Brian Whisenant

27.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
101 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Brian Whisenant is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Whisenant has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 38 papers in Epidemiology and 25 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Brian Whisenant's work include Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (69 papers), Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management (36 papers) and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (29 papers). Brian Whisenant is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (69 papers), Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management (36 papers) and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (29 papers). Brian Whisenant collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Brian Whisenant's co-authors include Saibal Kar, Horst Sievert, Vivek Y. Reddy, Kurt Huber, Shephal K. Doshi, David R. Holmes, Matthew J. Price, Michael J. Mack, Gregg W. Stone and William T. Abraham and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Brian Whisenant

97 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

Transcatheter Mitral-Valv... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2018 2014 2014 2023 500 1000 1.5k
What are hit papers?

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. Transcatheter Mitral-Valve Repair in Patients with Heart Failure
    2018 1.6k citations Gregg W. Stone, JoAnn Lindenfeld et al. profile →
  2. Prospective Randomized Evaluation of the Watchman Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Versus Long-Term Warfarin Therapy
    2014 1.2k citations David R. Holmes, Saibal Kar et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  3. Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure vs Warfarin for Atrial Fibrillation
    2014 614 citations Brian Whisenant, Saibal Kar et al. profile →
  4. Five-Year Follow-up after Transcatheter Repair of Secondary Mitral Regurgitation
    2023 122 citations Gregg W. Stone, William T. Abraham et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brian Whisenant United States 31 5.4k 1.9k 1.9k 1.1k 649 101 6.3k
John S. Pellerito United States 18 970 0.2× 505 0.3× 694 0.4× 403 0.4× 1.3k 2.0× 60 2.5k
Gian Battista Danzi Italy 27 1.3k 0.2× 1.3k 0.7× 170 0.1× 651 0.6× 445 0.7× 135 2.8k
Philippe Otal France 32 299 0.1× 2.0k 1.0× 1.5k 0.8× 353 0.3× 1.0k 1.6× 113 3.6k
Dennis F. Bandyk United States 49 1.8k 0.3× 5.8k 3.0× 1.0k 0.5× 232 0.2× 5.4k 8.3× 210 8.1k
Geoffrey H. White Australia 39 3.2k 0.6× 2.4k 1.3× 145 0.1× 286 0.3× 6.2k 9.6× 154 7.1k
Patrick Nataf France 38 3.2k 0.6× 1.9k 1.0× 2.3k 1.2× 396 0.4× 1.4k 2.1× 193 4.6k
Rachel M. Wald Canada 33 2.5k 0.5× 1.5k 0.8× 2.4k 1.3× 336 0.3× 1.7k 2.6× 154 3.9k
Hans‐Hinrich Sievers Germany 34 2.3k 0.4× 1.3k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 209 0.2× 1.7k 2.7× 142 3.6k
Gert Printzen Switzerland 21 520 0.1× 834 0.4× 515 0.3× 41 0.0× 243 0.4× 30 1.7k
G. B. Ong China 37 82 0.0× 3.2k 1.6× 366 0.2× 429 0.4× 1.4k 2.1× 147 4.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Naik, Hursh, Matthew J. Price, Samir Kapadia, et al.. (2025). Tricuspid Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair in Patients With Transvalvular CIED Leads. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology. 11(5). 1012–1020. 1 indexed citations
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Jorde, Ulrich P., Raymond L. Benza, Patrick M. McCarthy, et al.. (2024). Impact of Renal and Liver Function on Clinical Outcomes Following Tricuspid Valve Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 84(25). 2446–2456. 2 indexed citations
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Whisenant, Brian, et al.. (2024). Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Clinical Trials: Incomplete Data and FDA-Approved Devices. Structural Heart. 8(6). 100335–100335.
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Goel, Kashish, Raj Makkar, Amar Krishnaswamy, et al.. (2024). Contemporary Outcomes and Trends for the Transseptal Mitral Valve-in-Valve Procedure Using Balloon Expandable Transcatheter Valves in the United States. Circulation. 150(19). 1493–1504. 1 indexed citations
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Saw, Jacqueline, David R. Holmes, João L. Cavalcante, et al.. (2023). SCAI/HRS expert consensus statement on transcatheter left atrial appendage closure. Heart Rhythm. 20(5). e1–e16. 57 indexed citations
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McKellar, Stephen H., James Harkness, B.B. Reid, et al.. (2023). Residual or recurrent mitral regurgitation predicts mortality following transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair. JTCVS Open. 16. 191–206. 1 indexed citations
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Whisenant, Brian & Firas Zahr. (2023). The PASCAL Transcatheter Valve Repair System: A User’s Guide. Structural Heart. 7(5). 100204–100204. 4 indexed citations
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Goel, Kashish, JoAnn Lindenfeld, Raj Makkar, et al.. (2023). Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair in 5,000 Patients With Secondary Mitral Regurgitation. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 82(13). 1281–1297. 18 indexed citations
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Shah, Neeraj, Mahesh V. Madhavan, William A. Gray, et al.. (2022). Prediction of Death or HF Hospitalization in Patients With Severe FMR. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 15(19). 1893–1905. 29 indexed citations
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Kar, Saibal, Michael J. Mack, JoAnn Lindenfeld, et al.. (2021). Relationship Between Residual Mitral Regurgitation and Clinical and Quality-of-Life Outcomes After Transcatheter and Medical Treatments in Heart Failure. Circulation. 144(6). 426–437. 50 indexed citations
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Mack, Michael J., JoAnn Lindenfeld, William T. Abraham, et al.. (2021). 3-Year Outcomes of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair in Patients With Heart Failure. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 77(8). 1029–1040. 79 indexed citations
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Komatsu, Ikki, Brian Whisenant, Matheus Simonato, et al.. (2020). Technical Considerations and Pitfalls of BASILICA: Bioprosthetic or Native Aortic Scallop Intentional Laceration to Prevent Iatrogenic Coronary Artery Obstruction. Structural Heart. 4(3). 169–178. 4 indexed citations
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Chhatriwalla, Adnan K., Keith B. Allen, John Saxon, et al.. (2020). ONE YEAR OUTCOMES FOLLOWING BIOPROSTHETIC VALVE FRACTURE TO FACILITATE VALVE-IN-VALVE TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 75(11). 1106–1106. 1 indexed citations
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Bonow, Robert O., Patrick T. O’Gara, David Adams, et al.. (2019). 2019 AATS/ACC/SCAI/STS Expert Consensus Systems of Care Document: Operator and Institutional Recommendations and Requirements for Transcatheter Mitral Valve Intervention. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 76(1). 96–117. 30 indexed citations
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Horne, Benjamin D., James Harkness, John R. Doty, et al.. (2019). Transcatheter Aortic Valve-in-Valve Replacement for Degenerated Stentless Bioprosthetic Aortic Valves. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 12(13). 1217–1226. 17 indexed citations
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Whisenant, Brian, Kent W. Jones, Dylan V. Miller, Steven Horton, & Edward Miner. (2014). Thrombosis following mitral and tricuspid valve-in-valve replacement. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 149(3). e26–e29. 16 indexed citations
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Kar, Saibal, Do‐Sun Lim, Richard W. Smalling, et al.. (2013). THE EVEREST II REALISM CONTINUED ACCESS STUDY: EFFECTIVENESS OF TRANSCATHETER REDUCTION OF SIGNIFICANT MITRAL REGURGITATION IN SURGICAL CANDIDATES. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 61(10). E1959–E1959. 2 indexed citations
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Lim, Scott, Saibal Kar, Peter Fail, et al.. (2013). THE EVEREST II HIGH SURGICAL RISK COHORT: EFFECTIVENESS OF TRANSCATHETER REDUCTION OF SIGNIFICANT MITRAL REGURGITATION IN HIGH SURGICAL RISK PATIENTS. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 61(10). E1958–E1958. 5 indexed citations
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Brown, Lynette, et al.. (2010). Regional Loss of the V Wave During the Measurement of Pulmonary Artery Wedge Pressure as a Clue to Pulmonary Vein Stenosis. CHEST Journal. 138(4). 3A–3A. 2 indexed citations
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Nebeker, Jonathan R., Renu Virmani, Charles L. Bennett, et al.. (2005). Hypersensitivity Cases Associated With Drug-Eluting Coronary Stents. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 47(1). 175–181. 457 indexed citations

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