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Papers

(The H4-Index of Annals of Thoracic Surgery is 37. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Moving Beyond Just Panning for Esophagectomy Gold	192
Resilience. Hope. Unity. STS Presidential Address 2021	145
Pulmonary Valve Designs and Innovation	125
Society Board	106
Editor’s Choice: A Place for All Thoracic Surgeons	105
Impact of Antegrade Pulmonary Blood Flow as Patients Progress Through Single-Ventricle Palliations	104
No Shame in Sole Ascending Aortic Replacement for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection	88
Early Antireflux Surgery After Lung Transplant: Can We Justify the Risk?	87
Contents	85
Calcification of Gore-Tex Neochord After Mitral Repair: Electron Microscopy	82
Hands On/Hands Off	72
Additional Discussion From Anesthesiologists: Preventive Strategy for Reexpansion Pulmonary Edema After Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery	72
Does the Type of Annuloplasty Ring or Band Affect the Outcome of Mitral Valve Repair?	66
Editorial Board	66
Uniportal Thoracoscopic Decortication for Stage III Tuberculous Empyema With Severe Rib Crowding	64
The Use of Anterior Mitral Leaflet Augmentation With Autologous Pericardium: Why Not?	64
The Right WAYS to Repair the Mitral Valve	64
Monobloc or Separate Aortic and Mitral Homografts for Endocarditis of the Intervalvular Fibrosa?	58
Editor's Choice	52
Truncal Root Dilatation: A More Measured Approach	52
Can Salvage Surgery Cause a Paradigm Shift in Lung Cancer Treatment?	49
Aortic Annular Enlargement During Aortic Valve Replacement: Shedding Light on the Conundrum	47
Immunosuppression in HIV-Positive Heart Transplant Recipients During the Post–COVID-19 Era	46
Editor’s Choice: Papers That May Change Your Practice	45
Restrictive Mitral Annuloplasty: Patient Selection Is the Key	45

Apical Myectomy in HCM: Time to Let the Rubber of the Operation Meet the Road of a Randomized Trial	44
Corrigendum	44
Biodegradable Stent Placement for Airway Kinking After Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction Treatment	44
Erratum	43
Editor's Choice	43
Increased Assist Device Use Requires Reduced Excessive Bleeding and Associated Cost-to-Benefit Analysis	42
The Ross Procedure: A Rekindled Relationship	41
Sutureless Aortic Valve: Is It a Bailout Option in the Belligerent Root?	41
A Novel Surgical Technique to Address Post-Septal Myectomy Ventricular Septal Defect	40
Selecting the Modern Cardiothoracic Surgery Trainee	40
Mentorship, Sponsorship, and Leadership for Women in Cardiothoracic Surgery: A Qualitative Analysis	39
Social Risk Factors in Society of Thoracic Surgeons Risk Models. Part 1: Concepts, Indicator Variables, and Controversies	37
To Randomize or Not to Randomize: The Quest to Define “Good Judgement.”	37