European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Article	Citations
Corrigendum to ‘Predictors of safety and success in minimally invasive surgery for degenerative mitral disease’	358
Gastric conduit obstruction after oesophagectomy: a comprehensive approach for surgical revision	204
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery – 2020 Reviewers	86
Right ventricular remodelling after endo-exclusion during pulmonary valve replacement: evaluation by cardiac magnetic resonance	53
Total aortic arch replacement in the elderly: is the sky the limit?	53
Surgical experience makes a difference: but what is surgical experience?	44
The vascular ring decision tree	44
The prognostic value of lymph node ratio in patients with surgically resected stage I–III small-cell lung cancer: a propensity score matching analysis of the SEER database	33
Do we really need more evidences to support early intervention for tricuspid regurgitation? The paradox of a well-tolerated disease	31
Omentopexy may not be enough	29
Cardiac catheterization in the postoperative period: often too late, never too soon	29
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery – 2021 Reviewers	27
The Age, Creatinine, Ejection Fraction score: history, philosophy and perspectives	27
Transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis: Pat Garrett versus Billy the Kid?	26
Fighting against ‘cancel culture’ in cardiac surgery	25
Commentary: Gender differences in payments to cardiothoracic surgeons are unacceptable	25
No “great divide” in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension undergoing pulmonary endarterectomy?	24
Should pre-operative computer tomography with post-processed three-dimensional images become the benchmark in mitral valve surgery?	24
The results of aortic arch replacement using antegrade cerebral perfusion in haemodialysis patients: analysis of the Japan cardiovascular surgery database	24
Routine postoperative coronary computed tomography after coronary artery bypass grafting: the new standard of care?	21
Reply to Roberto et al	21
Patient–prosthesis mismatch and long-term outcome following aortic valve replacement	21
Corrigendum to ‘Myasthenia is a poor prognostic factor for perioperative outcomes after robotic thymectomy for thymoma’	21
Right ventricular function evaluation in pulmonary valve replacement surgery	20
Left atrial myxoma resection through right mini-thoracotomy in a patient with retrosternal gastric tube	20

Pleural effusion: a potential surrogate marker for higher-risk patients with acute type B aortic dissections	19
Statistical primer: using prognostic models to predict the future: what cardiothoracic surgery can learn from Strictly Come Dancing	19
Surgical resection of Masaoka stage III thymic epithelial tumours with great vessels involvement: a retrospective multicentric analysis from the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons thymic database	18
What my life will be like after surgery?	18
Incidence, determinants and clinical impact of left ventricular function recovery after surgical treatments for ischaemic cardiomyopathy	18
Minimally invasive lobectomy versus stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for stage I non-small cell lung cancer	18
Isolated tricuspid valve disease: transcatheter treatment ‘for all’?	18
Start early, start strong: physical activity for avoiding and surviving coronary surgery	17
The bubble in predicting bubbles?	17
Adam Smith’s invisible hand in robotic surgery	17
The central role of cannulation in determining outcomes after surgery for acute type A aortic dissection: where do we stand?	16
Influence of residual primary entry following the tear-oriented strategy for acute type A aortic dissection	16
Taking tricuspid valve surgery to the next level: repair techniques below the annulus	16
Invited commentary on: the usefulness of the nomogram to predict tumor spread through air spaces in patients with clinical stage I non-small-cell lung cancer preoperatively	16
Impact of distal aortic perfusion on ‘segmental steal’ depleting spinal cord blood flow—a quantitative experimental approach	16
Hidden usual suspects of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy	16
Aortic valve reimplantation in patients with Marfan and other connective tissue syndromes: a success story for these patients!	16
Editorial comments on ‘Effects of ischaemic postconditioning in aortic valve replacement: a multicenter randomized controlled trial’	15
Long-term outcomes after Fontan palliation—the many shades of blue	15
Spread through air spaces is a common phenomenon of pulmonary metastasized tumours regardless of origins	15
The bicuspid aortic valve complex: still a mystery	15
Vascular ring connector-related aorto-oesophageal fistula of the descending aorta	15
The best in the whole	15
Stentless bioprosthesis for young patients: are they worth it?	14
Post-transplant outcomes of standard and extended criteria donation after circulatory death donor lungs categorized by donation after brain death lung criteria	14
The value of competition: a patient-tailored approach to aortic valve replacement	14
OBSERVANT aortic valve replacement score to predict 30-day mortality after surgical aortic valve replacement	14
Outcomes of primary sternal closure for postoperative mediastinitis in children	14
Presidential address: ‘danger and opportunities’	14
Surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot with right atrial appendage: what is more?	14
From courage to ischaemia: is still there a role for myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) in stable coronary artery disease?	13
Successful surgical treatment of a long ingrowing intra-coronary septic vegetation	13
One size does not fit all patients in lung transplantation	13
Long-term outcomes after aortic valve replacement using a 19-mm bioprosthesis	13
Prognostic influence of a ground-glass opacity component in hypermetabolic lung adenocarcinoma	13
How to minimize the circulatory arrest time by using the Thoraflex Hybrid prosthesis: the ‘release and perfuse’ technique	13
Outcomes of isolated tricuspid valve surgery in contemporary practice	13
Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair based on pre- and postoperative evaluation of the artery of Adamkiewicz	13
Cryopreserved aortic homografts for complex aortic valve or root endocarditis: a 28-year experience	13
Corrigendum to ‘In vivo model for cross-species porcine endogenous retrovirus transmission using tissue engineered pulmonary arteries’	13
Early-to-midterm outcomes of aortic balloon occlusion technique versus hybrid procedure for aortic arch diseases	13
Demonstrating equal perfusion during coarctation repair using transfontanellar contrast-enhanced ultrasound: diagnostic niche or future standard imaging?	12
Reply to García-Villarreal et al	12
Landing in ‘zone 0’ during hybrid aortic arch surgery: the ‘soundness’ based on clinical and morphological selection	12
Extra-thoracic rupture of giant subclavian artery aneurysm	12
Stress ulcer prophylaxis in the cardiac surgery intensive care unit	12
Enduring nemesis: human leucocyte antigen mismatch on lung transplant outcomes	12
My video is better than yours: a new chapter for perioperative assessment of function?	12
Anatomical variant of the right pulmonary artery	12
Invited commentary to: Intraoperative echocardiographic assessment of mitral valve translocation	12

Corrigendum to: A potential future Fontan modification: preliminary in vitro data of a pressure-generating tube from engineered heart tissue	12
Radial artery versus saphenous vein versus right internal thoracic artery for coronary artery bypass grafting	11
Benefit of mechanical ventilation during neonatal cardiopulmonary bypass: too good to be true?	11
Reply to Peterss et al.	11
Oral application of levosimendan before ischaemia/reperfusion with or without cardioplegic arrest in rats	11
Is complex segmentectomy safe?	11
Robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery demonstrates a lower rate of conversion to thoracotomy than video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for complex lobectomies	11
Strategies to reduce acute kidney injury after cardiopulmonary bypass: is it only about oxygen delivery?	11
Long-term results of thoracoscopic ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: is the glass half full or half empty?	11
Posterior mediastinal arteriovenous haemangioma	11
Garbage in, garbage out	11
Vascular ring surgery: future trends and challenges in diagnosis and treatment	11
Layer-specific Nos3 expression and genotypic distribution in bicuspid aortic valve aortopathy	11
Surgical outcomes of pulmonary artery sling and congenital tracheal stenosis with right lung anomaly	11
Aortic valve reimplantation: unquestionably a long-term solution?	11
Predictors of survival in paediatric mitral valve surgery: the impact of age at operation at late follow-up	11
New insights in the surgical treatment of long-segment congenital tracheal stenosis	11
Nodal skip metastasis in oesophageal cancer: different definition and different prognostic role	11
Novel concepts and early results of repairing common arterial trunk	11
Minimally invasive surgery versus sternotomy in native mitral valve endocarditis: a matched comparison	11
Parsimonious risk model for predicting mortality after surgical lung biopsy for interstitial lung disease	11
Single-centre outcome of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after the neonatal Norwood procedure	11
In memory of William I. Norwood	11
Preoperative oral magnesium loading to prevent postoperative atrial fibrillation following coronary surgery: a prospective randomized controlled trial	10
Expanding the definition of a ‘heart team’	10
Reply to Hernandez-Vaquero and Hernandez-Vaquero	10
Risk factors for mortality after cardiovascular surgery in patients with functional single ventricle and right isomerism	10
Repair with annuloplasty only of balanced bileaflet mitral valve prolapse with severe regurgitation	10
Thoracic bilateral sympathectomy attenuates oxidative stress and prevents ventricular remodelling in experimental pulmonary hypertension	10
Reply to Filho et al.	10
New challenges in the era of low-intermediate risk transcatheter aortic valve replacement: surgery for infective endocarditis	10
Three-dimensional printed moulds to obtain silicone hearts with congenital defects for paediatric heart-surgeon training	10
The technique of balloon occlusion-assisted repair of a pseudoaneurysm originated from the side branch of an ascending aortic prosthetic graft via mini-thoracotomy	10
Choosing the right access site for TAVI—doing things right or doing the right things	10
The bittersweet consequences of diabetes on mortality following left ventricular assist device implantation	10
The reason why balloons pop and whether it matters to the aorta	10
Revisiting the forgotten valve in minimally invasive surgery	10
Intra-corporeal recovery of the donor heart after circulatory-determined death followed by cold storage in clinical practice	10
Mechanical circulatory support therapy monitoring in EUROMACS enters into its second decade with new challenges ahead	10
Midterm results of arch augmentation with autologous vascular patch in interrupted aortic arch	10
Anatomical reconstruction of proximal coronary artery stenosis in children	10
Pulmonary sequestration with feeding arterial pseudoaneurysm	10
Efficacy of singular and composite annular repositioning and subvalvular surgical techniques to treat functional tricuspid regurgitation due to leaflet tethering: Early results of a feasibility study	10
Bleeding in patients with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices: acquired von Willebrand disease or antithrombotics?	10
Post-pericardiotomy syndrome: insights into neglected postoperative issues	10
A classification of abdominal lymphatic perfusion patterns after Fontan surgery	9
The role of abnormal subaortic morphometry as a substrate for left ventricular outflow tract obstruction following atrioventricular septal defect repair	9
An external validation study of the Utah Bleeding Risk Score	9
Multimodality treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma: evolving patient selection criteria using scores	9
Coaptation length predicts early- and intermediate-term durability following degenerative mitral repair	9
Common atrioventricular valve surgery in children with functional single ventricle	9
The frozen elephant trunk technique: impact of proximalization and the four-sites perfusion technique	9
3-Dimensional computed tomographic assessment predicts conduction block and paravalvular leakage after rapid-deployment aortic valve replacement	9
Morphological risk of acute type A aortic dissection in the mildly to moderately dilated aorta	9
Thrombocytopaenia successfully treated by a multilocular thymic cyst resection	9
Human leukocyte antigen mismatch on lung transplantation outcomes	9
Anatomical variations of the upper thoracic sympathetic chain: a review	9
Right ventricular dysfunction in hypoplastic left heart syndrome: superimposed effects of afterload and insulin resistance in puberty?	9
Surgical management of failing Fontan circulation: results from 30 cases with 285 patient-years follow-up	9
Right aortic arch forming a true vascular ring: a clinical review	9
Mechanical support of pulmonary blood flow as a strategy to support the Norwood circulation-lumped parameter model study	9
Cardiorespiratory fitness and the incidence of coronary surgery and postoperative mortality: the HUNT study	9
The figure-of-8 aortic valve suturing technique optimizes the effective orifice area of a small aortic annulus—an ex vivo study	9
A comparison of autologous pericardium with Dacron™ for closure of ventricular septal defect in infants	9
The prognostic impact of the ground-glass opacity component in nearly pure-solid stage IA non-small-cell lung cancer	9
A preliminary study on the normal values of the thoracic Haller index in children	9
Biological or mechanical mitral valve replacement in patients 50–70 years of age—a propensity-adjusted analysis	9
Surgical therapy of infective endocarditis following interventional or surgical pulmonary valve replacement	8
The presence of an additional ventricular chamber does not change the outcome of Fontan circulation: a comparative study	8
Retrograde autologous priming in cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis	8
Self-made bovine pericardial tube grafts: maybe the best thing since sliced bread	8
Which is the best approach for minimally invasive oesophagectomy?	8
A novel method of tracheal anastomosis healing using a single submucosal injection of basic fibroblast growth factor: initial report	8
Conduction disorders after perimembranous ventricular septal defect closure: continuous versus interrupted suturing techniques	8
Comparative outcomes of total arch versus hemiarch repair in acute DeBakey type I aortic dissection: the impact of 21 years of experience	8
Commissural closure to treat severe mitral regurgitation: standing the test of time	8
Progression of aortic valve insufficiency during centrifugal versus axial flow left ventricular assist device support	8
A reappraisal of the sinus venosus defect	8
Surgery for infective endocarditis following low-intermediate risk transcatheter aortic valve replacement—a multicentre experience	8
Custodiol-N versus Custodiol: a prospective randomized double-blind multicentre phase III trial in patients undergoing elective coronary bypass surgery	8

Strategies for mitral valve disease in children: what, how and when	8
Outcomes of surgical resection after neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy in locally advanced stage IIIA non-small-cell lung cancer	8
Repair of the descending thoracic aorta using minimally invasive endoscopic Robot-assisted surgery: a feasibility study with the DaVinci XI system in a cadaver model	8
Aortic arch reconstruction in the Norwood procedure using a curved polytetrafluorethylene patch	8
Thoracoscopic anatomical individual basilar segmentectomy	8
Effects of ischaemic postconditioning in aortic valve replacement: a multicenter randomized controlled trial	8
Transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement: a new polycarbonate urethane valve	8
Subannular repair for functional mitral regurgitation type IIIb in patients with ischaemic versus dilated cardiomyopathy	8
Outcomes of open and endovascular repair of Kommerell diverticulum	8
Superior vena cava prosthetic replacement for non-small cell lung cancer: is it worthwhile?	8
Exploring the potential of rapid evaporative ionization mass spectrometry (Intelligent Knife) for point-of-care testing in aortic surgery	8
Liver-first strategy for a combined lung and liver transplant in patients with cystic fibrosis	8
Reply to Centofanti et al.	7
The importance of what proposed is not diminished if you are the first or the second	7
Long-term durability and resilient tissue: ‘the future end of valve in valve!’	7
Myocardial or endothelial protection! Preferably both, but is that achievable with current cardioplegic solutions?	7
Risk factors for postoperative delirium after cardiac surgical procedures with cardioplegic arrest	7
Robotic thymectomy for thymoma in patients with myasthenia gravis: neurological and oncological outcomes	7
Composition of the surgical team in aortic arch surgery—a risk factor analysis	7
Impact of age on the outcomes of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation: analysis using inverse probability of treatment weighting	7
Late outcome of extracardiac Fontan patients: 32 years of follow-up	7
Bicuspid aortic valve repair: outcomes after 17 years of experience	7
Periprocedural myocardial infarction: a web of definitions	7
Extracorporeal life support as a bridge to pulmonary retransplantation: prognostic factors for survival in a multicentre cohort analysis	7
Fate of patients weaned from post-cardiotomy extracorporeal life support	7
Of hypes and paradigms in the search of the ideal valved conduit in the young	7
Do not try to run before you can walk	7
Pulmonary Metastasectomy in Colorectal Cancer (PulMiCC) randomized controlled trial: a systematic review of published responses	7
Surgical aortic valve replacement in patients aged 50–69 years—insights from the German Aortic Valve Registry (GARY)	7
Robotic subxiphoid thymectomy versus lateral thymectomy: a propensity score-matched comparison	7
Long-term survival after coronary bypass surgery with multiple versus single arterial grafts	7
Minimally invasive endoscopic mitral valve repair—the new gold standard for degenerative mitral valve disease	7
Artificial intelligence-based early detection of acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery	7
Long-term results of concomitant atrioventricular valve intervention and the Fontan operation	7
Ventricular septal defect following mitral valve replacement	7
A heart-team hybrid approach for atrial fibrillation: a single-centre long-term clinical outcome cohort study	7
‘Mixed’ total anomalous pulmonary venous connection—neglect at your own peril	7
Surgical treatment of infective endocarditis: is there a role for rapid deployment aortic valve replacement?	7
Surgical valve replacement in adults late after total cavo-pulmonary connection/Fontan procedure	7
Retraction to ‘The effects of preoperative aspirin therapy on platelet function in cardiac surgery’ [Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1992;6:598–602]	7
Urgent endovascular repair of thoracoabdominal aneurysms using an off-the-shelf multibranched endograft	7
Differences in life expectancy between men and women after aortic valve replacement	7
Permanent pacemaker implantation following mitral valve surgery: a retrospective cohort study of risk factors and long-term outcomes	7
Preoperative predictors of successful tumour localization by intraoperative molecular imaging with pafolacianine in lung cancer to create predictive nomogram	7
Excessive oozing through the fabric of the branched Cryolife-Jotec Evita Open NEO hybrid prosthesis	7
Complete coronary thrombolysis on continuous-flow left ventricular assist device	6
Predictors and severity of intestinal ischaemia following on-pump cardiac surgery: a retrospective, propensity-matched analysis	6
Sex-specific differences and postoperative outcomes of minimally invasive and sternotomy valve surgery	6
Short-term outcome of adenosine–lidocaine–magnesium polarizing cardioplegia in humans	6
Correlation of clinical and computed tomography features of thymic epithelial tumours with World Health Organization classification and Masaoka–Koga staging	6
New single-branch stent grafts for the subclavian artery during distal arch endovascular repair should be designed according to morphological studies of supra-aortic trunks	6
A Delphi Consensus report from the "Prolonged Air Leak: A Survey" study group on prevention and management of postoperative air leaks after minimally invasive anatomical resections	6
Reply to Yurekli et al.	6
An aberrant anterior ascending segmental pulmonary artery (A3aii) in a patient with lung cancer	6
Stent deformation in a sutureless aortic valve bioprosthesis: a pilot observational analysis using imaging and three-dimensional modelling	6
Neural networks may outperform classical regressions, but only when non-linear relationships are considered	6
Corrigendum to: Incidence and 1-year outcome of periprocedural myocardial infarction following cardiac surgery: are the Universal Definition and Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention	6
Septal myectomy in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with lesser septal thickness—mitral valve repair is not necessary	6
Survival after surgery of the ascending aorta: a matched cohort study	6
Heterotopic ossification of a pedicled intercostal muscle flap	6
Non-robotic minimally invasive mitral valve repair: a 20-year single-centre experience	6
Another brick in the wall?	6
Think twice before trusting your eyes	6
Mediastinal lymph node dissection: punishment or discipline?	6
‘Ulcer-like projection’ in uncomplicated acute type B intramural haematoma: might we prevent or protect from an unexpected event?	6
Laryngotracheal resection can be performed safely without a guardian Chin stitch—a single-centre experience including 165 consecutive patients	6
Time between imaging and surgery is not a risk factor for upstaging of clinical stage IA non-small-cell lung cancer	6
Left ventricular growth, but not the whole picture	6
Development of a soft three-dimensional replica of the mitral valve for procedural planning	6
We may need to pay more attention to the distance from the take-off of the left subclavian artery to the take-off of the left vertebral artery	6
Alaska pollock gelatin sealant shows long-term efficacy and safety in a pulmonary air leakage rat model	6
Propensity matched long-term analysis of mechanical versus stentless aortic valve replacement in the younger patient	6
Postoperative outcome after reoperative isolated tricuspid valve surgery—is there a predictor for survival?	6
Reply to Nezic and Tomsic and Klautz	6
Ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation: the added value of hybrid	6
Support, mentor and empower: female cardiothoracic surgeons across Europe and the role of the society	6
A new age of aortic valve repair	6
The beauty of diversity: thoughts on different total arch repair	6
Assessment of aortic annuloplasty techniques—is the jury already in?	6
Erratum to: ‘Adipocyte-derived relaxing factor—a fat load to be learnt’	6
Reply to Cheng et al	6
Cardiac tamponade during contrast infusion through central venous catheter	6
Tricuspid valve repair concomitant with the Norwood operation among babies with hypoplastic left heart syndrome	5
Tricuspid annuloplasty ring for external support of right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery conduit	5
Reply to Nezic	5
Prognostic impact of invasive exercise haemodynamics in patients with severe mitral regurgitation	5
Recurrent infective stenosis of Fontan conduit	5
Adipocyte-derived relaxing factor—a fat load to be learnt	5
Tangled up in blue: the complexities of pulmonary artery augmentation	5
Elective replacement of the ascending aorta: not only size matters!	5
Impact of ascending aortic prosthetic grafts on early postoperative descending aortic biomechanics on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging	5
The Latin American Association of Cardiac and Endovascular Surgery statement regarding the recently released 2020 ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Valvular Heart Disease	5
Segmentectomy versus lobectomy for solid predominant cN0 lung cancer considering Deauville score	5
Type B dissection risk assessment—can aortic flow visualization solve the morphological puzzle?	5
Outflow graft stenosis and the role of unintended consequences	5