3(top 5%)
Impact Factor
3.5(top 5%)
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134(top 2%)
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4.7K
authors
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255.9K
citations
6.5K
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55.4K
citing authors

Most Cited Articles of European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

TitleYearCitations
European system for cardiac operative risk evaluation (EuroSCORE)19992.4K
EuroSCORE II20121.5K
Risk factors and outcome in European cardiac surgery: analysis of the EuroSCORE multinational database of 19030 patients19991.1K
Guidelines on the management of valvular heart disease (version 2012): the Joint Task Force on the Management of Valvular Heart Disease of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)20121K
2016 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with EACTS2016589
2014 ESC/EACTS Guidelines on myocardial revascularization: the Task Force on Myocardial Revascularization of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS). Developed with the special contribution of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI)2014588
Cardiopulmonary bypass induced inflammation: pathophysiology and treatment. An update2002563
Updated standardized endpoint definitions for transcatheter aortic valve implantation: the Valve Academic Research Consortium-2 consensus document (VARC-2)2012554
Early failure of the tissue engineered porcine heart valve SYNERGRAFT in pediatric patients2003453
Revised ESTS guidelines for preoperative mediastinal lymph node staging for non-small-cell lung cancer2014445
ESTS guidelines for intraoperative lymph node staging in non-small cell lung cancer2006370
2017 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease2017359
Validation of European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) in North American cardiac surgery2002351
Superficial and deep sternal wound complications: incidence, risk factors and mortality2001349
The Aristotle score: a complexity-adjusted method to evaluate surgical results2004345
Fibrin gel as a three dimensional matrix in cardiovascular tissue engineering2000337
Guidelines for enhanced recovery after lung surgery: recommendations of the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society and the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS)2019323
ESTS guidelines for preoperative lymph node staging for non-small cell lung cancer2007322
Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis2008317
A comprehensive analysis of traumatic rib fractures: morbidity, mortality and management2003299
The edge-to-edge technique: a simplified method to correct mitral insufficiency1998291
Tissue engineering of heart valves--human endothelial cell seeding of detergent acellularized porcine valves1998289
Chemotherapy for patients with non-small cell lung cancer: the surgical setting of the Big Lung Trial2004285
Fibrin gel -- advantages of a new scaffold in cardiovascular tissue engineering2001273
Non-surgical bleeding in patients with ventricular assist devices could be explained by acquired von Willebrand disease2008267