Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Article	Citations
Results of frozen elephant trunk from the international E-vita Open registry	30
Long-term outcomes of the frozen elephant trunk procedure: a systematic review	28
Long-term outcomes of sutureless and rapid-deployment aortic valve replacement: a systematic review and meta-analysis	26
Contemporary outcomes of continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices—a systematic review	26
Endovascular repair for thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms: current status and future challenges	25
Frozen elephant trunk with Frozenix prosthesis	25
Pediatric ventricular assist device registries: update and perspectives in the era of miniaturized continuous-flow pumps	22
The incidence and impact of cardiac conduction disturbances after transcatheter aortic valve replacement	22
Transapical off-pump echo-guided mitral valve repair with neochordae implantation mid-term outcomes	22
An updated meta-analysis of MitraClip versus surgery for mitral regurgitation	21
Sutureless and rapid deployment valves: implantation technique from A to Z—the Perceval valve	21
Open total arch replacement with trifurcated graft and frozen elephant trunk	19
Sutureless and rapid deployment implantation in bicuspid aortic valve: results from the sutureless and rapid-deployment aortic valve replacement international registry	18
Right anterior mini-thoracotomy and sutureless valves: the perfect marriage	18
Mitral valve-in-valve and valve-in-ring: tips, tricks, and outcomes	17
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: the magic of pathophysiology	17
Transcatheter mitral valve replacement: latest advances and future directions	17
Sutureless valve and rapid deployment valves: a systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative studies	17
Normal and abnormal development of the aortic valve and ascending aortic wall: a comprehensive overview of the embryology and pathology of the bicuspid aortic valve	17
A step-by-step guide to transseptal valve-in-valve transcatheter mitral valve replacement	17
Bioprosthetic valve fracture: a practical guide	16
Hybrid arch frozen elephant trunk repair: evidence from the Canadian Thoracic Aortic Collaborative	16
Current state of hybrid solutions for aortic arch aneurysms	16
The sutureless and rapid-deployment aortic valve replacement international registry: lessons learned from more than 4,500 patients	16
Outcome of rapid deployment aortic valves: long-term experience after 700 implants	15

LAMPOON techniques to prevent or manage left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in transcatheter mitral valve replacement	13
Contemporary outcomes of continuous-flow biventricular assist devices	12
Concomitant cardiac surgery procedures during left ventricular assist device implantation: single-centre experience	12
Long-term outcome with sutureless valves: 12 years of Perceval experience	12
Endovascular repair of the ascending aorta: the last frontier	11
Frozen elephant trunk with straight vascular prosthesis	11
Overcoming the transcatheter aortic valve replacement Achilles heel: conduction abnormalities—a systematic review	11
The Ross procedure in children: a systematic review	11
Thoracic endovascular repair of chronic type B aortic dissection: a systematic review	11
Continuous-flow left ventricular assist device systems infections: current outcomes and management strategies	10
Long-term outcomes of the Ross procedure in adults	10
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: diagnosis, operability assessment and patient selection for pulmonary endarterectomy	9
The Ross procedure is an excellent operation in non-repairable aortic regurgitation: insights and techniques	9
The role of the ventricular assist device coordinator: quo vadis?	9
Outcomes of reoperations after Ross procedure	9
Aortic arch repair with frozen elephant trunk versus conventional elephant trunk	8
Aortic valve replacement using stented or sutureless/rapid deployment prosthesis via either full-sternotomy or a minimally invasive approach: a network meta-analysis	8
Historical evolution of robot-assisted cardiac surgery: a 25-year journey	8
Effects of concomitant coronary artery bypass grafting on early and late mortality in the treatment of post-infarction mechanical complications: a systematic review and meta-analysis	8
Endovascular therapy for patients with heritable thoracic aortic disease	8
A series of four transcatheter aortic valve replacement in failed Perceval valves	8
The frozen elephant trunk technique in acute and chronic aortic dissection: intraoperative setting and patient selection are key to success	8
Surgery without visible scars—double valve surgery using the right lateral access	8
Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: a systematic review	8
Edge-to-edge repair: past challenge, current case selection and future advances	7
Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm: the niche of post-infarction mechanical complications	7
Development of tricuspid regurgitation and right ventricular performance after implantation of centrifugal left ventricular assist devices	7
Normothermic frozen elephant trunk surgery without circulatory arrest: how we do it in Ancona	7
Pathologic von Willebrand factor degradation is a major contributor to left ventricular assist device-associated bleeding: pathophysiology and evolving clinical management	7
Parallel grafts and physician modified endografts for endovascular repair of the aortic arch	7
Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy: The Marie Lannelongue Hospital experience	7
Conduction disorders after aortic valve replacement: what is the real impact of sutureless and rapid deployment valves?	7
Acute type A aortic dissection: the role of frozen elephant trunk	7
The left ventricular assist device as a patient monitoring system	7
Robotic versus conventional sternotomy mitral valve surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Frozen Elephant Trunk—the Bologna experience	7
Long-term outcomes of etiology specific annuloplasty ring repair of ischemic mitral regurgitation	7
Sutureless and rapid deployment valves: implantation technique from A to Z—the INTUITY Elite valve	7
Surgical treatment of post-infarction papillary muscle rupture: systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Pulmonary endarterectomy in severe chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: the Toronto experience	6
Is the frozen elephant trunk technique justified for chronic type A aortic dissection in Marfan syndrome?	6
History, development and clinical perspectives of sutureless and rapid deployment surgical aortic valve replacement	6
Use of the frozen elephant trunk technique for type B aortic dissection and aberrant right subclavian artery: an anatomic repair of the “arteria lusoria”	6
A step-by-step guide to trans-axillary transcatheter aortic valve replacement	6
Post-infarction ventricular septal rupture	6
Sex differences in outcomes following less-invasive left ventricular assist device implantation	6
Sutureless valves fit/perform well in a small aortic annulus	6
Overcoming the transcatheter aortic valve replacement Achilles heel: coronary re-access	6
Systematic review and meta-analysis of long-term outcomes in adults undergoing the Ross procedure	6
Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy—the Royal Papworth experience	6

Transseptal chordal replacement: early experience	6
Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: the Spanish experience	6
Surgical management for mechanical complications of acute myocardial infarction: a systematic review of long-term outcomes	5
The Ross procedure and valve-sparing root replacement procedures in the adult patient: do guidelines follow the evidence?	5
Current state of transcatheter mitral valve implantation in bioprosthetic mitral valve and in mitral ring as a treatment approach for failed mitral prosthesis	5
Endovascular repair of acute complicated type B aortic dissection—systematic review and meta-analysis of long-term survival and reintervention	5
Combining echocardiographic and anatomic variables to predict outcomes of mitral valve repair with the NeoChord procedure	5
Two hundred robotic mitral valve repair procedures for degenerative mitral regurgitation: the Yale experience	5
End-stage chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: is there still room for lung transplantation?—the past, the present and the future	5
Conventional and alternative sites for left ventricular assist device inflow and outflow cannula placement	5
Endovascular aortic repair of Kommerell diverticulum associated with aberrant left subclavian artery	5
Pulmonary endarterectomy: technique and pitfalls	5
Procedural and clinical outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement in bicuspid aortic valve patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Conduction disorders after aortic valve replacement with rapid-deployment bioprostheses: early occurrence and one-year evolution	5
Elastin integrity in bicuspid valve-associated aortopathy is associated with altered biomechanical properties and influenced by age	4
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement aortic root orientation: implications for future coronary access and redo transcatheter aortic valve replacement	4
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	4
Ross operation after failure of aortic valve repair	4
Reinventing the displacement left ventricular assist device in the continuous-flow era: TORVAD, the first toroidal-flow left ventricular assist device	4
Sutureless repair of subacute left ventricular free wall rupture	4
Transcatheter valve-in-valve implantation for degenerated stentless aortic bioroots	4
Imaging the mitral valve: a primer for the interventional surgeon	4
The need for comprehensive multidisciplinary programs, complex interventions, and precision medicine for bicuspid aortic valve disease	4
Continuous-flow left ventricular assist device versus orthotopic heart transplantation in adults with heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
The Ross inclusion Dacron graft	4
Safeguards and pitfalls for Bioprosthetic or Native Aortic Scallop Intentional Laceration to Prevent Iatrogenic Coronary Artery Obstruction during transcatheter aortic valve replacement—the BASILICA t	4
Pathology and pathophysiology of the aortic root	4
Mini-access branch-first total arch replacement and frozen elephant trunk procedure	4
Ultra fast-track trans-axillary mini-aortic valve replacement	4
Endovascular arch repair using the NEXUS arch endograft	4
Total arch repair with frozen elephant trunk for type A acute aortic dissection: the “zone 0 arch repair” strategy	4
Over 15 years: the advancement of transcatheter aortic valve replacement	4
The importance of coronary artery disease and special considerations for left ventricular assist device implantation	4
Systematic review and meta-analysis of mid-term survival, reoperation, and recurrent mitral regurgitation for robotic-assisted mitral valve repair	4
Twenty-five years’ experience with root remodeling and bicuspid aortic valve repair	4
Pre- and post-operative mechanical circulatory support in surgical repair of post-acute myocardial infarction mechanical complications	4
Perioperative management of patients undergoing thoracic endovascular repair	3
Off-pump left ventricular assist device implantation via bilateral mini-thoracotomy in cardiac reoperations: the extrapericardial subxiphoid route	3
Uniportal robotic versus thoracoscopic assisted surgery: a propensity score-matched analysis of the initial 100 cases	3
Transition from multiportal video-assisted thoracic surgery to uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery… and evolution to uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgery?	3
Evolving perspectives on mechanical circulatory support biocompatibility and interfaces	3
Therapeutic alternatives in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: from pulmonary endarterectomy to balloon pulmonary angioplasty to medical therapy. State of the art from a multidisciplinary	3
4D flow imaging—state of the art	3
Back to the root: a large animal model of the Ross procedure	3
Aortic root replacement in bicuspid versus tricuspid aortic valve patients	3
Transseptal direct complete annuloplasty: early experience	3
Over 15 years: the advancement of transcatheter mitral valve repair	3
Balloon pulmonary angioplasty after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy	3
Surgical repair of post-infarction ventricular free-wall rupture in the Netherlands: data from a nationwide registry	3
Management of increased systemic flow requirements in patients with left ventricular assist devices	3
Residual pulmonary hypertension after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy: incidence, pathogenesis and therapeutic options	3
Reimplantation of the aortic valve in patients with tricuspid aortic valve: the Toronto General Hospital experience	3
Metabolomic profile of patients with left ventricular assist devices: a pilot study	3
Tailoring the valve choice to the patient: contemporary choices and their optimal applications	3
Transapical transcatheter mitral valve implantation in patients with degenerated mitral bioprostheses or failed ring annuloplasty	3
The natural history of aortic root aneurysms	3
Long-term outcomes after pulmonary endarterectomy	3
Heart team approach for comprehensive management of aortic coarctation in the adult	3
Forward-thinking design solutions for mechanical circulatory support: multifunctional hybrid continuous-flow ventricular assist device technology	3
Bicuspid aortic valve repair: the 180°-Reimplantation technique	3
Triple patch technique to repair ventricular septal rupture	3
Aortic arch replacement using the branch-first and frozen elephant trunk techniques	3
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement for bicuspid aortic valve disease: does conventional surgery have a future?	3
Transcatheter solutions for transcatheter aortic valve replacement dysfunction: is redo transcatheter aortic valve replacement a durable option?	3
The learning curve of the robotic-assisted lobectomy—a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Direct transcatheter mitral valve implantation in severe mitral annular calcification: technique and evidence	3
Uniportal fully robotic-assisted sleeve resections: surgical technique and initial experience of 30 cases	3
Transcatheter valve-in-valve implantation in degenerated aortic bioprostheses: are patients with small surgical bioprostheses at higher risk for unfavourable mid-term outcomes?	3
Exercise physiology in left ventricular assist device patients: insights from hemodynamic simulations	3
Is tri-port totally thoracoscopic surgery for mitral valve replacement a feasible approach?	3
Mitral valve repair in papillary muscle rupture	3
Frozen elephant trunk: debranch first technique	3
Distal repair after frozen elephant trunk: open or endovascular?	3
Chordal replacement: future surgical gold standard or first-line option as bridge to definitive therapy in primary mitral regurgitation?	3
Renal protective effect of the aortic balloon occlusion technique in total arch replacement with frozen elephant trunk	3
Chronic thoracoabdominal aortic dissection: endovascular options to obliterate the false lumen	2
How to implement a clinical robotic mitral valve surgery program	2
Valve thrombosis after transcatheter aortic valve replacement—cause for concern?	2
Surgical ventricular reconstruction for ischemic cardiomyopathy—a systematic review and meta-analysis of 7,685 patients	2
Uniportal fully robotic-assisted major pulmonary resections	2

Extended sandwich patch technique to repair ventricular septal rupture	2
Robotic mitral valve replacement; results from the world’s largest series	2
Combined valve surgery with sutureless and rapid-deployment aortic valve replacement: when and why	2
Impact of extra-corporeal life support (ECLS) cannulation strategy on outcome after durable mechanical circulation support system implantation on behalf of durable MCS after ECLS Study Group	2
The Ross procedure—the loose jacket technique	2
Access options for transcatheter mitral valve implantation in patients with prior surgical bioprosthesis	2
Uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgery lung-sparing carinal sleeve resection and reconstruction	2
Complicated and uncomplicated acute type B aortic dissection: is an endovascular solution the “Holy Grail”?	2
Myocardial function recovery interventional assessment and surgical pump removal	2
Direct access hybrid transatrial implantation of a Sapien 3 valve inside a bioprosthetic mitral valve with concomitant tricuspid valve replacement and cryoablation	2
Collateral network concept in 2023	2
Hemodynamic outcomes after valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a single-center experience	2
Elimination of drive exit line: transcutaneous energy transmission	2
The Ross inclusion technique	2
The Ross procedure is the optimal solution for young adults with unrepairable aortic valve disease	2
Uniportal three-arm robotic-assisted thoracic surgery right upper lobe and carinal sleeve resection	2
The Ross-Konno procedure for congenital aortic stenosis	2
Update on the German Ross Registry	2
Development of malignancies and their outcomes in patients supported on continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices—a systematic review	2
The aortic team and bicuspid aortic valve patients	2
Computational sentiment analysis of an online left ventricular assist device support forum: positivity predominates	2
Snorkel and chimney endografting for juxtarenal and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms is an acceptable, but aging technology	2
Snaring technique for explantation of transcatheter aortic valve bioprosthesis	2
Surgical versus transcatheter mitral valve replacement in functional mitral valve regurgitation	2
Transcatheter mitral valve replacement for degenerated mitral bioprostheses: a systematic review	2
Overview of prevalence, trends, and outcomes of post myocardial infarction mechanical complications	2
Mechanical circulatory supports after pulmonary thrombo-endarterectomy: why, when and how	2
Endo-Bentall: is this feasible?	2
Valve-sparing procedure for a dilated pulmonary autograft	2
Transcatheter valve implantation for degenerated tricuspid bioprosthesis and failed tricuspid ring	2
Use of transesophageal echocardiography for transcatheter valve-in-valve implantation for patients with prior bioprosthetic surgical aortic, mitral, tricuspid, and pulmonic valves	2
Bioprosthetic valve fracture to facilitate valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve repair	2
Transcatheter mitral valve repair in functional mitral regurgitation: who will benefit?	1
Multi-modality imaging evaluation and pre-surgical planning for aortic valve-sparing operations in patients with aortic root aneurysm	1
Surgical treatment for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: an historical perspective	1
A new hybrid graft for open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair	1
CT based sizing may reduce pacemaker implantation and paravalvular leaks after sutureless and rapid deployment valve implantation	1
Uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgery for mediastinal tumors	1
Robotic and endoscopic mitral valve repair for degenerative disease	1
Concomitant atrial fibrillation ablation in minimally invasive cardiac surgery	1
Remodeling of the aortic root—a 28-year journey	1
Infant miniaturized continuous-flow pumps and permanent support in Pediatrics	1
Aortic valve-sparing root replacement or Bentall?	1
Operative strategies for acute mitral regurgitation as a mechanical complication of myocardial infarction	1
Impact of COVID-19 on the incidence of post-acute myocardial infarction mechanical complications	1
Fracture of a 21 mm failed bioprosthetic aortic valve	1
Who should get surgical aortic valve replacement in the era of transcatheter aortic valve replacement?—a surgeon’s perspective	1
The outcomes of three decades of the David and Yacoub procedures in bicuspid aortic valve patients—a systematic review and meta-analysis	1
Overcoming the transcatheter aortic valve replacement Achilles heel: paravalvular leak	1
Minimally invasive staged segmental artery coil embolization (MIS2ACE) for spinal cord protection	1
Endovascular repair of acute type B thoracic aortic dissection	1
Robotic mitral valve surgery in Latin America	1
Surgical technique for the implantation of mechanical circulatory support with the Impella 5.0 pump in a patient with post-cardiotomy cardiogenic shock	1
Uniportal robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: resection of the first rib	1
Echocardiography of the aortic root: a practical approach for aortic valve-sparing surgery	1
Resurgence of the Ross procedure	1
Aortic valve-sparing procedure in the pediatric population	1
Valve-sparing operations after Ross procedure: a single-center experience	1
Outcomes after transcatheter valve-in-valve implantation using a balloon-expandable Edwards Sapien valve in patients with degenerated Freestyle aortic bioprosthesis	1
Robotic mitral repair: maintaining quality at all levels of complexity	1
How I perform totally endoscopic robotic mitral valve repair	1
David procedure through an upper ministernotomy	1
Outcomes of cardiothoracic surgery in women with Turner syndrome	1
Minimally invasive sutureless aortic valve replacement in the Redo setting: the new surgical frontier in the valve-in-valve era	1
Thoracic endovascular aortic repair for ascending aortic aneurysm or dissection	1
Robotic-assisted double valve surgery	1
Transcatheter valve implantation in a failed homograft	1
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement and surgical aortic valve replacement volume-outcome relationships: a Pandora’s box	1
The unfinished saga of invasive procedures for secondary mitral regurgitation	1
Functional and pathomorphological anatomy of the aortic valve and root for aortic valve sparing surgery in tricuspid and bicuspid aortic valves	1
Patient selection for aortic valve-sparing operations	1
Heritable aortic root aneurysms	1
Matching the type of aortic valve-sparing to the aortic root pathology	1
Emergent repair of post myocardial infarction ventricular septal defect with prophylactic left ventricular assist device	1
Male-female differences in contemporary elective ascending aortic surgery: insights from the Netherlands Heart Registration	1
Three decades of reimplantation of the aortic valve—the Brussels Experience	1
Transcatheter devices for direct annuloplasty and chordal replacement in degenerative mitral regurgitation	1
Prophylactic cerebrospinal fluid drainage and spinal cord ischemia in thoracic and thoracoabdominal endovascular procedures: a systematic review and meta-analysis	1
Arch replacement for acute type A aortic dissection using a single fenestrated frozen elephant trunk technique	1
Importance of bicuspid aortic valve phenotype on aortopathy	1
Sutureless repair techniques for post-infarction left ventricular free wall rupture	1
Step-by-step rapid deployment Intuity Elite implantation using a minimally invasive endoscopic approach	1
Robotically assisted mitral valve surgery—experience during the restart of a robotic program in Germany	1
Endovascular repair of a thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm using a physician-modified four-vessel fenestrated endograft	1
Valve-sparing aortic root replacement using the reimplantation (David) technique: a systematic review and meta-analysis on survival and clinical outcome	1
The Ross procedure for bicuspid aortic valve: total root implantation technique	1
Comparison of uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgery pulmonary anatomic resections with multiport robotic-assisted thoracic surgery: a multicenter study of the European experience	1
Aortic valve choice in the transcatheter aortic valve replacement era	1
Robotic mitral valve repair in National Taiwan University Hospital: 10-year results	1