Emma J. Birks

11.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
168 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Emma J. Birks is a scholar working on Surgery, Biomedical Engineering and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Emma J. Birks has authored 168 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Surgery, 115 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 78 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Emma J. Birks's work include Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (114 papers), Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (96 papers) and Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes (36 papers). Emma J. Birks is often cited by papers focused on Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (114 papers), Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (96 papers) and Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes (36 papers). Emma J. Birks collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Emma J. Birks's co-authors include Magdi H. Yacoub, Asghar Khaghani, Nicholas R. Banner, Robert S. George, Mark S. Slaughter, Christopher T. Bowles, Paul J.R. Barton, Anne H. Child, Patrick Tansley and James Hardy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Emma J. Birks

159 papers receiving 6.5k 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.

Left Ventricular Assist Device and Drug Therapy for the Reversal of Heart Failure

2006 606 citations Emma J. Birks, Patrick Tansley et al. profile →
Intrapericardial Left Ventricular Assist Device for Advanced Heart Failure

2017 488 citations Antone Tatooles, Geetha Bhat et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Emma J. Birks United States	44	4.4k	4.0k	3.0k	1.7k	855	168	6.7k
Valluvan Jeevanandam United States	47	5.2k 1.2×	3.8k 1.0×	3.1k 1.0×	1.8k 1.1×	693 0.8×	307	8.7k
Jan D. Schmitto Germany	39	3.3k 0.8×	2.7k 0.7×	2.5k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	650 0.8×	314	5.8k
Matthias Loebe United States	43	3.7k 0.8×	3.0k 0.8×	1.9k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	854 1.0×	270	5.7k
George P. Noon United States	44	4.0k 0.9×	3.0k 0.7×	2.7k 0.9×	988 0.6×	1.3k 1.6×	225	6.9k
Stavros G. Drakos United States	46	3.4k 0.8×	2.9k 0.7×	2.8k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	297 0.3×	256	6.6k
Veli K. Topkara United States	38	3.6k 0.8×	3.2k 0.8×	1.8k 0.6×	1.6k 0.9×	343 0.4×	256	5.7k
Walter P. Dembitsky United States	38	2.7k 0.6×	2.5k 0.6×	1.5k 0.5×	1.3k 0.8×	623 0.7×	125	4.1k
Michael Dandel Germany	33	2.5k 0.6×	2.1k 0.5×	2.4k 0.8×	608 0.4×	632 0.7×	166	4.3k
Asghar Khaghani United Kingdom	31	2.7k 0.6×	2.0k 0.5×	1.5k 0.5×	687 0.4×	551 0.6×	77	3.6k
Jennifer Cowger United States	36	4.5k 1.0×	4.8k 1.2×	1.9k 0.6×	2.4k 1.5×	284 0.3×	214	5.9k

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Kittipibul, Veraprapas, Chetan B. Patel, Sebastián V. Rojas, et al.. (2024). Predictors of Successful Discontinuation of LVAD Support in LVAD-Related Complications and Partial Myocardial Recovery: VAD Wean Registry Analysis. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 43(4). S543–S544. 1 indexed citations

Bagchi, Pramita, Snehal R. Patel, Evgenij Potapov, et al.. (2024). Defining Optimal Criteria for LVAD Weaning in HF Patients with an Improvement in Cardiac Structure and Function: A VAD Wean Registry Analysis. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 43(4). S83–S84.

Hill, Matthew C., Zachary A. Kadow, Yuka Morikawa, et al.. (2022). Integrated multi-omic characterization of congenital heart disease. Nature. 608(7921). 181–191. 75 indexed citations

Tseliou, Eleni, Kory J. Lavine, Omar Wever‐Pinzon, et al.. (2022). Biology of myocardial recovery in advanced heart failure with long-term mechanical support. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 41(10). 1309–1323. 15 indexed citations

Birks, Emma J., Stavros G. Drakos, Snehal R. Patel, et al.. (2020). Prospective Multicenter Study of Myocardial Recovery Using Left Ventricular Assist Devices (RESTAGE-HF [Remission from Stage D Heart Failure]). Circulation. 142(21). 2016–2028. 100 indexed citations

Ahmed, Mustafa M., Henri Roukoz, Jaimin R. Trivedi, et al.. (2019). Questionable utility of digoxin in left-ventricular assist device recipients: A multicenter, retrospective analysis. PLoS ONE. 14(11). e0225628–e0225628. 3 indexed citations

Birks, Emma J., J. Eduardo Rame, Snehal R. Patel, et al.. (2016). Abstract 19838: REmission From Stage D Heart Failure (RESTAGE-HF): Interim Results and Insights From a Prospective Multi-Center Non-Randomized Study of Myocardial Recovery Using LVADs. Circulation. 2 indexed citations

Jorde, Ulrich P., Sudhir S. Kushwaha, Antone Tatooles, et al.. (2014). Results of the Destination Therapy Post-Food and Drug Administration Approval Study With a Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 63(17). 1751–1757. 182 indexed citations

Birks, Emma J., Robert S. George, M. Hedger, et al.. (2011). Reversal of Severe Heart Failure With a Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device and Pharmacological Therapy. Circulation. 123(4). 381–390. 265 indexed citations

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Jakovljević, Djordje G., Emma J. Birks, Robert S. George, et al.. (2011). Relationship between Peak Cardiac Pumping Capability and Selected Exercise-Derived Prognostic Indicators in Patients Treated with Left Ventricular Assist Devices. European Journal of Heart Failure. 13(9). 992–999. 21 indexed citations

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Birks, Emma J.. (2010). Myocardial Recovery in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure: Is It Real?. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 25(4). 472–477. 12 indexed citations

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Breckenridge, Ross, Zia Zuberi, John Gomes, et al.. (2009). Overexpression of the transcription factor Hand1 causes predisposition towards arrhythmia in mice. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 47(1). 133–141. 24 indexed citations

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Yahia, Soad Haj, Emma J. Birks, Gilles Dreyfus, & A. Khaghani. (2008). Limited surgical approach for explanting the HeartMate II left ventricular assist device after myocardial recovery. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 135(2). 453–454. 20 indexed citations

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Clark, Andrew L., Christoph Knosalla, Emma J. Birks, et al.. (2007). Heart Transplantation in Heart Failure: The Prognostic Importance of Body Mass Index at Time of Surgery and Subsequent Weight Changes. European Journal of Heart Failure. 9(8). 839–844. 28 indexed citations

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Haj‐Yahia, Saleem, Emma J. Birks, Paula Rogers, et al.. (2007). Midterm experience with the Jarvik 2000 axial flow left ventricular assist device. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 134(1). 199–203. 49 indexed citations

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Robertis, F. De, Emma J. Birks, Paul Rogers, et al.. (2006). Clinical Performance with the Levitronix Centrimag Short-term Ventricular Assist Device. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 25(2). 181–186. 115 indexed citations

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Yacoub, Magdi H., et al.. (2001). A novel combination therapy to reverse end-stage heart failure. Transplantation Proceedings. 33(5). 2762–2764. 20 indexed citations

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Birks, Emma J., Paul Burton, Virginia Owen, et al.. (2000). Elevated Tumor Necrosis Factor- and Interleukin-6 in Myocardium and Serum of Malfunctioning Donor Hearts. Circulation. 102(Supplement 3). III–352. 82 indexed citations

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Latif, Najma, et al.. (2000). Upregulation of the Bcl-2 family of proteins in end stage heart failure. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 35(7). 1769–1777. 93 indexed citations

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Yacoub, Magdi H., Philip J. Kilner, Emma J. Birks, & Martín Misfeld. (1999). The aortic outflow and root: a tale of dynamism and crosstalk. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 68(3). S37–S43. 123 indexed citations

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