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1 | Engineered heart tissue grafts improve systolic and diastolic function in infarcted rat hearts | Nature Medicine | 2006 | 928 |
2 | Stroke after cardiac surgery: a risk factor analysis of 16,184 consecutive adult patients | Annals of Thoracic Surgery | 2003 | 559 |
3 | Early and late outcomes of 517 consecutive adult patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for refractory postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock | Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2010 | 514 |
4 | Minimally Invasive Port-Access Mitral Valve Surgery | Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 1998 | 409 |
5 | Neuromonitoring and neurocognitive outcome in off-pump versus conventional coronary bypass operation | Annals of Thoracic Surgery | 2000 | 379 |
6 | Computer-enhanced “robotic” cardiac surgery: Experience in 148 patients | Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2001 | 356 |
7 | Five-Year results of 219 consecutive patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for refractory postoperative cardiogenic shock | Annals of Thoracic Surgery | 2004 | 301 |
8 | Cyphering the Complexity of Coronary Artery Disease Using the Syntax Score to Predict Clinical Outcome in Patients With Three-Vessel Lumen Obstruction Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention | American Journal of Cardiology | 2007 | 269 |
9 | Total endoscopic computer enhanced coronary artery bypass grafting | European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery | 2000 | 261 |
10 | Predictors of delirium after cardiac surgery delirium: Effect of beating-heart (off-pump) surgery | Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2004 | 261 |
11 | Minimal invasive mitral valve repair for mitral regurgitation: results of 1339 consecutive patients☆ | European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery | 2008 | 260 |
12 | The collateral network concept: A reassessment of the anatomy of spinal cord perfusion | Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2011 | 255 |
13 | Decreased rates of substrate oxidation ex vivo predict the onset of heart failure and contractile dysfunction in rats with pressure overload | Cardiovascular Research | 2010 | 209 |
14 | Fully Magnetically Levitated Left Ventricular Assist System for Treating Advanced HF | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 2015 | 208 |
15 | Aortic Valve Replacement in Octogenarians: Utility of Risk Stratification With EuroSCORE | Annals of Thoracic Surgery | 2009 | 190 |
16 | Computer-enhanced coronary artery bypass surgery | Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 1999 | 182 |
17 | Robot-assisted minimally invasive solo mitral valve operation | Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 1998 | 178 |
18 | The collateral network concept: Remodeling of the arterial collateral network after experimental segmental artery sacrifice | Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2011 | 168 |
19 | What Is the Best Strategy for Brain Protection in Patients Undergoing Aortic Arch Surgery? A Single Center Experience of 636 Patients | Annals of Thoracic Surgery | 2012 | 166 |
20 | Humoral Immune Response During Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting : A Comparison of Limited Approach, "Off-Pump" Technique, and Conventional Cardiopulmonary Bypass | Circulation | 2000 | 162 |
21 | The evolution of minimally invasive mitral valve surgery – 2 year experience1 | European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery | 1999 | 150 |
22 | Redo Aortic Valve Surgery: Early and Late Outcomes | Annals of Thoracic Surgery | 2011 | 135 |
23 | Swan-Ganz Catheter-Induced Severe Complications in Cardiac Surgery: Right Ventricular Perforation, Knotting, and Rupture of a Pulmonary Artery | Journal of Cardiac Surgery | 2006 | 132 |
24 | Impact of clinical factors and surgical techniques on early outcome of patients treated with frozen elephant trunk technique by using EVITA open stent-graft: results of a multicentre study | European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery | 2016 | 132 |
25 | Cardiac Surgery Fast-track Treatment in a Postanesthetic Care Unit | Anesthesiology | 2008 | 128 |
26 | Feasibility, safety, and efficacy of totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting: Multicenter European experience | Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2007 | 125 |
27 | Complex coronary anatomy in coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Impact of complex coronary anatomy in modern bypass surgery? Lessons learned from the SYNTAX trial after two years | Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2011 | 124 |
28 | Aortic valve calcium scoring is a predictor of significant paravalvular aortic insufficiency in transapical-aortic valve implantation | European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery | 2012 | 124 |
29 | Emergency Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery for Acute Coronary Syndrome: Beating Heart Versus Conventional Cardioplegic Cardiac Arrest Strategies | Circulation | 2006 | 122 |
30 | Ten Years of Clinical Results With a Tissue-Engineered Pulmonary Valve | Annals of Thoracic Surgery | 2011 | 122 |
31 | Experience with the conventional and frozen elephant trunk techniques: a single-centre study | European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery | 2013 | 115 |
32 | Impact of Diabetes Mellitus on Cardiac Surgery Outcome | Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon | 2003 | 112 |
33 | Human Minimally Invasive Off-Pump Valve-in-a-Valve Implantation | Annals of Thoracic Surgery | 2008 | 109 |
34 | Does Reasonable Incomplete Surgical Revascularization Affect Early or Long-Term Survival in Patients With Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease Receiving Left Internal Mammary Artery Bypass to Left Anterior Descending Artery? | Circulation | 2009 | 107 |
35 | Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation | Circulation | 2011 | 107 |
36 | Crimping May Affect the Durability of Transcatheter Valves: An Experimental Analysis | Annals of Thoracic Surgery | 2011 | 105 |
37 | Minimal invasive aortic valve replacement surgery is associated with improved survival: a propensity-matched comparison† | European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery | 2015 | 105 |
38 | First-in-man endovascular preconditioning of the paraspinal collateral network by segmental artery coil embolization to prevent ischemic spinal cord injury | Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2015 | 102 |
39 | Rapid Deployment Versus Conventional Bioprosthetic Valve Replacement for Aortic Stenosis | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 2018 | 100 |
40 | Ambient hemolysis and activation of coagulation is different between HeartMate II and HeartWare left ventricular assist devices | Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation | 2014 | 99 |
41 | On-pump beating heart versus off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery—evidence of pump-induced myocardial injury | European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery | 2005 | 94 |
42 | Effects of exercise training on insulin-like growth factor-I expression in the skeletal muscle of non-cachectic patients with chronic heart failure | European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation | 2005 | 89 |
43 | Iatrogenic type A aortic dissection during cardiac procedures: early and late outcome in 48 patients | European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery | 2012 | 85 |
44 | 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 |
45 | Predictors of permanent pacemaker implantation after Medtronic CoreValve bioprosthesis implantation | Europace | 2012 | 81 |
46 | The Cardica C-Port System: Clinical and angiographic evaluation of a new device for automated, compliant distal anastomoses in coronary artery bypass grafting surgery—A multicenter prospective clinical trial | Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2005 | 79 |
47 | Visceral Arterial Compromise During Intra-Aortic Balloon Counterpulsation Therapy | Circulation | 2010 | 78 |
48 | Neurologic complications after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting with and without aortic manipulation: Meta-analysis of 11,398 cases from 8 studies | Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2011 | 77 |
49 | Developments in robotic cardiac surgery | Current Opinion in Cardiology | 2000 | 76 |
50 | Near-infrared Spectroscopy Monitoring of the Collateral Network Prior to, During, and After Thoracoabdominal Aortic Repair: A Pilot Study | European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery | 2013 | 76 |