Table 3 The 10 most cited Minimally-invasive Cardiac Surgery manuscripts

1

47

Kim DH

Materials for multifunctional balloon catheters with capabilities in cardiac electrophysiological mapping and ablation therapy

USA

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Illinois

2

34.5

Lichtenstein SV

Transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation in humans—Initial clinical experience

Canada

St Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

3

25.8

Walther T

Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation: Step by Step

Germany

University of Leipzig, Leipzig

4

25.1

Peyton PJ

Minimally-invasive Measurement of Cardiac Output during Surgery and Critical Care A Meta-analysis of Accuracy and Precision

Australia

Austin Hospital, Melbourne

5

22.3

Modi P

Minimally-invasive mitral valve surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

USA

East Carolina Heart Institute, Greenville

6

21.3

Folliguet TA

Sutureless Perceval Aortic Valve Replacement: Results of Two European Centers

France

Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris

7

20.2

Kocher AA

One-year outcomes of the Surgical Treatment of Aortic Stenosis With a Next Generation Surgical Aortic Valve (TRITON) trial: A prospective multicenter study of rapid-deployment aortic valve replacement with the EDWARDS INTUITY Valve System

Austria

Medical University of Vienna, Vienna

8

17.1

Collura CA

Left cardiac sympathetic denervation for the treatment of long QT syndrome and catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia using video-assisted thoracic surgery

USA

Mayo Clinic, Minnesota

9

16.7

Grossi EA

High-risk aortic valve replacement: Are the outcomes as bad as predicted?

USA

New York University School of Medicine, New York

10

16.2

Holzhey DM

Learning Minimally-invasive Mitral Valve Surgery A Cumulative Sum Sequential Probability Analysis of 3895 Operations From a Single High-Volume Center

Germany

Heart Centre Leipzig, Leipzig