Brian G. Firth

7.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
74 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Brian G. Firth is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian G. Firth has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 35 papers in Surgery and 21 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Brian G. Firth's work include Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (20 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (14 papers) and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (11 papers). Brian G. Firth is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (20 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (14 papers) and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (11 papers). Brian G. Firth collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Brian G. Firth's co-authors include L.David Hillis, James T. Willerson, Michael D. Winniford, Donald E. Cutlip, Jeffrey J. Popma, William B. Campbell, Michael R. Jaff, Richard E. Kuntz, Mark H. Wholey and Barry T. Katzen 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

Brian G. Firth

73 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

Protected Carotid-Artery Stenting versus Endarterectomy in High-Risk Patients

2004 1.9k citations Michael R. Jaff, Jeffrey J. Popma et al. profile →
Release of Prostaglandins and Thromboxane into the Coronary Circulation in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease

1981 477 citations L.David Hillis, Brian G. Firth et al. profile →

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Carolyn Apperson-Hansen United States

William M. Feinberg United States

Giancarlo Marenzi Italy

Yoram Agmon Israel

Larry S. Dean United States

Robert M. Bersin United States

Gerald B. Zelenock United States

Réda Ibrahim Canada

Amir Halkin Israel

Jong‐Won Ha South Korea

Carolyn Apperson-Hansen United States

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796 ×0.6

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian G. Firth

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian G. Firth

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lakhter, Vladimir, et al.. (2025). Safety and Feasibility of On-the-Table Pharmacomechanical Lysis for Acute Intermediate-Risk Pulmonary Embolism. JACC Advances. 4(6). 101789–101789.

Bashir, Riyaz, Gregory Piazza, Brian G. Firth, et al.. (2023). Effect of Pharmacomechanical Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis on Segmental Artery Occlusions. JACC Advances. 2(9). 100670–100670. 4 indexed citations

Bashir, Riyaz, et al.. (2019). Novel Animal Model of Large Vessel Venous Thromboembolism to Assess the Effectiveness of Thrombus Removal Therapies. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 4(2). 1 indexed citations

Holmes, David R., Brian G. Firth, Patricia Hodgson, et al.. (2008). Evolving challenges in medical device evaluation. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 72(1). 1–6. 1 indexed citations

Serruys, Patrick W., Andrew T.L. Ong, Lex A. van Herwerden, et al.. (2005). Five-Year Outcomes After Coronary Stenting Versus Bypass Surgery for the Treatment of Multivessel Disease. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 46(4). 575–581. 428 indexed citations

Holmes, David R., Brian G. Firth, Astrid James, et al.. (2004). Conflict of interest. American Heart Journal. 147(2). 228–237. 18 indexed citations

Hodgson, John McB., Randy K. Bottner, Lloyd W. Klein, et al.. (2004). Drug‐eluting stent task force: Final report and recommendations of the working committees on cost‐effectiveness/economics, access to care, and medicolegal issues. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 62(1). 1–17. 42 indexed citations

Ponec, Donald, Michael R. Jaff, James L. Swischuk, et al.. (2004). The Nitinol SMART Stent vs Wallstent for Suboptimal Iliac Artery Angioplasty: CRISP-US Trial Results. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 15(9). 911–918. 63 indexed citations

Holmes, David R., Brian G. Firth, & Douglas L. Wood. (2004). Paradigm shifts in cardiovascular medicine. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 43(4). 507–512. 12 indexed citations

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Watenpaugh, Donald E., Susanne Vissing, Lynda D. Lane, et al.. (1995). Pharmacologic Atrial Natriuretic Peptide Reduces Human Leg Capillary Filtration. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology. 26(3). 414–419. 6 indexed citations

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Parmley, William W., Kanu Chatterjee, Gary S. Francis, Brian G. Firth, & Robert A. Kloner. (1991). Congestive heart failure. New frontiers.. PubMed. 154(4). 427–41. 4 indexed citations

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Firth, Brian G. & Preston Dunnmon. (1990). Southwestern Internal Medicine Conference: The Prevention of Congestive Heart Failure: Left Ventricular Dilation and its Management. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 299(4). 276–290. 6 indexed citations

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Cigarroa, Ricardo G., Richard A. Lange, Jeffrey J. Popma, et al.. (1990). Ethanol-induced coronary vasodilation in patients with and without coronary artery disease. American Heart Journal. 119(2). 254–259. 15 indexed citations

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Firth, Brian G., et al.. (1989). Cardiorenal effects of atrial natriuretic factor administration in congestive heart failure: Natriuresis and diuresis without hemodynamic alterations. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 297(4). 203–208. 6 indexed citations

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Fixler, David E., et al.. (1988). Left ventricular dysfunction due to chronic right ventricular pressure overload. The American Journal of Medicine. 84(1). 157–161. 8 indexed citations

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Yancy, Clyde W. & Brian G. Firth. (1988). Congestive heart failure. Disease-a-Month. 34(8). 469–536. 11 indexed citations

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Rubin, Lewis J., et al.. (1983). Independence of Oxygen Consumption and Systemic Oxygen Transport in Patients with Either Stable Pulmonary Hypertension or Refractory Left Ventricular Failure ^1– ⁴. American Review of Respiratory Disease. 128(1). 30–33. 58 indexed citations

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Corbett, James R., et al.. (1983). Efficacy of prazosin in the management of chronic congestive heart failure: A 6-month randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. The American Journal of Cardiology. 51(8). 1346–1352. 68 indexed citations

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Dalby, Anthony J., Brian G. Firth, & Robert Forman. (1981). Preoperative factors affecting the outcome of isolated mitral valve replacement: A 10 year review. The American Journal of Cardiology. 47(4). 826–834. 14 indexed citations

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Forman, Robert, Brian G. Firth, & M.S. Barnard. (1980). Prognostic significance of preoperative left ventricular ejection fraction and valve lesion in patients with aortic valve replacement. The American Journal of Cardiology. 45(6). 1120–1125. 112 indexed citations

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