Donald Heck

10.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
27 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Donald Heck is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Epidemiology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald Heck has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 14 papers in Epidemiology and 11 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Donald Heck's work include Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (19 papers), Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (13 papers) and Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications (8 papers). Donald Heck is often cited by papers focused on Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (19 papers), Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (13 papers) and Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications (8 papers). Donald Heck collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Canada. Donald Heck's co-authors include Lee H. Schwamm, John A. Wilson, Marc I. Chimowitz, Scott E. Kasner, Walter N. Kernan, Henry R. Black, Steven J. Kittner, Pamela H. Mitchell, Bruce Ovbiagele and Margaret C. Fang and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Donald Heck

27 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Guidelines for the Prevention of Stroke in Patients With Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack

2014 3.3k citations Walter N. Kernan, Bruce Ovbiagele et al. Stroke profile →
Long-Term Results of Stenting versus Endarterectomy for Carotid-Artery Stenosis

2016 450 citations Thomas G. Brott, George Howard et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Donald Heck United States	13	2.3k	2.2k	2.1k	1.1k	610	27	4.4k
P M Rothwell United Kingdom	22	2.8k 1.2×	2.1k 1.0×	2.8k 1.3×	1.4k 1.3×	397 0.7×	58	4.8k
Steven R. Messé United States	39	2.8k 1.2×	1.9k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	2.4k 2.2×	620 1.0×	169	6.1k
George Ntaios Greece	43	3.4k 1.4×	2.6k 1.2×	2.0k 1.0×	1.0k 0.9×	482 0.8×	242	6.2k
Peter D. Panagos United States	24	1.7k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	1.9k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	352 0.6×	48	3.2k
George W. Petty United States	33	1.8k 0.8×	2.1k 1.0×	2.2k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	468 0.8×	58	4.7k
Derk Krieger Denmark	38	3.0k 1.3×	1.4k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	2.8k 2.5×	465 0.8×	119	6.3k
Shadi Yaghi United States	40	3.0k 1.3×	1.6k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	2.4k 2.2×	490 0.8×	273	6.0k
Mai N. Nguyen‐Huynh United States	22	2.0k 0.9×	1.1k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	634 0.6×	316 0.5×	55	3.3k
William M. Feinberg United States	26	2.4k 1.0×	3.2k 1.5×	1.7k 0.8×	1.7k 1.6×	389 0.6×	40	6.1k
Thanh N. Nguyen United States	31	3.0k 1.3×	888 0.4×	2.1k 1.0×	2.3k 2.1×	678 1.1×	304	5.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Donald Heck

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Donald Heck

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Lal, Brajesh K., Gary S. Roubin, James F. Meschia, et al.. (2025). Carotid artery stenting with open vs closed stent cell configurations in the CREST-2 Registry. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 82(1). 127–135.e1. 2 indexed citations

Marshall, Randolph S., David S. Liebeskind, John Huston, et al.. (2023). Cortical Thinning in High-Grade Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis. Journal of Stroke. 25(1). 92–100. 7 indexed citations

White, Christopher J., Thomas G. Brott, William A. Gray, et al.. (2022). Carotid Artery Stenting. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 80(2). 155–170. 42 indexed citations

Turan, Tanya N., Jenifer H. Voeks, Marc I. Chimowitz, et al.. (2020). Rationale, Design, and Implementation of Intensive Risk Factor Treatment in the CREST2 Trial. Stroke. 51(10). 2960–2971. 19 indexed citations

Lal, Brajesh K., James F. Meschia, Gary S. Roubin, et al.. (2019). Factors influencing credentialing of interventionists in the CREST-2 trial. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 71(3). 854–861. 8 indexed citations

Lal, Brajesh K., Gary S. Roubin, Kenneth Rosenfield, et al.. (2019). Quality Assurance for Carotid Stenting in the CREST-2 Registry. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 74(25). 3071–3079. 16 indexed citations

Nogueira, Raul G., Donald Frei, Jawad F. Kirmani, et al.. (2018). Safety and Efficacy of a 3-Dimensional Stent Retriever With Aspiration-Based Thrombectomy vs Aspiration-Based Thrombectomy Alone in Acute Ischemic Stroke Intervention. JAMA Neurology. 75(3). 304–304. 81 indexed citations

Heck, Donald, Gary S. Roubin, William A. Gray, et al.. (2017). Asymptomatic carotid stenosis. Neurology. 88(21). 2061–2065. 6 indexed citations

Brott, Thomas G., George Howard, Gary S. Roubin, et al.. (2016). Long-Term Results of Stenting versus Endarterectomy for Carotid-Artery Stenosis. New England Journal of Medicine. 374(11). 1021–1031. 450 indexed citations breakdown →

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Voeks, Jenifer H., George Howard, Gary S. Roubin, et al.. (2015). Mediators of the Age Effect in the Carotid Revascularization Endarterectomy Versus Stenting Trial (CREST). Stroke. 46(10). 2868–2873. 21 indexed citations

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Kernan, Walter N., Bruce Ovbiagele, Henry R. Black, et al.. (2014). Guidelines for the Prevention of Stroke in Patients With Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack. Stroke. 45(7). 2160–2236. 3347 indexed citations breakdown →

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Neal, Matthew T., et al.. (2013). Angiographic Assessment of Rotational Vertebral Artery Syndrome (Bow Hunter's Syndrome): A Case Series. Neurographics. 3(2). 100–107. 3 indexed citations

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Meyers, Philip M., Helmut Schumacher, Michael J. Alexander, et al.. (2012). Performance and training standards for endovascular acute ischemic stroke treatment. Neurology. 79(13_supplement_1). S234–8. 10 indexed citations

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Heck, Donald. (2011). Do no harm: the rush to abbreviated training of stroke interventionalists is premature and ill advised: Table 1. Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery. 4(1). 3–6. 4 indexed citations

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Hirsch, Joshua A, Ariel E. Hirsch, Gregg H. Zoarski, et al.. (2010). Social responsibility in medical reporting. Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery. 2(3). 217–218. 5 indexed citations

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Meyers, Philip M., Helmut Schumacher, Michael J. Alexander, et al.. (2009). Performance and training standards for endovascular ischemic stroke treatment. Journal of neurosurgery. 113(1). 149–152. 20 indexed citations

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Gailloud, Philippe, Jeffrey Carpenter, Donald Heck, & Kieran J. Murphy. (2004). Pseudofenestration of the cervical internal carotid artery: a pathologic process that simulates an anatomic variant.. PubMed. 25(3). 421–4. 23 indexed citations

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Heck, Donald, Philippe Gailloud, Harris L. Cohen, et al.. (2002). Choroid plexus arteriovenous malformation presenting with intraventricular hemorrhage. The Journal of Pediatrics. 141(5). 710–711. 6 indexed citations

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Heck, Donald, et al.. (1998). Results of the 1997 survey of the American Association of Academic Chief Residents in Radiology. Academic Radiology. 5(3). 224–231. 6 indexed citations

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Heck, Donald, Benes L. Trus, & Alasdair C. Steven. (1996). Three-Dimensional Structure ofBordetella pertussisFimbriae. Journal of Structural Biology. 116(2). 264–269. 17 indexed citations

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