Abdallah G. Kfoury

10.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
150 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

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Abdallah G. Kfoury is a scholar working on Surgery, Biomedical Engineering and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Abdallah G. Kfoury has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 109 papers in Surgery, 71 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 65 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Abdallah G. Kfoury's work include Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (71 papers), Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes (66 papers) and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (58 papers). Abdallah G. Kfoury is often cited by papers focused on Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (71 papers), Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes (66 papers) and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (58 papers). Abdallah G. Kfoury collaborates with scholars based in United States, Greece and Sweden. Abdallah G. Kfoury's co-authors include Josef Stehlik, Stavros G. Drakos, Dale G. Renlund, Benjamin D. Horne, Craig H. Selzman, B.B. Reid, Dean Y. Li, James W. Long, Rami Alharethi and Omar Wever‐Pinzon and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Abdallah G. Kfoury

145 papers receiving 5.5k citations

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Outcomes of Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation as Destination Therapy in the Post-REMATCH Era

2007 540 citations Katherine Lietz, James W. Long et al. Circulation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Abdallah G. Kfoury United States	44	4.0k	3.0k	2.2k	1.1k	936	150	5.7k
Allen S. Anderson United States	26	2.1k 0.5×	1.7k 0.6×	1.9k 0.9×	840 0.8×	331 0.4×	127	4.1k
Dale G. Renlund United States	49	4.2k 1.0×	1.6k 0.5×	3.8k 1.8×	454 0.4×	2.0k 2.1×	183	9.1k
Michael Argenziano United States	44	3.5k 0.9×	1.6k 0.5×	3.0k 1.4×	679 0.6×	211 0.2×	196	5.8k
John M. Stulak United States	45	4.5k 1.1×	3.2k 1.1×	3.7k 1.7×	1.9k 1.7×	112 0.1×	360	7.5k
Mark S. Slaughter United States	49	7.5k 1.8×	7.3k 2.4×	3.5k 1.6×	3.5k 3.2×	147 0.2×	319	10.1k
George J. Arnaoutakis United States	33	2.4k 0.6×	1.0k 0.3×	1.4k 0.6×	352 0.3×	457 0.5×	181	3.8k
Paul Kurlansky United States	37	3.0k 0.8×	1.5k 0.5×	2.9k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	49 0.1×	294	5.4k
Louis P. Perrault Canada	36	2.8k 0.7×	656 0.2×	2.7k 1.2×	321 0.3×	142 0.2×	175	5.0k
Anders Jeppsson Sweden	46	3.1k 0.8×	597 0.2×	4.0k 1.9×	567 0.5×	101 0.1×	286	7.8k
Gorav Ailawadi United States	42	3.0k 0.7×	658 0.2×	4.4k 2.0×	451 0.4×	119 0.1×	221	6.1k

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Kapelios, Chris J., Lars H. Lund, Omar Wever‐Pinzon, et al.. (2022). Right Heart Failure Following Left Ventricular Device Implantation: Natural History, Risk Factors, and Outcomes: An Analysis of the STS INTERMACS Database. Circulation Heart Failure. 15(6). e008706–e008706. 49 indexed citations

Hammond, M. Elizabeth H., Josef Stehlik, Stavros G. Drakos, & Abdallah G. Kfoury. (2021). Bias in Medicine. JACC Basic to Translational Science. 6(1). 78–85. 38 indexed citations

Badolia, Rachit, E. Dale Abel, Iosif Taleb, et al.. (2020). The Role of Nonglycolytic Glucose Metabolism in Myocardial Recovery Upon Mechanical Unloading and Circulatory Support in Chronic Heart Failure. Circulation. 142(3). 259–274. 54 indexed citations

Xu, David S., Mónica P. Revelo, Zubair Shah, et al.. (2018). Microvascular Loss and Diastolic Dysfunction in Severe Symptomatic Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy. Circulation Heart Failure. 11(8). e004759–e004759. 20 indexed citations

Wever‐Pinzon, Omar, Stavros G. Drakos, Stephen H. McKellar, et al.. (2016). Cardiac Recovery During Long-Term Left Ventricular Assist Device Support. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 68(14). 1540–1553. 117 indexed citations

Hammond, M. Elizabeth H., Mónica P. Revelo, Dylan V. Miller, et al.. (2015). ISHLT pathology antibody mediated rejection score correlates with increased risk of cardiovascular mortality: A retrospective validation analysis. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 35(3). 320–325. 26 indexed citations

Stoker, S., et al.. (2015). Ultraviolet Radiation Affects Thoratec HeartMate II Driveline Mechanical Properties. ASAIO Journal. 61(6). 731–733. 2 indexed citations

Wever‐Pinzon, Omar, Jorge Romero, Iosif Kelesidis, et al.. (2014). Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography for the Detection of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 63(19). 1992–2004. 94 indexed citations

Wever‐Pinzon, Omar, Craig H. Selzman, Stavros G. Drakos, et al.. (2013). Pulsatility and the Risk of Nonsurgical Bleeding in Patients Supported With the Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device HeartMate II. Circulation Heart Failure. 6(3). 517–526. 150 indexed citations

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Horne, Benjamin D., Kismet Rasmusson, Rami Alharethi, et al.. (2011). Abstract 16347: Peripartum Cardiomyopathy-Associated Sequence Variant at the PTHLH Locus is Not Predictive of Idiopathic or Ischemic Cardiomyopathy. Circulation. 124. 1 indexed citations

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Horne, Benjamin D., Joseph B. Muhlestein, Donald Lappé, et al.. (2011). The intermountain risk score predicts incremental age-specific long-term survival and life expectancy. Translational research. 158(5). 307–314. 13 indexed citations

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Alharethi, Rami, D. Budge, B.B. Reid, et al.. (2011). Differential impact on post‐transplant outcomes between pulsatile‐ and continuous‐flow left ventricular assist devices. Clinical Transplantation. 25(4). E390–5. 14 indexed citations

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Horne, Benjamin D., Heidi T. May, Abdallah G. Kfoury, et al.. (2010). The Intermountain Risk Score (Including the Red Cell Distribution Width) Predicts Heart Failure and Other Morbidity Endpoints. European Journal of Heart Failure. 12(11). 1203–1213. 57 indexed citations

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Everitt, Melanie D., Amy Donaldson, T. Charles Casper, et al.. (2009). Effect of ABO-Incompatible Listing on Infant Heart Transplant Waitlist Outcomes: Analysis of the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) Database. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 28(12). 1254–1260. 23 indexed citations

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Lietz, Katherine, James W. Long, Abdallah G. Kfoury, et al.. (2009). Impact of Center Volume on Outcomes of Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation as Destination Therapy. Circulation Heart Failure. 2(1). 3–10. 58 indexed citations

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Bishop, Corey J., Abdallah G. Kfoury, Robert L. Lux, et al.. (2009). A novel non-invasive method to assess aortic valve opening in HeartMate II left ventricular assist device patients using a modified Karhunen-Loève transformation. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 29(1). 27–31. 17 indexed citations

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Drakos, Stavros G., James C. Stringham, James W. Long, et al.. (2007). Prevalence and risks of allosensitization in HeartMate left ventricular assist device recipients: The impact of leukofiltered cellular blood product transfusions. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 133(6). 1612–1619. 44 indexed citations

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Drakos, Stavros G., Abdallah G. Kfoury, James W. Long, et al.. (2007). Similar Transplantation Outcomes in Patients Bridged with Cardiac Assist Devices for Acute Cardiogenic Shock Versus Chronic Heart Failure. European Journal of Heart Failure. 9(8). 845–849. 4 indexed citations

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Kfoury, Abdallah G., et al.. (1997). INCIDENCE OF ADENOMATOUS COLORECTAL POLYPS IN CARDIAC TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS. Transplantation. 64(3). 528–530. 12 indexed citations

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Taylor, David O., Abdallah G. Kfoury, Barbara Pisani, Elizabeth H. Hammond, & Dale G. Renlund. (1997). Antilymphocyte-antibody prophylaxis: Review of the adult experience in heart transplantation. Transplantation Proceedings. 29(8). 13S–15S. 9 indexed citations

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