C. Walton Lillehei

14.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
310 papers, 10.5k citations indexed

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C. Walton Lillehei is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, C. Walton Lillehei has authored 310 papers receiving a total of 10.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 157 papers in Surgery, 108 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 104 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in C. Walton Lillehei's work include Congenital Heart Disease Studies (75 papers), Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (53 papers) and Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (33 papers). C. Walton Lillehei is often cited by papers focused on Congenital Heart Disease Studies (75 papers), Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (53 papers) and Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (33 papers). C. Walton Lillehei collaborates with scholars based in United States, Tunisia and Canada. C. Walton Lillehei's co-authors include Morris J. Levy, Jesse E. Edwards, Robert D. Sellers, Richard L. Varco, Kurt Amplatz, Joseph P. Vacanti, Ray C. Anderson, Richard A. DeWall, Herbert E. Warden and Raymond C. Bonnabeau and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

C. Walton Lillehei

303 papers receiving 9.5k 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.

Left retrograde cardioangiography in acquired cardiac disease

1964 661 citations Morris J. Levy, Kurt Amplatz et al. profile →
Mortality of necrotizing enterocolitis expressed by birth weight categories

2009 429 citations C. Walton Lillehei et al. Journal of Pediatric Surgery profile →
The developmental complex of “parachute mitral valve,” supravalvular ring of left atrium, subaortic stenosis, and coarctation of aorta

1963 359 citations Paul Adams, C. Walton Lillehei et al. profile →
The direct-vision intracardiac correction of congenital anomalies by controlled cross circulation; results in thirty-two patients with ventricular septal defects, tetralogy of Fallot, and atrioventricularis communis defects.

1955 203 citations C. Walton Lillehei, Herbert E. Warden et al. PubMed profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
C. Walton Lillehei United States	52	5.3k	4.2k	4.2k	3.9k	1.1k	310	10.5k
Aldo R. Castañeda United States	56	5.4k 1.0×	5.9k 1.4×	4.0k 1.0×	8.3k 2.2×	1.5k 1.4×	246	11.3k
Albert Starr United States	50	4.8k 0.9×	2.6k 0.6×	6.7k 1.6×	4.2k 1.1×	766 0.7×	250	10.7k
Alexander S. Nadas United States	53	3.2k 0.6×	4.8k 1.1×	3.8k 0.9×	5.3k 1.4×	609 0.6×	251	9.7k
Frank C. Spencer United States	59	7.5k 1.4×	4.3k 1.0×	4.9k 1.2×	2.4k 0.6×	1.0k 1.0×	279	12.1k
Welton M. Gersony United States	50	3.5k 0.7×	3.9k 0.9×	3.9k 0.9×	4.8k 1.2×	858 0.8×	194	8.3k
Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola United States	61	4.7k 0.9×	2.0k 0.5×	10.7k 2.6×	2.7k 0.7×	658 0.6×	275	13.4k
Stephen P. Sanders United States	56	4.5k 0.9×	5.1k 1.2×	6.5k 1.6×	5.6k 1.4×	800 0.7×	264	11.9k
Edward D. Verrier United States	53	4.0k 0.8×	1.5k 0.3×	3.6k 0.9×	1.3k 0.3×	1.1k 1.0×	210	8.9k
Joseph Kisslo United States	48	2.7k 0.5×	2.4k 0.6×	11.6k 2.8×	2.7k 0.7×	820 0.8×	215	14.6k
Thomas L. Spray United States	73	8.1k 1.5×	7.7k 1.8×	6.3k 1.5×	12.0k 3.1×	3.0k 2.8×	366	18.3k

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Evans, Julie, Biren P. Modi, Brian W. Gray, et al.. (2024). Defining Practice Readiness in Pediatric Surgery Fellowship: A Qualitative Analysis. Journal of surgical education. 81(4). 503–513. 1 indexed citations

Dee, Edward Christopher, et al.. (2020). A Surgical View of Anatomy: Perspectives from Students and Instructors. Anatomical Sciences Education. 14(1). 110–116. 8 indexed citations

Wilson, Jay M., Dennis P. Lund, C. Walton Lillehei, P. Pearl O’Rourke, & Joseph P. Vacanti. (1992). Delayed repair and preoperative ECMO does not improve survival in high-risk congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 27(3). 368–375. 96 indexed citations

Wilson, Jay M., Dennis P. Lund, C. Walton Lillehei, & Joseph P. Vacanti. (1991). Congenital diaphragmatic hernia: Predictors of severity in the ECMO era. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 26(9). 1028–1034. 72 indexed citations

Braunlin, Elizabeth, James H. Moller, Ceeya Patton‐Bolman, et al.. (1986). Predictive value of lung biopsy in ventricular septal defect: Long-term follow-up. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 8(5). 1113–1118. 13 indexed citations

Carlson, Robert G., et al.. (1972). The Landé-Edwards Disposable Plastic Membrane Oxygenator for Total and Partial Cardiopulmonary Support during Aortocoronary Artery-Vein Graft Operations. European Surgical Research. 4(6). 393–406. 2 indexed citations

Murphy, Thomas E., et al.. (1971). Echinococcus cyst of left ventricle.. 71(4). 1 indexed citations

Lillehei, C. Walton, David B. Todd, Morris J. Levy, & Robert J. Ellis. (1969). Partial cardiopulmonary bypass, hypothermia, and total circulatory arrest. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 58(4). 530–544. 82 indexed citations

Bilgutay, Aydin M., et al.. (1968). Vagal tuning. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 56(1). 71–82. 21 indexed citations

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Bonnabeau, Raymond C. & C. Walton Lillehei. (1968). Mechanical “ball failure” in Starr-Edwards prosthetic valves. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 56(2). 258–264. 34 indexed citations

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Edwards, Jesse E., et al.. (1968). Obstruction of the aorta by prosthetic aortic valve. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 55(2). 231–237. 17 indexed citations

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Raghib, Gunay, Paul Adams, Yang Wang, et al.. (1964). Clinical pathologic conference. American Heart Journal. 68(2). 254–262. 4 indexed citations

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Eliot, Robert S., Morris J. Levy, C. Walton Lillehei, & Jesse E. Edwards. (1964). FALSE ANEURYSM OF THE ASCENDING AORTA FOLLOWING NEEDLE PUNCTURE AND CROSS-CLAMPING. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 47(2). 248–253. 20 indexed citations

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Lillehei, C. Walton. (1964). PANEL DISCUSSION—II. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 111(3). 950–966. 2 indexed citations

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Lillehei, C. Walton. (1963). PANEL DISCUSSION-II. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 111(3). 950–966. 1 indexed citations

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Lucas, Russell V., Paul Adams, Paul Winchell, et al.. (1961). Clinical pathologic conference. American Heart Journal. 62(3). 415–424. 7 indexed citations

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Gott, V. L., et al.. (1960). High energy phosphate levels in the human heart during potassium citrate arrest and selective hypothermic arrest.. 10. 544–547. 7 indexed citations

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DeWall, Richard A., et al.. (1959). CERTAIN BLOOD CHANGES IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION. Journal of Thoracic Surgery. 37(3). 325–333. 33 indexed citations

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DeWall, Richard A., Herbert E. Warden, Raymond C. Read, et al.. (1956). A Simple, Expendable, Artificial Oxygenator for Open Heart Surgery. Surgical Clinics of North America. 36(4). 1025–1034. 104 indexed citations

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Lillehei, C. Walton, et al.. (1953). The effect of interatrial septal defect shunts upon susceptibility to bacterial endocarditis.. PubMed. 4. 51–9.

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