Gerald Yonga

18.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Gerald Yonga is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerald Yonga has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 12 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and 8 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Gerald Yonga's work include Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (12 papers), Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (7 papers) and Heart Failure Treatment and Management (7 papers). Gerald Yonga is often cited by papers focused on Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (12 papers), Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (7 papers) and Heart Failure Treatment and Management (7 papers). Gerald Yonga collaborates with scholars based in Kenya, United States and Uganda. Gerald Yonga's co-authors include Bongani M. Mayosi, Anastase Dzudié, Okechukwu S. Ogah, Mahmoud U. Sani, Gad Cotter, Charles Mondo, Christopher Edwards, Bekele Alemayehu, Fikru Maru and Karen Sliwa and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, European Heart Journal and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Gerald Yonga

46 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

The Causes, Treatment, and Outcome of Acute Heart Failure in 1006 Africans From 9 Countries

2012 352 citations Albertino Damasceno, Bongani M. Mayosi et al. Archives of Internal Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gerald Yonga Kenya	18	551	258	187	144	127	47	1.2k
Isaac Ssinabulya Uganda	17	219 0.4×	213 0.8×	74 0.4×	169 1.2×	224 1.8×	60	836
Mahmoud U. Sani Nigeria	18	777 1.4×	364 1.4×	103 0.6×	262 1.8×	194 1.5×	76	1.4k
José Luis Bernal Sobrino Spain	19	600 1.1×	316 1.2×	97 0.5×	170 1.2×	109 0.9×	99	1.2k
Puneet Misra India	19	184 0.3×	265 1.0×	104 0.6×	349 2.4×	55 0.4×	85	1.2k
Valirie Ndip Agbor Cameroon	20	417 0.8×	287 1.1×	40 0.2×	206 1.4×	46 0.4×	80	1.3k
Andrea Darzi Canada	17	264 0.5×	137 0.5×	46 0.2×	260 1.8×	54 0.4×	49	1.4k
Samson Okello Uganda	20	181 0.3×	191 0.7×	55 0.3×	53 0.4×	385 3.0×	62	930
Montse Clèries Spain	21	437 0.8×	307 1.2×	51 0.3×	124 0.9×	43 0.3×	46	1.2k
Sameed Ahmed M. Khatana United States	20	336 0.6×	242 0.9×	30 0.2×	125 0.9×	50 0.4×	64	1.7k
Nakela L. Cook United States	12	403 0.7×	108 0.4×	75 0.4×	93 0.6×	60 0.5×	26	891

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yonga, Gerald, et al.. (2022). Late diagnosis of CHD and its associated factors in Kenya: an analytic cross-sectional study. Cardiology in the Young. 33(10). 1902–1908.

Nkoké, Clovis, Albertino Damasceno, Christopher Edwards, et al.. (2021). Differences in socio-demographic and risk factor profile, clinical presentation, and outcomes between patients with and without RHD heart failure in Sub-Saharan Africa: results from the THESUS-HF registry. Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy. 11(4). 980–990. 1 indexed citations

Mecha, Jared, et al.. (2020). Burden of prehypertension among adults in Kenya: a retrospective analysis of findings from the Healthy Heart Africa (HHA) Programme. BMC Public Health. 20(1). 281–281. 10 indexed citations

Loeb, Mark, Hisham Dokainish, Antonio Dans, et al.. (2019). Randomized controlled trial of influenza vaccine in patients with heart failure to reduce adverse vascular events (IVVE): Rationale and design. American Heart Journal. 212. 36–44. 33 indexed citations

Juma, Kenneth, et al.. (2019). First Africa non-communicable disease research conference 2017: sharing evidence and identifying research priorities. Journal of Global Health. 8(2). 20301–20301. 39 indexed citations

Yonga, Gerald, et al.. (2018). The association between asymptomatic and mild neurocognitive impairment and adherence to antiretroviral therapy among people living with human immunodeficiency virus. Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine. 19(1). 674–674. 8 indexed citations

Yonga, Gerald, et al.. (2018). Initial Rhythm and Resuscitation Outcomes for Patients Developing Cardiac Arrest in Hospital. Global Heart. 13(4). 255–260. 12 indexed citations

Sani, Mahmoud U., Beth A. Davison, Gad Cotter, et al.. (2018). Prevalence, clinical characteristics and outcomes of valvular atrial fibrillation in a cohort of African patients with acute heart failure: insights from the THESUS-HF registry. Cardiovascular journal of South Africa. 29(3). 139–145. 6 indexed citations

Subramanian, Sujha, Joseph Kibachio, Gladwell Gathecha, et al.. (2018). Cost and affordability of non-communicable disease screening, diagnosis and treatment in Kenya: Patient payments in the private and public sectors. PLoS ONE. 13(1). e0190113–e0190113. 88 indexed citations

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Shaikh, Asim Jamal, et al.. (2017). Factors that influence advance directives completion amongst terminally ill patients at a tertiary hospital in Kenya. BMC Palliative Care. 16(1). 9–9. 15 indexed citations

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Sani, Mahmoud U., Beth A. Davison, Gad Cotter, et al.. (2017). Echocardiographic predictors of outcome in acute heart failure patients in sub-Saharan Africa: insights from THESUS-HF. Cardiovascular journal of South Africa. 28(1). 60–67. 10 indexed citations

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Sani, Mahmoud U., Gad Cotter, Beth A. Davison, et al.. (2016). Symptoms and Signs of Heart Failure at Admission and Discharge and Outcomes in the Sub-Saharan Acute Heart Failure (THESUS-HF) Registry. Journal of Cardiac Failure. 23(10). 739–742. 17 indexed citations

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Ogah, Okechukwu S., Beth A. Davison, Karen Sliwa, et al.. (2015). Gender differences in clinical characteristics and outcome of acute heart failure in sub-Saharan Africa: results of the THESUS-HF study. Clinical Research in Cardiology. 104(6). 481–490. 31 indexed citations

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Sliwa, Karen, Beth A. Davison, Bongani M. Mayosi, et al.. (2013). Readmission and death after an acute heart failure event: predictors and outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: results from the THESUS-HF registry. European Heart Journal. 34(40). 3151–3159. 80 indexed citations

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Shavadia, Jay, et al.. (2013). Clinical characteristics and outcomes of atrial fibrillation and flutter at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi : cardiovascular topics. Cardiovascular journal of South Africa. 24(2). 6–9. 34 indexed citations

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Damasceno, Albertino, Bongani M. Mayosi, Mahmoud U. Sani, et al.. (2012). The Causes, Treatment, and Outcome of Acute Heart Failure in 1006 Africans From 9 Countries. Archives of Internal Medicine. 172(18). 1386–1386. 352 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yonga, Gerald, et al.. (2011). Evaluation of a project integrating cardiovascular care into HIV programmes. Cardiovascular journal of South Africa. 5. 7 indexed citations

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Shavadia, Jay, et al.. (2011). Predisposing factors and clinical characteristics of atrial fibrillation and flutter at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi. Cardiovascular journal of South Africa. 5. 1 indexed citations

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Yonga, Gerald, et al.. (1999). Percutaneous balloon mitral valvotomy: initial experience in Nairobi using a new multi-track catheter system.. PubMed. 76(2). 71–4. 3 indexed citations

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Bonhoeffer, Philipp, Francisco Tortoledo, Gerald Yonga, et al.. (1999). Percutaneous mitral valve dilatation with the multi-track system. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 48(2). 178–183. 27 indexed citations

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