Most Popular Altmetric Content of 2018

Altmetric data “badges” are appended to new educational videos and articles published on CTSNet.org. Altmetric tracks the online impact of CTSNet videos and articles, including related social media activity, blog mentions, and other references on a broad variety of web platforms. As the year comes to a close, the CTSNet staff present the 10 highest scoring CTSNet articles as determined by Altmetric for 2018:

1. Leaflet Reconstructive Techniques for Aortic Valve Repair 
   Domenico Mazzitelli, Theodor Fischlein, J. Scott Rankin, Yeong-Hoon Choi, Christof Stamm, Steffen Pfeiffer, Lawrence Wei, Vinay Badhwar
2. CABG: Making Veins Great Again 
   Stan Antonides, David Taggart, Joe Sabik, Michael Mack
3. Three-Minute Review: Essentials of Cardiopulmonary Bypass 
   Abdelhadi Ismail, Sunil Ohri, Szabolcs Miskolczi
4. Bilateral Internal Thoracic Artery Grafting: Technical Aspects 
   Daniel Navia, Nestor Manuel Clusa, Mariano Camporrotondo, Juan Carlos Espinoza, Fernando Piccinini, Juan Mariano Vrancic, Manuel Cervetti
5. Port Access and Minithoracotomy Mitral Valve Surgery 
   William H. Ryan, William J. Hoffman
6. CTSNet Step-by-Step Series: Central Cannulation
   Andrel Yoong, Omar A. Jarral, Shruti Jayakumar, Jason Varzaly, Leanne Harling, James Edwards
7. Root Replacement With "French Cuff" Technique: A Challenging Redo Case
   Marco Di Eusanio, Tristan Yan, Paolo Berretta, Mariano Cefarelli
8. Konno Aortoventriculoplasty and Mitral Valve Replacement in a Child With Atrioventricular Septal Defect
   Janani Reisenauer, Joseph Dearani
9. Bending the Curve: The Importance of Expertise
   David Jones
10. Acute Type A Aortic Dissection Repair
    Shruti Jayakumar, Rachel Simon-Lee, Jason Varzaly, James Edwards

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