1.5(top 11%)
Impact Factor
1.8(top 11%)
extended IF
242(top 1%)
H-Index
3.9K
authors
35K
papers
851.4K
citations
8.7K
citing journals
82.1K
citing authors

Most Cited Articles of Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

TitleYearCitations
Cardiac valve surgery—the “French correction”19831.6K
Long-term results of lung metastasectomy: prognostic analyses based on 5206 cases19971.2K
Complement and the damaging effects of cardiopulmonary bypass19831.1K
Improved technique of heart transplantation in rats19691.1K
Total cavopulmonary connection: A logical alternative to atriopulmonary connection for complex Fontan operations19881.1K
Consensus-based method for risk adjustment for surgery for congenital heart disease2002997
Continuous insulin infusion reduces mortality in patients with diabetes undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting2003911
Clinical application of transvenous mitral commissurotomy by a new balloon catheter1984882
Multiple primary lung cancers1975864
The surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation: III. Development of a definitive surgical procedure1991863
An aortic valve-sparing operation for patients with aortic incompetence and aneurysm of the ascending aorta1992850
Incidence of local recurrence and second primary tumors in resected stage I lung cancer1995812
Morbidity outcome in early versus conventional tracheal extubation after coronary artery bypass grafting: a prospective randomized controlled trial1996765
Resection margins, extrapleural nodal status, and cell type determine postoperative long-term survival in trimodality therapy of malignant pleural mesothelioma: results in 183 patients1999755
Bilateral pneumectomy (volume reduction) for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease1995732
2014 AHA/ACC guideline for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines2014728
Long-term (5 to 12 years) serial studies of internal mammary artery and saphenous vein coronary bypass grafts1985726
Two internal thoracic artery grafts are better than one1999711
A classification system for the bicuspid aortic valve from 304 surgical specimens2007700
Health-related quality of life and post-traumatic stress disorder in patients after cardiac surgery and intensive care treatment2000677
Right ventricular failure in patients with the HeartMate II continuous-flow left ventricular assist device: incidence, risk factors, and effect on outcomes2010674
Isolated aortic valve replacement in North America comprising 108,687 patients in 10 years: changes in risks, valve types, and outcomes in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database2009665
The double-orifice technique in mitral valve repair: a simple solution for complex problems2001650
Updated standardized endpoint definitions for transcatheter aortic valve implantation: the Valve Academic Research Consortium-2 consensus document2013647
Lymph node mapping and curability at various levels of metastasis in resected lung cancer1978625