The Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery is an international peer-review journal that keeps cardiothoracic surgeons up to date with advances in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular and thoracic diseases. We publish original scientific reports of clinical research, including randomized controlled trials, prospective studies and institutional or multi-institutional reports, and basic science research.
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Vol 11, No 5 (September 2022): Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery I
Gokhan Arslanhan, Sahin Senay, Muharrem Kocyigit, Ahmet Umit Gullu, Cem Alhan
Andrea Amabile, Alyssa Morrison, Michael LaLonde, Ritu Agarwal, Makoto Mori, Irbaz Hameed, Syed Usman Bin Mahmood, Caroline Komlo, Sigurdur Ragnarsson, Markus Krane, Arnar Geirsson
Vol 11, No 4 (July 2022): Bicuspid Aortic Valve
Josephina Haunschild, Zara Dietze, Antonia van Kampen, Khadzhimurad Magomedov, Martin Misfeld, Sergey Leontyev, Michael A. Borger, Christian D. Etz
Lennart Froede, Karen B. Abeln, Tristan Ehrlich, Susanne K. Feldner, Hans-Joachim Schäfers
Lisa O. F. Bearpark, Ulrik Sartipy, Anders Franco-Cereceda, Natalie Glaser
Miriam Nightingale, David G. Guzzardi, Alex J. Barker, S. Chris Malaisrie, Patrick M. McCarthy, Michael Markl, Elena S. Di Martino, Paul W. M. Fedak
Vol 11, No 2 (March 2022): PTE in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension and Disease
Marc de Perrot, Karen McRae, Laura Donahoe, Etienne Abdelnour-Berchtold, John Thenganatt, John Granton; the Canadian CTEPH Working Group
Olaf Mercier, Clément Dubost, Amélie Delaporte, Thibault Genty, Dominique Fabre, Delphine Mitilian, Antoine Girault, Justin Issard, Arash Astaneh, Jean-Baptiste Menager, Gaelle Dauriat, Sacha Mussot, Mitja Jevnikar, Xavier Jais, Marc Humbert, Gérald Simonneau, Philippe Dartevelle, Iolando Ion, François Stephan, Philippe Brenot, Elie Fadel
María Jesús López-Gude, Isabel Blanco, Victoria Benito-Arnáiz, Manel Castellà, Pilar Escribano-Subías, Clara Martin, Joan Albert Barberà, José María Cortina-Romero
David P. Jenkins, Steven S. Tsui, John Taghavi, Pradeep Kaul, Jason Ali, Choo Ng
Vol 11, No 3 (May 2022): Surgical & Non-Surgical Management of Mechanical Complications of AMI
Matteo Matteucci, Daniele Ronco, Justine M. Ravaux, Giulio Massimi, Michele Di Mauro, Saskia Houterman, Jos Maessen, Cesare Beghi, Paolo Severgnini, Roberto Lorusso; on behalf of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Registration Committee of the Netherlands Heart Registration
Vol 11, No 1 (January 2022): Thoracic Aortic Endovascular Solutions II
Lee Hafen, William P. Shutze, Srinivasa Potluri, John J. Squiers, J. Michael DiMaio, William T. Brinkman
Alice Le Huu, Jacqueline K. Olive, Davut Cekmecelioglu, Subhasis Chatterjee, Hiruni S. Amarasekara, Susan Y. Green, Joseph S. Coselli, Ourania Preventza
Vol 10, No 6 (November 2021): Thoracic Aortic Endovascular Solutions I
Patrick R. Vargo, Jean-Luc Maigrot, Eric E. Roselli
Vol 10, No 5 (September 2021): Transcatheter Valve-in-Valve
Zachary A. Spigel, Iki Adachi, Ziyad M. Binsalamah, Dhaval Parekh, Athar M. Qureshi
Davut Cekmecelioglu, Ourania Preventza, Kathryn G. Dougherty, Subhasis Chatterjee, Susan Y. Green, Guilherme V. Silva, Jose G. Díez, Joseph S. Coselli
R. Yazan Kherallah, Srikanth Koneru, Zvonimir Krajcer, Ourania Preventza, Kathryn G. Dougherty, Melissa L. McCormack, Briana T. Costello, Stephanie Coulter, Neil E. Strickman, Juan Carlos Plana Gomez, Ali Mortazavi, Jose G. Díez, James J. Livesay, Joseph S. Coselli, Guilherme V. Silva
Alina Zubarevich, Marcin Szczechowicz, Konstantin Zhigalov, Philipp Marx, Alexander Lind, Rolf Alexander Jánosi, Tienush Rassaf, Sharaf-Eldin Shehada, Rizwan Malik, Markus Kamler, Matthias Thielmann, Bastian Schmack, Arjang Ruhparwar, Alexander Weymann, Daniel Wendt
Christof Burgdorf, Andrijana Vukadinovikj Momchilovska, Bjoern Andrew Remppis
Laura Besola, Anson Cheung, Jian Ye, Myriam Akodad, Andrew Chatfield, Gnalini Sathananthan, Robert Moss, John Webb
Shmuel Chen, Lyle Dershowitz, Isaac George
Vol 10, No 4 (July 2021): Ross Procedure
Paul Stelzer, Javier Mejia, Elbert Eugene Williams
William H. Ryan, John J. Squiers, Katherine B. Harrington, Tammy Goodenow, Courtney Rawitscher, Justin M. Schaffer, J. Michael DiMaio, William T. Brinkman
Markus Liebrich, Efstratios I. Charitos, Christoph Dingemann, Detlef Roser, Joerg Seeburger, Wolfgang Hemmer, Vladimir Voth
Karen B. Abeln, Vincent Chauvette, Nancy Poirier, Shunsuke Matsushima, Ismail El-Hamamsy, Hans-Joachim Schäfers
Vol 10, No 3 (May 2021): Continuous-Flow MCS in End-Stage Heart Failure II
Diyar Saeed, Evgenij Potapov, Antonio Loforte, Michiel Morshuis, David Schibilsky, Daniel Zimpfer, Julia Riebandt, Federico Pappalardo, Matteo Attisani, Mauro Rinaldi, Davide Pacini, Assad Haneya, Faiz Ramjankhan, Dirk W. Donker, Ulrich P. Jorde, Wolfgang Otto, Julia Stein, Dmytro Tsyganenko, Ameen Al-Naamani, Radi Wieloch, Rafael Ayala, Jochen Cremer, Michael Borger, Artur Lichtenberg, Jan Gummert
Johanna Mulzer, Hristo Krastev, Christoph Hoermandinger, Alexander Meyer, Thomas Haese, Julia Stein, Marcus Müller, Felix Schoenrath, Christoph Knosalla, Christoph Starck, Volkmar Falk, Evgenij Potapov, Jan Knierim
Melissa A. Austin, Abhiraj Saxena, Thomas J. O’Malley, Elizabeth J. Maynes, Henry Moncure, Nathan Ott, H. Todd Massey, Francesco Moscato, Antonio Loforte, John M. Stulak, Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili
Vol 10, No 2 (March 2021): Continuous-Flow MCS in End-Stage Heart Failure I
Silvia Mariani, Tong Li, Karl Bounader, Dietmar Boethig, Alexandra Schöde, Jasmin S. Hanke, Jana Michaelis, L. Christian Napp, Dominik Berliner, Guenes Dogan, Roberto Lorusso, Axel Haverich, Jan D. Schmitto
Julia Riebandt, Anne Schaefer, Dominik Wiedemann, Thomas Schlöglhofer, Günther Laufer, Sigrid Sandner, Daniel Zimpfer
Filippo Consolo, Luigi Barberini, Claudia Fattuoni, Dmitry Grapov, Andrea Montisci, Federico Pappalardo
Vol 10, No 1 (January 2021): Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement
Gino Gerosa, Matteo Nadali, Lorenzo Longinotti, Matteo Ponzoni, Raphael Caraffa, Alessandro Fiocco, Nicola Pradegan, Laura Besola, Augusto D’Onofrio, Eleonora Bizzotto, Roberto Bellu, Denas Gentian, Andrea Colli
Kai Liu, Hourong Sun, Biao Wang, Hongliang Ma, Bingbing Ma, Zengshan Ma
Erica Manzan, Danila Azzolina, Dario Gregori, Eleonora Bizzotto, Andrea Colli, Gino Gerosa
Tomasz A. Timek, Marcin Malinowski, Robert L. Hooker, Jessica L. Parker, Charles L. Willekes, Edward T. Murphy, Theodore Boeve, Stephane Leung, Justin S. Fanning, John C. Heiser
Vol 9, No 6 (November 2020): Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Clarence Pingpoh, Holger Schroefel, Tanja Franz, Martin Czerny, Maximilian Kreibich, Martin Moser, Christoph Bode, Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Franz-Josef Neumann, Willibald Hochholzer, Matthias Siepe
Vol 9, No 5 (September 2020): Sutureless and Rapid Deployment Aortic Valve Replacement II
Augusto D’Onofrio, Chiara Tessari, Lorenzo Bagozzi, Federico Migliore, Claudia Filippini, Giorgia Cibin, Rita Pesce, Annalisa Francescato, Gino Gerosa
Paolo Berretta, Luca Montecchiani, Fabio Vagnarelli, Mariano Cefarelli, Jacopo Alfonsi, Carlo Zingaro, Filippo Capestro, Michele D. Pierri, Alessandro D’alfonso, Marco Di Eusanio
Vol 9, No 4 (July 2020): Sutureless and Rapid Deployment Aortic Valve Replacement I
Antonio Miceli, Paolo Berretta, Antonio Fiore, Martin Andreas, Marco Solinas, Giuseppe Santarpino, Utz Kappert, Martin Misfeld, Carlo Savini, Alberto Albertini, Emmanuel Villa, Kevin Phan, Theodor Fischlein, Bart Meuris, Gianluca Martinelli, Kevin Teoh, Carmelo Mignosa, Malakh Shrestha, Thierry P. Carrel, Tristan D. Yan, Mattia Glauber, Marco Di Eusanio
Marco Solinas, Giacomo Bianchi, Francesca Chiaramonti, Rafik Margaryan, Enkel Kallushi, Tommaso Gasbarri, Filippo Santarelli, Michele Murzi, Pierandrea Farneti, Alessandro Leone, Simone Simeoni, Egidio Varone, Federica Marchi, Mattia Glauber, Giovanni Concistrè
Iuliana Coti, Thomas Haberl, Sabine Scherzer, Paul Werner, Shiva Shabanian, Alfred Kocher, Guenther Laufer, Martin Andreas
Vol 9, No 3 (May 2020): Frozen Elephant Trunk
Maral Ouzounian, Ali Hage, Jennifer Chung, Louis-Mathieu Stevens, Ismail El-Hamamsy, Vincent Chauvette, Francois Dagenais, Andreanne Cartier, Mark Peterson, Alana Harrington, Munir Boodhwani, Ming Guo, John Bozinovski, Stephanie Fox, Linrui Guo, Michael W. A. Chu, on behalf of the Canadian Thoracic Aortic Collaborative
Bowen Zhang, Yanxiang Liu, Hongwei Guo, Yunfeng Li, Yi Shi, Shenghua Liang, Hong Liu, Xiaogang Sun
Konstantinos Tsagakis, Davide Pacini, Martin Grabenwöger, Michael A. Borger, Nora Goebel, Wolfgang Hemmer, Alvaro Laranjeira Santos, Thanos Sioris, Kazimierz Widenka, Petar Risteski, Jorge Mascaro, Igor Rudez, Andreas Zierer, Carlos A. Mestres, Arjang Ruhparwar, Roberto Di Bartolomeo, Heinz Jakob
Yu Chen, Wei-Guo Ma, Jian-Rong Li, Jun Zheng, Yong-Min Liu, Jun-Ming Zhu, Li-Zhong Sun
Erik Beckmann, Andreas Martens, Wilhelm Korte, Tim Kaufeld, Heike Krueger, Axel Haverich, Malakh Shrestha
Vol 9, No 2 (March 2020): Total Artificial Heart
Michiel Morshuis, Sebastian V. Rojas, Kavous Hakim-Meibodi, Artyom Razumov, Jan F. Gummert, René Schramm
Chet R. Villa, Ryan A. Moore, David L. Morales, Angela Lorts
Karthik Thangappan, Awais Ashfaq, Chet Villa, David L. S. Morales
Vol 9, No 1 (January 2020): Lung Transplantation
Ann E. Woolley, Laura M. Piechura, Hilary J. Goldberg, Steve K. Singh, Antonio Coppolino, Lindsey R. Baden, Hari R. Mallidi
Vol 8, No 6 (November 2019): Endocarditis
Guenther Kroegh, Khalil Jawad, Piroze Davierwala, Michael Borger, Martin Misfeld
Khalil Jawad, Guenther Kroeg, Alex Koziarz, Sven Lehmann, Maja Dieterlen, Stefan Feder, Jens Garbade, Vivek Rao, Michael Borger, Martin Misfeld
Carolyn Weber, Asmae Gassa, Kaveh Eghbalzadeh, Julia Merkle, Ilija Djordjevic, Johanna Maier, Anton Sabashnikov, Antje-Christin Deppe, Elmar W. Kuhn, Parwis B. Rahmanian, Oliver J. Liakopoulos, Thorsten Wahlers
Pietro Giorgio Malvindi, Elisa Mikus, Luca Caprili, Giuseppe Santarpino, Vito Margari, Simone Calvi, Giuseppe Nasso, Renato Gregorini, Carmine Carbone, Alberto Albertini, Giuseppe Speziale, Domenico Paparella
Vol 8, No 5 (September 2019): Type A Intramural Hematoma
Elizabeth L. Norton, David M. Williams, Karen M. Kim, Xiaoting Wu, Minhaj S. Khaja, Himanshu J. Patel, G. Michael Deeb, Bo Yang
Vol 8, No 4 (July 2019): Type B Intramural Hematoma and Descending Penetrating Aortic Ulcer
Gabriele Piffaretti, Federico Fontana, Marco Tadiello, Chiara Guttadauro, Filippo Piacentino, Ruth L. Bush, Anna Maria Socrate, Matteo Tozzi
Vol 8, No 3 (May 2019): Advanced Techniques in Aortic Valve Repair
Emmanuel Lansac, Hou-Sen Lim, Yu Shomura, Khee Hiang Lim, Nolan T. Rice, Isabelle Di Centa, Pouya Youssefi, Wolfgang Goetz, Carlos M. G. Duran
Matthew Valdis, Andrew Thain, Philip M. Jones, Ian Chan, Michael W. A. Chu
Leila Louise Benhassen, Diana Mathilde Ropcke, Mona Sharghbin, Troels Lading, Jens Kæstel Skov, Marcell Juan Tjørnild, Karen Bagger Poulsen, Tommy Bechsgaard, Søren Nielsen Skov, Sten Lyager Nielsen, John Michael Hasenkam
Vol 8, No 2 (March 2019): Robotic Thoracic Surgery
Sylvia van der Horst, Michiel F. G. de Maat, Pieter C. van der Sluis, Jelle P. Ruurda, Richard van Hillegersberg
Seha Ahn, Jin Yong Jeong, Hyung Woo Kim, Joong Hyun Ahn, Giyong Noh, Soo Seog Park
Miguel Ricardo Buitrago, Juliana Restrepo
Vol 7, No 4 (July 2018): Coronary Revascularisation—Cardiology for the Surgeon
Piroze M. Davierwala, Sergey Leontyev, Jens Garbade, Sven Lehmann, David Holzhey, Martin Misfeld, Michael A. Borger
Derrick Y. Tam, Saswata Deb, Bao Nguyen, Dennis T. Ko, Reena Karkhanis, Fuad Moussa, Jaclyn Fremes, Eric A. Cohen, Sam Radhakrishnan, Stephen E. Fremes, on behalf of the Radial Artery Patency Study Investigators
Vol 7, No 2 (March 2018): Tracheal Surgery
Simone T. Timman, Christiana Schoemaker, Wilson W. L. Li, Henri A. M. Marres, Jimmie Honings, Wim J. Morshuis, Erik H. F. M. van der Heijden, Ad F. T. M. Verhagen
Vol 6, No 6 (November 2017): Marfan Syndrome
Ayman Saeyeldin, Mohammad A. Zafar, Camilo A. Velasquez, Kevan Ip, Anton Gryaznov, Adam J. Brownstein, Yupeng Li, John A. Rizzo, Young Erben, Bulat A. Ziganshin, John A. Elefteriades
Fatiesa Sulejmani, Anastassia Pokutta-Paskaleva, Bulat Ziganshin, Bradley Leshnower, Glen Iannucci, John Elefteriades, Wei Sun
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