Babu Kunadian

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 707 citations indexed

About

Babu Kunadian is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Babu Kunadian has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 707 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 15 papers in Surgery and 7 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Babu Kunadian's work include Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (16 papers), Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (8 papers) and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (7 papers). Babu Kunadian is often cited by papers focused on Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (16 papers), Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (8 papers) and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (7 papers). Babu Kunadian collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Babu Kunadian's co-authors include Joel Dunning, Mark de Belder, Kunadian Vijayalakshmi, Andrew Thornley, Periaswamy Velavan, Aleem Khand, Clare Appleby, Shahzad Munir, Robert Cooper and Claire Roome and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, BMJ and American Heart Journal.

In The Last Decade

Babu Kunadian

27 papers receiving 686 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.

Unfractionated heparin versus bivalirudin in primary percutaneous coronary intervention (HEAT-PPCI): an open-label, single centre, randomised controlled trial

2014 336 citations Adeel Shahzad, Ian Kemp et al. The Lancet profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Babu Kunadian United Kingdom	11	596	302	198	120	100	27	707
Andrew N. Rassi United States	9	637 1.1×	298 1.0×	229 1.2×	69 0.6×	237 2.4×	22	806
Badal Thakkar United States	15	384 0.6×	207 0.7×	101 0.5×	104 0.9×	41 0.4×	29	647
Jacques Monségu France	13	583 1.0×	347 1.1×	137 0.7×	345 2.9×	248 2.5×	67	901
April W. Simon United States	14	774 1.3×	490 1.6×	44 0.2×	121 1.0×	79 0.8×	28	1.0k
Fredrik Scherstén Sweden	15	623 1.0×	431 1.4×	60 0.3×	74 0.6×	148 1.5×	25	774
G Hanania France	13	823 1.4×	308 1.0×	78 0.4×	127 1.1×	125 1.3×	42	955
Ankit Chothani United States	11	926 1.6×	173 0.6×	66 0.3×	60 0.5×	61 0.6×	19	1.1k
Winthrop D. Piper United States	10	491 0.8×	384 1.3×	128 0.6×	243 2.0×	169 1.7×	11	745
Pierre Legalery France	8	334 0.6×	168 0.6×	206 1.0×	40 0.3×	122 1.2×	10	482
Faisal Latif United States	11	312 0.5×	384 1.3×	87 0.4×	295 2.5×	102 1.0×	47	758

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Chew, Pei G., Freddy Frost, Michael Fisher, et al.. (2018). A direct comparison of decision rules for early discharge of suspected acute coronary syndromes in the era of high sensitivity troponin. European Heart Journal Acute Cardiovascular Care. 8(5). 421–431. 18 indexed citations

Shahzad, Adeel, Ian Kemp, Christine Mars, et al.. (2014). Unfractionated heparin versus bivalirudin in primary percutaneous coronary intervention (HEAT-PPCI): an open-label, single centre, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet. 384(9957). 1849–1858. 336 indexed citations breakdown →

Kunadian, Babu, Robert Morley, Anthony Roberts, et al.. (2010). Impact of implementation of evidence-based strategies to reduce door-to-balloon time in patients presenting with STEMI: continuous data analysis and feedback using a statistical process control plot. Heart. 96(19). 1557–1563. 11 indexed citations

Kunadian, Babu, Kunadian Vijayalakshmi, Joel Dunning, et al.. (2008). Rescue angioplasty after failed fibrinolysis foracute myocardial infarction: Predictors of a failed procedure and 1‐year mortality. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 71(2). 138–145. 4 indexed citations

Subramanian, Hariharan, Babu Kunadian, & Joel Dunning. (2008). Is it worth performing surgical ventricular restoration in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and akinetic but non-aneurysmal segments in the left ventricle?. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. 7(4). 702–707. 10 indexed citations

Kunadian, Babu, Joel Dunning, Anthony Roberts, et al.. (2008). Cumulative funnel plots for the early detection of interoperator variation: retrospective database analysis of observed versus predicted results of percutaneous coronary intervention. BMJ. 336(7650). 931–934. 30 indexed citations

Kunadian, Babu, Joel Dunning, Anthony Roberts, Robert Morley, & Mark de Belder. (2008). Funnel plots for comparing performance of PCI performing hospitals and cardiologists: Demonstration of utility using the New York hospital mortality data. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 73(5). 589–594. 19 indexed citations

Kunadian, Babu, Kunadian Vijayalakshmi, Joel Dunning, et al.. (2007). Should patients in cardiogenic shock undergo rescue angioplasty after failed fibrinolysis: comparison of primary versus rescue angioplasty in cardiogenic shock patients.. PubMed. 19(5). 217–23. 5 indexed citations

Vijayalakshmi, Kunadian, Babu Kunadian, Vicki Whittaker, et al.. (2007). Impact of catheter sizes and intracoronary glyceryl trinitrate on the TIMI frame count when digital angiograms are acquired at lower frame rates during elective angiography and PCI. Acute Cardiac Care. 9(4). 231–238. 7 indexed citations

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Kunadian, Babu, Joel Dunning, Kunadian Vijayalakshmi, Andrew Thornley, & Mark de Belder. (2007). Meta‐analysis of randomized trials comparing anti‐embolic devices with standard PCI for improving myocardial reperfusion in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 69(4). 488–496. 35 indexed citations

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Kunadian, Babu, Kunadian Vijayalakshmi, S. Balasubramanian, & Joel Dunning. (2007). Should the tricuspid valve be replaced with a mechanical or biological valve?. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. 6(4). 551–557. 22 indexed citations

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Kunadian, Babu, et al.. (2007). Towards an understanding of the role of rescue angioplasty for failed fibrinolysis: comparison of the MERLIN, RESCUE and REACT trials.. PubMed. 19(9). 359–68. 3 indexed citations

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Kunadian, Babu, Joel Dunning, Raj Das, et al.. (2007). External validation of established risk adjustment models for procedural complications after percutaneous coronary intervention. Heart. 94(8). 1012–1018. 10 indexed citations

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Vijayalakshmi, Kunadian, Babu Kunadian, Vicki Whittaker, et al.. (2007). Intra-aortic counterpulsation does not improve coronary flow early after PCI in a high-risk group of patients: observations from a randomized trial to explore its mode of action.. PubMed. 19(8). 339–46. 35 indexed citations

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Subramanian, Hariharan, Babu Kunadian, & Joel Dunning. (2007). Is it ever worth contemplating an aortic valve replacement on patients with low gradient severe aortic stenosis but poor left ventricular function with no contractile reserve?. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. 7(2). 301–305. 6 indexed citations

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Kunadian, Babu, Kunadian Vijayalakshmi, Andrew Thornley, et al.. (2007). Meta-Analysis of Valve Hemodynamics and Left Ventricular Mass Regression for Stentless Versus Stented Aortic Valves. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 84(1). 73–78. 89 indexed citations

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Kunadian, Babu, Kunadian Vijayalakshmi, & Mark de Belder. (2007). Treatment of restenosis after bare-metal and drug-eluting stenting of an aorto–ostial lesion: challenges associated with excessive stent overhang. Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine. 8(9). 744–747. 5 indexed citations

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Kunadian, Babu, et al.. (2006). Should high risk patients receive clopidogrel as well as aspirin post coronary arterial bypass grafting?. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. 5(6). 755–760. 5 indexed citations

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Vijayalakshmi, Kunadian, Babu Kunadian, Robert A. Wright, et al.. (2006). A prospective randomised controlled trial to determine the early and late reactions after the use of iopamidol 340 (Niopam™) and iomeprol 350 (Iomeron®) in cardiac catheterisation. European Journal of Radiology. 61(2). 342–350. 8 indexed citations

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Vijayalakshmi, Kunadian, Babu Kunadian, Robert A. Wright, et al.. (2006). Successful thrombus extraction with the Rescue™ thrombus management system during acute percutaneous coronary intervention improves flow but does not necessarily restore optimal myocardial tissue perfusion. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 67(6). 879–886. 3 indexed citations

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