George Sopko

41.7k total citations · 9 hit papers
266 papers, 20.4k citations indexed

About

George Sopko is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, George Sopko has authored 266 papers receiving a total of 20.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 174 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 89 papers in Surgery and 76 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in George Sopko's work include Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (74 papers), Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (63 papers) and Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (49 papers). George Sopko is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (74 papers), Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (63 papers) and Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (49 papers). George Sopko collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Poland. George Sopko's co-authors include Carl J. Pepine, C. Noel Bairey Merz, Barry L. Sharaf, Steven E. Reís, Sheryl F. Kelsey, William J. Rogers, B. Delia Johnson, Vera Bittner, Marian B. Olson and Leslee J. Shaw and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

George Sopko

261 papers receiving 19.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Evaluation Study of Congestive Heart Failure and Pulmonary Artery Catheterization Effectiveness

2005 957 citations Christopher M. O’Connor, George Sopko et al. profile →
Insights From the NHLBI-Sponsored Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) Study

2006 615 citations C. Noel Bairey Merz, Leslee J. Shaw et al. profile →
Coronary-Artery Bypass Surgery in Patients with Ischemic Cardiomyopathy

2016 576 citations Eric J. Velazquez, Kerry L. Lee et al. profile →
Acute Heart Failure Syndromes

2005 556 citations George Sopko et al. Circulation profile →
Coronary Microvascular Reactivity to Adenosine Predicts Adverse Outcome in Women Evaluated for Suspected Ischemia

2010 541 citations Carl J. Pepine, R. David Anderson et al. profile →
Insights From the NHLBI-Sponsored Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) Study

2006 521 citations Leslee J. Shaw, C. Noel Bairey Merz et al. profile →
Association of Age and Sex With Myocardial Infarction Symptom Presentation and In-Hospital Mortality

2012 477 citations William J. Rogers, Viola Vaccarino et al. profile →
Influence of ejection fraction on outcomes and efficacy of spironolactone in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

2015 335 citations Scott D. Solomon, Inder S. Anand et al. profile →
Chest Compression Rates and Survival Following Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest*

2015 233 citations Ahamed H. Idris, Paul E. Pepe et al. Critical Care Medicine profile →

Peers

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George Sopko

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Body weight and physical fitness in women with ischaemic heart disease: does physical fitness contribute to our understanding of the obesity paradox in women? 2022 ·European Journal of Preventive Cardiology ·Odayme Quesada, Marie Lauzon, (unknown), Janet Wei, (unknown), Sheryl F. Kelsey, Steven E. Reís, Leslee J. Shaw, George Sopko, Eileen Handberg, Carl J. Pepine, C. Noel Bairey Merz	7
2	Coronary endothelial dysfunction appears to be a manifestation of a systemic process: A report from the Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation – Coronary Vascular Dysfunction (WISE-CVD) study 2021 ·PLoS ONE ·Sawan Jalnapurkar, (unknown), Janet Wei, Puja K. Mehta, Chrisandra Shufelt, Margo Minissian, Carl J. Pepine, Eileen Handberg, Galen Cook‐Wiens, George Sopko, C. Noel Bairey Merz	9
3	Airway insertion first pass success and patient outcomes in adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: The Pragmatic Airway Resuscitation Trial 2020 ·Resuscitation ·(unknown), Justin X. Moore, (unknown), Jeffrey L. Jarvis, Graham Nichol, Mohamud Daya, Ahamed H. Idris, (unknown), (unknown), Jestin N. Carlson, Pratik Doshi, George Sopko, Robert H. Schmicker, Henry E. Wang	19
4	Maladaptive left ventricular remodeling in women: An analysis from the Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation–Coronary Vascular Dysfunction study 2018 ·International Journal of Cardiology ·(unknown), Janet Wei, (unknown), Galen Cook‐Wiens, Quanlin Li, Louise Thomson, John W. Petersen, R. David Anderson, Puja K. Mehta, Chrisandra Shufelt, Daniel S. Berman, Babak Azarbal, Bruce Samuels, Eileen Handberg, George Sopko, Carl J. Pepine, C. Noel Bairey Merz	3
5	Design and Rationale of the Best Endovascular Versus Best Surgical Therapy for Patients With Critical Limb Ischemia (BEST‐CLI) Trial 2016 ·Journal of the American Heart Association ·Matthew T. Menard, Alik Farber, Susan F. Assmann, Niteesh K. Choudhry, Michael S. Conte, Mark A. Creager, Michael D. Dake, Michael R. Jaff, John A. Kaufman, Richard J. Powell, Diane Reid, Flora S. Siami, George Sopko, Christopher J. White, Kenneth Rosenfield	158
6	Heart failure hospitalization in women with signs and symptoms of ischemia: A report from the women's ischemia syndrome evaluation study 2016 ·International Journal of Cardiology ·(unknown), Michael D. Nelson, Erika Jones, Quanlin Li, Janet Wei, Behzad Sharif, Margo Minissian, Chrisandra Shufelt, George Sopko, Carl J. Pepine, C. Noel Bairey Merz	29
7	Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients with and without Diabetes in the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure (STICH) Trial 2015 ·European Journal of Heart Failure ·Michael R. MacDonald, Lilin She, Torsten Doenst, Philip F. Binkley, Jean L. Rouleau, Ru‐San Tan, Kerry L. Lee, Alan B. Miller, George Sopko, Dominika Szalewska, Myron A. Waclawiw, Rafał Dąbrowski, Serenella Castelvecchio, Christopher Adlbrecht, Robert E. Michler, Jae K. Oh, Eric J. Velazquez, Mark C. Petrie	19
8	Impact of Surgical Ventricular Reconstruction on Sphericity Index in Patients with Ischaemic Cardiomyopathy: Follow-Up from the STICH Trial 2015 ·European Journal of Heart Failure ·Jin‐Oh Choi, Richard C. Daly, Grace Lin, Brian D. Lahr, Heather J. Wiste, Thomas M. Beaver, Attilio Iacovoni, Marcin Malinowski, Ivar Friedrich, Jean L. Rouleau, Roberto Favaloro, George Sopko, Iréne Lang, Harvey D. White, Carmelo A. Milano, Robert H. Jones, Kerry L. Lee, Eric J. Velazquez, Jae K. Oh	19
9	Cardiac Structure and Function in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction 2013 ·Circulation Heart Failure ·Amil M. Shah, Sanjiv J. Shah, Inder S. Anand, Nancy K. Sweitzer, Eileen O’Meara, John F. Heitner, George Sopko, Guichu Li, Susan F. Assmann, Sonja M. McKinlay, Bertram Pitt, Marc A. Pfeffer, Scott D. Solomon	327
10	Hypothermia and hemostasis in severe trauma 2012 ·The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care ·Hasan B. Alam, Anthony E. Pusateri, Andrei Kindzelski, Debra Egan, Keith Hoots, Matthew T. Andrews, Peter Rhee, Samuel A. Tisherman, Kenneth G. Mann, Jaroslav G. Vostal, Patrick M. Kochanek, Thomas M. Scalea, (unknown), Forest R. Sheppard, George Sopko	19
11	The Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation 2 Diabetes Randomized Trial of Different Treatment Strategies in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus With Stable Ischemic Heart Disease 2009 ·Circulation ·Bernard Chaitman, Regina M. Hardison, Dale Adler, Suzanne S P Gebhart, (unknown), Salvador Ocampo, George Sopko, José Antônio Franchini Ramires, David J. Schneider, Robert L. Frye, (unknown)	169
12	Clinical trials in the out-of-hospital setting: Rationale and strategies for successful implementation 2008 ·Critical Care Medicine ·Paul E. Pepe, Michael K. Copass, George Sopko	19
13	Depression, the Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Risk 2007 ·Psychosomatic Medicine ·Viola Vaccarino, Candace McClure, B. Delia Johnson, David S. Sheps, Vera Bittner, Thomas Rutledge, Leslee J. Shaw, George Sopko, Marian B. Olson, David S. Krantz, Susmita Parashar, Oscar C. Marroquin, C. Noel Bairey Merz	148
14	The rationale and design of the Surgical Treatment for Ischemic Heart Failure (STICH) trial 2007 ·Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ·Eric J. Velazquez, Kerry L. Lee, Christopher M. O’Connor, Jae K. Oh, Robert O. Bonow, Gerald M. Pohost, Arthur M. Feldman, Daniel B. Mark, Julio A. Panza, George Sopko, Jean L. Rouleau, Robert H. Jones	131
15	Abstract 4178: Cardiovascular Event-Free Survival in Post-Menopausal Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Results from the Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation 2006 ·Circulation ·Leslee J. Shaw, Ricardo Azziz, Frank Z. Stanczyk, George Sopko, Glenn D. Braunstein, (unknown), Eileen Handberg, Sarah L. Berga, B. Delia Johnson, Vera Bittner, William Rogers, Carl J. Pepine, C. Noel Bairey Merz	1
16	Depression Is Associated With Cardiac Symptoms, Mortality Risk, and Hospitalization Among Women With Suspected Coronary Disease: The NHLBI-Sponsored WISE Study 2006 ·Psychosomatic Medicine ·Thomas Rutledge, Steven E. Reís, Marian B. Olson, Jane F. Owens, Sheryl F. Kelsey, Carl J. Pepine, Sunil Mankad, William J. Rogers, George Sopko, Carol E. Cornell, Barry L. Sharaf, C. Noel Bairey Merz	32
17	Hostility Scores Are Associated With Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Women Undergoing Coronary Angiography: A Report from the NHLBI-Sponsored WISE Study 2005 ·Psychosomatic Medicine ·Marian B. Olson, David S. Krantz, Sheryl F. Kelsey, Carl J. Pepine, George Sopko, Eileen Handberg, William J. Rogers, Gretchen L. Gierach, Candace K. McClure, C. Noel Bairey Merz	28
18	Social Networks Are Associated With Lower Mortality Rates Among Women With Suspected Coronary Disease: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute-Sponsored Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation Study 2004 ·Psychosomatic Medicine ·Thomas Rutledge, Steven E. Reís, Marian B. Olson, Jane F. Owens, Sheryl F. Kelsey, Carl J. Pepine, Sunil Mankad, William J. Rogers, C. Noel Bairey Merz, George Sopko, Carol E. Cornell, Barry L. Sharaf, Karen A. Matthews	92
19	Long-Term Prognostic Value of Clinically Evident Noncoronary Vascular Disease in Patients Undergoing Coronary Revascularization in the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation (BARI) 1998 ·The American Journal of Cardiology ·Kim Sutton-Tyrrell, Charanjit S. Rihal, (unknown), Karen Burek, (unknown), (unknown), Maria M. Brooks, (unknown), George Sopko, Norma Keller, R Jandová	63
20	Combined α/β-blockade versus β1-selective blockade in essential hypertension in black and white patients 1990 ·Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics ·Raymond R. Townsend, Donald J. DiPette, Robert P. Goodman, (unknown), R. F. P. Cronin, Alan H. Gradman, Lois Katz, Elissa McCarthy, George Sopko	26

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