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Papers

(The TQCC of Annals of Thoracic Surgery is 5. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Editor's Choice	220
Moving Beyond Just Panning for Esophagectomy Gold	146
To Randomize or Not to Randomize: The Quest to Define “Good Judgment”	141
The Ross Procedure: A Rekindled Relationship	140
Increased Assist Device Use Requires Reduced Excessive Bleeding and Associated Cost-to-Benefit Analysis	140
Early Hemodynamic Valve Deterioration After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation	126
Editor's Choice	112
Selecting the Modern Cardiothoracic Surgery Trainee	95
Hematocrit and Renal Failure in Aortic Arch Surgery: A Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database Study	91
Structural Failure of the BioBridge Rib Prosthesis After Chest Wall Reconstruction	83
Surgical Considerations for the Mitral Valve in Congenitally Corrected Transposition	81
Unaddressed Methodological and Statistical Concerns in Assessing Patient-Prosthesis Mismatch After SAVR	72
Surgeon Perception of Artificial Intelligence in Thoracic Surgery: Insights From an International Survey	71
Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair Stent Deployed in the Ascyrus Medical Dissection Stent	61
Editorial Board	61
Outcomes of Leaflet Resection vs Chordal Replacement for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation	59
Sublobar Resection in Early Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer With Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutant	56
No Shame in Sole Ascending Aortic Replacement for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection	55
Bridging the Gap Between Volume and Quality in Multiarterial Grafting	55
Two Interventions on Pathologic Nodal Staging in a Population-Based Lung Cancer Resection Cohort	55
Patient-Specific Biomechanics in Marfan Ascending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms	55
The Future Is the Present, but Not Always the Past	53
Impact of Antegrade Pulmonary Blood Flow as Patients Progress Through Single-Ventricle Palliations	52
Refining Perfusion Strategies in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: Evaluating the Impact of Goal-Directed Perfusion on AKI Reduction	51
Improving Safety of Cardiac Surgery During Pregnancy	50

Editorial Board	49
Perspectives on a Presidential Address	46
Multimodal Treatment of Resectable Esophageal Cancer	46
The Innovation of an Expert-Guided Emergency Re-Sternotomy Cart: A Narrative Review	45
Minimally Invasive Versus Full Sternotomy for Isolated Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients	45
Paving the Way for Less Invasive Femoral Arterial Decannulation in VA-ECMO: Advancing the Decannulation Paradigm	45
Pilot Study of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Patients With Esophageal Cancer After Esophagectomy	43
The Right WAYS to Repair the Mitral Valve	42
Apical Myectomy in HCM: Time to Let the Rubber of the Operation Meet the Road of a Randomized Trial	42
Editor’s Choice: A Place for All Thoracic Surgeons	41
Additional Discussion From Anesthesiologists: Preventive Strategy for Reexpansion Pulmonary Edema After Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery	41
The Arterial Switch Is the Same Operation Anywhere; or Is It?	41
Truncal Root Dilatation: A More Measured Approach	39
Aortic-to-Right Ventricle Shunting for Rare Cardiovascular Conditions	39
Corrigendum	37
Steroid Use and Perioperative Complications of Thymectomy in Myasthenia Gravis	36
Corrigendum	36
Aortic Annular Enlargement During Aortic Valve Replacement: Shedding Light on the Conundrum	36
Complex Mitral Valve Repair: Experience Matters	35
Resilience. Hope. Unity. STS Presidential Address 2021	35
Attrition Before Fontan vs Creating a Bad Fontan: The Dilemma	35
Contents	34
Anastomotic Stricture After Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy	33
A Novel Surgical Technique to Address Post-Septal Myectomy Ventricular Septal Defect	33
Polytetrafluoroethylene Right Ventricular-Pulmonary Artery Conduit in Bigger Sizes: Bespoke and Fit for Purpose	33
Validation of 2021 Adult Cardiac Surgery Risk Models for Multiple Valve Operations	32
Endoscopic vs Open Vein Harvest in Drug-Eluting Stents or Bypass Surgery for Left Main Disease Trial	32
Long-term Outcomes of Aortic Valve Replacement With Aortic Homograft: 27 Years Experience	32
Double-leaflet Technique for Mitral Regurgitation With Small or Tethered Posterior Leaflet	31
Editor’s Choice: Papers That May Change Your Practice	31
Society Board	31
A Novel Technique to Optimize Uniportal Thoracoscopic Right Middle Lobectomy	31
Erratum	31
STS INTERMACS Database: The Key to Conduct Single-Arm Trials in Advanced Heart Failure Patients	30
Can Salvage Surgery Cause a Paradigm Shift in Lung Cancer Treatment?	30
Does the Type of Annuloplasty Ring or Band Affect the Outcome of Mitral Valve Repair?	30
Inferior-to-Superior Vena Cava Bypass for Baffle Stenosis After Atrial Switch	30
Biodegradable Stent Placement for Airway Kinking After Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction Treatment	30
Early Antireflux Surgery After Lung Transplant: Can We Justify the Risk?	29
Hands On/Hands Off	29
Sutureless Aortic Valve: Is It a Bailout Option in the Belligerent Root?	28
Efficacy of an Autologous Blood Patch for Prolonged Air Leak: A Systematic Review	28
Pulmonary Valve Designs and Innovation	28
Serenity, Courage, and Wisdom	28
Calcification of Gore-Tex Neochord After Mitral Repair: Electron Microscopy	28
Risk Assessment Tools for Blood Transfusion: How Can They Be Used to Improve Care?	28
Immunosuppression in HIV-Positive Heart Transplant Recipients During the Post–COVID-19 Era	27
Long-term Outcomes of Surgical Repair for Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries	27
Hemodynamic Comparison of the On-X and Top Hat Mechanical Aortic Valve Prostheses	27
Hospital Volume Predicts Guideline-Concordant Care in Stage III Esophageal Cancer	27

Impact of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia on Outcomes and Readmissions After Cardiac Operations	27
Complete Revascularization Remains the Gold Standard in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery	27
Long-Term Impact of Tricuspid Valve Intervention on Survival, Tricuspid Valve, and Ventricular Function in Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome	26
Social Risk Factors in Society of Thoracic Surgeons Risk Models. Part 1: Concepts, Indicator Variables, and Controversies	26
Comparable Clinical Outcomes Between Segmentectomy and Lobectomy for NSCLC With Unsuspected N1/N2: A Multicenter Real-World Data Study	26
Lung Cancer Screening in a Safety-Net Hospital: Rare Harms Inform Decision Making	26
Restrictive Mitral Annuloplasty: Patient Selection Is the Key	25
Atrial Fibrillation Management During Surgical vs Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement	25
Adult Congenital Heart Disease Transplantation: Does Univentricle Physiology Impact Early Mortality?	25
Achieving Equitable Care for Racial Minority Patients With a Lung Cancer Screening Program	25
Late Durability of Mitral Repair for Ischemic Versus Nonischemic Functional Mitral Regurgitation	25
Outcomes of Over 1000 Heart Transplants Using Hepatitis C–Positive Donors in the Modern Era	25
Postoperative Outcomes in Infants Undergoing ABO-incompatible Heart Transplantation in the United States	25
The Lost History of Cardiac Surgery in Afghanistan: Establishment, Evolution, Halt, and Reemergence	24
Closing the Open Pipe: Restoring Balance Before the Flood	24
Outcomes of 230 Patients Undergoing Surgical Repair of Anomalous Aortic Origin of a Coronary Artery	24
Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion: Use of Single Lungs for Transplantation	24
Beyond Zone 0 in Acute DeBakey Type I Aortic Dissection	24
Outcomes of re-repair versus replacement after failed primary mitral regurgitation repair: STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database analysis	24
Different Surgical Approaches for Acute Type I Aortic Dissections	24
Andrew Glenn Morrow, MD, and the Clinic of Surgery, National Heart Institute	24
Current and Future Applications of Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality in Cardiothoracic Surgery	24
Mentorship, Sponsorship, and Leadership for Women in Cardiothoracic Surgery: A Qualitative Analysis	24
Shaggy Aorta: How Much Thrombus Is Too Much?	23
Expert Systematic Review on the Choice of Conduits for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Endorsed by the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (S	23
Impact of Functional vs Anatomic Complete Revascularization in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting	23
Outcomes of Surgical Interrupted Aortic Arch Repair in 181 Patients With Biventricular Circulation	23
Contemporary Multicenter Outcomes for Truncus Arteriosus With Interrupted Aortic Arch	23
Assessing the Performance of Risk Models With Discrimination and Calibration	23
Multimodal Pain Management Protocol to Decrease Opioid Use and to Improve Pain Control After Thoracic Surgery	23
Isolated Tricuspid Operations: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Analysis	23
Editorial Board	22
Data-Driven Observations in Superior Vena Cava Injuries: A Call to Action	22
Editorial Board	22
Contents	22
Subcarinal Lymph Node Dissection in Solo Robot-assisted Thoracic Surgery	22
How Will the Elephant Trunk Technique Evolve in Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Repair?	22
Obstructed Right Arch: Prepare for a Challenge	22
Beyond Surgical Volume: Time to Focus on Improving Procedure-Specific Outcomes	22
At the Crossroad of Decision: “One-stop Shop” to Treat Multiple Ground-glass Opacities	22
Not All Multifocal Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Cell Proliferations Represent Diffuse Idiopathic Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Cell Hyperplasia	22
Modified Warden Procedure for Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage to Promote Growth	22
Heart-shaped Mediastinal Angiomyolipoma With Chylopericardium	22
Nonemphysematus Bullae Treatment Using Valves	21
Trends in Endovascular Management of Aberrant Subclavian Artery With Kommerell Diverticulum	21
Editorial Board	21
Evolving Evidence for Real-time Neurophysiologic Monitoring in Mitigating the Risk of Stroke With Cardiac Surgery	21
Opioid Use After Cardiac Surgery: Problem, or Problem of Perception?	21
Striking a Balance With Opioid Use for Pain Management After Thoracic Surgery	21
Additional Discussion From Anesthesiologists	21
Survival Benefits of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Selected Patients With Severe COVID-19	21
Agreement Between Upper Digestive Disease App and Provider Evaluation of Esophagectomy Symptoms in a Mobile App Tool	21
Aortic Valve Repair vs Replacement	21
Laparoscopic Transhiatal Esophagectomy With En Bloc Posterior Tracheal Wall Resection	21
Editorial Board	20
Homemade Gasbag Is Safe and Effective for Establishing the Subxiphoid Approach for Thymectomy	20
Deep Sternal Wound Infections: One Bad Cut, a Lifetime of Trouble	20
Intensive Care Unit Bypass for Robotic-Assisted Single-Vessel Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting	20
Success in Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement: Judgment and Skill	20
Erratum	20
Alternative Access Still Essential for Improved Outcomes and Innovation	20
The Importance of Heart Team in Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass	20
Quest for Biomarkers in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery	20
Regionalization in Congenital Heart Surgery—It’s Not Just About Volume	20
Assessing the Quality of Quality Assessment	20
A Surgical Case for Pregnancy-Related Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection	20
Editor's Choice	20
An Opportunity Lost: Meta-Analyses or Thoughtful Synthesis?	20
Assessing Quality of Cardiac Surgical Care at Safety-Net Hospitals	19
Improving Outcomes of Open Stent Grafts for Type A Acute Aortic Dissection Repair	19
Mitral Valve Repair in Infective Endocarditis: A Patient-Tailored Approach	19
How Would Vivien Thomas Respond?	19
The Critical Role of Mitral Regurgitation Etiology in TAVR	19
The Most Important Is the Arterial Conduits Use	19
The Consequences of the Kennedy v Braidwood Ruling on Thoracic Surgeons and Their Patients	19
Half of Anastomotic Leaks After Esophagectomy Are Undetected on Initial Postoperative Esophagram	19
Impact of Psychiatric Comorbidities on Surgical Outcomes for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer	19
Improved Long-term Outcome of Damus-Kaye-Stansel Procedure Without Previous Pulmonary Artery Banding	19
Preoperative Maximum Standardized Uptake Value Associated With Recurrence Risk in Early Lung Cancer	19
Good Old-Fashioned Lasix: An Early Novel Kidney Biomarker	19

Clinical T2 N0 M0 Esophageal Cancer: Identifying Predictive Factors of Upstaging	19
Risk of Pacemaker Implantation After Aortic Root Replacement With and Without Valve Preservation	19
Molecular Imaging in Precision-Cut Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Slices	19
Thresholds for Intervention in Neonates and Infants With Coarctation	19
Ross Operation in Neonates: A Meta-analysis	19
Developing Proficiency in Robotic Cardiac Surgery	19
Contents	19
Surgical Evaluation in Patients Undergoing Radiation Therapy for Early-Stage Lung Cancer	19
Time-Related Risk of Pulmonary Conduit Re-replacement: A Congenital Heart Surgeons’ Society Study	19
Smart Drain for Post–Cardiac Surgery Left Ventricular Volumes Evaluated in Large Animal Models	19
State of the Art Review: Aortic Valve Repair in Infants and Children	19
Pulmonary Endarterectomy for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: An STS Database Analysis	18
Bridging Two Worlds: Application of Organizational Theory to Cardiac Surgery	18
Development of a Machine Learning Model to Predict Outcomes and Cost After Cardiac Surgery	18
Social Vulnerability Index: A Tool to Help Close the Quality Chasm?	18
Hemodynamic Surveillance After Type A Aortic Dissection: The Role of Virtual Wards and Intelligent Monitoring	18
Acute Type A Aortic Dissection With an Anomalous Aortic Origin of the Right Coronary Artery: A Rare Entry Formation	18
Explantation of Transcatheter Aortic Bioprostheses in a Very High Risk Population	18
Intraoperative Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Monitoring for Esophagectomy: A National Cohort Study	18
Right Axillary Thoracotomy in Congenital Cardiac Surgery: Analysis of Percutaneous Cannulation	18
Systematic Mapping of Conduction Tissue Regions During Congenital Heart Surgery	18
Analysis of Outcomes of Novel Single-Branched Aortic Stent Graft for Treatment of Type B Aortic Dissection	18
Making a Difference: 5 Years of Cardiac Surgery Intersociety Alliance (CSIA)	18
The Never-Ending Story of Ideal Patients and Multiple Arterial Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting	18
Clinical Significance of Regional Lymph Node Evaluation During Sublobar Resection in Lung Cancer	18
Challenges in the Development and Evaluation of Pediatric Heart Valve Technologies	18
Editor's Choice	18
Progress on the Road to Total Endovascular Treatment of All Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections	18
Spread Through Air Spaces in Stage I Pulmonary Large Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma	17
Escalation and De-escalation of Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support: Joint Consensus Report of the PeriOperative Quality Initiative and the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Cardiac Society	17
Incidence and Impact of a Single-Unit Red Blood Cell Transfusion: Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database 2010-2019	17
Preemptive Intercostal Nerve Block as an Alternative to Epidural Analgesia	17
Higher Long-term Quality of Life Metrics After Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Lobectomy Compared With Robotic-Assisted Lobectomy	17
Concomitant Surgical Ablation in CABG Patients: A novel Instrument Variable Analysis of Over 80,0000 Patients	17
Postoperative Bronchial Complications After Lung Transplantation Related to Anastomosis Suture	17
Enhancing Support for Women in Cardiothoracic Surgery Through Allyship and Targeted Initiatives	17
Reading Between the Vertebrae: Statistical Bias in Spinal Cord Ischemia?	17
Arterial Cannulation and Brain Perfusion Strategies for Acute Type A Dissection in North America	17
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Aortic Regurgitation Caused by Takayasu Arteritis	17
Women in Thoracic Surgery 2020 Update—Subspecialty and Work-Life Balance Analysis	17
Pig-to-Human Heart Transplantation: Culmination of Technology and Ingenuity	17
Huge Simple Mediastinal Cyst With Hemorrhage and Calcification	17
Concomitant Surgical Ablation in Paroxysmal vs Persistent Atrial Fibrillation During Mitral Surgery	17
The Internal Thoracic Artery Remodeling	17
From Pickup to Patient: How Far Should a Heart Travel?	17
Predictors of Venous Thromboembolism After Lung Cancer Resection	17
Prognostic Impact and Recurrence Pattern of KRAS G12C Mutation in Surgically Resected Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer	17
Optimizing Nonintubated ECMO Bridging in Heart Transplantation: The Role of Early Extubation	17
A Brief History of Xenotransplantation	17
Time to Rethink Congenital Heart Surgery: Minimally Invasive Surgery or Better Yet Minimal Impact Surgery	16
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2024 Update on National Trends and Outcomes	16
Reducing Postoperative Complications Related to Air Leaks—Is the Goddard Score the Answer?	16
Regionalization Equals Excellence in Pediatric Tracheal Surgery	16
Systemic Disease and the Impact on Esophageal Carcinoma Management: The Big Picture	16
Weighing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement vs Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement for Native Aortic Regurgitation	16
We Still Have So Far to Go	16
How Low Can You Go?	16
Lobar vs Sublobar Resection for Clinical Stage IA1-2 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer With Tumor Spread Through Air Spaces	16
From Safety to Benefit in Cell Delivery During Surgical Repair of Ebstein Anomaly: Initial Results	16
Mitral Ring “Size” Is Not an Absolute: A 30 Is Not a 30	16
Adult Congenital Heart Disease Surgery: On Track to Succeed or Time to Reset?	16
Marked Variation in Medicare Reimbursement of Thoracic Surgeons in the US—Misuse of CPT Codes, or Validation of the Pareto Principle?	16
Safe Implantation of a Bovine Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve in a Patient With Galactose-α-1,3-Galactose Allergy	16
Multimodal Analgesic Strategy for Thoracoscopic Surgery	16
Demographic Landscape of Cardiothoracic Surgeons and Residents at United States Training Programs	16
Adding Mitral Valve Translocation to the Tool Kit for Treatment of Secondary Mitral Regurgitation	16
Endoscopic Fundoplication vs Robotic or Laparoscopic Fundoplication in Treating Achalasia	16
Field Defect in Esophageal Cancer: A Stochastic Evolution in Cancer Biology	16
Myocardial Infarction in Swine: A Difficult Model for Structural Heart Research	15
Lung Cancer Surgery With Persistent COVID-19 Infection	15
Avoiding Obstructive Behavior	15
Board of Directors	15
Simplified Endovascular Treatment of Aberrant Right Subclavian Artery With Kommerell Diverticulum	15
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Perfluorocarbon in a Therapy Refractory Case of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome	15
Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy: How I Teach It	15
Press “2” for Postdischarge Follow-up	15
Shooting Ourselves in the Foot	15
Paving the Swamp	15
Most Valuable Application of Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair: Acute Complicated Type B Aortic Dissection	15
Is It Feasible to Implant Sutureless Valves in Presence of Diseased Aortic Root and Aortic Aneurysm?	15
Practical Limitation of Applying Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing in Cardiothoracic Surgery	15
Lung Cancer Treatment Is a Team Sport	15
One-Year Mortality Is Not a Reliable Indicator of Lung Transplant Center Performance	15
Editorial Board	15
Cardiac Rehabilitation and Its Role in Enhanced Recovery After Surgery	15
Thoracoscopic Lateral Basal Segmentectomy Based on Dissection Along the Intersegmental Veins	15
Blood Transfusion as a Never Event: It Is Possible?	15
Midterm Results of Isolated Tricuspid Valve Replacement—Implications for Clinical Decision Making	15
Reproducibility and Survival in Swine Structural Heart Research	15
Incertitude Pathophysiology and Management During the First Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic	15
Evolving Multidisciplinary Team Approach Continues to Contribute to the Progress in Anticancer Therapy	15
Pacemaker Lead–induced Tricuspid Valve Stenosis and Reverse Lutembacher Syndrome	15
Surgical Perspective on the American Thoracic Society Statement on Race Correction of Pulmonary Function Testing	14
Transposition of Great Arteries With Intact Ventricular Septum in an Adult: A Successful Outcome	14
Contemporary Midterm Outcomes After Primary Repair of Chronic Type A Aortic Dissection	14