Published in J Heart Valve Dis on March 01, 2005
Aortic valve replacement in octogenarians. J Cardiothorac Surg (2007) 1.14
Positron emission tomography/computed tomography for diagnosis of prosthetic valve endocarditis: increased valvular 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake as a novel major criterion. J Am Coll Cardiol (2013) 4.72
Preoperative anaemia is a risk factor for mortality and morbidity following aortic valve surgery. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2013) 3.22
Risk of embolism and death in infective endocarditis: prognostic value of echocardiography: a prospective multicenter study. Circulation (2005) 2.69
Skeletonized internal thoracic artery harvest reduces pain and dysesthesia and improves sternal perfusion after coronary artery bypass surgery: a randomized, double-blind, within-patient comparison. Circulation (2006) 2.54
Aspirin plus clopidogrel versus aspirin alone after coronary artery bypass grafting: the clopidogrel after surgery for coronary artery disease (CASCADE) Trial. Circulation (2010) 2.51
Tetralogy of Fallot with aortic valvular stenosis: surgical correction in one case. Ann Thorac Surg (2002) 2.47
Mortality and myocardial infarction following surgical versus percutaneous revascularization of isolated left anterior descending artery disease: a meta-analysis. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2005) 2.19
Radial artery graft treatment with phenoxybenzamine is clinically safe and may reduce perioperative myocardial injury. Ann Thorac Surg (2007) 2.10
Prosthesis-patient mismatch after aortic valve replacement predominantly affects patients with preexisting left ventricular dysfunction: effect on survival, freedom from heart failure, and left ventricular mass regression. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2006) 1.91
Dramatic reduction in infective endocarditis-related mortality with a management-based approach. Arch Intern Med (2009) 1.90
Surgery for complications of trans-catheter closure of atrial septal defects: a multi-institutional study from the European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2010) 1.86
Impact of cerebrovascular complications on mortality and neurologic outcome during infective endocarditis: a prospective multicentre study. Eur Heart J (2007) 1.82
Heart valve prosthesis selection in patients with end-stage renal disease requiring dialysis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Heart (2011) 1.70
Reoperation of left heart valve bioprostheses according to age at implantation. Circulation (2011) 1.68
Mitral-valve repair for mitral-valve prolapse. N Engl J Med (2009) 1.66
Mechanical versus bioprosthetic valve replacement in middle-aged patients. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2006) 1.64
Molecular analysis of pericardial fluid: a 7-year experience. Eur Heart J (2006) 1.63
Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting: dual-center experience in 450 consecutive patients. Circulation (2009) 1.62
Enlargement of the small aortic root during aortic valve replacement: is there a benefit? Ann Thorac Surg (2008) 1.60
Scimitar syndrome: a European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association (ECHSA) multicentric study. Circulation (2010) 1.59
Long-term outcomes after valve replacement for low-gradient aortic stenosis: impact of prosthesis-patient mismatch. Circulation (2006) 1.58
Statin therapy and saphenous vein graft disease after coronary bypass surgery: analysis from the CASCADE randomized trial. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 1.56
Influence of the On-X mechanical prosthesis on intermediate-term major thromboembolism and hemorrhage: a prospective multicenter study. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2010) 1.56
Surgical treatment of active aortic endocarditis: homografts are not the cornerstone of outcome. Ann Thorac Surg (2007) 1.53
Effects of shed mediastinal blood on cardiovascular and pulmonary function: a randomized, double-blind study. Ann Thorac Surg (2008) 1.46
Long-term outcomes after repaired acute type A aortic dissections. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2006) 1.46
Delayed sternal closure: a life-saving measure in neonatal open heart surgery; could it be predictable? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2002) 1.45
Outcome after surgical treatment performed within the first week of antimicrobial therapy during infective endocarditis: a prospective study. Arch Cardiovasc Dis (2008) 1.44
Non-invasive diagnostic of cardiac allograft vasculopathy by 31P magnetic resonance chemical shift imaging. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2005) 1.41
Investigation of blood culture-negative early prosthetic valve endocarditis reveals high prevalence of fungi. Heart (2009) 1.40
Emergency endovascular treatment of a ruptured thoracic aneurysm discovered as a back pulsatile mass. Int J Cardiol (2004) 1.39
Very long-term survival implications of heart valve replacement with tissue versus mechanical prostheses in adults <60 years of age. Circulation (2007) 1.33
Tissue-engineered injectable collagen-based matrices for improved cell delivery and vascularization of ischemic tissue using CD133+ progenitors expanded from the peripheral blood. Circulation (2006) 1.20
Early postoperative anticoagulation after mechanical valve replacement: a systematic review. Ann Thorac Surg (2006) 1.14
Surgery for primary cardiac tumors in children: early and late results in a multicenter European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association study. Circulation (2012) 1.12
Clinical and echocardiographic impact of functional tricuspid regurgitation repair at the time of mitral valve replacement. Ann Thorac Surg (2009) 1.10
The timing of surgery influences mortality and morbidity in adults with severe complicated infective endocarditis: a propensity analysis. Eur Heart J (2009) 1.09
Secondary subaortic stenosis in heart defects without any initial subaortic obstruction: a multifactorial postoperative event. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2007) 1.06
Late incidence and determinants of reoperation in patients with prosthetic heart valves. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2004) 1.06
Isolated cleft of the mitral valve: distinctive features and surgical management. Ann Thorac Surg (2009) 1.04
Repair of a type IV laryngotracheoesophageal cleft with cardiopulmonary bypass. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol (2002) 1.04
Valvular surgery in octogenarians: operative risks factors, evaluation of Euroscore and long term results. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2005) 1.04
Long-term outcomes of valve replacement with modern prostheses in young adults. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2004) 1.01
Late incidence and predictors of persistent or recurrent heart failure in patients with aortic prosthetic valves. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2004) 0.99
Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Pseudomonas luteola. BMC Infect Dis (2005) 0.99
Natural history and predictors of outcome in patients with concomitant functional mitral regurgitation at the time of aortic valve replacement. Circulation (2006) 0.99
Risk of reoperation for aortic bioprosthesis dysfunction. J Heart Valve Dis (2009) 0.98
Prediction of symptomatic embolism in infective endocarditis: construction and validation of a risk calculator in a multicenter cohort. J Am Coll Cardiol (2013) 0.98
Impact of mitral annular calcification on early and late outcomes following mitral valve repair of myxomatous degeneration. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2013) 0.97
Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting via a small thoracotomy versus off-pump: a case-matched study. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2011) 0.97
Late incidence and predictors of persistent or recurrent heart failure in patients with mitral prosthetic valves. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2004) 0.97
Patterns and predictors of statin use after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2007) 0.96
Images in cardiovascular medicine. Massive biventricular thrombosis as a consequence of myocarditis: findings from 2-dimensional and real-time 3-dimensional echocardiography. Circulation (2006) 0.94
Retained left atrial catheter: a case report and review of the literature. J Am Soc Echocardiogr (2005) 0.93
Endocarditis caused by Cardiobacterium valvarum. J Clin Microbiol (2006) 0.92
Long-term clinical and hemodynamic performance of the Hancock II versus the Perimount aortic bioprostheses. Circulation (2010) 0.92
Concomitant treatment with oral L-arginine improves the efficacy of surgical angiogenesis in patients with severe diffuse coronary artery disease: the Endothelial Modulation in Angiogenic Therapy randomized controlled trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2008) 0.91
Effects of off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting on function and viability of circulating endothelial progenitor cells. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2005) 0.91
Complete correction of interrupted right aortic arch with isolation of left subclavian artery. Ann Thorac Surg (2005) 0.91
Kytococcus schroeteri, a rare agent of endocarditis. Int J Infect Dis (2007) 0.91
The arterial switch operation in Europe for transposition of the great arteries: a multi-institutional study from the European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2006) 0.90
Mitral valve replacement is a viable alternative to mitral valve repair for ischemic mitral regurgitation: a case-matched study. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 0.89
Complete atrioventricular canal repair under 1 year: Rastelli one-patch procedure yields excellent long-term results. Ann Thorac Surg (2008) 0.89
Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting does not preserve renal function better than on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: results of a case-matched study. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2011) 0.89
Ectopia cordis, a successful single stage thoracoabdominal repair. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2003) 0.88
Excess mortality and morbidity in patients surviving infective endocarditis. Am Heart J (2012) 0.88
CD117-positive cells and mast cells in adult human cardiac valves--observations and implications for the creation of bioengineered grafts. Cardiovasc Pathol (2006) 0.87
Spontaneous aortic arch rupture with pseudoaneurysm and constrictive-effusive pericarditis formation. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2006) 0.87
Handsewn proximal anastomoses onto the ascending aorta through a small left thoracotomy during minimally invasive multivessel coronary artery bypass grafting: a stepwise approach to safety and reproducibility. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2012) 0.87
Comparative effects of mesenchymal progenitor cells, endothelial progenitor cells, or their combination on myocardial infarct regeneration and cardiac function. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2007) 0.84
3-dimensional structures to enhance cell therapy and engineer contractile tissue. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann (2010) 0.84
In vitro functional comparison of therapeutically relevant human vasculogenic progenitor cells used for cardiac cell therapy. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2010) 0.84
The clopidogrel after surgery for coronary artery disease (CASCADE) randomized controlled trial: clopidogrel and aspirin versus aspirin alone after coronary bypass surgery [NCT00228423]. Curr Control Trials Cardiovasc Med (2005) 0.84
Images in cardiovasclar medicine: pacemaker lead vegetation trapped in patent foramen ovale: a cause of hypoxemia after percutaneous extraction. Circulation (2009) 0.84
Postoperative naproxen after coronary artery bypass surgery: a double-blind randomized controlled trial. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2004) 0.83
Q fever endocarditis: over 14 years of surgical experience in a referral center for rickettsioses. J Heart Valve Dis (2002) 0.83
Images in cardiovascular medicine. Ventricular septal rupture after a nonpenetrating chest trauma: findings from real-time three-dimensional echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance. Circulation (2005) 0.83
Transcaval correction of partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage into the superior vena cava. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 0.83
Clinical outcome after repair of acute type A dissection in patients over 70 years-old. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2002) 0.83
Postoperative extracorporeal life support in pediatric cardiac surgery: recent results. ASAIO J (2005) 0.82
Generation of CD133+ cells from CD133- peripheral blood mononuclear cells and their properties. Cardiovasc Res (2006) 0.82
Absence of rapid deployment extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) team does not preclude resuscitation ecmo in pediatric cardiac patients with good results. ASAIO J (2007) 0.81
An acellular matrix-bound ligand enhances the mobilization, recruitment and therapeutic effects of circulating progenitor cells in a hindlimb ischemia model. FASEB J (2009) 0.81
Late incidence and determinants of stroke after aortic and mitral valve replacement. Ann Thorac Surg (2004) 0.81
Impairment of human cell-based vasculogenesis in rats by hypercholesterolemia-induced endothelial dysfunction and rescue with L-arginine supplementation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2010) 0.81
Diagnosis of Bartonella henselae prosthetic valve endocarditis in man, France. Emerg Infect Dis (2014) 0.80
Characteristics and management of cleft mitral valve. J Am Coll Cardiol (2003) 0.80
Tropheryma whipplei aortic valve endocarditis without systemic Whipple's disease. Int J Infect Dis (2011) 0.80