| Cardiac surgery risk-stratification models C Prins, I de Villiers Jonker, FE Smit, L Botes Cardiovascular journal of Africa 23 (3), 160-164, 2012 | 79 | 2012 |
| Evaluation of a tissue-engineered bovine pericardial patch in paediatric patients with congenital cardiac anomalies: initial experience with the ADAPT-treated CardioCel® patch WML Neethling, G Strange, L Firth, FE Smit Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery 17 (4), 698-702, 2013 | 70 | 2013 |
| Cardiovascular tissue engineering: where we come from and where are we now? FE Smit, PM Dohmen Medical science monitor basic research 21, 1, 2015 | 43 | 2015 |
| The effect of different treatment modalities on the calcification potential and cross-linking stability of bovine pericardium JJ Van den Heever, WML Neethling, FE Smit, D Litthauer, G Joubert Cell and tissue banking 14, 53-63, 2013 | 27 | 2013 |
| Cardiology-cardiothoracic subspeciality training in South Africa: a position paper of the South Africa Heart Association: cardiovascular topics K Sliwa, S Lecour, L Zuhlke, D Marais, M Ntsekhe, A Chin, M Essop, ... Cardiovascular Journal of Africa 27 (3), 188-193, 2016 | 26 | 2016 |
| Tissue engineered small vessel conduits–the anti-thrombotic effect of re-endothelialization of decellularized baboon arteries: A preliminary experimental study M Meiring, M Khemisi, L Laker, PM Dohmen, FE Smit Medical Science Monitor Basic Research 23, 344, 2017 | 21 | 2017 |
| Synergy in a detergent combination results in superior decellularized bovine pericardial extracellular matrix scaffolds L Laker, PM Dohmen, FE Smit Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials 108 (6 …, 2020 | 20 | 2020 |
| Does prolonged post-mortem cold ischemic harvesting time influence cryopreserved pulmonary homograft tissue integrity? FE Smit, D Bester, JJ van den Heever, F Schlegel, L Botes, PM Dohmen Cell and tissue banking 16, 531-544, 2015 | 16 | 2015 |
| Cardiac abnormalities and facial anthropometric measurements in children from the Free State and Northern Cape provinces of South Africa with chromosome 22q11. 2 microdeletion … SC Brown, BD Henderson, DA Buys, M Theron, MA Long, F Smit Cardiovascular Journal of Africa 21 (1), 32-36, 2010 | 12 | 2010 |
| Fifty years of thoracic surgical research in South Africa A Linegar, F Smit, P Goldstraw, G Van Zyl South African Medical Journal 99 (8), 2009 | 11 | 2009 |
| Bio-artificial heart as ultimate treatment of end-stage heart failure FE Smit, PM Dohmen Medical Science Monitor Basic Research 20, 161, 2014 | 10 | 2014 |
| Cardiac allografts: a 24-year South African experience L Botes, JJ van den Heever, FE Smit, WML Neethling Cell and tissue banking 13, 139-146, 2012 | 10 | 2012 |
| Cardiovascular medicine and research in sub-Saharan Africa: challenges and opportunities L Zühlke, K Sliwa, P Naidoo, H Ntsinjana, M Ntsekhe, F Hellig, F Smit, ... Nature Reviews Cardiology 16 (11), 642-644, 2019 | 9 | 2019 |
| Cadaver donation: structural integrity of pulmonary homografts harvested 48 h post mortem in the juvenile ovine model D Bester, L Botes, JJ van den Heever, H Kotze, P Dohmen, JL Pomar, ... Cell and Tissue Banking 19, 743-754, 2018 | 9 | 2018 |
| Reprogramming bone marrow stem cells to functional endothelial cells in a mini pig animal model F Schlegel, M Appler, M Halling, FE Smit, FW Mohr, S Dhein, PM Dohmen Medical Science Monitor Basic Research 23, 285, 2017 | 9 | 2017 |
| The prevalence of rheumatic heart disease among grade 10-12 learners in the free state and northern cape-preliminary results of the wheels-of-hope outreach Programme FE Smit, S Rossouw, SC Brown, L Botes SA Heart 12 (3), 146-151, 2015 | 9 | 2015 |
| Advantages of decellularized bovine pericardial scaffolds compared to glutaraldehyde fixed bovine pericardial patches demonstrated in a 180-day implant ovine study L Botes, L Laker, PM Dohmen, JJ Van den Heever, CJ Jordaan, A Lewies, ... Cell and Tissue Banking, 1-15, 2022 | 8 | 2022 |
| Comparison of the function and structural integrity of cryopreserved pulmonary homografts versus decellularized pulmonary homografts after 180 days implantation in the juvenile … JJ van den Heever, CJ Jordaan, A Lewies, D Bester, J Goedhals, L Botes, ... Cell and Tissue Banking 23 (2), 347-366, 2022 | 7 | 2022 |
| Alternative mechanical heart valves for the developing world E Wium, CJ Jordaan, L Botes, FE Smit Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals 28 (7), 431-443, 2020 | 7 | 2020 |
| Supplemental oxygen therapy in COVID-19 FE Smit, AN Oelofse, AL Linegar, HA Hanekom, L Botes, EW Turton SA Heart 17 (3), 324-328, 2020 | 6 | 2020 |
