Eric D. Peterson

119.7k total citations · 28 hit papers
1.2k papers, 79.8k citations indexed

About

Eric D. Peterson is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric D. Peterson has authored 1.2k papers receiving a total of 79.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 794 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 295 papers in Surgery and 250 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Eric D. Peterson's work include Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (198 papers), Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (181 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (175 papers). Eric D. Peterson is often cited by papers focused on Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (198 papers), Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (181 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (175 papers). Eric D. Peterson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Eric D. Peterson's co-authors include Gregg C. Fonarow, Adrian F. Hernandez, Sean M. O’Brien, Elizabeth R. DeLong, Lee H. Schwamm, Fred H. Edwards, T. Bruce Ferguson, Eric E. Smith, John S. Rumsfeld and Deepak L. Bhatt and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Eric D. Peterson

1.2k papers receiving 77.0k citations

Hit Papers

An Updated Definition of Stroke for the 21st Century 2006 2026 2012 2019 2013 2015 2011 2010 2016 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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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.

  1. An Updated Definition of Stroke for the 21st Century
    2013 2.3k citations Eric D. Peterson, Tanya N. Turan et al. Stroke profile →
  2. Effect of Sitagliptin on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes
    2015 1.9k citations Jennifer B. Green, Darren K. McGuire et al. profile →
  3. AHA/ACCF Secondary Prevention and Risk Reduction Therapy for Patients With Coronary and Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease: 2011 Update
    2011 1.3k citations Eric D. Peterson et al. Circulation profile →
  4. Low Diagnostic Yield of Elective Coronary Angiography
    2010 1.1k citations Eric D. Peterson, Pamela S. Douglas et al. profile →
  5. Prevention of Bleeding in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing PCI
    2016 942 citations Eric D. Peterson et al. profile →
  6. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 Cardiac Surgery Risk Models: Part 2—Isolated Valve Surgery
    2009 903 citations Sean M. O’Brien, Constance K. Haan et al. profile →
  7. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 Cardiac Surgery Risk Models: Part 1—Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery
    2009 882 citations Sean M. O’Brien, Constance K. Haan et al. profile →
  8. AHA/ACCF Secondary Prevention and Risk Reduction Therapy for Patients With Coronary and Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease: 2011 Update
    2011 685 citations Eric D. Peterson et al. profile →
  9. Prevalence, Predictors, and Outcomes of Premature Discontinuation of Thienopyridine Therapy After Drug-Eluting Stent Placement
    2006 651 citations Eric D. Peterson, Richard G. Bach et al. Circulation profile →
  10. Clopidogrel Use and Long-term Clinical Outcomes After Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation
    2006 623 citations Eric D. Peterson, Kevin A. Schulman et al. profile →
  11. Trends in Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure and Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction
    2012 597 citations Benjamin A. Steinberg, Paul A. Heidenreich et al. Circulation profile →
  12. Time to Treatment With Intravenous Tissue Plasminogen Activator and Outcome From Acute Ischemic Stroke
    2013 583 citations Jeffrey L. Saver, Gregg C. Fonarow et al. profile →
  13. An empirically based tool for analyzing mortality associated with congenital heart surgery
    2009 519 citations Sean M. O’Brien, Eric D. Peterson et al. profile →
  14. Impact of Medication Therapy Discontinuation on Mortality After Myocardial Infarction
    2006 512 citations Eric D. Peterson et al. profile →
  15. Application of New Cholesterol Guidelines to a Population-Based Sample
    2014 467 citations Michael Pencina, Eric D. Peterson et al. profile →
  16. Ethical and Scientific Implications of the Globalization of Clinical Research
    2009 458 citations Seth W. Glickman, Eric D. Peterson et al. profile →
  17. Timeliness of Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke
    2011 455 citations Gregg C. Fonarow, Eric E. Smith et al. Circulation profile →
  18. Door-to-Needle Times for Tissue Plasminogen Activator Administration and Clinical Outcomes in Acute Ischemic Stroke Before and After a Quality Improvement Initiative
    2014 407 citations Gregg C. Fonarow, Eric E. Smith et al. profile →
  19. Current Science on Consumer Use of Mobile Health for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
    2015 405 citations Lora E. Burke, Jun Ma et al. Circulation profile →
  20. ACC/AHA Statement on Cost/Value Methodology in Clinical Practice Guidelines and Performance Measures
    2014 395 citations Paul A. Heidenreich, Gregg C. Fonarow et al. Circulation profile →
  21. Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Stroke Care: The American Experience
    2011 368 citations Eric D. Peterson et al. Stroke profile →
  22. Off-Label Dosing of Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants and Adverse Outcomes
    2016 353 citations Benjamin A. Steinberg, Laine Thomas et al. profile →
  23. Clinical Outcomes at 1 Year Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
    2015 332 citations Sean M. O’Brien, Fred H. Edwards et al. profile →
  24. The ORBIT bleeding score: a simple bedside score to assess bleeding risk in atrial fibrillation
    2015 314 citations Emily C. O’Brien, Laine Thomas et al. profile →
  25. ACC/AHA Statement on Cost/Value Methodology in Clinical Practice Guidelines and Performance Measures
    2014 311 citations Paul A. Heidenreich, Gregg C. Fonarow et al. profile →
  26. Association Between Time to Treatment With Endovascular Reperfusion Therapy and Outcomes in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke Treated in Clinical Practice
    2019 226 citations Jeffrey L. Saver, Lee H. Schwamm et al. profile →
  27. Sex Differences in the Use of Statins in Community Practice
    2019 197 citations Tracy Y. Wang, Eric D. Peterson et al. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes profile →
  28. A critical assessment of using ChatGPT for extracting structured data from clinical notes
    2024 101 citations Eric D. Peterson et al. profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Eric D. Peterson United States 142 46.9k 21.4k 17.3k 9.8k 8.7k 1.2k 79.8k
Gregg C. Fonarow United States 157 79.0k 1.7× 17.6k 0.8× 17.3k 1.0× 14.1k 1.4× 6.8k 0.8× 1.8k 113.5k
Harlan M. Krumholz United States 160 50.3k 1.1× 14.5k 0.7× 9.8k 0.6× 7.0k 0.7× 13.6k 1.6× 1.3k 96.5k
John A. Spertus United States 118 40.6k 0.9× 14.9k 0.7× 8.2k 0.5× 5.3k 0.5× 6.1k 0.7× 1.1k 67.1k
Salim Yusuf Canada 181 103.5k 2.2× 28.9k 1.3× 15.1k 0.9× 14.0k 1.4× 7.4k 0.9× 1.3k 157.0k
Daniel Levy United States 171 90.7k 1.9× 25.2k 1.2× 13.8k 0.8× 11.2k 1.1× 6.5k 0.7× 816 143.1k
Sidney C. Smith United States 90 27.3k 0.6× 19.6k 0.9× 9.5k 0.6× 4.5k 0.5× 5.9k 0.7× 317 67.7k
Josef Coresh United States 133 30.8k 0.7× 16.1k 0.7× 14.4k 0.8× 16.2k 1.7× 3.9k 0.5× 952 116.0k
Deepak L. Bhatt United States 142 57.5k 1.2× 40.1k 1.9× 14.2k 0.8× 14.4k 1.5× 3.8k 0.4× 2.0k 108.1k
Andrew S. Levey United States 130 30.9k 0.7× 17.8k 0.8× 15.4k 0.9× 20.0k 2.0× 4.2k 0.5× 514 125.4k
Peter W.F. Wilson United States 156 35.2k 0.7× 31.0k 1.4× 14.4k 0.8× 8.1k 0.8× 7.2k 0.8× 646 110.5k

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Hwang, Jimin, et al.. (2025). Impact of payer rejections and out-of-pocket costs on patient access to bempedoic acid therapy. American Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 21. 100940–100940. 1 indexed citations
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Segar, Matthew W., Kershaw V. Patel, Anne S. Hellkamp, et al.. (2022). Validation of the WATCH‐DM and TRS‐HF DM Risk Scores to Predict the Risk of Incident Hospitalization for Heart Failure Among Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: A Multicohort Analysis. Journal of the American Heart Association. 11(11). 20 indexed citations
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Rymer, Jennifer A., Lisa A. Kaltenbach, Eric D. Peterson, et al.. (2022). Does the Effectiveness of a Medicine Copay Voucher Vary by Baseline Medication Out‐Of‐Pocket Expenses? Insights From ARTEMIS. Journal of the American Heart Association. 11(20). e026421–e026421.
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Xu, Hanzhang, Heather R. Farmer, Bradi B. Granger, et al.. (2021). Perceived Versus Actual Risks of 30-Day Readmission in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 14(1). e006586–e006586. 4 indexed citations
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Shavadia, Jay, DaJuanicia N. Holmes, Laine Thomas, et al.. (2019). Comparative Effectiveness of β-Blocker Use Beyond 3 Years After Myocardial Infarction and Long-Term Outcomes Among Elderly Patients. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 12(7). e005103–e005103. 18 indexed citations
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Hess, Connie N., et al.. (2017). Race and Sex Differences in Post–Myocardial Infarction Angina Frequency and Risk of 1-Year Unplanned Rehospitalization. Circulation. 135(6). 532–543. 36 indexed citations
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Khan, Nadeem, Fazeel Siddiqui, Joshua N. Goldstein, et al.. (2017). Association Between Previous Use of Antiplatelet Therapy and Intracerebral Hemorrhage Outcomes. Stroke. 48(7). 1810–1817. 46 indexed citations
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Dupre, Matthew E., Scott M. Lynch, Bradi B. Granger, et al.. (2017). Identifying Nonclinical Factors Associated With 30-Day Readmission in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease: Protocol for an Observational Study. JMIR Research Protocols. 6(6). e118–e118. 7 indexed citations
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Wang, Tracy Y., Amit N. Vora, S. Andrew Peng, et al.. (2016). Effectiveness and Safety of Aldosterone Antagonist Therapy Use Among Older Patients With Reduced Ejection Fraction After Acute Myocardial Infarction. Journal of the American Heart Association. 5(1). 11 indexed citations
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Xian, Ying, Tracy Y. Wang, Lisa A. McCoy, et al.. (2015). Association of Discharge Aspirin Dose With Outcomes After Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circulation. 132(3). 174–181. 30 indexed citations
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Burke, Lora E., Jun Ma, Kristen MJ Azar, et al.. (2015). Current Science on Consumer Use of Mobile Health for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. Circulation. 132(12). 1157–1213. 405 indexed citations breakdown →
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Steinberg, Benjamin A., Eric D. Peterson, Sunghee Kim, et al.. (2014). Use and Outcomes Associated With Bridging During Anticoagulation Interruptions in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation. Circulation. 131(5). 488–494. 149 indexed citations
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Brennan, J. Matthew, Fred H. Edwards, Yue Zhao, et al.. (2013). Long-Term Safety and Effectiveness of Mechanical Versus Biologic Aortic Valve Prostheses in Older Patients. Circulation. 127(16). 1647–1655. 165 indexed citations
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Fosbøl, Emil Loldrup, Christopher B. Granger, James G. Jollis, et al.. (2012). The Impact of a Statewide Pre-Hospital STEMI Strategy to Bypass Hospitals Without Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Capability on Treatment Times. Circulation. 127(5). 604–612. 82 indexed citations
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Menon, Bijoy K., Jeffrey L. Saver, Shyam Prabhakaran, et al.. (2012). Risk Score for Intracranial Hemorrhage in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke Treated With Intravenous Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator. Stroke. 43(9). 2293–2299. 191 indexed citations
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Mehta, Rajendra H., T. Bruce Ferguson, Renato D. Lópes, et al.. (2011). Saphenous Vein Grafts With Multiple Versus Single Distal Targets in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. Circulation. 124(3). 280–288. 66 indexed citations
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Pasquali, Sara K., Matt Hall, Jennifer S. Li, et al.. (2010). Corticosteroids and Outcome in Children Undergoing Congenital Heart Surgery. Circulation. 122(21). 2123–2130. 81 indexed citations
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Hernandez, Adrian F., Gregg C. Fonarow, Bradley G. Hammill, et al.. (2009). Clinical Effectiveness of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Heart Failure. Circulation Heart Failure. 3(1). 7–13. 54 indexed citations
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Mehta, Rajendra H., Joshua D. Grab, Sean M. O’Brien, et al.. (2008). Clinical Characteristics and In-Hospital Outcomes of Patients With Cardiogenic Shock Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. Circulation. 117(7). 876–885. 40 indexed citations

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