European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Papers
(The H4-Index of European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery is 21. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Benefit of mechanical ventilation during neonatal cardiopulmonary bypass: too good to be true?251
Strategies to reduce acute kidney injury after cardiopulmonary bypass: is it only about oxygen delivery?35
Corrigendum to ‘Predictors of safety and success in minimally invasive surgery for degenerative mitral disease’35
Effects of ischaemic postconditioning in aortic valve replacement: a multicenter randomized controlled trial30
Transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis: Pat Garrett versus Billy the Kid?30
3-Dimensional computed tomographic assessment predicts conduction block and paravalvular leakage after rapid-deployment aortic valve replacement29
Retraction to ‘The effects of preoperative aspirin therapy on platelet function in cardiac surgery’ [Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1992;6:598–602]28
A reappraisal of the sinus venosus defect27
Extracorporeal life support as a bridge to pulmonary retransplantation: prognostic factors for survival in a multicentre cohort analysis27
Spread through air spaces is a common phenomenon of pulmonary metastasized tumours regardless of origins26
Post-pericardiotomy syndrome: insights into neglected postoperative issues26
Cryopreserved aortic homografts for complex aortic valve or root endocarditis: a 28-year experience26
Pulmonary sequestration with feeding arterial pseudoaneurysm26
Commissural closure to treat severe mitral regurgitation: standing the test of time25
Bleeding in patients with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices: acquired von Willebrand disease or antithrombotics?24
Expanding the definition of a ‘heart team’24
Robotic subxiphoid thymectomy versus lateral thymectomy: a propensity score-matched comparison24
Long-term survival after coronary bypass surgery with multiple versus single arterial grafts23
Human leukocyte antigen mismatch on lung transplantation outcomes22
‘Mixed’ total anomalous pulmonary venous connection—neglect at your own peril22
New single-branch stent grafts for the subclavian artery during distal arch endovascular repair should be designed according to morphological studies of supra-aortic trunks22
Of hypes and paradigms in the search of the ideal valved conduit in the young21
Segmentectomy versus lobectomy for solid predominant cN0 lung cancer considering Deauville score21
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