Alex Vesey

4.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
40 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Alex Vesey is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Vesey has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 20 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 11 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Alex Vesey's work include Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (17 papers), Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (14 papers) and Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (7 papers). Alex Vesey is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (17 papers), Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (14 papers) and Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (7 papers). Alex Vesey collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Alex Vesey's co-authors include David E. Newby, Marc R. Dweck, James H.F. Rudd, Nicholas L. Mills, Nikhil Joshi, Edwin J.R. van Beek, William Wallace, Alison Fletcher, Anoop Shah and Neal Uren and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Circulation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Alex Vesey

38 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

18F-fluoride positron emission tomography for identification of ruptured and high-risk coronary atherosclerotic plaques: a prospective clinical trial

2013 660 citations Nikhil Joshi, Alex Vesey et al. The Lancet profile →
Inhaled Nanoparticles Accumulate at Sites of Vascular Disease

2017 444 citations Mark R. Miller, Jennifer Raftis et al. ACS Nano profile →
Identifying active vascular microcalcification by 18F-sodium fluoride positron emission tomography

2015 332 citations Agnese Irkle, Alex Vesey et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alex Vesey United Kingdom	19	1.2k	957	812	586	345	40	2.7k
Eiji Nakashima Japan	26	882 0.7×	564 0.6×	195 0.2×	202 0.3×	598 1.7×	72	2.7k
Libo Chen China	24	209 0.2×	449 0.5×	546 0.7×	204 0.3×	382 1.1×	82	2.3k
Yan Zhuang China	28	353 0.3×	218 0.2×	730 0.9×	691 1.2×	226 0.7×	146	2.4k
Christopher Fryer Canada	28	366 0.3×	688 0.7×	3.1k 3.8×	1.1k 1.8×	457 1.3×	54	4.4k
Marie‐Odile Bernier France	25	922 0.8×	259 0.3×	326 0.4×	519 0.9×	98 0.3×	69	2.0k
Randall P. Scheri United States	28	275 0.2×	184 0.2×	329 0.4×	1.6k 2.8×	168 0.5×	75	2.8k
Barbara S. Ducatman United States	25	182 0.2×	110 0.1×	802 1.0×	844 1.4×	255 0.7×	63	3.3k
Antonio V. Sterpetti Italy	33	112 0.1×	610 0.6×	1.5k 1.8×	1.4k 2.5×	335 1.0×	184	2.9k
Satoshi Takeshita Japan	30	133 0.1×	672 0.7×	730 0.9×	1.3k 2.3×	1.8k 5.3×	110	3.7k
Naoyuki Yokoyama Japan	30	287 0.2×	227 0.2×	1.1k 1.4×	1.5k 2.6×	224 0.6×	100	2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alex Vesey

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Whittington, Beth, Evangelos Tzolos, Jakub Kaczynski, et al.. (2025). Quantification of carotid artery plaque and peri-vascular adipose tissue attenuation on computed tomography. PubMed. 3(1). qyaf040–qyaf040.

Jenkins, William, Alex Vesey, Martin Connell, et al.. (2019). In vivo alpha-V beta-3 integrin expression in human aortic atherosclerosis. Heart. 105(24). 1868–1875. 32 indexed citations

Stoumpos, Sokratis, Alex Vesey, Aleksandra Radjenovic, et al.. (2019). Ferumoxytol magnetic resonance angiography: a dose-finding study in patients with chronic kidney disease. European Radiology. 29(7). 3543–3552. 22 indexed citations

Miller, Mark R., Jennifer Raftis, Jeremy P. Langrish, et al.. (2017). Inhaled Nanoparticles Accumulate at Sites of Vascular Disease. ACS Nano. 11(5). 4542–4552. 444 indexed citations breakdown →

Forsythe, Rachael O., Marc R. Dweck, Alex Vesey, et al.. (2017). 414818F-Sodium fluoride is a novel independent predictor of abdominal aortic aneurysm growth and clinical outcome. European Heart Journal. 38. 3 indexed citations

Cui, Lin, Nabil A. Rashdan, Dongxing Zhu, et al.. (2017). End stage renal disease‐induced hypercalcemia may promote aortic valve calcification via Annexin VI enrichment of valve interstitial cell derived‐matrix vesicles. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 232(11). 2985–2995. 55 indexed citations

Harries, Rhiannon, Mustafa S. Rashid, Peter Smitham, et al.. (2016). What shape do UK trainees want their training to be? Results of a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 6(10). e010461–e010461. 10 indexed citations

Ballantyne, Margaret D., Karine Pinel, Rachel Dakin, et al.. (2016). Smooth Muscle Enriched Long Noncoding RNA ( SMILR ) Regulates Cell Proliferation. Circulation. 133(21). 2050–2065. 181 indexed citations

Dweck, Marc R., Valentina O. Püntmann, Alex Vesey, Zahi A. Fayad, & Eike Nagel. (2016). MR Imaging of Coronary Arteries and Plaques. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging. 9(3). 306–316. 53 indexed citations

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Vesey, Alex, William Jenkins, Rachael O. Forsythe, et al.. (2016). 18F-FLUORIDE AND 18F-FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AFTER TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK OR MINOR STROKE: A CASE-CONTROL STUDY. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 67(13). 1616–1616. 1 indexed citations

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Anand, Atul, Calvin Chin, Anoop Shah, et al.. (2016). CARDIAC MYOSIN BINDING PROTEIN C IS A NOVEL CIRCULATING MARKER OF MYOCARDIAL INJURY AND FIBROSIS IN PATIENTS WITH AORTIC STENOSIS. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 67(13). 2185–2185. 1 indexed citations

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Chin, Calvin, Russell J. Everett, Jacek Kwieciński, et al.. (2016). Myocardial Fibrosis and Cardiac Decompensation in Aortic Stenosis. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging. 10(11). 1320–1333. 258 indexed citations

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Zhu, Dongxing, Patrick W. F. Hadoke, Junxi Wu, et al.. (2016). Ablation of the androgen receptor from vascular smooth muscle cells demonstrates a role for testosterone in vascular calcification. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 24807–24807. 63 indexed citations

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Vesey, Alex, Gavin A Esson, Calvin Chin, Marc R. Dweck, & David E. Newby. (2015). DETECTION OF CARDIAC FIBROSIS AND CELL DEATH IN PATIENTS WITH AORTIC STENOSIS. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 65(10). A1190–A1190. 4 indexed citations

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Irkle, Agnese, Alex Vesey, David Y. Lewis, et al.. (2015). Identifying active vascular microcalcification by 18F-sodium fluoride positron emission tomography. Nature Communications. 6(1). 7495–7495. 332 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vesey, Alex, Marc R. Dweck, & Zahi A. Fayad. (2015). Utility of Combining PET and MR Imaging of Carotid Plaque. Neuroimaging Clinics of North America. 26(1). 55–68. 18 indexed citations

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Joshi, Nikhil, Alex Vesey, David E. Newby, & Marc R. Dweck. (2014). Will 18F-Sodium Fluoride PET-CT Imaging Be the Magic Bullet for Identifying Vulnerable Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaques?. Current Cardiology Reports. 16(9). 521–521. 34 indexed citations

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Stirrat, Colin, Alex Vesey, Olivia McBride, et al.. (2014). Ultra-small superparamagnetic particles of iron oxide in magnetic resonance imaging of cardiovascular disease. Edinburgh Research Explorer. 99–99. 9 indexed citations

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Irkle, Agnese, Jeremy N. Skepper, Marc R. Dweck, et al.. (2013). [18]F-NaF - A Specific Marker for Vascular Calcification in Atherosclerosis. Circulation. 128(22). 1 indexed citations

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Joshi, Nikhil, Alex Vesey, Michelle C. Williams, et al.. (2013). 18F-fluoride positron emission tomography for identification of ruptured and high-risk coronary atherosclerotic plaques: a prospective clinical trial. The Lancet. 383(9918). 705–713. 660 indexed citations breakdown →

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