George S. Abela

9.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
191 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

George S. Abela is a scholar working on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, George S. Abela has authored 191 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Surgery, 70 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 61 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in George S. Abela's work include Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (41 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (25 papers) and Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (25 papers). George S. Abela is often cited by papers focused on Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (41 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (25 papers) and Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (25 papers). George S. Abela collaborates with scholars based in United States, Egypt and Japan. George S. Abela's co-authors include Guillermo G. Nuñez, Cherilyn M. Sirois, Peter Duewell, Eicke Latz, Katherine A. Fitzgerald, Terje Espevik, Kathryn J. Moore, Max Schnurr, Katey J. Rayner and Luigi Franchi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Circulation and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

George S. Abela

180 papers receiving 6.7k citations

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NLRP3 inflammasomes are required for atherogenesis and activated by cholesterol crystals

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The formation of cholesterol crystals and embolization during myocardial infarction 2025 ·American Heart Journal Plus Cardiology Research and Practice ·(unknown), Venkat R. Katkoori, Stefan M. Nidorf, (unknown), George S. Abela	1
2	Cholesterol crystal formation is a unifying pathogenic mechanism in the development of diabetic retinopathy 2023 ·Diabetologia ·Sandra S. Hammer, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Natalia Mast, (unknown), Seth D. Fortmann, (unknown), Devendra K. Agrawal, Irina A. Pikuleva, George S. Abela, Maria B. Grant, Julia V. Busik	9
3	Interaction between bacteria and cholesterol crystals: Implications for endocarditis and atherosclerosis 2022 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), (unknown), Joseph C. Gardiner, Neal D. Hammer, Yehia Saleh, Abdullah Al‐Abcha, Apoorv Kalra, George S. Abela	3
4	Long-term effectiveness of empiric cardio-protection in patients receiving cardiotoxic chemotherapies: A systematic review & bayesian network meta-analysis 2022 ·European Journal of Cancer ·Ahmed Sayed, Omar Abdelfattah, Malak Munir, (unknown), Ahmed K. Awad, Hazem S. Ghaith, (unknown), (unknown), Avirup Guha, Ana Barac, Michael G. Fradley, George S. Abela, Daniel Addison	9
5	Cholesterol crystal induced inflammation and mechanical cardiac valve injury: Implications for transcatheter aortic-valve replacement 2021 ·Interventional Cardiology ·(unknown), Abdullah Al‐Abcha, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), George S. Abela	2
6	Meta-Analysis of Valve-in-Valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Versus Redo-surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Failed Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve 2021 ·The American Journal of Cardiology ·Abdullah Al‐Abcha, Yehia Saleh, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ola Abdelkarim, (unknown), George S. Abela	21
7	Anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity: mechanisms of action, incidence, risk factors, prevention, and treatment 2020 ·Heart Failure Reviews ·Yehia Saleh, Ola Abdelkarim, (unknown), George S. Abela	78
8	Viewing atherosclerosis through a crystal lens: How the evolving structure of cholesterol crystals in atherosclerotic plaque alters its stability 2020 ·Journal of clinical lipidology ·Stefan M. Nidorf, Aernoud T.L. Fiolet, George S. Abela	42
9	Cholesterol induced heart valve inflammation and injury: efficacy of cholesterol lowering treatment 2020 ·Open Heart ·(unknown), (unknown), Abed Janoudi, (unknown), (unknown), George S. Abela	5
10	Cholesterol crystals promote diabetic retinopathy (DR) pathology. 2020 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·Sandra S. Hammer, (unknown), (unknown), Cristiano Pedrozo Vieira, George S. Abela, Maria B. Grant, Julia V. Busik	1
11	Frequency of Cholesterol Crystals in Culprit Coronary Artery Aspirate During Acute Myocardial Infarction and Their Relation to Inflammation and Myocardial Injury 2017 ·The American Journal of Cardiology ·George S. Abela, Jagadeesh K Kalavakunta, Abed Janoudi, (unknown), Gaurav Dhar, Negar Salehi, Joel Cohn, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Vishal Gupta, Shukri David, (unknown), Michael J. Rich, (unknown), Dorothy R. Pathak, Fadi Shamoun	40
12	Pericarditis in Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature 2013 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Heather Laird‐Fick, (unknown), (unknown), George S. Abela	6
13	Coagulopathy and Extremely Elevated PT/INR after Dabigatran Etexilate Use in a Patient with End-Stage Renal Disease 2013 ·Case Reports in Medicine ·(unknown), Mrinal Yadava, (unknown), (unknown), Heather Laird‐Fick, (unknown), George S. Abela	12
14	Cholesterol crystals piercing the arterial plaque and intima trigger local and systemic inflammation 2010 ·Journal of clinical lipidology ·George S. Abela	122
15	Coronary artery fistula: A case series with review of the literature 2008 ·Journal of Cardiology ·(unknown), Sandeep Goyal, Sujeeth R. Punnam, Dinesh O. Shah, George F. Smith, George S. Abela	43
16	Arterial wall cholesterol content is a predictor of development and severity of arterial thrombosis 2006 ·Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis ·(unknown), Kusai Aziz, Ruiping Huang, George S. Abela	10
17	Atheromatous plaque cap thickness can be determined by quantitative color analysis during angioscopy: Implications for identifying the vulnerable plaque 2004 ·Clinical Cardiology ·Akira Miyamoto, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), James E. Muller, Richard W. Nesto, George S. Abela	31
18	Myocardial revascularization : novel percutaneous approaches 2002 ·George S. Abela	6
19	Modification of A-V conduction using a percutaneous combined laser-electrode catheter 1990 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Michael Mansour, Anne B. Curtis, George S. Abela, Gérald Barbeau, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Christophe W. Lombard	2
20	Laser recanalization of acutely thrombosed coronary arteries in live dogs: Early results 1985 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Filippo Crea, Albert Fenech, (unknown), C. Richard Conti, George S. Abela	31

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