Published in Eur J Cardiothorac Surg on February 01, 2005
Transmural dispersion of myofiber mechanics: implications for electrical heterogeneity in vivo. J Am Coll Cardiol (2007) 2.44
Ventricular myocardial band and Ross operation. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2005) 1.08
High resolution 3-Dimensional imaging of the human cardiac conduction system from microanatomy to mathematical modeling. Sci Rep (2017) 0.75
Chronic hypoxia: a model for cyanotic congenital heart defects. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2002) 2.11
Transcatheter valve implantation for patients with aortic stenosis: a position statement from the European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), in collaboration with the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI). Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2008) 2.06
The transventricular-transseptal access to the aortic root: a new route for extrapleural trans-catheter aortic stent-valve implantation. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2011) 1.46
Transapical aortic valve implantation without angiography: proof of concept. Ann Thorac Surg (2010) 1.44
Acute myocardial infarction caused by coronary embolization of a papillary fibroelastoma of the thoracic ascending aorta. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2010) 1.43
Management of pulmonary embolism during acrylic vertebroplasty. Ann Thorac Surg (2002) 1.39
Leadership in cardiac surgery. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2010) 1.38
Surgical glues: are they really adhesive? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2009) 1.38
Preconditioning by sevoflurane decreases biochemical markers for myocardial and renal dysfunction in coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a double-blinded, placebo-controlled, multicenter study. Anesthesiology (2003) 1.35
Influence of deep sternal wound infection on long-term survival after cardiac surgery. Med Sci Monit (2013) 1.19
Endoscopic off-pump aortic valve replacement: does the pericardial cuff improve the sutureless closure of left ventricular access? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2006) 1.16
Gene transfer of soluble interleukin-17 receptor prolongs cardiac allograft survival in a rat model. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2006) 1.12
Clinical review: practical recommendations on the management of perioperative heart failure in cardiac surgery. Crit Care (2010) 1.10
Multiply attenuated, self-inactivating lentiviral vectors efficiently deliver and express genes for extended periods of time in adult rat cardiomyocytes in vivo. Circulation (2003) 1.09
A peptide inhibitor of c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase reduces myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury and infarct size in vivo. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2006) 1.08
Delayed primary versus late secondary wound closure in the treatment of postsurgical sternum osteomyelitis. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2011) 1.07
Double-crowned valved stents for off-pump mitral valve replacement. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2005) 1.05
Hypoxia: unique myocardial morphology? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2004) 1.03
Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors achieve prolonged transgene expression in mouse myocardium and arteries in vivo: a comparative study with adenovirus vectors. Int J Cardiol (2003) 1.02
Successful transapical aortic valve implantation in a congenital bicuspid aortic valve. Ann Thorac Surg (2010) 0.98
Direct-access valve replacement a novel approach for off-pump valve implantation using valved stents. J Am Coll Cardiol (2005) 0.97
Bovine valved xenograft in pulmonary position: medium-term follow-up with excellent hemodynamics and freedom from calcification. Ann Thorac Surg (2004) 0.96
Remote control of pulmonary blood flow: initial clinical experience. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2003) 0.96
Gene transfer of programmed death ligand-1.Ig prolongs cardiac allograft survival. Transplantation (2006) 0.94
Early clinical results of the telemetric adjustable pulmonary artery banding FloWatch-PAB. Circulation (2004) 0.94
Surgically induced unilateral pulmonary hypertension: time-related analysis of a new experimental model. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2003) 0.91
Ascending aorta measurements as assessed by ECG-gated multi-detector computed tomography: a pilot study to establish normative values for transcatheter therapies. Eur Radiol (2008) 0.90
Sutureless coronary anastomoses: revival of old concepts. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2002) 0.90
Impact of the phosphatidylinositide 3-kinase signaling pathway on the cardioprotection induced by intermittent hypoxia. PLoS One (2013) 0.89
Phosphorylation of phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase-protein kinase B and extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1/2 mediate reoxygenation-induced cardioprotection during hypoxia. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) (2010) 0.89
Endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene transfer restores endothelium-dependent relaxations and attenuates lesion formation in carotid arteries in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice. Basic Res Cardiol (2004) 0.88
Congenital giant aneurysm of the left coronary artery. Heart Lung Circ (2011) 0.88
Right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction with the bovine jugular vein graft: 5 years' experience with 133 patients. Ann Thorac Surg (2007) 0.87
Adequate left ventricular preparation allows for arterial switch despite late referral. Cardiol Young (2003) 0.87
Right atrial surgery with unsnared inferior vena cava. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2004) 0.86
Noninvasive Doppler-derived myocardial performance index in rats with myocardial infarction: validation and correlation by conductance catheter. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2005) 0.86
Heart HIF-1alpha and MAP kinases during hypoxia: are they associated in vivo? Exp Biol Med (Maywood) (2007) 0.85
CCR5, RANTES and CX3CR1 polymorphisms: possible genetic links with acute heart rejection. Transplantation (2005) 0.85
Multiply attenuated, self-inactivating lentiviral vectors efficiently transduce human coronary artery cells in vitro and rat arteries in vivo. J Mol Cell Cardiol (2005) 0.84
The effect of a myocardial infarction on the normalized time-varying elastance curve. J Appl Physiol (1985) (2006) 0.84
Myocardial impairment in chronic hypoxia is abolished by short aeration episodes: involvement of K+ATP channels. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) (2004) 0.84
Helper-dependent adenovirus vectors devoid of all viral genes cause less myocardial inflammation compared with first-generation adenovirus vectors. Basic Res Cardiol (2004) 0.84
Gene transfer of a soluble IL-1 type 2 receptor-Ig fusion protein improves cardiac allograft survival in rats. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2006) 0.83
The non-circular shape of FloWatch-PAB prevents the need for pulmonary artery reconstruction after banding. Computational fluid dynamics and clinical correlations. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2005) 0.83
On-pump beating heart coronary surgery for high risk patients requiring emergency multiple coronary artery bypass grafting. J Cardiothorac Surg (2008) 0.83
Brief reoxygenation episodes during chronic hypoxia enhance posthypoxic recovery of LV function: role of mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathways. Basic Res Cardiol (2006) 0.83
Daily reoxygenation decreases myocardial injury and improves post-ischaemic recovery after chronic hypoxia. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2009) 0.83
Comparing oxygen transfer performance between three membrane oxygenators: effect of temperature changes during cardiopulmonary bypass. Artif Organs (2007) 0.83
Ventricular-arterial coupling in a rat model of reduced arterial compliance provoked by hypervitaminosis D and nicotine. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2006) 0.82
[ECMO and cardiopulmonary support]. Rev Med Suisse Romande (2002) 0.82
Long-term outcome after mitral valve repair: a risk factor analysis. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2007) 0.81
Ultrasound navigation through the heart for off-pump aortic valved stent implantation: new tools for new goals. J Endovasc Ther (2004) 0.81
Bovine jugular vein as right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery valved conduit. J Heart Valve Dis (2002) 0.81
'Surgical technique versus technology for surgery': a plea for an open mind towards new technology. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2002) 0.81
A novel technique using echocardiography to evaluate venous cannula performance perioperatively in CPB cardiac surgery. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2006) 0.81
Cytochrome c oxidase expression in chronic and intermittent hypoxia rat gastrocnemius muscle quantitated by CE. Electrophoresis (2006) 0.81
High prevalence of unsuspected abdominal aortic aneurysms in patients hospitalised for surgical coronary revascularisation. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2004) 0.80
Interactive Cardio-Vascular and Thoracic Surgery virtual conferences are now printed monthly: more at www.icvts.org. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2009) 0.80
Establishing an association between a peri-operative perfusion score system (PerfSCORE) and post-operative patient morbidity/mortality during CPB cardiac surgery. Perfusion (2007) 0.80
Off-bypass implantation of a self-expandable valved stent between inferior vena cava and right atrium. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2003) 0.80
Writing off evidence in evidence-based medicine? Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2003) 0.80
Hemodynamics optimization during off-pump coronary artery bypass: the 'no compression' technique. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2002) 0.79
Adaptable pulmonary artery band for late arterial switch procedure in transposition of the great arteries. Ann Thorac Surg (2012) 0.79
Ten years of Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2012) 0.79
Antithrombotic properties of trillium coated connectors. ASAIO J (2002) 0.79
A novel device for reducing hemolysis provoked by cardiotomy suction during open heart cardiopulmonary bypass surgery: a randomized prospective study. Artif Organs (2007) 0.78
Gene transfer of cytoprotective and immunomodulatory molecules for prevention of cardiac allograft rejection. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2003) 0.78
Late migration of percutaneous bio-absorbable devices--a word of caution. J Card Surg (2011) 0.78
Myocardial and pulmonary effects of aqueous oxygen with acute hypoxia. Ann Thorac Surg (2004) 0.78
Small intestine without mucosa as a growing vascular conduit: a porcine experimental study. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2002) 0.78
Primary isolated aortic valve surgery in octogenarians. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2010) 0.78
Abdominal aorta infection by Streptococcus pyogenes. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2013) 0.78
Effects of an aging vascular model on healthy and diseased hearts. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol (2007) 0.78
The European Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion adopts Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery as its official publication. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2010) 0.78
Pulmonary artery banding: long-term telemetric adjustment. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2003) 0.78
The fourth dimension for Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery--on-line video brings life to publications! Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2003) 0.78
The new advanced membrane gas exchanger. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2011) 0.78
Modalities and future prospects of gene therapy in heart transplantation. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2009) 0.77
Off-pump transapical mitral valve-in-ring implantation. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2012) 0.77
Direct access valve replacement (DAVR) - are we entering a new era in cardiac surgery? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2006) 0.77
Limitations using the vacuum-assist venous drainage technique during cardiopulmonary bypass procedures. J Extra Corpor Technol (2003) 0.77
Numerical simulation of left ventricular assist device implantations: comparing the ascending and the descending aorta cannulations. Med Eng Phys (2013) 0.77
Flow dynamic comparison of peripheral venous cannulas used with centrifugal pump assistance in vitro. Artif Organs (2002) 0.77
Does retrograde cerebral perfusion via superior vena cava cannulation protect the brain? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2006) 0.76
Seal properties of TachoSil: in vitro hemodynamic measurements. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2010) 0.76
A new equine pericardial stentless valve. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2003) 0.76
Acute aortic valve insufficiency and cardiogenic shock due to an isolated giant cell inflammation of the aortic valve leaflets: case report and review of the literature. J Heart Valve Dis (2008) 0.76
A new concept of integrated cardiopulmonary bypass circuit. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2002) 0.76
Do valved stents compromise coronary flow? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2004) 0.76
Aqueous oxygen: the solution to relief hypoxic pulmonary hypertension. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2004) 0.76
Accordion-like prosthesis for modified Blalock-Taussig shunt. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann (2003) 0.76
Self-expandable valved stent of large size: off-bypass implantation in pulmonary position. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2003) 0.75
Artificial muscle for end-stage heart failure. ASAIO J (2012) 0.75
Regarding "Heparin-bonded Dacron or polytetrafluoroethylene for femoro-popliteal bypass grafting: a multicenter trial". J Vasc Surg (2002) 0.75
FloWatch and pseudoaneurysm: complication versus coincidence. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2006) 0.75
Video-on-command for thoracic and cardio-vascular surgery. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2003) 0.75
Ultimate test bench for pediatric biventricular assist device based on artificial muscles. ASAIO J (2011) 0.75
Direct percutaneous valve replacement: the next step? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2004) 0.75
"Out of nothing comes nothing" versus "Perpetual flux". Epicurus of Samos (341-270 BCE); Heraclitus of Ephesus (535-475 BCE). Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2003) 0.75
eComment: Is there a need for the assisted venous drainage in the minimal invasive valve surgery. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2010) 0.75