David H. Birnie

17.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
236 papers, 9.9k citations indexed

About

David H. Birnie is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Physiology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, David H. Birnie has authored 236 papers receiving a total of 9.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 171 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 61 papers in Physiology and 49 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in David H. Birnie's work include Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (117 papers), Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (87 papers) and Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (82 papers). David H. Birnie is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (117 papers), Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (87 papers) and Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (82 papers). David H. Birnie collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. David H. Birnie's co-authors include Pablo B. Nery, Rob Beanlands, Anthony Tang, George A. Wells, Jeff S. Healey, Michael H. Gollob, Robert Lemery, Andrew C.T. Ha, Raymond Yee and Martin S. Green and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

David H. Birnie

226 papers receiving 9.7k 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.

Cardiac-Resynchronization Therapy for Mild-to-Moderate Heart Failure

2010 1.2k citations George A. Wells, David H. Birnie et al. profile →
HRS Expert Consensus Statement on the Diagnosis and Management of Arrhythmias Associated With Cardiac Sarcoidosis

2014 915 citations David H. Birnie et al. Heart Rhythm profile →
Management of Acute Myocarditis and Chronic Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy

2020 440 citations David H. Birnie et al. profile →
Pacemaker or Defibrillator Surgery without Interruption of Anticoagulation

2013 352 citations David H. Birnie, Jeff S. Healey et al. profile →
Cardiac Sarcoidosis

2016 339 citations David H. Birnie, Pablo B. Nery et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
Diagnosis and Management of Cardiac Sarcoidosis: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

2024 57 citations David H. Birnie et al. Circulation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David H. Birnie Canada	46	7.0k	2.7k	2.4k	1.5k	1.0k	236	9.9k
Angelo Branzi Italy	47	6.2k 0.9×	421 0.2×	2.3k 1.0×	2.4k 1.6×	1.6k 1.6×	307	9.1k
Michelle Bierig United States	6	11.1k 1.6×	471 0.2×	1.9k 0.8×	2.3k 1.6×	582 0.6×	9	13.1k
Gus J. Vlahakes United States	51	5.4k 0.8×	373 0.1×	1.8k 0.8×	3.2k 2.2×	355 0.4×	170	7.9k
Hans R. Figulla Germany	42	3.4k 0.5×	387 0.1×	792 0.3×	2.5k 1.7×	630 0.6×	221	5.8k
Hans Rickli Switzerland	40	4.0k 0.6×	351 0.1×	1.3k 0.5×	1.6k 1.1×	143 0.1×	191	5.7k
D. Ian Paterson Canada	30	3.6k 0.5×	622 0.2×	446 0.2×	855 0.6×	337 0.3×	130	5.1k
Alan Cheng United States	41	5.0k 0.7×	258 0.1×	518 0.2×	733 0.5×	337 0.3×	145	6.1k
Olivier Varenne France	33	2.3k 0.3×	240 0.1×	870 0.4×	1.6k 1.1×	313 0.3×	132	4.1k
Satoshi Nakatani Japan	42	5.8k 0.8×	387 0.1×	1.5k 0.6×	1.9k 1.3×	298 0.3×	241	7.1k
Mark K. Eskandari United States	39	3.0k 0.4×	207 0.1×	5.5k 2.3×	2.7k 1.9×	338 0.3×	189	7.7k

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Roseborough, Austyn D., Shawn N. Whitehead, Ellen E. Freeman, et al.. (2025). Inflammation and Cognitive Decline: A Population‐Based Cohort Study Among Aging Adults With Atrial Fibrillation. Journal of the American Heart Association. 14(21). e039636–e039636.

Dawson, Kristin, Elena Peña, João R. Inácio, et al.. (2024). Screening tools for the detection of clinically silent cardiac sarcoidosis. Respiratory Medicine. 224. 107538–107538. 3 indexed citations

Terada, Tasuku, et al.. (2023). The effects of high-intensity interval training and moderate-to-vigorous intensity on cardiorespiratory fitness in patients with permanent or persistent atrial fibrillation. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 30(Supplement_1). 1 indexed citations

Joza, Jacqueline, Girish M. Nair, David H. Birnie, et al.. (2023). High‐power short‐duration versus low‐power long‐duration ablation for pulmonary vein isolation: A substudy of the AWARE randomized controlled trial. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 35(1). 136–145. 3 indexed citations

Lee, Silvia, et al.. (2023). The role of the host-microbiome and metabolomics in sarcoidosis. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 325(5). C1336–C1353. 6 indexed citations

Dewidar, Omar, Irina Podinic, Alba Antequera, et al.. (2021). Integrating Sex and Gender in Studies of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: A Systematic Review. ESC Heart Failure. 9(1). 420–427. 5 indexed citations

Martineau, Patrick, Matthieu Pelletier‐Galarneau, Daniel Juneau, et al.. (2020). FLT-PET for the assessment of systemic sarcoidosis including cardiac and CNS involvement: a prospective study with comparison to FDG-PET. EJNMMI Research. 10(1). 9 indexed citations

Narula, Sukrit, William F. McIntyre, Richard Whitlock, et al.. (2020). Continued versus interrupted direct oral anticoagulation for cardiac electronic device implantation: A systematic review. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 43(11). 1373–1381. 3 indexed citations

Hsu, Jonathan C., David H. Birnie, Robert Stadler, et al.. (2019). Adaptive cardiac resynchronization therapy is associated with decreased risk of incident atrial fibrillation compared to standard biventricular pacing: A real-world analysis of 37,450 patients followed by remote monitoring. Heart Rhythm. 16(7). 983–989. 17 indexed citations

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Alqarawi, Wael, F. Daniel Ramirez, Calum J. Redpath, et al.. (2019). A Strategy of Lead Abandonment in a Large Cohort of Patients With Sprint Fidelis Leads. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology. 5(9). 1059–1067. 5 indexed citations

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Rao, Rajeev V., Samir Hazra, Hongyan Dai, et al.. (2019). Lead-Specific Features Predisposing to the Development of Tricuspid Regurgitation After Endocardial Lead Implantation. CJC Open. 1(6). 316–323. 10 indexed citations

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Lewis, Krystina B., David H. Birnie, Sandra Carroll, et al.. (2018). User-centered Development of a Decision Aid for Patients Facing Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Replacement. The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 33(5). 481–491. 7 indexed citations

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Verma, Atul, Andrew C.T. Ha, Paulus Kirchhof, et al.. (2017). The Optimal Anti-Coagulation for Enhanced-Risk Patients Post–Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation (OCEAN) trial. American Heart Journal. 197. 124–132. 42 indexed citations

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Birnie, David H., Bernd Lemke, Kazutaka Aonuma, et al.. (2017). Continuous optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy reduces atrial fibrillation in heart failure patients: Results of the Adaptive Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Trial. Heart Rhythm. 14(12). 1820–1825. 44 indexed citations

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Yamasaki, Hiro, Daniel L. Lustgarten, Jeffrey Cerkvenik, et al.. (2017). Adaptive CRT in patients with normal AV conduction and left bundle branch block: Does QRS duration matter?. International Journal of Cardiology. 240. 297–301. 16 indexed citations

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Birnie, David H., Pablo B. Nery, Andrew C.T. Ha, & Rob Beanlands. (2016). Cardiac Sarcoidosis. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 68(4). 411–421. 339 indexed citations breakdown →

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Redpath, Calum J., Christie Sambell, Ian G. Stiell, et al.. (2010). In-hospital mortality in 13,263 survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Canada. American Heart Journal. 159(4). 577–583.e1. 12 indexed citations

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Krahn, Andrew D., Jeff S. Healey, Vijay S. Chauhan, et al.. (2009). Systematic Assessment of Patients With Unexplained Cardiac Arrest. Circulation. 120(4). 278–285. 209 indexed citations

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Farwell, David, Calum J. Redpath, David H. Birnie, et al.. (2008). Inappropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator shocks in fractured Sprint Fidelis leads associated with 'appropriate' interrogation. EP Europace. 10(6). 726–728. 5 indexed citations

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Saab, George, David H. Birnie, Benjamin J.W. Chow, et al.. (2006). Is septal glucose metabolism altered in patients with left bundle branch block and ischemic cardiomyopathy?. PubMed. 47(11). 1763–8. 22 indexed citations

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