Frank W. Smart

8.1k citations

119 papers · 5.1k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 33

Impact in

Transplantation top 0.2%
- Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine top 0.5%
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
- Heart Failure Treatment and Management
- Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies

Papers in

Transplantation 29
- Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research 19
- Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments 13
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 56
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors 15
- Heart Failure Treatment and Management 15
- Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies 12

Co-authors: Mandeep R. Mehra Héctor O. Ventura Dwight Stapleton Robert C. Bourge William T. Abraham Philip B. Adamson Michael R. Zile Michael D. McGoon
Journals: Journal of the American College of Cardiology (17 papers)The American Journal of Cardiology (10 papers)The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation (8 papers)American Heart Journal (4 papers)Transplantation (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada Israel

In The Last Decade

Frank W. Smart

116 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Implantable Hemodynamic Monitors Improve Survival in Patients With Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction 2024 · 37 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2024 Journal of the American College of Cardiology
2008 Journal of the American College of Cardiology
2006 Circulation

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1	Implantable Hemodynamic Monitors Improve Survival in Patients With Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·JoAnn Lindenfeld, Maria Rosa Costanzo, Michael R. Zile, Anique Ducharme, Richard W. Troughton, Alan S. Maisel, Mandeep R. Mehra, Sara Paul, Samuel F. Sears, Frank W. Smart, Nessa Johnson, John Henderson, Philip B. Adamson, Akshay S. Desai, William T. Abraham Hit paper breakdown →	2024	37
2	The GUIDE-HF trial of pulmonary artery pressure monitoring in heart failure: impact of the COVID-19 pandemic European Heart Journal ·Michael R. Zile, Akshay S. Desai, Maria Rosa Costanzo, Anique Ducharme, Alan S. Maisel, Mandeep R. Mehra, Sara Paul, Samuel F. Sears, Frank W. Smart, Christopher Chien, Ashrith Guha, Jason L. Guichard, Shelley Hall, Orvar Jonsson, Nessa Johnson, Poornima Sood, John Henderson, Philip B. Adamson, JoAnn Lindenfeld	2022	27
3	Hemodynamic-GUIDEd management of Heart Failure (GUIDE-HF) American Heart Journal ·JoAnn Lindenfeld, William T. Abraham, Alan S. Maisel, Michael R. Zile, Frank W. Smart, Maria Rosa Costanzo, Mandeep R. Mehra, Anique Ducharme, Samuel F. Sears, Akshay S. Desai, Sara Paul, Poornima Sood, Nessa Johnson, Greg Ginn, Philip B. Adamson	2019	36
4	Renal Sympathetic Denervation Protects the Failing Heart Via Inhibition of Neprilysin Activity in the Kidney Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·David J. Polhemus, Rishi Trivedi, Juan Gao, Zhen Li, Suryanshu Choudhary, Traci Goodchild, Kurt J. Varner, Huijing Xia, Frank W. Smart, Daniel R. Kapusta, David J. Lefer	2017	74
5	TCT-88 Three-year Clinical Outcomes of the First-In-Human Experience with Percutaneous Ventricular Restoration Using the Parachute Device in Patients with Ischemic Heart Failure and Dilated Left Ventricle Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Marco A. Costa, Siniša Gradinac, Ernest L. Mazzaferri, Horst Sievert, Igor D. Gregorič, Charles J. Davidson, Peter B. Berger, Albrecht Elsässer, Ron Waksman, Frank W. Smart, Jared M. Koelling, William T. Abraham	2012	1
6	Right Ventricular Function and Failure Circulation ·Norbert F. Voelkel, Robert A. Quaife, Leslie A. Leinwand, Robyn J. Barst, Michael D. McGoon, Daniel R. Meldrum, Jocelyn Dupuis, Carlin S. Long, Lewis J. Rubin, Frank W. Smart, Yuichiro Suzuki, Mark T. Gladwin, Elizabeth M. Denholm, Dorothy B. Gail Hit paper breakdown →	2006	924
7	Is Bridging to Transplantation With a Left Ventricular Assist Device a Risk Factor for Transplant Coronary Artery Disease? The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation ·Branislav Radovančević, Samuel H. Bailie, Bojan Vrtovec, Cynthia D. Thomas, Rajko Radovancevic, Jorge Galicia-Carreon, Charles C. van Rossem, Sebastiaan J.M. Gaemers, William K. Vaughn, Frank W. Smart, O.H. Frazier	2005	11
8	Impedance Cardiography: A Bridge Between Research and Clinical Practice in the Treatment of Heart Failure Congestive Heart Failure ·Rosana Chagas, Діана Мошонська, Aline Mirian Paszcuk, Frank W. Smart	2000	12
9	A randomized, multicenter comparison of tacrolimus and cyclosporine immunosuppressive regimens in cardiac transplantation: decreased hyperlipidemia and hypertension with tacrolimus11This study was sponsored by a grant from Fujisawa USA, Deerfield, Illinois.22The authors were working on behalf of the Tacrolimus US Heart Transplant Multicenter Study Group. Other members of the Study Group included (principal investigator listed first): UTAH Cardiac Transplant Program, Salt Lake City, Utah: David O. Taylor, MD, Dale G. Renlund, MD, Abdallah G. Kfoury, MD; St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital/Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas: O. H. Frazier, MD, Branislav Radovancevic, MD, Edward K. Massin, MD; University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin: Robert M. Mentzer, Jr., MD, Charles C. Canver, MD, Robert B. Love, MD; Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana: Frank W. Smart, MD, Hector O. Ventura, MD, Dwight D. Stapleton, MD, Mandeep Mehra, MD; University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California: Mark L. Barr, MD, Vaugh A. Starnes, MD; Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia: David E. Tolman, MD, Albert Guerraty, MD, David Salter, MD; Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio: James B. Young, MD; Data Management and Statistical Coordinating Center-The EMMES Corporation, Potomac, Maryland: Paul VanVeldhuisen, MS, Anne Lindblad, PhD, Anita Yaffe, MSN, MPH. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation ·David O. Taylor, Mark L. Barr, Branislav Radovančević, Dale G. Renlund, Robert M. Mentzer, Frank W. Smart, David Tolman, O.H. Frazier, James B. Young, Paul VanVeldhuisen	1999	213
10	Effect of hypoxia and hypoxia/reoxygenation on proteoglycan metabolism by vascular smooth muscle cells Atherosclerosis ·Julio E. Figueroa, Tao Zhuo, T. G. Sarphie, Frank W. Smart, D. Luke Glancy, Parakat Vijayagopal	1999	8
11	Improvements in work efficiency result in enhanced functional status and quality of life following exercise training in heart failure Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·R.V. Milani, Mandeep R. Mehra, Carl J. Lavie, Frank W. Smart, Zhao Zhi-tong, H.O. Ventura	1998	2
12	Evidence of ventricular/vascular uncoupling in solid organ transplant recipients with hypertension Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·H.O. Ventura, R.V. Milani, Mandeep R. Mehra, Daniela Lucini, Frank W. Smart, Dwight D. Stapleton, M. Pagani, Joseph P. Murgo	1997	1
13	Implications for the vascular surgeon with prolonged (3 to 89 days) intraaortic balloon pump counterpulsation Journal of Vascular Surgery ·Ian Hartshorn, C. Louis Garrard, Mandeep R. Mehra, W. Charles Sternbergh, Beth A. Ballinger, Héctor O. Ventura, Dwight D. Stapleton, Frank W. Smart, John C. Bowen, Samuel R. Money	1997	21
14	Heterogeneity of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy: Clinical Insights From Coronary Angioscopy Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Mandeep R. Mehra, Héctor O. Ventura, Suresh P. Jain, B. H. Ghiya, Arshad Ali, Dwight Stapleton, Frank W. Smart, Stephen R. Ramee, Tyrone J. Collins, Christopher J. White	1997	24
15	Enhanced synthesis of proteoglycans by vascular endothelial cells treated with phorbol ester Life Sciences ·Tao Zhuo, Frank W. Smart, Julio E. Figueroa, D. Luke Glancy, Parakat Vijayagopal	1997	4
16	784-5 Gene Transfer in a Rabbit Model of Allograft Vasculopathy Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Mandeep R. Mehra, Dwight Stapleton, R. Wayne Barbee, Tonglin Zhang, Héctor O. Ventura, Frank W. Smart, Blanca Maldonado, H Guniey, Serbest Yüksek, Joseph P. Murgo, Richard N. Ré, Julia L. Cook	1995	1
17	Soluble interleukin 2 receptor levels and allograft vasculopathy: an intravascular ultrasound study Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·H.O. Ventura, Frank W. Smart, Siddharth Jain, Frank J. Blatt, Teresa Collins, R.V. Milani, G. R. Bayramov, Matija Puček, Joseph Locke	1994	1
18	Current issues in advanced heart failure Medical Clinics of North America ·Rosana Chagas, Joseph P. Murgo, Frank W. Smart, Dwight D. Stapleton, Imelda Lowe	1992	1
19	Relationship of persistently elevated soluble interleukin-2 levels after heart transplant to allograft arteriopathy Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·James B. Young, 서종백, Neal S. Kleiman, Frank W. Smart, Wagih Moawad Abbas, E. Clinton Lawrence	1991	3
20	Proteoglycans from lungs of rabbits treated with pronase and cadmium chloride. PubMed ·G. Oehlschlaegel, D. Vrtancnik, Frank W. Smart, Berenson Gs	1985	9

About Frank W. Smart

Frank W. Smart is a scholar working on Transplantation, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery, Biomedical Engineering and Hepatology, having authored 119 papers that have together received 5.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes (46 papers), Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (31 papers), Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research (19 papers), Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (16 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (15 papers), Heart Failure Treatment and Management (15 papers), Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (13 papers) and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Transplantation (900 citations), Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (2.8k citations), Surgery (2.5k citations), Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (955 citations) and Biomedical Engineering (1.0k citations). Frank W. Smart has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Israel. Frequent co-authors include Mandeep R. Mehra, Héctor O. Ventura, Dwight Stapleton, Robert C. Bourge, William T. Abraham, Philip B. Adamson, Michael R. Zile, Michael D. McGoon, Dorothy B. Gail and Yuichiro Suzuki. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of the American College of Cardiology, The American Journal of Cardiology, The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, American Heart Journal and Transplantation.

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