Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Article	Citations
The future direction of post-transcatheter aortic valve replacement re-interventions: insights from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database	59
Cardiac transplantation in controlled donation after circulatory death: a meta-analysis of long-term survival using reconstructed time-to-event data	36
Spinal cord injury after frozen elephant trunk procedures—prevention and management	28
Spinal cord protection: lessons learned from endovascular repair	24
Thoracic endovascular aortic repair for ascending aortic aneurysm or dissection	24
Robotic aortic valve replacement in the Middle East: reproducibility into practice with evolving complexity	24
Surgery for endocarditis in patients with bicuspid aortic valves	23
Ablation or drug therapy for initial atrial fibrillation	22
Technical aspects of robotically assisted left atrial myxoma resection	22
Uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgery anatomic segmentectomies	19
The current state of redo transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and limitations: why TAVR explant is important as the valve reintervention strategy	18
Developing a thoracoabdominal normothermic regional perfusion (TA-NRP) program for the recovery of organs for thoracic transplant: lessons from the United States experience	18
Sex differences in long-term outcomes following surgery for acute type A aortic dissection: a systematic review and meta-analysis	18
Robotic mitral valve repair with complete excision of mitral annular calcification	17
Neuromonitoring for descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair	17
Heritable aortic root aneurysms	17
Complications and their management in robotic mitral valve surgery from the surgical assistant’s perspective	16
Update on biomarkers of bicuspid aortic disease: still a long road to run?	15
The perioperative outcomes of uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgeries—a systematic review and meta-analysis of surgical cohort studies and case reports	15
Valve-sparing aortic root replacement after previous Ross procedure: two different surgical strategies	15
Advancing robotic aortic valve replacement beyond isolated therapy: a platform for multivalve therapy	14
Transcatheter solutions for transcatheter aortic valve replacement dysfunction: is redo transcatheter aortic valve replacement a durable option?	14
Elastin integrity in bicuspid valve-associated aortopathy is associated with altered biomechanical properties and influenced by age	14
Outcomes of aortic root replacement in patients with Marfan syndrome: the role of valve-sparing and valve-replacing approaches	13
Historical landmarks in the development of robotic coronary bypass grafting	13

Echocardiography of the aortic root: a practical approach for aortic valve-sparing surgery	13
Aortic valve-sparing procedure in the pediatric population	12
Access options for transcatheter mitral valve implantation in patients with prior surgical bioprosthesis	12
Multi-institutional surgical outcomes of robotic single-port surgery: a Korean experience	12
Left atrial appendage therapies: a new topic for the Heart Team	12
Biomechanics and clinical outcomes of various conduit configurations in valve sparing aortic root replacement	11
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement for bicuspid aortic valve disease: does conventional surgery have a future?	11
What did the transcatheter aortic valve replacement-surgical aortic valve replacement (TAVR-SAVR) trials tell us?	11
Aortic root remodeling	11
Robotic endoscopic aortic valve replacement with rapid deployment valve: technique and outcomes	11
Pulmonary endarterectomy: technique and pitfalls	10
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: diagnosis, operability assessment and patient selection for pulmonary endarterectomy	10
Thoracic endograft repair for a complicated type B aortic dissection	10
Incidence of bicuspid valve related aortic dissection: a systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Ross procedure in bicuspid aortic valve pathologies	10
Ascending aorta: the use of a physician investigational device exemption	10
Management of anomalous coronary anatomy during aortic valve repair	10
Comparison of uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgery pulmonary anatomic resections with multiport robotic-assisted thoracic surgery: a multicenter study of the European experience	9
Robotic mitral repair: maintaining quality at all levels of complexity	9
Sutureless repair of subacute left ventricular free wall rupture	8
Left atrial appendage occlusion techniques for open heart surgery and for minimally invasive thoracotomy	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
Outcomes of robotic and endoscopic combined aortic and mitral valve surgery: experience from National Taiwan University Hospital	8
Small incisions still require great anesthesia: anesthesiology techniques to enhance recovery in robotic coronary bypass grafting	8
Chronic thoracoabdominal aortic dissection: endovascular options to obliterate the false lumen	8
Teaching the next generation of robotic coronary surgeons	8
Atrial fibrillation ablation during robotic mitral valve surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis	8
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	8
Best transcatheter approach for a failed mitral valve ring	7
4D flow imaging—state of the art	7
Electrical graft assessment of machine-perfused hearts donated after circulatory death	7
Parallel grafts and physician modified endografts for endovascular repair of the aortic arch	7
Issues and considerations in perioperative management of robotic coronary bypass grafting	7
The role of sex hormones in abdominal aortic aneurysms: a topical review	7
Surgical management for mechanical complications of acute myocardial infarction: a systematic review of long-term outcomes	7
Short-term outcomes of uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgery anatomic pulmonary resections: experience of Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital	7
Simultaneous epicardial atrial fibrillation ablation and left atrial appendage ligation: early considerations	7
Robotic-assisted coronary artery bypass grafting: how I teach it	6
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	6
Importance of bicuspid aortic valve phenotype on aortopathy	6
Transcatheter mitral valve replacement for degenerated mitral bioprostheses: a systematic review	6
Frozen elephant trunk with T-NEXT	6
Adult cardiac transplantation utilizing donors after circulatory death	6
Endovascular repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms	6
Total aortic arch replacement with frozen elephant trunk in patients with Marfan syndrome	6
A critical evaluation of donor heart offer acceptance in the United Kingdom	6
Lateral access fully robotic aortic valve replacement “RAVR”: from novel to normal	6
Uniportal fully robotic-assisted sleeve resections: surgical technique and initial experience of 30 cases	6
Robotic and endoscopic mitral valve repair for degenerative disease	6
Robotic atrial myxoma resection—papillary subtype	6

Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: a systematic review	6
Prophylactic cerebrospinal fluid drainage and spinal cord ischemia in thoracic and thoracoabdominal endovascular procedures: a systematic review and meta-analysis	6
Establishing a robotic aortic valve replacement program in Spain: growing opportunities for Europe	6
Changes in aortic root dimensions post aortic root enlargement with Y-incision and modified aortotomy	6
Outcomes of cardiothoracic surgery in women with Turner syndrome	6
Surgical repair techniques for partial or total ischemic papillary muscle rupture	5
Residual pulmonary hypertension after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy: incidence, pathogenesis and therapeutic options	5
Impact of preoperative identification of the artery of Adamkiewicz on spinal cord injury after descending aortic and thoracoabdominal aortic repair	5
The transition to uniportal robotic surgery in the second decade of uniportal surgery	5
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement explant various techniques	5
Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm in women: many questions remain regarding their poor outcome	5
Robotic mitral valve repair in National Taiwan University Hospital: 10-year results	5
Exposure technique for the circumflex artery territory in robotic totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting	5
Surgical management is associated with improved survival for endocarditis after transcatheter aortic valve replacement	5
Emergent repair of post myocardial infarction ventricular septal defect with prophylactic left ventricular assist device	5
Complicated and uncomplicated acute type B aortic dissection: is an endovascular solution the “Holy Grail”?	5
Non-intubated uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgery: the future of thoracic surgery?	5
Robotic aortic valve replacement and aortic root enlargement for optimal prosthesis selection	5
Functional and pathomorphological anatomy of the aortic valve and root for aortic valve sparing surgery in tricuspid and bicuspid aortic valves	5
Aortic root replacement with the reimplantation technique for recurrent root aneurysm, 24 years after root replacement with the remodeling technique in a Marfan patient	5
Outcomes of aortic valve repair with the reimplantation technique and maintenance of commissural orientation	5
The current state of transcatheter aortic valve replacement explant: an updated systematic review	5
Robotically assisted mitral valve surgery—experience during the restart of a robotic program in Germany	4
Overcoming prosthesis-patient mismatch with transcatheter aortic valve replacement	4
Fracture of a 21 mm failed bioprosthetic aortic valve	4
Atrial fibrillation symptom reduction and improved quality of life following the hybrid convergent procedure: a CONVERGE trial subanalysis	4
Robotic-assisted double valve surgery	4
Surgical repair of post-infarction ventricular free-wall rupture in the Netherlands: data from a nationwide registry	4
Comparison of the short-term outcomes between Y-incision aortic annular enlargement and traditional aortic annular enlargement techniques	4
Lateral approach in robotic aortic valve replacement: optimizing visualization from the orient and down under	4
The reverse frozen elephant trunk: the Thoracoflo® hybrid-graft	4
Innovations in robotic surgery and recent developments in the SP platform	4
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement explant for self-expandable valves	4
Origin of prefabricated frozen elephant trunk	4
Frozen elephant trunk in chronic dissection	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
Use of the angioscope for aortic endovascular repair	4
Three decades of aortic valve sparing operations	4
The thoracic surgeon perspective—lung transplantation in controlled donation after circulatory determination of death: any conflict with the heart?	4
Collateral network concept in 2023	4
Current state of hybrid solutions for aortic arch aneurysms	4
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: the magic of pathophysiology	3
Reimplantation of the aortic valve in patients with tricuspid aortic valve: the Toronto General Hospital experience	3
Extended sandwich patch technique to repair ventricular septal rupture	3
The development of the Siena graft	3
Effectiveness of Maze IV procedure versus thoracoscopic ablation for atrial fibrillation: a propensity score-matched analysis	3
Minimally invasive surgical coronary artery bypass in women	3
Uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgery for mediastinal tumors	3
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	3
Limiting factors of current thoracic aortic endovascular technologies	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
Aortic root replacement in bicuspid versus tricuspid aortic valve patients	3
Surgical ventricular reconstruction for ischemic cardiomyopathy—a systematic review and meta-analysis of 7,685 patients	3
Remodeling of the aortic root—a 28-year journey	3
Prosthesis-patient mismatch in transcatheter and surgical aortic valve replacement	3
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement explantation experience in Japanese high-volume center	3
Trends in sex-specific differences following aortic arch repair: results from the Canadian Thoracic Aortic Collaborative	3
Robotic mitral valve replacement; results from the world’s largest series	3
Systematic review and meta-analysis of mid-term survival, reoperation, and recurrent mitral regurgitation for robotic-assisted mitral valve repair	3
Surgical techniques for cardiac allograft procurement and perfusion in controlled donation after circulatory death	3
Speaking a common language: the international consensus on bicuspid aortic valve nomenclature and classification	3
The outcomes of three decades of the David and Yacoub procedures in bicuspid aortic valve patients—a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Mitral valve repair in papillary muscle rupture	3
Historical evolution of robot-assisted cardiac surgery: a 25-year journey	3
How to perform distal anastomosis using a robotic platform: totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass	3
Aortic root anatomy: insights into annular and root enlargement techniques	3
The worst MitraClip Scenario: acute mitral regurgitation due to papillary muscle rupture	3
One stage ascending and descending aorta replacement through the posterior pericardium to treat aortic rupture due to stent graft-induced new entry (SINE) tear	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
Cerebrospinal fluid drainage in thoracic endovascular aortic repair: mandatory access but tailored placement	3
Endovascular repair for thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms: current status and future challenges	3
Normothermic regional perfusion and donation after circulatory death heart-lung procurement	3
Aortic annular enlargement with Y-incision/rectangular patch	3
Surgical management of pulmonary endarterectomy avoiding deep hypothermia: the Pavia experience	3
Endo-Bentall: is this feasible?	3
Uniportal hybrid robotic-assisted right upper sleeve lobectomy in an 83-year-old patient with severe pulmonary hypertension	2
Current perioperative management of cerebrospinal fluid drains	2
Long-term outcomes after pulmonary endarterectomy	2
Snorkel and chimney endografting for juxtarenal and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms is an acceptable, but aging technology	2
Concomitant atrial fibrillation ablation in minimally invasive cardiac surgery	2

Uniportal robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery right upper lobectomy for aspergilloma	2
The anesthetist perspective: optimization of cardiac allograft from withdrawal of life support to reperfusion in the controlled donation after circulatory death	2
Total aortic arch replacement using the Thoraflex Hybrid device: evolution from investigational to federally approved use in the United States	2
Pulmonary endarterectomy reoperation: frequency, risk factors and outcomes	2
How to implement a clinical robotic mitral valve surgery program	2
The impact of technology—use of hypothermic machine perfusion: the next standard of care for controlled donation after circulatory death allograft preservation?	2
Mid-to-long-term recurrence of atrial fibrillation in surgical treatment vs. catheter ablation: a meta-analysis using aggregated survival data	2
End-stage chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: is there still room for lung transplantation?—the past, the present and the future	2
The outcomes of concomitant catheter ablation in non-mitral valve cardiac surgery—a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature	2
Reflections on valve-sparing operations utilizing straight tube versus Valsalva grafts	2
Video atlas of each uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy and lymphadenectomy	2
Aortic valve choice in the transcatheter aortic valve replacement era	2
Heart team approach for comprehensive management of aortic coarctation in the adult	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
Balloon pulmonary angioplasty after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy	2
Left atrial strain importance in atrial fibrillation screening process	2
Surgical versus transcatheter aortic valve replacement: the future role of robotic aortic valve replacement	2
Ten-year outcomes of hybrid coronary revascularization at a single center	2
Thoracoabdominal normothermic regional perfusion—approaches to arch vessels and options of cannulation allowing donation after circulatory death multi-organ perfusion and procurement	2
Heart transplantation in controlled donation after circulatory determination of death: the Italian experience	2
Robotic mitral valve repair—the Bruxelles experience	2
Hybrid strategies for stand-alone surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation	2
Transcatheter pulmonic valve implantation in adult patients with prior congenital heart surgery	2
Minimally invasive left atrial appendage occlusion plus reduced dose direct oral anticoagulant to prevent stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation—the LAAO-PlusRE	2
Medium and long-term patency results of distal anastomosis connectors: a meta-analysis	2
Simple bicuspid valve repair	2
Robotic versus conventional sternotomy mitral valve surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2
The aortic team and bicuspid aortic valve patients	2
Twenty-five years’ experience with root remodeling and bicuspid aortic valve repair	2
David procedure through an upper ministernotomy	2
Transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement in low- to intermediate-risk patients: a meta-analysis of reconstructed time-to-event data	2
Overview of prevalence, trends, and outcomes of post myocardial infarction mechanical complications	2
Hybrid repair of a thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm in female patient with Loeys-Dietz syndrome	2
Donation after circulatory death transplantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of outcomes and methods of donation	2
Explanting transcatheter aortic valves: comparative insights and surgical nuances in native versus valve-in-valve scenarios	2
The cardiac surgeon perspective—cardiac transplantation following donation after circulatory death: expanding the donor pool	2
Modified-Manougian aortic root enlargement	2
Mini-access David Procedure with endoscopic assessment of aortic valve competency: the “Snorkelling” technique	2