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Author
Articles
Citations
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R CRank
1
Andreas Greinacher
3
860
1
1
1
Theodore E Warkentin
2
825
1
1
3
Annie Laurie Shroyer
2
608
1
1
4
Michael Borger
4
617
1
1
4
Michael A Borger
4
617
2
1
6
Jerrold H Levy
1
505
1
1
7
Theodore N Pappas
1
424
6
2
8
Robert J Levy
2
413
1
2
9
Hartzell V Schaff
3
681
1
1
10
Jose Ribas Milanez de Campos
1
280
1
1
10
Paulo Kauffman
1
280
1
1
10
Nelson Wolosker
1
280
2
1
10
Fabio Biscegli Jatene
1
280
1
1
14
David A Vorp
1
253
1
1
15
Eric Vallieres
2
236
1
1
15
Douglas E Wood
1
236
2
2
17
Joseph A Dearani
1
235
1
1
18
Madhav Swaminathan
2
279
2
1
19
Leif Pierre
1
223
1
2
20
Jun Liang
1
221
1
1
21
Yoshiyuki Tokuda
2
219
1
1
22
Federico Venuta
1
198
1
1
22
Mattia F Osti
1
198
1
1
22
Tiziano De Giacomo
1
198
1
1
22
Edoardo Mercadante
1
198
1
1
22
Luigi Ventura
1
198
1
1
22
Marco Anile
1
198
1
1
28
Sharon-Lise T Normand
1
197
3
3
28
David M Shahian
1
197
1
1
30
Susan L Bratton
1
196
2
2
31
Joseph F Sabik Iii
1
191
1
1
32
Domenico Galetta
2
227
1
2
32
Dominique Gossot
1
190
1
1
34
Stephen P Sanders
1
186
1
1
35
Jacques Galipeau
1
185
2
3
36
Mark K Ferguson
1
181
1
1
37
Kazuhiro Suzuki
1
171
1
1
38
Daniel G Swistel
1
170
1
1
38
Mark V Sherrid
1
170
1
1
40
David I Rosenthal
1
169
2
1
41
Marco Di Eusanio
2
196
1
1
41
Davide Pacini
3
229
1
1
41
Francois Lesperance
1
166
1
2
44
David Paul Taggart
1
165
2
1
44
Kyriakos Anastasiadis
1
165
1
1
44
Yasir Abu-Omar
1
165
1
1
47
Colin Royse
1
157
1
1
47
Alistair G Royse
1
157
2
1
49
Justin B Dimick
1
155
3
2
50
Donald S Likosky
2
241
1
2
50
Hebe B Quinton
1
142
1
1
52
Tahir Yagdi
1
140
2
1
52
Cagatay Engin
1
140
1
1
54
Koji Kawahito
1
139
1
1
54
David L S Morales
1
139
1
1
56
Elena Tremoli
2
176
1
2
56
Alessandro Parolari
3
198
1
1
56
Fabrizio Veglia
2
160
2
2
56
Francesco Alamanni
3
198
1
1
56
Leo H Bonati
1
138
1
1
61
William L Holman
1
132
1
1
61
Raymond L Benza
1
132
2
3
63
Runar Lundblad
2
167
1
1
63
Joanne P Starr
1
131
1
1
65
Ayesha S Bryant
4
336
1
1
65
James M Mountz
1
128
1
1
65
Robert C Gorman
1
128
1
2
68
Ruggero De Paulis
1
126
1
1
68
Marco Picichè
1
126
1
1
70
Daniel H Sterman
2
142
1
1
70
Timothy C Zhu
1
125
3
1
70
Amit N Patel
2
166
1
1
73
Virginia R Litle
2
154
1
2
73
Hiran C Fernando
2
154
1
3
75
D Craig Miller
2
204
3
2
76
Ralph J Damiano Jr
3
226
1
2
77
J. Jack Lee
1
117
3
5
78
Renato Arnoni
1
116
1
1
79
Dirk Hellwig
1
112
1
1
79
Joyce Bischoff
1
112
1
1
79
Hans Gerd Fieguth
2
142
1
1
83
Marco Metra
1
111
2
5
83
Savina Sn Nodari
1
111
2
3
83
Gianluigi Bisleri
2
165
2
2
83
Claudio Muneretto
2
177
1
1
87
Stuart P Thomas
1
110
1
1
87
Richard B Chard
1
110
1
1
89
Arie Pieter Kappetein
1
109
1
1
90
Raveglia Federico
1
107
1
1
91
Vasilis Gorgoulis
1
106
2
1
91
Thanos Athanasiou
3
155
1
1
91
Petros Skapinakis
1
106
1
1
91
Roberto Casula
2
118
1
1
95
Marco Alifano
2
118
1
2
95
Jérôme Mouroux
1
105
1
1
95
Francis D Pagani
3
151
1
2
98
Emma Borrelli
1
104
1
1
98
Scott A Lemaire
2
110
1
1
98
William T Mahle
2
191
1
1
101
Raimondo Ascione
1
101
1
1
101
Gianni D Angelini
2
128
1
2
101
Pradeep Narayan
2
101
1
1
104
Yiu-fai Cheung
2
130
1
1
105
Pierre Singer
1
94
1
1
106
Constantine Mavroudis
5
226
1
1
107
Keith A Horvath
1
91
1
1
108
Michele Spina
1
90
3
3
108
Frank C Detterbeck
1
90
2
2
108
Marc R Moon
2
94
1
2
108
Gino Gerosa
3
98
2
2
112
John W Entwistle
1
87
1
2
113
Yong Soo Choi
1
82
1
1
113
John D Birkmeyer
1
82
2
6
115
Takashi Ohtsuka
1
81
1
2
116
Maria-Benedicta Edwards
2
104
1
1
117
Francesco Sera
1
78
2
3
118
Manuel Lopez-Cano
1
77
1
1
118
Jose Luis Sanchez-Garcia
1
77
1
1
120
Babett Bartling
1
76
1
1
121
Theo Kofidis
1
75
3
3
121
Mark M Ruzmetov
1
75
1
2
123
George V Letsou
1
74
1
1
123
Igor D Gregoric
3
118
1
1
125
Fausto Biancari
4
159
1
1
125
Tuula Salo
1
71
2
6
127
Hiroyuki Daiko
1
70
1
1
127
Denis A Berdajs
1
70
1
1
127
Marko I Turina
1
70
1
1
130
Nico van Zandwijk
1
69
3
2
130
Massimo Caputo
1
69
1
2
132
Takeshi Hanawa
1
68
1
1
133
Ren-Ke Li
3
157
1
2
133
Eckhard Mayer
1
67
1
2
135
Gianluca Brancaccio
1
66
2
1
135
Alessandra Toscano
1
66
1
2
135
Michael K Pasque
2
90
1
1
138
Piero Boraschi
1
64
1
1
138
Aldo Domenico Milano
1
64
2
1
138
Uberto Bortolotti
1
64
1
1
138
Mitsumasa Hata
1
64
1
1
138
Miralem Pasic
2
86
1
1
143
Dennis R Trumble
2
91
1
1
143
Paul E. Van Schil
3
87
1
2
145
Mohammad Behgam Shadmehr
1
62
1
1
145
Ingeborg Friehs
1
62
1
1
145
Christophoros N Foroulis
1
62
1
1
145
Zhongjun J. Wu
1
62
2
1
145
Marina V Kameneva
1
62
2
2
150
Emanuela Angeli
1
61
1
2
150
Fabrizio Settepani
1
61
1
1
150
Maurice Enriquez-Sarano
1
61
1
5
150
Sofia Martin-Suarez
2
63
1
1
154
Diego Porras
1
59
1
1
154
David J Chambers
1
59
1
1
154
Richard J Novick
1
59
1
1
157
David R Jones
1
58
1
3
158
Aditya K Kaza
2
104
1
1
160
Sandro Gelsomino,, Fects
1
55
1
1
160
Lawrence J Bonassar
1
55
1
5
162
Shuenn-Wen Kuo
1
54
1
1
162
Jin-Shing Chen
1
54
2
2
162
Robert J Chen
1
54
1
4
162
Jang-Ming Lee
1
54
1
2
162
Hsao-Hsun Hsu
1
54
1
1
162
Lars G Svensson
1
54
1
3
168
Anthony L Estrera
1
53
1
1
168
Hazim J Safi
1
53
1
4
170
Julius
1
52
1
1
170
Christos Alexiou
2
89
1
1
170
Marc de Perrot
1
52
1
5
170
Arthur W Wallace
1
52
1
1
170
Gaetano Rocco
3
71
1
1
170
T Clark Gamblin
1
52
2
2
176
Dae Joon Kim
1
51
1
1
176
Torsten Doenst
2
95
1
1
176
Friedhelm Beyersdorf
4
100
1
2
179
Yukio Kuniyoshi
1
50
2
1
180
Giacomo Frati
1
49
2
3
180
Massimo Chello
1
49
1
1
180
Elvio Covino
1
49
1
1
180
Germano Di Sciascio
1
49
1
1
180
Domenico Paparella
1
49
1
2
180
Giacomo Frati
1
49
2
3
186
Antonio Abbate
1
48
2
2
186
Giuseppe Nasso
3
70
1
3
188
Hermann Wrigge
1
47
3
3
189
Tao-Sheng Li
2
69
1
2
189
Jeffrey P Jacobs
1
46
1
1
191
Donald D Glower
1
45
1
1
191
Cor J Kalkman
1
45
2
4
191
Shiv K Choudhary Mch
1
45
1
1
194
Robert James Cerfolio
1
44
1
2
195
James D Mccully
1
43
1
1
195
Jakob Vinten-Johansen
1
43
1
2
197
Roger G Carrillo
1
42
1
1
197
Jarle Vaage
1
42
4
4
199
Timothy L Frankel
1
41
1
1
199
David M Holzhey
1
41
1
1
201
Johanna J M Takkenberg
2
73
1
1
201
Sunil K Bhudia
1
40
1
1
201
Ewout Steyerberg
1
40
3
9
201
Lex A Van Herwerden
1
40
1
2
205
Yoshihisa Tanoue
2
60
1
1
205
Rephael Mohr
3
109
1
1
207
José Pablo Werba
1
38
1
2
207
Hans W M Niessen
1
38
2
5
207
Todd A Mackenzie
1
38
1
6
210
Giordano Tasca
1
37
1
2
210
Silvia Sterzi
1
37
1
1
210
Giovanni Troise
2
42
1
1
210
Thomas Modine
1
37
1
2
210
Alfredo Cesario
1
37
3
2
210
Pierluigi Granone
1
37
1
1
216
Henrik Bjursten
1
36
1
1
216
Nobuyoshi Kawaharada
1
36
1
1
216
Marc A Ruel
2
59
1
1
216
Abdullah Irfan Tastepe
1
36
1
2
216
Luiz Augusto Lisboa
1
36
1
1
216
Jae Won Lee
1
36
1
1
216
Han-Shui Hsu
1
36
1
1
216
Martin Bäckström
1
36
1
1
216
Luís Alberto O Dallan
1
36
1
1
216
Apoorva Gogna Mbbs
1
36
1
1
216
Carlos Eduardo Rochitte
1
36
1
2
227
James E Loyd
1
35
2
5
227
Sheung-Fat Ko
1
35
1
1
227
Sanjiv K Gandhi
3
50
1
1
227
Ismayil Ahmet
1
35
1
2
231
Roberto Formigari
2
44
1
2
231
Gaetano Gargiulo
2
44
1
2
231
Louis-Mathieu Stevens
1
34
1
1
234
Stefano Elia
1
33
1
2
234
Akihito Watanabe
1
33
1
1
234
Eugenio Pompeo
1
33
1
1
234
John A Detre
1
33
2
7
234
Vincenzo Ambrogi
1
33
1
4
234
Marco Hok-kung Ho
1
33
1
1
240
Tamara G Hershey
1
32
1
2
240
Isabelle Van Seuningen
1
32
1
3
240
Yi-Cheng Wu
1
32
1
1
240
Julien Mazieres
1
32
1
1
240
Yukinori Sakao
1
32
1
3
240
Yen Chu
1
32
1
1
240
Yves D'udekem D'acoz
1
32
1
1
240
Guy Fontaine
1
32
1
1
248
Giuseppe Bruschi
1
31
1
1
248
Laurent G Glance
1
31
1
2
250
Jari O Laurikka
1
30
3
5
250
Michele De Bonis
2
34
1
4
250
Daniel Zimpfer
1
30
3
3
250
Ville Kytö
1
30
1
2
250
Daniela Dunkler
1
30
1
4
250
Ilhan Inci
1
30
1
1
256
Cemal Levent Birincioğlu
1
29
1
1
256
Walter Jose Gomes
1
29
1
2
256
Funda Demirag
1
29
1
1
256
Oguz Tasdemir
1
29
1
1
260
Shyh-Jye Chen
1
28
1
2
260
Jou-Kou Wang
1
28
2
2
260
Hung-Chi Lue
1
28
1
1
260
Mei-Hwan Wu
1
28
2
2
260
Takayuki Ueno
1
28
1
1
260
Ing-Sh Chiu
1
28
2
2
266
M Saadeh Suleiman
1
27
1
3
266
Massimo Caputo Frcs
1
27
1
1
266
Christoph T Starck
1
27
1
1
266
Mats P Lambe
1
27
1
2
266
Henry J Kaminski
2
37
1
4
266
Bert Arnrich
1
27
1
1
272
Guo-Wei He
1
26
2
2
272
Kenneth A Labresh
1
26
1
2
272
Gregg C Fonarow
1
26
5
8
272
Georgios Sarris
1
26
1
1
272
Qin Yang
1
26
2
1
272
Richard W Bianco
1
26
2
3
279
Mattia Glauber
1
25
2
2
279
Charles Maynard
1
25
5
7
279
Francesca S Forini
1
25
1
1
279
Alessandro Della Corte
1
25
1
1
279
Luca Salvatore De Santo
2
32
1
1
279
Laura Sabatino
1
25
1
1
279
Babu V Naidu
2
41
2
3
279
Alfredo Giuseppe Cerillo
1
25
2
2
279
Raman Krishna Kumar
1
25
2
2
279
Stefano Bevilacqua
1
25
1
1
289
Timo I Kaakinen
2
37
1
1
289
Ahmet Eroğlu
1
24
1
1
289
John M Power
1
24
1
4
289
Funda Oztunc
1
24
2
1
289
Gavin M Wright
1
24
1
1
289
Tatu Juvonen
1
24
2
3
289
Victor G Davila-Roman
1
24
1
4
296
Michael Haase
1
23
2
4
296
Irving L Kron
1
23
1
1
296
Henning A Gaissert
1
23
1
3
296
Yuji Kadoi
1
23
1
1
296
Ikuo Fukuda
1
23
1
1
296
Igor G Khaliulin
1
23
1
1
296
Cesario Bianchi
1
23
2
5
303
Andrea Fumero
1
22
1
1
303
Rabin Gerrah
1
22
1
1
303
Evgenij V Potapov
1
22
1
3
303
Gianluca Polvani
1
22
1
1
307
A Marc Gillinov
1
21
2
5
308
James F Griffith
1
20
2
2
308
Romeo Bardini
1
20
1
1
308
Chiho Tokunaga
1
20
1
1
308
Paul A Iaizzo
1
20
1
1
308
David Erlinge
1
20
1
4
308
Cristiano F Andrade
1
20
1
1
308
Tomas Gudbjartsson
1
20
2
4
315
Victor Anthony Ferraris
1
19
1
1
316
Jeroen M H Hendriks
1
18
1
2
316
Christian Kreutzer
1
18
1
1
316
Ralph A Schmid
1
18
2
5
316
Mario F L Gaudino
1
18
3
3
320
Ugo Carraro
1
17
1
2
320
Richard D White
1
17
4
10
320
Randall C Starling
1
17
1
3
320
Anders Albåge
1
17
1
1
320
Gianluca Rigatelli
1
17
3
4
325
Petr Widimsky
1
16
1
1
325
Zhixiong Huang
1
16
1
1
325
Masaaki Yamagishi
2
17
2
2
325
Josef Veselka
1
16
1
2
329
Tomohiro Mizuno
1
15
1
1
329
Mario Lachat
1
15
2
3
329
Soo-Jin Kim
1
15
1
1
329
Tom Eirik Mollnes
1
15
1
3
329
Oliver Reuthebuch
1
15
1
1
329
Alexander Kadner
1
15
1
1
335
Tomoaki Suzuki
1
14
1
1
335
Hironori Ishibashi
1
14
1
1
335
Michele Di Mauro
2
28
2
4
335
Marco Contini
1
14
2
3
339
Pasi Lepola
1
13
1
1
339
Francesco Morini
1
13
1
1
339
Si M Pham
1
13
2
6
339
Fabio Midulla
1
13
1
1
339
David Shitrit
1
13
1
5
339
Giancarlo Tancredi
1
13
1
1
339
Thorsten Wahlers
2
24
2
5
347
Stephen Clark
1
12
2
3
347
Dong Eun Song
1
12
1
1
349
Christoph Huber
1
11
1
1
349
Manuel Castella
1
11
2
2
349
Thierry Hauet
1
11
1
3
349
Noriyoshi Sawabata
1
11
2
3
349
Shubhika Srivastava
1
11
1
1
349
Marilyn J Telen
1
11
1
2
349
Marc R Sapoval
1
11
1
3
349
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