Ralph Damiano

Research output

Research output per year 1981 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2009 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2024 2025

• 320 Article
• 45 Editorial
• 30 Review article
• 15 Chapter
• 24 More
  • 12 Comment/debate
  • 5 Letter
  • 3 Paper
  • 2 Conference article
  • 1 Book
  • 1 Conference contribution

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2023

  Commentary: What is the measure of success for atrial fibrillation ablation? Is a reduction in arrhythmia burden sufficient?

  Edgerton, J. R. & Damiano, R. J., Apr 2023, In: Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 165, 4, p. 1396-1397 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access

• The Cox-Maze procedure: What lesions and why

  McGilvray, M. M. O., Barron, L., Yates, T. A. E., Zemlin, C. W. & Damiano, R. J., Feb 2023, In: JTCVS Techniques. 17, p. 84-93 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access
  13 Scopus citations
• 2021

  Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with heart failure

  Khiabani, A. J., Schuessler, R. B. & Damiano, R. J., Oct 2021, In: Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 162, 4, p. 1100-1105 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access
  12 Scopus citations
• 2020

  30 Years of Surgical Ablation for “Stand-Alone” Atrial Fibrillation: Have We Abandoned an Evidence-Driven Approach?

  Damiano, R. J. & MacGregor, R., Mar 2020, In: Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 109, 3, p. 627-629 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
  4 Scopus citations
• 2019

  Ethical standards for cardiothoracic surgeons' participation in social media

  Cardiothoracic Ethics Forum, Oct 2019, In: Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 158, 4, p. 1139-1143 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access
  7 Scopus citations

• Ethical Standards for Cardiothoracic Surgeons' Participation in Social Media

  Cardiothoracic Ethics Forum, Sep 2019, In: Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 108, 3, p. 666-670 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access
  16 Scopus citations
• 2018

  2017 Best Manuscript Awards

  Damiano, R. J., Jul 1 2018, In: Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. 13, 4, p. 243-244 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access

• Innovations: The Journey Continues under New Leadership

  Damiano, R. J., Nov 1 2018, In: Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. 13, 6, p. 381-382 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access

• Message from the Editor

  Damiano, R. J., Oct 1 2018, In: Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. 13, 3_suppl, p. 55 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
• 2017

  2016 Best Manuscript Awards

  Damiano, R. J., Nov 1 2017, In: Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. 12, 6, p. 383-384 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

• Expert consensus guidelines: Examining surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation

  Ad, N., Damiano, R. J., Badhwar, V., Calkins, H., La Meir, M., Nitta, T., Doll, N., Holmes, S. D., Weinstein, A. A. & Gillinov, M., Jun 2017, In: Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 153, 6, p. 1330-1354.e1

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access
  150 Scopus citations

• Message From the Editor

  Damiano, R. J., Dec 1 2017, In: Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.). 12, 4S Suppl 2, p. S89

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

• The Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network: Implications for clinical practice

  O'Gara, P. T., Sundt, T. M., Acker, M. A., David, T. E., Michler, R. E., Borger, M. A., Ailawadi, G., Thourani, V. H., Gillinov, A. M., Damiano, R. J., Mack, M. J., Lee, R., Rose, E. A., Gardner, T. J., Miller, M. A., Weisel, R. D. & Gelijns, A. C., Dec 2017, In: Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 154, 6, p. 1938-1956 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access
  5 Scopus citations
• 2016

  2014 Best manuscript awards

  Damiano, R. J., Feb 24 2016, In: Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. 11, 1, p. 1-2 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access

• 2015 best manuscript awards

  Damiano, R. J., 2016, In: Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. 11, 6, p. 383-385 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access

• Message From the Editor

  Damiano, R. J., May 1 2016, In: Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.). 11, p. S26

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access

• Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery moving toward consensus and standardization

  Damiano, R. J., 2016, In: Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. 11, 4, p. 233 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access
• 2015

  Message from the editor

  Damiano, R. J., Jun 1 2015, In: Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.). 10, p. S1

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access
• 2014

  2013 best manuscript awards

  Damiano, R. J., Dec 14 2014, In: Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. 9, 6, p. 397-398 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

• Innovations announces a new affiliation

  Damiano, R. J., 2014, In: Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. 9, 5, p. 337 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

• Message from the Editor

  Damiano, R. J., May 1 2014, In: Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. 9, 3, p. 151 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access

• Why do most patients with atrial fibrillation referred for other cardiac surgery not receive concomitant ablation? A plea for a more aggressive surgical approach

  Damiano, R. J., Dec 1 2014, In: Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 148, 6, p. 3034-3035 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access
  3 Scopus citations
• 2013

  2012 best manuscript award

  Damiano, R. J., 2013, In: Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. 8, 3, p. 175-176 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

• Message from the editor.

  Damiano, R. J., 2013, In: Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.). 8, 2, p. 81 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access
• 2012

  Message from the Editor

  Damiano, R. J., Mar 2012, In: Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. 7, 2, p. 69 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access

• Modern cardiothoracic surgery: current state-of-the-art & emerging technologies.

  Damiano, R. J., 2012, In: Missouri Medicine. 109, 4, p. 275-276 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  1 Scopus citations
• 2011

  Message from the Editor

  Damiano, R. J., May 2011, In: Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. 6, 3, p. 133 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

• Message from the President

  Damiano, R. J., May 2011, In: Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. 6, 3, p. 134-135 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access

• What is innovation?

  Damiano, R. J., 2011, In: Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. 6, 2, p. 65 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access
  4 Scopus citations
• 2010

  Editorial: Surgical ablation of lone atrial fibrillation on the beating heart: The chaos continues

  Damiano, R. J., Mar 2010, In: Europace. 12, 3, p. 297-298 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access
  10 Scopus citations

• Editorial: Off pump coronary artery bypass: A valuable technique but not for everyone

  Lawton, J. S. & Damiano, R. J., 2010, In: Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. 5, 1, p. 1-2 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

• Innovations has a new affiliation

  Damiano, R. J., 2010, In: Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. 5, 4, p. 249 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

• Message from the Editor

  Damiano, R. J., May 2010, In: Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. 5, 3, p. 147 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
• 2009

  Editorial: Innovations-a new editorial team and a renewed commitment to excellence

  Damiano, R. J., Jan 1 2009, In: Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. 4, 1, p. 1-2 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

• Editorial: New feature for innovations: Industry corner

  Damiano, R. J., 2009, In: Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. 4, 5, p. 237 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

• Message from the Editor

  Damiano, R. J., May 2009, In: Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery. 4, 3, p. 119 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

• POINT: Prosthesis-patient mismatch does not affect survival for patients greater than 70 years of age undergoing bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement

  Moon, M. R., Lawton, J. S., Moazami, N., Munfakh, N. A., Pasque, M. K. & Damiano, R. J., Feb 2009, In: Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 137, 2, p. 278-283 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access

  • Prosthesis-patient Mismatch 100%
  • Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Replacement 100%
  • Aortic Valve 100%
  • Long Term Survival 75%
  • Long-term Survival 37%
  49 Scopus citations
• 2008

  What Is the Best Way to Surgically Eliminate the Left Atrial Appendage?^**Editorials published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of JACC or the American College of Cardiology.

  Damiano, R. J., Sep 9 2008, In: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 52, 11, p. 930-931 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access
  9 Scopus citations
• 2007

  Future Directions in Atrial Fibrillation Surgery

  Damiano, R. J., Schuessler, R. B. & Voeller, R. K., 2007, In: Journal of Arrhythmia. 23, 1, p. 12-20 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

• Robotics in cardiac surgery: The emperor's new clothes

  Damiano, R. J., Sep 2007, In: Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 134, 3, p. 559-561 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access
  29 Scopus citations

• Surgery for atrial fibrillation: Current state-of-the-art

  Estes, N. A. M. & Damiano, R. J., Dec 2007, In: Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology. 20, 3, p. 57 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
  2 Scopus citations
• 2003

  Alternative energy sources for atrial ablation: Judging the new technology

  Damiano, R. J., Feb 1 2003, In: Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 75, 2, p. 329-330 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access
  68 Scopus citations

• Our surgical culture of blame: A time for change

  Dickey, J., Damiano, R. J. & Ungerleider, R., Nov 2003, In: Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 126, 5, p. 1259-1260 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access
  28 Scopus citations
• 1999

  A response to minimally invasive coronary bypass: A dissenting opinion

  Mack, M., Damiano, R., Matheny, R., Reichenspurner, H. & Carpentier, A., Mar 23 1999, In: Circulation. 99, 11, p. 1404-1406 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access
  16 Scopus citations
• 1996

  Implantable transvenous cardioverter defibrillator leads: the dark side.

  Lawton, J. S., Wood, M. A., Gilligan, D. M., Stambler, B. S., Damiano, R. J. & Ellenbogen, K. A., 1996, In: Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE. 19, 9, p. 1273-1278 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
  52 Scopus citations