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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 4, No 3 (May 28, 2015): Mitral Valve Repair (I)

Early surgical intervention or watchful waiting for the management of asymptomatic mitral regurgitation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Andrew B. Goldstone, William L. Patrick, Jeffrey E. Cohen, Chiaka N. Aribeana, Rita Popat, Y. Joseph Woo

Vol 4, No 2 (March 29, 2015): Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Surgery (II)

Systematic review and meta-analysis: techniques and a guide for the academic surgeon

Kevin Phan, David H. Tian, Christopher Cao, Deborah Black, Tristan D. Yan

Sutureless aortic valve replacement: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Kevin Phan, Yi-Chin Tsai, Nithya Niranjan, Denis Bouchard, Thierry P Carrel, Otto E Dapunt, Harald C. Eichstaedt, Theodor Fischlein, Borut Gersak, Mattia Glauber, Axel Haverich, Martin Misfeld, Peter J Oberwalder, Giuseppe Santarpino, Malakh Lal Shrestha, Marco Solinas, Marco Vola, Tristan D. Yan, Marco Di Eusanio

Vol 4, No 4 (July 13, 2015): Mitral Valve Repair (II)

A meta-analysis of robotic vs. conventional mitral valve surgery

Christopher Cao, Hugh Wolfenden, Kevin Liou, Faraz Pathan, Sunil Gupta, Thomas A. Nienaber, David Chandrakumar, Praveen Indraratna, Tristan D. Yan

Vol 3, No 6 (November 30, 2014): Mechanical Circulatory Support (II)

Vol 3, No 5 (September 26, 2014): Mechanical Circulatory Support (I)

Vol 4, No 1 (January 20, 2015): Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Surgery (I)

Ministernotomy or minithoracotomy for minimally invasive aortic valve replacement: a Bayesian network meta-analysis

Kevin Phan, Ashleigh Xie, Yi-Chin Tsai, Deborah Black, Marco Di Eusanio, Tristan D. Yan

Minimally invasive reoperative aortic valve replacement: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Kevin Phan, Jessie J. Zhou, Nithya Niranjan, Marco Di Eusanio, Tristan D. Yan

Vol 3, No 4 (July 25, 2014): Type B Aortic Dissection (II)

Open surgical repair for chronic type B aortic dissection: a systematic review

David H. Tian, Ramesh P. De Silva, Tom Wang, Tristan D. Yan

Lower limb malperfusion in type B aortic dissection: a systematic review

Mauro Gargiulo, Claudio Bianchini Massoni, Enrico Gallitto, Antonio Freyrie, Santi Trimarchi, Gianluca Faggioli, Andrea Stella

Vol 3, No 3 (May 31, 2014): Type B Aortic Dissection (I)

Management of complicated and uncomplicated acute type B dissection. A systematic review and meta-analysis

Konstantinos G. Moulakakis, Spyridon N. Mylonas, Ilias Dalainas, John Kakisis, Thomas Kotsis, Christos D. Liapis

Systematic review of outcomes of combined proximal stentgrafting with distal bare stenting for management of aortic dissection

Ludovic Canaud, Elsa Madeleine Faure, Baris Ata Ozdemir, Pierre Alric, Matt Thompson

Vol 3, No 2 (March 31, 2014): Sublobar Resection

Meta-analysis of intentional sublobar resections versus lobectomy for early stage non-small cell lung cancer

Christopher Cao, Sunil Gupta, David Chandrakumar, David H. Tian, Deborah Black, Tristan D. Yan

Vol 3, No 1 (January 28, 2014): Atrial fibrillation surgery

A systematic review of surgical ablation versus catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation

Katherine Kearney, Rowan Stephenson, Kevin Phan, Wei Yen Chan, Min Yin Huang, Tristan D. Yan

Vol 2, No 6 (November 29, 2013): Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery

Custodiol for myocardial protection and preservation: a systematic review

J. James B. Edelman, Michael Seco, Ben Dunne, Shannon J. Matzelle, Michelle Murphy, Pragnesh Joshi, Tristan D. Yan, Michael K. Wilson, Paul G. Bannon, Michael P. Vallely, Jurgen Passage

Systematic review of robotic minimally invasive mitral valve surgery

Michael Seco, Christopher Cao, Paul Modi, Paul G. Bannon, Michael K. Wilson, Michael P. Vallely, Kevin Phan, Martin Misfeld, Friedrich Mohr, Tristan D. Yan

A meta-analysis of minimally invasive versus conventional mitral valve repair for patients with degenerative mitral disease

Christopher Cao, Sunil Gupta, David Chandrakumar, Thomas A. Nienaber, Praveen Indraratna, Su C. Ang, Kevin Phan, Tristan D. Yan

A meta-analysis of MitraClip system versus surgery for treatment of severe mitral regurgitation

Benjamin Wan, Mohammad Rahnavardi, David H. Tian, Kevin Phan, Stine Munkholm-Larsen, Paul G. Bannon, Tristan D. Yan

Vol 2, No 5 (September 01, 2013): Frozen Elephant Trunk

Vol 2, No 4 (July 30, 2013): Total arterial revascularization

Systematic review of robotic-assisted, totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass grafting

Michael Seco, J. James B. Edelman, Tristan D. Yan, Michael K. Wilson, Paul G. Bannon, Michael P. Vallely

Vol 2, No 3 (May 30, 2013): Aortic arch surgery (II)

A meta-analysis of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest alone versus with adjunctive selective antegrade cerebral perfusion

David H. Tian, Benjamin Wan, Paul G. Bannon, Martin Misfeld, Scott A. LeMaire, Teruhisa Kazui, Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, John A. Elefteriades, Joseph E. Bavaria, Joseph S. Coselli, Randall B. Griepp, Friedrich W. Mohr, Aung Oo, Lars G. Svensson, G. Chad Hughes, Malcolm J. Underwood, Edward P. Chen, Thoralf M. Sundt, Tristan D. Yan

A systematic review and meta-analysis of hybrid aortic arch replacement

Konstantinos G. Moulakakis, Spyridon N. Mylonas, Fotis Markatis, Thomas Kotsis, John Kakisis, Christos D. Liapis

Vol 2, No 2 (March 18, 2013): Aortic Arch Surgery (I)

A meta-analysis of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest versus moderate hypothermic circulatory arrest with selective antegrade cerebral perfusion

David H. Tian, Benjamin Wan, Paul G. Bannon, Martin Misfeld, Scott A. LeMaire, Teruhisa Kazui, Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, John A. Elefteriades, Joseph Bavaria, Joseph S. Coselli, Randall B. Griepp, Friedrich W. Mohr, Aung Oo, Lars G. Svensson, G. Chad Hughes, Tristan D. Yan

Vol 2, No 1 (January 28, 2013): Aortic Valve Repair

Systematic review and meta-analysis of transcatheter aortic valve implantation versus surgical aortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis

Christopher Cao, Su C. Ang, Praveen Indraratna, Con Manganas, Paul Bannon, Deborah Black, David Tian, Tristan D. Yan

Systematic review of aortic valve preservation and repair

Richard Saczkowski, Tarek Malas, Laurent de Kerchove, Gebrine El Khoury, Munir Boodhwani

Vol 1, No 4 (November 29, 2012): Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

Systematic review of trimodality therapy for patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma

Christopher Cao, David Tian, Con Manganas, Phoebe Matthews, Tristan D. Yan

Vol 1, No 1 (May 01, 2012): Minimally Invasive Pulmonary Resection

Vol 1, No 3 (September 26, 2012): Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

Combined open and endovascular treatment of thoracoabdominal aortic pathologies: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Konstantinos G. Moulakakis, Spyridon N. Mylonas, Constantinos N. Antonopoulos, Christos D. Liapis

Vol 1, No 2 (July 26, 2012): Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation

A systematic review on transapical aortic valve implantation

Mohammad Rahnavardi, Jaime Santibanez, Karan Sian, Tristan D. Yan
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