Journal•ISSN: 0003-4975
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Elsevier BV
About: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery is an academic journal published by Elsevier BV. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Medicine & Aortic valve. It has an ISSN identifier of 0003-4975. Over the lifetime, 37162 publications have been published receiving 1124715 citations. The journal is also known as: Annals of Thoracic Surgery.
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TL;DR: Compared with lobectomy, limited pulmonary resection does not confer improved perioperative morbidity, mortality, or late postoperative pulmonary function and lobectomy still must be considered the surgical procedure of choice for patients with peripheral T1 N0 non-small cell lung cancer.
2,491 citations
TL;DR: Data suggest that left atrial appendage obliteration is a strategy of potential value for stroke prophylaxis in nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation.
1,423 citations
TL;DR: Use of perioperative continuous intravenous insulin infusion in diabetic patients undergoing open heart surgical procedures significantly reduces major infectious morbidity and its associated socioeconomic costs.
1,202 citations
TL;DR: New STS risk models have been developed for CABG mortality and eight other endpoints and overall model performance is excellent, with acceptable calibration in the overall population and in numerous subgroups.
1,121 citations
TL;DR: New valve surgery models using contemporary data that include both valve repair as well as replacement are developed, expanding upon existing valve models, and include several nonfatal complications in addition to mortality.
1,109 citations