Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Papers
(The TQCC of Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery is 6. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Robotic aortic valve replacement in the Middle East: reproducibility into practice with evolving complexity40
Cardiac transplantation in controlled donation after circulatory death: a meta-analysis of long-term survival using reconstructed time-to-event data32
The future direction of post-transcatheter aortic valve replacement re-interventions: insights from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database29
Spinal cord injury after frozen elephant trunk procedures—prevention and management27
Uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgery anatomic segmentectomies25
Spinal cord protection: lessons learned from endovascular repair25
Developing a thoracoabdominal normothermic regional perfusion (TA-NRP) program for the recovery of organs for thoracic transplant: lessons from the United States experience24
Surgery for endocarditis in patients with bicuspid aortic valves23
Ablation or drug therapy for initial atrial fibrillation21
Technical aspects of robotically assisted left atrial myxoma resection20
The current state of redo transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and limitations: why TAVR explant is important as the valve reintervention strategy19
Elastin integrity in bicuspid valve-associated aortopathy is associated with altered biomechanical properties and influenced by age19
Sex differences in long-term outcomes following surgery for acute type A aortic dissection: a systematic review and meta-analysis19
Valve-sparing aortic root replacement after previous Ross procedure: two different surgical strategies17
Update on biomarkers of bicuspid aortic disease: still a long road to run?17
Outcomes of aortic root replacement in patients with Marfan syndrome: the role of valve-sparing and valve-replacing approaches16
Neuromonitoring for descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair16
Historical landmarks in the development of robotic coronary bypass grafting16
Heritable aortic root aneurysms16
Neochords: how to best use them and when not to use them15
Surgical management of the anterior leaflet in mitral valve repair: the legacy of Professor Alain Carpentier15
Advancing robotic aortic valve replacement beyond isolated therapy: a platform for multivalve therapy15
Robotic mitral valve repair with complete excision of mitral annular calcification14
Aortic valve-sparing procedure in the pediatric population13
Complications and their management in robotic mitral valve surgery from the surgical assistant’s perspective13
The perioperative outcomes of uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgeries—a systematic review and meta-analysis of surgical cohort studies and case reports12
Left atrial appendage therapies: a new topic for the Heart Team12
Mitral valve surgery in mitral annular calcification12
Echocardiography of the aortic root: a practical approach for aortic valve-sparing surgery12
Biomechanics and clinical outcomes of various conduit configurations in valve sparing aortic root replacement11
Incidence of bicuspid valve related aortic dissection: a systematic review and meta-analysis11
What did the transcatheter aortic valve replacement-surgical aortic valve replacement (TAVR-SAVR) trials tell us?11
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement for bicuspid aortic valve disease: does conventional surgery have a future?11
Robotic endoscopic aortic valve replacement with rapid deployment valve: technique and outcomes11
Thoracic endograft repair for a complicated type B aortic dissection10
Multi-institutional surgical outcomes of robotic single-port surgery: a Korean experience10
Teaching the next generation of robotic coronary surgeons10
Management of anomalous coronary anatomy during aortic valve repair10
Aortic root remodeling10
Robotic mitral repair: maintaining quality at all levels of complexity10
Small incisions still require great anesthesia: anesthesiology techniques to enhance recovery in robotic coronary bypass grafting10
Ross procedure in bicuspid aortic valve pathologies10
Atrial fibrillation ablation during robotic mitral valve surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis10
Robotic mitral valve surgery: the future is now9
Electrical graft assessment of machine-perfused hearts donated after circulatory death9
Comparison of uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgery pulmonary anatomic resections with multiport robotic-assisted thoracic surgery: a multicenter study of the European experience9
Outcomes of robotic and endoscopic combined aortic and mitral valve surgery: experience from National Taiwan University Hospital9
Heart and multiple organ transplantation from donation after circulatory death using mobile normothermic regional perfusion and cardiac surgery extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation team out of the hub9
Tricuspid regurgitation and right ventricular dysfunction: preoperative non-procedural interventions to improve procedural outcomes8
A critical evaluation of donor heart offer acceptance in the United Kingdom8
Percutaneous mechanical aspiration in tricuspid valve infective endocarditis8
4D flow imaging—state of the art8
Short-term outcomes of uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgery anatomic pulmonary resections: experience of Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital8
The role of sex hormones in abdominal aortic aneurysms: a topical review8
Simultaneous epicardial atrial fibrillation ablation and left atrial appendage ligation: early considerations8
Total aortic arch replacement with frozen elephant trunk in patients with Marfan syndrome8
Issues and considerations in perioperative management of robotic coronary bypass grafting8
Left atrial appendage occlusion techniques for open heart surgery and for minimally invasive thoracotomy8
Endovascular repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms7
Robotic atrial myxoma resection—papillary subtype7
Frozen elephant trunk with T-NEXT7
Total aortic arch replacement using frozen elephant trunk: the beating-heart technique7
Importance of bicuspid aortic valve phenotype on aortopathy7
The value of preoperative risk scores prior to tricuspid valve interventions: The TRI-SCORE and beyond7
Uniportal fully robotic-assisted sleeve resections: surgical technique and initial experience of 30 cases7
RapidlinkTM: a new technology to simplify the supra-aortic vessel anastomoses in total aortic arch surgery7
Robotic mitral repair in echocardiographically symmetrical and asymmetrical Barlow’s disease6
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement explant various techniques6
Lateral access fully robotic aortic valve replacement “RAVR”: from novel to normal6
Features and short-term outcomes of real-world transcatheter tricuspid valve repair vs. replacement in Asia-Pacific6
Prophylactic cerebrospinal fluid drainage and spinal cord ischemia in thoracic and thoracoabdominal endovascular procedures: a systematic review and meta-analysis6
Aortic root replacement with the reimplantation technique for recurrent root aneurysm, 24 years after root replacement with the remodeling technique in a Marfan patient6
The current state of transcatheter aortic valve replacement explant: an updated systematic review6
Adult cardiac transplantation utilizing donors after circulatory death6
Outcomes of cardiothoracic surgery in women with Turner syndrome6
Changes in aortic root dimensions post aortic root enlargement with Y-incision and modified aortotomy6
Robotic degenerative mitral valve repair: an evolution6
Robotic aortic valve replacement and aortic root enlargement for optimal prosthesis selection6
Outcomes of aortic valve repair with the reimplantation technique and maintenance of commissural orientation6
Robotic-assisted coronary artery bypass grafting: how I teach it6
Establishing a robotic aortic valve replacement program in Spain: growing opportunities for Europe6
Mitral valve surgery and maze procedure: the Korean experience in rheumatic versus degenerative disease6
Exposure technique for the circumflex artery territory in robotic totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting6
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