Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Article	Citations
Robotic aortic valve replacement in the Middle East: reproducibility into practice with evolving complexity	40
Cardiac transplantation in controlled donation after circulatory death: a meta-analysis of long-term survival using reconstructed time-to-event data	32
The future direction of post-transcatheter aortic valve replacement re-interventions: insights from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database	29
Spinal cord injury after frozen elephant trunk procedures—prevention and management	27
Uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgery anatomic segmentectomies	25
Spinal cord protection: lessons learned from endovascular repair	25
Developing a thoracoabdominal normothermic regional perfusion (TA-NRP) program for the recovery of organs for thoracic transplant: lessons from the United States experience	24
Surgery for endocarditis in patients with bicuspid aortic valves	23
Ablation or drug therapy for initial atrial fibrillation	21
Technical aspects of robotically assisted left atrial myxoma resection	20
The current state of redo transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and limitations: why TAVR explant is important as the valve reintervention strategy	19
Elastin integrity in bicuspid valve-associated aortopathy is associated with altered biomechanical properties and influenced by age	19
Sex differences in long-term outcomes following surgery for acute type A aortic dissection: a systematic review and meta-analysis	19
Valve-sparing aortic root replacement after previous Ross procedure: two different surgical strategies	17
Update on biomarkers of bicuspid aortic disease: still a long road to run?	17
Outcomes of aortic root replacement in patients with Marfan syndrome: the role of valve-sparing and valve-replacing approaches	16
Neuromonitoring for descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair	16
Historical landmarks in the development of robotic coronary bypass grafting	16
Heritable aortic root aneurysms	16
Neochords: how to best use them and when not to use them	15
Surgical management of the anterior leaflet in mitral valve repair: the legacy of Professor Alain Carpentier	15
Advancing robotic aortic valve replacement beyond isolated therapy: a platform for multivalve therapy	15
Robotic mitral valve repair with complete excision of mitral annular calcification	14
Aortic valve-sparing procedure in the pediatric population	13
Complications and their management in robotic mitral valve surgery from the surgical assistant’s perspective	13

The perioperative outcomes of uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgeries—a systematic review and meta-analysis of surgical cohort studies and case reports	12
Left atrial appendage therapies: a new topic for the Heart Team	12
Mitral valve surgery in mitral annular calcification	12
Echocardiography of the aortic root: a practical approach for aortic valve-sparing surgery	12
What did the transcatheter aortic valve replacement-surgical aortic valve replacement (TAVR-SAVR) trials tell us?	11
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement for bicuspid aortic valve disease: does conventional surgery have a future?	11
Robotic endoscopic aortic valve replacement with rapid deployment valve: technique and outcomes	11
Biomechanics and clinical outcomes of various conduit configurations in valve sparing aortic root replacement	11
Incidence of bicuspid valve related aortic dissection: a systematic review and meta-analysis	11
Teaching the next generation of robotic coronary surgeons	10
Management of anomalous coronary anatomy during aortic valve repair	10
Aortic root remodeling	10
Robotic mitral repair: maintaining quality at all levels of complexity	10
Small incisions still require great anesthesia: anesthesiology techniques to enhance recovery in robotic coronary bypass grafting	10
Ross procedure in bicuspid aortic valve pathologies	10
Atrial fibrillation ablation during robotic mitral valve surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Thoracic endograft repair for a complicated type B aortic dissection	10
Multi-institutional surgical outcomes of robotic single-port surgery: a Korean experience	10
Robotic mitral valve surgery: the future is now	9
Electrical graft assessment of machine-perfused hearts donated after circulatory death	9
Comparison of uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgery pulmonary anatomic resections with multiport robotic-assisted thoracic surgery: a multicenter study of the European experience	9
Outcomes of robotic and endoscopic combined aortic and mitral valve surgery: experience from National Taiwan University Hospital	9
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
Tricuspid regurgitation and right ventricular dysfunction: preoperative non-procedural interventions to improve procedural outcomes	8
A critical evaluation of donor heart offer acceptance in the United Kingdom	8
Percutaneous mechanical aspiration in tricuspid valve infective endocarditis	8
4D flow imaging—state of the art	8
Short-term outcomes of uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgery anatomic pulmonary resections: experience of Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital	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
Total aortic arch replacement with frozen elephant trunk in patients with Marfan syndrome	8
Issues and considerations in perioperative management of robotic coronary bypass grafting	8
Left atrial appendage occlusion techniques for open heart surgery and for minimally invasive thoracotomy	8
Frozen elephant trunk with T-NEXT	7
Total aortic arch replacement using frozen elephant trunk: the beating-heart technique	7
Importance of bicuspid aortic valve phenotype on aortopathy	7
The value of preoperative risk scores prior to tricuspid valve interventions: The TRI-SCORE and beyond	7
Uniportal fully robotic-assisted sleeve resections: surgical technique and initial experience of 30 cases	7
RapidlinkTM: a new technology to simplify the supra-aortic vessel anastomoses in total aortic arch surgery	7
Endovascular repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms	7
Robotic atrial myxoma resection—papillary subtype	7
Lateral access fully robotic aortic valve replacement “RAVR”: from novel to normal	6
Features and short-term outcomes of real-world transcatheter tricuspid valve repair vs. replacement in Asia-Pacific	6
Prophylactic cerebrospinal fluid drainage and spinal cord ischemia in thoracic and thoracoabdominal endovascular procedures: a systematic review and meta-analysis	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
The current state of transcatheter aortic valve replacement explant: an updated systematic review	6
Adult cardiac transplantation utilizing donors after circulatory death	6
Outcomes of cardiothoracic surgery in women with Turner syndrome	6
Changes in aortic root dimensions post aortic root enlargement with Y-incision and modified aortotomy	6
Robotic degenerative mitral valve repair: an evolution	6

Robotic aortic valve replacement and aortic root enlargement for optimal prosthesis selection	6
Outcomes of aortic valve repair with the reimplantation technique and maintenance of commissural orientation	6
Robotic-assisted coronary artery bypass grafting: how I teach it	6
Establishing a robotic aortic valve replacement program in Spain: growing opportunities for Europe	6
Mitral valve surgery and maze procedure: the Korean experience in rheumatic versus degenerative disease	6
Exposure technique for the circumflex artery territory in robotic totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting	6
Robotic mitral repair in echocardiographically symmetrical and asymmetrical Barlow’s disease	6
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement explant various techniques	6
Impact of mitral annular calcification in mitral valve surgery: 25-year Mayo Clinic experience	5
Origin of prefabricated frozen elephant trunk	5
The transition to uniportal robotic surgery in the second decade of uniportal surgery	5
Innovations in robotic surgery and recent developments in the SP platform	5
Impact of preoperative identification of the artery of Adamkiewicz on spinal cord injury after descending aortic and thoracoabdominal aortic repair	5
Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm in women: many questions remain regarding their poor outcome	5
The outcomes of three decades of the David and Yacoub procedures in bicuspid aortic valve patients—a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
The reverse frozen elephant trunk: the Thoracoflo® hybrid-graft	5
Frozen elephant trunk in chronic dissection	5
Atrial fibrillation symptom reduction and improved quality of life following the hybrid convergent procedure: a CONVERGE trial subanalysis	5
Three decades of aortic valve sparing operations	5
Robotic mitral valve repair in National Taiwan University Hospital: 10-year results	5
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement explant for self-expandable valves	5
The thoracic surgeon perspective—lung transplantation in controlled donation after circulatory determination of death: any conflict with the heart?	5
Surgical management is associated with improved survival for endocarditis after transcatheter aortic valve replacement	5
Non-intubated uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgery: the future of thoracic surgery?	5
Robotically assisted mitral valve surgery—experience during the restart of a robotic program in Germany	5
Robotic and endoscopic mitral valve repair for degenerative disease	5
Functional and pathomorphological anatomy of the aortic valve and root for aortic valve sparing surgery in tricuspid and bicuspid aortic valves	5
Overcoming prosthesis-patient mismatch with transcatheter aortic valve replacement	5
Aortic root replacement in bicuspid versus tricuspid aortic valve patients	4
Collateral network concept in 2023	4
Robotic-assisted double valve surgery	4
Comparison of the short-term outcomes between Y-incision aortic annular enlargement and traditional aortic annular enlargement techniques	4
Transcatheter and surgical management of tricuspid valve disease: multidisciplinary lifetime management considerations	4
Robotic mitral valve replacement; results from the world’s largest series	4
Mind the gap: transcatheter edge to edge repair vs. surgical repair in degenerative mitral regurgitation	4
Aortic annular enlargement with Y-incision/rectangular patch	4
Normothermic regional perfusion and donation after circulatory death heart-lung procurement	4
Patient selection in robotic mitral valve surgery	4
Uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgery for mediastinal tumors	4
Systematic review and meta-analysis of mid-term survival, reoperation, and recurrent mitral regurgitation for robotic-assisted mitral valve repair	4
Minimally invasive surgical coronary artery bypass in women	4
Historical evolution of robot-assisted cardiac surgery: a 25-year journey	4
Lateral approach in robotic aortic valve replacement: optimizing visualization from the orient and down under	4
The outcomes of robotic-assisted coronary artery bypass grafting surgery in the Atlantic demographic—a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature	4
Surgical techniques for cardiac allograft procurement and perfusion in controlled donation after circulatory death	4
Speaking a common language: the international consensus on bicuspid aortic valve nomenclature and classification	4
My approach to Barlow’s disease	4
Reimplantation of the aortic valve in patients with tricuspid aortic valve: the Toronto General Hospital experience	3
Clinical and echocardiographic outcomes of patients with mitral annular calcification undergoing mitral valve surgery: a 10-year single center experience	3
The anesthetist perspective: optimization of cardiac allograft from withdrawal of life support to reperfusion in the controlled donation after circulatory death	3
How to implement a clinical robotic mitral valve surgery program	3
Reflections on valve-sparing operations utilizing straight tube versus Valsalva grafts	3
Aortic root anatomy: insights into annular and root enlargement techniques	3
Uniportal hybrid robotic-assisted right upper sleeve lobectomy in an 83-year-old patient with severe pulmonary hypertension	3
Minimally invasive left atrial appendage occlusion plus reduced dose direct oral anticoagulant to prevent stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation—the LAAO-PlusRE	3
How to advance from minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting to totally endoscopic coronary bypass grafting: challenges in Europe versus United States of America	3
Endoscopic removal of a papillary fibroelastoma of the tricuspid valve	3
The current state of isolated tricuspid valve surgery: how it complements transcatheter tricuspid valve interventions	3
Hybrid repair of a thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm in female patient with Loeys-Dietz syndrome	3
Tricuspid valve repair in infective endocarditis	3
Hybrid strategies for stand-alone surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation	3
Explanting transcatheter aortic valves: comparative insights and surgical nuances in native versus valve-in-valve scenarios	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
Tackling MAC and other complex mitral valve repair scenarios through the lens of robotics	3
How to perform distal anastomosis using a robotic platform: totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass	3
Trends in sex-specific differences following aortic arch repair: results from the Canadian Thoracic Aortic Collaborative	3
Prosthesis-patient mismatch in transcatheter and surgical aortic valve replacement	3
Effectiveness of Maze IV procedure versus thoracoscopic ablation for atrial fibrillation: a propensity score-matched analysis	3
Left atrial strain importance in atrial fibrillation screening process	3
The impact of technology—use of hypothermic machine perfusion: the next standard of care for controlled donation after circulatory death allograft preservation?	3
Ten-year outcomes of hybrid coronary revascularization at a single center	3
Modified-Manougian aortic root enlargement	3
Mitral annular calcification: implications on clinical outcomes and interventions	3
Surgical versus transcatheter aortic valve replacement: the future role of robotic aortic valve replacement	3
Remodeling of the aortic root—a 28-year journey	3
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement explantation experience in Japanese high-volume center	3
Prognostic significance of right ventricular-pulmonary artery coupling in patients undergoing tricuspid valve surgery	3
The development of the Siena graft	3
Heart transplantation in controlled donation after circulatory determination of death: the Italian experience	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 soft elephant trunk: a new approach in the treatment of aortic dissection	2
The cardiac surgeon perspective—cardiac transplantation following donation after circulatory death: expanding the donor pool	2
Uniportal robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery right upper lobectomy for aspergilloma	2
The outcomes of concomitant catheter ablation in non-mitral valve cardiac surgery—a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature	2
Video atlas of each uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy and lymphadenectomy	2
Chord transfer and leaflet management for Barlow’s valve repair	2
Extensive posterior bar decalcification with novel calcific emulsification to enable endoscopic minimally invasive mitral valve repair	2
Donation after circulatory death transplantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of outcomes and methods of donation	2
Concomitant atrial fibrillation ablation in minimally invasive cardiac surgery	2
David procedure through an upper ministernotomy	2
Simple bicuspid valve repair	2
Innovations in transcatheter tricuspid valve interventions: what has failed, what has worked, what is coming	2
Effective orifice diameter: a new sizing parameter of surgical valve prostheses to inform valve selection	2
Australian outcomes from heart transplantation in the machine perfusion era	2
Aortic valve-sparing root replacement or Bentall?	2
Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography: the roadmap for successful mitral valve repair	2
Robotic mitral valve repair—the Bruxelles experience	2
Robotic versus conventional sternotomy mitral valve surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
Ultrasonic emulsification to facilitate mitral valve reconstruction in mitral annular calcification	2
Transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement in low- to intermediate-risk patients: a meta-analysis of reconstructed time-to-event data	2
Robotic mitral valve repair in the setting of mitral annular calcification	2
Twenty-five years’ experience with root remodeling and bicuspid aortic valve repair	2
Mid-to-long-term recurrence of atrial fibrillation in surgical treatment vs. catheter ablation: a meta-analysis using aggregated survival data	2
Transition from multiportal video-assisted thoracic surgery to uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery… and evolution to uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgery?	2
The pitfalls of transcatheter tricuspid valve repair: what we have learned in our last decade of experience	2
T-NEXT graft: step by step operative technique	2
Pitfalls of transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement: lessons from a decade of experience	2
Medium and long-term patency results of distal anastomosis connectors: a meta-analysis	2
Current perioperative management of cerebrospinal fluid drains	2
Mini-access David Procedure with endoscopic assessment of aortic valve competency: the “Snorkelling” technique	2
The aortic team and bicuspid aortic valve patients	2
The role of robotic coronary artery bypass grafting in the current practice of surgical myocardial revascularization	2
Single incision right transaxillary robotic valve and coronary artery bypass grafting: a future therapy	2
Total aortic arch replacement using the Thoraflex Hybrid device: evolution from investigational to federally approved use in the United States	2
Thoracoabdominal normothermic regional perfusion—approaches to arch vessels and options of cannulation allowing donation after circulatory death multi-organ perfusion and procurement	2