Fikru Maru

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 566 citations indexed

About

Fikru Maru is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Fikru Maru has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 566 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 2 papers in Surgery and 2 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Fikru Maru's work include Heart Failure Treatment and Management (5 papers), Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (3 papers) and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (2 papers). Fikru Maru is often cited by papers focused on Heart Failure Treatment and Management (5 papers), Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (3 papers) and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (2 papers). Fikru Maru collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Uganda and Mozambique. Fikru Maru's co-authors include Okechukwu S. Ogah, Mahmoud U. Sani, Gad Cotter, Charles Mondo, Christopher Edwards, Bekele Alemayehu, Karen Sliwa, Gerald Yonga, Dike Ojji and Beth A. Davison and has published in prestigious journals such as European Heart Journal, Journal of Cardiac Failure and EP Europace.

In The Last Decade

Fikru Maru

9 papers receiving 551 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.

The Causes, Treatment, and Outcome of Acute Heart Failure in 1006 Africans From 9 Countries

2012 352 citations Albertino Damasceno, Bongani M. Mayosi et al. Archives of Internal Medicine profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fikru Maru South Africa	8	405	129	62	61	52	9	566
Bekele Alemayehu Ethiopia	7	359 0.9×	142 1.1×	61 1.0×	64 1.0×	55 1.1×	12	528
Charles Kouam Kouam Cameroon	9	469 1.2×	129 1.0×	61 1.0×	115 1.9×	63 1.2×	12	648
Lucas Ntyintyane South Africa	8	287 0.7×	112 0.9×	47 0.8×	93 1.5×	56 1.1×	13	547
Bâ Hamadou Cameroon	11	230 0.6×	69 0.5×	21 0.3×	87 1.4×	26 0.5×	64	422
Shibba Takkar Chhabra India	12	155 0.4×	49 0.4×	43 0.7×	45 0.7×	17 0.3×	61	357
Rohit Tandon India	12	198 0.5×	55 0.4×	67 1.1×	64 1.0×	10 0.2×	68	423
Laura K. Evenson United States	7	66 0.2×	158 1.2×	123 2.0×	67 1.1×	26 0.5×	9	622
Carmen Tsang United Kingdom	11	125 0.3×	67 0.5×	34 0.5×	47 0.8×	43 0.8×	33	524
Kristin M. Lenoir United States	11	219 0.5×	51 0.4×	38 0.6×	36 0.6×	29 0.6×	29	495
Mario Cavazza Italy	13	435 1.1×	94 0.7×	59 1.0×	30 0.5×	6 0.1×	34	658

Countries citing papers authored by Fikru Maru

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fikru Maru

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Fikru Maru. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Fikru Maru based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Fikru Maru. Fikru Maru is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Sani, Mahmoud U., Beth A. Davison, Gad Cotter, et al.. (2018). Prevalence, clinical characteristics and outcomes of valvular atrial fibrillation in a cohort of African patients with acute heart failure: insights from the THESUS-HF registry. Cardiovascular journal of South Africa. 29(3). 139–145. 6 indexed citations

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Sani, Mahmoud U., Beth A. Davison, Gad Cotter, et al.. (2017). Echocardiographic predictors of outcome in acute heart failure patients in sub-Saharan Africa: insights from THESUS-HF. Cardiovascular journal of South Africa. 28(1). 60–67. 10 indexed citations

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Sani, Mahmoud U., Gad Cotter, Beth A. Davison, et al.. (2016). Symptoms and Signs of Heart Failure at Admission and Discharge and Outcomes in the Sub-Saharan Acute Heart Failure (THESUS-HF) Registry. Journal of Cardiac Failure. 23(10). 739–742. 17 indexed citations

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Ogah, Okechukwu S., Beth A. Davison, Karen Sliwa, et al.. (2015). Gender differences in clinical characteristics and outcome of acute heart failure in sub-Saharan Africa: results of the THESUS-HF study. Clinical Research in Cardiology. 104(6). 481–490. 31 indexed citations

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Sliwa, Karen, Beth A. Davison, Bongani M. Mayosi, et al.. (2013). Readmission and death after an acute heart failure event: predictors and outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: results from the THESUS-HF registry. European Heart Journal. 34(40). 3151–3159. 80 indexed citations

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Damasceno, Albertino, Bongani M. Mayosi, Mahmoud U. Sani, et al.. (2012). The Causes, Treatment, and Outcome of Acute Heart Failure in 1006 Africans From 9 Countries. Archives of Internal Medicine. 172(18). 1386–1386. 352 indexed citations breakdown →

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Edner, Magnus, Yong Kim, Knud Nørregaard Hansen, et al.. (2009). Prevalence and inter-relationship of different Doppler measures of dyssynchrony in patients with heart failure and prolonged QRS: a report from CARE-HF. Cardiovascular Ultrasound. 7(1). 1–1. 28 indexed citations

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Nash, A G, et al.. (2005). Rejection of atrial sensing artifacts by a pacing lead with short tip-to-ring spacing. EP Europace. 7(1). 67–72. 15 indexed citations

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Yu, Wei, Fikru Maru, Magnus Edner, et al.. (2004). Spinal cord stimulation for refractory angina pectoris: a retrospective analysis of efficacy and cost-benefit. Coronary Artery Disease. 15(1). 31–37. 27 indexed citations

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