD, PhD,Rotterdam, Netherlands, ,Giulia Veronesi ,MD,Milan, Italy, ,Song Wan ,MD, PhD,Hong Kong, China, ,Benny Weksler ,MD,Pittsburgh, PA, ,Daniel Wendt ,MD, PhD,Essen, Germany, ,Rashmi Yadav ,PhD, FRCS,London, United Kingdom, ,Sai S. Yendamuri ,MD,Buffalo, NY, ,Jian Zhuang ,MD,Guangzhou, China, ,Leora T. Yarboro ,MD,Charlottesville, VA,Editorial Staff , ,,,Chicago, IL ,Andrea L. Musolf ,MBA, MSBOB,Editorial Manager, ,Mary K. Jedlicka ,,Senior Production Coordinator, ,Simone M. Townsend ,,Editorial Assistant,St. Louis, MO ,Sheila R. Hall ,,Administrative Assistant to the Editor,Publisher Staff , ,,,New York, NY ,Loredana Donovan ,,Senior Issue Manager