Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Article	Citations
Incidence and Prevalence of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Population-Based Studies	40
Personalized Blood Pressure Management During Cardiac Surgery With Cerebral Autoregulation Monitoring: A Randomized Trial	28
Machine Learning Algorithms for Predicting and Risk Profiling of Cardiac Surgery-Associated Acute Kidney Injury	24
Reduced Myocardial Strain Parameters in Subjects With Pectus Excavatum: Impaired Myocardial Function or Methodological Limitations Due to Chest Deformity?	21
Analysis of Lymph Node Sampling Minimums in Early Stage Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer	19
Impact of Early Initiation of Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy in Thoracic Organ Transplantation From Hepatitis C Virus Positive Donors	19
Impact of Aortic Annulus Enlargement on the Outcomes of Aortic Valve Replacement: A Meta-analysis	18
Patient-Specific Numerical Analysis of Coronary Flow in Children With Intramural Anomalous Aortic Origin of Coronary Arteries	17
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting vs Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With Diabetes	16
Donor and Recipient Size Matching in Heart Transplantation With Predicted Heart and Lean Body Mass	16
Relationships Between Regional Cerebral Blood Flow and Neurocognitive Outcomes in Children and Adolescents With Congenital Heart Disease	15
Changes in Functional Status and Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Adults After Surgical, Interventional, or Medical Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction	14
Skeletonized or Pedicled Harvesting of Left Internal Mammary Artery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis	14
Retrograde Type A Aortic Dissection after Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair: Incidence, Time Trends and Risk Factors	14
Long-Term Outcomes of Reoperation for Bleeding After Cardiac Surgery	13
Total Aortic Arch Replacement and Frozen Elephant Trunk	13
Quality of Life After Ministernotomy Versus Full Sternotomy Aortic Valve Replacement	13
Subsolid Lung Adenocarcinomas: Radiological, Clinical and Pathological Features and Outcomes	12
Comparable Outcomes for Transcarotid and Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement at a High Volume US Center	12
Outcomes of Surgical Repair of Vascular Rings and Slings in Children: A Word for the Asymptomatic	12
Standardizing Postoperative Complications—Validating the Clavien-Dindo Complications Classification in Cardiac Surgery	12
Computational Evaluation of Venous Graft Geometries in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery	12
National Institutes of Health R01 Grant Funding Is Associated With Enhanced Research Productivity and Career Advancement Among Academic Cardiothoracic Surgeons	12
Biventricular Conversion in Unseptatable Hearts: “Ventricular Switch”	12
Frozen Elephant Trunk for Aortic Arch Reconstruction is Associated with Reduced Mortality as Compared to Conventional Techniques	12

Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer Performed During the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic	12
Non-Governmental Organizations Delivering Global Cardiac Surgical Care: A Quantitative Impact Assessment	11
Orthotopic Transplantation of Human Bioartificial Lung Grafts in a Porcine Model: A Feasibility Study	11
Surgical Strategies for Pre- and Minimally Invasive Lung Adenocarcinoma 3.0: Lessons Learned From the Optimal Timing of Surgical Intervention	11
Characteristics and Surgical Outcomes of Patients With Late Presentation of Anomalous Left Coronary Artery From the Pulmonary Artery: A Multicenter Study	11
A National Analysis of Minimally Invasive Vs Open Segmentectomy for Stage IA Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer	11
Comparison of Patch Materials for Pulmonary Artery Reconstruction	11
Bicuspid-Associated Aortic Root Aneurysm: Mid to Long-Term Outcomes of David V Versus the Bio-Bentall Procedure	11
Wedge Resection Offers Similar Survival to Segmentectomy for Typical Carcinoid Tumors	11
Cardiac Surgeons’ Treatment Approaches for Infective Endocarditis Based on Patients’ Substance Use History	11
Trends and Outcomes in Minimally Invasive Surgery for Locally Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer With N2 Disease	11
Surgeon Strength: Ergonomics and Strength Training in Cardiothoracic Surgery	11
Cardiorespiratory Fitness After Open Repair for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection – A Prospective Study	11
Systematic Review of Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy for Patients With Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer	10
Flow Dynamics in Anomalous Aortic Origin of a Coronary Artery in Children: Importance of the Intramural Segment	10
Restriction of Atrial Septal Defect Leads to Growth of Hypoplastic Ventricle in Patients with Borderline Right or Left Heart	10
Type A Aortic Dissection During COVID-19 Pandemic: Report From Tertiary Aortic Centers in the United States and China	10
Fluoroquinolones Are Associated With Increased Risk of Aortic Aneurysm or Dissection: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis	10
Comparison of Surgical Embolectomy and Veno-arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Massive Pulmonary Embolism	10
Global Longitudinal Strain Predicts Survival and Left Ventricular Function After Mitral Valve Surgery: A Meta-analysis	10
Association Between Patient Physical Function and Length of Stay After Thoracoscopic Lung Cancer Surgery	9
Use of a Personalized Multimedia Education Platform Improves Preoperative Teaching for Lung Cancer Patients	9
Transaortic or Pulmonary Artery Drainage for Left Ventricular Unloading in Venoarterial Extracorporeal Life Support: A Porcine Cardiogenic Shock Model	9
Prediction of Prolonged Intensive Care Unit Length of Stay Following Cardiac Surgery	9
Midterm Outcomes of Stented Versus Stentless Bioprosthetic Valves After Aortic Root Replacement	9
Right Ventricle to Pulmonary Artery Conduit Size Is Associated with Conduit and Pulmonary Artery Reinterventions After Truncus Arteriosus Repair	8
A Cavopulmonary Assist Device for Long-Term Therapy of Fontan Patients	8
Vascular Complications Increase Hospital Charges and Mortality in Adult Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in the United States	8
The Association of Age and Repair Modification with Outcome after Cone Repair for Ebstein's Malformation	8
Clinical Impact of Autologous Cell Therapy on Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome After Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Anastomosis	8
Postoperative Improvement of Brain Maturation in Infants With Congenital Heart Disease	8
Cardiac Surgery Outcomes in an Epicenter of the COVID-19 Pandemic	8
Segmentectomy Provides Comparable Outcomes to Lobectomy for Stage IA Non-small Cell Lung Cancer with Spread through Air Spaces	8
Transplantation of Bioengineered Lungs Created From Recipient-Derived Cells Into a Large Animal Model	8
Predicting a Prolonged Air Leak After Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery, Is It Really Possible?	8
Initial Clinical Trial of a Novel Pulmonary Valved Conduit	8
Analysis of 82 Children Supported With Pulsatile Paracorporeal Ventricular Assist Device: Comparison of Patients With Biventricular Versus Univentricular Circulation	8
Assessment of Textbook Outcome After Surgery for Stage I/II Non-small Cell Lung Cancer	8
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Drug Eluting Stents Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery in Patients With Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	8
Nomogram to Predict Cancer Specific Survival in Patients with Pathological Stage IA Non-small Cell Lung Cancer	8
The Neochord Procedure After Failed Surgical Mitral Valve Repair	8
Nononcologic Mortality after Pneumonectomy Compared to Lobectomy	7
Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery: A Propensity-Matched Analysis	7
Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Pulmonary Embolism after Systemic Thrombolysis	7
Effects of Epidural Anesthesia on Quality of Life in Elderly Patients Undergoing Esophagectomy	7
Early Outcomes of Septal Myectomy for Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Children With Noonan Syndrome	7
Outcomes of Conversion to Extrapleural Pneumonectomy From Pleurectomy/Decortication for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma	7
Survival and Recurrence Following Wedge Resection Versus Lobectomy for Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer	7
Graft Patency of a Second Conduit for Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials	7
Thoracic Surgery In-Training Exam Predicts Written But Not Oral Board Pass Rates: A 15-Year Single-Center Analysis	7

Fate of Preserved Aortic Root Following Acute Type A Aortic Dissection Repair	7
Association of Ongoing Cerebral Oxygen Extraction During Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest With Postoperative Brain Injury	7
Mechanical Support of the Failing Fontan Circulation	7
Repair of Partial Atrioventricular Septal Defects in Adults: A Single Center Experience	7
Thoracoscopic Left Atrial Appendage Excision Plus Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation to Prevent Stroke	7
Is Exercise Stress Testing Useful for Risk Stratification in Anomalous Aortic Origin of a Coronary Artery?	7
Social Media and Your Cancer Patient	7
Surgical Management of Primary Pulmonary Artery Sarcoma	7
Effect of Lymph Node Dissection on the Prognosis of Thymic Carcinomas and Thymic Neuroendocrine Tumors	7
Primary Pericardial Mesothelioma: A Population-Based Propensity Score-Matched Analysis	7
Thoracoscopic Vs Open Surgery Following Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation for Clinical N2 Lung Cancer	7
Preoperative Chest Computed Tomography Screening for Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Asymptomatic Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery	6
Augmentation of Pulmonary Arterial Growth in Single Ventricle Patients by Interim Selective Shunts	6
Early Thromboprophylaxis Initiation is Associated With Reduced Fontan Thromboses in the Early Postoperative Period	6
Clinical and Hemodynamic Outcomes of Rapid-Deployment Aortic Bioprostheses	6
Decreasing Prevalence of Benign Etiology in Resected Lung Nodules Suspicious for Lung Cancer over the Last Decade	6
Pre-sewn Multi-branched Aortic Graft and 3D-Printing Guidance for Crawford Extent II or III Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair	6
Female and Country Representation on Editorial Boards of Cardiothoracic Surgery Journals	6
Influence of Shunt Type on Survival and Right Heart Function after the Norwood Procedure for Aortic Atresia	6
Concomitant Coronary Artery Bypass in Patients with Acute Type A Aortic Dissection	6
Triiodothyronine Supplementation in Infants Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Randomized Controlled Trial	6
Single-Leaflet Aortic Valve Reconstruction Utilizing the Ozaki Technique in Patients With Congenital Aortic Valve Disease	6
Management of Epiphrenic Diverticula and Short-term Outcomes	6
Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene Conduits With Bulging Sinuses and a Fan-Shaped Valve in Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Reconstruction	6
Quantifying Benefits and Harms of Lung Cancer Screening in an Underserved Population: Results From a Prospective Study	6
Male-Female Differences in Ascending Aortic Aneurysm Surgery: 25-Year Single Center Results	6
How Effective Is Neoadjuvant Therapy Followed by Surgery for Pathologic Single-Station N2 Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer?	6
Chemotherapy and Surgical Resection for N1 Positive Non–small Cell Lung Cancer: Better Than Expected Outcomes	6
Optimal Management of Mitral Regurgitation Due to Ruptured Mitral Chordae Tendineae in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy	5
A National Analysis of Treatment Patterns and Outcomes for Patients 80 Years or Older With Esophageal Cancer	5
Surveillance of Fontan Associated Liver Disease in Childhood and Adolescence	5
A Minimal Opioid Postoperative Management Protocol in Congenital Cardiac Surgery: Safe and Effective	5
Re-Operative Aortic Arch Surgery in a Contemporary Series	5
Mortality and Reoperation Risk After Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Replacement in Young Adults With Congenital Heart Disease	5
Sustained Total All-Region Perfusion During the Norwood Operation and Postoperative Recovery	5
COVID-19 After Lung Resection in Northern Italy	5
Does Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Benefit Patients Undergoing Bioprosthetic Valve Replacement?	5
Impact of Timing of Smoking Cessation on 30-Day Outcomes in Veterans Undergoing Lobectomy for Cancer	5
Health-Related Quality of Life After Extensive Aortic Replacement	5
Inflammatory and Antioxidant Gene Transcripts: A Novel Profile in Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation	5
Team Approach to Decision-Making in Pulmonary Valve Replacement	5
Ketamine Mitigates Neurobehavioral Deficits in a Canine Model of Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest	5
Autologous Multilayered Fibroblast Sheets Can Reinforce Bronchial Stump in a Rat Model	5
Comparison of Clinical Scoring Tools to Predict Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia in Cardiac Surgery	5
Is It Safe to Let Trainees Operate on High Risk Cardiac Surgery Cases?	5
Perioperative Outcomes of Thoracoscopic Reoperations for Clinical Recurrence of Pulmonary Malignancy	5
Del Nido Cardioplegia in Ascending Aortic Surgery	5
Aortic Arch Anatomy in Candidates for Aortic Arch Repair	5
Modified Del Nido Cardioplegia and Its Evaluation in a Piglet Model	5
Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations to Predict False Lumen Enlargement After Surgical Repair of Type-A Aortic Dissection	5
Perioperative Outcomes and 5-year Survival After Open versus Thoracoscopic Sleeve Resection for Lung Cancer	5
Modified Ravitch Procedure for Pectus Excavatum Combined With Complex Cardiac Surgery	5
Patient and Surgeon Predictors of Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Repair for Infective Endocarditis	5
Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch Increases Early and Late Mortality in Low Risk Aortic Valve Replacement	5
The Effect of COVID-19 on Cardiac Surgical Volume and its Associated Costs	5
Mitral Valve Repair vs Replacement in Patients with Previous Mediastinal Irradiation	4
Clinical Impact of Flow Adjusted Transmitral Pressure Gradient After Surgical Annuloplasty for Functional Mitral Regurgitation	4
Immunohistochemical Detection of Bacteria in the Resected Valves was Associated with Stromal Immune Checkpoint Protein Expression that may Contribute to Calcific Aortic Stenosis	4
Double Blind Pilot Randomized Trial Comparing Extended Anticoagulation to Placebo Following Major Lung Resection for Cancer	4
The Residency Selection Process in the New World; Time for a Rethink	4
Effect of Hospital and Surgeon Procedure Volumes on the Incidence of Intraoperative Conversion During Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting	4
Ultra-Hybrid Repair: Open Thoracoabdominal Completion After Descending Stent Grafting	4
Commentary: USMLE Step 1 Pass/Fail = Win/Win for Cardiothoracic Surgery Trainee Selection	4
Prediction of Bleeding in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Using Clinical Characteristics and Prospective Coagulation Test Results	4
Novel Valve Choices for Pulmonary Valve Replacement	4
Bilateral Lung Transplant for a Connective Tissue Disorder: Esophageal Motility and 3-year Survival	4
The Effect of Diabetes on Pathologic Complete Response Among Patients With Esophageal Cancer	4
Outcomes of Mitral Valve Repair in Children With Infective Endocarditis: A Single-Center Experience	4
Esophagectomy vs Gastrectomy for Early Stage Adenocarcinoma of the Gastroesophageal Junction: What is the Optimal Oncologic Surgical Treatment?	4
Impact of Pre-Existing Mitral Regurgitation Following Left Ventricular Assist Device Implant	4
Outcomes After Isolated Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients with Bicuspid vs Tricuspid Aortic Valve	4
Acute Kidney Injury Affects Mid-Term Outcomes of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms Repair	4
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Following Acute Coronary Syndrome: Impact of Gender	4
Impact of Sarcopenia on Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery	4
Impact of Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch After Mitral Valve Replacement: A Propensity Score Analysis	4
Safety of Direct Oral Anticoagulants Compared to Warfarin for Atrial Fibrillation after Cardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	4
Impact of Thoracic Radiation on Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery	4
Midterm Results and Predictors for the Postoperative Vascular Stenosis of Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis	4
Staged Ventricular Septation in Double-Inlet Ventricle - A Strategy to Avoid Fontan?	4
Durability of the St. Jude Epic Supra Bioprosthetic Valve in the Pulmonary Position	4

A Risk Model to Predict the Delivery of Adjuvant Chemotherapy Following Lung Resection in Patients With Pathologically Positive Lymph Nodes	3
Early Experience With Reverse Double Switch Operation for the Borderline Left Heart	3
Endosonography-Guided Biopsy as a First Test in the Diagnosis of Lymphoma	3
Quality of Life Worsens After Surgical Repair of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection	3
The Impact of Left Atrial Reduction During Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation	3
Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Surpassing the Elastic Layer Should Remain Classified as pT2a	3
Primary Arterial Switch Operation for Late Presentation of Transposition of the Great Arteries With Intact Ventricular Septum	3
The Effect of Adjunctive Antibiotic Oral Therapy on the Recurrence of Infective Endocarditis After Valve Surgeries	3
Post-Operative Outcomes Associated With Open Versus Robotic Thymectomy: A Propensity Matched Analysis	3
Transit-Time Flow Measurement and Outcomes in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Patients	3
The Right Ventricle in the Trans-Catheter Era: A Perspective for Planning Interventions	3
Predictors of Intervention in Acute Type B Aortic Penetrating Ulcer and Intramural Hematoma	3
The Automatic Quantification of Morphological Features of Pectus Excavatum Based on Three-Dimensional Images	3
Perioperative Esophagectomy Outcomes in Older Esophageal Cancer Patients in Two Different Time Eras	3
Effect of Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors on Acute Kidney Injury Among Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Review and Meta-Analysis	3
Aortic Regurgitation Index Ratio Is a Strong Predictor of 1-Year Mortality After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Using Self-Expanding Devices	3
CHEST Watch: A High School Outreach Program	3
Preoperative Statin Use Is Associated With Less Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After Myectomy in Patients With Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy	3
The Overweight Paradox: Impact of Body Mass Index on Patients Undergoing VATS Lobectomy or Segmentectomy	3
Use of Intraoperative Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography on Outcomes of Septal Myectomy	3
Nutrition Support After Cardiac Surgery: Lessons Learned From a Prospective Study	3
Short and Long-term Outcomes Among High-Volume vs Low-Volume Esophagectomy Surgeons at a High-Volume Center	3
Impact That Day of the Week has on Length of Stay for Video-assisted Lobectomy	3
Risk of Acute Lung Injury after Esophagectomy	3
Recurrent Pulmonary Artery Interventions Following the Norwood Procedure Are Not Associated With Conduit Type	3
Clinical Outcomes After Surgical Revascularization Using No-Touch Versus Conventional Saphenous Vein Grafts: Mid-Term Follow-Up of Propensity Score Matched Cohorts	3
Optimizing Nicorandil for Spinal Cord Protection in a Murine Model of Complex Aortic Intervention	3
Toll-like Receptor 4 Mediates Reflux-Induced Inflammation in a Murine Reflux Model	3
Comparison of CryoMaze With Cut-and-Sew Maze Concomitant With Mitral Valve Surgery: A Randomized Noninferiority Trial	3
Thirty-day Hospital Readmissions Following Cardiac Surgery are Associated With Mortality and Subsequent Readmission	3
The Women of Colombian Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery: A Survey-based Assessment	3
Effect of Socioeconomic Distress on Risk-Adjusted Mortality After Valve Surgery for Infective Endocarditis	3
Simulation and Measurement of Aerosolisation in Different Chest Drainage Systems	3
Impact of a Ground-glass Opacity Component on c-Stage IA Lung Adenocarcinoma	3
Impact of Less Invasive Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation on Heart Transplant Outcomes	3
Partial Upper Sternotomy is a Safe Alternative in Mitral Annulus Decalcification	3
Outcomes in Patients With Chronic Renal Failure on Hemodialysis After Aortic Valve or Root Replacement	3
Surgical Outcomes After Reconstruction of the Aortomitral Curtain	3
Outcomes of Reoperative Aortic Root Replacement After Previous Acute Type A Dissection Repair	3
Survival Analyses: A Statistical Review for Surgeons	3
Reducing Wasted Time Prior To Starting Thoracic Surgical Operations	3
Tricuspid Valve Anterior Leaflet Strains in Ovine Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation	3
Patient–Prosthesis Mismatch Associated With Somatic Growth After Mechanical Mitral Valve Replacement in Small Children: Metrics for Reoperation and Outcomes	3
Maximum Standardized Uptake Value on Positron Emission Tomography is Associated With More Advanced Disease and High-risk Features in Lung Adenocarcinoma	3
Does the Addition of a Gastroepiploic Artery to Bilateral Internal Thoracic Artery Improve Survival?	3
Preoperative Eccentric Aortic Regurgitation and Outcomes Following Valve-Sparing Root Replacement	3
Cardiothoracic Surgery Training Program Director Awareness of Available Visiting Medical Student Clerkships for the Underrepresented in Medicine	3
Patterns of Recurrence After Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma	3
Homelessness and Race are Mortality Predictors in US Veterans Undergoing CABG	3
Association Between Antibodies Against Lung Self-Antigens and Gastroesophageal Reflux in Lung Transplant Candidates	3
Short-Term Risk of Bilateral Internal Mammary Artery Grafting in Diabetic Patients	3
Long-term Outcomes of the Ross Procedure for Young Patients with Aortic Valve Disease	3
Development of Prediction Models for Cardiac Compression in Pectus Excavatum Based on Three-Dimensional Surface Images	3
Early Results of Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair for the Management of Acute Uncomplicated Type B Aortic Dissection	3
Unilateral Branch Pulmonary Artery Origin From a Solitary Arterial Trunk With Major Aortopulmonary Collaterals to the Contralateral Lung: Anatomic and Developmental Considerations	3
Mid-term Outcome of the Edge-To-Edge Mitral Valve Repair Via Aortic Outflow Tract in High-Risk Patients	3
Well-being of Cardiothoracic Surgeons in the Time of COVID-19: A Survey by the Wellness Committee of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery	3