title: Message from the editor.
authors.affiliation: Editor-in-Chief; Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery From the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid, Campus Box 8234, Saint Louis, MO 63110 USA.
authors.forename: Ralph J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Damiano