Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Article	Citations
Congenital Articles in AATS Journals	248
ABTS Announcement for Continuing Certification	92
Commentator Discussion: Esophagectomy may have a role in stage IV esophageal adenocarcinoma	89
Continuing challenges in reproductive health for women of childbearing age following rheumatic heart disease surgery in Rwanda	88
Thoracic Articles in AATS Journals	76
Update Your AATS Profile	76
Don't Bring Home Leftovers: Increasing Your Impact with 7 Easy, Self-Care Strategies	72
Congenital Articles in AATS Journals	70
Discussion to: The fate of concomitant tricuspid regurgitation in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting	70
Significance of isolated postoperative atrial fibrillation in thoracic aortic aneurysm repair	68
Training the trainee in structural heart disease: A need for change	67
Surgical Treatment of Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation in Patients Undergoing Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: Interim analysis of the TVVAD trial	66
Congenital Articles in AATS Journals	64
Gender differences in cardiothoracic surgery letters of recommendation	61
Practice patterns of female cardiothoracic surgeons older than age 58 years: Are we making progress?	58
Norwood operation versus comprehensive stage II after bilateral pulmonary artery banding palliation for infants with critical left heart obstruction	58
Aortic root geometry following composite valve graft implantation: Implications for future valve-in-valve procedures	56
Commentary: David I: Some people prefer vintage	55
Aortic root replacement in the setting of a mildly dilated nonsyndromic ascending aorta	54
Commentary: The sublobar resections and the difference between a conjecture and a theorem	54
Development of a risk score to predict occurrence of deep sternal dehiscence requiring operative debridement	52
Molecular characterization and clinical investigation of patients with heritable thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection	51
Interpreting survival comparisons in stage III non–small cell lung cancer: Performance bias and the need for subgroup-specific analysis	50
Reply: Toward personalized, surgeon-level prediction in mitral valve repair	50
Bigger pies, bigger slices: Increased hospitalization costs for lung transplantation recipients in the non–donation service area allocation era	50

Critical insights on aortic aneurysm repair after cardiac ischemia	50
Commentary: The pervasive yet elusive problem of delirium after cardiac surgery	49
Commentary: Why I'm biased toward bilateral internal mammary artery	49
Commentary: Just do it: Complete coronary artery revascularization—more is less!	46
Commentary: Let's start again!	46
Commentary: Maze procedure or no maze procedure: That is the question	44
Commentary: Another glimpse of light for patients with Marfan syndrome	44
Commentary: Maximum standardized uptake value is no crystal ball for candidate selection for sublobar resection: The future is cloudy (ground-glass)	44
Discussion	41
Reply: Cusp repair to achieve successful sparing of the valve in bicuspid aortopathy	39
Commentary: Isolated tricuspid valve surgery time has changed: From futile to a must	39
Commentary: Mitigating lung cancer mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease	39
Discussion	38
Commentary: Aging, cognitive decline and performance: Will prevention provide the cure?	37
Discussion to: Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene conduits with curved and handsewn bileaflet designs for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction	36
An approach to mycotic aneurysm in unrepaired coarctation of the aorta	36
Commentary: Neoadjuvant immunotherapy: A brave new world	36
Commentary: The hardest part of cardiothoracic surgery is getting to do it	35
Discussion	35
Commentary: Time to climb the ladder of causation	35
Commentary: Challenging the final frontier of lung transplantation	34
Discussion	34
Commentary: Shaking trees, falling apples	33
Commentary: Wherever you go, go with all your heart	33
Congenital Articles in AATS Journals	33
Commentary: Inverted coronary arteries mostly seen in complex forms of transposition of the great arteries	33
Thoracic Articles in AATS Journals	33
Commentary: The value of access agility in the world of transcatheter aortic valve replacement	33
Commentary: How does the aortic wall interact with the aortic valve?	33
Commentary: Cardioplegia for immature hearts utilized in adult hearts: What is at stake?	32
Editorial Board page	32
Commentary: Ten-year survival, the holy grail in lung transplantation	32
Commentary: More insights into the resect versus respect debate: Will we ever have a winner?	31
Commentary: Building a successful robotic mitral surgery program—one size does not fit all	31
Discussion	31
Discussion	30
Commentary: Improving cardiothoracic scientific literature by meeting in the middle	30
Discussion	30
Commentary: Conduit selection in the COMPASS trial: Pointing in the wrong direction?	30
Commentary: Expanding the utility of the Ross procedure—proceed with caution	30
New 3-zone hybrid graft: First-in-man experience in acute type I dissection	29
Commentary: Another variable in the puzzle	29
Commentary: With great power comes great responsibility—assessing the validity of propensity score methods	29
“To repair or not to repair, this is the question”	29
Commentary: Transcarotid versus direct aortic transthoracic aortic valve replacement: How best to enter the room where it happens?	29
Commentary: Heart transplantation using hepatitis C–positive donors: What are we waiting for?	29
Commentary: Benefits of SGLT2 inhibition in heart failure: A bellwether for importance of other metabolic pathways	29
Commentary: Saphenous vein graft patency after coronary artery bypass grafting. It's all about getting the basics right	29
Commentary: Finding delirium: It's harder than you think!	29
Ex vivo biomechanical analysis of the Ross procedure using the modified inclusion technique in a 3-dimensionally printed left heart simulator	28

The importance of left ventricular size	28
Patterns and influence of nodal metastases after neoadjuvant chemoradiation and R0 resection in esophageal adenocarcinoma	27
Nonvitamin K oral anticoagulants in cardiac surgery: What cardiothoracic surgeons need to know 2.0	27
Commentary: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the thoracic surgeon: Choose wisely and preserve good judgment	27
Revisiting interpretability in artificial intelligence−based mitral valve risk models	27
The volume–outcome relationship in lung cancer surgery: The impact of the social determinants of health care delivery	27
Assessing clinical competency: The long and the short of it	27
Commentary: Methods in observational studies in valve surgery, when time matters	27
Adequate lung cancer surgery lymphadenectomy within a statewide quality collaborative: Quality improvement in action	26
Outcomes of surgical septal myectomy for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy after previous septal reduction therapy	26
HVAD to HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device exchange: Best practices recommendations	26
Risk prediction of occult lymph node metastasis in patients with clinical T1 through T2 N0 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma	26
Impact of telehealth postoperative care on early outcomes following esophagectomy	26
Branched stented anastomosis frozen elephant trunk repair: Early results from a physician-sponsored investigational device exemption study	26
Pulmonary artery size on computed tomography is associated with major morbidity after pulmonary lobectomy	26
In search of similarity in adverse events journeys of patients with left ventricular assist devices	26
On atrioventricular canal defects in patients with and without -down syndrome: A further look	26
Reply: The evolving role of artificial intelligenge in pediatric cardiovascular surgery: A call for transparency, collaboration, and rigorous validation	26
Commentary: The Fontan cardiac transplant—time to embrace change	25
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation circuits in parallel for refractory hypoxemia in patients with COVID-19	25
Getting patients to adjuvant therapy after lung cancer resection: ERAS protocols and return to intended oncologic therapy	25
Outcomes and experience of anatomical partial lobectomy	25
Lung resection after initial nonoperative treatment for non–small cell lung cancer	25
Reappraisal of the role of motor and somatosensory evoked potentials during open distal aortic repair	25
Global best practices consensus: Long-term management of patients with hybrid centrifugal flow left ventricular assist device support	25
Contemporary left atrial appendage management during adult cardiac surgery	25
Effect of thoracic surgery regionalization on long-term survival after lung cancer resection	25
The burden of major complications on failure to rescue after surgery for acute type A aortic dissection: Analysis of more than 19,000 patients	25
Surgical management strategy of slide tracheoplasty for infants with congenital tracheal stenosis	25
Contemporary outcomes of the double switch operation for congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries	25
Modifiable risk factor reduction for pediatric ventricular assist devices and the influence of persistent modifiable risk factors at transplant	24
The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) 2022 Expert Consensus Document: The use of mechanical circulatory support in lung transplantation	24
Reply: “Forget me not,” an appeal from the mitral valve in the left ventricular assist device-supported circulation	24
Efficacy and safety of a transaortic approach to midventricular and apical septal myectomy	24
Similar long-term survival after isolated bioprosthetic versus mechanical aortic valve replacement: A propensity-matched analysis	24
Diazoxide preserves myocardial function in a swine model of hypothermic cardioplegic arrest and prolonged global ischemia	24
Automated and explainable coronary angiogram interpretation for selection of coronary artery bypass grafting candidates using artificial intelligence	24
Cardiac Surgical Unit-Advanced Life Support–certified centers are associated with improved failure to rescue after cardiac arrest: A propensity score–matched analysis	24
Prevention of distal stent graft-induced new entry after endovascular repair for type B aortic dissection: A retrospective cohort study	24
Extent of surgical resection for radiologically subsolid T1N0 invasive lung adenocarcinoma: When is a wedge resection acceptable?	24
Validity of propensity-matched observational studies in comparative effectiveness studies	24
Operative management of cardiac papillary fibroelastomas	24
Prognostic significance of preoperative exercise tolerance in patients with early-stage lung cancer	23
Commentator Discussion: Efficacy and safety of a transaortic approach to midventricular and apical septal myectomy	23
Mind over heart: Is cognitive decline after cardiac surgery real?	23
Five-year outcomes of transcarotid transcatheter aortic valve replacement	23
Complete atrioventricular septal defect with absent or diminutive primum component: Incidence, anatomic characteristics, and outcomes	23
Additional survival benefit of bilateral in situ internal thoracic artery grafting with composite radial artery graft in total arterial off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting	23
Congenital Articles in AATS Journals	23
Author Reply to Commentary: Textbook outcomes in robotic esophagectomy: A step forward in minimally invasive surgery?	23
Commentary: One-patch, two-patch, V-patch?	23
Paradigm shift to earlier surgery for aortic regurgitation: What should be done?	23
Commentator Discussion: Use of a novel donor lung scoring system as a tool for increasing lung recovery for transplantation	23
Commentary: Simple policy: Appropriate strategy and reliable surgical skill and technique	23
Impact of epiaortic ultrasound utilization in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting	23
Outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with heart failure with a midrange ejection fraction	23
Commentator Discussion: Modeling of valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve implantation after aortic root replacement using 3-dimensional artificial intelligence algorithm	23
Commentary: Are the early benefits of thoracic endovascular aortic repair in complicated type B dissection durable through time?	22
Commentary: In analytics we trust?	22
Discussion	22
Reply: Time to embrace transcarotid transcatheter aortic valve replacement—new route, same valve	22
Commentary: Simple enough, but not oversimplified	22
Discussion to: Comparing apples to apples: Exploring public reporting of congenital cardiac surgery outcomes based on common congenital heart operations	22
Reply: The challenges of comprehensive assessment in ischemic cardiomyopathy	22
Commentary: Pulmonary conduits: A note of optimism in the natural history of dead tissue?	22
Commentary: Beware the AVSD with no “A”	22
Commentary: The Vulcan mind MELD-XI	22
Commentary: Surgical correction of peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis appears to be a safe and durable option	22
Commentary: Does untreated associated moderate aortic regurgitation have no impact on long-term outcomes if major lesion is fixed?	22
Commentary: A return trip to MARS: Less may be more when treating mesothelioma	22
Discussion to: Statewide data on surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation: The data provide a path forward	21
Reply: Mīlle viae dūcunt hominēs per saecula Rōmam	21
Commentary: Left atrial appendage. To resect, or not to resect, that is the question	21
Commentary: To art, perchance to science	21
Commentary: Stereotactic body radiation therapy utilization emits answers to the volume–outcome relationship	21
Prosthesis choice for tricuspid valve replacement in the era of transcatheter valve-in-valve technique	21
Commentary: We should not forget the aortic valve allograft	21
Commentary: Primary cardiac lymphoma: Chasing rarity	21
Commentary: Don't be afraid to call a friend	21
Commentary: Lung transplant: No support is best	20

Information for readers	20
Commentary: In vortices veritas—quantitative approach	20
Commentary: Putting the lid on left main revascularization equipoise	20
Commentary: Profile matters: 1-year results of low profile endograft with thoracic aortic aneurysm and ulcer pathologies	20
Commentary: Cashing in chips	20
Discussion	20
Reply: Preoperative diabetes duration and long-term outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting	20
Discussion	20
Discussion	20
Commentary: Determining the role of priming for spinal cord protection during open aneurysm surgery: Have we used the right model?	20
Commentary: Just the tip of the iceberg…	20
Commentary: Frailty, surgical volume and outcomes: Implication for percutaneous treatment	19
The journey of becoming a congenital heart surgeon: Too long, too costly, too unpredictable	19
Commentary: Ebstein anomaly with circular shunt—round and round we go but not necessarily very fast	19
Commentary: In search of intrinsic indices, the Holy Grail for assessment of dysfunction and interventional results	19
Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene conduits with curved and handsewn bileaflet designs for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction	19
Commentary: Old problem, new solution: Epicardial annuloplasty with left ventricular support for functional mitral regurgitation	19
Lung transplant outcomes after implementation of a hospital-based 10 °C controlled hypothermic organ preservation unit	19
Commentary: What is more critical: Forward flow or backward flow? Contradictory hemodynamics with mechanical prostheses	19
Late incidence and recurrence of new-onset atrial fibrillation after isolated surgical aortic valve replacement	19
Commentary: Can we crack the black box of machine learning for aortic aneurysms?	19
Commentary: Follow where the data take you	19
Supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection type Ib: Morphology and outcomes	19
Commentary: Pulling back the curtain: Need for reoperation after valve-sparing aortic root replacement	19
Commentary: A crusade against current pulmonary metastasectomy practice in colorectal cancer patients: Do the con arguments remain after the PulMiCC trial?	19
SciScribe: Automating and contextualizing literature reviews in cardiac surgery	19
Midterm outcomes of patients with multivessel disease treated at centers with and without on-site cardiac surgery services	19
Industry payments and implicit bias in cardiothoracic surgery: Difference in industry payments to cardiothoracic surgeons by gender	19
Social vulnerability is associated with increased postoperative morbidity following esophagectomy	18
Extent of resection in surgically resected stage IV non−small cell lung cancer: Results from two tertiary referral centers	18
Hemiarch versus extended arch repair for acute type A dissection: Results from a multicenter national registry	18
Commentator Discussion: AATS Quality Gateway: A surgeon case study of its application in adult cardiac surgery for quality assurance	18
Commentary: The anticlimax of the left ventricular assist devices–associated antibodies	18
A mapping algorithm for International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision codes for congenital heart surgery benchmark procedures	18
Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II inhibition using tatCN19o ameliorates spinal cord ischemia associated with aortic surgery	18
Efficacy and safety of edoxaban in patients early after surgical bioprosthetic valve implantation or valve repair: A randomized clinical trial	18
Long-term prognostic value of Heart Failure Association Pretest Assessment, Echocardiography and Natriuretic Peptide, Functional Testing, Final Etiology score in patients undergoing isolated surgical	18
Coronary artery bypass surgery versus percutaneous interventions for women with multivessel coronary artery disease	18
From zone 1 to zone 3: Feasibility and safety of complex endovascular aortic repairs in type A aortic dissection	18
Commentator Discussion: Survival, function, and immune profiling after beating heart transplantation	18
View Updated Content on AATS Online	18
Outcomes of coronary artery obstructions after the arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries	18
Early outcomes of lung transplantation with lung allografts from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)–positive donors	18
Cardiac substrate utilization in heart failure: Where is the relevance of SGLT2 inhibition?	18
Safety of adjuvant atezolizumab after pneumonectomy/bilobectomy in stage II-IIIA non–small cell lung cancer in the randomized phase III IMpower010 trial	18
Prophylactic left atrial appendage ligation during coronary artery bypass grafting: A propensity score–matched analysis	18
Routine chest radiography after thoracostomy tube removal and during postoperative follow-up is not necessary after lung resection	18
Early and late experience of the modified aortic reimplantation operation	18
Surgical versus transcatheter repair for secondary mitral regurgitation: A propensity score–matched cohorts comparison	18
Adaptation of cold preservation techniques to partial heart transplant	18
Commentary: Coronary artery bypass grafting versus percutaneous coronary intervention in left main disease: Plausibility does not equal evidence	18
Outcomes of urgent aortic wrapping for acute type A aortic dissection	18
Device closure versus surgical repair for doubly committed subarterial ventricular septal defect	18
Incidence, characteristics, and outcomes of reintervention after mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair	18
Diagnostic effectiveness and safety of robotic-assisted bronchoscopy for subsolid pulmonary nodules: A multicenter prospective observational study	18
Thoracic Surgical Oncology Group: An American Association for Thoracic Surgery Clinical Trials Initiative	18
Risk prediction for surgery on adults with congenital heart disease: non-procedural clinical and social factors predominate	18
Applications for WTSA Membership	17
Commentary: Spinal cord ischemia: It's the anatomy, stupid	17
Commentary: Finding the balance: The role for adjuvant immunotherapy in the neoadjuvant era	17
Redlining, structural racism, and lung cancer screening disparities	17
Cardiopulmonary exercise test in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy	17
Stroke after aortic arch surgery with short circulatory arrest times: The role of cerebral perfusion strategies	17
Targeted immunotherapy with sphingosine-1-phosphate improves myocardial contractility and mitochondrial function in a novel murine ex vivo perfusion and transplantation model	17
Reply: Patient selection is both the problem and the solution	17
Commentary: Atrioventricular valve insufficiency: Achilles' heel in single-ventricle physiology	17
Commentary: The forgotten nodal station in esophageal cancer	17
Discussion to: Branched stented anastomosis frozen elephant trunk repair (B-SAFER): Early results from a physician-sponsored investigational device exemption study	17
Refining the thoracic surgical oncology regionalization standards for esophageal surgery in Ontario, Canada: Moving from good to better	17
Revascularization after minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting in 566 patients: Is it a problem?	17
Effect of sarcopenia on survival and spinal cord deficit outcomes after thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair in patients 60 years of age and older	17
Commentary: Wrap one's aorta around	17
Editorial Board Page	17
Commentary: Paradoxical increase in areas of myocardial fibrosis following septal myectomy	17
Commentary: Alpha-gal syndrome and cardiac implant durability	17
Outcomes of left atrioventricular valve operation following atrioventricular septal defect repair	17
Determinants of successful minimally invasive surgery for resectable non–small cell lung cancer after neoadjuvant therapy	17
Surgical treatment of infective endocarditis at comprehensive versus primary valve centers	17
The 49th parallel: Does geographic position affect longevity of patients with cystic fibrosis?	17
Commentary: Better genetics, less pathology	17
Commentary: Preventing the virulent lethality of ascending aortic aneurysm	16
Commentary: A picture is worth a thousand words: Improving surgical approaches using advanced multimodal cardiac imaging	16
Commentary: To whom much is given much will be required	16
Commentary: I cannot breathe	16
Reply from author: Science and judgment in mitral repair: The proof is in the pudding	16
Commentary: The enemy of good: Wishing we always have randomized data	16
Commentary: Are we at a CROSSroads in neoadjuvant therapy for esophageal cancer?	16
Discussion	16
Discussion	16
Commentary: Rapid deployment versus conventional tissue valves … and the beat goes on	16
Commentary: Spread the news: Spread through air spaces matters	16
Commentary: Goldi-Ross and the 3 VSRRs	16
Commentary: The evolution of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for COVID-19: Through the eyes of the experts	16
Discussion	16
Commentary: When all roads lead to the heart—which one to choose?	16