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#	Title	Journal	Year	Citations
1	Extensive Aortic Replacement using “Elephant Trunk” Prosthesis	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	1983	628
2	Prevention of Atrial Tachyarrhythmias After Non-Cardiac Thoracic Surgery by Infusion of Magnesium Sulfate	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	1996	583
3	Left Ventricular Aneurysm: A New Surgical Approach	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	1989	477
4	Myocardial Protection	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	1980	310
5	Mediastinitis and Cardiac Surgery - an Updated Risk Factor Analysis in 10,373 Consecutive Adult Patients	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	2002	242
6	Primary Cardiac Tumors - French Studies of 533 Cases	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	1990	214
7	Primary Cardiac Tumors: Experience at the University of Minnesota	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	1990	188
8	Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Therapy of Primary Sarcomas of the Pulmonary Artery	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	1990	178
9	CABG and Bone Marrow Stem Cell Transplantation after Myocardial Infarction	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	2004	161
10	Acute Renal Failure after Coronary Surgery - A Study of Incidence and Risk Factors in 2009 Consecutive Patients	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	1993	159
11	Sternal Instability After Midline Sternotomy	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	2000	148
12	Initial Experiences with the Impella Device in Patients with Cardiogenic Shock	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	2003	140
13	The Natural History of Isolated Congenital Pulmonary Valve Incompetence: Surgical Implications	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	1984	137
14	Long-Term Results of Total Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot in Adulthood: 35 years Follow-up in 104 Patients Corrected at the Age of 18 or Older*	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	1997	126
15	Direct Myocardial Revascularization without Cardiopulmonary Bypass	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	1985	120
16	Bronchoscopic Removal of Foreign Bodies in Children: Retrospective Analysis of 822 Cases	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	1991	120
17	Coagulation Factor XIII Reduces Postoperative Bleeding After Coronary Surgery with Extracorporeal Circulation	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	2006	120
18	Beneficial Effects of Intravenously Administered N-3 Fatty Acids for the Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation after Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Study	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	2009	117
19	Impact of Diabetes Mellitus on Cardiac Surgery Outcome	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	2003	112
20	Oesophageal Perforations in Iceland: a Whole Population Study on Incidence, Aetiology and Surgical Outcome	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	2010	112
21	Optimal Cell Source for Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering: Venous vs. Aortic Human Myofibroblasts	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	2001	110
22	Vascular Tracheobronchial Compression Syndromes - Experience in Surgical Treatment and Literature Review1 -	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	2000	109
23	Surgical Management of Chylothorax	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	2009	106
24	Oral Sotalol Reduces the Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation after Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	1993	104
25	Surgical Management of Mediastinal Goiters: When Is a Sternotomy Required?	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	2007	104
26	An Alternative Technique for Orthotopic Cardiac Transplantation, with Preservation of the Normal Anatomy of the Right Atrium	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	1991	102
27	Reduction of Homologous Blood Requirement in Cardiac Surgery by Intraoperative Aprotinin Application - Clinical Experience in 152 Cardiac Surgical Patients	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	1989	101
28	The German Aortic Valve Registry (GARY): A Nationwide Registry for Patients Undergoing Invasive Therapy for Severe Aortic Valve Stenosis	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	2012	100
29	Mortality and Worsening of Prognostic Profile During Waiting Time for Valve Replacement in Aortic Stenosis	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	1996	99
30	Management of Symptomatic Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - Long-Term Results after Surgical Therapy	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	1999	99
31	Ebstein's Anomaly in Adults.Arrhythmias: Diagnosis and Therapeutic Approach	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	2000	98
32	The Influence of Obesity on Perioperative Morbidity: Retrospective Study of 502 Aortocoronary Bypass Operations	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	1992	96
33	Comparison of the Surgical Outcomes of Thoracoscopic Lobectomy, Segmentectomy, and Wedge Resection for Clinical Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	2011	96
34	Optimizing Cerebral Oxygenation During Cardiac Surgery: A Review of Experimental and Clinical Investigations with Near Infrared Spectrophotometry*	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	2000	95
35	Reduction of Blood Transfusion Requirement in Open Heart Surgery by Administration of High Doses of Aprotinin - Preliminary Results	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	1989	93
36	The Relevance of Large Strains in Functional Tissue Engineering of Heart Valves	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	2003	93
37	Coronary Angioplasty, Bypass Surgery, and Retransplantation in Cardiac Transplant Patients with Graft Coronary Disease	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	1998	92
38	Cardiac Surgery Capacity in Sub—Saharan Africa: Quo Vadis?	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	2014	92
39	40 Years after the First Atrial Switch Procedure in Patients with Transposition of the Great Arteries: Long-term Results in Toronto and Zurich	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	2000	91
40	Morphological Aspects of Ebstein's Anomaly in Adults	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	2000	91
41	European Contegra Multicentre Study: 7-Year Results after 165 Valved Bovine Jugular Vein Graft Implantations	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	2009	91
42	Postoperative Neuropsychological Dysfunction and Cerebral Oxygenation During Cardiac Surgery	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	1995	90
43	Congenital Coronary Artery Fistula in Infancy and Childhood: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Aspects	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	1997	90
44	Clinical Evaluation of a New Bifurcated Dynamic Airway Stent: a 5-year Experience with 135 Patients	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	1997	90
45	Intraoperative Microwave Ablation for Curative Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation in Open Heart Surgery - The MICRO-STAF and MICRO-PASS Pilot Trial	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	1999	90
46	Cardiac Surgery in Germany during 2014: A Report on Behalf of the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	2015	87
47	Reduced Expression of Systemic Proinflammatory Cytokines after Off-Pump versus Conventional Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	2000	86
48	Tissue Engineering: Complete Autologous Valve Conduit - A New Moulding Technique*	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	2001	84
49	Cardiac Surgery in Germany during 2011: A Report on Behalf of the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	2012	84
50	Transcranial Doppler Sound Detection of Cerebral Microembolism during Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	2011	82

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