Published in Ann Thorac Surg on May 01, 2005
2012 HRS/EHRA/ECAS expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: recommendations for patient selection, procedural techniques, patient management and follow-up, definitions, endpoints, and research trial design. J Interv Card Electrophysiol (2012) 2.08
Results of clinical application of the modified maze procedure as concomitant surgery. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2012) 1.05
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Speckle tracking analysis allows sensitive detection of stress cardiomyopathy in severe aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage patients. Intensive Care Med (2016) 1.80
Consequences of delayed surgical closure of patent ductus arteriosus in very premature infants. Ann Thorac Surg (2006) 1.75
Usefulness of exercise-stress echocardiography for risk stratification of true asymptomatic patients with aortic valve stenosis. Eur Heart J (2010) 1.71
Functional impairment of von Willebrand factor in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: relation to rest and exercise obstruction. Circulation (2008) 1.56
Comparative value of Doppler echocardiography and B-type natriuretic peptide assay in the etiologic diagnosis of acute dyspnea. J Am Coll Cardiol (2002) 1.56
Results of endoluminal occlusion of the inferior vena cava during radical nephrectomy and thrombectomy. Eur Urol (2008) 1.55
Functional decline in elderly patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes: impact on midterm outcome. Arch Cardiovasc Dis (2009) 1.54
Mitochondrial dysfunction as an arrhythmogenic substrate: a translational proof-of-concept study in patients with metabolic syndrome in whom post-operative atrial fibrillation develops. J Am Coll Cardiol (2013) 1.53
Myocardial asynchronism is a determinant of changes in functional mitral regurgitation severity during dynamic exercise in patients with chronic heart failure due to severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction. Eur Heart J (2005) 1.52
Atherosclerotic-like process in aortic stenosis: activation of the tissue factor-thrombin pathway and potential role through osteopontin alteration. Atherosclerosis (2010) 1.52
Decellularized heart valve as a scaffold for in vivo recellularization: deleterious effects of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2006) 1.46
Comparison of blood activation in the wound, active vent, and cardiopulmonary bypass circuit. Ann Thorac Surg (2008) 1.45
Chordal cutting technique through aortotomy: a new approach to treat chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2005) 1.43
Frequency of drug-induced valvular heart disease in patients previously exposd to benfluorex: a multicentre prospective study. Eur Heart J (2013) 1.42
Macrophage migration inhibitory factor induces contractile and mitochondria dysfunction by altering cytoskeleton network in the human heart. Crit Care Med (2013) 1.42
Aortic valve implantation with the CoreValve ReValving System via left carotid artery access: first case report. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2010) 1.41
Exercise does not enhance the prognostic value of Doppler echocardiography in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction and functional mitral regurgitation at rest. Am Heart J (2008) 1.40
Challenging treatment of a secondary endoleak in a fenestrated endograft. J Endovasc Ther (2010) 1.39
Inverted limbs in fenestrated and branched endografts. J Endovasc Ther (2010) 1.39
An unusual case of papillary fibroelastoma "invading" the mitral valve. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2006) 1.38
Left ventricular abnormal response during dynamic exercise in patients with heart failure and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction at rest. J Card Fail (2008) 1.26
Intracoronary autologous mononucleated bone marrow cell infusion for acute myocardial infarction: results of the randomized multicenter BONAMI trial. Eur Heart J (2010) 1.23
Does off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) surgery improve the outcome in high-risk patients?: a comparative study of 1398 high-risk patients. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2003) 1.21
Off-the-shelf fenestrated endografts: a realistic option for more than 70% of patients with juxtarenal aneurysms. J Endovasc Ther (2012) 1.12
Stress echocardiography to assess stenosis severity and predict outcome in patients with paradoxical low-flow, low-gradient aortic stenosis and preserved LVEF. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging (2013) 1.08
Echocardiography predictors and prognostic value of pulmonary artery systolic pressure in chronic organic mitral regurgitation. Heart (2010) 1.05
Aortic valve replacement for low-flow/low-gradient aortic stenosis operative risk stratification and long-term outcome: a European multicenter study. J Am Coll Cardiol (2008) 1.03
Role of creatine kinase in cardiac excitation-contraction coupling: studies in creatine kinase-deficient mice. FASEB J (2002) 0.98
The effects of beta-blockers in patients with stable chronic heart failure. Predictors of left ventricular ejection fraction improvement and impact on prognosis. Am Heart J (2007) 0.97
Prognostic importance of comorbidities in heart failure with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction. Heart Vessels (2010) 0.96
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation for pure severe native aortic valve regurgitation. J Am Coll Cardiol (2013) 0.96
PCR-electrospray ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry: a new tool for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis from heart valves. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis (2013) 0.96
Pasteurella multocida aortic valve endocarditis: case report and literature review. J Heart Valve Dis (2003) 0.96
Rationale and design of the Karolinska-Rennes (KaRen) prospective study of dyssynchrony in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Eur J Heart Fail (2009) 0.95
Doxorubicin induces mitochondrial permeability transition and contractile dysfunction in the human myocardium. Mitochondrion (2010) 0.95
Renal cell carcinoma associated with tumor thrombus in the inferior vena cava: surgical strategies. Ann Vasc Surg (2005) 0.94
Central extracorporeal life support in pheochromocytoma crisis. Ann Thorac Surg (2012) 0.93
Pathology of inverted Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Cardiovasc Pathol (2007) 0.91
Developmental basis for filamin-A-associated myxomatous mitral valve disease. Cardiovasc Res (2012) 0.90
Left ventricular response to exercise in aortic stenosis: an exercise echocardiographic study. Echocardiography (2007) 0.90
Association between cardiovascular vs. non-cardiovascular co-morbidities and outcomes in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Eur J Heart Fail (2014) 0.89
Newly diagnosed aortic coarctation in a 49-year-old man presenting with acute anterior myocardial infarction. Acta Cardiol (2014) 0.87
Aortic valve stenosis in community medical practice: determinants of outcome and implications for aortic valve replacement. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2012) 0.87
Circumflex artery stenosis induced by intraoperative radiofrequency ablation. Ann Thorac Surg (2003) 0.87
Can the use of the radial artery be expanded to all patients with different surgical grafting techniques? Early clinical and angiographic results in 600 patients. J Card Surg (2005) 0.86
Endovascular treatment of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms. J Vasc Surg (2012) 0.86
Real-time 3-dimensional dynamics of functional mitral regurgitation: a prospective quantitative and mechanistic study. J Am Heart Assoc (2013) 0.86
Quantification of fat mobilization in patients undergoing coronary artery revascularization using off-pump and on-pump techniques. J Extra Corpor Technol (2006) 0.85
Tissue factor pathway inhibitor-2 gene methylation is associated with low expression in carotid atherosclerotic plaques. Atherosclerosis (2008) 0.84
Fenestrated endovascular repair of type IV thoracoabdominal aneurysms: device design and implantation technique. Perspect Vasc Surg Endovasc Ther (2011) 0.84
Illustration of the echocardiographic diagnosis of subaortic membrane stenosis in adults: surgical and live three-dimensional transoesophageal findings. Eur J Echocardiogr (2010) 0.83
Total endovascular repair of an aortic arch aneurysm using an externalized transseptal guidewire technique. Ann Thorac Surg (2012) 0.83
Filamin-a-related myxomatous mitral valve dystrophy: genetic, echocardiographic and functional aspects. J Cardiovasc Transl Res (2011) 0.83
Changes in cerebral vascular reactivity occur early during cardiopulmonary bypass in the rat. Ann Thorac Surg (2006) 0.83
Midterm results of endoluminal stent grafting of the thoracic aorta. Vascular (2004) 0.83
Hybrid revascularization, comprising coronary artery bypass graft with exclusive arterial conduits followed by early drug-eluting stent implantation, in multivessel coronary artery disease. Arch Cardiovasc Dis (2010) 0.83
Echocardiographic prediction of postoperative atrial fibrillation after aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis: a two-dimensional speckle tracking left ventricular longitudinal strain multicentre pilot study. Arch Cardiovasc Dis (2012) 0.82
Hemidiaphragmatic paralysis: an underestimated etiology of right-to-left shunt through patent foramen ovale? Eur J Echocardiogr (2006) 0.82
Calcifications in benfluorex-induced valve heart disease: a misknown association. Cardiology (2015) 0.82
Modified Ross operation with reinforcement of the pulmonary autograft: Six-year results. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2010) 0.82
Clinical context and mechanism of functional tricuspid regurgitation in patients with and without pulmonary hypertension. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging (2012) 0.81
Multivessel off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting can be taught to trainee surgeons. J Card Surg (2003) 0.81
Impact of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor therapy on heart valves in patients exposed to benfluorex: a multicentre study. Arch Cardiovasc Dis (2013) 0.81
A case of mitral endocarditis due to Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus. Jpn J Infect Dis (2007) 0.81
Stabilization of mitochondrial membrane potential prevents doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity in isolated rat heart. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol (2010) 0.81
Left ventricular remodeling is associated with the severity of mitral regurgitation after inaugural anterior myocardial infarction--optimal timing for echocardiographic imaging. Am Heart J (2008) 0.81
Quantitative multi-slice computed tomography assessment of the mitral valvular complex for transcatheter mitral valve interventions part 1: systematic measurement methodology and inter-observer variability. EuroIntervention (2016) 0.80
Rapid identification of Cardiobacterium hominis by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry during infective endocarditis. Jpn J Infect Dis (2011) 0.80