David B. DeLurgio

11.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
85 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

David B. DeLurgio is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, David B. DeLurgio has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 16 papers in Surgery and 7 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in David B. DeLurgio's work include Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (58 papers), Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (54 papers) and Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (36 papers). David B. DeLurgio is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (58 papers), Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (54 papers) and Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (36 papers). David B. DeLurgio collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Netherlands. David B. DeLurgio's co-authors include Dusan Z. Kocovic, Westby G. Fisher, William T. Abraham, Evan Loh, Angel R. León, John C. Messenger, Myrvin Ellestad, David L. Hayes, Andrew L. Smith and Alfredo L. Clavell and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

David B. DeLurgio

79 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Cardiac Resynchronization in Chronic Heart Failure

2002 3.3k citations William T. Abraham, David B. DeLurgio et al. profile →
Effect of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy on Left Ventricular Size and Function in Chronic Heart Failure

2003 811 citations Ted Plappert, William T. Abraham et al. Circulation profile →
Pulsed Field or Conventional Thermal Ablation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

2023 351 citations Vivek Y. Reddy, Edward P. Gerstenfeld et al. profile →
Pulsed Field Ablation for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: PULSED AF Pivotal Trial

2023 277 citations Atul Verma, David E. Haines et al. Circulation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David B. DeLurgio United States	23	6.6k	1000	487	420	342	85	6.9k
Lucas V.A. Boersma Netherlands	44	7.9k 1.2×	631 0.6×	216 0.4×	670 1.6×	230 0.7×	226	8.2k
Yong‐Mei Cha United States	39	4.9k 0.7×	773 0.8×	199 0.4×	506 1.2×	228 0.7×	262	5.5k
Srinivas R. Dukkipati United States	46	6.3k 1.0×	681 0.7×	166 0.3×	745 1.8×	355 1.0×	146	7.3k
Pascal Defaye France	34	2.9k 0.4×	528 0.5×	172 0.4×	191 0.5×	145 0.4×	181	3.4k
Angel R. León United States	34	7.5k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	574 1.2×	678 1.6×	313 0.9×	125	7.8k
Gabriele Vicedomini Italy	32	7.3k 1.1×	459 0.5×	153 0.3×	399 0.9×	162 0.5×	95	7.7k
John D. Hummel United States	36	4.5k 0.7×	468 0.5×	160 0.3×	198 0.5×	153 0.4×	133	4.7k
Harry G. Mond Australia	30	2.8k 0.4×	632 0.6×	198 0.4×	146 0.3×	279 0.8×	125	3.3k
Boris Schmidt Germany	49	7.5k 1.1×	388 0.4×	60 0.1×	741 1.8×	263 0.8×	240	7.9k
Vincenzo Santinelli Italy	32	7.2k 1.1×	457 0.5×	143 0.3×	343 0.8×	152 0.4×	112	7.5k

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Sundaram, Sri, Prashanthan Sanders, David B. DeLurgio, et al.. (2025). Safety and effectiveness of a novel balloon-in-basket pulsed-field ablation catheter for the treatment of paroxysmal and persistent AF: Volt-AF IDE trial acute results. Heart Rhythm. 22(10). 2524–2533. 4 indexed citations

Campbell, Martin L., Neal K. Bhatia, Anand Shah, et al.. (2024). Spontaneous fluctuation in atrial fibrillation burden and duration in patients with implantable loop monitors. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 47(11). 1454–1463.

Gerstenfeld, Edward P., Moussa Mansour, William Whang, et al.. (2024). Autonomic Effects of Pulsed Field vs Thermal Ablation for Treating Atrial Fibrillation. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology. 10(7). 1634–1644. 14 indexed citations

Verma, Atul, David E. Haines, Lucas V.A. Boersma, et al.. (2023). Pulsed Field Ablation for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: PULSED AF Pivotal Trial. Circulation. 147(19). 1422–1432. 277 indexed citations breakdown →

Bhatia, Neal K., Michael S. Lloyd, Stacy Westerman, et al.. (2023). Outcomes of leadless pacemaker implantation after cardiac surgery and transcatheter structural valve interventions. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 34(11). 2216–2222. 2 indexed citations

Eldadah, Zayd, Amin Al‐Ahmad, T. Jared Bunch, et al.. (2022). Same‐day discharge following catheter ablation and venous closure with VASCADE MVP: A postmarket registry. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 34(2). 348–355. 4 indexed citations

Lador, Adi, L. E. Peterson, Vijay Swarup, et al.. (2021). Determinants of outcome impact of vein of Marshall ethanol infusion when added to catheter ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation: A secondary analysis of the VENUS randomized clinical trial. Heart Rhythm. 18(7). 1045–1054. 35 indexed citations

Patel, Mahesh J., et al.. (2021). Recurrent Syncope and Ventricular Arrhythmias Induced by Coronary Artery Spasm. Cardiovascular revascularization medicine. 40. 225–230.

Al‐Ahmad, Amin, Suneet Mittal, David B. DeLurgio, et al.. (2020). Results from the prospective, multicenter AMBULATE‐CAP trial: Reduced use of urinary catheters and protamine with hemostasis via the Mid‐Bore Venous Vascular Closure System (VASCADE® MVP) following multi‐access cardiac ablation procedures. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 32(2). 191–199. 8 indexed citations

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DeLurgio, David B., Karl J. Crossen, Jaswinder Gill, et al.. (2020). Hybrid Convergent Procedure for the Treatment of Persistent and Long-Standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation. Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. 13(12). e009288–e009288. 113 indexed citations

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Merchant, Faisal M., Akshar V. Patel, Anshul M. Patel, et al.. (2020). Outcomes of convergent atrial fibrillation ablation with continuous rhythm monitoring. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 31(6). 1270–1276. 14 indexed citations

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Makati, Kevin J., Nitesh Sood, Lawrence S. Lee, et al.. (2020). Combined epicardial and endocardial ablation for atrial fibrillation: Best practices and guide to hybrid convergent procedures. Heart Rhythm. 18(2). 303–312. 16 indexed citations

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Hummel, John D., Atul Verma, Hugh Calkins, et al.. (2020). Evaluation of stroke incidence with duty‐cycled multielectrode‐phased radiofrequency ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation results of the VICTORY AF Study. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 31(6). 1289–1297.

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El‐Chami, Mikhael F., Birju Rao, Anand Shah, et al.. (2018). Long-term performance of a pacing lead family: A single-center experience. Heart Rhythm. 16(4). 572–578. 24 indexed citations

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Merchant, Faisal M., et al.. (2017). Use of microelectrode near‐field signals to determine catheter contact. Journal of Arrhythmia. 34(1). 23–29. 3 indexed citations

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Merchant, Faisal M., Shahriar Iravanian, Heval Mohamed Kelli, et al.. (2016). Pulmonary vein anatomy assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients undergoing initial atrial fibrillation ablation: implications for novel ablation technologies. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology. 46(2). 89–96. 10 indexed citations

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El‐Chami, Mikhael F., Fadi Sawaya, Patrick Kilgo, et al.. (2012). Ventricular Arrhythmia After Cardiac Surgery. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 60(25). 2664–2671. 22 indexed citations

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El‐Chami, Mikhael F., Patrick Kilgo, Vinod H. Thourani, et al.. (2010). New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation Predicts Long-Term Mortality After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 55(13). 1370–1376. 249 indexed citations

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Sutton, Martin St. John, Ted Plappert, William T. Abraham, et al.. (2002). Echocardiographic predictors of functional class changes during cardiac resynchronization therapy: results from the MIRACLE trial. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 39. 107–107. 2 indexed citations

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Bollmann, Andreas, et al.. (1997). Comparison of Three Different Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Approaches: Pectoral Implantation Using Conscious Sedation Reduces Procedure Times and Cost. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology. 1(3). 221–225. 9 indexed citations

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