OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery is 2. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Robotic subxiphoid thymectomy versus lateral thymectomy: a propensity score-matched comparison	35
Five-Year Hospital Readmission After Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in the United Kingdom	34
The Right of Having Doubts in a World of Certainties	34
Pulmonary sequestration with feeding arterial pseudoaneurysm	27
Surgical Outcome of Supra-Valvular Aortic Stenosis: A 50-Year Single-Centre Experience	27
A Question of Mechanism: Unraveling the True Driver of Survival in Neoadjuvant Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Therapy	26
A Novel Aortic End-to-End Anastomotic Stapler Device—Results of a Human Cadaver Study	23
A case of the blues	21
EACTS Expert Consensus Statement on the Ross Procedure in Adult Patients	21
Left ventricular assist device-related infections, strokes and management: a changing landscape	19
Long-Term Incidence and Risk Factors of Subaortic Pannus Overgrowth After Bileaflet Mechanical Aortic Valve Replacement	18
Survival of a Large Traumatic Ventricular Septal Defect Caused by a Firework Explosion	18
Safety of Percutaneous Thermal Ablation of Lung Tumours in Pulmonary Hypertension	18
Perineural Invasion Affects the Risk and Pattern of Recurrence in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer	17
Midterm Outcomes of Handmade Pericardial Valved Conduits in Congenital Heart Disease: A Viable Cost-Effective Alternative in Resource-Limited Settings	16
What Is the 10-Year Reoperation Rate After Mitral Valve Repair for Degenerative Disease?	16
Pulmonary metastasectomy: the discussion continues	15
Minimally invasive thymectomy: the best option for early and locally advanced epithelial thymomas	15
Aortic root replacement: what is in your wallet?	15
Ross redux versus aortic valve repair	14
Segmental volumetric analysis with a ventilated or perfused area: identifying the intersegmental plane	14
The “Heart-and-Brain Interaction” in Newborns with Complex Congenital Heart Disease	13
Comparative Evaluation of ARCH and GERAADA Scores for Mortality Prediction in Acute Type A Aortic Dissection	12
Hospital Variation in Aortic Valve Replacement Approach Selection for Aortic Stenosis in Patients Under 65	12
An Innovative Echocardiographic Scoring System for Bicuspid Aortic Valve Repair	11

Endoscopic Combined Aortic and Mitral Valve Surgery: Feasibility and Mid-term Outcomes	11
How Endpoint Definitions and Ascertainment Methods Can Influence Clinical Trial Results	11
Is Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting the Best Revascularization Strategy for Women?	11
Unintentional False Lumen Placement of Frozen Elephant Trunk in Aortic Dissections: Root Cause Analysis of Morphological Risk Factors	10
Palpation-Free Robot-Assisted Thoracoscopic Wedge Resection Using Radiofrequency Identification Marking for Synchronous Multiple Primary Lung Cancers	9
Another big win for cardiorespiratory fitness now in aortic valve disease	9
Short-Term Outcomes After Lung Transplantation Using Grafts Preserved at 10 °C: A Single-Centre Study	9
Mitral Annular Disjunction: A Roadmap for the Surgeon	8
Why MICS Has Been the Future of CABG for The Last 20 Years?	8
Outcomes of the Ross procedure in patients older versus younger than 50 years old	8
Left ventricular rehabilitation in an infant with transposition of the great arteries, intact ventricular septum, pulmonary stenosis and small left ventricle	8
Insights from Year 1 of Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency: A US Perspective	8
Late clinical and echocardiographic results with the Magna Ease© pericardial aortic bioprosthesis	8
Safety and efficacy of surgical correction of anomalous aortic origin of coronary arteries: experiences from 2 tertiary cardiac centres	8
A Prospective, Multicenter, Single-Arm Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Augmented Reality Navigation-Guided Pulmonary Nodule Localization System	8
Progressive Versus Conservative Chest Tube Management Following Surgery for Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax	8
Successful repair of an outflow graft twisting of Heartmate II left ventricular assist device: a case report	7
Repair of insufficient aortic valve and single coronary artery with intramural course	7
Invited commentary: indigo carmine and lipiodol mixture marking in lung segmentectomy	7
Frozen elephant trunk technique using hybrid grafts: 15-year outcomes from a single-centre experience	7
Results from a Multicentre Italian Registry on the Use of a Novel “Custom/Off the Shelf” Inner-Branch Device for Endovascular Repair of Complex Aortic Lesions	6
Thoracic endovascular repair in patients with concomitant blunt aortic injuries and abdominal trauma: what are the risks and results?	6
Twenty-five years’ experience with isolated bicuspid aortic valve repair: impact of commissural orientation	6
Beyond the Clock: Rethinking Surgical Timing in the Immunotherapy Era for Esophageal Cancer	6
Preoperative percutaneous needle indigo carmine and lipiodol mixture marking in lung segmentectomy	5
Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Artificial Aortic Valves: Impact of Tilted Implantation on Haemodynamics	5
Textbook Outcome in Mitral Valve Surgery—Results from the Netherlands Heart Registration	5
Use of Inverse Probability Weighting in Cardiovascular Surgical Outcomes Research: Principles, Limitations, and Recommendations	5
The Valsalva Graft: From A Kitchen Table to Global Adoption	5
Central Aortic Cannulation as a Primary Strategy in Acute Type A Aortic Dissection Surgery	4
Evaluation of Radiofrequency Identification for Accurate Wedge Resection of Small Lung Lesions With Reference to Dye Marking	4
A bilateral lung transplant and giant pulmonary artery aneurysm reconstruction with an aortic graft in a woman with pulmonary hypertension	4
Over 40 Years of Experience With Aortic Valve Surgery in the Paediatric Population—What Is the Current Best Strategy?	4
The Price of Consensus: Reviewer Disagreement, Editorial Dynamics, and Impact in Thoracic Oncology Publishing	4
Cardiorespiratory fitness and the incidence of surgery for aortic valve stenosis—the HUNT study	4
Intravenous infusion of cardiac progenitor cells in animal models of single ventricular physiology	4
Reply to Ignazio Condello	4
Comparison of 3 Surgical Procedures for DeBakey Type I Acute Aortic Dissection: When Is Frozen Elephant Trunk Recommended?	4
Activation of the NF-κB Signalling Pathway by Angiotensin II Aggravates Renal Inflammatory Injury During Non-Pulsatile Perfusion	4
Reply to Chen et al	4
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	4
Effect of postoperative atrial fibrillation on early and mid-term outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft surgery	3
Comprehensive investigation of lung cancer associated with cystic airspaces: predictive value of morphology	3
Surgical Strategy and Outcomes in Prenatally Diagnosed Neonates With Ebstein’s Anomaly and Circular Shunt	3
Mid-term Outcomes of the Ross II Procedure in Infants and Young Children with Irreparable Mitral Disease	3
Patient-Specific Susceptibility to the Nadir Oxygen Delivery on Cardiopulmonary Bypass	3
Questioning the Evidence for Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair in Functional Mitral Regurgitation	3
Ross(-Konno) Procedure in Neonates and Infants: A Multicentre Experience	3
Alaska pollock gelatin sealant shows long-term efficacy and safety in a pulmonary air leakage rat model	3
Late outcome of extracardiac Fontan patients: 32 years of follow-up	3

Anatomical variant of the right pulmonary artery	3
Interpreting Redox Biology in the Perioperative Setting	3
Robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for mediastinal tumours in children: a single-centre retrospective study of 149 patients	3
The Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index as an Alternative to the EuroSCORE II in Estimating Cardiac Surgery Risk	3
Rapid deployment and sutureless aortic valve replacement international registry: a step forward to define the ideal target patient population	3
Pulmonary Metastasectomy in Colorectal Cancer (PulMiCC) randomized controlled trial: a systematic review of published responses	3
The Critical Role of Concomitant Revascularization in Mitral Valve Surgery for Post-Infarction Papillary Muscle Rupture	3
The Role of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Airway Surgery: Experience From a French Referral Centre for Tracheobronchial Diseases	3
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy for Failing Single Ventricle Physiology	3
Effect of Donor Age on Survival in Lung Transplantation: A Multicentric Retrospective Study	3
Commentary: Gender differences in payments to cardiothoracic surgeons are unacceptable	3
Reply to Lei et al.	2
Weathering the Aorta: The Impact of Environmental Factors on Acute Aortic Dissection	2
Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion During Cardiac Surgery; Should the Indications Expand?	2
Contemporary management of borderline left ventricle	2
Prognostic thresholds of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography mean and maximum standardized uptake values for survival and nodal involvement in lung neuroendocrine neoplasms	2
Impact of Mild-to-Moderate Donor Lung Infiltration on Post-lung Transplant Survival Outcomes and Risk Factors: A National Cohort Study	2
Anatomical feasibility of the total endovascular aortic arch repair—and what lies beyond	2
Suitability Analysis of 2 Devices for Endovascular Aortic Arch Repair Following Type A Aortic Dissection Surgery	2
Neoadjuvant Chemoimmunotherapy in Non-small-cell Lung Cancer Patients: Effects on Pulmonary Function and Incidence of Postoperative Pulmonary Complications—A Multicentre Real-World Study	2
Comparison of Short-Term Surgical Outcomes for Thymectomy With Various Minimally Invasive Approaches: A Single-Centre Experience	2
Is Cooler Safer and More Advantageous? A Feasibility Study in Rabbits	2
The transformation of risk modelling in cardiac and thoracic surgery through artificial intelligence	2
Surgery Versus Surveillance: A Quality-of-Life Analysis of Patients With Moderately Dilated Aortic Root or Ascending Aorta	2
Postoperative Fibrosis-4 Index and Hemocompatibility-Related Events After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation	2
Reply to Mukharyamov et al	2
Evaluation of multiple ventricular septal defects using three-dimensional reconstruction models	2
Fully Supported Ross Procedure is Associated With Neo-Aortic Regurgitation in Adolescents and Young Adults	2
A Subgroup Analysis of Perioperative Pembrolizumab in Clinical Stage II Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer from the Randomized KEYNOTE-671 Study	2
Surgical Ventricular Restoration: Lesson From the Past for a Better Future	2
Reply to de Kerchove et al.: ‘Rather addition than extension of Florida sleeve indications’	2
Ascending aortic morphology: the need for standardization of nomenclature	2
VATS versus open thoracotomy for lung cancer resection: is the game still running?	2
Types of Bleeding Following Mechanical Aortic Valve Replacement	2
Patient-Reported Outcomes in Thoracic Surgery: An International Survey of European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) and Japanese Association for Chest Surgery (JACS) Members	2
Lymph Node Upstaging in Robotic, Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery, and Open Lung Resections: A Matched Analysis From the Brazilian Lung Cancer Registry	2
Prognostic Significance of the Controlling Nutritional Status Score in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Undergoing Neoadjuvant Therapy: Development of a Predictive Nomogram	2
Lung transplantation long-term survival is worse in patients who have undergone previous cardiac surgery	2