| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Current Status of the Maze Procedure for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2000 | 265 |
| 2 | Anatomical, Histologic, and Genetic Characteristics of Congenital Chest Wall Deformities | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2009 | 238 |
| 3 | Cox-Maze Procedure for Atrial Fibrillation: Mayo Clinic Experience | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2000 | 227 |
| 4 | Etiologic Classification of Degenerative Mitral Valve Disease: Barlow’s Disease and Fibroelastic Deficiency | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2007 | 226 |
| 5 | The Cox-Maze Procedure: The Cleveland Clinic Experience | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2000 | 225 |
| 6 | Unusual Primary Tumors Of The Heart | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2000 | 221 |
| 7 | The Structure and Function of the Helical Heart and Its Buttress Wrapping. I. The Normal Macroscopic Structure of the Heart | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2001 | 219 |
| 8 | Trends in U.S. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Use and Outcomes: 2002-2012 | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2015 | 201 |
| 9 | Vasoplegia During Cardiac Surgery: Current Concepts and Management | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2010 | 185 |
| 10 | The Incidence, Etiology, and Prevention of Postresectional Bronchopleural Fistula | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2001 | 160 |
| 11 | The Development of the Maze Procedure for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2000 | 159 |
| 12 | Pulmonary Resection Using a Total Endoscopic Robotic Video-Assisted Approach | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2011 | 151 |
| 13 | Glycemic Control, Diabetic Status, and Mortality in a Heterogeneous Population of Critically Ill Patients Before and During the Era of Intensive Glycemic Management: Six and One-Half Years Experience at a University-Affiliated Community Hospital | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2006 | 134 |
| 14 | Multivariate analysis of risk factors for deep and superficial sternal infection after coronary artery bypass grafting at a tertiary care medical center | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2004 | 132 |
| 15 | Left Ventricular Reconstruction by Endoventricular Circular Patch plasty Repair: A 17-Year Experience | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2001 | 118 |
| 16 | The SynerGraft valve: a new acellular (nonglutaraldehyde-fixed) tissue heart valve for autologous recellularization first experimental studies before clinical implantation | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 1999 | 109 |
| 17 | Video-Assisted and Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery: Toward an Endoscopic Surgery | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 1999 | 107 |
| 18 | The use of left heart bypass in the repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms: current techniques and results | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2003 | 105 |
| 19 | Intermediate Survival and Predictors of Death After Surgical Ventricular Restoration | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2001 | 104 |
| 20 | 10-Year follow-up of patients with and without mediastinitis | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2004 | 103 |
| 21 | Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) Lobectomy: The Edinburgh Experience | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 1998 | 102 |
| 22 | Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation Using the Maze Procedure: The Japanese Experience | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2000 | 99 |
| 23 | Eliminating the Diabetic Disadvantage: The Portland Diabetic Project | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2006 | 98 |
| 24 | Non-heart-beating donors | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2004 | 97 |
| 25 | Principles of Reconstructive Surgery in Degenerative Mitral Valve Disease | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2007 | 97 |
| 26 | Continuous-Flow Rotary Left Ventricular Assist Devices with “3rd Generation” Design | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2008 | 94 |
| 27 | Leaks, strictures, and necrosis: a review of anastomotic complications following esophagectomy | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2004 | 89 |
| 28 | Current Axial-Flow Devices—the HeartMate II and Jarvik 2000 Left Ventricular Assist Devices | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2008 | 89 |
| 29 | ARDS and Diffuse Alveolar Damage: A Pathologist’s Perspective | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2006 | 87 |
| 30 | Surgical Repair of Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defect by Infarct Exclusion | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 1998 | 86 |
| 31 | The Structure and Function of the Helical Heart and Its Buttress Wrapping. V. Anatomic and Physiologic Considerations in the Healthy and Failing Heart | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2001 | 84 |
| 32 | Benign esophageal tumors: Introduction, incidence, classification, and clinical features | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2003 | 84 |
| 33 | Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome: Alloimmune-Dependent and -Independent Injury with Aberrant Tissue Remodeling | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2008 | 84 |
| 34 | Postintubation Tracheal Stenosis | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2009 | 83 |
| 35 | Cardiac Surgeons and the Quality Movement: the Michigan Experience | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2009 | 82 |
| 36 | Novel Methods of Intraoperative Localization and Margin Assessment of Pulmonary Nodules | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2016 | 81 |
| 37 | Prevention and management of deep sternal wound infection | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2004 | 78 |
| 38 | Flail Chest and Pulmonary Contusion | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2008 | 78 |
| 39 | Vascular Thoracic Outlet Syndrome | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2016 | 78 |
| 40 | Anomalous Aortic Origin of a Coronary Artery: Toward a Standardized Approach | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2014 | 77 |
| 41 | The New IASLC-ATS-ERS Lung Adenocarcinoma Classification: What the Surgeon Should Know | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2014 | 76 |
| 42 | Mitral valve surgery in the patient with left ventricular dysfunction | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2002 | 75 |
| 43 | Preoperative Assessment of Chest Wall Deformities | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2009 | 75 |
| 44 | Women and Lung Cancer: What is New? | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2013 | 75 |
| 45 | Factors affecting left ventricular mass regression after aortic valve replacement with stentless valves | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 1999 | 75 |
| 46 | Thoracoscopic Major Lung Resections: An Asian Perspective | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 1998 | 74 |
| 47 | Outcomes of Truncus Arteriosus Repair in Children: 35 Years of Experience From a Single Institution | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2016 | 74 |
| 48 | Tissue-engineered Vascular Grafts in Children With Congenital Heart Disease: Intermediate Term Follow-up | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2018 | 74 |
| 49 | The Importance of Cryoablation of the Coronary Sinus During the Maze Procedure | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2000 | 73 |
| 50 | Neurogenic Tumors of the Mediastinum | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2000 | 72 |
