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ESC Guidelines on the management of cardiovascular diseases during pregnancy: the Task Force on the Management of Cardiovascular Diseases during Pregnancy of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Eur Heart J (2011) 5.11

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Aortic stenosis in the elderly: disease prevalence and number of candidates for transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a meta-analysis and modeling study. J Am Coll Cardiol (2013) 2.41

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Open lung ventilation improves functional residual capacity after extubation in cardiac surgery. Crit Care Med (2005) 2.28

The usefulness of brain natriuretic peptide in complex congenital heart disease: a systematic review. J Am Coll Cardiol (2012) 2.27

Therapeutic decisions for patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis: room for improvement? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2009) 2.25

N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide and its relationship with cardiac function in adults with congenital heart disease. J Am Coll Cardiol (2013) 2.15

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Aggressive cardiovascular phenotype of aneurysms-osteoarthritis syndrome caused by pathogenic SMAD3 variants. J Am Coll Cardiol (2012) 1.98

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The Ross procedure: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Circulation (2008) 1.65

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Survival of surgically treated infective endocarditis: a comparison with the general Dutch population. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 1.57

Predictors of pregnancy complications in women with congenital heart disease. Eur Heart J (2010) 1.57

The Ross operation: a Trojan horse? Eur Heart J (2007) 1.55

Proper treatment selection may improve survival in patients with clinical early-stage nonsmall cell lung cancer. Ann Thorac Surg (2005) 1.54

Effect of valsartan on systemic right ventricular function: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled pilot trial. Circulation (2012) 1.54

Charlson comorbidity index as a predictor of long-term outcome after surgery for nonsmall cell lung cancer. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2005) 1.54

Open lung ventilation does not increase right ventricular outflow impedance: An echo-Doppler study. Crit Care Med (2006) 1.48

Population characteristics, treatment assignment and survival of patients with aortic stenosis referred for percutaneous valve replacement. EuroIntervention (2008) 1.47

Relevance of colloid oncotic pressure regulation during neonatal and infant cardiopulmonary bypass: a prospective randomized study. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2010) 1.45

Do we need separate risk stratification models for hospital mortality after heart valve surgery? Ann Thorac Surg (2008) 1.41

Validation of a prognostic model to predict survival after non-small-cell lung cancer surgery. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2010) 1.41

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Progression rate and early surgical experience in the new aggressive aneurysms-osteoarthritis syndrome. Ann Thorac Surg (2012) 1.41

Right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction with an allograft conduit in patients after tetralogy of Fallot correction: long-term follow-up. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 1.40

Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in Ebstein's anomaly. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2010) 1.39

Outcome after reoperation for atrioventricular septal defect repair. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2009) 1.39

Washing of irradiated red blood cells in paediatric cardiopulmonary bypass: is it clinically useful? A retrospective audit. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2011) 1.39

Effects of cardiopulmonary bypass circuit reduction and residual volume salvage on allogeneic transfusion requirements in infants undergoing cardiac surgery. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2007) 1.38

Long-term outcome and quality of life in adult patients after the Fontan operation. Am J Cardiol (2004) 1.33

Clinical value of real-time three-dimensional echocardiography for right ventricular quantification in congenital heart disease: validation with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. J Am Soc Echocardiogr (2010) 1.33

Three life-years gained from smoking cessation after coronary artery bypass surgery: a 30-year follow-up study. Am Heart J (2008) 1.28

Autograft reinforcement to preserve autograft function after the ross procedure: a report from the german-dutch ross registry. Circulation (2009) 1.23

Patient outcome after aortic valve replacement with a mechanical or biological prosthesis: weighing lifetime anticoagulant-related event risk against reoperation risk. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2009) 1.22

Preoperative and operative predictors of delirium after cardiac surgery in elderly patients. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2012) 1.22

Pre-operative computed tomography coronary angiography to detect significant coronary artery disease in patients referred for cardiac valve surgery. J Am Coll Cardiol (2006) 1.19

Cardiac tamponade due to a ruptured aneurysm of the sinus of valsalva. J Card Surg (2008) 1.14

The role of collagen cross-links in biomechanical behavior of human aortic heart valve leaflets--relevance for tissue engineering. Tissue Eng (2007) 1.12

Right ventricular quantification in clinical practice: two-dimensional vs. three-dimensional echocardiography compared with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Eur J Echocardiogr (2011) 1.10

Coronary artery and orifice development is associated with proper timing of epicardial outgrowth and correlated Fas-ligand-associated apoptosis patterns. Circ Res (2005) 1.09

Outcome of pregnancy in patients after repair of aortic coarctation. Eur Heart J (2005) 1.08

Age-related changes in the cellular composition of the thymus in children. J Allergy Clin Immunol (2005) 1.07

Ventilation according to the open lung concept attenuates pulmonary inflammatory response in cardiac surgery. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2005) 1.06

Towards Safer Pregnancies in Women With Congenital Heart Disease. Circ J (2015) 1.06

Results of clinical application of the modified maze procedure as concomitant surgery. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2012) 1.05

Late outcome after stenting or coronary artery bypass surgery for the treatment of multivessel disease: a single-center matched-propensity controlled cohort study. Ann Thorac Surg (2005) 1.04

Development of left atrioventricular valve regurgitation after correction of atrioventricular septal defect. Ann Thorac Surg (2005) 1.04

The role of the renin-angiotensin system in thoracic aortic aneurysms: clinical implications. Pharmacol Ther (2011) 1.02

Feasibility of real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography in type A aortic dissection. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2010) 1.02

Carcinoid heart disease: outcomes after surgical valve replacement. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2011) 1.00

Pulmonary vein and atrial wall pathology in human total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. Int J Cardiol (2008) 0.99

Microbiological examination of donated human cardiac tissue in heart valve banking. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2009) 0.98

Long-term survival after non-small cell lung cancer surgery: development and validation of a prognostic model with a preoperative and postoperative mode. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2006) 0.98

Periostin expression by epicardium-derived cells is involved in the development of the atrioventricular valves and fibrous heart skeleton. Differentiation (2008) 0.98

Real-time transthoracic three-dimensional echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular volume and ejection fraction in congenital heart disease. J Am Soc Echocardiogr (2006) 0.98

Surgery in current therapy for infective endocarditis. Vasc Health Risk Manag (2011) 0.97

Surgical outcome of discrete subaortic stenosis in adults: a multicenter study. Circulation (2013) 0.96

Longitudinal development of psychopathology in an adult congenital heart disease cohort. Int J Cardiol (2005) 0.96

Obstetric complications in Marfan syndrome. Int J Cardiol (2005) 0.95

Persistent annual permanent pacemaker implantation rate after surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with severe aortic stenosis. Ann Thorac Surg (2012) 0.95

Lung resection for non-small-cell lung cancer in patients older than 70: mortality, morbidity, and late survival compared with the general population. Ann Thorac Surg (2003) 0.95

Incomplete segregation of MYH11 variants with thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections and patent ductus arteriosus. Eur J Hum Genet (2012) 0.95

A simplified continuity equation approach to the quantification of stenotic bicuspid aortic valves using velocity-encoded cardiovascular magnetic resonance. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson (2007) 0.95

Cardiac complications relating to pregnancy and recurrence of disease in the offspring of women with atrioventricular septal defects. Eur Heart J (2005) 0.95

Incidence and predictors of maternal cardiovascular mortality and severe morbidity in The Netherlands: a prospective cohort study. PLoS One (2013) 0.94

Enlarged right ventricular size at 11 years' follow-up after closure of secundum-type atrial septal defect in children. Cardiol Young (2012) 0.94

The rationale for Heart Team decision-making for patients with stable, complex coronary artery disease. Eur Heart J (2013) 0.94

Right ventricular end-diastolic volume combined with peak systolic blood pressure during exercise identifies patients at risk for complications in adults with a systemic right ventricle. J Am Coll Cardiol (2013) 0.94

Intraoperative evaluation of micromultiplane transesophageal echocardiographic probe in surgery for congenital heart disease. Eur J Echocardiogr (2007) 0.94

Autosomal dominant inheritance of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. Am J Med Genet A (2005) 0.94

Survival after pathological stage IA nonsmall cell lung cancer: tumor size matters. Ann Thorac Surg (2005) 0.93

Non-inferiority study design: lessons to be learned from cardiovascular trials. Eur Heart J (2012) 0.93

The impact of the introduction of drug-eluting stents on the clinical practice of surgical and percutaneous treatment of coronary artery disease. Eur Heart J (2005) 0.92

Reactive oxygen species and the cardiovascular system. Oxid Med Cell Longev (2013) 0.92

The clinical outcome after coronary bypass surgery: a 30-year follow-up study. Eur Heart J (2008) 0.92

An ISO 9001 quality management system in a hospital: bureaucracy or just benefits? Int J Health Care Qual Assur Inc Leadersh Health Serv (2005) 0.92

Allografts for aortic valve or root replacement: insights from an 18-year single-center prospective follow-up study. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2007) 0.91

DNA microarray analysis for human congenital heart disease. Cell Biochem Biophys (2006) 0.91

High preoperative plasma neopterin predicts delirium after cardiac surgery in older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc (2012) 0.91

A broad and strong humoral immune response to donor HLA after implantation of cryopreserved human heart valve allografts. Hum Immunol (2002) 0.91

Clinical condition at mid-to-late follow-up after transatrial-transpulmonary repair of tetralogy of Fallot. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2007) 0.91