Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Papers
(The H4-Index of Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery is 17. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
The future direction of post-transcatheter aortic valve replacement re-interventions: insights from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database43
Spinal cord protection: lessons learned from endovascular repair38
Spinal cord injury after frozen elephant trunk procedures—prevention and management31
Robotic aortic valve replacement in the Middle East: reproducibility into practice with evolving complexity30
Cardiac transplantation in controlled donation after circulatory death: a meta-analysis of long-term survival using reconstructed time-to-event data27
Uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgery anatomic segmentectomies26
Technical aspects of robotically assisted left atrial myxoma resection25
Ablation or drug therapy for initial atrial fibrillation25
Sex differences in long-term outcomes following surgery for acute type A aortic dissection: a systematic review and meta-analysis21
Developing a thoracoabdominal normothermic regional perfusion (TA-NRP) program for the recovery of organs for thoracic transplant: lessons from the United States experience21
The current state of redo transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and limitations: why TAVR explant is important as the valve reintervention strategy21
Surgery for endocarditis in patients with bicuspid aortic valves19
Elastin integrity in bicuspid valve-associated aortopathy is associated with altered biomechanical properties and influenced by age19
Valve-sparing aortic root replacement after previous Ross procedure: two different surgical strategies19
Update on biomarkers of bicuspid aortic disease: still a long road to run?19
Heritable aortic root aneurysms18
Neuromonitoring for descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair18
Surgical management of the anterior leaflet in mitral valve repair: the legacy of Professor Alain Carpentier17
Echocardiography of the aortic root: a practical approach for aortic valve-sparing surgery17
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