Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Article	Citations
Commentary: Can and should the National Inpatient Sample be used to evaluate trends in ventricular assist device use and outcomes?	232
Commentary: Ten-year survival, the holy grail in lung transplantation	207
Tumor biology is a major determinant of survival after pulmonary metastasectomy for colorectal cancer	139
Commentary: Let's start again!	111
Commentary: Long journey and a heavy load	88
Commentary: Take two mitochondria and call me in the morning	84
Commentary: Time to climb the ladder of causation	76
Commentary: Why I'm biased toward bilateral internal mammary artery	75
Commentary: Saphenous vein graft patency after coronary artery bypass grafting. It's all about getting the basics right	75
Commentary: With great power comes great responsibility—assessing the validity of propensity score methods	73
Congenital Articles in AATS Journals	71
Commentary: Benefits of SGLT2 inhibition in heart failure: A bellwether for importance of other metabolic pathways	67
Commentary: Aging, cognitive decline and performance: Will prevention provide the cure?	61
Commentary: Expanding the utility of the Ross procedure—proceed with caution	59
Assessing clinical competency: The long and the short of it	59
Commentary: Another variable in the puzzle	58
Discussion	56
Commentary: Wherever you go, go with all your heart	53
Discussion	52
Table of Contents	52
Commentary: Strategic surgery to type A dissection: A bird in the hand or 2 in the bush?	52
Commentary: Neoadjuvant immunotherapy: A brave new world	50
Commentary: Maze procedure or no maze procedure: That is the question	50
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	49
The importance of left ventricular size	48

Commentary: David I: Some people prefer vintage	46
Commentary: Transcarotid versus direct aortic transthoracic aortic valve replacement: How best to enter the room where it happens?	46
Discussion to: Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene conduits with curved and handsewn bileaflet designs for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction	46
Cardiac Surgical Unit-Advanced Life Support–certified centers are associated with improved failure to rescue after cardiac arrest: A propensity score–matched analysis	45
Defining low-risk lesions in early-stage esophageal adenocarcinoma	45
Thoracic Articles in AATS Journals	45
Commentary: Challenging the final frontier of lung transplantation	45
Commentary: The value of access agility in the world of transcatheter aortic valve replacement	45
Commentary: Improving cardiothoracic scientific literature by meeting in the middle	44
Significance of isolated postoperative atrial fibrillation in thoracic aortic aneurysm repair	43
Bigger pies, bigger slices: Increased hospitalization costs for lung transplantation recipients in the non–donation service area allocation era	41
Commentary: Del Nido cardioplegic solution: Is it really better than any other?	41
Diazoxide preserves myocardial function in a swine model of hypothermic cardioplegic arrest and prolonged global ischemia	41
Commentary: Permanent pacemaker implantation after cardiac surgery: Patience for our patients	40
Commentary: Mitigating lung cancer mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease	39
Commentary: How to say goodbye	39
Congenital Articles in AATS Journals	39
Risk prediction of occult lymph node metastasis in patients with clinical T1 through T2 N0 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma	39
Commentary: The Fontan cardiac transplant—time to embrace change	38
Nonvitamin K oral anticoagulants in cardiac surgery: What cardiothoracic surgeons need to know 2.0	38
Commentary: Isolated tricuspid valve surgery time has changed: From futile to a must	37
An approach to mycotic aneurysm in unrepaired coarctation of the aorta	37
Commentary: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the thoracic surgeon: Choose wisely and preserve good judgment	37
Commentary: How does the aortic wall interact with the aortic valve?	36
Discussion	35
Targeted therapies for resectable lung adenocarcinoma: ADAURA opens for thoracic oncologic surgeons	35
Update Your AATS Profile	35
Commentary: Inverted coronary arteries mostly seen in complex forms of transposition of the great arteries	35
Commentary: The pervasive yet elusive problem of delirium after cardiac surgery	34
Commentary: Conduit selection in the COMPASS trial: Pointing in the wrong direction?	33
Discussion to: The fate of concomitant tricuspid regurgitation in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting	33
Discussion	33
Commentary: The sublobar resections and the difference between a conjecture and a theorem	33
Congenital Articles in AATS Journals	33
Thoracic Articles in AATS Journals	33
Critical insights on aortic aneurysm repair after cardiac ischemia	33
Don't Bring Home Leftovers: Increasing Your Impact with 7 Easy, Self-Care Strategies	33
Molecular characterization and clinical investigation of patients with heritable thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection	32
Commentary: More insights into the resect versus respect debate: Will we ever have a winner?	32
Commentary: Finding delirium: It's harder than you think!	32
Outcomes and experience of anatomical partial lobectomy	32
ABTS Announcement for Continuing Certification	32
Editorial Board page	32
Commentary: Just do it: Complete coronary artery revascularization—more is less!	31
Commentary: Another glimpse of light for patients with Marfan syndrome	31
Discussion	31
Discussion	31
Reply: Cusp repair to achieve successful sparing of the valve in bicuspid aortopathy	31
Commentary: Maximum standardized uptake value is no crystal ball for candidate selection for sublobar resection: The future is cloudy (ground-glass)	30
Discussion	30

Commentary: Shaking trees, falling apples	30
Commentary: Building a successful robotic mitral surgery program—one size does not fit all	30
Commentary: Methods in observational studies in valve surgery, when time matters	30
Future developments in left ventricular assist device therapy	30
New 3-zone hybrid graft: First-in-man experience in acute type I dissection	29
Development of a risk score to predict occurrence of deep sternal dehiscence requiring operative debridement	29
Impact of telehealth postoperative care on early outcomes following esophagectomy	29
Contemporary outcomes of the double switch operation for congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries	28
Aortic root geometry following composite valve graft implantation: Implications for future valve-in-valve procedures	28
Effect of thoracic surgery regionalization on long-term survival after lung cancer resection	28
Patterns and influence of nodal metastases after neoadjuvant chemoradiation and R0 resection in esophageal adenocarcinoma	28
Commentary: Heart transplantation using hepatitis C–positive donors: What are we waiting for?	28
Reappraisal of the role of motor and somatosensory evoked potentials during open distal aortic repair	28
Extent of surgical resection for radiologically subsolid T1N0 invasive lung adenocarcinoma: When is a wedge resection acceptable?	28
“To repair or not to repair, this is the question”	28
Getting patients to adjuvant therapy after lung cancer resection: ERAS protocols and return to intended oncologic therapy	27
Gender differences in cardiothoracic surgery letters of recommendation	27
The burden of major complications on failure to rescue after surgery for acute type A aortic dissection: Analysis of more than 19,000 patients	27
Validity of propensity-matched observational studies in comparative effectiveness studies	27
Prevention of distal stent graft-induced new entry after endovascular repair for type B aortic dissection: A retrospective cohort study	27
The volume–outcome relationship in lung cancer surgery: The impact of the social determinants of health care delivery	27
Global best practices consensus: Long-term management of patients with hybrid centrifugal flow left ventricular assist device support	26
Branched stented anastomosis frozen elephant trunk repair: Early results from a physician-sponsored investigational device exemption study	26
Commentary: Cardioplegia for immature hearts utilized in adult hearts: What is at stake?	26
Pulmonary artery size on computed tomography is associated with major morbidity after pulmonary lobectomy	26
Aortic root replacement in the setting of a mildly dilated nonsyndromic ascending aorta	26
Surgical management strategy of slide tracheoplasty for infants with congenital tracheal stenosis	26
Efficacy and safety of a transaortic approach to midventricular and apical septal myectomy	26
Discussion	26
In search of similarity in adverse events journeys of patients with left ventricular assist devices	25
Pulmonary vein stenosis: Treatment and challenges	25
Commentator Discussion: Esophagectomy may have a role in stage IV esophageal adenocarcinoma	25
Outcomes of surgical septal myectomy for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy after previous septal reduction therapy	25
Practice patterns of female cardiothoracic surgeons older than age 58 years: Are we making progress?	25
Ex vivo biomechanical analysis of the Ross procedure using the modified inclusion technique in a 3-dimensionally printed left heart simulator	25
Contemporary left atrial appendage management during adult cardiac surgery	25
Surgical Treatment of Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation in Patients Undergoing Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: Interim analysis of the TVVAD trial	25
Continuing challenges in reproductive health for women of childbearing age following rheumatic heart disease surgery in Rwanda	24
Morphological and functional reserves of the right middle lobe: Radiological analysis of changes after right lower lobectomy in healthy individuals	24
Operative management of cardiac papillary fibroelastomas	24
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation circuits in parallel for refractory hypoxemia in patients with COVID-19	24
Lung resection after initial nonoperative treatment for non–small cell lung cancer	24
Adequate lung cancer surgery lymphadenectomy within a statewide quality collaborative: Quality improvement in action	24
Modifiable risk factor reduction for pediatric ventricular assist devices and the influence of persistent modifiable risk factors at transplant	24
Commentary: The hardest part of cardiothoracic surgery is getting to do it	23
Long-term outcomes of warfarin versus aspirin after Fontan surgery	23
Commentary: First seek to understand (the database)	23
Commentary: The Vulcan mind MELD-XI	23
The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) 2022 Expert Consensus Document: The use of mechanical circulatory support in lung transplantation	23
Utility of neuromonitoring in hypothermic circulatory arrest cases for early detection of stroke: Listening through the noise	23
Commentary: The safer operation can be the more complicated one	23
Training the trainee in structural heart disease: A need for change	23
HVAD to HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device exchange: Best practices recommendations	23
Norwood operation versus comprehensive stage II after bilateral pulmonary artery banding palliation for infants with critical left heart obstruction	23
Similar long-term survival after isolated bioprosthetic versus mechanical aortic valve replacement: A propensity-matched analysis	23
Information for readers	23
Commentary: Find first, seek later	22
Revascularization after minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting in 566 patients: Is it a problem?	22
View Updated Content on AATS Online	22
Commentary: Once bitten twice…fry?	22
Commentary: Cashing in chips	22
Commentary: The end of one journey is the beginning of the next	22
Prosthesis choice for tricuspid valve replacement in the era of transcatheter valve-in-valve technique	22
Commentary: Every detail counts—different c-Jun N-terminal kinase isoforms perform different functions	22
Commentary: In vortices veritas—quantitative approach	22
Administrative and clinical databases: General thoracic surgery perspective on approaches and pitfalls	22
Commentary: A return trip to MARS: Less may be more when treating mesothelioma	22
Congenital Articles in AATS Journals	22
Commentary: Trends in mitral valve interventions: The good, the bad, and the ugly	22
Discussion	22
Discussion	22
Commentary: Stereotactic body radiation therapy utilization emits answers to the volume–outcome relationship	21
Hemiarch versus extended arch repair for acute type A dissection: Results from a multicenter national registry	21
SciScribe: Automating and contextualizing literature reviews in cardiac surgery	21
Thoracic Surgical Oncology Group: An American Association for Thoracic Surgery Clinical Trials Initiative	21
Commentary: Follow where the data take you	21
Commentator Discussion: Efficacy and safety of a transaortic approach to midventricular and apical septal myectomy	21
Discussion to: Comparing apples to apples: Exploring public reporting of congenital cardiac surgery outcomes based on common congenital heart operations	21
Commentary: Primary cardiac lymphoma: Chasing rarity	21
Commentary: Frailty, surgical volume and outcomes: Implication for percutaneous treatment	21

Commentator Discussion: Use of a novel donor lung scoring system as a tool for increasing lung recovery for transplantation	21
Prognostic significance of preoperative exercise tolerance in patients with early-stage lung cancer	21
Commentary: The anticlimax of the left ventricular assist devices–associated antibodies	21
Commentary: Simple policy: Appropriate strategy and reliable surgical skill and technique	20
Cardiac substrate utilization in heart failure: Where is the relevance of SGLT2 inhibition?	20
Commentary: Putting the lid on left main revascularization equipoise	20
Commentary: Don't be afraid to call a friend	20
Commentary: Pulmonary conduits: A note of optimism in the natural history of dead tissue?	20
Cardiopulmonary exercise test in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy	20
From zone 1 to zone 3: Feasibility and safety of complex endovascular aortic repairs in type A aortic dissection	20
Reply: Preoperative diabetes duration and long-term outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting	20
Commentary: Can we crack the black box of machine learning for aortic aneurysms?	20
Commentary: To art, perchance to science	20
Discussion	20
Commentary: Coronary artery bypass grafting versus percutaneous coronary intervention in left main disease: Plausibility does not equal evidence	20
Midterm outcomes of patients with multivessel disease treated at centers with and without on-site cardiac surgery services	20
Refining the thoracic surgical oncology regionalization standards for esophageal surgery in Ontario, Canada: Moving from good to better	20
Conduction disturbances following surgical aortic valve replacement with a rapid-deployment bioprosthesis	20
Commentary: Determining the role of priming for spinal cord protection during open aneurysm surgery: Have we used the right model?	20
Commentary: Profile matters: 1-year results of low profile endograft with thoracic aortic aneurysm and ulcer pathologies	20
Commentary: Once again—the heart and the brain	19
Commentary: In analytics we trust?	19
Commentary: Are the early benefits of thoracic endovascular aortic repair in complicated type B dissection durable through time?	19
Reply: Time to embrace transcarotid transcatheter aortic valve replacement—new route, same valve	19
Outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with heart failure with a midrange ejection fraction	19
Global health initiatives in cardiothoracic surgery: Ethical considerations and guidelines	19
Commentary: Simple enough, but not oversimplified	19
Commentary: What is more critical: Forward flow or backward flow? Contradictory hemodynamics with mechanical prostheses	19
A mapping algorithm for International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision codes for congenital heart surgery benchmark procedures	19
Root abscess in the setting of infectious endocarditis: Short- and long-term outcomes	19
Reply: Mīlle viae dūcunt hominēs per saecula Rōmam	19
Paradigm shift to earlier surgery for aortic regurgitation: What should be done?	19
Discussion to: Statewide data on surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation: The data provide a path forward	19
Supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection type Ib: Morphology and outcomes	19
Outcomes of urgent aortic wrapping for acute type A aortic dissection	18
Commentary: Old problem, new solution: Epicardial annuloplasty with left ventricular support for functional mitral regurgitation	18
Commentary: Beware the AVSD with no “A”	18
Commentary: Left atrial appendage. To resect, or not to resect, that is the question	18
Five-year outcomes of transcarotid transcatheter aortic valve replacement	18
Industry payments and implicit bias in cardiothoracic surgery: Difference in industry payments to cardiothoracic surgeons by gender	18
The journey of becoming a congenital heart surgeon: Too long, too costly, too unpredictable	18
Commentary: Pulling back the curtain: Need for reoperation after valve-sparing aortic root replacement	18
Social vulnerability is associated with increased postoperative morbidity following esophagectomy	18
Commentary: We should not forget the aortic valve allograft	18
Commentary: Lung transplant: No support is best	18
Impact of epiaortic ultrasound utilization in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting	18
Commentary: Does untreated associated moderate aortic regurgitation have no impact on long-term outcomes if major lesion is fixed?	18
Reply: The challenges of comprehensive assessment in ischemic cardiomyopathy	18
Commentary: Surgical correction of peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis appears to be a safe and durable option	18
Determinants of successful minimally invasive surgery for resectable non–small cell lung cancer after neoadjuvant therapy	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
Discussion	18
Routine chest radiography after thoracostomy tube removal and during postoperative follow-up is not necessary after lung resection	18
Complete atrioventricular septal defect with absent or diminutive primum component: Incidence, anatomic characteristics, and outcomes	18
Discussion	18
Commentator Discussion: AATS Quality Gateway: A surgeon case study of its application in adult cardiac surgery for quality assurance	18
Commentary: One-patch, two-patch, V-patch?	18
Commentary: Just the tip of the iceberg…	18
Extent of resection in surgically resected stage IV non−small cell lung cancer: Results from two tertiary referral centers	18
Early outcomes of lung transplantation with lung allografts from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)–positive donors	18
Commentary: A crusade against current pulmonary metastasectomy practice in colorectal cancer patients: Do the con arguments remain after the PulMiCC trial?	18
Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene conduits with curved and handsewn bileaflet designs for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction	18
Incidence, characteristics, and outcomes of reintervention after mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair	18
Outcomes of left atrioventricular valve operation following atrioventricular septal defect repair	18
Commentator Discussion: Survival, function, and immune profiling after beating heart transplantation	18
Late incidence and recurrence of new-onset atrial fibrillation after isolated surgical aortic valve replacement	17
Author Reply to Commentary: Textbook outcomes in robotic esophagectomy: A step forward in minimally invasive surgery?	17
Device closure versus surgical repair for doubly committed subarterial ventricular septal defect	17
Surgical versus transcatheter repair for secondary mitral regurgitation: A propensity score–matched cohorts comparison	17
Commentary: Independent, additive or linked: A novel therapeutic option for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension may involve more than one mechanism	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
Esophageal adenocarcinoma with any component of signet ring cells portends poor prognosis and response to neoadjuvant therapy	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
Commentator Discussion: Modeling of valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve implantation after aortic root replacement using 3-dimensional artificial intelligence algorithm	17
Redlining, structural racism, and lung cancer screening disparities	17
Reply from author: External wrapping procedure for type A intramural hematoma	17
Efficacy and safety of edoxaban in patients early after surgical bioprosthetic valve implantation or valve repair: A randomized clinical trial	17
Commentary: Are cardiac surgeons treating patients of lower socioeconomic status differently?	17
Prophylactic left atrial appendage ligation during coronary artery bypass grafting: A propensity score–matched analysis	17
Early and late experience of the modified aortic reimplantation operation	17
Adaptation of cold preservation techniques to partial heart transplant	17
Coronary artery bypass surgery versus percutaneous interventions for women with multivessel coronary artery disease	17
Impact of concomitant complex cardiac anatomy in nonsyndromic patients with complete atrioventricular septal defect	17
Discussion	17
Cardiac surgery in North America and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): Regional variability in burden and impact	16
Implementation of a non–intensive-care unit medical emergency team improves failure to rescue rates in cardiac surgery patients	16
Notice of Correction	16
Rheumatic mitral valve repair or replacement in the valve-in-valve era	16
Gender-related differences in patients with acute aortic dissection type A	16
Access site complications of postcardiotomy extracorporeal life support	16
Impact of residual mitral valve regurgitation following septal myectomy for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy	16
Outcomes of redo operations after the Ross procedure	16
Can we safely expand the donation after circulatory death donor heart pool by extending the donor age limit?	16
Radiomics technology for identifying early-stage lung adenocarcinomas suitable for sublobar resection	16