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B W Lytle

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1 Influence of the internal-mammary-artery graft on 10-year survival and other cardiac events. N Engl J Med 1986 8.12
2 Is repair preferable to replacement for ischemic mitral regurgitation? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 3.61
3 J. Maxwell Chamberlain memorial paper. Sternal wound complications after isolated coronary artery bypass grafting: early and late mortality, morbidity, and cost of care. Ann Thorac Surg 1990 3.00
4 Long-term (5 to 12 years) serial studies of internal mammary artery and saphenous vein coronary bypass grafts. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1985 2.75
5 Axillary artery: an alternative site of arterial cannulation for patients with extensive aortic and peripheral vascular disease. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1995 2.63
6 ACC/AHA/ACP-ASIM guidelines for the management of patients with chronic stable angina: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Management of Patients With Chronic Stable Angina). J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 2.58
7 Durability of mitral valve repair for degenerative disease. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 2.14
8 Mechanisms of hemolysis with mitral prosthetic regurgitation. Study using transesophageal echocardiography and fluid dynamic simulation. J Am Coll Cardiol 1996 2.14
9 Injury to a patent left internal thoracic artery graft at coronary reoperation. Ann Thorac Surg 1999 1.88
10 Cardiac valve replacement in patients on dialysis: influence of prosthesis on survival. Ann Thorac Surg 2000 1.87
11 Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (Bland-White-Garland syndrome) in adult patients: long-term follow-up after surgery. Am Heart J 1983 1.86
12 ACC/AHA/ACP-ASIM guidelines for the management of patients with chronic stable angina: executive summary and recommendations. A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Management of Patients with Chronic Stable Angina). Circulation 1999 1.82
13 Atheroembolism from the ascending aorta. An emerging problem in cardiac surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 1.79
14 Aprotinin therapy for reoperative myocardial revascularization: a placebo-controlled study. Ann Thorac Surg 1992 1.69
15 Mitral valve repair for ischemic mitral insufficiency. Ann Thorac Surg 1991 1.57
16 Coronary artery surgery in women compared with men: analyses of risks and long-term results. J Am Coll Cardiol 1983 1.57
17 Marfan's syndrome: natural history and long-term follow-up of cardiovascular involvement. J Am Coll Cardiol 1989 1.50
18 Intramural hematoma of the thoracic aorta: MR image findings and their prognostic implications. Radiology 1997 1.49
19 Steep left ventricle to aortic root angle and hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: study of a novel association using three-dimensional multimodality imaging. Heart 2009 1.49
20 An 11 year evolution of coronary arterial surgery (1968-1978). Ann Surg 1979 1.49
21 Fifteen hundred coronary reoperations. Results and determinants of early and late survival. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1987 1.48
22 Aortic valve replacement for octogenarians: are small valves bad? Ann Thorac Surg 1998 1.48
23 Reoperation for failure of mitral valve repair. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 1.46
24 Repair of anterior leaflet prolapse: chordal transfer is superior to chordal shortening. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 1.45
25 Safety and efficacy of intraarterial thrombolysis for perioperative stroke after cardiac operation. Ann Thorac Surg 2001 1.45
26 Proteinuria is a key determinant of death in patients with diabetes after isolated coronary artery bypass grafting. Am Heart J 2000 1.38
27 Surgical and long-term antifungal therapy for fungal prosthetic valve endocarditis. Ann Thorac Surg 1995 1.31
28 Surgical treatment of isolated left anterior descending coronary stenosis. Comparison of left internal mammary artery and venous autograft at 18 to 20 years of follow-up. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994 1.25
29 Coronary artery bypass graft surgery in the elderly. Indications and outcome. Cleve Clin J Med 1988 1.16
30 Intraoperative echocardiography is indicated in high-risk coronary artery bypass grafting. Ann Thorac Surg 1997 1.15
31 Atherosclerosis of the left main coronary artery: 5 years results of surgical treatment. Am J Cardiol 1979 1.12
32 Cystic medial necrosis of the aorta in patients without Marfan's syndrome: surgical outcome and long-term follow-up. J Am Coll Cardiol 1990 1.10
33 Late clinical and arteriographic results in 500 coronary artery reoperations. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1981 1.10
34 Trends in selection and results of coronary artery reoperations. Ann Thorac Surg 1983 1.10
35 Free (aorta-coronary) internal mammary artery graft. Late results. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1986 1.10
36 Early onset prosthetic valve endocarditis: the Cleveland Clinic experience 1992-1997. Ann Thorac Surg 2000 1.10
37 Primary myocardial revascularization. Trends in surgical mortality. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1984 1.09
38 The atherosclerotic aorta at aortic valve replacement: surgical strategies and results. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 1.08
39 Superiority of bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting: it's been a long time comin'. Circulation 2001 1.07
40 Minimally invasive cardiac surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996 1.07
41 Isolated bypass grafting of the left internal thoracic artery to the left anterior descending coronary artery: late consequences of incomplete revascularization. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 1.07
42 Axillary artery cannulation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 1.06
43 Reoperations for valve surgery: perioperative mortality and determinants of risk for 1,000 patients, 1958-1984. Ann Thorac Surg 1986 1.05
44 Is the internal thoracic artery the conduit of choice to replace a stenotic vein graft? Ann Thorac Surg 1994 1.05
45 Determinants of 10-year survival after primary myocardial revascularization. Ann Surg 1985 1.05
46 Functional status and quality of life in patients with heart failure undergoing coronary bypass surgery after assessment of myocardial viability. J Am Coll Cardiol 1999 1.03
47 Predictors of reoperation after myocardial revascularization. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1986 1.02
48 Ventricular aneurysm resection. Trends in surgical risk. Circulation 1989 1.01
49 Surgical management of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. Early and late results. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1995 1.01
50 Aortic valve replacement: is valve size important? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 0.99
51 Multivessel coronary revascularization without saphenous vein: long-term results of bilateral internal mammary artery grafting. Ann Thorac Surg 1983 0.98
52 Isolated left anterior descending coronary atherosclerosis: long-term comparison of internal mammary artery and venous autografts. Circulation 1980 0.96
53 Is there an advantage to repairing infected mitral valves? Ann Thorac Surg 1997 0.95
54 Increased risk and decreased morbidity of coronary artery bypass grafting between 1986 and 1994. Ann Thorac Surg 1998 0.94
55 Fungal prosthetic valve endocarditis in 16 patients. An 11-year experience in a tertiary care hospital. Medicine (Baltimore) 1997 0.94
56 Does bilateral internal mammary artery grafting increase surgical risk? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1988 0.92
57 Risk factors and outcomes after coronary reoperation in 739 elderly patients. Ann Thorac Surg 2000 0.92
58 Should coronary arteries with less than fifty percent stenosis be bypassed? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1981 0.91
59 The efficacy of coronary artery surgery. Am Heart J 1981 0.91
60 Life expectancy after coronary artery surgery. Am J Surg 1981 0.90
61 Reoperation after previous grafting with the internal mammary artery: technique and early results. Ann Thorac Surg 1985 0.90
62 Long-term effectiveness of operations for ascending aortic dissections. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 0.89
63 Intraoperative Doppler color flow mapping for decision-making in valve repair for mitral regurgitation. Technique and results in 100 patients. Circulation 1990 0.89
64 Young adults with coronary atherosclerosis: 10 year results of surgical myocardial revascularization. J Am Coll Cardiol 1984 0.89
65 Spectrum of surgical risk for left main coronary stenoses: benchmark for potentially competing percutaneous therapies. Am Heart J 1998 0.88
66 Prosthetic valve endocarditis. Introduction. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1995 0.88
67 Relation of serum triglyceride levels to survival after coronary artery bypass grafting. Am J Cardiol 2000 0.88
68 Autotransfusion following cardiac operations: a randomized, prospective study. Ann Thorac Surg 1979 0.87
69 Blood conservation during myocardial revascularization. Ann Thorac Surg 1979 0.87
70 Repair of insufficient bicuspid aortic valves. Ann Thorac Surg 1994 0.86
71 The conservation of blood during cardiac surgery. Clin Cardiol 1979 0.86
72 In vivo hemodynamic comparison of porcine and pericardial valves. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1985 0.86
73 Early and late results of coronary angioplasty and bypass in octogenarians. Am J Cardiol 1991 0.86
74 Sustained angina relief 5 years after transmyocardial laser revascularization with a CO(2) laser. Circulation 2001 0.86
75 HDL cholesterol level predicts survival in men after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: 20-year experience from The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Circulation 2000 0.85
76 Determinants of blood utilization during myocardial revascularization. Ann Thorac Surg 1985 0.84
77 Mitral valve replacement combined with myocardial revascularization: early and late results for 300 patients, 1970 to 1983. Circulation 1985 0.84
78 Replacement of aortic valve combined with myocardial revascularization: determinants of early and late risk for 500 patients, 1967-1981. Circulation 1983 0.83
79 Evaluation of normal prosthetic valve function by Doppler echocardiography. Am Heart J 1987 0.83
80 Results of mitral valve reconstruction. Circulation 1986 0.83
81 Double valve endocarditis. Ann Thorac Surg 2001 0.83
82 A novel synthetic sealant to treat air leaks at cardiac reoperation. J Card Surg 2002 0.82
83 Benefits of intraoperative echocardiography in the surgical management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol 1992 0.82
84 Reoperation for coronary atherosclerosis. Changing practice in 2509 consecutive patients. Ann Surg 1990 0.82
85 Dissection of the ascending aorta after previous cardiac surgery: differences in presentation and management. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999 0.82
86 Reoperation for myocardial revascularization. World J Surg 1978 0.82
87 Perioperative risk of bilateral internal mammary artery grafting: analysis of 500 cases from 1971 to 1984. Circulation 1986 0.82
88 Competing risks after coronary bypass surgery: the influence of death on reintervention. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 0.82
89 The Carpentier-Edwards pericardial aortic valve. Ten-year results. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1995 0.82
90 Postcardiotomy centrifugal mechanical ventricular support. Ann Thorac Surg 1992 0.81
91 Interposition vein graft for giant coronary aneurysm repair. Ann Thorac Surg 2000 0.81
92 Off-pump reoperative coronary artery bypass grafting by thoracotomy: patient selection and operative technique. Ann Thorac Surg 2001 0.81
93 New insights into the reduction of mitral valve systolic anterior motion after ventricular septal myectomy in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. Am Heart J 1996 0.80
94 Does mammary artery grafting increase surgical risk? Circulation 1985 0.80
95 Frequency of acute myocardial infarction in valve repairs versus valve replacement for pure mitral regurgitation. Am J Cardiol 1990 0.80
96 New arteries for old. Circulation 1989 0.80
97 Mitral valve repair for bacterial endocarditis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1992 0.79
98 Repair of fungal aortic prosthetic valve endocarditis associated with periannular abscess. J Heart Valve Dis 1998 0.79
99 Reduced survival in women after valve surgery for aortic regurgitation: effect of aortic enlargement and late aortic rupture. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000 0.79
100 Correlation of preoperative myocardial function, perfusion, and metabolism with postoperative function at rest and stress after bypass surgery in severe left ventricular dysfunction. Am J Cardiol 1999 0.78
101 Skeletonized internal thoracic artery grafts and wound complications. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2001 0.78
102 Early results of emergency surgery after coronary angioplasty. Circulation 1986 0.78
103 Asymptomatic coronary artery disease managed by myocardial revascularization: results at 5 years. Circulation 1979 0.78
104 Bilateral internal thoracic artery grafting in reoperations. Ann Thorac Surg 1991 0.78
105 Is anterior leaflet repair always necessary in repair of bileaflet mitral valve prolapse? Ann Thorac Surg 1999 0.78
106 Elective coronary surgery. Cardiovasc Clin 1981 0.78
107 Cardiac reoperation in patients with bilateral internal thoracic artery grafts. Ann Thorac Surg 1994 0.77
108 Coronary reoperation: results of adding an internal mammary artery graft to a stenotic vein graft. Ann Thorac Surg 1994 0.77
109 Endoscopic versus open radial artery harvesting for coronary artery bypass grafting. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 2012 0.77
110 Long-term results of the Carpentier-Edwards pericardial aortic valve: a 12-year follow-up. Ann Thorac Surg 1998 0.77
111 Transmyocardial laser revascularization: three sequential autopsy cases. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 0.76
112 Thoracic aortic disease: evaluation using a single MRA volume series. J Comput Assist Tomogr 1994 0.75
113 Mitral valve replacement. Results 20 years after operation. Cleve Clin Q 1985 0.75
114 Gastroepiploic and inferior epigastric arteries for coronary artery bypass. Early results and evolving applications. Circulation 1994 0.75
115 Transesophageal echocardiographic guidance of closed mitral commissurotomy. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 1993 0.75
116 Incidence of postoperative delirium following myocardial revascularization. A prospective study. Cleve Clin J Med 1987 0.75
117 Emergent coronary bypass for failed PTCA: a 10-year experience with 253 patients. J Invasive Cardiol 1994 0.75
118 Hard and soft data on treatment of left main coronary lesions. Am J Cardiol 1980 0.75
119 Blood conservation in cardiac surgery. Cardiovasc Clin 1981 0.75
120 Have PTCA failures requiring emergent bypass operation changed? Ann Thorac Surg 1995 0.75
121 Combined surgery for valve and coronary artery disease. Cleve Clin J Med 1988 0.75
122 Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: presurgical and postsurgical evaluation by computed tomography magnetic resonance imaging. Am J Card Imaging 1996 0.75
123 Applicability of mitral valvuloplasty techniques in a North American population. Am J Cardiol 1988 0.75
124 Policy statement: minimally invasive coronary artery bypass surgery. STS/AATS Ad Hoc Committee on New Technology Assessment. American Association for Thoracic Surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1998 0.75
125 Angioplasty versus coronary artery bypass surgery for multivessel disease--a BARI equivalent study. J Invasive Cardiol 1994 0.75
126 Coronary artery bypass grafting in young adults. Chest 1987 0.75
127 Elective coronary surgery. Cardiovasc Clin 1987 0.75
128 A profile of candidates for repeat myocardial revascularization: implications for selection of treatment. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997 0.75
129 Mitral valvuloplasty at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Cleve Clin J Med 1988 0.75
130 Survival of canine renal allografts after antilymphocytic serum and bone-marrow treatment. Br J Surg 1972 0.75
131 Evolving technology: recognition and opportunity. Ann Thorac Surg 2001 0.75
132 Repeat mitral commissurotomy: long-term results. Circulation 1987 0.75
133 Hemodynamic performance of the Carpentier-Edwards pericardial valve in the aortic position in vivo. Circulation 1985 0.75
134 Preliminary results and rationale for the use of intrathecal papaverine for the prevention of paraplegia after aortic surgery. S Afr J Surg 1988 0.75
135 Intrathecal papaverine for the prevention of paraplegia after operation on the thoracic or thoracoabdominal aorta. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1988 0.75
136 Clinical markers, management, and long-term follow-up of early ischemia after coronary artery bypass grafting. Am J Cardiol 1995 0.75
137 Early clinical evaluation after aortic valve replacement with the St. Jude Medical valve in patients with a small aortic root. Circulation 1982 0.75
138 The internal mammary artery: coronary bypass conduit of choice. J Am Osteopath Assoc 1987 0.75
139 Relative efficacy of medical therapy and revascularization for improving exercise capacity in patients with chronic left ventricular dysfunction. Am Heart J 1998 0.75
140 Myocardial revascularization: evolution of a surgical procedure. Z Kardiol 1985 0.75
141 The St. Jude Medical cardiac valve versus the Björk-Shiley prosthetic valve in the mitral position: a preliminary report. Cleve Clin Q 1984 0.75
142 Future implications of current trends in bypass surgery. Cardiovasc Clin 1991 0.75
143 Doppler echocardiographic demonstration of pulmonary venous flow velocity in three patients with constrictive pericarditis before and after pericardiectomy. Am J Cardiol 1989 0.75