Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Article	Citations
Cardiac transplantation in controlled donation after circulatory death: a meta-analysis of long-term survival using reconstructed time-to-event data	44
The future direction of post-transcatheter aortic valve replacement re-interventions: insights from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database	37
Spinal cord protection: lessons learned from endovascular repair	28
Spinal cord injury after frozen elephant trunk procedures—prevention and management	28
Robotic aortic valve replacement in the Middle East: reproducibility into practice with evolving complexity	27
Surgery for endocarditis in patients with bicuspid aortic valves	24
Uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgery anatomic segmentectomies	23
Thoracic endovascular aortic repair for ascending aortic aneurysm or dissection	22
Developing a thoracoabdominal normothermic regional perfusion (TA-NRP) program for the recovery of organs for thoracic transplant: lessons from the United States experience	22
Technical aspects of robotically assisted left atrial myxoma resection	22
Ablation or drug therapy for initial atrial fibrillation	22
Sex differences in long-term outcomes following surgery for acute type A aortic dissection: a systematic review and meta-analysis	21
The current state of redo transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and limitations: why TAVR explant is important as the valve reintervention strategy	21
Robotic mitral valve repair with complete excision of mitral annular calcification	20
Elastin integrity in bicuspid valve-associated aortopathy is associated with altered biomechanical properties and influenced by age	19
Update on biomarkers of bicuspid aortic disease: still a long road to run?	19
Echocardiography of the aortic root: a practical approach for aortic valve-sparing surgery	17
Heritable aortic root aneurysms	17
Valve-sparing aortic root replacement after previous Ross procedure: two different surgical strategies	17
Mitral valve surgery in mitral annular calcification	17
Neuromonitoring for descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair	16
Complications and their management in robotic mitral valve surgery from the surgical assistant’s perspective	16
The perioperative outcomes of uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgeries—a systematic review and meta-analysis of surgical cohort studies and case reports	16
Aortic valve-sparing procedure in the pediatric population	15
Left atrial appendage therapies: a new topic for the Heart Team	15

Advancing robotic aortic valve replacement beyond isolated therapy: a platform for multivalve therapy	15
Historical landmarks in the development of robotic coronary bypass grafting	15
Outcomes of aortic root replacement in patients with Marfan syndrome: the role of valve-sparing and valve-replacing approaches	15
Biomechanics and clinical outcomes of various conduit configurations in valve sparing aortic root replacement	14
Multi-institutional surgical outcomes of robotic single-port surgery: a Korean experience	14
What did the transcatheter aortic valve replacement-surgical aortic valve replacement (TAVR-SAVR) trials tell us?	14
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: diagnosis, operability assessment and patient selection for pulmonary endarterectomy	13
Robotic endoscopic aortic valve replacement with rapid deployment valve: technique and outcomes	13
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement for bicuspid aortic valve disease: does conventional surgery have a future?	13
Pulmonary endarterectomy: technique and pitfalls	13
Aortic root remodeling	13
Incidence of bicuspid valve related aortic dissection: a systematic review and meta-analysis	12
Thoracic endograft repair for a complicated type B aortic dissection	11
Ascending aorta: the use of a physician investigational device exemption	11
Ross procedure in bicuspid aortic valve pathologies	11
Management of anomalous coronary anatomy during aortic valve repair	11
Atrial fibrillation ablation during robotic mitral valve surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis	11
Teaching the next generation of robotic coronary surgeons	10
Sutureless repair of subacute left ventricular free wall rupture	10
Outcomes of robotic and endoscopic combined aortic and mitral valve surgery: experience from National Taiwan University Hospital	10
Small incisions still require great anesthesia: anesthesiology techniques to enhance recovery in robotic coronary bypass grafting	10
Robotic mitral repair: maintaining quality at all levels of complexity	10
Comparison of uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgery pulmonary anatomic resections with multiport robotic-assisted thoracic surgery: a multicenter study of the European experience	10
Heart and multiple organ transplantation from donation after circulatory death using mobile normothermic regional perfusion and cardiac surgery extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation team out of the hub	9
Electrical graft assessment of machine-perfused hearts donated after circulatory death	9
Left atrial appendage occlusion techniques for open heart surgery and for minimally invasive thoracotomy	9
A critical evaluation of donor heart offer acceptance in the United Kingdom	8
Issues and considerations in perioperative management of robotic coronary bypass grafting	8
The role of sex hormones in abdominal aortic aneurysms: a topical review	8
Simultaneous epicardial atrial fibrillation ablation and left atrial appendage ligation: early considerations	8
Robotic atrial myxoma resection—papillary subtype	8
Systematic review and meta-analysis of the mechanical complications of ischemic heart disease: papillary muscle rupture, left ventricle rupture and post-infarct ventricular septal defect	8
Total aortic arch replacement with frozen elephant trunk in patients with Marfan syndrome	8
Parallel grafts and physician modified endografts for endovascular repair of the aortic arch	8
Short-term outcomes of uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgery anatomic pulmonary resections: experience of Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital	8
Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: a systematic review	8
4D flow imaging—state of the art	8
Therapeutic alternatives in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: from pulmonary endarterectomy to balloon pulmonary angioplasty to medical therapy. State of the art from a multidisciplinary	8
Surgical management for mechanical complications of acute myocardial infarction: a systematic review of long-term outcomes	8
Changes in aortic root dimensions post aortic root enlargement with Y-incision and modified aortotomy	7
Total aortic arch replacement using frozen elephant trunk: the beating-heart technique	7
Prophylactic cerebrospinal fluid drainage and spinal cord ischemia in thoracic and thoracoabdominal endovascular procedures: a systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Frozen elephant trunk with T-NEXT	7
Importance of bicuspid aortic valve phenotype on aortopathy	7
RapidlinkTM: a new technology to simplify the supra-aortic vessel anastomoses in total aortic arch surgery	7
Uniportal fully robotic-assisted sleeve resections: surgical technique and initial experience of 30 cases	7
Outcomes of cardiothoracic surgery in women with Turner syndrome	7
Robotic-assisted coronary artery bypass grafting: how I teach it	7
Endovascular repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms	7
Adult cardiac transplantation utilizing donors after circulatory death	7

Establishing a robotic aortic valve replacement program in Spain: growing opportunities for Europe	6
Aortic root replacement with the reimplantation technique for recurrent root aneurysm, 24 years after root replacement with the remodeling technique in a Marfan patient	6
Outcomes of aortic valve repair with the reimplantation technique and maintenance of commissural orientation	6
Residual pulmonary hypertension after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy: incidence, pathogenesis and therapeutic options	6
The current state of transcatheter aortic valve replacement explant: an updated systematic review	6
Emergent repair of post myocardial infarction ventricular septal defect with prophylactic left ventricular assist device	6
Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm in women: many questions remain regarding their poor outcome	6
Robotic and endoscopic mitral valve repair for degenerative disease	6
Robotic aortic valve replacement and aortic root enlargement for optimal prosthesis selection	6
Exposure technique for the circumflex artery territory in robotic totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting	6
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement explant various techniques	6
The transition to uniportal robotic surgery in the second decade of uniportal surgery	6
Non-intubated uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgery: the future of thoracic surgery?	6
Lateral access fully robotic aortic valve replacement “RAVR”: from novel to normal	6
The reverse frozen elephant trunk: the Thoracoflo® hybrid-graft	5
Robotic mitral valve repair in National Taiwan University Hospital: 10-year results	5
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement explant for self-expandable valves	5
Overcoming prosthesis-patient mismatch with transcatheter aortic valve replacement	5
The outcomes of robotic-assisted coronary artery bypass grafting surgery in the Atlantic demographic—a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature	5
Lateral approach in robotic aortic valve replacement: optimizing visualization from the orient and down under	5
Three decades of aortic valve sparing operations	5
Functional and pathomorphological anatomy of the aortic valve and root for aortic valve sparing surgery in tricuspid and bicuspid aortic valves	5
Impact of mitral annular calcification in mitral valve surgery: 25-year Mayo Clinic experience	5
Atrial fibrillation symptom reduction and improved quality of life following the hybrid convergent procedure: a CONVERGE trial subanalysis	5
Surgical repair of post-infarction ventricular free-wall rupture in the Netherlands: data from a nationwide registry	5
Robotically assisted mitral valve surgery—experience during the restart of a robotic program in Germany	5
Frozen elephant trunk in chronic dissection	5
Impact of preoperative identification of the artery of Adamkiewicz on spinal cord injury after descending aortic and thoracoabdominal aortic repair	5
Surgical repair techniques for partial or total ischemic papillary muscle rupture	5
Surgical management is associated with improved survival for endocarditis after transcatheter aortic valve replacement	5
Surgical management of pulmonary endarterectomy avoiding deep hypothermia: the Pavia experience	5
Innovations in robotic surgery and recent developments in the SP platform	5
Origin of prefabricated frozen elephant trunk	5
Effectiveness of Maze IV procedure versus thoracoscopic ablation for atrial fibrillation: a propensity score-matched analysis	4
Trends in sex-specific differences following aortic arch repair: results from the Canadian Thoracic Aortic Collaborative	4
Historical evolution of robot-assisted cardiac surgery: a 25-year journey	4
Speaking a common language: the international consensus on bicuspid aortic valve nomenclature and classification	4
Surgical techniques for cardiac allograft procurement and perfusion in controlled donation after circulatory death	4
Robotic-assisted double valve surgery	4
Aortic annular enlargement with Y-incision/rectangular patch	4
How to advance from minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting to totally endoscopic coronary bypass grafting: challenges in Europe versus United States of America	4
Overview of prevalence, trends, and outcomes of post myocardial infarction mechanical complications	4
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: the magic of pathophysiology	4
Aortic root replacement in bicuspid versus tricuspid aortic valve patients	4
Systematic review and meta-analysis of mid-term survival, reoperation, and recurrent mitral regurgitation for robotic-assisted mitral valve repair	4
Uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgery for mediastinal tumors	4
Collateral network concept in 2023	4
Normothermic regional perfusion and donation after circulatory death heart-lung procurement	4
Robotic mitral valve replacement; results from the world’s largest series	4
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement explantation experience in Japanese high-volume center	4
Minimally invasive left atrial appendage occlusion plus reduced dose direct oral anticoagulant to prevent stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation—the LAAO-PlusRE	4
Minimally invasive surgical coronary artery bypass in women	4
The thoracic surgeon perspective—lung transplantation in controlled donation after circulatory determination of death: any conflict with the heart?	4
Cerebrospinal fluid drainage in thoracic endovascular aortic repair: mandatory access but tailored placement	4
The outcomes of three decades of the David and Yacoub procedures in bicuspid aortic valve patients—a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Comparison of the short-term outcomes between Y-incision aortic annular enlargement and traditional aortic annular enlargement techniques	4
Mitral valve repair in papillary muscle rupture	4
Endo-Bentall: is this feasible?	4
Remodeling of the aortic root—a 28-year journey	3
Total aortic arch replacement using the Thoraflex Hybrid device: evolution from investigational to federally approved use in the United States	3
Clinical and echocardiographic outcomes of patients with mitral annular calcification undergoing mitral valve surgery: a 10-year single center experience	3
Left atrial strain importance in atrial fibrillation screening process	3
Mitral annular calcification: implications on clinical outcomes and interventions	3
Surgical ventricular reconstruction for ischemic cardiomyopathy—a systematic review and meta-analysis of 7,685 patients	3
Surgical versus transcatheter aortic valve replacement: the future role of robotic aortic valve replacement	3
Extended sandwich patch technique to repair ventricular septal rupture	3
Aortic root anatomy: insights into annular and root enlargement techniques	3
How to implement a clinical robotic mitral valve surgery program	3
Transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement in low- to intermediate-risk patients: a meta-analysis of reconstructed time-to-event data	3
The impact of technology—use of hypothermic machine perfusion: the next standard of care for controlled donation after circulatory death allograft preservation?	3
End-stage chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: is there still room for lung transplantation?—the past, the present and the future	3
The anesthetist perspective: optimization of cardiac allograft from withdrawal of life support to reperfusion in the controlled donation after circulatory death	3
Prosthesis-patient mismatch in transcatheter and surgical aortic valve replacement	3
Spinal cord injury after open and endovascular repair of descending thoracic aneurysm and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis	3
The worst MitraClip Scenario: acute mitral regurgitation due to papillary muscle rupture	3
Uniportal hybrid robotic-assisted right upper sleeve lobectomy in an 83-year-old patient with severe pulmonary hypertension	3
Reflections on valve-sparing operations utilizing straight tube versus Valsalva grafts	3
Modified-Manougian aortic root enlargement	3
Hybrid repair of a thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm in female patient with Loeys-Dietz syndrome	3
Ten-year outcomes of hybrid coronary revascularization at a single center	3

Hybrid strategies for stand-alone surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation	3
How to perform distal anastomosis using a robotic platform: totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass	3
Reimplantation of the aortic valve in patients with tricuspid aortic valve: the Toronto General Hospital experience	3
The development of the Siena graft	3
Explanting transcatheter aortic valves: comparative insights and surgical nuances in native versus valve-in-valve scenarios	3
Current perioperative management of cerebrospinal fluid drains	2
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement explant and aortomitral curtain reconstruction	2
Aortic valve-sparing root replacement or Bentall?	2
Total endoscopic coronary artery bypass on a DaVinci Xi platform without an EndoWrist stabilizer combining the technology of GelPOINT Mini, AirSeal, and Octopus Nuvo	2
The value of bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting in incomplete revascularization and advanced hybrid revascularization	2
The soft elephant trunk: a new approach in the treatment of aortic dissection	2
Single incision right transaxillary robotic valve and coronary artery bypass grafting: a future therapy	2
Australian outcomes from heart transplantation in the machine perfusion era	2
Extensive posterior bar decalcification with novel calcific emulsification to enable endoscopic minimally invasive mitral valve repair	2
Surgical implant of Medtronic Penditure left atrial appendage exclusion clip during off-pump bilateral internal thoracic artery coronary artery bypass grafting	2
Uniportal robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery right upper lobectomy for aspergilloma	2
Donation after circulatory death transplantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of outcomes and methods of donation	2
Robotic mitral valve repair in the setting of mitral annular calcification	2
Thoracoabdominal normothermic regional perfusion—approaches to arch vessels and options of cannulation allowing donation after circulatory death multi-organ perfusion and procurement	2
The cardiac surgeon perspective—cardiac transplantation following donation after circulatory death: expanding the donor pool	2
The origin of the elephant trunk	2
Type B dissection with retrograde progression of intramural haematoma managed with frozen elephant trunk surgery	2
Uniportal robotic versus thoracoscopic assisted surgery: a propensity score-matched analysis of the initial 100 cases	2
Robotic mitral valve repair—the Bruxelles experience	2
Effective orifice diameter: a new sizing parameter of surgical valve prostheses to inform valve selection	2
Heart team approach for comprehensive management of aortic coarctation in the adult	2
Video atlas of each uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy and lymphadenectomy	2
Twenty-five years’ experience with root remodeling and bicuspid aortic valve repair	2
Long-term outcomes after pulmonary endarterectomy	2
Ultrasonic emulsification to facilitate mitral valve reconstruction in mitral annular calcification	2
The role of robotic coronary artery bypass grafting in the current practice of surgical myocardial revascularization	2
Heart transplantation in controlled donation after circulatory determination of death: the Italian experience	2
Concomitant atrial fibrillation ablation in minimally invasive cardiac surgery	2
Mini-access David Procedure with endoscopic assessment of aortic valve competency: the “Snorkelling” technique	2
Snorkel and chimney endografting for juxtarenal and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms is an acceptable, but aging technology	2
Simplified technique for bilateral access totally thoracoscopic Maze	2
Transition from multiportal video-assisted thoracic surgery to uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery… and evolution to uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgery?	2
Endovascular arch repair using the NEXUS arch endograft	2
T-NEXT graft: step by step operative technique	2
Simple bicuspid valve repair	2
Medium and long-term patency results of distal anastomosis connectors: a meta-analysis	2
Robotic versus conventional sternotomy mitral valve surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
The outcomes of concomitant catheter ablation in non-mitral valve cardiac surgery—a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature	2
The aortic team and bicuspid aortic valve patients	2
Pulmonary endarterectomy reoperation: frequency, risk factors and outcomes	2
Balloon pulmonary angioplasty after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy	2
David procedure through an upper ministernotomy	2
Mid-to-long-term recurrence of atrial fibrillation in surgical treatment vs. catheter ablation: a meta-analysis using aggregated survival data	2