Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Article	Citations
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation circuits in parallel for refractory hypoxemia in patients with COVID-19	224
Discussion	201
Gender differences in cardiothoracic surgery letters of recommendation	135
Commentary: Can and should the National Inpatient Sample be used to evaluate trends in ventricular assist device use and outcomes?	106
Commentary: Ten-year survival, the holy grail in lung transplantation	84
Tumor biology is a major determinant of survival after pulmonary metastasectomy for colorectal cancer	84
Commentary: Let's start again!	75
Commentary: Long journey and a heavy load	72
Aortic root replacement in the setting of a mildly dilated nonsyndromic ascending aorta	71
Commentary: Take two mitochondria and call me in the morning	71
Commentary: Why I'm biased toward bilateral internal mammary artery	70
Commentary: Time to climb the ladder of causation	70
Commentary: Saphenous vein graft patency after coronary artery bypass grafting. It's all about getting the basics right	67
Commentary: With great power comes great responsibility—assessing the validity of propensity score methods	66
Congenital Articles in AATS Journals	60
Commentary: Benefits of SGLT2 inhibition in heart failure: A bellwether for importance of other metabolic pathways	56
Commentary: Aging, cognitive decline and performance: Will prevention provide the cure?	55
Assessing clinical competency: The long and the short of it	55
Commentary: Expanding the utility of the Ross procedure—proceed with caution	54
Commentary: Another variable in the puzzle	51
Commentary: Wherever you go, go with all your heart	50
Discussion	50
Discussion	49
Commentary: Strategic surgery to type A dissection: A bird in the hand or 2 in the bush?	49
Table of Contents	48

Commentary: Neoadjuvant immunotherapy: A brave new world	46
Commentary: Maze procedure or no maze procedure: That is the question	46
The importance of left ventricular size	45
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	45
Commentary: Unraveling the mysteries of atherogenesis: An elusive goal	44
Commentary: David I: Some people prefer vintage	44
Commentary: The value of access agility in the world of transcatheter aortic valve replacement	44
Discussion to: Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene conduits with curved and handsewn bileaflet designs for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction	44
Commentary: Transcarotid versus direct aortic transthoracic aortic valve replacement: How best to enter the room where it happens?	44
Thoracic Articles in AATS Journals	43
Adequate lung cancer surgery lymphadenectomy within a statewide quality collaborative: Quality improvement in action	43
Cardiac Surgical Unit-Advanced Life Support–certified centers are associated with improved failure to rescue after cardiac arrest: A propensity score–matched analysis	41
Defining low-risk lesions in early-stage esophageal adenocarcinoma	40
Commentary: Challenging the final frontier of lung transplantation	40
Long-term outcomes of warfarin versus aspirin after Fontan surgery	40
Significance of isolated postoperative atrial fibrillation in thoracic aortic aneurysm repair	39
Similar long-term survival after isolated bioprosthetic versus mechanical aortic valve replacement: A propensity-matched analysis	39
Bigger pies, bigger slices: Increased hospitalization costs for lung transplantation recipients in the non–donation service area allocation era	39
Commentary: Improving cardiothoracic scientific literature by meeting in the middle	39
Diazoxide preserves myocardial function in a swine model of hypothermic cardioplegic arrest and prolonged global ischemia	38
Commentary: Del Nido cardioplegic solution: Is it really better than any other?	38
Utility of neuromonitoring in hypothermic circulatory arrest cases for early detection of stroke: Listening through the noise	38
Commentary: How to say goodbye	37
Risk prediction of occult lymph node metastasis in patients with clinical T1 through T2 N0 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma	37
Commentary: Permanent pacemaker implantation after cardiac surgery: Patience for our patients	37
Surgical management strategy of slide tracheoplasty for infants with congenital tracheal stenosis	37
Congenital Articles in AATS Journals	36
Nonvitamin K oral anticoagulants in cardiac surgery: What cardiothoracic surgeons need to know 2.0	35
In search of similarity in adverse events journeys of patients with left ventricular assist devices	35
Training the trainee in structural heart disease: A need for change	35
Commentary: Mitigating lung cancer mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease	35
Commentary: The Fontan cardiac transplant—time to embrace change	34
Pulmonary artery size on computed tomography is associated with major morbidity after pulmonary lobectomy	34
Commentary: Isolated tricuspid valve surgery time has changed: From futile to a must	34
An approach to mycotic aneurysm in unrepaired coarctation of the aorta	33
HVAD to HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device exchange: Best practices recommendations	33
Commentary: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the thoracic surgeon: Choose wisely and preserve good judgment	33
Commentary: The hardest part of cardiothoracic surgery is getting to do it	32
Discussion	32
Commentary: How does the aortic wall interact with the aortic valve?	32
Update Your AATS Profile	32
Commentary: The pervasive yet elusive problem of delirium after cardiac surgery	31
Continuing challenges in reproductive health for women of childbearing age following rheumatic heart disease surgery in Rwanda	31
Targeted therapies for resectable lung adenocarcinoma: ADAURA opens for thoracic oncologic surgeons	31
Discussion	31
Commentary: Inverted coronary arteries mostly seen in complex forms of transposition of the great arteries	31
Discussion to: The fate of concomitant tricuspid regurgitation in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting	30
Commentator Discussion: Esophagectomy may have a role in stage IV esophageal adenocarcinoma	30
Thoracic Articles in AATS Journals	30
Don't Bring Home Leftovers: Increasing Your Impact with 7 Easy, Self-Care Strategies	30

Commentary: The sublobar resections and the difference between a conjecture and a theorem	30
Critical insights on aortic aneurysm repair after cardiac ischemia	30
Commentary: Conduit selection in the COMPASS trial: Pointing in the wrong direction?	30
Commentary: More insights into the resect versus respect debate: Will we ever have a winner?	29
Editorial Board page	29
Congenital Articles in AATS Journals	29
Modifiable risk factor reduction for pediatric ventricular assist devices and the influence of persistent modifiable risk factors at transplant	29
Commentary: Finding delirium: It's harder than you think!	28
Molecular characterization and clinical investigation of patients with heritable thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection	28
Efficacy and safety of a transaortic approach to midventricular and apical septal myectomy	28
Outcomes and experience of anatomical partial lobectomy	28
Discussion	28
ABTS Announcement for Continuing Certification	28
Commentary: Just do it: Complete coronary artery revascularization—more is less!	27
Morphological and functional reserves of the right middle lobe: Radiological analysis of changes after right lower lobectomy in healthy individuals	27
Discussion	27
Commentary: Maximum standardized uptake value is no crystal ball for candidate selection for sublobar resection: The future is cloudy (ground-glass)	27
Commentary: Methods in observational studies in valve surgery, when time matters	27
Reply: Cusp repair to achieve successful sparing of the valve in bicuspid aortopathy	27
Commentary: Shaking trees, falling apples	27
Discussion	27
Commentary: Another glimpse of light for patients with Marfan syndrome	27
Ex vivo biomechanical analysis of the Ross procedure using the modified inclusion technique in a 3-dimensionally printed left heart simulator	26
Effect of thoracic surgery regionalization on long-term survival after lung cancer resection	26
Operative management of cardiac papillary fibroelastomas	26
Commentary: Building a successful robotic mitral surgery program—one size does not fit all	26
Commentary: Heart transplantation using hepatitis C–positive donors: What are we waiting for?	26
New 3-zone hybrid graft: First-in-man experience in acute type I dissection	26
Development of a risk score to predict occurrence of deep sternal dehiscence requiring operative debridement	26
Future developments in left ventricular assist device therapy	26
“To repair or not to repair, this is the question”	26
Impact of telehealth postoperative care on early outcomes following esophagectomy	26
Commentary: Cardioplegia for immature hearts utilized in adult hearts: What is at stake?	26
Validity of propensity-matched observational studies in comparative effectiveness studies	25
Extent of surgical resection for radiologically subsolid T1N0 invasive lung adenocarcinoma: When is a wedge resection acceptable?	25
Reappraisal of the role of motor and somatosensory evoked potentials during open distal aortic repair	25
Patterns and influence of nodal metastases after neoadjuvant chemoradiation and R0 resection in esophageal adenocarcinoma	25
The volume–outcome relationship in lung cancer surgery: The impact of the social determinants of health care delivery	25
Contemporary outcomes of the double switch operation for congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries	25
Aortic root geometry following composite valve graft implantation: Implications for future valve-in-valve procedures	25
Practice patterns of female cardiothoracic surgeons older than age 58 years: Are we making progress?	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
Lung resection after initial nonoperative treatment for non–small cell lung cancer	24
Norwood operation versus comprehensive stage II after bilateral pulmonary artery banding palliation for infants with critical left heart obstruction	24
Branched stented anastomosis frozen elephant trunk repair: Early results from a physician-sponsored investigational device exemption study	24
Outcomes of surgical septal myectomy for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy after previous septal reduction therapy	24
Global best practices consensus: Long-term management of patients with hybrid centrifugal flow left ventricular assist device support	24
Prevention of distal stent graft-induced new entry after endovascular repair for type B aortic dissection: A retrospective cohort study	24
Getting patients to adjuvant therapy after lung cancer resection: ERAS protocols and return to intended oncologic therapy	24
The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) 2022 Expert Consensus Document: The use of mechanical circulatory support in lung transplantation	23
Information for readers	23
Surgical Treatment of Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation in Patients Undergoing Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: Interim analysis of the TVVAD trial	23
Commentary: The safer operation can be the more complicated one	23
Contemporary left atrial appendage management during adult cardiac surgery	23
Pulmonary vein stenosis: Treatment and challenges	23
Commentary: First seek to understand (the database)	23
Congenital Articles in AATS Journals	22
Commentary: Every detail counts—different c-Jun N-terminal kinase isoforms perform different functions	22
Prosthesis choice for tricuspid valve replacement in the era of transcatheter valve-in-valve technique	22
Commentary: If you have to simulate, do it well!	22
Revascularization after minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting in 566 patients: Is it a problem?	22
Commentary: Trends in mitral valve interventions: The good, the bad, and the ugly	22
Commentary: The valve lasts, until it doesn’t; then what?	22
Commentary: The Vulcan mind MELD-XI	22
Commentary: Two roads diverged: Integrated training programs in cardiothoracic surgery	22
View Updated Content on AATS Online	22
Commentary: In vortices veritas—quantitative approach	21
Deceased-donor lobar lung transplant: A successful strategy for small-sized recipients	21
Commentary: Find first, seek later	21
Commentary: Frailty, surgical volume and outcomes: Implication for percutaneous treatment	21
Discussion	21
Commentary: The end of one journey is the beginning of the next	21
Commentary: A return trip to MARS: Less may be more when treating mesothelioma	21
Commentary: Once bitten twice…fry?	21
Discussion	21
Discussion to: Comparing apples to apples: Exploring public reporting of congenital cardiac surgery outcomes based on common congenital heart operations	21
Commentary: Stereotactic body radiation therapy utilization emits answers to the volume–outcome relationship	21
Commentator Discussion: Use of a novel donor lung scoring system as a tool for increasing lung recovery for transplantation	21
Discussion	21
Administrative and clinical databases: General thoracic surgery perspective on approaches and pitfalls	21

Commentary: Cashing in chips	21
Commentary: Follow where the data take you	21
Commentator Discussion: Efficacy and safety of a transaortic approach to midventricular and apical septal myectomy	21
Hemiarch versus extended arch repair for acute type A dissection: Results from a multicenter national registry	21
Thoracic Surgical Oncology Group: An American Association for Thoracic Surgery Clinical Trials Initiative	20
SciScribe: Automating and contextualizing literature reviews in cardiac surgery	20
Commentary: A situation where time is of the essence except when it is not	20
Commentary: Can we crack the black box of machine learning for aortic aneurysms?	20
Commentary: Ebstein anomaly with circular shunt—round and round we go but not necessarily very fast	20
Determinants of successful minimally invasive surgery for resectable non–small cell lung cancer after neoadjuvant therapy	20
Commentary: Primary cardiac lymphoma: Chasing rarity	20
Early and late experience of the modified aortic reimplantation operation	20
Conduction disturbances following surgical aortic valve replacement with a rapid-deployment bioprosthesis	20
Cardiopulmonary exercise test in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy	20
Commentary: Ionic heterogeneity in vessel grafts	20
Prognostic significance of preoperative exercise tolerance in patients with early-stage lung cancer	20
Commentary: The anticlimax of the left ventricular assist devices–associated antibodies	20
Late incidence and recurrence of new-onset atrial fibrillation after isolated surgical aortic valve replacement	20
Outcomes of coronary artery obstructions after the arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries	20
Esophageal adenocarcinoma with any component of signet ring cells portends poor prognosis and response to neoadjuvant therapy	20
Commentary: Profile matters: 1-year results of low profile endograft with thoracic aortic aneurysm and ulcer pathologies	19
Commentary: Pulmonary conduits: A note of optimism in the natural history of dead tissue?	19
Commentary: Putting the lid on left main revascularization equipoise	19
Midterm outcomes of patients with multivessel disease treated at centers with and without on-site cardiac surgery services	19
Commentary: Pulling back the curtain: Need for reoperation after valve-sparing aortic root replacement	19
Commentary: Coronary artery bypass grafting versus percutaneous coronary intervention in left main disease: Plausibility does not equal evidence	19
Commentary: To art, perchance to science	19
Discussion	19
From zone 1 to zone 3: Feasibility and safety of complex endovascular aortic repairs in type A aortic dissection	19
Cardiac substrate utilization in heart failure: Where is the relevance of SGLT2 inhibition?	19
Commentary: Determining the role of priming for spinal cord protection during open aneurysm surgery: Have we used the right model?	19
Commentary: Don't be afraid to call a friend	19
Commentary: Simple policy: Appropriate strategy and reliable surgical skill and technique	19
Reply: Preoperative diabetes duration and long-term outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting	19
Outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with heart failure with a midrange ejection fraction	18
Effect of sarcopenia on survival and spinal cord deficit outcomes after thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair in patients 60 years of age and older	18
Commentary: What is more critical: Forward flow or backward flow? Contradictory hemodynamics with mechanical prostheses	18
Commentary: In analytics we trust?	18
Reply: The challenges of comprehensive assessment in ischemic cardiomyopathy	18
Routine chest radiography after thoracostomy tube removal and during postoperative follow-up is not necessary after lung resection	18
Redlining, structural racism, and lung cancer screening disparities	18
A mapping algorithm for International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision codes for congenital heart surgery benchmark procedures	18
Reply: Time to embrace transcarotid transcatheter aortic valve replacement—new route, same valve	18
Early outcomes of lung transplantation with lung allografts from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)–positive donors	18
Paradigm shift to earlier surgery for aortic regurgitation: What should be done?	18
Commentary: One-patch, two-patch, V-patch?	18
Commentary: Does untreated associated moderate aortic regurgitation have no impact on long-term outcomes if major lesion is fixed?	18
Commentary: Simple enough, but not oversimplified	18
Commentary: Once again—the heart and the brain	18
Efficacy and safety of edoxaban in patients early after surgical bioprosthetic valve implantation or valve repair: A randomized clinical trial	18
Supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection type Ib: Morphology and outcomes	18
Refining the thoracic surgical oncology regionalization standards for esophageal surgery in Ontario, Canada: Moving from good to better	18
Reply: Mīlle viae dūcunt hominēs per saecula Rōmam	18
Commentary: Left atrial appendage. To resect, or not to resect, that is the question	18
Commentary: Beware the AVSD with no “A”	18
Commentary: A crusade against current pulmonary metastasectomy practice in colorectal cancer patients: Do the con arguments remain after the PulMiCC trial?	18
Commentary: Are the early benefits of thoracic endovascular aortic repair in complicated type B dissection durable through time?	18
Discussion to: Statewide data on surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation: The data provide a path forward	18
Prophylactic left atrial appendage ligation during coronary artery bypass grafting: A propensity score–matched analysis	18
Coronary artery bypass surgery versus percutaneous interventions for women with multivessel coronary artery disease	17
The journey of becoming a congenital heart surgeon: Too long, too costly, too unpredictable	17
Outcomes of urgent aortic wrapping for acute type A aortic dissection	17
Discussion	17
Surgical versus transcatheter repair for secondary mitral regurgitation: A propensity score–matched cohorts comparison	17
Commentary: Surgical correction of peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis appears to be a safe and durable option	17
Five-year outcomes of transcarotid transcatheter aortic valve replacement	17
Author Reply to Commentary: Textbook outcomes in robotic esophagectomy: A step forward in minimally invasive surgery?	17
Complete atrioventricular septal defect with absent or diminutive primum component: Incidence, anatomic characteristics, and outcomes	17
Commentary: Lung transplant: No support is best	17
Impact of epiaortic ultrasound utilization in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting	17
Commentary: We should not forget the aortic valve allograft	17
Outcomes of left atrioventricular valve operation following atrioventricular septal defect repair	17
Industry payments and implicit bias in cardiothoracic surgery: Difference in industry payments to cardiothoracic surgeons by gender	17
Social vulnerability is associated with increased postoperative morbidity following esophagectomy	17
Association of chest tube position with phrenic nerve palsy after neonatal and infant cardiac surgery	17
Commentator Discussion: Survival, function, and immune profiling after beating heart transplantation	17
Commentator Discussion: AATS Quality Gateway: A surgeon case study of its application in adult cardiac surgery for quality assurance	17
Commentary: Just the tip of the iceberg…	17
Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene conduits with curved and handsewn bileaflet designs for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction	17
Commentary: Old problem, new solution: Epicardial annuloplasty with left ventricular support for functional mitral regurgitation	17
Safety of adjuvant atezolizumab after pneumonectomy/bilobectomy in stage II-IIIA non–small cell lung cancer in the randomized phase III IMpower010 trial	17
Incidence, characteristics, and outcomes of reintervention after mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair	17
Commentary: To whom much is given much will be required	16
Impact of concomitant complex cardiac anatomy in nonsyndromic patients with complete atrioventricular septal defect	16
Commentary: Spinal cord ischemia: It's the anatomy, stupid	16
Sex-based outcomes of surgical myectomy for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: An analysis from the National Readmission Database	16
Table of contents	16
Reply from author: External wrapping procedure for type A intramural hematoma	16
Commentary: We need a research agenda	16
Thoracic Articles in AATS Journals	16
Commentary: Posting up for the stentless	16
When a segmentectomy is not a segmentectomy: Quality assurance audit and evaluation of required elements for an anatomic segmentectomy	16
Midterm results of transventricular mitral valve repair: Single-center experience	16
Commentary: Finding the balance: The role for adjuvant immunotherapy in the neoadjuvant era	16
Commentary: Alpha-gal syndrome and cardiac implant durability	16