European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Article	Citations
Gastric conduit obstruction after oesophagectomy: a comprehensive approach for surgical revision	380
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery – 2020 Reviewers	221
Right ventricular remodelling after endo-exclusion during pulmonary valve replacement: evaluation by cardiac magnetic resonance	99
The vascular ring decision tree	60
Surgical experience makes a difference: but what is surgical experience?	58
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery – 2021 Reviewers	47
Corrigendum to ‘Myasthenia is a poor prognostic factor for perioperative outcomes after robotic thymectomy for thymoma’	36
Comparative outcomes of total arch versus hemiarch repair in acute DeBakey type I aortic dissection: the impact of 21 years of experience	35
The bicuspid aortic valve complex: still a mystery	32
Corrigendum to: A potential future Fontan modification: preliminary in vitro data of a pressure-generating tube from engineered heart tissue	32
Invited commentary to: Intraoperative echocardiographic assessment of mitral valve translocation	32
Anatomical variant of the right pulmonary artery	31
Retraction to ‘The effects of preoperative aspirin therapy on platelet function in cardiac surgery’ [Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1992;6:598–602]	29
Stentless bioprosthesis for young patients: are they worth it?	28
Successful surgical treatment of a long ingrowing intra-coronary septic vegetation	27
Corrigendum to ‘In vivo model for cross-species porcine endogenous retrovirus transmission using tissue engineered pulmonary arteries’	25
One size does not fit all patients in lung transplantation	25
Aortic valve reimplantation: unquestionably a long-term solution?	24
Posterior mediastinal arteriovenous haemangioma	24
Robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery demonstrates a lower rate of conversion to thoracotomy than video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for complex lobectomies	24
Nodal skip metastasis in oesophageal cancer: different definition and different prognostic role	24
A preliminary study on the normal values of the thoracic Haller index in children	23
Fate of patients weaned from post-cardiotomy extracorporeal life support	23
Anatomical reconstruction of proximal coronary artery stenosis in children	22
Custodiol-N versus Custodiol: a prospective randomized double-blind multicentre phase III trial in patients undergoing elective coronary bypass surgery	22

Parsimonious risk model for predicting mortality after surgical lung biopsy for interstitial lung disease	21
Isolated tricuspid valve disease: transcatheter treatment ‘for all’?	21
Invited commentary on: the usefulness of the nomogram to predict tumor spread through air spaces in patients with clinical stage I non-small-cell lung cancer preoperatively	21
The technique of balloon occlusion-assisted repair of a pseudoaneurysm originated from the side branch of an ascending aortic prosthetic graft via mini-thoracotomy	21
Omentopexy may not be enough	20
Periprocedural myocardial infarction: a web of definitions	20
The presence of an additional ventricular chamber does not change the outcome of Fontan circulation: a comparative study	19
Vascular ring connector-related aorto-oesophageal fistula of the descending aorta	19
Presidential address: ‘danger and opportunities’	19
Self-made bovine pericardial tube grafts: maybe the best thing since sliced bread	19
In memory of William I. Norwood	19
OBSERVANT aortic valve replacement score to predict 30-day mortality after surgical aortic valve replacement	18
The value of competition: a patient-tailored approach to aortic valve replacement	18
A heart-team hybrid approach for atrial fibrillation: a single-centre long-term clinical outcome cohort study	18
Right aortic arch forming a true vascular ring: a clinical review	17
Common atrioventricular valve surgery in children with functional single ventricle	17
Robotic thymectomy for thymoma in patients with myasthenia gravis: neurological and oncological outcomes	17
Effects of ischaemic postconditioning in aortic valve replacement: a multicenter randomized controlled trial	16
Thrombocytopaenia successfully treated by a multilocular thymic cyst resection	16
Is complex segmentectomy safe?	16
Do we really need more evidences to support early intervention for tricuspid regurgitation? The paradox of a well-tolerated disease	16
From courage to ischaemia: is still there a role for myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) in stable coronary artery disease?	16
Long-term survival after coronary bypass surgery with multiple versus single arterial grafts	15
The role of abnormal subaortic morphometry as a substrate for left ventricular outflow tract obstruction following atrioventricular septal defect repair	15
Early-to-midterm outcomes of aortic balloon occlusion technique versus hybrid procedure for aortic arch diseases	15
Intra-corporeal recovery of the donor heart after circulatory-determined death followed by cold storage in clinical practice	15
Reply to García-Villarreal et al	15
Novel concepts and early results of repairing common arterial trunk	15
How to minimize the circulatory arrest time by using the Thoraflex Hybrid prosthesis: the ‘release and perfuse’ technique	15
Long-term outcomes after Fontan palliation—the many shades of blue	15
The prognostic value of lymph node ratio in patients with surgically resected stage I–III small-cell lung cancer: a propensity score matching analysis of the SEER database	14
Right ventricular function evaluation in pulmonary valve replacement surgery	14
Strategies to reduce acute kidney injury after cardiopulmonary bypass: is it only about oxygen delivery?	14
Reply to Peterss et al.	14
Demonstrating equal perfusion during coarctation repair using transfontanellar contrast-enhanced ultrasound: diagnostic niche or future standard imaging?	14
Reply to Hernandez-Vaquero and Hernandez-Vaquero	14
Long-term outcomes after aortic valve replacement using a 19-mm bioprosthesis	14
Patient–prosthesis mismatch and long-term outcome following aortic valve replacement	13
Routine postoperative coronary computed tomography after coronary artery bypass grafting: the new standard of care?	13
Prognostic influence of a ground-glass opacity component in hypermetabolic lung adenocarcinoma	13
Repair with annuloplasty only of balanced bileaflet mitral valve prolapse with severe regurgitation	13
Left atrial myxoma resection through right mini-thoracotomy in a patient with retrosternal gastric tube	13
Liver-first strategy for a combined lung and liver transplant in patients with cystic fibrosis	13
Bicuspid aortic valve repair: outcomes after 17 years of experience	13
Aortic arch reconstruction in the Norwood procedure using a curved polytetrafluorethylene patch	12
Bleeding in patients with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices: acquired von Willebrand disease or antithrombotics?	12
Influence of residual primary entry following the tear-oriented strategy for acute type A aortic dissection	12
Progression of aortic valve insufficiency during centrifugal versus axial flow left ventricular assist device support	12
A novel method of tracheal anastomosis healing using a single submucosal injection of basic fibroblast growth factor: initial report	12
Surgical outcomes of pulmonary artery sling and congenital tracheal stenosis with right lung anomaly	12

Vascular ring surgery: future trends and challenges in diagnosis and treatment	12
The best in the whole	12
Strategies for mitral valve disease in children: what, how and when	12
Anatomical variations of the upper thoracic sympathetic chain: a review	12
Cardiac catheterization in the postoperative period: often too late, never too soon	12
Surgical management of failing Fontan circulation: results from 30 cases with 285 patient-years follow-up	12
3-Dimensional computed tomographic assessment predicts conduction block and paravalvular leakage after rapid-deployment aortic valve replacement	12
Repair of the descending thoracic aorta using minimally invasive endoscopic Robot-assisted surgery: a feasibility study with the DaVinci XI system in a cadaver model	12
Conduction disorders after perimembranous ventricular septal defect closure: continuous versus interrupted suturing techniques	12
Editorial comments on ‘Effects of ischaemic postconditioning in aortic valve replacement: a multicenter randomized controlled trial’	12
Risk factors for mortality after cardiovascular surgery in patients with functional single ventricle and right isomerism	12
Should pre-operative computer tomography with post-processed three-dimensional images become the benchmark in mitral valve surgery?	12
A reappraisal of the sinus venosus defect	11
Stress ulcer prophylaxis in the cardiac surgery intensive care unit	11
Surgical resection of Masaoka stage III thymic epithelial tumours with great vessels involvement: a retrospective multicentric analysis from the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons thymic database	11
Garbage in, garbage out	11
Minimally invasive lobectomy versus stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for stage I non-small cell lung cancer	11
A comparison of autologous pericardium with Dacron™ for closure of ventricular septal defect in infants	11
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 study	11
The bittersweet consequences of diabetes on mortality following left ventricular assist device implantation	11
Fighting against ‘cancel culture’ in cardiac surgery	11
Thoracic bilateral sympathectomy attenuates oxidative stress and prevents ventricular remodelling in experimental pulmonary hypertension	11
Spread through air spaces is a common phenomenon of pulmonary metastasized tumours regardless of origins	11
A classification of abdominal lymphatic perfusion patterns after Fontan surgery	10
Reply to Filho et al.	10
Preoperative predictors of successful tumour localization by intraoperative molecular imaging with pafolacianine in lung cancer to create predictive nomogram	10
Start early, start strong: physical activity for avoiding and surviving coronary surgery	10
Robotic subxiphoid thymectomy versus lateral thymectomy: a propensity score-matched comparison	10
Mechanical circulatory support therapy monitoring in EUROMACS enters into its second decade with new challenges ahead	10
Surgical valve replacement in adults late after total cavo-pulmonary connection/Fontan procedure	10
Pulmonary sequestration with feeding arterial pseudoaneurysm	10
Ventricular septal defect following mitral valve replacement	10
The central role of cannulation in determining outcomes after surgery for acute type A aortic dissection: where do we stand?	10
The results of aortic arch replacement using antegrade cerebral perfusion in haemodialysis patients: analysis of the Japan cardiovascular surgery database	10
The reason why balloons pop and whether it matters to the aorta	10
Adam Smith’s invisible hand in robotic surgery	10
Coaptation length predicts early- and intermediate-term durability following degenerative mitral repair	10
No “great divide” in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension undergoing pulmonary endarterectomy?	10
Preoperative oral magnesium loading to prevent postoperative atrial fibrillation following coronary surgery: a prospective randomized controlled trial	10
What my life will be like after surgery?	10
Late outcome of extracardiac Fontan patients: 32 years of follow-up	10
Right ventricular dysfunction in hypoplastic left heart syndrome: superimposed effects of afterload and insulin resistance in puberty?	10
Corrigendum to ‘Predictors of safety and success in minimally invasive surgery for degenerative mitral disease’	10
Biological or mechanical mitral valve replacement in patients 50–70 years of age—a propensity-adjusted analysis	10
Single-centre outcome of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after the neonatal Norwood procedure	10
New insights in the surgical treatment of long-segment congenital tracheal stenosis	10
Reply to Roberto et al	10
Impact of distal aortic perfusion on ‘segmental steal’ depleting spinal cord blood flow—a quantitative experimental approach	10
Aortic valve reimplantation in patients with Marfan and other connective tissue syndromes: a success story for these patients!	10
The prognostic impact of the ground-glass opacity component in nearly pure-solid stage IA non-small-cell lung cancer	9
Artificial intelligence-based early detection of acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery	9
The bubble in predicting bubbles?	9
Commentary: Gender differences in payments to cardiothoracic surgeons are unacceptable	9
Oral application of levosimendan before ischaemia/reperfusion with or without cardioplegic arrest in rats	9
Cardiorespiratory fitness and the incidence of coronary surgery and postoperative mortality: the HUNT study	9
Extracorporeal life support as a bridge to pulmonary retransplantation: prognostic factors for survival in a multicentre cohort analysis	9
Outcomes of isolated tricuspid valve surgery in contemporary practice	9
Expanding the definition of a ‘heart team’	9
Human leukocyte antigen mismatch on lung transplantation outcomes	9
Transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis: Pat Garrett versus Billy the Kid?	9
Morphological risk of acute type A aortic dissection in the mildly to moderately dilated aorta	9
Commissural closure to treat severe mitral regurgitation: standing the test of time	9
Layer-specific Nos3 expression and genotypic distribution in bicuspid aortic valve aortopathy	9
The Age, Creatinine, Ejection Fraction score: history, philosophy and perspectives	9
Multimodality treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma: evolving patient selection criteria using scores	9
Benefit of mechanical ventilation during neonatal cardiopulmonary bypass: too good to be true?	9
Thoracoscopic anatomical individual basilar segmentectomy	9
Enduring nemesis: human leucocyte antigen mismatch on lung transplant outcomes	8
Hidden usual suspects of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy	8
Minimally invasive surgery versus sternotomy in native mitral valve endocarditis: a matched comparison	8
Post-pericardiotomy syndrome: insights into neglected postoperative issues	8
An external validation study of the Utah Bleeding Risk Score	8
Three-dimensional printed moulds to obtain silicone hearts with congenital defects for paediatric heart-surgeon training	8
Minimally invasive endoscopic mitral valve repair—the new gold standard for degenerative mitral valve disease	8
The figure-of-8 aortic valve suturing technique optimizes the effective orifice area of a small aortic annulus—an ex vivo study	8
Revisiting the forgotten valve in minimally invasive surgery	8
Superior vena cava prosthetic replacement for non-small cell lung cancer: is it worthwhile?	8
Impact of age on the outcomes of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation: analysis using inverse probability of treatment weighting	8
Surgery for infective endocarditis following low-intermediate risk transcatheter aortic valve replacement—a multicentre experience	8
Mechanical support of pulmonary blood flow as a strategy to support the Norwood circulation-lumped parameter model study	8

New challenges in the era of low-intermediate risk transcatheter aortic valve replacement: surgery for infective endocarditis	8
Midterm results of arch augmentation with autologous vascular patch in interrupted aortic arch	8
Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair based on pre- and postoperative evaluation of the artery of Adamkiewicz	8
Statistical primer: using prognostic models to predict the future: what cardiothoracic surgery can learn from Strictly Come Dancing	8
Predictors of survival in paediatric mitral valve surgery: the impact of age at operation at late follow-up	8
Exploring the potential of rapid evaporative ionization mass spectrometry (Intelligent Knife) for point-of-care testing in aortic surgery	8
Pleural effusion: a potential surrogate marker for higher-risk patients with acute type B aortic dissections	8
Cryopreserved aortic homografts for complex aortic valve or root endocarditis: a 28-year experience	8
Radial artery versus saphenous vein versus right internal thoracic artery for coronary artery bypass grafting	8
Taking tricuspid valve surgery to the next level: repair techniques below the annulus	8
Should we leave the door closed or open in thymic carcinoma surgery?	7
A new age of aortic valve repair	7
Corrigendum to: Incidence and 1-year outcome of periprocedural myocardial infarction following cardiac surgery: are the Universal Definition and Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention	7
Successful treatment of recurrent thoracic aortic prosthetic graft infection after omentopexy by free latissimus dorsi and rectus abdominis muscle flap	7
Retrograde autologous priming in cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Rapid deployment and sutureless aortic valve replacement international registry: a step forward to define the ideal target patient population	7
Surgical aortic valve replacement in patients aged 50–69 years—insights from the German Aortic Valve Registry (GARY)	7
Prognostic significance of ground-glass areas within tumours in non-small-cell lung cancer	7
Adipocyte-derived relaxing factor—a fat load to be learnt	7
Distal aortic perfusion—still of relevance for spinal cord protection during complex aortic surgery?	7
Left ventricular assist device-related infections, strokes and management: a changing landscape	7
We may need to pay more attention to the distance from the take-off of the left subclavian artery to the take-off of the left vertebral artery	7
Correlation of clinical and computed tomography features of thymic epithelial tumours with World Health Organization classification and Masaoka–Koga staging	7
The frozen elephant trunk technique: impact of proximalization and the four-sites perfusion technique	7
Differential gene expression of leaflet tissue in chronic ovine functional tricuspid regurgitation	7
Time between imaging and surgery is not a risk factor for upstaging of clinical stage IA non-small-cell lung cancer	7
Reply to Loomba et al.	7
Contemporary trends in the level of evidence in general thoracic surgery clinical research	7
Robotic excision of gigantic left atrial myxoma	7
Comparative analysis of surgical and percutaneous pulmonary valve implants over a 20-year period	7
Mortality following deep sternal wound infection—not just a short-term complication?	7
Septal myectomy in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with lesser septal thickness—mitral valve repair is not necessary	7
Cardiac tamponade during contrast infusion through central venous catheter	7
Unilateral versus bilateral cerebral perfusion during aortic surgery for acute type A aortic dissection: a multicentre study	7
Urgent endovascular repair of thoracoabdominal aneurysms using an off-the-shelf multibranched endograft	7
Variation in incidence, prevention and treatment of persistent air leak after lung cancer surgery	7
Another brick in the wall?	7
Alaska pollock gelatin sealant shows long-term efficacy and safety in a pulmonary air leakage rat model	7
The effect of postoperative atrial fibrillation on outcomes of cardiac surgery: guilt or association?	7
Ground-glass opacity component in semi-solid lesions: how much is enough?	7
Persisting and reoccurring cyanosis after Fontan operation is associated with increased late mortality	7
Reinterventions and new aortic events after aortic surgery in Marfan syndrome	6
Tricuspid annuloplasty ring for external support of right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery conduit	6
Adaption of EuroSCORE II to predict mortality in acute type A aortic dissection: an effort to make fit what does not	6
Heterotopic ossification of a pedicled intercostal muscle flap	6
Coronary artery bypass graft surgery trends and outcomes in the UK: established excellence or still room for improvement?	6
Long-term durability and resilient tissue: ‘the future end of valve in valve!’	6
Prediction model of lymph node metastases for lung adenocarcinoma: increased applicability of this model	6
Neural networks may outperform classical regressions, but only when non-linear relationships are considered	6
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 Registrati	6
Surgery for aberrant origin of coronary arteries from the aorta: questions that remain and how we may find the answers	6
Erratum to: ‘Adipocyte-derived relaxing factor—a fat load to be learnt’	6
Stent deformation in a sutureless aortic valve bioprosthesis: a pilot observational analysis using imaging and three-dimensional modelling	6
Sympathovagal imbalance decades after atrial septal defect repair: a long-term follow-up study	6
Pulmonary metastasectomy for metastatic head and neck cancer prolongs survival significantly compared to non-surgical therapy	6
Recurrent infective stenosis of Fontan conduit	6
Development of a soft three-dimensional replica of the mitral valve for procedural planning	6
A risk model to predict an unplanned admission to the intensive care unit following lung resection	6
Artificial intelligence in thoracic oncology: moving from proof of concept to clinical practice	6
Do not try to run before you can walk	6
The importance of what proposed is not diminished if you are the first or the second	6
Prognostic impact of invasive exercise haemodynamics in patients with severe mitral regurgitation	6
Routine early postoperative computed tomography angiography after coronary artery bypass surgery: clinical value and management implications	6
Segmentectomy versus lobectomy for solid predominant cN0 lung cancer considering Deauville score	6
Type B dissection risk assessment—can aortic flow visualization solve the morphological puzzle?	6
The value of foreseeing unplanned conversion during video-assisted anatomical lung resections	6
Predictors and severity of intestinal ischaemia following on-pump cardiac surgery: a retrospective, propensity-matched analysis	6
Reply to Van den Eyde et al.	6
Assessment of aortic annuloplasty techniques—is the jury already in?	6
Support, mentor and empower: female cardiothoracic surgeons across Europe and the role of the society	6
Machine learning-based risk profile classification of patients undergoing elective heart valve surgery	6
Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of perioperative interventions in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: the randomized controlled I-COPE trial	6
New single-branch stent grafts for the subclavian artery during distal arch endovascular repair should be designed according to morphological studies of supra-aortic trunks	6
Think twice before trusting your eyes	6
Virtual-assisted lung mapping in sublobar resection of small pulmonary nodules, long-term results	6
Tissue aortic valve replacement: expectations and reality	6
Outcomes after concomitant aortic root and aortic arch replacement: what came first—the root or the arch?	6
Concomitant replacement of the ascending aorta in aortic valve replacement—better safe than sorry?	6
Reply to Anastasiadis et al.	6
Candida mediastinitis: alarming clinical entity from a case-matched comparative study	6
Composition of the surgical team in aortic arch surgery—a risk factor analysis	6
The Fontan operation: when and why?	6
Surgical treatment of infective endocarditis: is there a role for rapid deployment aortic valve replacement?	6
Middle lobe pulmonary artery branch running ventral to the upper lobe pulmonary vein	6
A soft functional mitral valve model prepared by three-dimensional printing as an aid for an advanced mitral valve operation	6
An aberrant anterior ascending segmental pulmonary artery (A3aii) in a patient with lung cancer	6