Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Article	Citations
Commentary: Ten-year survival, the holy grail in lung transplantation	246
Commentary: Let's start again!	232
Commentary: Time to climb the ladder of causation	126
Commentary: Why I'm biased toward bilateral internal mammary artery	85
Commentary: With great power comes great responsibility—assessing the validity of propensity score methods	82
Congenital Articles in AATS Journals	81
Commentary: Benefits of SGLT2 inhibition in heart failure: A bellwether for importance of other metabolic pathways	77
Commentary: Aging, cognitive decline and performance: Will prevention provide the cure?	73
Assessing clinical competency: The long and the short of it	69
Commentary: Expanding the utility of the Ross procedure—proceed with caution	67
Commentary: Another variable in the puzzle	66
Discussion	60
Discussion	59
Commentary: Wherever you go, go with all your heart	59
Commentary: Strategic surgery to type A dissection: A bird in the hand or 2 in the bush?	58
Table of Contents	58
Commentary: David I: Some people prefer vintage	56
The importance of left ventricular size	56
Commentary: Transcarotid versus direct aortic transthoracic aortic valve replacement: How best to enter the room where it happens?	55
Discussion to: Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene conduits with curved and handsewn bileaflet designs for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction	55
Commentary: The value of access agility in the world of transcatheter aortic valve replacement	50
Thoracic Articles in AATS Journals	49
Commentary: Challenging the final frontier of lung transplantation	47
Diazoxide preserves myocardial function in a swine model of hypothermic cardioplegic arrest and prolonged global ischemia	46
Commentary: Improving cardiothoracic scientific literature by meeting in the middle	46

Commentary: How to say goodbye	46
Commentary: Permanent pacemaker implantation after cardiac surgery: Patience for our patients	46
Commentary: Mitigating lung cancer mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease	45
Congenital Articles in AATS Journals	45
An approach to mycotic aneurysm in unrepaired coarctation of the aorta	44
Commentary: The Fontan cardiac transplant—time to embrace change	44
Commentary: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the thoracic surgeon: Choose wisely and preserve good judgment	43
Commentary: How does the aortic wall interact with the aortic valve?	43
Update Your AATS Profile	42
Commentary: Inverted coronary arteries mostly seen in complex forms of transposition of the great arteries	41
Discussion	41
Commentary: The pervasive yet elusive problem of delirium after cardiac surgery	41
Discussion	41
Commentary: The sublobar resections and the difference between a conjecture and a theorem	40
Thoracic Articles in AATS Journals	40
Critical insights on aortic aneurysm repair after cardiac ischemia	39
Don't Bring Home Leftovers: Increasing Your Impact with 7 Easy, Self-Care Strategies	38
Discussion to: The fate of concomitant tricuspid regurgitation in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting	37
Congenital Articles in AATS Journals	36
Commentary: More insights into the resect versus respect debate: Will we ever have a winner?	35
Outcomes and experience of anatomical partial lobectomy	35
Editorial Board page	35
ABTS Announcement for Continuing Certification	35
Reply: Cusp repair to achieve successful sparing of the valve in bicuspid aortopathy	34
Commentary: Conduit selection in the COMPASS trial: Pointing in the wrong direction?	34
Discussion	34
Significance of isolated postoperative atrial fibrillation in thoracic aortic aneurysm repair	34
Commentary: Shaking trees, falling apples	34
Commentary: Finding delirium: It's harder than you think!	34
Commentary: Maximum standardized uptake value is no crystal ball for candidate selection for sublobar resection: The future is cloudy (ground-glass)	33
Discussion	33
Commentary: Methods in observational studies in valve surgery, when time matters	33
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation circuits in parallel for refractory hypoxemia in patients with COVID-19	32
New 3-zone hybrid graft: First-in-man experience in acute type I dissection	32
“To repair or not to repair, this is the question”	32
Commentary: Building a successful robotic mitral surgery program—one size does not fit all	32
Reply: The evolving role of artificial intelligenge in pediatric cardiovascular surgery: A call for transparency, collaboration, and rigorous validation	32
Impact of telehealth postoperative care on early outcomes following esophagectomy	32
Getting patients to adjuvant therapy after lung cancer resection: ERAS protocols and return to intended oncologic therapy	31
Commentary: Heart transplantation using hepatitis C–positive donors: What are we waiting for?	31
The volume–outcome relationship in lung cancer surgery: The impact of the social determinants of health care delivery	31
Reappraisal of the role of motor and somatosensory evoked potentials during open distal aortic repair	31
Validity of propensity-matched observational studies in comparative effectiveness studies	30
Discussion	30
Similar long-term survival after isolated bioprosthetic versus mechanical aortic valve replacement: A propensity-matched analysis	29
Commentary: Cardioplegia for immature hearts utilized in adult hearts: What is at stake?	29
Utility of neuromonitoring in hypothermic circulatory arrest cases for early detection of stroke: Listening through the noise	29
In search of similarity in adverse events journeys of patients with left ventricular assist devices	29
Aortic root geometry following composite valve graft implantation: Implications for future valve-in-valve procedures	29
Molecular characterization and clinical investigation of patients with heritable thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection	29

Commentary: Saphenous vein graft patency after coronary artery bypass grafting. It's all about getting the basics right	29
Training the trainee in structural heart disease: A need for change	29
Contemporary left atrial appendage management during adult cardiac surgery	29
Branched stented anastomosis frozen elephant trunk repair: Early results from a physician-sponsored investigational device exemption study	29
Ex vivo biomechanical analysis of the Ross procedure using the modified inclusion technique in a 3-dimensionally printed left heart simulator	29
Cardiac Surgical Unit-Advanced Life Support–certified centers are associated with improved failure to rescue after cardiac arrest: A propensity score–matched analysis	29
Surgical management strategy of slide tracheoplasty for infants with congenital tracheal stenosis	28
Efficacy and safety of a transaortic approach to midventricular and apical septal myectomy	28
Modifiable risk factor reduction for pediatric ventricular assist devices and the influence of persistent modifiable risk factors at transplant	28
Commentary: Another glimpse of light for patients with Marfan syndrome	27
Pulmonary artery size on computed tomography is associated with major morbidity after pulmonary lobectomy	27
Nonvitamin K oral anticoagulants in cardiac surgery: What cardiothoracic surgeons need to know 2.0	27
Interpreting survival comparisons in stage III non–small cell lung cancer: Performance bias and the need for subgroup-specific analysis	27
Commentary: Just do it: Complete coronary artery revascularization—more is less!	27
Discussion	27
HVAD to HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device exchange: Best practices recommendations	26
Commentary: Neoadjuvant immunotherapy: A brave new world	26
Long-term outcomes of warfarin versus aspirin after Fontan surgery	26
Commentary: Maze procedure or no maze procedure: That is the question	26
Commentator Discussion: Esophagectomy may have a role in stage IV esophageal adenocarcinoma	26
Outcomes of surgical septal myectomy for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy after previous septal reduction therapy	26
Development of a risk score to predict occurrence of deep sternal dehiscence requiring operative debridement	26
Continuing challenges in reproductive health for women of childbearing age following rheumatic heart disease surgery in Rwanda	26
Morphological and functional reserves of the right middle lobe: Radiological analysis of changes after right lower lobectomy in healthy individuals	25
Patterns and influence of nodal metastases after neoadjuvant chemoradiation and R0 resection in esophageal adenocarcinoma	25
Surgical Treatment of Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation in Patients Undergoing Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: Interim analysis of the TVVAD trial	25
Extent of surgical resection for radiologically subsolid T1N0 invasive lung adenocarcinoma: When is a wedge resection acceptable?	25
Reply: “Forget me not,” an appeal from the mitral valve in the left ventricular assist device-supported circulation	25
Bigger pies, bigger slices: Increased hospitalization costs for lung transplantation recipients in the non–donation service area allocation era	25
Automated and Explainable Coronary Angiogram Interpretation for Selection of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Candidates using Artificial Intelligence	24
Lung resection after initial nonoperative treatment for non–small cell lung cancer	24
Contemporary outcomes of the double switch operation for congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries	24
Global best practices consensus: Long-term management of patients with hybrid centrifugal flow left ventricular assist device support	24
Adequate lung cancer surgery lymphadenectomy within a statewide quality collaborative: Quality improvement in action	24
Operative management of cardiac papillary fibroelastomas	24
The burden of major complications on failure to rescue after surgery for acute type A aortic dissection: Analysis of more than 19,000 patients	24
Defining low-risk lesions in early-stage esophageal adenocarcinoma	24
Commentary: The Vulcan mind MELD-XI	23
Prosthesis choice for tricuspid valve replacement in the era of transcatheter valve-in-valve technique	23
Commentary: Once bitten twice…fry?	23
Effect of thoracic surgery regionalization on long-term survival after lung cancer resection	23
Commentary: The hardest part of cardiothoracic surgery is getting to do it	23
Risk prediction of occult lymph node metastasis in patients with clinical T1 through T2 N0 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma	23
Additional survival benefit of bilateral in situ internal thoracic artery grafting with composite radial artery graft in total arterial off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting	23
Congenital Articles in AATS Journals	23
Discussion	23
Administrative and clinical databases: General thoracic surgery perspective on approaches and pitfalls	23
Commentary: Isolated tricuspid valve surgery time has changed: From futile to a must	23
Practice patterns of female cardiothoracic surgeons older than age 58 years: Are we making progress?	23
Aortic root replacement in the setting of a mildly dilated nonsyndromic ascending aorta	23
The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) 2022 Expert Consensus Document: The use of mechanical circulatory support in lung transplantation	23
Information for readers	23
View Updated Content on AATS Online	23
Commentary: In vortices veritas—quantitative approach	23
Commentary: The safer operation can be the more complicated one	23
Norwood operation versus comprehensive stage II after bilateral pulmonary artery banding palliation for infants with critical left heart obstruction	23
Gender differences in cardiothoracic surgery letters of recommendation	23
Prevention of distal stent graft-induced new entry after endovascular repair for type B aortic dissection: A retrospective cohort study	23
Commentary: First seek to understand (the database)	23
Discussion	22
Commentary: The end of one journey is the beginning of the next	22
Commentary: Follow where the data take you	22
Prognostic significance of preoperative exercise tolerance in patients with early-stage lung cancer	22
Commentator Discussion: Use of a novel donor lung scoring system as a tool for increasing lung recovery for transplantation	22
Commentary: A return trip to MARS: Less may be more when treating mesothelioma	22
Commentary: Frailty, surgical volume and outcomes: Implication for percutaneous treatment	22
Discussion to: Comparing apples to apples: Exploring public reporting of congenital cardiac surgery outcomes based on common congenital heart operations	22
Commentary: Primary cardiac lymphoma: Chasing rarity	22
Commentary: Stereotactic body radiation therapy utilization emits answers to the volume–outcome relationship	22
Commentary: Find first, seek later	22
Commentator Discussion: Efficacy and safety of a transaortic approach to midventricular and apical septal myectomy	22
Thoracic Surgical Oncology Group: An American Association for Thoracic Surgery Clinical Trials Initiative	22
Commentary: The anticlimax of the left ventricular assist devices–associated antibodies	22
Refining the thoracic surgical oncology regionalization standards for esophageal surgery in Ontario, Canada: Moving from good to better	21
Commentary: Coronary artery bypass grafting versus percutaneous coronary intervention in left main disease: Plausibility does not equal evidence	21
Commentary: To art, perchance to science	21
Discussion	21
Supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection type Ib: Morphology and outcomes	21
A mapping algorithm for International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision codes for congenital heart surgery benchmark procedures	21
Commentary: Simple policy: Appropriate strategy and reliable surgical skill and technique	21

Commentary: Can we crack the black box of machine learning for aortic aneurysms?	21
Commentary: Determining the role of priming for spinal cord protection during open aneurysm surgery: Have we used the right model?	21
Commentary: Profile matters: 1-year results of low profile endograft with thoracic aortic aneurysm and ulcer pathologies	21
Reply: Preoperative diabetes duration and long-term outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting	21
Cardiopulmonary exercise test in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy	21
Commentary: Don't be afraid to call a friend	21
Commentary: Pulmonary conduits: A note of optimism in the natural history of dead tissue?	21
Commentary: Putting the lid on left main revascularization equipoise	21
Early outcomes of lung transplantation with lung allografts from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)–positive donors	20
Efficacy and safety of edoxaban in patients early after surgical bioprosthetic valve implantation or valve repair: A randomized clinical trial	20
Commentary: Once again—the heart and the brain	20
Commentary: In analytics we trust?	20
Commentary: Simple enough, but not oversimplified	20
Extent of resection in surgically resected stage IV non−small cell lung cancer: Results from two tertiary referral centers	20
Revascularization after minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting in 566 patients: Is it a problem?	20
Reply: Time to embrace transcarotid transcatheter aortic valve replacement—new route, same valve	20
Commentary: What is more critical: Forward flow or backward flow? Contradictory hemodynamics with mechanical prostheses	20
Root abscess in the setting of infectious endocarditis: Short- and long-term outcomes	20
Discussion to: Statewide data on surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation: The data provide a path forward	20
Reply: Mīlle viae dūcunt hominēs per saecula Rōmam	20
Paradigm shift to earlier surgery for aortic regurgitation: What should be done?	20
Commentary: Old problem, new solution: Epicardial annuloplasty with left ventricular support for functional mitral regurgitation	19
Commentary: Beware the AVSD with no “A”	19
Commentary: Left atrial appendage. To resect, or not to resect, that is the question	19
Commentary: Lung transplant: No support is best	19
Complete atrioventricular septal defect with absent or diminutive primum component: Incidence, anatomic characteristics, and outcomes	19
Commentary: Surgical correction of peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis appears to be a safe and durable option	19
Commentator Discussion: AATS Quality Gateway: A surgeon case study of its application in adult cardiac surgery for quality assurance	19
Commentary: One-patch, two-patch, V-patch?	19
Commentary: Are the early benefits of thoracic endovascular aortic repair in complicated type B dissection durable through time?	19
Discussion	19
Commentary: We should not forget the aortic valve allograft	19
Outcomes of urgent aortic wrapping for acute type A aortic dissection	19
Reply: The challenges of comprehensive assessment in ischemic cardiomyopathy	19
Commentary: Does untreated associated moderate aortic regurgitation have no impact on long-term outcomes if major lesion is fixed?	19
Commentary: Just the tip of the iceberg…	19
Commentator Discussion: Survival, function, and immune profiling after beating heart transplantation	19
Redlining, structural racism, and lung cancer screening disparities	18
Industry payments and implicit bias in cardiothoracic surgery: Difference in industry payments to cardiothoracic surgeons by gender	18
Social vulnerability is associated with increased postoperative morbidity following esophagectomy	18
Discussion	18
Outcomes of coronary artery obstructions after the arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries	18
Commentary: Ebstein anomaly with circular shunt—round and round we go but not necessarily very fast	18
Commentator Discussion: Modeling of valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve implantation after aortic root replacement using 3-dimensional artificial intelligence algorithm	18
Five-year outcomes of transcarotid transcatheter aortic valve replacement	18
Prophylactic left atrial appendage ligation during coronary artery bypass grafting: A propensity score–matched analysis	18
Adaptation of cold preservation techniques to partial heart transplant	18
Commentary: Cashing in chips	18
Device closure versus surgical repair for doubly committed subarterial ventricular septal defect	18
Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene conduits with curved and handsewn bileaflet designs for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction	18
Conduction disturbances following surgical aortic valve replacement with a rapid-deployment bioprosthesis	18
Incidence, characteristics, and outcomes of reintervention after mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair	18
Commentary: A crusade against current pulmonary metastasectomy practice in colorectal cancer patients: Do the con arguments remain after the PulMiCC trial?	18
SciScribe: Automating and contextualizing literature reviews in cardiac surgery	18
Early and late experience of the modified aortic reimplantation operation	18
Long-term prognostic value of Heart Failure Association Pretest Assessment, Echocardiography and Natriuretic Peptide, Functional Testing, Final Etiology score in patients undergoing isolated surgical	18
Outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with heart failure with a midrange ejection fraction	18
Esophageal adenocarcinoma with any component of signet ring cells portends poor prognosis and response to neoadjuvant therapy	18
Coronary artery bypass surgery versus percutaneous interventions for women with multivessel coronary artery disease	18
Late incidence and recurrence of new-onset atrial fibrillation after isolated surgical aortic valve replacement	18
Author Reply to Commentary: Textbook outcomes in robotic esophagectomy: A step forward in minimally invasive surgery?	18
The journey of becoming a congenital heart surgeon: Too long, too costly, too unpredictable	18
Impact of epiaortic ultrasound utilization in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting	18
From zone 1 to zone 3: Feasibility and safety of complex endovascular aortic repairs in type A aortic dissection	18
Cardiac substrate utilization in heart failure: Where is the relevance of SGLT2 inhibition?	17
Commentary: In Search of Intrinsic Indices, the Holy Grail for Assessment of Dysfunction and Interventional Results	17
Effect of sarcopenia on survival and spinal cord deficit outcomes after thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair in patients 60 years of age and older	17
Surgical versus transcatheter repair for secondary mitral regurgitation: A propensity score–matched cohorts comparison	17
Discussion	17
Impact of concomitant complex cardiac anatomy in nonsyndromic patients with complete atrioventricular septal defect	17
Commentary: Posting up for the stentless	17
Outcomes of left atrioventricular valve operation following atrioventricular septal defect repair	17
Routine chest radiography after thoracostomy tube removal and during postoperative follow-up is not necessary after lung resection	17
CaMKII Inhibition Using tatCN19o Ameliorates Spinal Cord Ischemia Associated with Aortic Surgery	17
Midterm outcomes of patients with multivessel disease treated at centers with and without on-site cardiac surgery services	17
Commentary: Are cardiac surgeons treating patients of lower socioeconomic status differently?	17
Reply from author: External wrapping procedure for type A intramural hematoma	17
Commentary: Alpha-gal syndrome and cardiac implant durability	17
Hemiarch versus extended arch repair for acute type A dissection: Results from a multicenter national registry	17
Commentary: Pulling back the curtain: Need for reoperation after valve-sparing aortic root replacement	17
Determinants of successful minimally invasive surgery for resectable non–small cell lung cancer after neoadjuvant therapy	17
Diagnostic effectiveness and safety of robotic-assisted bronchoscopy for subsolid pulmonary nodules: A multicenter prospective observational study	17
Commentary: Independent, additive or linked: A novel therapeutic option for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension may involve more than one mechanism	17
Commentary: We need a research agenda	17
Safety of adjuvant atezolizumab after pneumonectomy/bilobectomy in stage II-IIIA non–small cell lung cancer in the randomized phase III IMpower010 trial	17
Commentary: Surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation: Make it simple but not simpler (Albert Einstein)	16
Commentary: When all roads lead to the heart—which one to choose?	16
Commentary: Putting natural experiments in context	16
REPLY: PROPORTIONING OUR BELIEFS TO THE EVIDENCE	16
The continued condemnation of robotics—yet another case of confirmation bias	16
Commentary: Multidisciplinary teamwork and precision medicine for thoracic aortic disease save lives	16
Author Reply to Commentary: Increasing atrial fibrillation ablation: Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results	16
Commentary: Another day, another model… where does red cell distribution width fit in perioperative risk prediction?	16
Commentary: Spread the news: Spread through air spaces matters	16
Commentary: Tube or no tube?	16