European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Papers
(The TQCC of European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery is 7. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Benefit of mechanical ventilation during neonatal cardiopulmonary bypass: too good to be true?262
Corrigendum to ‘Predictors of safety and success in minimally invasive surgery for degenerative mitral disease’36
Effects of ischaemic postconditioning in aortic valve replacement: a multicenter randomized controlled trial35
Retraction to ‘The effects of preoperative aspirin therapy on platelet function in cardiac surgery’ [Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1992;6:598–602]33
A reappraisal of the sinus venosus defect30
Human leukocyte antigen mismatch on lung transplantation outcomes30
Cryopreserved aortic homografts for complex aortic valve or root endocarditis: a 28-year experience29
Commissural closure to treat severe mitral regurgitation: standing the test of time28
Pulmonary sequestration with feeding arterial pseudoaneurysm28
Robotic subxiphoid thymectomy versus lateral thymectomy: a propensity score-matched comparison26
Expanding the definition of a ‘heart team’26
Extracorporeal life support as a bridge to pulmonary retransplantation: prognostic factors for survival in a multicentre cohort analysis25
Segmentectomy versus lobectomy for solid predominant cN0 lung cancer considering Deauville score24
Spread through air spaces is a common phenomenon of pulmonary metastasized tumours regardless of origins24
‘Mixed’ total anomalous pulmonary venous connection—neglect at your own peril24
Transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis: Pat Garrett versus Billy the Kid?24
New single-branch stent grafts for the subclavian artery during distal arch endovascular repair should be designed according to morphological studies of supra-aortic trunks24
Of hypes and paradigms in the search of the ideal valved conduit in the young23
A case of the blues22
Support, mentor and empower: female cardiothoracic surgeons across Europe and the role of the society22
Composition of the surgical team in aortic arch surgery—a risk factor analysis22
Non-robotic minimally invasive mitral valve repair: a 20-year single-centre experience21
Effect of minimally invasive mitral valve surgery compared to sternotomy on short- and long-term outcomes: a retrospective multicentre interventional cohort study based on Netherlands Heart Registrati21
Left ventricular assist device-related infections, strokes and management: a changing landscape21
Survival of a Large Traumatic Ventricular Septal Defect Caused by a Firework Explosion20
Perineural Invasion Affects the Risk and Pattern of Recurrence in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer18
Non-occlusive mesenteric ischaemia: just avoid norepinephrine, what else?18
Safety of Percutaneous Thermal Ablation of Lung Tumours in Pulmonary Hypertension18
Minimally invasive thymectomy: the best option for early and locally advanced epithelial thymomas17
Aortic root replacement: what is in your wallet?17
Ross redux versus aortic valve repair17
Pulmonary metastasectomy: the discussion continues17
Transcatheter edge-to-edge valve repair in functional mitral regurgitation17
Long-term results of tricuspid valve repair using three-dimensional versus flexible rings in patients with functional tricuspid regurgitation17
Sex difference in the risk factor distributions and outcomes after coronary artery bypass graft surgery in the young population16
Extracardiac conduit adequacy along the respiratory cycle in adolescent Fontan patients16
Impact of hypoxemia and re-interventions on clinical outcomes after bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt16
Long-term evolution of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide levels and exercise capacity in 132 left ventricular assist device recipients16
Segmental volumetric analysis with a ventilated or perfused area: identifying the intersegmental plane16
Challenges to rescuing patients in cardiogenic shock15
Unintentional False Lumen Placement of Frozen Elephant Trunk in Aortic Dissections: Root Cause Analysis of Morphological Risk Factors15
Perioperative stroke and survival in coronary artery bypass grafting patients: a SWEDEHEART study15
Anatomical analysis of the aortic arch and feasibility study of double and triple branched thoracic endografts in the treatment of isolated arch pathologies15
Does it still make sense to publish papers on valve bioprostheses with a short-term follow-up?14
OUP accepted manuscript14
Treatment strategy for patients with chronic coronary disease: surgical data versus big data—who is right?14
Aortic valve repair using pericardial patch standardized with external ring annuloplasty14
Left ventricular rehabilitation in an infant with transposition of the great arteries, intact ventricular septum, pulmonary stenosis and small left ventricle13
Modes of the bioprosthetic valve failure of the porcine and pericardial valves in the mitral position13
Predictive risk scores for patients with acute type A aortic dissection: Magic 8-Ball or inconvenient truth?13
The surgical anatomy of hearts with isomeric atrial appendages—implications for surgical management13
Frozen elephant trunk technique using hybrid grafts: 15-year outcomes from a single-centre experience13
Another big win for cardiorespiratory fitness now in aortic valve disease13
Outcomes of the Ross procedure in patients older versus younger than 50 years old13
Predictive factors and prognosis of microscopic residual disease in non-small-cell lung cancer surgery12
Cardiorespiratory fitness and the incidence of surgery for aortic valve stenosis—the HUNT study12
Invited commentary: indigo carmine and lipiodol mixture marking in lung segmentectomy12
Reply to Vervoort et al.12
Late clinical and echocardiographic results with the Magna Ease© pericardial aortic bioprosthesis12
Cannulation strategies for acute type A dissection—role of central cannulation12
Safety and efficacy of surgical correction of anomalous aortic origin of coronary arteries: experiences from 2 tertiary cardiac centres12
Thoracic endovascular repair in patients with concomitant blunt aortic injuries and abdominal trauma: what are the risks and results?12
Open surgical replacement of the descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aorta in patients with confirmed Marfan and Loeys-Dietz syndromes: A 20-year single-centre experience12
Repair of insufficient aortic valve and single coronary artery with intramural course12
Successful repair of an outflow graft twisting of Heartmate II left ventricular assist device: a case report12
Is aortic valve-sparing root reimplantation sustainable in Loeys–Dietz patients?12
Cannulation strategy in frozen elephant trunk for type A aortic dissection: double arterial cannulation approach11
Reply to Ignazio Condello11
Intraoperative myocardial protection: still the cornerstone of cardiac surgery11
Long-term durability after surgical aortic valve replacement with the Trifecta and the Intuity valve—a comparative analysis11
Preoperative percutaneous needle indigo carmine and lipiodol mixture marking in lung segmentectomy11
Five-year results of Amaze: a randomized controlled trial of adjunct surgery for atrial fibrillation11
Activation of the NF-κB Signalling Pathway by Angiotensin II Aggravates Renal Inflammatory Injury During Non-Pulsatile Perfusion11
Twenty-five years’ experience with isolated bicuspid aortic valve repair: impact of commissural orientation11
Impact of pre-existing right or left bundle branch block on patients undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement11
Effects of postoperative cognitive training on neurocognitive decline after heart surgery: a randomized clinical trial11
HVAD to HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device exchange: Best practices recommendations11
Progression of aortic insufficiency with durable mechanical support11
Ventricular assist devices in transposition and failing systemic right ventricle: role of tricuspid valve replacement11
Efficacy of singular and composite annular repositioning and subvalvular surgical techniques to treat functional tricuspid regurgitation due to leaflet tethering: Early results of a feasibility study10
Anatomical variant of the right pulmonary artery10
Reply to Maze and Tokui10
The Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index as an Alternative to the EuroSCORE II in Estimating Cardiac Surgery Risk10
A bilateral lung transplant and giant pulmonary artery aneurysm reconstruction with an aortic graft in a woman with pulmonary hypertension10
Robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for mediastinal tumours in children: a single-centre retrospective study of 149 patients10
Cardiac catheterization in the postoperative period: often too late, never too soon10
Anastomosis oversewing technique to prevent leakage after oesophagectomy: a propensity score-matched analysis10
Midterm results of arch augmentation with autologous vascular patch in interrupted aortic arch10
Effects of the harvesting technique and external stenting on progression of vein graft disease 2 years after coronary artery bypass10
Editorial comments on ‘Effects of ischaemic postconditioning in aortic valve replacement: a multicenter randomized controlled trial’10
Intravenous infusion of cardiac progenitor cells in animal models of single ventricular physiology10
Risk factors for mortality after cardiovascular surgery in patients with functional single ventricle and right isomerism10
The prognostic impact of the ground-glass opacity component in nearly pure-solid stage IA non-small-cell lung cancer10
Mid-term outcomes of isolated tricuspid valve surgery according to preoperative clinical and functional staging10
Commentary: Gender differences in payments to cardiothoracic surgeons are unacceptable10
Comparing survival between neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by open or thoracoscopic oesophagectomy in patients with oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma10
Use of Aprotinin versus Tranexamic Acid in Cardiac Surgery Patients with High-Risk for Excessive Bleeding (APACHE) trial: a multicentre retrospective comparative non-randomized historical study10
Should we leave the door closed or open in thymic carcinoma surgery?9
Pulmonary Metastasectomy in Colorectal Cancer (PulMiCC) randomized controlled trial: a systematic review of published responses9
Late outcome of extracardiac Fontan patients: 32 years of follow-up9
Detection of blood stains using computer vision-based algorithms and their association with postoperative outcomes in thoracoscopic lobectomies9
Surgical treatment of infective endocarditis: is there a role for rapid deployment aortic valve replacement?9
Alaska pollock gelatin sealant shows long-term efficacy and safety in a pulmonary air leakage rat model9
Pleural effusion: a potential surrogate marker for higher-risk patients with acute type B aortic dissections9
Combined large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma: clinical characteristics, prognosis and postoperative management9
Rapid deployment and sutureless aortic valve replacement international registry: a step forward to define the ideal target patient population9
Artificial intelligence in thoracic oncology: moving from proof of concept to clinical practice9
Myocardial or endothelial protection! Preferably both, but is that achievable with current cardioplegic solutions?9
Adaption of EuroSCORE II to predict mortality in acute type A aortic dissection: an effort to make fit what does not9
Reply to Van den Eyde et al.9
Heterotopic ossification of a pedicled intercostal muscle flap9
Tricuspid annuloplasty ring for external support of right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery conduit9
Comprehensive investigation of lung cancer associated with cystic airspaces: predictive value of morphology9
Can preoperative features predict residual false lumen remodelling after tear-oriented limited resection for acute type I dissection?8
Contemporary management of borderline left ventricle8
Treatment and intention-to-treat propensity score analysis to evaluate the impact of video-assisted thoracic surgery on 90-day mortality after anatomical resection for lung cancer8
Pediatric cardiac surgery in Colombia8
An aberrant anterior ascending segmental pulmonary artery (A3aii) in a patient with lung cancer8
Is extension of Florida Sleeve indications taking us in the right direction?8
Esophageal anastomosis: to oversew or to not oversew—is that the question?8
Reply to Sankar et al.8
Evaluation of multiple ventricular septal defects using three-dimensional reconstruction models8
How non-committed is non-committed?8
Risk factors for postoperative delirium after cardiac surgical procedures with cardioplegic arrest8
The transformation of risk modelling in cardiac and thoracic surgery through artificial intelligence8
Prognostic thresholds of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography mean and maximum standardized uptake values for survival and nodal involvement in lung neuroendocrine neoplasms8
VATS versus open thoracotomy for lung cancer resection: is the game still running?8
Magnetic resonance angiography-derived flow parameters to assess thoracic aortic disease risk8
Bouncing back after thoracic surgery8
Fontan conversion for Fontan failure: lessons from a vanishing craft8
Pulmonary metastasectomy for metastatic head and neck cancer prolongs survival significantly compared to non-surgical therapy8
Effect of postoperative atrial fibrillation on early and mid-term outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft surgery8
Reporting surgical outcomes of left-sided endocarditis: can patient features and analysis methods matter more than prosthesis type?8
Surgical treatment of tricuspid valve dysplasia in children7
Mechanical versus biological valve prostheses for left-sided infective endocarditis7
Does danger impend not after arrival but before arrival?7
Reply to de Kerchove et al.: ‘Rather addition than extension of Florida sleeve indications’7
Reply to Liu and Bu7
Surgery Versus Surveillance: A Quality-of-Life Analysis of Patients With Moderately Dilated Aortic Root or Ascending Aorta7
Surgical repair for post-infarction papillary muscle rupture: where do we stand?7
Is it time for an endovascular first approach for ruptured thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms?7
Ascending aortic morphology: the need for standardization of nomenclature7
Evaluation of custom-made Relay® stent-grafts for aortic arch landing zones 0 and 1: experience from two high-volume aortic centres7
Anatomical feasibility of the total endovascular aortic arch repair—and what lies beyond7
Mechanical circulatory support in the failing systemic right ventricle: a step towards better outcome7
Relationship of smoking cessation period with the incidence of complications in lung cancer surgery7
Tear-oriented strategy to avoid tears of patients and surgeons7
Lung transplantation long-term survival is worse in patients who have undergone previous cardiac surgery7
Reply to Lei et al.7
A cloud with a silver lining: ground glass in a hypermetabolic sky7
The double-edged sword of cardiac surgical care: rethinking sustainability in an ever-growing field7
Double arterial cannulation: a classical yet useful cannulation strategy—comment on cannulation strategy in frozen elephant trunk for type A aortic dissection: double arterial cannulation approach7
Prognosis of epidermal growth factor receptor-mutated stage I lung adenocarcinoma with radiologically solid features7
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