Heather Meldrum

5.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
25 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Heather Meldrum is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather Meldrum has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 18 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 13 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Heather Meldrum's work include Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (21 papers), Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention (15 papers) and Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (12 papers). Heather Meldrum is often cited by papers focused on Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (21 papers), Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention (15 papers) and Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (12 papers). Heather Meldrum collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Heather Meldrum's co-authors include Henry J.M. Barnett, Michael Eliasziw, Allan J. Fox, D. Wayne Taylor, Richard N. Rankin, David L. Sackett, Gary G. Ferguson, Kevin E. Thorpe, G. Patrick Clagett and Vladimir Hachinski and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Heather Meldrum

25 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Benefit of Carotid Endarterectomy in Patients with Symptomatic Moderate or Severe Stenosis

1998 2.4k citations Henry J.M. Barnett, D. Wayne Taylor et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
The Causes and Risk of Stroke in Patients with Asymptomatic Internal-Carotid-Artery Stenosis

2000 611 citations Domenico Inzitari, Michael Eliasziw et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heather Meldrum Canada	14	3.5k	2.3k	2.2k	1.4k	315	25	3.9k
Alison Halliday United Kingdom	27	3.6k 1.0×	2.7k 1.1×	1.9k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	197 0.6×	116	4.4k
R.G.A. Ackerstaff Netherlands	33	2.6k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	275 0.9×	85	3.0k
John Castaldo United States	18	1.9k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	1.0k 0.5×	1.0k 0.7×	153 0.5×	42	2.4k
H. J. M. Barnett Canada	20	6.6k 1.9×	3.9k 1.7×	4.2k 1.9×	3.3k 2.3×	610 1.9×	44	7.5k
Daryl R. Gress United States	32	2.4k 0.7×	768 0.3×	2.0k 0.9×	3.5k 2.4×	419 1.3×	69	5.2k
Cathy A. Sila United States	19	2.5k 0.7×	803 0.3×	2.5k 1.1×	1.9k 1.3×	203 0.6×	32	3.5k
Gregory Mishkel United States	21	2.8k 0.8×	2.9k 1.2×	1.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	384 1.2×	49	4.1k
A. Ross Naylor United Kingdom	27	1.9k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	980 0.4×	832 0.6×	201 0.6×	82	2.5k
E. Bruce McIff United States	11	1.5k 0.4×	1.0k 0.4×	858 0.4×	659 0.5×	116 0.4×	13	1.8k
Thomas Tegos Greece	22	1.6k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	935 0.4×	288 0.2×	296 0.9×	64	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Heather Meldrum

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Naim, Maryam Y., J. William Gaynor, Jodi Chen, et al.. (2015). Subclinical seizures identified by postoperative electroencephalographic monitoring are common after neonatal cardiac surgery. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 150(1). 169–180. 93 indexed citations

Barnett, Henry J.M., Heather Meldrum, & Michael Eliasziw. (2002). the North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial (NASCET) Collaborators. 33 indexed citations

Alamowitch, Sonia, Michael Eliasziw, Ale Algra, Heather Meldrum, & Henry J.M. Barnett. (2001). Risk, Causes and Prevention of Ischemic Stroke in Elderly Patients with Symptomatic Internal Carotid Artery Stenosis. Stroke. 32. 332–332. 3 indexed citations

Barnett, H. J. M. & Heather Meldrum. (2001). Endarterectomy for Carotid Stenosis: New Approaches in Patient Selection. Cerebrovascular Diseases. 11(Suppl. 1). 105–111. 20 indexed citations

Benavente, Oscar, Michael Eliasziw, Jonathan Y. Streifler, et al.. (2001). Prognosis after Transient Monocular Blindness Associated with Carotid-Artery Stenosis. New England Journal of Medicine. 345(15). 1084–1090. 145 indexed citations

Alamowitch, Sonia, Michael Eliasziw, Ale Algra, Heather Meldrum, & Henry J.M. Barnett. (2001). Risk, causes, and prevention of ischaemic stroke in elderly patients with symptomatic internal-carotid-artery stenosis. The Lancet. 357(9263). 1154–1160. 139 indexed citations

Barnett, Henry J.M., Sonia Alamowitch, Michael Eliasziw, & Heather Meldrum. (2001). Carotid endarterectomy in elderly patients. The Lancet. 358(9283). 760–761. 1 indexed citations

Eliasziw, Michael, et al.. (2000). Plaque morphology as a risk factor for stroke. PubMed. 284(2). 177–177. 9 indexed citations

Barnett, Henry J.M. & Heather Meldrum. (2000). Appropriate Use of Carotid Endarterectomy. Hospital Practice. 35(11). 53–63. 60 indexed citations

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Smith, Don, Heather Meldrum, Deborah Russell, et al.. (2000). Capturing the paradigm shift in HIV treatment: Changing attitudes in the choice of combination antiretroviral drugs by high HIV caseload Australian GPs (1996-1997). AIDS Care. 12(1). 41–47. 3 indexed citations

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Barnett, Henry J.M. & Heather Meldrum. (2000). The Outlook for Patients with Carotid Stenosis. Cerebrovascular Diseases. 10(Suppl. 4). 30–35. 7 indexed citations

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Barnett, Henry J.M. & Heather Meldrum. (2000). Carotid Endarterectomy. Archives of Neurology. 57(1). 40–40. 10 indexed citations

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Inzitari, Domenico, Michael Eliasziw, Peter Gates, et al.. (2000). The Causes and Risk of Stroke in Patients with Asymptomatic Internal-Carotid-Artery Stenosis. New England Journal of Medicine. 342(23). 1693–1701. 611 indexed citations breakdown →

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Barnett, Henry J.M., Michael Eliasziw, & Heather Meldrum. (1999). Evidence based cardiology: Prevention of ischaemic stroke. BMJ. 318(7197). 1539–1543. 28 indexed citations

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Barnett, Henry J.M., D. Wayne Taylor, Michael Eliasziw, et al.. (1998). Benefit of Carotid Endarterectomy in Patients with Symptomatic Moderate or Severe Stenosis. New England Journal of Medicine. 339(20). 1415–1425. 2434 indexed citations breakdown →

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Barnett, Henry J.M., Michael Eliasziw, Heather Meldrum, & D. Wayne Taylor. (1996). Do the facts and figures warrant a 10-fold increase in the performance of carotid endarterectomy on asymptomatic patients?. Neurology. 46(3). 603–608. 100 indexed citations

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Küntzer, Thierry, et al.. (1996). Upcoming Alternatives to Aspirin for Antiaggregant Therapy in Stroke Prevention. European Neurology. 36(5). 253–259. 3 indexed citations

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Barnett, H. J. M., Misha Eliasziw, & Heather Meldrum. (1995). The Identification by Imaging Methods of Patients Who Might Benefit From Carotid Endarterectomy. Archives of Neurology. 52(8). 827–831. 9 indexed citations

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Barnett, Henry J.M., Michael Eliasziw, & Heather Meldrum. (1995). Drugs and Surgery in the Prevention of Ischemic Stroke. New England Journal of Medicine. 332(4). 238–248. 133 indexed citations

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Barnett, Henry J.M. & Heather Meldrum. (1994). Status of carotid endarterectomy. Current Opinion in Neurology. 7(1). 54–60. 4 indexed citations

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