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AATS High-impact Articles

High-impact research in AATS journals

Discover a selection of impactful and highly cited articles in AATS Family of journals, which are among the top-ranked in thoracic surgery. The editorial team comprises distinguished experts - G. Alexander Patterson, MD; Eugene Grossi, MD; Nahush A. Mokadam, MD; Ram Kumar Subramanyan, MD, PhD, FACS; R. Taylor Ripley, MD; M. Blair Marshall, MD, Stephanie M. Fuller, MD, and Meena Nathan, MD.AATS journals aim to support evidence-based decision-making in cardiothoracic surgery by publishing cutting-edge research. The selected articles are freely accessible for you to read and enjoy!

Join us in exploring these groundbreaking findings and contribute to the ongoing conversation in thoracic surgery:

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

  1. Left atrial appendage closure during mitral repair in patients without atrial fibrillation opens in new tab/window

  2. Infant with Ebstein anomaly after the neonatal Starnes procedure: What is next? opens in new tab/window

  3. Factors associated with receipt of pulmonary metastasectomy in patients with lung-limited metastatic colorectal cancer: Disparities in care and impact on overall survival opens in new tab/window

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JTCVS Structural and Endovascular

  1. A novel, simplified protected Ross technique: The “Seattle shawl” procedure opens in new tab/window

  2. Left atrial appendage exclusion during open cardiac surgery in patients without atrial fibrillation reduces 4-year ischemic stroke and mortality opens in new tab/window

  3. Long-term durability of bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement in young patients with bicuspid aortic stenosis opens in new tab/window

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JTCVS Open

  1. Effects of implantation height on the performance of a redo transcatheter aortic valve replacement using a balloon-expandable valve opens in new tab/window

  2. Young infants with symptomatic tetralogy of Fallot: Shunt or primary repair? opens in new tab/window

  3. Outcomes of single- versus multi-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: Data from a multicenter randomized controlled trial of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery versus thoracotomy for lung cancer opens in new tab/window

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JTCVS Techniques

  1. Half back stitch for root reimplantation opens in new tab/window

  2. Off-center staggered leaflet plication technique to prevent residual central regurgitation in aortic valve repair opens in new tab/window

  3. Robotic-assisted left pneumonectomy opens in new tab/window

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Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

  1. Ultra-Hybrid Repair: Open Thoracoabdominal Completion After Descending Stent Grafting opens in new tab/window

  2. Palliated Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome Patients Experience Superior Waitlist and Comparable Post-Heart Transplant Survival to Non-Single Ventricle Congenital Heart Disease Patients opens in new tab/window

  3. Discrepancy Between Radiological and Pathological Tumor Size in Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Multicenter Study opens in new tab/window

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Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

  1. Simple But Effective Modifications to the Cox Maze Procedure Using Only Cryoablation opens in new tab/window

  2. Trans-Ventricular Approach to “Swiss-Cheese” Ventricular Septal Defects: Septal Exclusion Technique opens in new tab/window

  3. Minimally Invasive Complex Segmentectomies of the Right Upper Lobe: Anterior Segmentectomy, Apical Segmentectomy, and Posterior Segmentectomy opens in new tab/window

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Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Annual

  1. Reconstruction of Fibrous Skeleton of the Heart for Double-Valve Replacement in A Pediatric Patient - Modified Commando Procedure opens in new tab/window

  2. Late Pulmonary Autograft Dilation: Can We Make a Good Operation Great? The Tailored Approach opens in new tab/window

  3. Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction in Congenital Heart Disease: The Role of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography in Surgical Decision Making opens in new tab/window

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