投稿须知/期刊简介:

Now in its 18th year of continuous publication, The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, the official publication of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, brings readers essential clinical information about the rapidly evolving field of intrathoracic transplantation, support, and replacement. Peer-reviewed articles cover topics that include: assist devices and artificial hearts; diagnosis and treatment of complications; immunosuppressive therapies; new techniques in noninvasive diagnosis of rejection; outcome analyses; preoperative and postoperative evaluation; socioeconomic and ethical aspects of transplantation. The journal''s scope also addresses all aspects of advanced diseases of native thoracic organs, and includes articles with new insights into the immunology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management of heart failure and advanced lung disease. In addition, the journal has expanded its coverage in the rapidly maturing field of nontransplantation cardiac surgery for advanced cardiac disease.

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The Official Publication of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Full Text Online FREE to ISHLT members and paid personal subscribers at www.jhltonline.org A forum that includes all aspects of pre-clinical and clinical science of the failing heart and lung. The Official Publication of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation brings readers essential scholarly and timely information in the field of cardiopulmonary transplantation, mechanical and biological support of the failing heart, advanced lung disease (including pulmonary vascular disease) and cell replacement therapy. Importantly, the journal also serves as a medium of communication of pre-clinical sciences in all these rapidly expanding areas. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation has an Impact Factor of 5.611 and is ranked 2nd of 26 journals in Transplantation category, 6th out of 53 journals in the Respiratory System category, and 17th of 125 journals in Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems category in the 2013 Journal Citation Reports®, published by Thomson Reuters.