The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 31 Cumulative Index is available in two in print and on CD-ROM. Both versions are indexed by subject and by author for articles published throughout the journal's history.

The CD-ROM version also contains all of the journal's published scientific abstracts; hy links between article titles, subject headings, author and abstracts; a search function that allows full-text, Boolean, and keyword searches functions which enable the user to select, collect, and format references for future use in authoring papers.