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Systematic Reviews with or without Meta-analysis is a featured section with published systematic reviews and/or meta-analyses from the ACS addressing contemporary topics within the field of cardiothoracic surgery, based on the principles of evidence-based medicine. These reviews aim to identify, appraise, select and synthesize the highest-level evidence available in the current literature.

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Vol 13, No 1 (January 30, 2024): Atrial Fibrillation Management I

Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation during mitral valve surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Aditya Eranki, Benjamin Muston, Ashley Wilson-Smith, Christian Wilson-Smith, Michael Williams, Matthew Doyle, Martin Misfeld

Mid-to-long-term recurrence of atrial fibrillation in surgical treatment vs. catheter ablation: a meta-analysis using aggregated survival data

Benjamin T. Muston, James Bilbrough, Aditya Eranki, Christian Wilson-Smith, Ashley R. Wilson-Smith

Vol 12, No 6 (November 27, 2023): Aortic Disease in Women

Sex differences in long-term outcomes following surgery for acute type A aortic dissection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Nitish Bhatt, Rodolfo V. Rocha, Farid Foroutan, Michael W. A. Chu, Maral Ouzounian, Daniyal N. Mahmood, Jennifer Chia-Ying Chung

Vol 12, No 5 (September 28, 2023): Spinal Cord Protection

Open, closed or a bit of both: a systematic review and meta-analysis of staged thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Benjamin T. Muston, James Bilbrough, Ymer Bushati, Ashley R. Wilson-Smith, Martin Misfeld, Tristan Yan

Spinal cord injury after open and endovascular repair of descending thoracic aneurysm and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis

Talal Alzghari, Kevin R. An, Lamia Harik, Mohamed Rahouma, Arnaldo Dimagli, Roberto Perezgorvas-Olaria, Michelle Demetres, Gianmarco Cancelli, Giovanni Soletti Jr, Christopher Lau, Leonard N. Girardi, Mario Gaudino

Vol 12, No 4 (July 31, 2023): Three Decades of Aortic Valve-Sparing Operations II

The outcomes of three decades of the David and Yacoub procedures in bicuspid aortic valve patients—a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ashley R. Wilson-Smith, Christian J. Wilson-Smith, Jemilla Strode Smith, Dominic Ng, Benjamin T. Muston, Aditya Eranki, Michael L. Williams

Vol 12, No 3 (May 31, 2023): Three Decades of Aortic Valve-Sparing Operations I

Valve-sparing aortic root replacement using the reimplantation (David) technique: a systematic review and meta-analysis on survival and clinical outcome

Stefano Mastrobuoni, Pascal J. Govers, Kevin M. Veen, Jama Jahanyar, Silke van Saane, Antonio Segreto, Luca Zanella, Laurent de Kerchove, Johanna J. M. Takkenberg, Bardia Arabkhani

Vol 12, No 2 (March 31, 2023): Uniportal Robotic-Assisted Thoracic Surgery II

The perioperative outcomes of uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgeries—a systematic review and meta-analysis of surgical cohort studies and case reports

Ashley R. Wilson-Smith, Christian J. Wilson-Smith, Naomi Anning, Benjamin Muston, Aditya Eranki, Michael L. Williams, Diego Gonzalez-Rivas, Tristan D. Yan, James Ephraums

Vol 12, No 1 (January 31, 2023): Uniportal Robotic-Assisted Thoracic Surgery I

The learning curve of the robotic-assisted lobectomy—a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ashley R. Wilson-Smith, Naomi Anning, Benjamin Muston, Aditya Eranki, Michael L. Williams, Christian J. Wilson-Smith, Diego G. Rivas, Tristan D. Yan

Vol 11, No 6 (November 29, 2022): Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery II

Systematic review and meta-analysis of mid-term survival, reoperation, and recurrent mitral regurgitation for robotic-assisted mitral valve repair

Michael L. Williams, Aditya Eranki, Andrew Mamo, Ashley Wilson-Smith, Bridget Hwang, Ramanen Sugunesegran, Tristan Yan, Emiliano Navarra, T. Sloane Guy, Johannes Bonatti

Vol 11, No 5 (September 30, 2022): Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery I

Robotic versus conventional sternotomy mitral valve surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Michael L. Williams, Bridget Hwang, Linna Huang, Ashley Wilson-Smith, John Brookes, Aditya Eranki, Tristan D. Yan, T. Sloane Guy, Johannes Bonatti

Vol 11, No 4 (July 29, 2022): Bicuspid Aortic Valve

Incidence of bicuspid valve related aortic dissection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ashley R. Wilson-Smith, Aditya Eranki, Benjamin Muston, Harish Kamalanathan, Amanda Yung, Michael L. Williams, Prachi Sahai, Caroline Zi, Hector Michelena

Vol 11, No 3 (May 31, 2022): Surgical & Non-Surgical Management of Mechanical Complications of AMI

Systematic review and meta-analysis of the mechanical complications of ischemic heart disease: papillary muscle rupture, left ventricle rupture and post-infarct ventricular septal defect

Campbell D. Flynn, Paraskevi Morris, Lucy Manuel, Matteo Matteucci, Daniele Ronco, Giulio Massimi, Federica Torchio, Roberto Lorusso

Surgical management for mechanical complications of acute myocardial infarction: a systematic review of long-term outcomes

Sarah Yousef, Ibrahim Sultan, Helena M. VonVille, Kevin Kahru, George J. Arnaoutakis

Surgical treatment of post-infarction papillary muscle rupture: systematic review and meta-analysis

Giulio Massimi, Matteo Matteucci, Mariusz Kowalewski, Daniele Ronco, Federica Jiritano, Cesare Beghi, Paolo Severgnini, Roberto Lorusso

Surgical ventricular reconstruction for ischemic cardiomyopathy—a systematic review and meta-analysis of 7,685 patients

Brandon E. Ferrell, Diana C. Jimenez, Danial Ahmad, Kabir Malkani, Jake L. Rosen, Gabriel Gaw, Konstadinos A. Plestis, T. Sloane Guy, H. Todd Massey, Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili

Effects of concomitant coronary artery bypass grafting on early and late mortality in the treatment of post-infarction mechanical complications: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Daniele Ronco, Claudio Corazzari, Matteo Matteucci, Giulio Massimi, Michele Di Mauro, Justine M. Ravaux, Cesare Beghi, Roberto Lorusso

Vol 11, No 2 (March 31, 2022): PTE in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension and Disease

Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: a systematic review

John D. L. Brookes, Crystal Li, Sally T. W. Chung, Elizabeth M. Brookes, Michael L. Williams, Nicholas McNamara, Sofia Martin-Suarez, Antonio Loforte

Vol 10, No 6 (November 28, 2021): Thoracic Aortic Endovascular Solutions I

Endovascular repair of acute complicated type B aortic dissection—systematic review and meta-analysis of long-term survival and reintervention

Ashley R. Wilson-Smith, Benjamin Muston, Harish Kamalanathan, Amanda Yung, Cheng-Hao Jacky Chen, Prachi Sahai, Aditya Eranki

Vol 11, No 1 (January 24, 2022): Thoracic Aortic Endovascular Solutions II

Thoracic endovascular repair of chronic type B aortic dissection: a systematic review

Michael L. Williams, Madeleine de Boer, Bridget Hwang, Bruce Wilson, John Brookes, Nicholas McNamara, David H. Tian, Timothy Shiraev, Ourania Preventza

Vol 10, No 5 (September 29, 2021): Transcatheter Valve-in-Valve

Vol 10, No 4 (July 30, 2021): Ross Procedure

Systematic review and meta-analysis of long-term outcomes in adults undergoing the Ross procedure

Campbell D. Flynn, Joshua H. De Bono, Benjamin Muston, Nivedita Rattan, David H. Tian, Marco Larobina, Michael O’Keefe, Peter Skillington

The Ross procedure in children: a systematic review

Morgan K. Moroi, Emile A. Bacha, David M. Kalfa

Vol 10, No 3 (May 31, 2021): Continuous-Flow MCS in End-Stage Heart Failure II

Contemporary outcomes of continuous-flow biventricular assist devices

James Farag, Kei Woldendorp, Nicholas McNamara, Paul G. Bannon, Silvana F. Marasco, Antonio Loforte, Evgenij V. Potapov

Development of malignancies and their outcomes in patients supported on continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices—a systematic review

Elizabeth J. Maynes, Jonathan S. Gordon, Matthew P. Weber, Thomas J. O’Malley, Tyler M. Bauer, Chelsey T. Wood, Rohinton J. Morris, Louis E. Samuels, John W. Entwistle, H. Todd Massey, Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili

Vol 10, No 2 (March 31, 2021): Continuous-Flow MCS in End-Stage Heart Failure I

Contemporary outcomes of continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices—a systematic review

Nicholas McNamara, Harry Narroway, Michael Williams, John Brookes, James Farag, David Cistulli, Paul Bannon, Silvana Marasco, Evgenij Potapov, Antonio Loforte

Vol 10, No 1 (January 29, 2021): Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement

An updated meta-analysis of MitraClip versus surgery for mitral regurgitation

Nicholas A. Oh, Polydoros N. Kampaktsis, Michele Gallo, Alvise Guariento, Viktoria Weixler, Steven J. Staffa, Dimitrios V. Avgerinos, Andrea Colli, Ilias P. Doulamis

Vol 9, No 5 (September 30, 2020): Sutureless and Rapid Deployment Aortic Valve Replacement II

Sutureless valve and rapid deployment valves: a systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative studies

Campbell D. Flynn, Michael L. Williams, Adam Chakos, Lucy Hirst, Benjamin Muston, David H. Tian

Aortic valve replacement using stented or sutureless/rapid deployment prosthesis via either full-sternotomy or a minimally invasive approach: a network meta-analysis

Kei Woldendorp, Mathew P. Doyle, Paul G. Bannon, Martin Misfeld, Tristan D. Yan, Giuseppe Santarpino, Paolo Berretta, Marco Di Eusanio, Bart Meuris, Alfredo Giuseppe Cerillo, Pierluigi Stefàno, Niccolò Marchionni, Jacqueline K. Olive, Tom C. Nguyen, Marco Solinas, Giacomo Bianchi

Vol 9, No 6 (November 27, 2020): Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

Overcoming the transcatheter aortic valve replacement Achilles heel: conduction abnormalities—a systematic review

Alberto Alperi, Guillem Muntané-Carol, Afonso B Freitas-Ferraz, Lucia Junquera, David del Val, Laurent Faroux, François Philippon, Josep Rodés-Cabau

Vol 9, No 4 (July 28, 2020): Sutureless and Rapid Deployment Aortic Valve Replacement I

Long-term outcomes of sutureless and rapid-deployment aortic valve replacement: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Michael L. Williams, Campbell D. Flynn, Andrew A. Mamo, David H. Tian, Utz Kappert, Manuel Wilbring, Thierry Folliguet, Antonio Fiore, Antonio Miceli, Augusto D’Onofrio, Giorgia Cibin, Gino Gerosa, Mattia Glauber, Theodor Fischlein, Francesco Pollari

Vol 9, No 3 (May 29, 2020): Frozen Elephant Trunk

Long-term outcomes of the frozen elephant trunk procedure: a systematic review

David H. Tian, Hakeem Ha, Yashutosh Joshi, Tristan D. Yan

Vol 9, No 2 (March 30, 2020): Total Artificial Heart

Comparison of SynCardia total artificial heart and HeartWare HVAD biventricular support for management of biventricular heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Elizabeth J. Maynes, Thomas J. O’Malley, Jessica G. Y. Luc, Matthew P. Weber, Dylan P. Horan, Jae Hwan Choi, Sinal Patel, Syed-Saif Abbas Rizvi, Rohinton J. Morris, John W. Entwistle, H. Todd Massey, Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili

Vol 9, No 1 (January 29, 2020): Lung Transplantation

Ex-vivo lung perfusion versus standard protocol lung transplantation—mid-term survival and meta-analysis

Adam Chakos, Paule Ferret, Benjamin Muston, Tristan D. Yan, David H. Tian

Domino heart transplant following heart-lung transplantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Elizabeth J. Maynes, Thomas J. O’Malley, Melissa A. Austin, Avijit K. Deb, Jae Hwan Choi, Matthew P. Weber, Asghar Khaghani, H. Todd Massey, Richard C. Daly, Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili

Single versus double lung transplantation for fibrotic disease—systematic review

Ashley R. Wilson-Smith, Yong Sul Kim, Georgina E. Evans, Tristan D. Yan
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