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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
ArticleCitations
Benefit of mechanical ventilation during neonatal cardiopulmonary bypass: too good to be true?265
Retraction to ‘The effects of preoperative aspirin therapy on platelet function in cardiac surgery’ [Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1992;6:598–602]37
Corrigendum to ‘Predictors of safety and success in minimally invasive surgery for degenerative mitral disease’37
Human leukocyte antigen mismatch on lung transplantation outcomes33
Commissural closure to treat severe mitral regurgitation: standing the test of time31
Pulmonary sequestration with feeding arterial pseudoaneurysm31
Spread through air spaces is a common phenomenon of pulmonary metastasized tumours regardless of origins29
Expanding the definition of a ‘heart team’29
Extracorporeal life support as a bridge to pulmonary retransplantation: prognostic factors for survival in a multicentre cohort analysis28
Transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis: Pat Garrett versus Billy the Kid?27
A Question of Mechanism: Unraveling the True Driver of Survival in Neoadjuvant Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Therapy26
Cryopreserved aortic homografts for complex aortic valve or root endocarditis: a 28-year experience25
A reappraisal of the sinus venosus defect25
New single-branch stent grafts for the subclavian artery during distal arch endovascular repair should be designed according to morphological studies of supra-aortic trunks24
Robotic subxiphoid thymectomy versus lateral thymectomy: a propensity score-matched comparison24
‘Mixed’ total anomalous pulmonary venous connection—neglect at your own peril24
Of hypes and paradigms in the search of the ideal valved conduit in the young23
A case of the blues22
Support, mentor and empower: female cardiothoracic surgeons across Europe and the role of the society22
Survival of a Large Traumatic Ventricular Septal Defect Caused by a Firework Explosion21
Left ventricular assist device-related infections, strokes and management: a changing landscape21
Non-robotic minimally invasive mitral valve repair: a 20-year single-centre experience21
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