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42.8K
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1.0M
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269
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Author
Articles
Citations
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1
Santi Trimarchi
1
528
1
1
1
Lorenzo A Menicanti
2
570
1
1
1
Toru Suzuki
1
528
1
1
1
Eric M Isselbacher
1
528
3
2
1
Alessandro Frigiola
1
528
2
1
1
Eduardo Bossone
1
528
2
1
7
Goki Matsumura
2
628
1
1
7
Toshiharu Shinoka
2
628
1
1
7
Narutoshi Hibino
2
628
1
1
10
A Marc Gillinov
5
733
1
1
11
Sary F Aranki
1
358
2
1
12
Tirone E David
5
501
1
1
13
Keyvan Karkouti
1
329
2
1
13
Duminda N Wijeysundera
2
649
1
1
15
Torsten Doenst
2
362
1
1
15
Michael Borger
1
320
4
2
15
Michael A Borger
1
320
5
2
18
Yoshiki Sawa
1
317
1
1
18
Tatsuya Shimizu
1
317
1
1
18
Teruo Okano
1
317
3
2
18
Shigeru Miyagawa
3
405
1
1
18
Haruhiko Kondoh
2
331
1
1
23
Amir A Ghaferi
1
315
1
1
24
Ayesha S Bryant
3
635
1
1
24
Robert James Cerfolio
3
635
1
1
26
Marco Mura
1
290
1
1
26
Lianne G Singer
1
290
2
1
26
Denis Hadjiliadis
1
290
2
1
26
Mingyao Liu
1
290
3
1
26
Melanie Tsang
1
290
1
1
26
Shaf Baloch Keshavjee
1
290
4
4
33
Federico J Benetti
1
262
1
1
33
Amit N Patel
1
262
1
1
35
Alan J Moskowitz
1
258
1
1
35
Alan Moskowitz
1
258
1
1
37
Allison M Okamura
1
234
1
1
38
Cynthia K Rigsby
1
230
1
1
38
Constantine Mavroudis
4
272
2
2
40
Hiran C Fernando
2
335
1
1
40
Sébastien Gilbert
1
208
1
1
42
Ralph J Damiano Jr
2
216
1
2
43
Christopher Munch
1
192
1
1
43
Domenico Paparella
1
192
1
1
45
Christopher D Pierce
1
190
1
1
45
Eric E Roselli
1
190
1
1
47
Shunsuke Ohnishi
1
186
2
3
48
Junji Yoshida
2
364
1
1
49
Jacob Zeitani
1
180
1
1
49
Ruggero De Paulis
2
199
1
1
49
Costantino Del Giudice
1
180
1
1
52
Brian W Mccrindle
2
202
1
1
53
Charles M Rudin
1
163
1
1
54
Yih-Leong Chang
4
329
1
1
54
Chen-Tu Wu
2
225
1
1
54
Tae-Jin Yun
1
161
1
1
57
Javier Llorca
1
160
5
3
57
Reginald F Munden
1
160
2
2
59
Hartzell V Schaff
3
319
2
5
60
Franco Stella
2
165
1
1
60
Sacha Mussot
1
153
1
1
62
Steven M Schwartz
1
151
1
1
63
Whady Hueb
1
148
1
1
63
Pedro A Lemos
1
148
6
3
63
William Wijns
1
148
5
6
63
Ulrich Sigwart
1
148
1
1
67
D Craig Miller
3
216
1
2
67
Michael Markl
1
145
1
1
69
John A Elefteriades
1
142
2
1
70
Andrew M Atz
4
255
1
1
70
Margaret L Skinner
1
141
1
1
72
J William Gaynor
2
221
3
2
72
Gail P. Jarvik
2
151
2
2
74
Christopher G A Mcgregor
1
137
1
1
74
Guerard W Byrne
1
137
1
1
76
Piers Ef Daubeney
1
127
1
2
76
Noha Daher
1
127
1
1
76
Frederic W Grannis
1
127
2
1
76
Ricardo Sales dos Santos
1
127
1
1
80
Alessandro Della Corte
3
191
1
1
80
Stefania Montagnani
1
125
1
1
80
Cristiano Amarelli
3
191
1
1
80
Luca Salvatore De Santo
3
191
1
1
80
Franca Di Meglio
1
125
1
1
80
Clotilde Castaldo
1
125
1
2
80
Gianpaolo Romano
2
172
1
1
87
George M Hoffman
2
176
1
2
87
Rephael Mohr
1
122
2
2
89
Michael S Avidan
2
148
1
1
89
Jerrold H Levy
1
121
1
2
91
Salvatore Pepe
1
120
2
1
91
Michael J Bailey
3
222
2
2
91
Julian A Smith
1
120
1
1
91
K Jane Grande-Allen
1
120
1
2
91
Freya Sheeran
1
120
1
1
97
Alin L Girnita
1
111
2
4
97
Andrew N Redington
1
111
2
2
97
Shahid Husain
1
111
3
3
100
Elfriede Ruttmann
1
110
1
2
100
Hanno Ulmer
1
110
2
4
102
Grayson H Wheatley, Iii
1
104
3
2
103
Andrew S Mackie
1
100
1
1
103
Jane W Newburger
1
100
1
7
103
William T Mahle
2
165
1
1
106
Pei-Ming Huang
3
168
1
1
106
Ching-Yao Yang
1
99
1
4
108
David Paul Taggart
2
148
1
1
108
Pascal Alexandre Thomas
1
98
5
6
108
Yasir Abu-Omar
1
98
1
1
111
Davide Pacini
1
97
2
1
111
Emanuela Angeli
1
97
1
1
111
Rossella Fattori
1
97
1
2
114
Nelson Alphonso
1
96
3
3
114
Yves D'udekem D'acoz
1
96
1
2
117
Dobromir Dobrev
1
94
2
2
117
Po-Yin Cheung
1
94
1
1
119
Jonathan R T Lakey
1
93
4
7
119
Jeevan Nagendran
1
93
1
1
119
Colin C Anderson
1
93
1
1
122
Masao Nakata
1
90
1
1
123
Elena Tremoli
2
113
1
1
123
Alessandro Parolari
2
113
1
2
123
Fabrizio Veglia
2
113
1
2
123
Francesco Alamanni
2
113
1
1
127
Sergio Harari
1
85
1
1
127
Federico Venuta
1
85
2
2
127
Massimo Antonio Padalino
1
85
1
1
127
Giovanni Stellin
1
85
3
2
127
Ornella Milanesi
1
85
2
1
127
Enrico O Ruffini
3
137
1
1
127
Mario Nosotti
1
85
1
1
127
Gaetano Thiene
2
97
2
6
127
Angelo Carretta
2
90
1
2
137
Ren-Ke Li
5
216
1
3
137
Paul W Fedak
3
161
1
2
137
Pr Denis Angoulvant
1
84
1
2
140
Peter Gjertsson
1
81
1
1
141
Alfred Hager
2
122
1
1
142
Elliott Bennett-Guerrero
1
76
1
1
142
Ian J Welsby
1
76
2
2
142
Arthur W Wallace
2
102
1
2
142
Claire Carrion
1
76
1
1
142
Albert A Hagège
1
76
2
2
142
K Azarnoush
1
76
1
1
148
David Pilcher
2
102
1
2
149
Leigh A Madden
1
72
1
2
149
Donald D Glower
1
72
1
1
149
Hazim J Safi
1
72
2
4
152
Pierre Dupont
1
71
1
1
154
Irving L Kron
1
70
1
1
154
Yasushi Shintani
1
70
1
1
154
Masayoshi Inoue
1
70
1
1
158
Eric Thorin
1
69
1
1
158
Gaetano Rocco
1
69
3
2
160
Hikatu Matsuda
1
68
2
1
161
Gabor Matyas
1
67
1
1
162
Anita Saxena
1
66
2
2
162
Sachin Talwar MCh
1
66
3
2
162
Michael Scharfschwerdt
1
66
1
1
162
Arkalgud Sampath Kumar
1
66
3
1
166
Reinhard Depping
1
65
1
1
166
Thomas Boland
1
65
1
2
168
Hsao-Hsun Hsu
2
69
1
1
168
Mladen J Kocica
1
64
2
2
168
Pasquale Totaro
1
64
1
1
171
Aparna Hoskote
1
60
1
1
172
Bianca Lucia De Stavola
1
59
1
3
172
Eric Lim
2
59
1
1
174
Marek Sanak
1
58
1
2
174
Wojciech Szczeklik
1
58
1
1
174
James L Cox
1
58
1
1
174
Elif Seda Selamet Tierney
1
58
1
1
178
Veli K Topkara
4
156
1
1
179
R Kirk Riemer
2
76
1
1
180
Hisao Moriya
1
54
1
1
180
A Michael Lincoff
1
54
3
2
182
Felix Berger
1
53
3
4
182
Ulf H Beier
1
53
1
1
182
Hitendu Dave
1
53
2
3
182
Ali Dodge-Khatami
1
53
2
2
186
Matthew A Levin
1
49
1
2
187
Alessandro G Castiglioni
1
48
1
1
187
Pier Luigi Filosso
2
52
1
1
187
Hatem Alkadhi
1
48
1
5
187
Francesco Maisano
2
56
2
4
187
Aurel A Perren
1
48
2
5
187
Paul Steendijk
2
60
2
7
187
Jack V Tu
1
48
8
8
187
Alberto Oliaro
2
52
1
2
187
Stephen E Fremes
1
48
2
2
196
Marc A Ruel
2
73
2
4
196
Fraser D Rubens
1
47
2
4
196
Adriaan A Voors
1
47
4
7
196
Anthony M Hlavacek
1
47
1
1
196
Wiek H Van Gilst
1
47
8
7
201
Denise M Goodman
1
46
1
2
202
Hitoshi Hirose
1
45
4
1
202
Paolo Denti
1
45
1
1
202
John E Deanfield
1
45
4
5
202
Carlo Pappone
1
45
3
5
202
Henning A Gaissert
1
45
1
1
202
Yasuaki Saijo
1
45
2
4
202
Damien Bonnet
2
49
2
6
202
Louise Coats
1
45
1
3
202
Henning A Gaissert
1
45
1
2
211
Minna Ilmakunnas
1
44
1
1
212
Scott Belsley
1
43
1
1
212
Constantine E Anagnostopoulos
1
43
2
4
214
Jae-Hyeong Park
1
42
1
3
214
M J Holzmann
1
42
1
1
214
Robert E Michler
1
42
1
1
214
Eric J Velazquez
1
42
1
3
214
Friedhelm Beyersdorf
1
42
5
2
214
Abul Hasan Muhammad Bashar
1
42
1
1
220
Mariusz Birbach
2
53
1
1
220
Walter Kucharczyk
1
41
1
2
222
Ryan R Davies
1
40
1
1
223
Shun-Ichiro Sakamoto
1
39
1
2
223
Mario F L Gaudino
1
39
3
4
223
Giuseppe Nasso
1
39
2
4
226
Randall C Starling
1
38
1
1
227
Laura Gerardino
1
37
1
1
228
Robert C Gorman
1
36
3
3
229
Zoran B Popovic
1
35
4
7
229
Padmakumar Ramachandran
1
35
1
1
229
Young Tae Kim
1
35
6
6
229
Chang Hyun Kang
1
35
3
3
229
Seokyung Hahn
1
35
4
5
229
Masao Daimon
1
35
2
2
229
Gareth Parry
1
35
1
2
229
Praveen Kerala Varma
3
40
1
2
237
Igor G Khaliulin
1
34
1
2
238
Naoki Yoshimura
1
33
1
1
239
David R Jones
1
32
1
2
239
Daniel R Meldrum
1
32
4
8
241
James R Woodgett
1
31
1
9
241
Gabriel Musso
1
31
1
1
243
Mihai V Podgoreanu
1
30
1
7
243
Ralf Dittrich
1
30
1
2
243
Gregory A Michelotti
1
30
1
2
243
Ying-Jan Wang
1
30
1
5
243
Debra A Schwinn
1
30
1
10
243
Jérôme Mouroux
4
42
1
2
243
Ho-Jui Tung
1
30
1
2
251
Hsing-Wen Sung
1
29
4
9
251
Tatsuya Yoshimasu
1
29
2
1
253
Zhong-Yuan Xia
1
28
1
1
253
Christopher D Kontos
1
28
1
5
253
Santiago G Miriuka
1
28
3
4
256
Victoria J Fraser
1
27
5
10
256
Seiichiro Sugimoto
1
27
1
1
256
David C Chang
1
27
1
4
256
Pramod N Bonde
1
27
2
2
256
David A Bluemke
1
27
8
14
256
Gianluca Polvani
1
27
2
3
256
Atilla Eroglu
2
32
1
1
256
Dharam J Kumbhani, Sm
1
27
1
4
256
Marco Agrifoglio
1
27
2
2
266
Katherine Taylor
1
26
1
1
266
Mark B Ratcliffe
1
26
2
3
266
John C Criscione
1
26
1
1
266
David A Saloner
1
26
2
4
266
Nicos A Petasis
1
26
2
7
266
Frank W Sellke
1
26
2
2
266
Axel H Schönthal
1
26
1
3
266
Jun Feng
1
26
3
3
266
Cesario Bianchi
1
26
3
3
266
Jasim Uddin
1
26
2
4
276
Jens Hohlfeld
2
44
1
3
276
Thomas Modine
3
32
1
2
278
Guo-Wei He
1
24
2
3
278
Kalpaj R Parekh
2
37
1
2
278
Thomas Schachner
2
33
3
3
281
Mehmet F T Soyal
1
23
1
1
281
Berkant Özpolat
2
29
1
1
281
Michael Dandel
1
23
1
2
281
Paul Husby
1
23
1
2
285
Takashi Kunihara
1
22
1
1
285
Hans-Joachim Schäfers
1
22
1
1
285
Michael Bauer
1
22
2
4
285
Evgenij V Potapov
1
22
2
3
289
Steven P Miller
1
21
3
6
289
Patrick S Mcquillen
1
21
1
5
291
Giulia Veronesi
3
36
1
3
291
Lorenzo Spaggiari
1
20
2
2
291
Domenico Galetta
3
36
1
2
291
Zhongjun J. Wu
1
20
2
1
296
Leonardo Seoane
1
19
1
1
296
Paolo Nardi
1
19
2
1
296
Daniel Kreisel
2
33
1
2
296
Michele Torella
1
19
1
2
296
Yoshihiro Minamiya
1
19
1
3
296
Manabu Ito
1
19
1
1
296
Raffaele Scaffa
1
19
1
1
303
Jeroen M H Hendriks
1
18
1
1
303
Dmitri Belov
1
18
1
1
303
Paul E. Van Schil
1
18
4
5
303
Helmut Mair
2
18
2
3
303
John Doukas
1
18
1
1
303
Keith A Horvath
1
18
1
1
309
Valentin Rousson
1
17
2
4
309
Afksendiyos Kalangos
2
17
1
4
309
Pedro Antunes
1
17
1
3
309
Mustafa Cikirikcioglu
1
17
1
1
313
Erik Morre Pedersen
1
16
1
3
313
Yoshiharu Nishimura
1
16
1
2
313
Martin J Elliott
1
16
4
6
313
Jeffrey P Jacobs
1
16
4
4
313
Jean-Pierre Pignon
1
16
2
7
313
Bohdan J Maruszewski
1
16
2
6
313
Linda W Martin
1
16
1
2
320
Paola Rogliani
1
15
1
2
320
Mona Skjelland
1
15
1
1
320
Eugenio Pompeo
1
15
1
1
320
Paramate Horkaew
1
15
1
1
320
Timothy P Martens
1
15
1
3
320
Runar Lundblad
2
28
1
1
320
Giovanni Melina
1
15
1
1
327
Kengo Takeuchi
1
14
2
4
327
Pascal Sève
1
14
1
2
329
Tomaso Bottio
3
34
1
1
329
Manabu Kakinohana
1
13
2
3
329
Antonio M Calafiore
1
13
2
2
329
Gino Gerosa
4
42
2
3
329
Michele Di Mauro
2
25
2
2
329
Marco Contini
1
13
2
2
335
Francesco Petrella
1
12
1
1
335
Massimiliano Paci
1
12
1
1
335
Naritatsu Saito
1
12
1
3
335
Ana Fernandez-Bustamante
1
12
1
2
335
Mauro Grigioni
1
12
2
5
335
Antonio Amodeo
1
12
1
2
335
Giulio Pompilio
1
12
1
3
335
Guglielmo Ferrari
1
12
1
1
335
Donna M Mcdonald-Mcginn
1
12
2
9
344
Abdul Salam Yaseen Taha
1
11
1
1
344
Yasuhisa Oishi
1
11
1
1
344
Mitsumasa Hata
1
11
1
2
347
Lotfi Ben Mime
1
10
1
1
347
Jota Nakano
1
10
1
1
349
Dennis R Trumble
1
9
1
2
349
Yutaka Okita
1
9
1
2
349
Clemens Aigner
1
9
2
4
349
Masaki Kajimoto
1
9
1
1
353
Hsi-Yu Yu
1
8
1
6
353
Hao-Chih Tai
1
8
1
2
353
Michele De Bonis
1
8
1
3
353
Akira Horii
1
8
2
10
353
Nai-Chen Cheng
1
8
1
2
358
Gabriele Iannelli
2
11
1
2
358
Jianjun Qin
1
7
1
1
358
David L S Morales
1
7
2
3
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