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Sudish C Murthy

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1 Treatment of stage I and II non-small cell lung cancer: Diagnosis and management of lung cancer, 3rd ed: American College of Chest Physicians evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Chest 2013 2.67
2 Refining esophageal cancer staging. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 2.18
3 A critical evaluation of a percutaneous diagnostic and treatment strategy for chylothorax after thoracic surgery. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008 1.69
4 Role of clinically determined depth of tumor invasion in the treatment of esophageal carcinoma. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 1.57
5 Growing experience with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to lung transplantation. ASAIO J 2012 1.43
6 A physiologic clinical study of achalasia: should Dor fundoplication be added to Heller myotomy? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 1.42
7 Benefit of postoperative adjuvant chemoradiotherapy in locoregionally advanced esophageal carcinoma. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 1.41
8 T2N0M0 esophageal cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007 1.38
9 Should lung transplantation be performed for patients on mechanical respiratory support? The US experience. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2010 1.27
10 Impact of smoking cessation before resection of lung cancer: a Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database study. Ann Thorac Surg 2009 1.25
11 Atrial fibrillation complicating lung cancer resection. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 1.25
12 Bridge to lung transplantation using short-term ambulatory extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2010 1.21
13 Characterization and importance of air leak after lobectomy. Ann Thorac Surg 2005 1.19
14 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons practice guideline series: guidelines for the management of Barrett's esophagus with high-grade dysplasia. Ann Thorac Surg 2009 1.14
15 Lungs from donation after cardiac death for transplantation. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2013 1.07
16 Mature results from a phase II trial of postoperative concurrent chemoradiotherapy for poor prognosis cancer of the esophagus and gastroesophageal junction. J Thorac Oncol 2009 1.05
17 Brain metastases from esophageal cancer: a phenomenon of adjuvant therapy? Ann Thorac Surg 2006 1.04
18 Spirometry after transplantation: how much better are two lungs than one? Ann Thorac Surg 2008 1.03
19 Does esophagogastric anastomotic technique influence the outcome of patients with esophageal cancer? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005 1.02
20 Should lung transplantation be performed using donation after cardiac death? The United States experience. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008 1.02
21 Malignant pleural mesothelioma. Curr Oncol Rep 2011 1.01
22 Guidelines for donor lung selection: time for revision? Ann Thorac Surg 2010 1.01
23 Lung transplantation for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Ann Thorac Surg 2007 1.00
24 Is FDG-PET indicated for superficial esophageal cancer? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2007 0.96
25 Performance of a self-expanding silicone stent in palliation of benign airway conditions. Chest 2006 0.94
26 Combined bronchoscopy, mediastinoscopy, and thoracotomy for lung cancer: who benefits? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004 0.92
27 Matching donor to recipient in lung transplantation: How much does size matter? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2009 0.92
28 Thromboembolism after pneumonectomy for malignancy: an independent marker of poor outcome. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 0.92
29 Dialysis after lung transplantation: prevalence, risk factors and outcome. J Heart Lung Transplant 2007 0.92
30 Esophageal cancer in patients with a history of distal gastrectomy. Arch Surg 2002 0.92
31 Myenteric plexus abnormalities associated with epiphrenic diverticula. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008 0.92
32 Techniques of surgical tracheostomy. Clin Chest Med 2003 0.91
33 A phase II study of perioperative concurrent chemotherapy, gefitinib, and hyperfractionated radiation followed by maintenance gefitinib in locoregionally advanced esophagus and gastroesophageal junction cancer. J Thorac Oncol 2010 0.91
34 Early experience with lung transplantation using donors after cardiac death. J Heart Lung Transplant 2008 0.90
35 Growing single-center experience with lung transplantation using donation after cardiac death. Ann Thorac Surg 2012 0.90
36 The Kirschner operation in unresectable esophageal cancer: current application. Arch Surg 2002 0.89
37 Esophageal submucosa: the watershed for esophageal cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011 0.89
38 Intraoperative and postoperative management of air leaks in patients with emphysema. Thorac Surg Clin 2009 0.89
39 [18F]Fluorodeoxyglucose uptake by positron emission tomography for diagnosis of suspected lung cancer: impact of verification bias. Arch Intern Med 2007 0.87
40 Stage III non-small cell lung cancer and metachronous brain metastases. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 0.84
41 Atrial fibrillation after lung transplantation: timing, risk factors, and treatment. Ann Thorac Surg 2007 0.83
42 Intramucosal esophageal adenocarcinoma: primum non nocere. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012 0.82
43 Reconstruction of a tracheobronchial tree disruption with bovine pericardium. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2004 0.82
44 Value of accelerated multimodality therapy in stage IIIA and IIIB non-small cell lung cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003 0.81
45 Effect of changes in postoperative spirometry on survival after lung transplantation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012 0.80
46 Robotic surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism. Surg Endosc 2014 0.79
47 Closure of a large tracheoesophageal fistula using AlloDerm. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008 0.79
48 Predictors of acute rejection after lung transplantation. Ann Thorac Surg 2011 0.79
49 A phase II trial of induction epirubicin, oxaliplatin, and fluorouracil, followed by surgery and postoperative concurrent cisplatin and fluorouracil chemoradiotherapy in patients with locoregionally advanced adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and gastroesophageal junction. J Thorac Oncol 2014 0.79
50 Fate of the esophagogastric anastomosis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011 0.78
51 Comparative study of bronchial artery revascularization in lung transplantation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2013 0.78
52 Outcomes after single lung transplantation in older patients with secondary pulmonary arterial hypertension. J Heart Lung Transplant 2012 0.78
53 Third-time lung transplantation in a patient with cystic fibrosis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2010 0.78
54 Extended use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after lung transplantation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 0.78
55 Temporal pattern of transfusion and its relation to rejection after lung transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 2009 0.77
56 Tracheostomy after cardiovascular surgery: an assessment of long-term outcome. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 0.77
57 Less is more… (more or less…). J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011 0.77
58 High incidence of upper-extremity deep vein thrombosis with dual-lumen venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012 0.77
59 Esophagectomy for clinical high-grade dysplasia. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2011 0.77
60 Timing of heparin and thrombus formation in donor lungs after cardiac death. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012 0.76
61 Impact of nutritional state on lung transplant outcomes. J Heart Lung Transplant 2013 0.75
62 Association of thoracic epidural analgesia with risk of atrial arrhythmias after pulmonary resection: a retrospective cohort study. J Anesth 2014 0.75
63 Successful double lung transplantation in 2 patients with severe scoliosis. J Heart Lung Transplant 2008 0.75
64 Extrapleural pneumonectomy for scimitar syndrome. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006 0.75
65 Cleveland Clinic lung transplantation: update 2008. Clin Transpl 2007 0.75
66 A cancer staging primer: lung. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2010 0.75
67 Pathologic correlates of heparin-free donation after cardiac death in lung transplantation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2013 0.75
68 A phase II trial of accelerated multimodality therapy for locoregionally advanced cancer of the esophagus and gastroesophageal junction: the impact of clinical heterogeneity. Am J Clin Oncol 2007 0.75
69 Radiology quiz case 1. Tracheocele. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2007 0.75
70 Esophagopulmonary fistula and left lung abscess after transoral incisionless fundoplication. Ann Thorac Surg 2013 0.75
71 Acellular dermal matrix closure of catastrophic bronchopleural fistula. Ann Thorac Surg 2010 0.75
72 Managing extreme airway size mismatch in lung transplantation: the "upper lobectomy" technique. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011 0.75
73 Pediatric donor lungs for adult transplant recipients: feasibility and outcomes. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2012 0.75
74 Donor lungs with pulmonary embolism evaluated with ex vivo lung perfusion. ASAIO J 2012 0.75
75 Fatal cerebral air embolus complicating multimodality treatment of esophageal cancer. Ann Thorac Surg 2011 0.75
76 Decortication after lung transplantation. Ann Thorac Surg 2008 0.75
77 First case of laryngeal glomangiomyoma. Laryngoscope 2005 0.75