A forum that includes basic science, heart failure, and advanced lung disease.

The Society publishes the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation (JHLT) through the hard work of the JHLT Editorial Board. Online access to the full text of the JHLT is available free of charge to ISHLT members and JHLT subscribers via the following web site:

• www.jhltonline.org

Click HERE to download instructions on how to register for online access to the Journal.

In recent years, tremendous progress has been made in the field of intra-thoracic organ transplantation, support, and replacement. The Journal provides detailed coverage of these advances via peer reviewed articles on all aspects of heart and lung transplantation and end-stage heart and lung disease. Topics covered include:

• preoperative and postoperative evaluation
• outcome analysis
• diagnosis and treatment of complications
• immunosuppressive therapies
• circulatory assist devices/artificial hearts
• medical management of patients
• basic scientific research
• organ preservation
• nursing care

The Journal is included in MEDLINE/Index Medicus, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, and Current Contents/Clinical Medicine.

The Journal is published 12 times per year and is a benefit of membership in the Society. The February supplement contains the program and abstracts for that year's Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions. Non-members wishing to subscribe may contact the Publisher:

Linda Gruner
Elsevier
360 Park Avenue South
New York, NY  10010

(212) 633-3923
www.elsevier.com

Current circulation is 3,200. Advertising is accepted in the Journal, and media kits are available by contacting the publisher. Manuscripts are accepted throughout the year and may be mailed to the Editor, James K. Kirklin, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 3rd Avenue South, 739 Zeigler Building, Birmingham, AL, 35294-0007, phone: 205-975-2200, (JHLT@uab.edu).