European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Article	Citations
Benefit of mechanical ventilation during neonatal cardiopulmonary bypass: too good to be true?	271
Retraction to ‘The effects of preoperative aspirin therapy on platelet function in cardiac surgery’ [Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1992;6:598–602]	39
Human leukocyte antigen mismatch on lung transplantation outcomes	38
Pulmonary sequestration with feeding arterial pseudoaneurysm	34
Commissural closure to treat severe mitral regurgitation: standing the test of time	33
Expanding the definition of a ‘heart team’	29
The Right of Having Doubts in a World of Certainties	28
Robotic subxiphoid thymectomy versus lateral thymectomy: a propensity score-matched comparison	26
Cryopreserved aortic homografts for complex aortic valve or root endocarditis: a 28-year experience	26
A Question of Mechanism: Unraveling the True Driver of Survival in Neoadjuvant Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Therapy	26
A reappraisal of the sinus venosus defect	25
Of hypes and paradigms in the search of the ideal valved conduit in the young	24
‘Mixed’ total anomalous pulmonary venous connection—neglect at your own peril	24
Left ventricular assist device-related infections, strokes and management: a changing landscape	23
Support, mentor and empower: female cardiothoracic surgeons across Europe and the role of the society	23
A case of the blues	23
Survival of a Large Traumatic Ventricular Septal Defect Caused by a Firework Explosion	22
Long-Term Incidence and Risk Factors of Subaortic Pannus Overgrowth After Bileaflet Mechanical Aortic Valve Replacement	22
Safety of Percutaneous Thermal Ablation of Lung Tumours in Pulmonary Hypertension	21
Perineural Invasion Affects the Risk and Pattern of Recurrence in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer	21
Composition of the surgical team in aortic arch surgery—a risk factor analysis	19
Non-robotic minimally invasive mitral valve repair: a 20-year single-centre experience	18
Non-occlusive mesenteric ischaemia: just avoid norepinephrine, what else?	18
Ross redux versus aortic valve repair	17
Aortic root replacement: what is in your wallet?	17

Pulmonary metastasectomy: the discussion continues	17
Minimally invasive thymectomy: the best option for early and locally advanced epithelial thymomas	17
Long-term results of tricuspid valve repair using three-dimensional versus flexible rings in patients with functional tricuspid regurgitation	17
Challenges to rescuing patients in cardiogenic shock	16
Segmental volumetric analysis with a ventilated or perfused area: identifying the intersegmental plane	16
Aortic valve repair using pericardial patch standardized with external ring annuloplasty	16
Unintentional False Lumen Placement of Frozen Elephant Trunk in Aortic Dissections: Root Cause Analysis of Morphological Risk Factors	16
Impact of hypoxemia and re-interventions on clinical outcomes after bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt	16
Long-term evolution of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide levels and exercise capacity in 132 left ventricular assist device recipients	15
Anatomical analysis of the aortic arch and feasibility study of double and triple branched thoracic endografts in the treatment of isolated arch pathologies	15
The “Heart-and-Brain Interaction” in Newborns with Complex Congenital Heart Disease	15
Hospital Variation in Aortic Valve Replacement Approach Selection for Aortic Stenosis in Patients Under 65	15
Perioperative stroke and survival in coronary artery bypass grafting patients: a SWEDEHEART study	15
OUP accepted manuscript	15
Left ventricular rehabilitation in an infant with transposition of the great arteries, intact ventricular septum, pulmonary stenosis and small left ventricle	14
Safety and efficacy of surgical correction of anomalous aortic origin of coronary arteries: experiences from 2 tertiary cardiac centres	14
Another big win for cardiorespiratory fitness now in aortic valve disease	14
Outcomes of the Ross procedure in patients older versus younger than 50 years old	14
Treatment strategy for patients with chronic coronary disease: surgical data versus big data—who is right?	14
Short-Term Outcomes After Lung Transplantation Using Grafts Preserved at 10 °C: A Single-Centre Study	13
Cardiorespiratory fitness and the incidence of surgery for aortic valve stenosis—the HUNT study	13
Predictive factors and prognosis of microscopic residual disease in non-small-cell lung cancer surgery	13
Late clinical and echocardiographic results with the Magna Ease© pericardial aortic bioprosthesis	13
The surgical anatomy of hearts with isomeric atrial appendages—implications for surgical management	13
Cannulation strategies for acute type A dissection—role of central cannulation	13
Frozen elephant trunk technique using hybrid grafts: 15-year outcomes from a single-centre experience	13
Open surgical replacement of the descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aorta in patients with confirmed Marfan and Loeys-Dietz syndromes: A 20-year single-centre experience	13
Repair of insufficient aortic valve and single coronary artery with intramural course	13
Successful repair of an outflow graft twisting of Heartmate II left ventricular assist device: a case report	12
Is aortic valve-sparing root reimplantation sustainable in Loeys–Dietz patients?	12
Beyond the Clock: Rethinking Surgical Timing in the Immunotherapy Era for Esophageal Cancer	12
Ventricular assist devices in transposition and failing systemic right ventricle: role of tricuspid valve replacement	12
Invited commentary: indigo carmine and lipiodol mixture marking in lung segmentectomy	12
Progression of aortic insufficiency with durable mechanical support	12
Comparison of 3 Surgical Procedures for DeBakey Type I Acute Aortic Dissection: When Is Frozen Elephant Trunk Recommended?	12
Reply to Vervoort et al.	12
Thoracic endovascular repair in patients with concomitant blunt aortic injuries and abdominal trauma: what are the risks and results?	12
The Price of Consensus: Reviewer Disagreement, Editorial Dynamics, and Impact in Thoracic Oncology Publishing	12
Textbook Outcome in Mitral Valve Surgery—Results from the Netherlands Heart Registration	12
Reply to Ignazio Condello	11
Intravenous infusion of cardiac progenitor cells in animal models of single ventricular physiology	11
Impact of pre-existing right or left bundle branch block on patients undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement	11
Cannulation strategy in frozen elephant trunk for type A aortic dissection: double arterial cannulation approach	11
Comparing survival between neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by open or thoracoscopic oesophagectomy in patients with oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma	11
HVAD to HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device exchange: Best practices recommendations	11
Twenty-five years’ experience with isolated bicuspid aortic valve repair: impact of commissural orientation	11
Reply to Chen et al	11
Use of Aprotinin versus Tranexamic Acid in Cardiac Surgery Patients with High-Risk for Excessive Bleeding (APACHE) trial: a multicentre retrospective comparative non-randomized historical study	11
A bilateral lung transplant and giant pulmonary artery aneurysm reconstruction with an aortic graft in a woman with pulmonary hypertension	11
Activation of the NF-κB Signalling Pathway by Angiotensin II Aggravates Renal Inflammatory Injury During Non-Pulsatile Perfusion	11

Preoperative percutaneous needle indigo carmine and lipiodol mixture marking in lung segmentectomy	11
Editorial comments on ‘Effects of ischaemic postconditioning in aortic valve replacement: a multicenter randomized controlled trial’	10
The Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index as an Alternative to the EuroSCORE II in Estimating Cardiac Surgery Risk	10
Mid-term outcomes of isolated tricuspid valve surgery according to preoperative clinical and functional staging	10
Questioning the Evidence for Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair in Functional Mitral Regurgitation	10
Midterm results of arch augmentation with autologous vascular patch in interrupted aortic arch	10
Five-year results of Amaze: a randomized controlled trial of adjunct surgery for atrial fibrillation	10
Anatomical variant of the right pulmonary artery	10
Cardiac catheterization in the postoperative period: often too late, never too soon	10
Commentary: Gender differences in payments to cardiothoracic surgeons are unacceptable	10
Robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for mediastinal tumours in children: a single-centre retrospective study of 149 patients	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
Effects of the harvesting technique and external stenting on progression of vein graft disease 2 years after coronary artery bypass	10
Risk factors for mortality after cardiovascular surgery in patients with functional single ventricle and right isomerism	10
Patient-Specific Susceptibility to the Nadir Oxygen Delivery on Cardiopulmonary Bypass	10
The prognostic impact of the ground-glass opacity component in nearly pure-solid stage IA non-small-cell lung cancer	10
Effects of postoperative cognitive training on neurocognitive decline after heart surgery: a randomized clinical trial	10
The Critical Role of Concomitant Revascularization in Mitral Valve Surgery for Post-Infarction Papillary Muscle Rupture	10
Mid-term Outcomes of the Ross II Procedure in Infants and Young Children with Irreparable Mitral Disease	9
Reply to Tomšič et al	9
Reply to Van den Eyde et al.	9
Effect of Donor Age on Survival in Lung Transplantation: A Multicentric Retrospective Study	9
Should we leave the door closed or open in thymic carcinoma surgery?	9
Late outcome of extracardiac Fontan patients: 32 years of follow-up	9
Combined large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma: clinical characteristics, prognosis and postoperative management	9
Rapid deployment and sutureless aortic valve replacement international registry: a step forward to define the ideal target patient population	9
Surgical treatment of infective endocarditis: is there a role for rapid deployment aortic valve replacement?	8
Effect of donor-recipient age difference on living-donor lung transplantation outcomes	8
Reply to Mukharyamov et al	8
Detection of blood stains using computer vision-based algorithms and their association with postoperative outcomes in thoracoscopic lobectomies	8
Pulmonary Metastasectomy in Colorectal Cancer (PulMiCC) randomized controlled trial: a systematic review of published responses	8
An aberrant anterior ascending segmental pulmonary artery (A3aii) in a patient with lung cancer	8
Risk factors for postoperative delirium after cardiac surgical procedures with cardioplegic arrest	8
Myocardial or endothelial protection! Preferably both, but is that achievable with current cardioplegic solutions?	8
Artificial intelligence in thoracic oncology: moving from proof of concept to clinical practice	8
Effect of postoperative atrial fibrillation on early and mid-term outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft surgery	8
Comprehensive investigation of lung cancer associated with cystic airspaces: predictive value of morphology	8
Alaska pollock gelatin sealant shows long-term efficacy and safety in a pulmonary air leakage rat model	8
Weathering the Aorta: The Impact of Environmental Factors on Acute Aortic Dissection	7
The transformation of risk modelling in cardiac and thoracic surgery through artificial intelligence	7
Bouncing back after thoracic surgery	7
Reporting surgical outcomes of left-sided endocarditis: can patient features and analysis methods matter more than prosthesis type?	7
Pulmonary metastasectomy for metastatic head and neck cancer prolongs survival significantly compared to non-surgical therapy	7
Postoperative Fibrosis-4 Index and Hemocompatibility-Related Events After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation	7
Prognostic thresholds of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography mean and maximum standardized uptake values for survival and nodal involvement in lung neuroendocrine neoplasms	7
Reply to Sankar et al.	7
How non-committed is non-committed?	7
Is extension of Florida Sleeve indications taking us in the right direction?	7
Contemporary management of borderline left ventricle	7
Can preoperative features predict residual false lumen remodelling after tear-oriented limited resection for acute type I dissection?	7
Treatment and intention-to-treat propensity score analysis to evaluate the impact of video-assisted thoracic surgery on 90-day mortality after anatomical resection for lung cancer	6
Does danger impend not after arrival but before arrival?	6
Impact of Mild-to-Moderate Donor Lung Infiltration on Post-lung Transplant Survival Outcomes and Risk Factors: A National Cohort Study	6
Prognostic Significance of the Controlling Nutritional Status Score in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Undergoing Neoadjuvant Therapy: Development of a Predictive Nomogram	6
Neoadjuvant Chemoimmunotherapy in Non-small-cell Lung Cancer Patients: Effects on Pulmonary Function and Incidence of Postoperative Pulmonary Complications—A Multicentre Real-World Study	6
Is it time for an endovascular first approach for ruptured thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms?	6
Evaluation of multiple ventricular septal defects using three-dimensional reconstruction models	6
Lung transplantation long-term survival is worse in patients who have undergone previous cardiac surgery	6
Mechanical versus biological valve prostheses for left-sided infective endocarditis	6
Reply to Lei et al.	6
VATS versus open thoracotomy for lung cancer resection: is the game still running?	6
Esophageal anastomosis: to oversew or to not oversew—is that the question?	6
Ascending aortic morphology: the need for standardization of nomenclature	6
Surgical treatment of tricuspid valve dysplasia in children	6
Evaluation of custom-made Relay® stent-grafts for aortic arch landing zones 0 and 1: experience from two high-volume aortic centres	6
Invited commentary to: surgical treatment of tricuspid valve regurgitation in patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices	5
Relationship of smoking cessation period with the incidence of complications in lung cancer surgery	5
Anatomical feasibility of the total endovascular aortic arch repair—and what lies beyond	5
Contemporary Real-world Outcomes of Stage 1 Palliation for Single-ventricle Patients: A Kids’ Inpatient Database Analysis	5
The double-edged sword of cardiac surgical care: rethinking sustainability in an ever-growing field	5
Influence of age at surgery on left ventricular strain in patients with anomalous origin of left coronary artery from pulmonary artery	5
The state of left ventricular device therapy for advanced heart failure: midway upon the journey towards euvolemia and full functional recovery	5
Standardized papillary muscle relocation for type IIIb secondary mitral regurgitation improves 2-year outcome	5
Reply to de Kerchove et al.: ‘Rather addition than extension of Florida sleeve indications’	5
Surgery Versus Surveillance: A Quality-of-Life Analysis of Patients With Moderately Dilated Aortic Root or Ascending Aorta	5
Mechanical circulatory support in the failing systemic right ventricle: a step towards better outcome	5
Double arterial cannulation: a classical yet useful cannulation strategy—comment on cannulation strategy in frozen elephant trunk for type A aortic dissection: double arterial cannulation approach	5
Beware of the distal last remnant: how we should deal with the remaining dissected aorta after open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair in case of post-dissection aneurysm	5
Reply to Huang et al.	5
Two-year outcome after standardized papillary muscle relocation for type IIIb secondary mitral regurgitation: is it enough to assess the result improvement?	5

Weekday and outcomes of elective cardiac surgery in the UK: a large retrospective database analysis	5
Bridging patients in cardiogenic shock with a paracorporeal pulsatile biventricular assist device to heart transplantation—a single-centre experience	5
Comparison of Short-Term Surgical Outcomes for Thymectomy With Various Minimally Invasive Approaches: A Single-Centre Experience	5
Reply to Liu and Bu	5
Application of electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy-guided microwave ablation in multiple pulmonary nodules: a single-centre study	5
A national analysis of open versus minimally invasive thymectomy for stage I–III thymic carcinoma	5
Prognostic factors of 10-year mortality after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a secondary analysis of the arterial revascularization trial	5
Invited commentary to: 4D-flow cardiac magnetic resonance for the assEssmeNt of AOrtic valve repair with OzAki TEchnique	5
Mechanical support of pulmonary blood flow as a strategy to support the Norwood circulation-lumped parameter model study	4
Right ventricular dysfunction in hypoplastic left heart syndrome: superimposed effects of afterload and insulin resistance in puberty?	4
Preoperative oral magnesium loading to prevent postoperative atrial fibrillation following coronary surgery: a prospective randomized controlled trial	4
Sleeve lobectomy in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer: a report from the European Society of Thoracic Surgery database 2021	4
Sternal Complications After Clamshell Surgery for (Heart-)Lung Transplantation—A Systematic Literature Review	4
What my life will be like after surgery?	4
Ross procedure provides survival benefit over mechanical valve in adults: a propensity-matched nationwide analysis	4
Invited commentary to: Intraoperative echocardiographic assessment of mitral valve translocation	4
Adam Smith’s invisible hand in robotic surgery	4
Management of acute type A aortic dissection in the elderly: an analysis from IRAD	4
Ground-Glass Opacity Component as a Protective Factor for Patients With Invasive Adenocarcinoma ≤3 cm With Micropapillary or Solid Pathological Patterns	4
Quantitative Analysis of Changes in the Thoracic Anatomy over Time after Pneumonectomy Using Computed Tomography	4
Y-Incision Aortic Annular Enlargement in Patients With Anomalous Left Circumflex Artery	4
Enduring nemesis: human leucocyte antigen mismatch on lung transplant outcomes	4
The figure-of-8 aortic valve suturing technique optimizes the effective orifice area of a small aortic annulus—an ex vivo study	4
Surgery for infective endocarditis following low-intermediate risk transcatheter aortic valve replacement—a multicentre experience	4
Maximizing lymph node dissection from fresh lung cancer specimens	4
Robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery demonstrates a lower rate of conversion to thoracotomy than video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for complex lobectomies	4
Outcomes of isolated tricuspid valve surgery in contemporary practice	4
Taking tricuspid valve surgery to the next level: repair techniques below the annulus	4
Optimized Extracorporeal Perfusion Strategy: A New Concept	3
Tissue aortic valve replacement: expectations and reality	3
Late infection of permanent epicardial pacing wires	3
Artificial Intelligence-Advanced Imaging for Solid-Type Lung Adenocarcinoma: Towards Greater Clinical Relevance	3
Can we Trust the References? The Challenge of Misinformation in Medical Research	3
Excess of open access	3
The visceral pleura, lung cancer and lymphatic spread	3
Large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma and combined large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma: 2 characters in search of an author	3
Surgery for aberrant origin of coronary arteries from the aorta: questions that remain and how we may find the answers	3
Fate of remaining dissected aorta after descending thoracic or thoracoabdominal aorta replacement for chronic dissection	3
A risk model to predict an unplanned admission to the intensive care unit following lung resection	3
Prospective validation and extension of the Multimodality Prognostic Score for the treatment allocation of pleural mesothelioma patients	3
ERS/ESTS/ESTRO/ESR/ESTI/EFOMP statement on management of incidental findings from low dose CT screening for lung cancer	3
Adipocyte-derived relaxing factor—a fat load to be learnt	3
Volumetric Compensation After Anatomical Lung Resection: Comparative Analysis of Lobectomy and Segmentectomy	3
Surgical valve replacement in adults late after total cavo-pulmonary connection/Fontan procedure	3
Immunoreaction to xenogenic tissue in cardiac surgery: alpha-Gal and beyond	3
Percutaneous versus surgical femoral access in minimally invasive cardiac operations	3
Total transfemoral access in a new off-the-shelf thoracoabdominal inner-branched endograft	3
The impact of left atrial mechanics on adverse events and clinical outcome after cardiac surgery	3
External validation of the Eurolung risk models: a necessary analysis to audit their reliability	3
Durability of a simple repair method for commissural leaflet prolapse	3
A predictive model of lymph node metastasis for thymic epithelial tumours	3
Towards a More Standardized Bicuspid Aortic Valve Repair: Rationale and Design of the CONTOUR Trial	3
Heart transplantation from an extended criteria donation after circulatory death donor	3
Invited commentary to: Treatment of the aortic root in acute aortic dissection type A: insights from the German Registry for Acute Aortic Dissection Type A (GERAADA) registry	3
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	3
Development of a soft three-dimensional replica of the mitral valve for procedural planning	3
Single-centre outcome of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after the neonatal Norwood procedure	3
A Nomogram for Predicting Residual Mitral Regurgitation in Patients With Obstructive Hypertrohpic Cardiomyopathy Undergoing Transapical Beating-Heart Septal Myecotmy	3
Lung transplant and severe coronary artery disease: results from a single-centre experience	3
Aortic valve fenestration: respect it or fix it?	3
Everybody knows that smokin’ ain’t allowed (in school) before lung surgery!	3
Direct plasty or bypass? That is still a question	3
Reply to Loomba et al.	3
Thoracic bilateral sympathectomy as a new method of pulmonary arterial hypertension treatment: gaps of evidence	3
2025 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease	3
5-Year results from the prospective European multi-centre study on decellularized homografts for pulmonary valve replacement ESPOIR Trial and ESPOIR Registry data	3
The value of foreseeing unplanned conversion during video-assisted anatomical lung resections	3
Association between overweight and obesity with coronary artery bypass graft failure: an individual patient data analysis of clinical trials	3
Outcomes of No-Touch Vs Conventionally Harvested Saphenous Veins for Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials	2
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery – 2021 Reviewers	2
Anatomical reconstruction of proximal coronary artery stenosis in children	2
Fewer transfusions are still more—red blood cell transfusions affect long-term mortality in cardiac surgery	2
Posterior mediastinal arteriovenous haemangioma	2
Carcinomatous Invasion of Interventricular Septum Mimicking Endocarditis Vegetation	2
Surgery for pulmonary oligometastasis: the good, the bad and the ugly	2
Corrigendum to: The rotational position of the aortic valve: implications for valve-sparing aortic root replacement	2
The Dilemma of Hypertension During Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Clevidipine May be the Answer	2
Surgical aortic valve replacement optimizing the small aortic annulus size	2
Seeing is better than believing	2
The central role of cannulation in determining outcomes after surgery for acute type A aortic dissection: where do we stand?	2
European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Statement regarding the 2021 American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology/Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions Coronar	2
Perfusion quality odds (PEQUOD) trial: validation of the multifactorial dynamic perfusion index as a predictor of cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury	2
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after the Norwood operation: making the best of a tough situation	2
Improved immunogenicity following the third dose of BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine in heart transplant recipients	2
The role of the diagnostic wedge resection in the era of segmentectomy	2
Altered lymphatic structure and function in pleural anthracosis: negative role in skip N2 metastasis	2
Competence of the European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation II to predict operative mortality in acute type A aortic dissection surgery	2
Treatment of the aortic root in acute aortic dissection type A: insights from the German Registry for Acute Aortic Dissection Type A	2
Three-dimensional printed moulds to obtain silicone hearts with congenital defects for paediatric heart-surgeon training	2
Integrating Surgical and Interventional Training: Securing the Future of Cardiac Surgery	2
Which Risk Score Best Predicts Prolonged Air Leak After Lobectomy? A Comparative Evaluation Study	2
A retrospective study on adherence to secondary prevention medications after coronary bypass surgery	2
Left Ventricular Remodeling After Hybrid Arch Repair With Zone 0 to 5 Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair	2
Lost in Acronyms: A Missed Opportunity in the Early Days of TAVI Terminology	2
Isolated tricuspid valve surgery: no longer the devil it used to be	2