G. William Dec

13.2k total citations · 6 hit papers
93 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

G. William Dec is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, G. William Dec has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 30 papers in Surgery and 14 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in G. William Dec's work include Viral Infections and Immunology Research (24 papers), Heart Failure Treatment and Management (23 papers) and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (17 papers). G. William Dec is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Immunology Research (24 papers), Heart Failure Treatment and Management (23 papers) and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (17 papers). G. William Dec collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Canada. G. William Dec's co-authors include Valentı́n Fuster, Marc J. Semigran, Jared W. Magnani, Jagat Narula, Nezam Haider, Thomas G. Di Salvo, Renu Virmani, Frank D. Kolodgie, Roger J. Hajjar and Michael Mathier and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

G. William Dec

93 papers receiving 8.1k citations

Hit Papers

Apoptosis in Myocytes in End-Stage Heart Failure 1994 2026 2004 2015 1996 1994 1996 1995 1999 250 500 750 1000
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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. Apoptosis in Myocytes in End-Stage Heart Failure
    1996 1.1k citations Jagat Narula, Nezam Haider et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  2. Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy
    1994 694 citations G. William Dec, Valentı́n Fuster New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  3. The Six-Minute Walk Test Predicts Peak Oxygen Uptake and Survival in Patients With Advanced Heart Failure
    1996 573 citations Michael A. Mathier, Marc J. Semigran et al. profile →
  4. Preserved right ventricular ejection fraction predicts exercise capacity and survival in advanced heart failure
    1995 529 citations Thomas G. Di Salvo, Michael Mathier et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  5. Apoptosis in heart failure: Release of cytochrome c from mitochondria and activation of caspase-3 in human cardiomyopathy
    1999 511 citations Jagat Narula, Pramod S. Pandey et al. profile →
  6. Viral myocarditis—diagnosis, treatment options, and current controversies
    2015 414 citations Ari Pollack, Amy Kontorovich et al. Nature Reviews Cardiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
G. William Dec United States 39 6.1k 1.8k 1.7k 959 835 93 8.4k
Aldo Clerico Italy 45 4.3k 0.7× 1.0k 0.6× 979 0.6× 852 0.9× 938 1.1× 261 6.9k
Kenneth McDonald Ireland 44 5.0k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 692 0.7× 737 0.9× 222 7.8k
Per Hildebrandt Denmark 48 5.5k 0.9× 962 0.5× 1.2k 0.7× 1.0k 1.0× 1.1k 1.3× 170 8.5k
Dirk Westermann Germany 56 7.6k 1.2× 2.4k 1.3× 2.7k 1.5× 746 0.8× 916 1.1× 424 11.9k
Ignatios Ikonomidis Greece 45 4.2k 0.7× 846 0.5× 1.3k 0.8× 1.1k 1.2× 1.5k 1.8× 309 7.4k
Andre Keren Israel 44 6.2k 1.0× 1.2k 0.7× 1.4k 0.8× 1.2k 1.2× 790 0.9× 140 8.0k
Davinder S. Jassal Canada 39 3.9k 0.6× 931 0.5× 788 0.5× 803 0.8× 526 0.6× 222 5.9k
Svein Simonsen Norway 42 2.9k 0.5× 897 0.5× 1.9k 1.1× 699 0.7× 1.2k 1.4× 175 6.1k
Tohru Izumi Japan 39 3.7k 0.6× 1.3k 0.7× 869 0.5× 1.1k 1.2× 774 0.9× 294 6.5k
Jordi Soler‐Soler Spain 50 6.4k 1.0× 863 0.5× 1.9k 1.1× 1.3k 1.4× 1.5k 1.8× 176 8.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pollack, Ari, Amy Kontorovich, Valentı́n Fuster, & G. William Dec. (2015). Viral myocarditis—diagnosis, treatment options, and current controversies. Nature Reviews Cardiology. 12(11). 670–680. 414 indexed citations breakdown →
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Guan, Jian, Shikha Mishra, Jianru Shi, et al.. (2013). Stanniocalcin1 is a key mediator of amyloidogenic light chain induced cardiotoxicity. Basic Research in Cardiology. 108(5). 378–378. 55 indexed citations
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Haider, Nezam, Eloisa Arbustini, Sudhir Gupta, et al.. (2009). Concurrent upregulation of endogenous proapoptotic and antiapoptotic factors in failing human hearts. Nature Reviews Cardiology. 6(3). 250–261. 17 indexed citations
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Ellinor, Patrick T., Sabine Klaassen, Susanne Probst, et al.. (2006). A Novel Locus for Dilated Cardiomyopathy, Diffuse Myocardial Fibrosis, and Sudden Death on Chromosome 10q25-26. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 48(1). 106–111. 23 indexed citations
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Cesario, David A. & G. William Dec. (2006). Implantable Cardioverter- Defibrillator Therapy in Clinical Practice. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 47(8). 1507–1517. 23 indexed citations
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Rohde, Luís Eduardo Paim, Nadine Clausell, Jorge P. Ribeiro, et al.. (2004). Health outcomes in decompensated congestive heart failure: a comparison of tertiary hospitals in Brazil and United States. International Journal of Cardiology. 102(1). 71–77. 56 indexed citations
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Okura, Yuji, G. William Dec, Joshua M. Hare, et al.. (2003). A clinical and histopathologic comparison of cardiac sarcoidosis and idiopathic giant cell myocarditis. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 41(2). 322–329. 192 indexed citations
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Lepore, John J., Anjli Maroo, Naveen L. Pereira, et al.. (2002). Effect of sildenafil on the acute pulmonary vasodilator response to inhaled nitric oxide in adults with primary pulmonary hypertension. The American Journal of Cardiology. 90(6). 677–680. 124 indexed citations
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McCullough, Peter A., et al.. (2001). Underuse of invasive procedures among Medicaid patients with acute myocardial infarction. American Journal of Public Health. 91(7). 1082–1088. 35 indexed citations
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Polanczyk, Carísi Anne, et al.. (2001). Quality of care and hospital readmission in congestive heart failure: An explicit review process. Journal of Cardiac Failure. 7(4). 289–298. 44 indexed citations
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Lowes, Brian D., Michael B. Higginbotham, Marcus A. DeWood, et al.. (2000). Low-dose enoximone improves exercise capacity in chronic heart failure∗∗A list of the Enoximone Study Group Members and institutional affiliations is provided in the appendix.. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 36(2). 501–508. 37 indexed citations
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Narula, Jagat, Chandra Sekhar Yadavalli, & G. William Dec. (1998). Apoptosis in heart failure: a tale of heightened expectations, unfulfilled promises and broken hearts.... APOPTOSIS. 3(5). 309–315. 6 indexed citations
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Mathier, Michael A., Geoffrey Rose, Michael A. Fifer, et al.. (1998). Coronary endothelial dysfunction in patients with acute-onset idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 32(1). 216–224. 76 indexed citations
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Williams, Michael, Myung‐Yong Lee, Thomas G. DiSalvo, et al.. (1997). Tricuspid Regurgitation and Right Heart Dimensions at Early and Late Follow‐Up After Orthotopic Cardiac Transplantation. Echocardiography. 14(2). 111–117. 4 indexed citations
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Halpern, Elkan F., et al.. (1997). Relationship between pulmonary artery diameter at computed tomography and pulmonary artery pressures at right-sided heart catheterization. Academic Radiology. 4(5). 327–334. 77 indexed citations
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Haider, Nezam, et al.. (1996). Brief myocardial ischemic insult results in activation of the stress activated protein kinase. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 27(2). 355–355. 1 indexed citations
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Narula, Jagat, Nezam Haider, Renu Virmani, et al.. (1996). Apoptosis in Myocytes in End-Stage Heart Failure. New England Journal of Medicine. 335(16). 1182–1189. 1141 indexed citations breakdown →
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Williams, Michael, Myung‐Yong Lee, Thomas G. DiSalvo, et al.. (1996). Biopsy-induced flail tricuspid leaflet and tricuspid regurgitation following orthotopic cardiac transplantation. The American Journal of Cardiology. 77(15). 1339–1344. 72 indexed citations
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Salvo, Thomas G. Di, Michael Mathier, Marc J. Semigran, & G. William Dec. (1995). Preserved right ventricular ejection fraction predicts exercise capacity and survival in advanced heart failure. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 25(5). 1143–1153. 529 indexed citations breakdown →
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Semigran, Marc J., Nicholas Aroney, Howard C. Herrmann, et al.. (1992). Effects of atrial natriuretic peptide on myocardial contractile and diastolic function in patients with heart failure. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 20(1). 98–106. 24 indexed citations

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