Carl J. Lavie

107.6k total citations · 34 hit papers
980 papers, 52.4k citations indexed

About

Carl J. Lavie is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Complementary and alternative medicine and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Carl J. Lavie has authored 980 papers receiving a total of 52.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 607 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 240 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine and 208 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Carl J. Lavie's work include Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (238 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (205 papers) and Cardiac Health and Mental Health (157 papers). Carl J. Lavie is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular and exercise physiology (238 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (205 papers) and Cardiac Health and Mental Health (157 papers). Carl J. Lavie collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Spain. Carl J. Lavie's co-authors include Richard V. Milani, Héctor O. Ventura, Ross Arena, James H. O’Keefe, Steven N. Blair, Timothy S. Church, Mandeep R. Mehra, Xuemei Sui, Steven N. Blair and Salvatore Carbone and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Carl J. Lavie

947 papers receiving 50.8k citations

Hit Papers

Obesity and Cardiovascul... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2021 2009 2016 2010 2020 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
    2021 2.0k citations Carl J. Lavie et al. Circulation profile →
  2. Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease
    2009 1.7k citations Carl J. Lavie, Richard V. Milani et al. profile →
  3. Importance of Assessing Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Clinical Practice: A Case for Fitness as a Clinical Vital Sign: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
    2016 1.6k citations Ross Arena, Carl J. Lavie et al. Circulation profile →
  4. Clinician’s Guide to Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Adults
    2010 1.4k citations Ross Arena, Carl J. Lavie et al. Circulation profile →
  5. Psychosocial impact of COVID-19
    2020 1.3k citations Carl J. Lavie et al. profile →
  6. Sedentary Behavior, Exercise, and Cardiovascular Health
    2019 977 citations Carl J. Lavie, Cemal Ozemek et al. Circulation Research profile →
  7. Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease
    2016 848 citations Carl J. Lavie, Steven N. Blair et al. Circulation Research profile →
  8. The Role of Exercise and Physical Activity in Weight Loss and Maintenance
    2013 569 citations Carl J. Lavie et al. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases profile →
  9. Clinical Recommendations for Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Data Assessment in Specific Patient Populations
    2012 568 citations Ross Arena, Carl J. Lavie et al. Circulation profile →
  10. Leisure-Time Running Reduces All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality Risk
    2014 558 citations Carl J. Lavie, Steven N. Blair et al. profile →
  11. Exercise and the Cardiovascular System
    2015 522 citations Carl J. Lavie, Ross Arena et al. Circulation Research profile →
  12. Physical Activity and Cardiorespiratory Fitness as Major Markers of Cardiovascular Risk: Their Independent and Interwoven Importance to Health Status
    2014 507 citations Carl J. Lavie, Ross Arena et al. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases profile →
  13. An Overview and Update on Obesity and the Obesity Paradox in Cardiovascular Diseases
    2018 494 citations Andrew Elagizi, Carl J. Lavie et al. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases profile →
  14. Obesity and Cardiovascular Diseases
    2014 494 citations Carl J. Lavie, Richard V. Milani et al. profile →
  15. Cardiac troponin I in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): Evidence from a meta-analysis
    2020 492 citations Carl J. Lavie et al. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases profile →
  16. Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Diseases
    2009 466 citations Carl J. Lavie, Richard V. Milani et al. profile →
  17. Impact of Obesity and the Obesity Paradox on Prevalence and Prognosis in Heart Failure
    2013 453 citations Carl J. Lavie, Ross Arena et al. profile →
  18. Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Cardiovascular Disease
    2014 394 citations Carl J. Lavie et al. Circulation profile →
  19. Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction Across the Spectrum of Cardiovascular Diseases
    2021 340 citations Marco Giuseppe Del Buono, Salvatore Carbone et al. profile →
  20. Obesity and Prevalence of Cardiovascular Diseases and Prognosis—The Obesity Paradox Updated
    2016 337 citations Carl J. Lavie, Ross Arena et al. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases profile →
  21. Obesity and Atrial Fibrillation Prevalence, Pathogenesis, and Prognosis
    2017 330 citations Carl J. Lavie et al. profile →
  22. Promoting Physical Activity and Exercise
    2018 325 citations Cemal Ozemek, Ross Arena et al. profile →
  23. 2016 Focused Update: Clinical Recommendations for Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Data Assessment in Specific Patient Populations
    2016 308 citations Ross Arena, Carl J. Lavie et al. Circulation profile →
  24. Meta-Analysis of the Relation of Body Mass Index to All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality and Hospitalization in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
    2015 306 citations Carl J. Lavie, Debabrata Mukherjee et al. profile →
  25. Healthy Weight and Obesity Prevention
    2018 302 citations Carl J. Lavie, Ross Arena et al. profile →
  26. Exercise Intolerance in Patients With Heart Failure
    2019 290 citations Marco Giuseppe Del Buono, Ross Arena et al. profile →
  27. <p>Obesity paradox in cardiovascular disease: where do we stand?</p>
    2019 234 citations Salvatore Carbone, Andrew Elagizi et al. profile →
  28. Left ventricular hypertrophy and hypertension
    2019 223 citations Richard V. Milani, Héctor O. Ventura et al. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases profile →
  29. Vitamin D and cardiovascular health
    2020 207 citations Carl J. Lavie et al. profile →
  30. Updates on obesity and the obesity paradox in cardiovascular diseases
    2022 154 citations Carl J. Lavie, Richard V. Milani et al. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases profile →
  31. Association of Depression and Cardiovascular Disease
    2023 114 citations Chayakrit Krittanawong, Carl J. Lavie et al. The American Journal of Medicine profile →
  32. PM2.5 and Cardiovascular Health Risks
    2023 76 citations Chayakrit Krittanawong, Salim S. Virani et al. Current Problems in Cardiology profile →
  33. Update on obesity, the obesity paradox, and obesity management in heart failure
    2024 54 citations Carl J. Lavie, Salvatore Carbone et al. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases profile →
  34. Estrogen and cardiovascular disease
    2024 39 citations James H. O’Keefe, Andrew Elagizi et al. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Carl J. Lavie United States 109 24.9k 12.9k 10.1k 7.0k 5.4k 980 52.4k
Barry A. Franklin United States 76 21.4k 0.9× 18.8k 1.5× 14.3k 1.4× 11.1k 1.6× 5.6k 1.0× 386 63.7k
I‐Min Lee United States 94 9.9k 0.4× 24.7k 1.9× 8.0k 0.8× 17.9k 2.6× 3.8k 0.7× 419 57.8k
Steven N. Blair United States 101 11.9k 0.5× 25.4k 2.0× 10.1k 1.0× 16.2k 2.3× 3.5k 0.7× 327 52.0k
William E. Kraus United States 90 9.9k 0.4× 10.8k 0.8× 6.0k 0.6× 3.8k 0.5× 3.5k 0.6× 550 31.7k
Giuseppe Mancia Italy 109 46.3k 1.9× 6.0k 0.5× 3.8k 0.4× 3.6k 0.5× 10.8k 2.0× 1.3k 63.5k
Steven N. Blair United States 82 7.7k 0.3× 15.4k 1.2× 6.6k 0.7× 10.7k 1.5× 2.1k 0.4× 386 33.6k
Martin G. Larson United States 142 53.4k 2.1× 10.6k 0.8× 3.3k 0.3× 5.7k 0.8× 12.7k 2.3× 587 89.4k
Sidney C. Smith United States 51 25.6k 1.0× 7.5k 0.6× 2.3k 0.2× 8.5k 1.2× 14.7k 2.7× 82 59.9k
Gianfranco Parati Italy 101 30.5k 1.2× 5.0k 0.4× 3.2k 0.3× 2.8k 0.4× 8.5k 1.6× 1.0k 42.1k
Lawrence J. Appel United States 109 17.0k 0.7× 13.2k 1.0× 1.6k 0.2× 20.3k 2.9× 5.9k 1.1× 642 59.3k

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All Works

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Filtz, Annalisa, Eduardo Gil, Leslee J. Shaw, et al.. (2025). Epicardial adipose tissue, cardiac damage, and mortality in patients undergoing TAVR for aortic stenosis. The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging. 41(2). 279–290. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Junxiu, et al.. (2025). A Narrative Review of Cardiometabolic Profiles among U.S. Adults: Temporal Trends and Implications. Current Cardiology Reports. 27(1). 36–36.
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Desai, Rupak, Venkat Subramaniam, Rajkumar Doshi, et al.. (2025). In-hospital outcomes of percutaneous left ventricular assist device recipients in cardiogenic shock hospitalizations with chronic kidney disease: A nationwide analysis. Current Problems in Cardiology. 50(3). 102993–102993.
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Abdelaziz, Ahmed, et al.. (2024). Antegrade approach versus retrograde approach percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusion: An updated meta-analysis. Current Problems in Cardiology. 49(12). 102832–102832. 1 indexed citations
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Sheikh, Sana, Abdul Mannan Khan Minhas, Elizabeth M. Vaughan, et al.. (2024). A review of top cardiology and cardiovascular medicine journal guidelines regarding the use of generative artificial intelligence tools in scientific writing. Current Problems in Cardiology. 49(3). 102387–102387. 22 indexed citations
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Ang, Song Peng, et al.. (2024). Racial disparities in trend, clinical characteristics and outcomes in Takotsubo syndrome. Current Problems in Cardiology. 49(11). 102826–102826. 2 indexed citations
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Gupta, Rahul, et al.. (2024). Pathophysiology, diagnosis and management of right ventricular failure: A state of the art review of mechanical support devices. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. 85. 103–113. 1 indexed citations
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Jensen, Gorm Boje, Morten Grønbæk, Magnus T. Jensen, et al.. (2024). Type of Alcohol and Blood Pressure: The Copenhagen General Population Study. The American Journal of Medicine. 137(9). 857–864.e4. 3 indexed citations
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Palazzuoli, Alberto, et al.. (2024). The role and application of current pharmacological management in patients with advanced heart failure. Heart Failure Reviews. 29(2). 535–548. 1 indexed citations
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Rozanski, Alan, James A. Blumenthal, Alan L. Hinderliter, Steve W. Cole, & Carl J. Lavie. (2023). Cardiology and lifestyle medicine. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. 77. 4–13. 8 indexed citations
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Abdul‐Rahman, Toufik, Neil K. Garg, Wireko Andrew Awuah, et al.. (2023). The common pathobiology between coronary artery disease and calcific aortic stenosis: Evidence and clinical implications. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. 79. 89–99. 14 indexed citations
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Elagizi, Andrew, Carl J. Lavie, Evan L. O’Keefe, et al.. (2021). An Update on Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Health. Nutrients. 13(1). 204–204. 124 indexed citations
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Ghram, Amine, Amine Ghram, Helmi Ben Saad, et al.. (2021). Ramadan Intermittent Fasting, Physical Activity, and COVID-19 Pandemic in Patients with Chronic Diseases. The American Journal of Medicine. 134(10). 1189–1191. 4 indexed citations
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Krittanawong, Chayakrit, Ameesh Isath, Zhen Wang, et al.. (2021). Association Between Cinnamon Consumption and Risk of Cardiovascular Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. The American Journal of Medicine. 135(1). 110–117. 6 indexed citations
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Lavie, Carl J., Cemal Ozemek, Salvatore Carbone, Peter T. Katzmarzyk, & Steven N. Blair. (2019). Sedentary Behavior, Exercise, and Cardiovascular Health. Circulation Research. 124(5). 799–815. 977 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nes, Bjarne M., et al.. (2016). Personalized Activity Intelligence (PAI) for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Promotion of Physical Activity. The American Journal of Medicine. 130(3). 328–336. 74 indexed citations
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Patel, Dharmendrakumar A., Carl J. Lavie, Richard V. Milani, & Héctor O. Ventura. (2008). Abstract 4205: Left Atrial Volume Index and Left Ventricular Geometry Independently Predict Mortality in 47,865 Patients with Preserved Ejection Fraction. Circulation. 118(suppl_18). 2 indexed citations
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Milani, Richard V., et al.. (2006). Impact of cardiac rehabilitation, exercise training, and fitness on depression and its associated mortality in coronary patients. Circulation. 114(18). 851–851. 1 indexed citations
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Milani, R.V., Carl J. Lavie, & H.O. Ventura. (2004). Combined ventricular systolic and arterial stiffening in patients with concentric remodeling and preserved systolic function. Circulation. 110(17). 678–678. 1 indexed citations
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Lavie, Carl J., R.V. Milani, & Mandeep R. Mehra. (2002). Maximal oxygen-pulse predicts clinical prognosis in patients with chronic systolic heart failure. Circulation. 106(19). 566–566. 1 indexed citations

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