Barbara J. Deal

21.1k total citations · 12 hit papers
117 papers, 12.7k citations indexed

About

Barbara J. Deal is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbara J. Deal has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 12.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 56 papers in Epidemiology and 34 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Barbara J. Deal's work include Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (75 papers), Congenital Heart Disease Studies (56 papers) and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (42 papers). Barbara J. Deal is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (75 papers), Congenital Heart Disease Studies (56 papers) and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (42 papers). Barbara J. Deal collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Barbara J. Deal's co-authors include Leonard S. Gettes, Rory Childers, Borys Surawicz, Constantine Mavroudis, Carl L. Backer, Richard L. Page, Michael E. Field, José A. Joglar, Stephen C. Hammill and Sana M. Al‐Khatib 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

Barbara J. Deal

114 papers receiving 12.2k citations

Hit Papers

AHA/ACCF/HRS Recommendati... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2009 2018 2007 2009 2019 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. AHA/ACCF/HRS Recommendations for the Standardization and Interpretation of the Electrocardiogram
    2009 1.6k citations Barbara J. Deal et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  2. 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death
    2018 1.2k citations Sana M. Al‐Khatib, William G. Stevenson et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  3. Recommendations for the Standardization and Interpretation of the Electrocardiogram
    2007 602 citations Barbara J. Deal et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  4. AHA/ACCF/HRS Recommendations for the Standardization and Interpretation of the Electrocardiogram
    2009 588 citations Barbara J. Deal et al. Circulation profile →
  5. Evaluation and Management of the Child and Adult With Fontan Circulation: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
    2019 525 citations Barbara J. Deal, Bradley S. Marino et al. Circulation profile →
  6. Recommendations for the Standardization and Interpretation of the Electrocardiogram
    2007 492 citations Barbara J. Deal et al. Circulation profile →
  7. 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: Executive Summary
    2017 472 citations Sana M. Al‐Khatib, William G. Stevenson et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  8. 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death
    2017 465 citations Sana M. Al‐Khatib, William G. Stevenson et al. Circulation profile →
  9. 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS guideline for management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death: Executive summary
    2017 418 citations Sana M. Al‐Khatib, William G. Stevenson et al. profile →
  10. 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS guideline for management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death
    2017 384 citations Sana M. Al‐Khatib, William G. Stevenson et al. profile →
  11. 2015 ACC/AHA/HRS Guideline for the Management of Adult Patients With Supraventricular Tachycardia
    2015 375 citations Richard L. Page, José A. Joglar et al. Circulation profile →
  12. 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: Executive Summary
    2017 276 citations Sana M. Al‐Khatib, William G. Stevenson et al. Circulation profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Barbara J. Deal United States 45 11.0k 2.7k 2.4k 1.4k 807 117 12.7k
Samuel J. Asirvatham United States 54 11.6k 1.1× 1.9k 0.7× 1.2k 0.5× 1.1k 0.8× 1.5k 1.8× 575 13.7k
Paul Clopton United States 50 9.7k 0.9× 2.0k 0.8× 1.7k 0.7× 2.0k 1.5× 762 0.9× 128 12.3k
David H. Spodick United States 49 8.3k 0.8× 2.4k 0.9× 2.1k 0.9× 1.4k 1.0× 1.1k 1.3× 472 10.4k
Cynthia M. Tracy United States 49 20.8k 1.9× 2.2k 0.8× 1.9k 0.8× 954 0.7× 2.3k 2.9× 105 22.7k
Marc A. Silver United States 36 8.1k 0.7× 2.3k 0.9× 773 0.3× 1.3k 1.0× 782 1.0× 148 10.7k
Arthur Garson United States 50 7.6k 0.7× 2.7k 1.0× 1.6k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 1.4k 1.7× 176 9.5k
L. Samüel Wann United States 45 18.4k 1.7× 2.3k 0.9× 2.5k 1.0× 1.3k 1.0× 2.4k 3.0× 120 20.8k
Anne B. Curtis United States 53 13.0k 1.2× 1.6k 0.6× 864 0.4× 998 0.7× 1.1k 1.3× 237 15.1k
Andrew E. Epstein United States 66 17.7k 1.6× 3.0k 1.1× 1.2k 0.5× 626 0.5× 928 1.1× 277 19.4k
Michael R. Gold United States 63 16.3k 1.5× 2.0k 0.8× 744 0.3× 554 0.4× 901 1.1× 423 17.6k

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All Works

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Al‐Khatib, Sana M., William G. Stevenson, Michael J. Ackerman, et al.. (2018). 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 72(14). e91–e220. 1213 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kwiatkowski, David M., Adin‐Cristian Andrei, Catherine D. Krawczeski, et al.. (2017). PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH SINGLE VENTRICLE CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE AFTER FONTAN PALLIATION. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 69(11). 586–586. 1 indexed citations
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Al‐Khatib, Sana M., William G. Stevenson, Michael J. Ackerman, et al.. (2017). 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: Executive Summary. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 72(14). 1677–1749. 472 indexed citations breakdown →
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Page, Richard L., José A. Joglar, Mary A. Caldwell, et al.. (2015). 2015 ACC/AHA/HRS Guideline for the Management of Adult Patients With Supraventricular Tachycardia: Executive Summary. Circulation. 133(14). 1575–1623. 100 indexed citations
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Page, Richard L., José A. Joglar, Mary A. Caldwell, et al.. (2015). 2015 ACC/AHA/HRS Guideline for the Management of Adult Patients With Supraventricular Tachycardia: Executive Summary. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 67(13). 1575–1623. 57 indexed citations
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Page, Richard L., José A. Joglar, Mary A. Caldwell, et al.. (2015). 2015 ACC/AHA/HRS Guideline for the Management of Adult Patients With Supraventricular Tachycardia. Circulation. 133(14). e27–74. 375 indexed citations breakdown →
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Backer, Carl L., Barbara J. Deal, Sunjay Kaushal, et al.. (2011). Extracardiac Versus Intra-Atrial Lateral Tunnel Fontan: Extracardiac is Better. Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Annual. 14(1). 4–10. 39 indexed citations
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Tsao, Sabrina, Gregory Webster, Pallavi P. Patwari, Barbara J. Deal, & Debra E. Weese‐Mayer. (2011). Abstract 17138: Pacemaker Utilization in Cohort of 85 Children with Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome (CCHS) May Impact the Risk of Sudden Death. Circulation. 124(suppl_21). 1 indexed citations
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Tester, David J., et al.. (2010). Prevalence and Spectrum of Large Deletions or Duplications in the Major Long QT Syndrome-Susceptibility Genes and Implications for Long QT Syndrome Genetic Testing. The American Journal of Cardiology. 106(8). 1124–1128. 42 indexed citations
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Deal, Barbara J., Carl L. Backer, Kendra Ward, et al.. (2007). Abstract 1923: Medical Characteristics and Midterm Outcome: 100 Consecutive Fontan Conversions with Arrhythmia Surgery. Circulation. 116. 1 indexed citations
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Kelle, Angela M., Carl L. Backer, Sabrina Tsao, et al.. (2007). Dual-chamber epicardial pacing in neonates with congenital heart block. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 134(5). 1188–1192. 14 indexed citations
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Mavroudis, Constantine, Robert D. Stewart, Carl L. Backer, et al.. (2005). Atrioventricular Valve Procedures with Repeat Fontan Operations: Influence of Valve Pathology, Ventricular Function, and Arrhythmias on Outcome. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 80(1). 29–36. 22 indexed citations
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Dodge‐Khatami, Ali, et al.. (2000). A Comparison of Steroid-Eluting Epicardial versus Transvenous Pacing Leads in Children. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 15(5). 323–329. 16 indexed citations
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Johnsrude, Christopher L., Carl L. Backer, Barbara J. Deal, Janette F. Strasburger, & Constantine Mavroudis. (1999). Transmural Atrial Pacing in Patients with Postoperative Congenital Heart Disease. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 10(3). 351–357. 18 indexed citations
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Deal, Barbara J., Grace S. Wolff, & Henry Gelband. (1998). Current concepts in diagnosis and management of arrhythmias in infants and children. 22 indexed citations
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Deal, Barbara J., Margaret J. Strieper, Daniel Scagliotti, et al.. (1997). The Medical Therapy of Cardioinhibitory Syncope in Pediatric Patients. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 20(7). 1759–1761. 25 indexed citations
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Strasburger, Janette F., et al.. (1996). Fetal tachycardia: Mechanisms and predictors of hydrops fetalis. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 27(7). 1736–1740. 131 indexed citations
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Samson, Ricardo A., Barbara J. Deal, Janette F. Strasburger, & D. Woodrow Benson. (1995). Comparison of transesophageal and intracardiac electrophysiologic studies in characterization of supraventricular tachycardia in pediatric patients. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 26(1). 159–163. 30 indexed citations
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Kugler, John D., David A. Danford, Barbara J. Deal, et al.. (1994). Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Tachyarrhythmias in Children and Adolescents. New England Journal of Medicine. 330(21). 1481–1487. 269 indexed citations
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Chandar, Jay, Grace S. Wolff, Arthur Garson, et al.. (1990). Ventricular arrhythmias in postoperative tetralogy of Fallot. The American Journal of Cardiology. 65(9). 655–661. 134 indexed citations

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