The Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery is an international open access journal which publishes original articles on topics in generality of Cardiac, Thoracic, Arterial, Venous, Lymphatic Disorders and their managements. These encompass all relevant clinical, surgical and experimental studies, editorials, current and collective reviews, technical know-how papers, case reports, interesting images, How to Do It papers, correspondences, and commentaries.