H. Thomas Aretz

7.8k citations

68 papers · 5.7k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 25

Impact in

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine top 0.5%
- Viral Infections and Immunology Research
- Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
- Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging top 0.5%
- Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics

Papers in

Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 5
- Airway Management and Intubation Techniques 4
Surgery 32
- Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics 13
- Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes 4

Co-authors: Stuart L. Houser Brett E. Bouma Milen Shishkov Guillermo J. Tearney Elkan F. Halpern Ik–Kyung Jang Kelly Schlendorf Christopher R. Kauffman
Journals: New England Journal of Medicine (7 papers)Circulation (6 papers)Journal of the American College of Cardiology (4 papers)Medical Teacher (3 papers)The Prostate (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States Japan Australia

In The Last Decade

H. Thomas Aretz

67 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

6 papers align trajectories log scale

In Vivo Characterization of Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque by Use of Optical Coherence Tomography 2005 · 670 citations

What are hit papers?

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.

2005 Circulation
2003 Circulation
2002 Circulation
2002 Journal of the American College of Cardiology
1987 Human Pathology
1985 New England Journal of Medicine

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work
1	Climbing the Ladder from Novice to Expert Plastic Surgeon Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery ·Robert A. Weber, H. Thomas Aretz	2012	4
2	Case method teaching: An effective approach to integrate the basic and clinical sciences in the preclinical medical curriculum Medical Teacher ·Constance M. Bowe, John C. Voss, H. Thomas Aretz	2009	93
3	Lernende Institutionen zum Wohle des Patienten Der Anaesthesist ·F. Christ, H. Thomas Aretz	2007	1
4	Pressure overload-induced LV hypertrophy and dysfunction in mice are exacerbated by congenital NOS3 deficiency American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology ·Fumito Ichinose, Kenneth D. Bloch, Justina Wu, Ryuji Hataishi, H. Thomas Aretz, Michael H. Picard, Marielle Scherrer‐Crosbie	2004	100
5	Short-term intravenous eptifibatide infusion combined with reduced dose recombinant tissue plasminogen activator inhibits platelet recruitment at sites of coronary artery injury Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Gerson Gonçalves, Aloke V. Finn, Robert C. Leinbach, Stanley J. Hollenbach, H. Thomas Aretz, Renu Virmani, Herman K. Gold	2004	6
6	Morphology of atrial myocardium in human pulmonary veins Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Rutger J. Hassink, H. Thomas Aretz, Jeremy N. Ruskin, David Keane	2003	124
7	Transmyocardial coil implants: a novel approach to transmyocardial revascularization The Annals of Thoracic Surgery ·David Meerkin, Michel Pellerin, H. Thomas Aretz, Patrice Paiement, Stuart L. Houser, Raoul Bonan	2002	1
8	Visualization of coronary atherosclerotic plaques in patients using optical coherence tomography: comparison with intravascular ultrasound Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Ik‐Kyung Jang, Brett E. Bouma, Amanda Pullum, Seung‐Jung Park, Seong‐Wook Park, Ki‐Bae Seung, Kyu-Bo Choi, Milen Shishkov, Kelly Schlendorf, Eugene Pomerantsev, Stuart L. Houser, H. Thomas Aretz, Guillermo J. Tearney Hit paper breakdown →	2002	742
9	Mechanisms of tolerance induction and prevention of cardiac allograft vasculopathy in miniature swine: The effect of augmentation of donor antigen load Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ·Kazuhiko Yamada, Kwabena Mawulawde, Matthew T. Menard, Akira Shimizu, H. Thomas Aretz, Joseph Choo, Per-Olof Johansson, Joanna Slisz, David H. Sachs, Joren C. Madsen	2000	23
10	Porcine coronary imaging in vivo by optical coherence tomography Acta Cardiologica ·Nadia Chalida Nur, Ik‐Kyung Jang, H Chen, H. Thomas Aretz, Stuart L. Houser, Thomas J. Brady, Kelly Schlendorf, Milen Shishkov, Brett E. Bouma	2000	57
11	The impact of cocaine on the donor heart: a case report The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation ·Stuart L. Houser, Thomas E. MacGillivray, H. Thomas Aretz	2000	13
12	Immunolocalization of the keratinocyte growth factor in benign and neoplastic human prostate and its relation to androgen receptor The Prostate ·B. Planz, H. Thomas Aretz, Rui Song, Shahin Tabatabaei, Sandra D. Kirley, Chi‐Wei Lin, W. Scott McDougal	1999	41
13	Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm in Cogan’s syndrome Journal of Vascular Surgery ·Jennifer F. Tseng, Richard P. Cambria, H. Thomas Aretz, David C. Brewster	1999	21
14	CREATION OF THE "THYMOHEART" ALLOGRAFT Transplantation ·MarkusM ̈ uller, Matthew T. Menard, Guy P. Alexandre, Colette Franssen, Michel Meurisse, Tadeusz Gołaszewski, F. Coignoul, Kwabena Mawulawde, Joseph Choo, Kazuhiko Yamada, Ingrid Trevino, Joanna Slisz, 吉川太基, H. Thomas Aretz, David H. Sachs, Joren C. Madsen	1998	18
15	In vitro decalcification of aortic valve leaflets with the Er:YSGG laser, Ho:YAG laser, and the cavitron ultrasound surgical aspirator Lasers in Surgery and Medicine ·Warren A. Williamson, H. Thomas Aretz, Robert G. Cherry, David M. Shahian, Helen Lokey, Michail M. Pankratov, Stanley M. Shapshay	1993	8
16	Barrett's ulcer: A surgical disease? Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ·Warren A. Williamson, Frank H. Ellis, S. Peter Gibb, H. Thomas Aretz	1992	3
17	Myocardial Infarction Caused by Cardiac Microvasculopathy in a Patient with the Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome Annals of Internal Medicine ·Akinbowale Adekola Showemimo, Andrew G. Villanueva, Sherif B. Labib, H. Thomas Aretz, Virgínia Micaela Amorim Silva, David L. Burns, María Dolores López González	1992	48
18	Is the neodymium: Yag laser effectivetherapy for invasive bladder cancer? Urology ·Frano Klisura, H. Thomas Aretz, John A. Libertino, William Bihrle, Joseph B. Dowd	1991	4
19	Ultrasound guidance of laser atherectomy International journal of cardiac imaging ·H. Thomas Aretz, R K Myler, Tun‐zhu Bai, Richard E. Gregg, Solehah Yaacob, George F. Rick Hatch, Tom Moshaiov, Akshay Mahendrakar	1991	11
20	Intraluminal ultrasound guidance of transverse laser coronary atherectomy International journal of cardiac imaging ·H. Thomas Aretz, Tun‐zhu Bai, Solehah Yaacob	1989	28

About H. Thomas Aretz

H. Thomas Aretz is a scholar working on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Equine, having authored 68 papers that have together received 5.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (13 papers), Optical Coherence Tomography Applications (8 papers), Viral Infections and Immunology Research (5 papers), Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes (4 papers), Tracheal and airway disorders (4 papers), Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine (4 papers), Airway Management and Intubation Techniques (4 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (2.2k citations), Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (1.8k citations), Surgery (3.2k citations), Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (1.5k citations) and Biomedical Engineering (1.5k citations). H. Thomas Aretz has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Japan and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Stuart L. Houser, Brett E. Bouma, Milen Shishkov, Guillermo J. Tearney, Elkan F. Halpern, Ik–Kyung Jang, Kelly Schlendorf, Christopher R. Kauffman, Hiroshi Yabushita and Igor F. Palacios. Their work appears in journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Medical Teacher and The Prostate.

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