Amir Ahmadi

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Amir Ahmadi is a scholar working on Surgery, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Amir Ahmadi has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Surgery, 22 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 18 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Amir Ahmadi's work include Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (22 papers), Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (19 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (9 papers). Amir Ahmadi is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (22 papers), Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (19 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (9 papers). Amir Ahmadi collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Netherlands. Amir Ahmadi's co-authors include Jagat Narula, Jonathon Leipsic, David E. Newby, Edgar Argulian, Harvey S. Hecht, Bjarne Linde Nørgaard, Ron Blankstein, Gregg W. Stone, Daniel S. Berman and Leslee J. Shaw and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and Circulation Research.

In The Last Decade

Amir Ahmadi

40 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

From Subclinical Atherosclerosis to Plaque Progression and Acute Coronary Events

2019 223 citations Amir Ahmadi, Edgar Argulian et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Amir Ahmadi United States	19	987	782	683	298	221	42	1.5k
Alastair J. Moss United Kingdom	23	1.2k 1.2×	668 0.9×	803 1.2×	335 1.1×	444 2.0×	77	1.9k
Vito Ramazzotti Italy	16	642 0.7×	1.2k 1.6×	876 1.3×	171 0.6×	423 1.9×	32	1.7k
Renan Sukmawan Indonesia	15	729 0.7×	1.2k 1.6×	720 1.1×	431 1.4×	574 2.6×	61	1.7k
Renu Virmani United States	13	454 0.5×	734 0.9×	657 1.0×	179 0.6×	380 1.7×	22	1.6k
Jürgen vom Dahl Germany	18	535 0.5×	619 0.8×	868 1.3×	130 0.4×	406 1.8×	60	1.5k
Vittoria Rizzello Italy	21	686 0.7×	459 0.6×	979 1.4×	155 0.5×	72 0.3×	75	1.6k
Emilio Pasanisi Italy	22	689 0.7×	331 0.4×	830 1.2×	260 0.9×	150 0.7×	70	1.3k
Rui Cruz Ferreira Portugal	19	315 0.3×	340 0.4×	1.1k 1.5×	84 0.3×	168 0.8×	250	1.4k
Suneel Talwar United Kingdom	22	643 0.7×	1.0k 1.3×	1.5k 2.3×	96 0.3×	238 1.1×	52	2.0k
Masayoshi Sarai Japan	21	2.7k 2.7×	1.9k 2.4×	1.4k 2.1×	787 2.6×	754 3.4×	80	3.5k

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Ahmadi, Amir, Anthony T. Gerlach, Andreas Kraus, et al.. (2025). Hypercholesterolemia triggers innate immune imbalance and transforms brain infarcts after ischemic stroke. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1502346–1502346. 2 indexed citations

Jukema, Ruurt, Γεώργιος Τζίμας, Amir Ahmadi, et al.. (2025). Artificial Intelligence–based Coronary Plaque Quantification Using Coronary CT Angiography: Current Insights and Future Directions. Radiology Cardiothoracic Imaging. 7(5). e240568–e240568.

Sato, Yoshihiro, Sadako Motoyama, Hideki Kawai, et al.. (2023). Clinical Outcomes Based on Coronary Computed Tomography-Derived Fractional Flow Reserve and Plaque Characterization. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging. 17(3). 284–297. 7 indexed citations

Sud, Karan, Navneet Narula, Elena Aïkawa, et al.. (2023). The contribution of amyloid deposition in the aortic valve to calcification and aortic stenosis. Nature Reviews Cardiology. 20(6). 418–428. 18 indexed citations

Bienstock, Solomon, Fay Y. Lin, Ron Blankstein, et al.. (2023). Advances in Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiographic Imaging of Atherosclerosis for Risk Stratification and Preventive Care. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging. 16(8). 1099–1115. 23 indexed citations

Tanha, Fatemeh Davari, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of the In Vitro Fertilization Success Rate in Transfer of Top-Quality Embryo Versus Poor-Quality Embryos: A Cohort Study. International Journal of Women s Health and Reproduction Sciences. 10(3). 156–160. 1 indexed citations

Akya, Alisha, Mosayeb Rostamian, Shahab Rezaeian, et al.. (2020). Bacterial Causative Agents of Neonatal Sepsis and Their Antibiotic Susceptibility in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) and Neonatal Wards in Iran: A Systematic Review. Archives of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. 8(2). 5 indexed citations

Sellers, Stephanie, R Wilson, Darra Murphy, et al.. (2019). Prognosis of CT-derived Fractional Flow Reserve in the Prediction of Clinical Outcomes. Radiology Cardiothoracic Imaging. 1(2). e190021–e190021. 8 indexed citations

Ahmadi, Amir, Edgar Argulian, Jonathon Leipsic, David E. Newby, & Jagat Narula. (2019). From Subclinical Atherosclerosis to Plaque Progression and Acute Coronary Events. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 74(12). 1608–1617. 223 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ahmadi, Amir, Thomas Senoner, Ashish Correa, Gudrun Feuchtner, & Jagat Narula. (2019). How atherosclerosis defines ischemia: Atherosclerosis quantification and characterization as a method for determining ischemia. Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography. 14(5). 394–399. 9 indexed citations

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Ramírez, Roberto, Maria Giovanna Trivieri, Zahi A. Fayad, et al.. (2019). Advanced Imaging in Cardiac Sarcoidosis. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 60(7). 892–898. 25 indexed citations

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Maslov, Petra Zubin, Jin Kyung Kim, Edgar Argulian, et al.. (2019). Is Cardiac Diastolic Dysfunction a Part of Post-Menopausal Syndrome?. JACC Heart Failure. 7(3). 192–203. 43 indexed citations

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Driessen, Roel S., Wijnand J. Stuijfzand, Pieter G. Raijmakers, et al.. (2018). Effect of Plaque Burden and Morphology on Myocardial Blood Flow and Fractional Flow Reserve. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 71(5). 499–509. 104 indexed citations

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Sellers, Stephanie, John Mooney, Jonathan Weir‐McCall, et al.. (2018). Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM): New insights into Coronary artery remodelling and ischemia from FFRCT. Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography. 12(6). 467–471. 16 indexed citations

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Driessen, Roel S., Wijnand J. Stuijfzand, Pieter G. Raijmakers, et al.. (2018). FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE BUT NOT INSTANTANEOUS WAVE-FREE RATIO DETECTS PLAQUE VULNERABILITY. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 71(11). A1172–A1172. 2 indexed citations

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Øvrehus, Kristian Altern, Sara Gaur, Jonathon Leipsic, et al.. (2018). CT-based total vessel plaque analyses improves prediction of hemodynamic significance lesions as assessed by fractional flow reserve in patients with stable angina pectoris. Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography. 12(4). 344–349. 13 indexed citations

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Cheung, Christopher C., et al.. (2017). Eosinophilic Myocarditis. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 354(5). 486–492. 56 indexed citations

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Ahmadi, Amir, Gregg W. Stone, Jonathon Leipsic, et al.. (2016). Association of Coronary Stenosis and Plaque Morphology With Fractional Flow Reserve and Outcomes. JAMA Cardiology. 1(3). 350–350. 84 indexed citations

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Ahmadi, Amir, Jonathon Leipsic, Ron Blankstein, et al.. (2015). Do Plaques Rapidly Progress Prior to Myocardial Infarction?. Circulation Research. 117(1). 99–104. 108 indexed citations

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Ahmadi, Amir, et al.. (2009). The effects of intravitreal bevacizumab on patients with macular edema secondary to branch retinal vein occlusion. Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology. 44(2). 154–159. 19 indexed citations

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