Colby Ayers

18.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
269 papers, 12.5k citations indexed

About

Colby Ayers is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Colby Ayers has authored 269 papers receiving a total of 12.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 156 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 47 papers in Surgery and 37 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Colby Ayers's work include Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (67 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (29 papers) and Heart Failure Treatment and Management (29 papers). Colby Ayers is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (67 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (29 papers) and Heart Failure Treatment and Management (29 papers). Colby Ayers collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Canada. Colby Ayers's co-authors include James A. de Lemos, Amit Khera, Jarett D. Berry, Darren K. McGuire, Anand Rohatgi, Ian J. Neeland, Sandeep R. Das, Mark H. Drazner, Ambarish Pandey and Aslan T. Turer and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Colby Ayers

259 papers receiving 12.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

HDL Cholesterol Efflux Capacity and Incident Cardiovascular Events

2014 1.0k citations Anand Rohatgi, Amit Khera et al. profile →
Association of Troponin T Detected With a Highly Sensitive Assay and Cardiac Structure and Mortality Risk in the General Population

2010 842 citations James A. de Lemos, Mark H. Drazner et al. profile →
Dysfunctional Adiposity and the Risk of Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes in Obese Adults

2012 492 citations Ian J. Neeland, Aslan T. Turer et al. profile →
10-Year Coronary Heart Disease Risk Prediction Using Coronary Artery Calcium and Traditional Risk Factors

2015 450 citations Michael J. Blaha, Amit Khera et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
Associations of visceral and abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue with markers of cardiac and metabolic risk in obese adults

2013 374 citations Ian J. Neeland, Colby Ayers et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Colby Ayers United States	56	6.7k	2.6k	2.1k	2.1k	1.7k	269	12.5k
Jarett D. Berry United States	56	7.1k 1.1×	2.2k 0.8×	2.2k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	196	12.6k
Joseph Yeboah United States	33	7.0k 1.0×	3.3k 1.3×	1.6k 0.7×	2.4k 1.1×	2.3k 1.3×	133	13.5k
Pamela Ouyang United States	60	5.7k 0.8×	2.0k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	2.5k 1.2×	2.0k 1.2×	237	11.5k
Boback Ziaeian United States	29	6.2k 0.9×	2.7k 1.0×	1.2k 0.5×	2.0k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	111	12.4k
Gorm Boje Jensen Denmark	65	6.3k 0.9×	2.6k 1.0×	1.7k 0.8×	2.1k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	281	15.1k
Daniel Muñoz Spain	23	6.6k 1.0×	2.7k 1.0×	1.1k 0.5×	1.8k 0.9×	1.7k 1.0×	81	12.1k
Eva Lonn Canada	56	8.1k 1.2×	3.1k 1.2×	1.5k 0.7×	2.5k 1.2×	1.5k 0.9×	193	15.2k
Chim C. Lang United Kingdom	65	8.8k 1.3×	2.6k 1.0×	1.9k 0.9×	3.0k 1.5×	964 0.6×	394	16.1k
Giuseppe Schillaci Italy	62	11.7k 1.7×	2.7k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	2.3k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	217	16.4k
Johan Sundström Sweden	72	6.9k 1.0×	2.6k 1.0×	2.8k 1.3×	3.1k 1.5×	891 0.5×	363	17.0k

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Grubb, Christopher S., Catherine Chen, Corey D. Kershaw, et al.. (2025). Management Patterns and Outcomes of Invasive Mechanical Ventilation in Patients With Cardiogenic Shock. JACC Advances. 4(10). 101916–101916.

Pandey, Ambarish, Kershaw V. Patel, Matthew W. Segar, et al.. (2024). Association of High-Density Lipoprotein Parameters and Risk of Heart Failure. JACC Heart Failure. 12(7). 1242–1253. 5 indexed citations

Gujral, Unjali P., Abhinav Goyal, Arshed A. Quyyumi, et al.. (2024). Association among diabetes, cardiovascular disease and mortality in patients hospitalised for COVID-19: an analysis of the American Heart Association COVID-19 CVD Registry. BMJ Open. 14(12). e084087–e084087.

Vigen, Rebecca, Colby Ayers, Jarett D. Berry, et al.. (2024). Individual and Joint Associations of High‐Sensitivity Troponin I and High‐Sensitivity Troponin T with Cardiac Phenotypes and Outcomes in the General Population: An Analysis From the Dallas Heart Study. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(13). e034549–e034549. 4 indexed citations

Ayers, Colby, Parag H. Joshi, Arzu Canan, et al.. (2023). Accuracy of incidental visual coronary artery calcium assessment compared with dedicated coronary artery calcium scoring. Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography. 17(6). 453–458. 3 indexed citations

Khera, Rohan, Colby Ayers, Erica S. Spatz, et al.. (2023). Lifetime healthcare expenses across demographic and cardiovascular risk groups: The application of a novel modeling strategy in a large multiethnic cohort study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 14. 100493–100493. 1 indexed citations

Pradhan, Roma, et al.. (2022). The Relationship of Alcohol Consumption and HDL Metabolism in the Multiethnic Dallas Heart Study. Journal of clinical lipidology. 17(1). 124–130. 14 indexed citations

Hall, Eric J., Sandeep R. Das, Colby Ayers, et al.. (2022). Abstract 10406: Longitudinal Trends in Cardiovascular Complications Among Patients Hospitalized for Covid-19 Infection: A National Multi-Center Analysis. Circulation. 146(Suppl_1). 1 indexed citations

Shah, Sonia, Matthew W. Segar, Colby Ayers, et al.. (2022). Supranormal Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction, Stroke Volume, and Cardiovascular Risk. JACC Heart Failure. 10(8). 583–594. 42 indexed citations

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Kozlitina, Julia, Sonia Garg, Mark H. Drazner, et al.. (2021). Clinical Implications of the Amyloidogenic V122I Transthyretin Variant in the General Population. Journal of Cardiac Failure. 28(3). 403–414. 12 indexed citations

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Thibodeau, Jennifer T., et al.. (2021). Subclinical Myocardial Injury and the Phenotype of Clinical Congestion in Patients With Heart Failure and Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction. Journal of Cardiac Failure. 28(3). 422–430. 3 indexed citations

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Hendren, Nicholas, James A. de Lemos, Colby Ayers, et al.. (2020). Association of Body Mass Index and Age With Morbidity and Mortality in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19. Circulation. 143(2). 135–144. 183 indexed citations

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Lewis, Alana, Colby Ayers, Elizabeth Selvin, et al.. (2020). Racial Differences in Malignant Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and Incidence of Heart Failure. Circulation. 141(12). 957–967. 34 indexed citations

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Hartz, Jacob, et al.. (2018). Clustering of Health Behaviors and Cardiorespiratory Fitness Among U.S. Adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health. 62(5). 583–590. 14 indexed citations

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Yano, Yuichiro, Wanpen Vongpatanasin, Colby Ayers, et al.. (2016). Regional Fat Distribution and Blood Pressure Level and Variability. Hypertension. 68(3). 576–583. 42 indexed citations

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Pandey, Ambarish, Sushil Kumar Garg, Monica Khunger, et al.. (2015). Dose–Response Relationship Between Physical Activity and Risk of Heart Failure. Circulation. 132(19). 1786–1794. 186 indexed citations

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Merritt, Matthew E., et al.. (2014). Metabolic characteristics of human hearts preserved for 12 hours by static storage, antegrade perfusion, or retrograde coronary sinus perfusion. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 148(5). 2310–2315.e1. 15 indexed citations

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Kelly, Jacob P., Colby Ayers, Sandeep R. Das, et al.. (2011). CHARACTERISTICS OF THOSE WITH SIGNIFICANT SUBCLINICAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS WITHOUT TRADITIONAL RISK FACTORS: THE DALLAS HEART STUDY. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 57(14). E881–E881. 1 indexed citations

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Castillo, Leticia, Anand Rohatgi, Colby Ayers, et al.. (2010). Associations of Four Circulating Chemokines with Multiple Atherosclerosis Phenotypes in a Large Population-Based Sample: Results from the Dallas Heart Study. Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research. 30(5). 339–347. 33 indexed citations

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Grodin, Justin L., Tiffany M Powell, Anand Rohatgi, et al.. (2010). Abstract 18342: Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 is Independently Associated with Aortic Wall Thickness: from the Dallas Heart Study. Circulation. 122. 1 indexed citations

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