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Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
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Balloon angioplasty is preferred to surgery for aortic coarctation.
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Cardiol Young
|
2008
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3.29
|
|
2
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Postoperative chylothorax after cardiothoracic surgery in children.
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Ann Thorac Surg
|
2005
|
2.58
|
|
3
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Randomized controlled trial of the effects of remote ischemic preconditioning on children undergoing cardiac surgery: first clinical application in humans.
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J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2006
|
2.30
|
|
4
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Comparison of the profiles of postoperative systemic hemodynamics and oxygen transport in neonates after the hybrid or the Norwood procedure: a pilot study.
|
Circulation
|
2007
|
2.16
|
|
5
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Factors associated with mortality and reoperation in 377 children with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection.
|
Circulation
|
2007
|
1.76
|
|
6
|
Hyperglycemia after pediatric cardiac surgery: impact of age and residual lesions.
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Crit Care Med
|
2011
|
1.63
|
|
7
|
Conventional and sutureless techniques for management of the pulmonary veins: Evolution of indications from postrepair pulmonary vein stenosis to primary pulmonary vein anomalies.
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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2005
|
1.61
|
|
8
|
Relation of limiting ductal patency to survival in neonatal Ebstein's anomaly.
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Am J Cardiol
|
2005
|
1.58
|
|
9
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Energy expenditure and caloric and protein intake in infants following the Norwood procedure.
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Pediatr Crit Care Med
|
2008
|
1.55
|
|
10
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Outcomes after surgical treatment of children with partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection.
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Ann Thorac Surg
|
2007
|
1.55
|
|
11
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Outcomes of different surgical strategies in the treatment of neonates with aortic coarctation and associated ventricular septal defects.
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Ann Thorac Surg
|
2007
|
1.54
|
|
12
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Airway pressure release ventilation improves pulmonary blood flow in infants after cardiac surgery.
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Crit Care Med
|
2011
|
1.52
|
|
13
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Longer blood storage is associated with suboptimal outcomes in high-risk pediatric cardiac surgery.
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Ann Thorac Surg
|
2011
|
1.46
|
|
14
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Survival outcomes after rescue extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in pediatric patients with refractory cardiac arrest.
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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2007
|
1.46
|
|
15
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Heparin brand is associated with postsurgical outcomes in children undergoing cardiac surgery.
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Ann Thorac Surg
|
2012
|
1.42
|
|
16
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Medical errors: the performance gap in hypoplastic left heart syndrome and physiologic equivalents?
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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2013
|
1.42
|
|
17
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Longevity and durability of atrioventricular valve repair in single-ventricle patients.
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Ann Thorac Surg
|
2012
|
1.41
|
|
18
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Surgical repair of the mitral valve in children with dilated cardiomyopathy and mitral regurgitation.
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Ann Thorac Surg
|
2008
|
1.40
|
|
19
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Surgical outcomes in the treatment of patients with tetralogy of Fallot and absent pulmonary valve.
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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg
|
2007
|
1.29
|
|
20
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Outcomes for patients with an aortopulmonary window, and the impact of associated cardiovascular lesions.
|
Cardiol Young
|
2004
|
1.22
|
|
21
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Outcomes of mitral valve replacement in children: a competing-risks analysis.
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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2004
|
1.17
|
|
22
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Improved outcomes associated with intraoperative steroid use in high-risk pediatric cardiac surgery.
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Ann Thorac Surg
|
2011
|
1.14
|
|
23
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Outcomes of tricuspid atresia in the Fontan era.
|
Ann Thorac Surg
|
2004
|
1.14
|
|
24
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Interdigitating arch reconstruction eliminates recurrent coarctation after the Norwood procedure.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2005
|
1.09
|
|
25
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Early extubation after pediatric cardiac surgery: systematic review, meta-analysis, and evidence-based recommendations.
|
J Card Surg
|
2010
|
1.06
|
|
26
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Adverse effects of dopamine on systemic hemodynamic status and oxygen transport in neonates after the Norwood procedure.
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J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2006
|
1.05
|
|
27
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NKX2-5 regulates the expression of beta-catenin and GATA4 in ventricular myocytes.
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PLoS One
|
2009
|
1.05
|
|
28
|
Very low-birth-weight infants with congenital cardiac lesions: is there merit in delaying intervention to permit growth and maturation?
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2011
|
1.05
|
|
29
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Primary sutureless repair for "simple" total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: midterm results in a single institution.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2011
|
1.04
|
|
30
|
Infective endocarditis in children: native valve preservation is frequently possible despite advanced clinical disease.
|
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg
|
2008
|
1.04
|
|
31
|
Initial experience with hybrid palliation for neonates with single-ventricle physiology.
|
Ann Thorac Surg
|
2007
|
1.02
|
|
32
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Outcomes after late reoperation in patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot: the impact of arrhythmia and arrhythmia surgery.
|
Ann Thorac Surg
|
2006
|
1.01
|
|
33
|
Retroaortic innominate vein with coarctation of the aorta: surgical repair and embryology review.
|
Ann Thorac Surg
|
2003
|
1.01
|
|
34
|
Determinants of repair type, reintervention, and mortality in 393 children with double-outlet right ventricle.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2007
|
1.01
|
|
35
|
Main pulmonary artery to innominate artery shunt during hybrid palliation of hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2005
|
1.00
|
|
36
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Case complexity scores in congenital heart surgery: a comparative study of the Aristotle Basic Complexity score and the Risk Adjustment in Congenital Heart Surgery (RACHS-1) system.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2007
|
0.99
|
|
37
|
Hybrid versus Norwood strategies for single-ventricle palliation.
|
Circulation
|
2012
|
0.99
|
|
38
|
Extra-corporeal life support following cardiac surgery in children: analysis of risk factors and survival in a single institution.
|
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg
|
2009
|
0.98
|
|
39
|
Midterm outcomes of myocardial revascularization in children.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2009
|
0.97
|
|
40
|
Gene expression profiles in children undergoing cardiac surgery for right heart obstructive lesions.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2004
|
0.96
|
|
41
|
Contemporary management of right atrial isomerism: effect of evolving therapeutic strategies.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2006
|
0.96
|
|
42
|
Cardiac outcomes in young adult survivors of the arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries.
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2010
|
0.96
|
|
43
|
Clinical outcomes, program evolution, and pulmonary artery growth in single ventricle palliation using hybrid and Norwood palliative strategies.
|
Ann Thorac Surg
|
2009
|
0.96
|
|
44
|
Left atrial decompression during venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for left ventricular failure in children: current strategy and clinical outcomes.
|
Artif Organs
|
2012
|
0.95
|
|
45
|
Thrombotic complications and thromboprophylaxis across all three stages of single ventricle heart palliation.
|
J Pediatr
|
2012
|
0.95
|
|
46
|
Cardiovascular tissue engineering therapy: so near, so far?
|
Ann Thorac Surg
|
2005
|
0.95
|
|
47
|
Physiologic versus anatomic repair of congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries: meta-analysis of individual patient data.
|
Ann Thorac Surg
|
2006
|
0.94
|
|
48
|
Profiles of hemodynamics and oxygen transport derived by using continuous measured oxygen consumption after the Norwood procedure.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2007
|
0.94
|
|
49
|
Anatomic repair of anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery by aortic reimplantation: early survival, patterns of ventricular recovery and late outcome.
|
Ann Thorac Surg
|
2003
|
0.93
|
|
50
|
Systemic arteriovenous fistulae for end-stage cyanosis after cavopulmonary connection: a useful bridge to transplantation.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2010
|
0.92
|
|
51
|
Risk, clinical features, and outcomes of thrombosis associated with pediatric cardiac surgery.
|
Circulation
|
2011
|
0.90
|
|
52
|
Short and midterm results of aortic valve cusp extension in the treatment of children with congenital aortic valve disease.
|
Ann Thorac Surg
|
2006
|
0.90
|
|
53
|
Modification of stage II procedure after hybrid palliation (bilateral pulmonary artery banding and ductal stenting) for hypoplastic left-sided heart syndrome: Modified arch reconstruction with retained stented ductus patch.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2007
|
0.90
|
|
54
|
Delayed repair of right atrial isomerism with obstructed total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage by hybrid stent insertion between the left-sided atrium and pulmonary venous confluence.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2012
|
0.89
|
|
55
|
Impact of evolving strategy on clinical outcomes and central pulmonary artery growth in patients with bilateral superior vena cava undergoing a bilateral bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2010
|
0.87
|
|
56
|
The functional intraoperative pulmonary blood flow study is a more sensitive predictor than preoperative anatomy for right ventricular pressure and physiologic tolerance of ventricular septal defect closure after complete unifocalization in patients with pulmonary atresia, ventricular septal defect, and major aortopulmonary collaterals.
|
Circulation
|
2009
|
0.86
|
|
57
|
Surgical palliation strategy does not affect interstage ventricular dysfunction or atrioventricular valve regurgitation in children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and variants.
|
Circulation
|
2013
|
0.86
|
|
58
|
Atrioventricular valve repair in patients with functional single-ventricle physiology: impact of ventricular and valve function and morphology on survival and reintervention.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2011
|
0.86
|
|
59
|
Primary sutureless repair for infants with mixed total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage.
|
Ann Thorac Surg
|
2010
|
0.85
|
|
60
|
Prevention of early sudden circulatory collapse after the Norwood operation.
|
Circulation
|
2004
|
0.85
|
|
61
|
The left heart after pulmonary valve replacement in adults late after tetralogy of Fallot repair.
|
Int J Cardiol
|
2011
|
0.84
|
|
62
|
Pulmonary valve replacement in repaired tetralogy of Fallot: determinants of early postoperative adverse outcomes.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2009
|
0.84
|
|
63
|
Atrioventricular septal defects: effect of bridging leaflet division on early valve function.
|
Ann Thorac Surg
|
2004
|
0.84
|
|
64
|
Vasopressin reversal of phenoxybenzamine-induced hypotension after the Norwood procedure.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2002
|
0.83
|
|
65
|
The influence of systemic hemodynamics and oxygen transport on cerebral oxygen saturation in neonates after the Norwood procedure.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2008
|
0.82
|
|
66
|
Significant correlation of comprehensive Aristotle score with total cardiac output during the early postoperative period after the Norwood procedure.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2008
|
0.82
|
|
67
|
Independent factors associated with mortality, reintervention, and achievement of complete repair in children with pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect.
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2006
|
0.82
|
|
68
|
Prevalence and associated risk factors for intervention in 313 children with subaortic stenosis.
|
Ann Thorac Surg
|
2007
|
0.82
|
|
69
|
Improved results with single-stage total correction of Taussig-Bing anomaly.
|
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg
|
2007
|
0.82
|
|
70
|
Factors associated with arch reintervention and growth of the aortic arch after coarctation repair in neonates weighing less than 2.5 kg.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2009
|
0.82
|
|
71
|
Inclusion of oxygen consumption improves the accuracy of arterial and venous oxygen saturation interpretation after the Norwood procedure.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2006
|
0.81
|
|
72
|
Surgical repair of multiple muscular ventricular septal defects: the role of re-endocardialization strategy.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2006
|
0.80
|
|
73
|
Practical use of alpha blockade strategy in the management of hypoplastic left heart syndrome following stage one palliation with a Blalock-Taussig shunt.
|
Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu
|
2004
|
0.80
|
|
74
|
Mechanical cavopulmonary assist maintains pulmonary and cerebral blood flow in a piglet model of a bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt with high pulmonary vascular resistance.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2008
|
0.79
|
|
75
|
Primary in-series palliation of hypoplastic left heart syndrome with mechanical lung assist in neonatal pigs.
|
ASAIO J
|
2009
|
0.78
|
|
76
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Randomized, controlled trial of individualized heparin and protamine management in infants undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass.
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2010
|
0.77
|
|
77
|
Carbon dioxide--a complex gas in a complex circulation: its effects on systemic hemodynamics and oxygen transport, cerebral, and splanchnic circulation in neonates after the Norwood procedure.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2008
|
0.76
|
|
78
|
A novel mechanical lung assist system sustains primary bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt circulation in pigs.
|
ASAIO J
|
2007
|
0.76
|
|
79
|
Radiofrequency perforation of the right ventricular outflow tract as a palliative strategy for pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect.
|
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv
|
2007
|
0.76
|
|
80
|
Assumed oxygen consumption in the determination of cardiac output in children after cardiac surgery.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2006
|
0.75
|
|
81
|
A simple surgical technique for interventional transcatheter completion of the total cavopulmonary connection.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2005
|
0.75
|
|
82
|
Cavopulmonary support with a microaxial pump for the failing Fontan physiology.
|
ASAIO J
|
2014
|
0.75
|
|
83
|
Late functional outcomes after repair of tetralogy of Fallot with atrioventricular septal defect: a double case-match control study.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2013
|
0.75
|
|
84
|
Replacement of aortic root and ascending aorta in adult congenital heart disease.
|
Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther
|
2007
|
0.75
|
|
85
|
Atrioventricular valve repair in patients with single-ventricle physiology: mechanisms, techniques of repair, and clinical outcomes.
|
Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu
|
2011
|
0.75
|
|
86
|
Superior vena cava to pulmonary artery anastomosis as an adjunct to biventricular repair: 38-year follow-up.
|
Ann Thorac Surg
|
2009
|
0.75
|
|
87
|
Extending the usable size range of homografts in the pulmonary circulation: outcome of bicuspid homografts.
|
Ann Thorac Surg
|
2002
|
0.75
|
|
88
|
Contemporary management of pulmonary and systemic circulations after the Norwood procedure.
|
Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther
|
2011
|
0.75
|
|
89
|
Congenital supravalvular aortic stenosis: defining surgical and nonsurgical outcomes.
|
Ann Thorac Surg
|
2008
|
0.75
|
|
90
|
Critical care outcomes in pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum undergoing single-ventricle palliation.
|
Cardiol Young
|
2010
|
0.75
|
|
91
|
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in childhood: disease natural history, impact of obstruction, and its influence on survival.
|
Ann Thorac Surg
|
2012
|
0.75
|
|
92
|
Solitary arterial trunk with absence of the ascending aorta: embryologic considerations.
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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2002
|
0.75
|
|
93
|
The natural and surgically modified history of anomalous pulmonary veins from the left lung.
|
Ann Thorac Surg
|
2013
|
0.75
|
|
94
|
Unexpected contained rupture of a ductus arteriosus aneurysm found at surgical repair in an infant with Loeys-Dietz syndrome.
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Ann Thorac Surg
|
2013
|
0.75
|
|
95
|
Biventricular repair in children with atrioventricular septal defects and a small right ventricle: anatomic and surgical considerations.
|
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
|
2005
|
0.75
|
|
96
|
D-Transposition of the Great Arteries with Ventricular Septal Defect and Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction (D-TGA/VSD/LVOTO): A Survey of Perceptions, Preferences, and Experience.
|
Pediatr Cardiol
|
2015
|
0.75
|