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Papers

(The H4-Index of Annals of Thoracic Surgery is 37. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Moving Beyond Just Panning for Esophagectomy Gold	185
Resilience. Hope. Unity. STS Presidential Address 2021	155
Pulmonary Valve Designs and Innovation	141
Society Board	123
Editor’s Choice: A Place for All Thoracic Surgeons	102
Impact of Antegrade Pulmonary Blood Flow as Patients Progress Through Single-Ventricle Palliations	101
No Shame in Sole Ascending Aortic Replacement for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection	97
Early Antireflux Surgery After Lung Transplant: Can We Justify the Risk?	85
Contents	81
Calcification of Gore-Tex Neochord After Mitral Repair: Electron Microscopy	79
Additional Discussion From Anesthesiologists: Preventive Strategy for Reexpansion Pulmonary Edema After Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery	77
Hands On/Hands Off	71
Editorial Board	70
Does the Type of Annuloplasty Ring or Band Affect the Outcome of Mitral Valve Repair?	65
The Use of Anterior Mitral Leaflet Augmentation With Autologous Pericardium: Why Not?	64
The Right WAYS to Repair the Mitral Valve	64
Late Durability of Mitral Repair for Ischemic Versus Nonischemic Functional Mitral Regurgitation	62
Uniportal Thoracoscopic Decortication for Stage III Tuberculous Empyema With Severe Rib Crowding	61
Monobloc or Separate Aortic and Mitral Homografts for Endocarditis of the Intervalvular Fibrosa?	58
Editor's Choice	52
Truncal Root Dilatation: A More Measured Approach	50
Can Salvage Surgery Cause a Paradigm Shift in Lung Cancer Treatment?	48
Aortic Annular Enlargement During Aortic Valve Replacement: Shedding Light on the Conundrum	46
Immunosuppression in HIV-Positive Heart Transplant Recipients During the Post–COVID-19 Era	45
Editor’s Choice: Papers That May Change Your Practice	44

Deep Inside Pathology of Cor Triatriatum Sinister	43
Apical Myectomy in HCM: Time to Let the Rubber of the Operation Meet the Road of a Randomized Trial	43
Restrictive Mitral Annuloplasty: Patient Selection Is the Key	43
Biodegradable Stent Placement for Airway Kinking After Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction Treatment	43
Corrigendum	42
Editor's Choice	41
Erratum	41
Increased Assist Device Use Requires Reduced Excessive Bleeding and Associated Cost-to-Benefit Analysis	40
Sutureless Aortic Valve: Is It a Bailout Option in the Belligerent Root?	40
The Ross Procedure: A Rekindled Relationship	39
Adult Congenital Heart Disease Transplantation: Does Univentricle Physiology Impact Early Mortality?	37
Selecting the Modern Cardiothoracic Surgery Trainee	37
Transcervical Transtracheal Resection of Cervical Esophageal Smooth Muscle Tumor	37
A Novel Surgical Technique to Address Post-Septal Myectomy Ventricular Septal Defect	37