Published in Eur Heart J on September 16, 2010
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Percutaneous coronary intervention versus coronary-artery bypass grafting for severe coronary artery disease. N Engl J Med (2009) 17.17
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The SYNTAX Score: an angiographic tool grading the complexity of coronary artery disease. EuroIntervention (2005) 5.16
Esophageal perforation during left atrial radiofrequency ablation: Is the risk too high? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2003) 4.03
Comparison of coronary bypass surgery with drug-eluting stenting for the treatment of left main and/or three-vessel disease: 3-year follow-up of the SYNTAX trial. Eur Heart J (2011) 3.29
Aortic valve surgery after previous coronary artery bypass grafting with functioning internal mammary artery grafts. Ann Thorac Surg (2002) 2.88
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Stroke after cardiac surgery: a risk factor analysis of 16,184 consecutive adult patients. Ann Thorac Surg (2003) 2.72
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Predictors of delirium after cardiac surgery delirium: effect of beating-heart (off-pump) surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2004) 2.59
Transapical minimally invasive aortic valve implantation: multicenter experience. Circulation (2007) 2.58
The frozen elephant trunk for the treatment of chronic dissection of the thoracic aorta: a multicenter experience. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 2.51
Hepatitis C virus receptor expression in normal and diseased liver tissue. Hepatology (2008) 2.43
Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery is a very safe procedure with very low rates of conversion to full sternotomy. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2012) 2.42
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EAE/ASE recommendations for image acquisition and display using three-dimensional echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr (2012) 2.41
Osteopontin is induced by hedgehog pathway activation and promotes fibrosis progression in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Hepatology (2010) 2.37
Cytokines induced during chronic hepatitis B virus infection promote a pathway for NK cell-mediated liver damage. J Exp Med (2007) 2.32
Anomalous right coronary artery from the left sinus: a minimally invasive approach. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2011) 2.32
Transapical aortic valve implantation: step by step. Ann Thorac Surg (2009) 2.31
A 7-week, randomized, double-blind trial of olanzapine/fluoxetine combination versus lamotrigine in the treatment of bipolar I depression. J Clin Psychiatry (2006) 2.28
Diabetic and nondiabetic patients with left main and/or 3-vessel coronary artery disease: comparison of outcomes with cardiac surgery and paclitaxel-eluting stents. J Am Coll Cardiol (2010) 2.24
Assessment of the SYNTAX score in the Syntax study. EuroIntervention (2009) 2.24
Integrated thoracic residency program applicants: the best and the brightest? Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 2.22
Analysis of CD161 expression on human CD8+ T cells defines a distinct functional subset with tissue-homing properties. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2010) 2.19
Bilateral internal mammary artery grafts, mortality and morbidity: an analysis of 1 526 360 coronary bypass operations. Heart (2013) 2.15
The role of hemochromatosis susceptibility gene mutations in protecting against iron deficiency in celiac disease. Gastroenterology (2002) 2.12
Management of systolic anterior motion after mitral valve repair: an algorithm. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2012) 2.07
Facilitated minimally invasive left ventricular epicardial lead placement. Ann Thorac Surg (2005) 2.05
Guidelines for reporting mortality and morbidity after cardiac valve interventions. Ann Thorac Surg (2008) 2.04
Cardiac myxoma: preoperative diagnosis using a multimodal imaging approach and surgical outcome in a large contemporary series. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2007) 2.03
What is the best strategy for brain protection in patients undergoing aortic arch surgery? A single center experience of 636 patients. Ann Thorac Surg (2012) 1.99
CXCR3-dependent recruitment and CCR6-mediated positioning of Th-17 cells in the inflamed liver. J Hepatol (2012) 1.95
Transapical minimally invasive aortic valve implantation; the initial 50 patients. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2008) 1.84
Human MAIT and CD8αα cells develop from a pool of type-17 precommitted CD8+ T cells. Blood (2011) 1.83
Accumulation of natural killer T cells in progressive nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Hepatology (2010) 1.82
How does the use of polytetrafluoroethylene neochordae for posterior mitral valve prolapse (loop technique) compare with leaflet resection? A prospective randomized trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2008) 1.80
Early on-cardiopulmonary bypass hypotension and other factors associated with vasoplegic syndrome. Circulation (2009) 1.78
Learning minimally invasive mitral valve surgery: a cumulative sum sequential probability analysis of 3895 operations from a single high-volume center. Circulation (2013) 1.78
Incidence, predictors and outcomes of incomplete revascularization after percutaneous coronary intervention and coronary artery bypass grafting: a subgroup analysis of 3-year SYNTAX data. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2011) 1.77
Guidelines for reporting mortality and morbidity after cardiac valve interventions. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2008) 1.76
A three-dimensional ring annuloplasty for the treatment of tricuspid regurgitation. Ann Thorac Surg (2006) 1.75
Experience with the conventional and frozen elephant trunk techniques: a single-centre study. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2013) 1.73
Economic outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stents versus bypass surgery for patients with left main or three-vessel coronary artery disease: one-year results from the SYNTAX trial. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2011) 1.71
The intraoperative "ink test": a novel assessment tool in mitral valve repair. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2007) 1.64
Distinct roles for CCR4 and CXCR3 in the recruitment and positioning of regulatory T cells in the inflamed human liver. J Immunol (2010) 1.61
Human minimally invasive off-pump valve-in-a-valve implantation. Ann Thorac Surg (2008) 1.60
Incidence, topography, predictors and long-term survival after stroke in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. Ann Thorac Surg (2008) 1.60
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Discontinuation of treatment of schizophrenic patients is driven by poor symptom response: a pooled post-hoc analysis of four atypical antipsychotic drugs. BMC Med (2005) 1.57
Mitral valve surgical procedures in the elderly. Ann Thorac Surg (2012) 1.57
Proteomic remodelling of mitochondrial oxidative pathways in pressure overload-induced heart failure. Cardiovasc Res (2009) 1.57
Vascular adhesion protein-1 mediates adhesion and transmigration of lymphocytes on human hepatic endothelial cells. J Immunol (2002) 1.55
Inverted left atrial appendage. J Am Coll Cardiol (2009) 1.55
Predictors and early and late outcomes of dialysis-dependent patients in contemporary cardiac surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth (2008) 1.54
Five-year results of 219 consecutive patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for refractory postoperative cardiogenic shock. Ann Thorac Surg (2004) 1.54
Medication nonadherence and treatment outcome in patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder with suboptimal prior response. J Clin Psychiatry (2009) 1.53
Current diagnosis and management of left main coronary disease. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2010) 1.52
Transapical double valve implantation plus percutaneous revascularization as a bailout for a high-risk patient. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2012) 1.52
The role of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in patients with continuous flow left ventricular assist devices. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol (2013) 1.51
Do differences in repeat revascularization explain the antianginal benefits of bypass surgery versus percutaneous coronary intervention?: implications for future treatment comparisons. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes (2012) 1.50
Twelve-month patency with the PAS-port proximal connector device: a single center prospective randomized trial. Ann Thorac Surg (2008) 1.50
CXC chemokine ligand 16 promotes integrin-mediated adhesion of liver-infiltrating lymphocytes to cholangiocytes and hepatocytes within the inflamed human liver. J Immunol (2005) 1.49
Recruitment of lymphocytes to the human liver. Immunol Cell Biol (2002) 1.49
Cardio navigation: planning, simulation, and augmented reality in robotic assisted endoscopic bypass grafting. Ann Thorac Surg (2005) 1.48
Minimally invasive versus conventional open mitral valve surgery: a meta-analysis and systematic review. Innovations (Phila) (2011) 1.48
Transapical aortic valve implantation in patients requiring redo surgery. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2009) 1.47
Value of augmented reality-enhanced transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) for determining optimal annuloplasty ring size during mitral valve repair. Ann Thorac Surg (2008) 1.47
Paracrine signals from liver sinusoidal endothelium regulate hepatitis C virus replication. Hepatology (2013) 1.47
Patient prosthesis mismatch affects short- and long-term outcomes after aortic valve replacement. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2006) 1.46
Tracheostomy is not a risk factor for deep sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery. Ann Thorac Surg (2007) 1.46
A phase II study of adoptive immunotherapy using dendritic cells pulsed with tumor lysate in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatology (2009) 1.46
Chemokines in the immunopathogenesis of hepatitis C infection. Hepatology (2009) 1.46
Liberal use of delayed sternal closure for postcardiotomy hemodynamic instability. Ann Thorac Surg (2002) 1.45
Predictors and outcomes of seizures after cardiac surgery: a multivariable analysis of 2,578 patients. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 1.45
Significant value of autopsy for quality management in cardiac surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2005) 1.45
3D-Imaging of cardiac structures using 3D heart models for planning in heart surgery: a preliminary study. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg (2007) 1.45