Floyd D. Loop

22.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
223 papers, 16.5k citations indexed

About

Floyd D. Loop is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Floyd D. Loop has authored 223 papers receiving a total of 16.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 147 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 145 papers in Surgery and 63 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Floyd D. Loop's work include Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (84 papers), Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques (72 papers) and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (57 papers). Floyd D. Loop is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (84 papers), Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques (72 papers) and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (57 papers). Floyd D. Loop collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Mexico. Floyd D. Loop's co-authors include Delos M. Cosgrove, Bruce W. Lytle, Paul C. Taylor, Carl C. Gill, Marlene Goormastic, Robert W. Stewart, William C. Sheldon, Leonard A.R. Golding, Paul C. Taylor and Norman B. Ratliff and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Floyd D. Loop

218 papers receiving 15.5k citations

Hit Papers

Influence of the Internal-Mammary-Artery Graft on 10-Year... 1985 2026 1998 2012 1986 1988 1985 2006 1999 500 1000 1.5k
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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. Influence of the Internal-Mammary-Artery Graft on 10-Year Survival and Other Cardiac Events
    1986 2.0k citations Floyd D. Loop, Bruce W. Lytle et al. profile →
  2. Guidelines for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Assessment of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Cardiovascular Procedures (Subcommittee on Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty).
    1988 1.7k citations David P. Faxon, Floyd D. Loop et al. profile →
  3. Long-term (5 to 12 years) serial studies of internal mammary artery and saphenous vein coronary bypass grafts
    1985 714 citations Bruce W. Lytle, Floyd D. Loop et al. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery profile →
  4. Morbidity and mortality risk associated with red blood cell and blood-component transfusion in isolated coronary artery bypass grafting*
    2006 691 citations Colleen G. Koch, Andra I. Duncan et al. profile →
  5. Two internal thoracic artery grafts are better than one
    1999 647 citations Bruce W. Lytle, Floyd D. Loop et al. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Floyd D. Loop United States 63 11.6k 11.5k 4.4k 2.2k 1.7k 223 16.5k
Joseph F. Sabik United States 58 11.3k 1.0× 8.3k 0.7× 4.0k 0.9× 1.4k 0.6× 3.1k 1.9× 267 14.3k
Thomas A. Orszulak United States 68 11.4k 1.0× 7.4k 0.6× 3.9k 0.9× 1.6k 0.7× 4.1k 2.5× 223 14.1k
O. Wayne Isom United States 48 3.6k 0.3× 3.8k 0.3× 1.6k 0.4× 667 0.3× 1.1k 0.6× 137 7.5k
John W. Kirklin United States 77 9.7k 0.8× 10.8k 0.9× 9.1k 2.1× 1.0k 0.5× 11.6k 7.0× 430 20.6k
John D. Puskas United States 53 7.6k 0.7× 7.2k 0.6× 2.1k 0.5× 798 0.4× 982 0.6× 293 10.4k
Fausto Biancari Finland 50 4.8k 0.4× 4.6k 0.4× 3.7k 0.9× 630 0.3× 1.4k 0.9× 407 9.0k
Friedrich W. Mohr Germany 75 18.0k 1.6× 14.5k 1.3× 6.6k 1.5× 4.7k 2.1× 6.1k 3.7× 497 24.2k
Hitinder S. Gurm United States 52 5.7k 0.5× 3.2k 0.3× 2.4k 0.6× 1.6k 0.7× 1.4k 0.8× 300 10.4k
Eugene H. Blackstone United States 55 4.2k 0.4× 8.8k 0.8× 4.7k 1.1× 661 0.3× 1.4k 0.9× 188 10.8k
Don Poldermans Netherlands 61 10.8k 0.9× 7.3k 0.6× 4.3k 1.0× 4.6k 2.1× 721 0.4× 391 14.7k

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All Works

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Koch, Colleen G., Liang Li, Andra I. Duncan, et al.. (2006). Transfusion in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting is Associated with Reduced Long-Term Survival. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 81(5). 1650–1657. 382 indexed citations
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Koch, Colleen G., Farah Khandwala, Jacek B. Cywiński, et al.. (2004). Health-related quality of life after coronary artery bypass grafting: A gender analysis using the Duke Activity Status Index. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 128(2). 284–295. 62 indexed citations
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Medalion, Benjamin, Bruce W. Lytle, Patrick M. McCarthy, et al.. (1998). Aortic valve replacement for octogenarians: are small valves bad?. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 66(3). 699–705. 51 indexed citations
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Detre, Katherine M., Allan D. Rosen, Robert Jones, et al.. (1996). Is five-year mortality different for treatment by choice vs. random assignment in the bypass angioplasty revascularization investigation (BARI)?. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 27(2). 243–243. 1 indexed citations
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Brener, Sorin J., Stephen G. Ellis, Dawn M. Dykstra, Eric J. Topol, & Floyd D. Loop. (1996). Determinants of the key decision for prior CABG patients facing need for repeat revascularization: PTCA or CABG?. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 27(2). 45–45. 3 indexed citations
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Lytle, Bruce W., Floyd D. Loop, Paul C. Taylor, et al.. (1992). Vein graft disease: The clinical impact of stenoses in saphenous vein bypass grafts to coronary arteries. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 103(5). 831–840. 85 indexed citations
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Loop, Floyd D., Bruce W. Lytle, Delos M. Cosgrove, et al.. (1990). Reoperation for Coronary Atherosclerosis. Annals of Surgery. 212(3). 378–378. 120 indexed citations
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Lente, Frederick Van, et al.. (1989). The predictive value of serum enzymes for perioperative myocardial infarction after cardiac operations. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 98(5). 704–710. 34 indexed citations
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Hertzer, Norman, Floyd D. Loop, Paul C. Taylor, & Edwin G. Beven. (1983). Combined myocardial revascularization and carotid endarterectomy. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 85(4). 577–589. 80 indexed citations
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Cleveland, Richard J., Henry T. Bahnson, T. Bruce Ferguson, et al.. (1982). Thoracic surgery manpower. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 84(6). 921–932. 14 indexed citations
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Cleveland, Richard J., Henry T. Bahnson, T. Bruce Ferguson, et al.. (1982). The third manpower study of thoracic surgery: 1980 report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Manpower of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.. PubMed. 84(6). 921–32. 13 indexed citations
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Gill, Carl C., et al.. (1982). Idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis and coronary atherosclerosis. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 84(6). 856–860. 6 indexed citations
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Loop, Floyd D., Delos M. Cosgrove, John R. Kramer, et al.. (1981). Late clinical and arteriographic results in 500 coronary artery reoperations. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 81(5). 675–685. 107 indexed citations
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Loop, Floyd D., William C. Sheldon, Bruce W. Lytle, Delos M. Cosgrove, & William L. Proudfit. (1981). The efficacy of coronary artery surgery. American Heart Journal. 101(1). 86–96. 37 indexed citations
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Loop, Floyd D.. (1979). Technique for performance of internal mammary artery-coronary artery anastomosis. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 78(3). 460–463. 18 indexed citations
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Golding, Leonard A.R., Floyd D. Loop, William C. Sheldon, et al.. (1978). Emergency revascularization for unstable angina. The American Journal of Cardiology. 41(2). 356–356. 2 indexed citations
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Taylor, Paul C., L. K. GROVES, Floyd D. Loop, & Donald B. Effler. (1976). Cannulation of the ascending aorta for cardiopulmonary bypass. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 71(2). 255–258. 30 indexed citations
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Cheanvechai, Chalit, Manuel Irarrázaval, Floyd D. Loop, et al.. (1975). Aorta-coronary bypass grafting with the internal mammary artery. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 70(2). 278–281. 13 indexed citations
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Groves, Laurence K., et al.. (1972). Endarterectomy as a supplement to coronary artery-saphenous vein bypass surgery. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 64(4). 514–522. 31 indexed citations
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Webb, John A., et al.. (1972). Electrical analogues of methods for continuous positive-pressure ventilation. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 64(4). 586–591. 2 indexed citations

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