Barbra E. Backus

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

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Barbra E. Backus is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Emergency Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Barbra E. Backus has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 19 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 16 papers in Emergency Medicine. Recurrent topics in Barbra E. Backus's work include Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (23 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (18 papers) and Emergency and Acute Care Studies (13 papers). Barbra E. Backus is often cited by papers focused on Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (23 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (18 papers) and Emergency and Acute Care Studies (13 papers). Barbra E. Backus collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Germany. Barbra E. Backus's co-authors include A. Jacob Six, Johannes C. Kelder, Pieter A. Doevendans, Judith M. Poldervaart, Arno W. Hoes, Thomas P. Mast, F. van den Akker, Stefan H. J. Monnink, Johannes B. Reitsma and Louise Cullen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American College of Cardiology, PLoS ONE and European Heart Journal.

In The Last Decade

Barbra E. Backus

38 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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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.

A prospective validation of the HEART score for chest pain patients at the emergency department

2013 371 citations Barbra E. Backus, A. Jacob Six et al. International Journal of Cardiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Barbra E. Backus Netherlands	12	1.4k	841	521	240	159	40	1.7k
A. Jacob Six Netherlands	14	1.4k 1.0×	836 1.0×	466 0.9×	223 0.9×	173 1.1×	23	1.7k
Sally Aldous New Zealand	22	1.5k 1.0×	877 1.0×	236 0.5×	126 0.5×	357 2.2×	48	1.7k
Jennifer Pope United States	15	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	375 0.7×	370 1.5×	394 2.5×	17	2.2k
Frank D. Sites United States	16	673 0.5×	410 0.5×	283 0.5×	136 0.6×	164 1.0×	32	1.1k
Chadwick D. Miller United States	26	1.9k 1.3×	1.3k 1.5×	564 1.1×	504 2.1×	444 2.8×	92	2.8k
G Terranova United States	3	759 0.5×	504 0.6×	254 0.5×	143 0.6×	97 0.6×	6	1.1k
Thomas H. Lee United States	8	793 0.5×	483 0.6×	227 0.4×	95 0.4×	180 1.1×	9	1.1k
Deborah Diercks United States	5	607 0.4×	311 0.4×	209 0.4×	110 0.5×	88 0.6×	19	815
Judith M. Poldervaart Netherlands	10	553 0.4×	303 0.4×	184 0.4×	89 0.4×	65 0.4×	21	740
Peter A. Smars United States	13	566 0.4×	352 0.4×	200 0.4×	71 0.3×	159 1.0×	24	810

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20 of 20 papers shown

Backus, Barbra E., et al.. (2025). Straight from the Heart: Late Onset Cardiac Toxoplasmosis in a Heart Transplant Recipient. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 44(4). S301–S302. 1 indexed citations

Backus, Barbra E., et al.. (2024). Assessment of the Diagnostic Accuracy and Reliability of the HEART Score Calculated by Ambulance Nurses Versus Emergency Physicians. Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal. 46(1). 49–57.

Naalt, Joukje van der, et al.. (2024). Emergency Department Risk Factors for Post-Concussion Syndrome After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review. Journal of Neurotrauma. 41(11-12). 1253–1270. 7 indexed citations

Tolsma, Rudolf T, et al.. (2023). Management of Patients Suspected for non-ST elevation-acute Coronary Syndrome in the Prehospital Phase. Future Cardiology. 19(13). 639–647. 2 indexed citations

Khand, Aleem, Barbra E. Backus, Michael J. Campbell, et al.. (2023). HEART Score Recalibration Using Higher Sensitivity Troponin T. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 82(4). 449–462. 7 indexed citations

Beeres, Saskia L.M.A., Jan Bosch, Barbra E. Backus, et al.. (2021). Prehospital triage of patients with acute cardiac complaints: study protocol of HART-c, a multicentre prospective study. BMJ Open. 11(2). e041553–e041553. 10 indexed citations

Backus, Barbra E., et al.. (2020). Organization of prehospital care in the Netherlands: a perspective article. European Journal of Emergency Medicine. 27(6). 398–399. 7 indexed citations

Backus, Barbra E., et al.. (2018). The HEART score in predicting major adverse cardiac events in patients presenting to the emergency department with possible acute coronary syndrome: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. Systematic Reviews. 7(1). 148–148. 10 indexed citations

Veld, Maite A. Huis in ‘t, Louise Cullen, Simon A. Mahler, et al.. (2017). The Fast and the Furious: Low-Risk Chest Pain and the Rapid Rule-Out Protocol. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 18(3). 474–478. 9 indexed citations

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Poldervaart, Judith M., Barbra E. Backus, A. Jacob Six, et al.. (2016). Comparison of the GRACE, HEART and TIMI score to predict major adverse cardiac events in chest pain patients at the emergency department. International Journal of Cardiology. 227. 656–661. 158 indexed citations

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Poldervaart, Judith M., Johannes B. Reitsma, S. E. Buitendijk, et al.. (2016). Medical consumption compared for TIMI and HEART score in chest pain patients at the emergency department: a retrospective cost analysis. BMJ Open. 6(6). e010694–e010694. 24 indexed citations

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Backus, Barbra E., A. Jacob Six, Johannes C. Kelder, et al.. (2013). A prospective validation of the HEART score for chest pain patients at the emergency department. International Journal of Cardiology. 168(3). 2153–2158. 371 indexed citations breakdown →

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Poldervaart, Judith M., Johannes B. Reitsma, Hendrik Koffijberg, et al.. (2013). The impact of the HEART risk score in the early assessment of patients with acute chest pain: design of a stepped wedge, cluster randomised trial. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. 13(1). 77–77. 48 indexed citations

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Poldervaart, Judith M., A. Jacob Six, Barbra E. Backus, et al.. (2013). The predictive value of the exercise ECG for major adverse cardiac events in patients who presented with chest pain in the emergency department. Clinical Research in Cardiology. 102(4). 305–312. 10 indexed citations

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Backus, Barbra E., et al.. (2013). Low-dose single acquisition rest 99mTc/stress 201Tl myocardial perfusion SPECT protocol: phantom studies and clinical validation. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 41(3). 536–547. 4 indexed citations

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Six, A. Jacob, et al.. (2012). Consumption of diagnostic procedures and other cardiology care in chest pain patients after presentation at the emergency department. Netherlands Heart Journal. 20(12). 499–504. 16 indexed citations

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Backus, Barbra E., A. Jacob Six, Johannes C. Kelder, et al.. (2010). COMPARISON OF THE HEART, TIMI AND GRACE RISK SCORES FOR CHEST PAIN PATIENTS AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 55(10). A114.E1069–A114.E1069. 1 indexed citations

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Backus, Barbra E., A. Jacob Six, Johannes C. Kelder, et al.. (2010). Chest Pain in the Emergency Room. Critical Pathways in Cardiology A Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine. 9(3). 164–169. 232 indexed citations

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Backus, Barbra E., et al.. (2009). Intra-patient reproducibility of myocardial SPECT imaging with 201Tl. Journal of Nuclear Cardiology. 16(1). 97–104. 4 indexed citations

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Six, A. Jacob, Barbra E. Backus, & Johannes C. Kelder. (2008). Chest pain in the emergency room: value of the HEART score. Netherlands Heart Journal. 16(6). 191–196. 438 indexed citations

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