Floyd D. Loop

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

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Floyd D. Loop is a scholar working on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Floyd D. Loop has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Surgery, 17 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 6 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Floyd D. Loop's work include Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (12 papers), Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques (7 papers) and Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management (6 papers). Floyd D. Loop is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (12 papers), Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques (7 papers) and Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management (6 papers). Floyd D. Loop collaborates with scholars based in United States and South Africa. Floyd D. Loop's co-authors include Delos M. Cosgrove, Bruce W. Lytle, R.W. Stewart, Leonard A.R. Golding, Paul C. Taylor, Marlene Goormastic, Delos M. Cosgrove, Bruce W. Lytle, Martin C. McHenry and Saade S. Mahfood and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of Neurology, The American Journal of Medicine and The American Journal of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Floyd D. Loop

21 papers receiving 2.3k citations

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Sternal wound complications after isolated coronary artery bypass grafting: Early and late mortality, morbidity, and cost of care

1990 562 citations Floyd D. Loop, Bruce W. Lytle et al. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Floyd D. Loop United States	17	1.9k	1.4k	711	573	221	22	2.5k
Paul C. Taylor United States	26	2.4k 1.2×	2.1k 1.5×	489 0.7×	795 1.4×	148 0.7×	39	3.1k
Hugh E. Scully Canada	29	1.2k 0.6×	1.5k 1.1×	757 1.1×	753 1.3×	76 0.3×	67	2.4k
Piet W. Boonstra Netherlands	26	1.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	170 0.2×	353 0.6×	168 0.8×	63	1.8k
Delos M. Cosgrove United States	18	812 0.4×	959 0.7×	511 0.7×	245 0.4×	216 1.0×	19	1.4k
Wilson Ko United States	26	984 0.5×	822 0.6×	255 0.4×	286 0.5×	78 0.4×	46	1.6k
Michael K. Banbury United States	23	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	518 0.7×	660 1.2×	117 0.5×	54	2.1k
S Westaby United Kingdom	25	935 0.5×	1.0k 0.7×	282 0.4×	570 1.0×	47 0.2×	93	1.8k
Jöerg Ender Germany	27	932 0.5×	1.5k 1.1×	854 1.2×	536 0.9×	106 0.5×	118	2.1k
Luca Salvatore De Santo Italy	24	773 0.4×	1.3k 0.9×	548 0.8×	730 1.3×	87 0.4×	111	2.1k
Michel Pellerin Canada	32	1.7k 0.9×	2.5k 1.8×	1.3k 1.8×	883 1.5×	46 0.2×	120	3.3k

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Blackstone, Eugene H., Patrick M. McCarthy, Bruce W. Lytle, et al.. (2000). Isolated bypass grafting of the left internal thoracic artery to the left anterior descending coronary artery. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 120(1). 173–184. 81 indexed citations

Loop, Floyd D.. (1998). Coronary artery surgery: the end of the beginning1. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 14(6). 554–571. 41 indexed citations

Gillinov, A. Marc, Delos M. Cosgrove, Eugene H Blackstone, et al.. (1998). Durability of mitral valve repair for degenerative disease. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 116(5). 734–743. 440 indexed citations

Smedira, Nicholas G., Delos M. Cosgrove, P. McCarthy, et al.. (1996). Repair of anterior leaflet prolapse: Chordal transfer is superior to chordal shortening. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 112(2). 287–292. 97 indexed citations

Lytle, Bruce W., Paul C. Taylor, Floyd D. Loop, et al.. (1996). Surgical treatment of prosthetic valve endocarditis. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 111(1). 198–210. 131 indexed citations

Cosgrove, Delos M., Bruce W. Lytle, Paul C. Taylor, et al.. (1995). The Carpentier-Edwards pericardial aortic valve: Ten-year results. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 110(3). 651–662. 73 indexed citations

Lytle, Bruce W., Daniel Navia, Floyd D. Loop, et al.. (1994). Coronary reoperation: Results of adding an internal mammary artery graft to a stenotic vein graft. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 58(5). 1353–1355. 9 indexed citations

Cosgrove, Delos M., Bruce W. Lytle, Paul C. Taylor, et al.. (1992). Aprotinin therapy for reoperative myocardial revascularization: A placebo-controlled study. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 54(6). 1031–1038. 297 indexed citations

Loop, Floyd D., et al.. (1992). Myocardial protection during cardiac operations. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 104(3). 608–618. 111 indexed citations

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Golding, Leonard A.R., R.W. Stewart, Roberto Novoa, et al.. (1992). Postcardiotomy centrifugal mechanical ventricular support. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 54(6). 1059–1064. 65 indexed citations

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Hendren, William G., J Nĕmec, Bruce W. Lytle, et al.. (1991). Mitral valve repair for ischemic mitral insufficiency. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 52(6). 1246–1252. 85 indexed citations

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Rice, Thomas W., Gregory A. Boyce, Michael V. Sivak, & Floyd D. Loop. (1991). Esophageal ultrasound and the preoperative staging of carcinoma of the esophagus. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 101(3). 536–543. 98 indexed citations

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Loop, Floyd D., Bruce W. Lytle, Delos M. Cosgrove, et al.. (1990). Sternal wound complications after isolated coronary artery bypass grafting: Early and late mortality, morbidity, and cost of care. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 49(2). 179–187. 562 indexed citations breakdown →

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Obarski, Timothy P., Floyd D. Loop, Delos M. Cosgrove, Bruce W. Lytle, & William J. Stewart. (1990). Frequency of acute myocardial infarction in valve repairs versus valve replacement for pure mitral regurgitation. The American Journal of Cardiology. 65(13). 887–890. 20 indexed citations

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Proudfit, William L., John R. Kramer, Marlene Goormastic, & Floyd D. Loop. (1990). Ten-year survival of patients with mild angina or myocardial infarction without angina: A comparison of medical and surgical treatment. American Heart Journal. 119(4). 942–948. 7 indexed citations

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Lytle, Bruce W., Delos M. Cosgrove, Norman B. Ratliff, & Floyd D. Loop. (1989). Coronary artery bypass grafting with the right gastroepiploic artery. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 97(6). 826–831. 114 indexed citations

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Kramer, John R., et al.. (1989). Late follow-up of 781 patients undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty or coronary artery bypass grafting for an isolated obstruction in the left anterior descending coronary artery. American Heart Journal. 118(6). 1144–1153. 40 indexed citations

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Svensson, Lars G., Robert W. Stewart, Delos M. Cosgrove, et al.. (1988). Intrathecal papaverine for the prevention of paraplegia after operation on the thoracic or thoracoabdominal aorta. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 96(5). 823–829. 76 indexed citations

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McHenry, Martin C., David L. Longworth, Susan J. Rehm, et al.. (1988). Infections of the cardiac suture line after left ventricular surgery. The American Journal of Medicine. 85(3). 292–300. 10 indexed citations

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Loop, Floyd D., Benson R. Wilcox, Joseph N. Cunningham, et al.. (1987). Thoracic Surgery Manpower: The Fourth Manpower Study of Thoracic Surgery: 1985 Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Manpower of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 44(5). 450–461. 16 indexed citations

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