C. Walton Lillehei

14.7k citations
310 papers · 10.5k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 52
Topics
Congenital Heart Disease Studies (75 papers)Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (53 papers)Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (33 papers)

In The Last Decade

C. Walton Lillehei

303 papers receiving 9.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers

C. Walton Lillehei
Comparison fields: 5 of 140
  • Surgery 5.3k
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4.2k
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4.2k
  • Epidemiology 3.9k
  • Biomedical Engineering 1.1k
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All Works

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Echinococcus cyst of left ventricle.
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High energy phosphate levels in the human heart during potassium citrate arrest and selective hypothermic arrest.
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The effect of interatrial septal defect shunts upon susceptibility to bacterial endocarditis.
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About C. Walton Lillehei

C. Walton Lillehei is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, having authored 310 papers that have together received 10.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Congenital Heart Disease Studies (75 papers), Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (53 papers) and Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (33 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (4.2k citations), Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (4.2k citations) and Surgery (5.3k citations). C. Walton Lillehei has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Tunisia. Frequent 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. Their work appears in journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

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