Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery 14 (2012) 504 509 doi:10.1093/icvts/ivs020 Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery 2011 Reviewers On behalf of the EACTS, ESTS and ESCVS, the Editor-in-Chief wishes to thank the following colleagues who have voluntarily given their valued time and effort to reviewing papers for EJCTS and ICVTS in 2011. Jan Aagaard Mathias H. Aazami Cipriano C. Abad Tomonobu Abe Amir M. Abolhoda Haitham Abunasra Christophe Acar Paul Achouh Niv Ad Iki Adachi Rajeshwara Krishna Prasad Adluri Ryo Aeba Alessandro Affronti Marco Agrifoglio Seyedhossein Aharinejad Clemens Aigner Koray Ak Ahmet Ruchan Akar Cary W. Akins Enoch F. Akowuah Zohair Al Halees Nawwar Al-Attar Alexander Artur Albert Johannes M. Albes Christos Alexiou Cem H. Alhan Amira A.A. Al-Hay Imtiaz S. Ali Idris Ali Jorge Almeida Nelson Alphonso Ahmed A. Alsaddique Nael Al-Sarraf Bahaaldin Alsoufi Nasser Altorki Antonio Alvarez Muhammad Muneer Amanullah Joseph J. Amato Shirish G. Ambekar Vincenzo Ambrogi Marcello Carlo Ambrogi Khalid M. Amer Gabriel Amir Anat Amital Luca Ampollini Robert H. Anderson Makoto Ando Udo Christian Anegg Emanuela Angeli Gianni D. Angelini Dimitrios C. Angouras Juan L. Anton-Pacheco Manuel J. Antunes Pedro E. Antunes Anelechi Anyanwu Efstratios E. Apostolakis Jose I. Aramendi Jose Luis Aranda Francesco Ardissone Olgun Kadir Aribas Raimondo Ascione George Asimakopoulos Jalal Assouad Thanos Athanasiou Christine Attenhofer Tim Attmann John Augoustides Rüdiger Autschbach Jean-Philippe Avaro Anton A. Avramenko Adel Khader Ayed Thierry Aymard Anthony Azakie Omer Aziz Jacques F. Azorin Jean Bachet Frank A. Baciewicz Patrick Bagan Richard Baillot Akin Eraslan Balci Toru Bando Norzeihan Jan Bappu Yaron Bar-El Fabrice Barlesi Sion P. Barnard Murat Basaran Roberto Rafael Battellini Eugene Baudet Erwin P. Bauer Victor Bautista-Hernandez Yusuf Bayrak Andreas Beckmann Eric Louis-Robert Bedard Harinder Singh Bedi David F. Beggs Jose Belda-Sanchis Neus Bellera Emre Belli Filippo Benassi Jaroslav Benedik John R. Benfield Elliott Bennett-Guerrero Stefano Benussi Michael Berchtold-Herz Denis A. Berdajs Marius Berman Pascal Berna Eduardo Bernabeu Jose M. Bernal Richard G. Berrisford Morris Beshay Dominique Anne Bettex Stefano Bevilacqua Friedhelm Beyersdorf Eric Bezon Fausto Biancari Olivier Michel Bical Benjamin Bidstrup Ozcan Birim Gianluigi Bisleri Mohamad Nidal Bittar Hartmuth B. Bittner Eugene H. Blackstone Sabine Bleiziffer Antonio Bobbio Johannes Bodner Dietmar Boethig Ad J.J.C. Bogers Servet Bölükbas René Bombien Quaden Massimo Bonacchi Nikolaos Bonaros Johannes Bonatti Pramod Bonde Andreas A. Böning Laurent Bonnemains Jean-Louis Henri Bonnet Robert Stuart Bonser Michael A. Borger Jose Maria Borro Amal K. Bose Ahmed Boseila Korkut Bostanci Petre Vlah-Horea Botianu Luca Botta Tomaso Bottio Thierry Bove Edward Thomas Brackenbury Scott M. Bradley Jerry Braun William J. Brawn Tamas Breuer Thomas Breymann Pierre-Yves Brichon Ben Bridgewater Christian Pierre Brizard Mariano E. Brizzio Laurent Brouchet Alessandro Brunelli Giuseppe Bruschi Ivan Bruschweiler Alan J. Bryan Werner Budts Dimitrios Buklas Serhat Bulbul Suat Bulut Clare L. Burdett Hans Ulrich Burger Daniel Burkhoff Semih Buz Ufuk Cagirici Antonio M. Calafiore Sergi Call Daniele Camboni Andrea Campione Saida Z. Campwala Leonardo Secchin Canale Ayten K. Cangir Vincenzo Cannizzaro Sergio J. Canovas The Author 2012. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. All rights reserved.
List of Reviewers / Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery 505 Massimo Caputo Paolo Carbognani Giovanni Luca Carboni Giuseppe Cardillo Adriano Carotti John Alfred Carr Thierry Carrel Angelo Carretta Raymond Cartier Caterina Casadio Christian Casali Filip P. Casselman Manuel Castella Patrizio Castelli Serenella Castelvecchio Javier G. Castillo Thierry Caus Sezai Celik Tomasa Centella Robert J. Cerfolio Alfredo Giuseppe Cerillo Gurkan Cetin Juan C. Chachques David J. Chambers Themistokles Chamogeorgakis Yiu Che Chan Jen-Ping Chang Yun Hee Chang Andrew C. Chatzis Nilanjan Chaudhuri Sylvain Chauvaud Olivier Chavanon Fengshi Chen Huiwen Chen Qiang Chen Cai Cheng Sanjay M. Cherian Joanna Chikwe Ray Chu-Jeng Chiu Kwang Ree Cho Jong Ho Cho Sidney Chocron Chee Fui Chong Cliff K. Choong Shiv Kumar Choudhary Emmanuel Choukroun Ujjwal K. Chowdhury Thomas Decker Christensen Anna Maria Ciccone Sertac M. Cicek Mustafa Cikirikcioglu Paola Ciriaco David R. Clarke Fernando Clau Terré Julie Cleuziou Dennis V. Cokkinos Andrea Colli John V. Conte Massimo Conti Lars Oliver Conzelmann Aman S. Coonar Graham J. Cooper Herve Corbineau Antonio F. Corno Victor Costache Elvio Covino Jochen T. Cremer Elodie Cretel Martin Czerny Eduardo M. da Cruz Sabine H. Däbritz Niccolò Daddi François Dagenais Marcel Dahan Malcolm Dalrymple-Hay Thomas Anthony D Amico Giuseppe D Ancona Antonio D Andrilli Mark H.D. Danton John Dark Gail E. Darling Joao-Carlos Das-Neves-Pereira Hiroshi Date Hitendu Hasmukhlal Dave Tirone E. David Ben Davies Periklis Davlouros Wilfried A. De Backer Michele De Bonis Kristof De Brabandere Jose Ribas Milanez de Campos Tiziano De Giacomo Laurent de Kerchove Marc R. de Leval Ruggero De Paulis Marc de Perrot Jan M. De Raet Paolo M. de Siena Raffaele De Simone Herbert Decaluwé Georges Decker Marek A. Deja Andrea Dell Amore Eva Maria Delmo Walter Roland G. Demaria Stefanos S. Demertzis Recep Demirbag Murat M. Demirtas Vitaly Bogdanovich Demyanchuk Joseph J. DeRose Ranjit Prabhakar Deshpande Frank C. Detterbeck Mohan P. Devbhandari Leonardo L. Di Ascenzo Roberto Di Bartolomeo Duccio Di Carlo Roberto Di Donato Marco Di Eusanio Gabriele Di Giammarco Michele Di Mauro Salvatore Di Stefano Diana M. Diaz Vazquez Daniel J. DiBardino Anno Diegeler Adem Ilkay Diken Erkan Dikmen Daniel Dilber Sukru Mustafa Dilege Wade Dimitri Robert A.E. Dion Xavier Benoit D Journo Dai-Do Do Christophe Doddoli Ali Dodge-Khatami Torsten Doenst Omer Faruk Dogan Fabien Doguet Pascal M. Dohmen Nicolas Doll Alberto Domenech Augusto D Onofrio Theodosios Dosios Dimitrios Dougenis William I. Douglas Daniel H. Drake Pawel Dryzek Yves d Udekem John Peter Duffy Pascal Dumont Joel Dunning Hervé Dutau Daniel Duveau Wojciech Dyszkiewicz Tjark Ebels Jens Eckardt Friedrich S. Eckstein Frank Edwin Marek P. Ehrlich Andreas Eicken Frank Eifinger Armand Eker Bachar El Oumeiri Aschraf El-Essawi Ismail El-Hamamsy Stefano Elia Martin J. Elliott Adelheid End Shunsuke Endo Lars Englberger Jürgen Ennker Abdullah Erdogan Sevval Eren Anthony L. Estrera Christian D. Etz Paulo Roberto B. Evora Brian M. Fabri Elie Fadel Rene Fahrner Pierre-Emmanuel Falcoz Volkmar Falk Ye Fan Fadi Farhat Khalil Fattouch Jean-Luc Fellahi Mark K. Ferguson Elena Fernandez Enrico Ferrari Juan J. Fibla Andrew Fiore Tatjana M. Fleck Thierry A. Folliguet Francesco Formica Christophoros N. Foroulis Alberto Pablo Forteza Erik Fosse Jose G. Fragata Anders Franco-Cereceda Katrien Francois Ulrich F.W. Franke Jean-Marc Frapier Alan G. Fraser Richard K. Freeman Jorge Freixinet Godehard Friedel Beat Friedli Guy J. Friedrich Alessandra Frigiola Ikuo Fukuda Stephanie Fuller Jozsef Furak Françoise Gaillat Henning A. Gaissert Michael Galagudza Manuel Galinanes Lorenzo Galletti Qiong Gan Rafael Garcia-Fuster Antonio Garcia-Valentin Gaetano D. Gargiulo Hrvoje Gasparovic Jean Yves Gaubert Mario F.L. Gaudino Andreas K.A. Gaumann James William Gaynor Roman Gebauer Cengiz Gebitekin Annette Geibel Hans J. Geissler Sandro Gelsomino Shane J. George Georgios P. Georghiou Stanimir G. Georgiev Gino Gerosa Olivier Ghez Masood Ayyub Ghori Shilajit Ghosh Probal K. Ghosh Alessandro Giamberti Alessandro Giardini Marie-Noëlle Giraud Evaldas Girdauskas Lawrence R. Glassman Mattia Glauber LIST OF REVIEWERS
506 List of Reviewers / Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery David Glineur Wolfgang A. Goetz Juan J. Goiti Steven P. Goldberg Walter J. Gomes Abel Gomez-Caro Alessandro Gonfiotti Andrew T. Goodwin Heidi Görler Michael Gorlitzer Dominique Gossot Roman Gottardi Rohith Govindraj Martin Grabenwoger Daniel A. Grandmougin Martin T.R. Grapow Juan B. Grau Michael Grimm Tomasz Grodzki Eugene A. Grossi Paul F. Gründeman Jurg Grunenfelder Y. John Gu Fabio Guarracino Paolo Guccione Helmut Gulbins Serdar Gunaydin Thomas Günther Baris Guven T. Sloane Guy James Michael Habicht Rui Haddad Leonidas K. Hadjinikolaou Jeffrey A. Hagen Alireza Haghshenasskashani Ling Haiyun Semih Halezeroglu Abdel-Mohsen Hamad Leslie Hamilton Claude E. Hanet Frank Hanley Henrik Jessen Hansen Jan Hinnerk Hansen Yorikazu Harada Seiki Hasegawa Tomomi Hasegawa J. Michael Hasenkam Wael Hassanein Joachim Th.W. Hasse Axel Haverich Kenji Hazama Mark G. Hazekamp Guo-Wei He David G. Healy Claudia Heilmann Markus K. Heinemann Khosro Hekmat Willem A. Helbing Paul Herijgers Tetsuya Higami Andres Hilfiker Masanori Hirota Hirose Hitoshi Vibeke Elisabeth Hjortdal Hans-Stefan Hofmann Beatrix Hoksch Peter H. Hollaus Osami Honjo Richard A. Hopkins Jürgen Hörer Judith Horisberger Ors Peter Horvath J. Andreas Hoschtitzky Amir-Reza Hosseinpour Neil J. Howell Viktor Hraska Chung-Ping Cliff Hsu Ron-Bin Hsu Han-Shui Hsu Pei-Ming Huang Cheng-long Huang Shu-chien Huang Yao-Kuang Huang Christoph H. Huber Narcis Hudorovic Martin Huertgen Michael Hughes Steven Hunter Mohamed F. Ibrahim Mohsen Ibrahim Philippe Icard Hitoshi Igai Hiroshi Imagawa Kazuhito Imanaka Massimo Imazio Franz F. Immer Ilhan Inci Rolf G.C. Inderbitzi Masayoshi Inoue Yoshito Inoue Eveline Internullo Selim Isbir Nobuyuki Ishibashi Shigemi Ishikawa Tadashi Isomura Bernard Iung Hironori Izutani Samuel Jacob Jeffrey Phillip Jacobs Marjan Jahangiri Heinz G. Jakob Oyvind Jakobsen William Robert Eric Jamieson Erik W.L. Jansen Katrijn Jansen Jean-Luc Jansens Katarzyna Januszewska Fabio Biscegli Jatene Frédérique E. Jault Radoslaw Jaworski Ramkumar Jayavelan Victor A. Jebara Olivier J.L. Jegaden David P. Jenkins Anders Jeppsson Abdulraouf M.Z. Jijeh Marcelo F. Jimenez James Mark Jones Catherine M. Jones David R. Jones Thomas M. Joudinaud Jacques Jougon Miomir Dj Jovic Ignacio Juaneda Philipp Jungebluth Rajwinder Singh Jutley Sami S. Kabbani Ingo Kaczmarek Alexander Kadner Yoshihisa Kadota Larry R. Kaiser Afksendiyos Kalangos Dimitri Kalavrouziotis Vasily I. Kaleda David Kalfa Zygmunt M. Kalicinski Mari-Liis Kaljusto Klaus Kallenbach Antonios Kallikourdis Hiroyuki Kamiya Markus Kamler Robin R. Kanagasabay Fikret Kanat Yukihiro Kaneko Chang Hyun Kang Chiung-Lun Kao Emmanouil Ioannis Kapetanakis Arie Pieter Kappetein Matthias Karck Tom R. Karl Ichiro Kashima Vigneshwar Kasirajan Riken Kawachi Nobuyoshi Kawaharada Yoichi Kawahira Masafumi Kawamura Seyda Ors Kaya Hakki Kazaz Teruhisa Kazui Daniel J. Keenan Jörg Kempfert Simon W. Kendall Suresh Keshavamurthy Mert Kestelli Peter B. Kestenholz Nawid Khaladj Mohammed W. Khalil Omar Khan Krishna Khargi Kyung-Hwan Kim Woong-Han Kim Young Tae Kim Ki-Bong Kim Jhingook Kim Doosang Kim Yong Jin Kim Yeong-Dae Kim Yong-Hee Kim Kaan Kirali Bilal H. Kirmani Matthias E.W. Kirsch Ugursay Kiziltepe Robert J.M. Klautz Patrick Klein Walter Klepetko Igor Knez Walter Knirsch Christoph Knosalla Po Jen Ko Junjiro Kobayashi Achim Koch Andreas Max Ernst Koch Mladen J. Kocica Ken Kodama Masahiro Koh Kiyoshi Koizumi Philippe H. Kolh Masashi Komeda Takeshi Komoda Wolfgang F. Konertz Ioanna Christos Koniari Igor E. Konstantinov Bernhard Korbmacher Stephan Korom Martin Marek Kostelka Yasuhiro Kotani Konstantinos N. Kotidis Nicholas T. Kouchoukos Antonios Kourliouros Lubica Kovacikova Janusz Kowalewski Rainer Kozlik-Feldmann Hans-Heiner Kramer George Krasopoulos Bernard Kreitmann Oliver Kretschmar Christian Kreutzer Sai Kiran V.S.S. Krishnamurthy Hiroshi Kubota Seref A. Kucuker Manoj Kuduvalli Christian Kühn Alexander Kulik Sathappan Kumar Babu Kunadian Takashi Kunihara Thomas Kuntze James Kuo Erkan Kuralay Cemal Asim Kutlu Jaroslaw Kuzdzal Jae Gun Kwak
List of Reviewers / Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery 507 Joachim Laas Francois G. Lacour-Gayet Tanel Laisaar Thomas Z. Lajos Yoan Lamarche Ludwig Lampl Thierry Georges Langanay Rüdiger Lange Loic Lang-Lazdunski Romuald Lango Elisabetta Lapenna Stephen R. Large Sophie Laroumagne Andreas G. Laske Patrick Lauwers Gyorgy Lazar Françoise Le Pimpec-Barthes Marzia Leacche Jeong Ryul Lee Seock Yeol Lee Chang-Ha Lee Jean-Francois Legare Adelino F. Leite-Moreira Scott A. LeMaire Alexander Lembcke Massimo Giovanni Lemma Salvatore Lentini Francesco Leo Pascal N. Leprince Toni Lerut Gunda Leschber Wilson W.L. Li Oliver J. Liakopoulos Matthew Liava a Moishe Liberman Peter B. Licht Artur Lichtenberg Marc Licker Eric Lim Hong-Gook Lim Chih-Yuan Lin Dan Lindblom Jaroslav Lindner Sandra Maria Lindstedt Ulf Lockowandt Daniel Y. Loisance Attilio A. Lotto Mahmoud Loubani Miguel Lozano Marco Lucchi Giovanni Battista Luciani Nicola Luciani Heyman Luckraz Maximilian Luehr Wanjun Luo Georg Lutter Luca Luzzi Heinrich Mächler Brendan P. Madden Balakrishnan Mahesh Francesco Maisano Anna F. Maizza Zeena Makhija Edward Malec Simon Maltais Michael Malyshev Abeel Mangi Andrea Mangini Yoshimasa Maniwa Bertrand Marcheix Giovanni Marchetto Stefano Margaritora Giovanni Mariscalco Tomasz Marjanski Andreas Markewitz Michael Markl Luis C. Maroto Sven Martens Klaus Martin Ana Gomez Martinez Emmanuel Martinod Sofia Martin-Suarez Antonio E. Martin-Ucar Bettina Marty Charles-Henry Marty-Ané Akira Marui Giuseppe Marulli Mehrab Marzban Daniele Maselli Malek G. Massad Gilbert Massard Stefano Mastrobuoni Pasquale Mastroroberto Munetaka Masuda Caio Mata George Matalanis Douglas J. Mathisen Klaus Matschke Hitoshi Matsuda Haruhisa Matsuguma Yoshiro Matsui Hidehito Matsuoka Tsutomu Matsushita Peter Matt Kavitha Mattam Iain G. Matthews Sandro Mattioli Veronika Matzi Constantine Mavroudis Alessandro Mazzola Alessandro Mazzucco Jean-Philippe Mazzucotelli David J. McCormack Brian W. McCrindle Kieran G. McManus Elisa Meacci Zile S. Meharwal Uwe Mehlhorn Bernhard Meier Franca M.A. Melfi Giulio Melloni Samuel Menahem Philippe Menasche Lorenzo A. Menicanti Olaf Mercier Johannes Merk Frank Merkle Bruno J. Messmer Carlos A. Mestres Dominique R. Metras Bart P. Meyns Argyris S. Michalopoulos Marcello Migliore Carmelo Mignosa Tomislav Mihaljevic Elisa Mikus Giuseppina Milano Leena Mildh Russell W.J. Millner Kenji Minatoya Tommaso Claudio Mineo Douglas J. Minnich Fabio Miraldi Yoshio Misawa Martin Misfeld Yugal K. Mishra Pankaj Kumar Mishra Panagiotis Misthos Max B. Mitchell Yoshinori Miyahara Takeshi Miyairi Kagami Miyaji Yuji Miyamoto Takako Miyazaki Kentaroh Miyoshi Paul Modi Amit Modi Keyvan Moghissi Paul Mohacsi Werner Mohl M. Mostafa Mokhles Laureano Molins Thomas F. Molnar Adrian Molnar James L. Monro Andrey Monteiro Luiz Felipe P. Moreira Victor O. Morell Anton Moritz Tetsuro Morota Victor X. Mosquera Jerôme Mouroux Bernd M. Muehling Michael Rolf Mueller Douglas Muir Kaushik Mukherjee Xavier M. Müller Ludwig C. Müller Claudio Muneretto Tomohiro Murakawa Masashi Muraoka Andrew James Murday Gavin J. Murphy Kona Samba Murthy Michele Murzi Ghassan S. Musleh Alfredo Mussi Thomas L. Mwambingu Bernard H. Nachbur Aydin Nadir Ravi Sundaresan Nagalingam Mitsugi Nagashima Takeshi Nagayasu Babu Naidu Yuji Naito Jun Nakajima Hiroyuki Nakajima Kiyoharu Nakano Apostolos Nakas Pradeep Narayan Samer A.M. Nashef Francesco Natale Richard Neal Praveen Kumar Neema Aleksandar N. Neskovic Timofey Nevvazhay Dusko G. Nezic Calvin S.H. Ng Dumbor L. Ngaage Khanh H. Nguyen Tom C. Nguyen Urs Niederhäuser Christoph A. Nienaber Hiroyuki Niinuma Abi Noah Fumikazu Nomura Dag Ole Nordhaug Martin Agge Norgaard William M. Novick Nuria Novoa Luc Noyez Shahab Nozohoor Satoshi Numata Jean-Francois Obadia Inger Oey Hitoshi Ogino Sunil Ohri Hiroyuki Oizumi Kenji Okada Morihito Okada Yuki Okamoto Yutaka Okita Meinoshin Okumura Erdal Okur Guven Olgac Minoru Ono Masamichi Ono Francesco Onorati Adrian Ooi Isabelle Opitz David J. O Regan Kazumasa Orihashi Mark B. Orringer Satoru Osaki Eivind Ovrum LIST OF REVIEWERS
508 List of Reviewers / Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery Andrew Owens Nobuchika Ozaki Murat Ozeren Kanat Ozisik Carlo Pace Napoleone Davide Pacini Massimo A. Padalino Domenico Pagano Richard D. Page Olivier N. Pages Izabela Pagowska-Klimek Ramdas G. Pai George M. Palatianos Domenico Palombo Aristotelis Panos Narasinga Rao Pantula Giovanni Paolini Kostas Papagiannopoulos Vassil Papantchev Domenico Paparella Federico Pappalardo Kosmas I. Paraskevas Haralambos D. Parissis Hyung Joo Park In Kyu Park Chun Soo Soo Park Alessandro Parolari Andrew J. Parry Peter Pastuszko Ian Paul Malgorzata Pawelec-Wojtalik Lia C.V. Mendes Pedersen Edward Weng Koon Peng Stephen Hugh Pennefather John R. Pepper Daniel Pereda Arpad Pereszlenyi Louis P. Perrault Bertrand R.M. Perrin Francesco Petrella Gosta B. Pettersson Matteo Pettinari Rainer Petzina Joachim O.M. Photiadis Jaroslaw Pierog Gabriele Piffaretti Hans K. Pilegaard Plinio Pinna Pintor Luis Pintor Jan Pirk Nikolaus Pizanis Christian Pizarro Andre R. Plass Marco Pocar Esteban Poch Bruno K. Podesser Anastasios C. Polimenakos Eugenio Pompeo Cecilia Pompili Alain Jean Poncelet Aron Frederik Popov Vladimir A. Porhanov Francisco Portela Torrón Evgenij V. Potapov Philippe Pouard Marco Pozzi C. S. Pramesh René Prêtre Aristotle D. Protopapas Oleksandra Prysyazhna Francesco Puma Manoj Purohit Salah D. Qanadli Eduard Quintana Rizwan A. Qureshi Ehud Raanani Tamas Radovits Olivier Raisky Pala Babu Rajesh Karthik Vaidyanathan Ramakrishnan Ramon Rami-Porta Ian R. Ramnarine Marco Ranucci Vivek Rao Moheb A. Rashid Ardawan J. Rastan Sridhar Rathinam Hussein Rayatzadeh Federico Rea Rajashekara H.V. Reddy Srikrishna Modugula Reddy Klaus Redmann Majed Refai Filip R. Rega Bruno Reichart Hermann Reichenspurner David C. Reineke Jean Paul Remadi Ottavio Rena Erino Angelo Rendina Alberto Repossini Oliver Thomas Reuthebuch Jean-Pierre Revelly Guillermo Reyes Vincent Riambau Alberto Riberi Marco Ricci Zaccaria Ricci David Richens Mauro Rinaldi Marc Riquet Caroline Rivera Syed Imran Akhtar Rizvi Giovanna Rizzardi Giulio Rizzoli John H. Robert Neil Roberts Francis Robicsek Gaetano Rocco Pedro Rodriguez Inez E.R. Rodrigus Axel Rolle Xavier G. Roques Andrew Roscoe Tom Routledge Irene Rovira Alistair Royse Jean-Etienne Rubay Antonino S. Rubino Jose Rubio Alvarez Igor Rudez Enrico Ruffini Alessio Rungatscher Mark Ruzmetov Kjell Saatvedt Rajesh Sachdeva Anand Sachithanandan Jörg S. Sachweh Justo Rafael Sadaba Hakimeh Sadeghian Adil Sadiq Satoshi Saito Kisaburo Sakamoto Takahiko Sakamoto Yukinori Sakao Motoki Sakuraba Tohru Sakuragi Michele Salati Ahmad Bin Sallehuddin Sacha P. Salzberg Ozgur Samancilar Khaled Samir Arkalgud Sampath Kumar Elena Sandoval Martinez Shunji Sano Francesco Santini Mario Santini Peyman Sardari Nia George Elias Sarris Ulrik Sartipy Milton Saute Noriyoshi Sawabata Paolo Scanagatta Marco Scarci Thomas Schachner Hans-Joachim Schäfers Hartzell V. Schaff Stefano Schena Marc A.A.M. Schepens Marie Schetz Ehrenfried Schindler Joachim Schirren Christian Schlensak Christof Schmid Jürg Schmidli Christoph Schmitz Frank Gerald Scholl René Schramm Christian Schreiber Stephan Schueler Jürgen Schulte Mönting Joerg Seeburger Burkhart Seifert Nicole Sekarski Yasuo Sekine Massimo Sella Frank W. Sellke Paul T. Sergeant Fabrizio Settepani Michael John Shackcloth Walid H. Shaker Ganesh Shanmugam Suhair O. Shebani Hani A. Shennib Norihisa Shigemura Norihiko Shiiya Yuji Shiraishi Shuichi Shiraishi Takeshi Shiraishi David Shitrit Malakh Lal Shrestha Jeffrey H. Shuhaiber Dominique Shum-Tim Wulf Sienel Matthias Siepe Hans-Hinrich Sievers Alan Dart Loon Sihoe Pan Silin Jacobo Silva Carlos M. Simon John Simpson Pranava Sinha Henryk Siniawski Nicodème Sinzobahamvya Mehmet Sirmali Muammer Cumhur Sivrikoz Johan Sjögren Christian A. Skrabal Freyja Maria Smolle-Jüttner Yoshiharu Soga Luciano Solaini Okan Solak Mohamed A. Soliman Hamad Marco Solinas Sebastian-Patrick Sommer Laichun Song Makoto Sonobe Dag Sorlie Luciano R. Souza Omer Soysal Lorenzo Spaggiari Kyriakos Spiliopoulos Arun K. Srinivasan Balamurali Srinivasan Mario Stalder Christof Stamm Uz M. Stammberger Sotiris C. Stamou Susanne Stampf Alessandro Stefani Giovanni Stellin Roar Stenseth Duncan J. Stewart
List of Reviewers / Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery 509 Brigitte Stiller Erich Stoelben Serban C. Stoica Noedir Groppo Stolf Martin Strüber Taijiro Sueda Yoshihiro Suematsu Vijay Sujendran Hisayoshi Suma Thoralf M. Sundt Si Chan Sung Rakesh M. Suri Rolf Svedjeholm Staffan Svenmarker Jan Ludvig Svennevig Lars G. Svensson Gabor Szabo Tamas Szöke Noriyuki Tabuchi Federico Tacconi Shin Takabayashi Makoto Takahama Shinichi Takamoto Shin-Ichi Takeda Koh Takeuchi Johanna J.M. Takkenberg Sachin Talwar John Kit Chung Tam Carol Tan Qiang Tan Kuniyoshi Tanaka Hiroshi Tanaka Kazuo Tanemoto Gilbert Tang Yoshihisa Tanoue Eduardo M. Targarona Abdullah Irfan Tastepe James Tatoulis Giuseppe Tavilla Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili Hendrik T. Tevaearai Stefan Thelin Oliver Michel Theusinger Matthias Thielmann Gaetano Thiene Agasthian Thirugnanam Pascal Alexandre Thomas James Andrew Charles Thorpe Kin-hoi Thung Tomasz Timek Theodor Tirilomis Tomas Tlaskal Koichi Toda Alper Toker Salih Topcu Pasquale Totaro Ioannis K. Toumpoulis Corrado Tramontin Tom Treasure Francois Tronc Konstantinos Tsagakis Victor T. Tsang Nikolaos Tsirikos-Karapanos Steven S.L. Tsui Marko Ivan Turina Tamer Turk Andrew Turley Akif Turna Naomichi Uchida Anselm Uebing Yuichi Ueda Kazuhiro Ueda Hideki Uemura Murat Ugurlucan Malcolm J. Underwood Felix Unger Yahya Unlu Madathipat Unnikrishnan Paul P. Urbanski Stefano Urso Melih H. Us Akihiko Usui Jarle Vaage Emanuela Valsangiacomo Andreas van de Loo Jan van der Linden Carin van Doorn Menno van Gameren Jan H. Van Hemelrijck Guido J. van Nooten Dirk E.M. Van Raemdonck Paul E. Van Schil Albert H.M. van Straten Gonzalo Varela Praveen K. Varma Paul Vaughan Vladimir Velebit Nicolas Venissac Antti Vento Federico Venuta Jean Michel Vergnon Giulia Veronesi Michel I.M. Versteegh Alessandro Verzini Vincent Vidal Mario Viganò Emmanuel Villa Jakob Vinten-Johansen Nicola Vistarini Gus J. Vlahakes Roberto Voces Manfred Otto Vogt Hunaid A. Vohra Luca Voltolini Florian von Knobelsdorff- Brenkenhoff Ulrich O. von Oppell Ludwig von Segesser Robert von Wattenwyl David Vondrys Bernhard Voss Pascal R. Vouhé Luca A. Vricella Kerem M. Vural Alexander Wahba Ferdinand Rudolf Waldenberger David A. Waller Thorsten Walles Julie M. Walsh Thomas Walther Song Wan Gregor Warnecke Kenneth James Warring-Davies Atsushi Watanabe Tjalling W. Waterbolk Stefan B. Watzka Ernst Weigang Avi A. Weinbroum Richard D. Weisel Branko M. Weiss Stefan Welter Olaf Wendler Daniel Wendt Douglas West Cameron West Stephen Westaby Ralph W. White Bettina Wiegmann Georg M. Wieselthaler Dennis Wigle Jean-Marie Wihlm Mathias Wilhelmi William Galbraith Williams Gerhard Wimmer-Greinecker David S. Winlaw Jens Wippermann Wilfried Wisser Biruta Witte Michal Antoni Wojtalik Randolph H.L. Wong Y. Joseph Woo Douglas E. Wood Patrick Frans Wouters Ming-Ho Wu Alain J. Wurtz Shang Dong Xu Hitoshi Yaku Hafize Yaliniz Sergey Yalonetsky Shojiro Yamaguchi Satoshi Yamashiro Charles A. Yankah Ulku Yazici Can Yerebakan Erkan Yildirim Bedrettin Yildizeli Sezgin Yilmaz Kohei Yokoi Hiroyasu Yokomise Nizar Yonan Naoki Yoshimura Tae-Jin Yun Sergey Zaets Piero Zannini Lucio Zannini Manfred Zehender Mohamed Wagih Zeinah Marian Zembala Eryong Zhang Dan Zhu Vita Zidere Marcin Zielinski Peter Zilla Bartolo Zingone Burkhart Zipfel Charalambos Zisis Armin Zittermann Jae Ill Zo Andrea Zuin Claudio Zussa LIST OF REVIEWERS