Isaac Wamala

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
40 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Isaac Wamala is a scholar working on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Isaac Wamala has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Surgery, 18 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 15 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Isaac Wamala's work include Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (16 papers), Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (11 papers) and Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques (8 papers). Isaac Wamala is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (16 papers), Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (11 papers) and Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques (8 papers). Isaac Wamala collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Isaac Wamala's co-authors include Nikolay V. Vasilyev, William Whyte, David Mooney, Bo Ri Seo, Joost J. Vlassak, Jiawei Yang, Quansan Yang, Jianyu Li, Zhigang Suo and Adam D. Celiz and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Science Translational Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Isaac Wamala

38 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Tough adhesives for diverse wet surfaces 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 2017 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. Tough adhesives for diverse wet surfaces
    2017 1.3k citations Jianyu Li, Adam D. Celiz et al. Science profile →
  2. Soft robotic sleeve supports heart function
    2017 319 citations Ellen T. Roche, Markus A. Horvath et al. profile →

Peers

Isaac Wamala
William Whyte United States
Hao Meng China
Tengling Wu China
Xiang Ge China
Yonghui Ding United States
Quansan Yang United States
Chaozong Liu United Kingdom
Ellen T. Roche United States
Avijit Baidya United States
Benjamin R. Freedman United States
William Whyte United States
Isaac Wamala
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Isaac Wamala

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Isaac Wamala. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Isaac Wamala based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Isaac Wamala. Isaac Wamala is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wamala, Isaac, Edward T. O’Leary, Elizabeth S. DeWitt, et al.. (2024). Intraoperative conduction system mapping during reoperative mitral valve replacement. JTCVS Techniques. 27. 138–141. 1 indexed citations
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Meyer, Alexander, Lennart Tautz, Markus Hüllebrand, et al.. (2022). Cascaded neural network-based CT image processing for aortic root analysis. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. 17(3). 507–519. 11 indexed citations
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Wamala, Isaac, Christopher J. Payne, Mossab Y. Saeed, et al.. (2021). Importance of Preserved Tricuspid Valve Function for Effective Soft Robotic Augmentation of the Right Ventricle in Cases of Elevated Pulmonary Artery Pressure. Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology. 13(1). 120–128. 1 indexed citations
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Wamala, Isaac, Friedrich Kaufmann, Evgenij Potapov, et al.. (2020). Computed Tomography and Fluoroscopic Angiography in Management of Left Ventricular Assist Device Outflow Graft Obstruction. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging. 13(9). 2036–2042. 13 indexed citations
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Tautz, Lennart, Mathias Neugebauer, Joachim Georgii, et al.. (2020). Interactive editing of virtual chordae tendineae for the simulation of the mitral valve in a decision support system. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. 16(1). 125–132. 6 indexed citations
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Saeed, Mossab Y., Christopher J. Payne, Isaac Wamala, et al.. (2020). Dynamic Augmentation of Left Ventricle and Mitral Valve Function With an Implantable Soft Robotic Device. JACC Basic to Translational Science. 5(3). 229–242. 15 indexed citations
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Tautz, Lennart, Joachim Georgii, Isaac Wamala, et al.. (2019). Combining position-based dynamics and gradient vector flow for 4D mitral valve segmentation in TEE sequences. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. 15(1). 119–128. 9 indexed citations
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Tautz, Lennart, F. Degener, Isaac Wamala, et al.. (2019). User-dependent variability in mitral valve segmentation and its impact on CFD-computed hemodynamic parameters. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. 14(10). 1687–1696. 9 indexed citations
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Unbehaun, Axel, Christoph A. Klein, Semih Buz, et al.. (2018). A Novel Technique for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Pure Aortic Regurgitation. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 107(3). e177–e179. 5 indexed citations
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Tautz, Lennart, Mathias Neugebauer, Markus Hüllebrand, et al.. (2018). Extraction of open-state mitral valve geometry from CT volumes. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. 13(11). 1741–1754. 14 indexed citations
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Horvath, Markus A., Claudia E. Varela, Eimear B. Dolan, et al.. (2018). Towards Alternative Approaches for Coupling of a Soft Robotic Sleeve to the Heart. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 46(10). 1534–1547. 25 indexed citations
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Li, Jianyu, Adam D. Celiz, Jiawei Yang, et al.. (2017). Tough adhesives for diverse wet surfaces. Science. 357(6349). 378–381. 1298 indexed citations breakdown →
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Payne, Christopher J., Isaac Wamala, Mossab Y. Saeed, et al.. (2017). Soft robotic ventricular assist device with septal bracing for therapy of heart failure. Science Robotics. 2(12). 66 indexed citations
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Saeed, Mossab Y., Karl Price, Isaac Wamala, et al.. (2017). Approaches to Real-Time Ventricular Wall Strain Measurement for the Control of Soft Robotic Ventricular Assist Devices. 61–62. 1 indexed citations
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Wamala, Isaac, Mossab Y. Saeed, Sunil J. Ghelani, et al.. (2017). A leaflet plication clip is an effective surgical template for mitral valve foldoplasty. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 53(5). 939–944.
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Horvath, Markus A., Isaac Wamala, Elizabeth Doyle, et al.. (2017). An Intracardiac Soft Robotic Device for Augmentation of Blood Ejection from the Failing Right Ventricle. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 45(9). 2222–2233. 29 indexed citations
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Kaza, Aditya K., Isaac Wamala, Ingeborg Friehs, et al.. (2016). Myocardial rescue with autologous mitochondrial transplantation in a porcine model of ischemia/reperfusion. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 153(4). 934–943. 175 indexed citations
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Tasaki, Masayuki, Isaac Wamala, Aseda Tena, et al.. (2015). High Incidence of Xenogenic Bone Marrow Engraftment in Pig-to-Baboon Intra-Bone Bone Marrow Transplantation. American Journal of Transplantation. 15(4). 974–983. 31 indexed citations
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