J. Thomas Bigger

20.9k citations

53 papers · 16.2k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 24

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine top 0.05%
Biomedical Engineering top 0.5%
Cognitive Neuroscience top 1%
Complementary and alternative medicine top 0.05%
Surgery top 2%

Co-authors: Peter J. Schwartz Marek Malik A. John Camm A. J. Moss Alberto Malliani Bruce N. Goldreyer Peter Kaufmann C. Barr Taylor
Topics: Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (20 papers)Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (11 papers)Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (10 papers)
Cited by: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Complementary and alternative medicine Behavioral Neuroscience
Journals: Circulation Journal of Clinical Investigation Annals of Internal Medicine
Partner nations: United States Italy United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

J. Thomas Bigger

51 papers receiving 15.5k 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.

Heart rate variability: Standards of measurement, physiological interpretation, and clinical use

1996 12.6k citations J. Thomas Bigger et al. profile →
Depression and Coronary Heart Disease

2008 1.0k citations J. Thomas Bigger, Daniel B. Mark et al. profile →
Baroreflex Sensitivity and Heart Rate Variability in the Identification of Patients at Risk for Life-Threatening Arrhythmias

2001 540 citations Gregory M. Marcus, J. Thomas Bigger et al. profile →

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1	Reliability of Office, Home, and Ambulatory Blood Pressure Measurements and Correlation With Left Ventricular Mass 2020 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Joseph E. Schwartz,Paul Muntner,Ian M. Kronish,Matthew M. Burg,Thomas G. Pickering,J. Thomas Bigger,Daichi Shimbo	51
2	SURVIVAL BENEFIT OF THE PRIMARY PREVENTION IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR AMONG OLDER PATIENTS: DOES AGE MATTER? A PATIENT-LEVEL META-ANALYSIS OF 5 CLINICAL TRIALS 2014 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Paul L. Hess,Sana M. Al‐Khatib,(unknown),Rex Edwards,Gust H. Bardy,J. Thomas Bigger,Alfred E. Buxton,Riccardo Cappato,Paul Dorian,Al Hallstrom,Alan H. Kadish,Peter J. Kudenchuk,Kerry Lee,Daniel B. Mark,Arthur J. Moss,Richard C. Steinman,Lurdes Y. T. Inoue,Gillian D Sanders	1
3	From expert-derived user needs to user-perceived ease of use and usefulness: A two-phase mixed-methods evaluation framework 2013 ·Journal of Biomedical Informatics ·Mary Regina Boland,Alexander Rusanov,Yat S. So,(unknown),(unknown),Richard C. Steinman,Suzanne Bakken,J. Thomas Bigger,Chunhua Weng	18
4	Diabetes Control Among Hispanics in the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes Trial 2012 ·Journal of General Internal Medicine ·(unknown),Laney S. Light,David J. Brillon,(unknown),James V. Felicetta,Gregory W. Evans,(unknown),Robert Cuddihy,J. Thomas Bigger	7
5	Women, but not men, have prolonged QT interval if depressed after an acute coronary syndrome 2011 ·EP Europace ·William Whang,Howard Julien,Lenora Higginbotham,Ana Victoria Soto,Nisha Broodie,J. Thomas Bigger,Hasan Garan,Matthew M. Burg,Karina W. Davidson	17
6	The American Heart Association science advisory on depression and coronary heart disease: An exploration of the issues raised 2010 ·Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine ·J. Thomas Bigger,Alexander H. Glassman	21
7	Cardiac Autonomic Control and Treatment of Hostility: A Randomized Controlled Trial 2009 ·Psychosomatic Medicine ·Richard P. Sloan,Peter A. Shapiro,Ethan E. Gorenstein,Felice A. Tager,Catherine Monk,Paula S. McKinley,Michael M. Myers,Emilia Bagiella,(unknown),Richard C. Steinman,J. Thomas Bigger	32
8	Psychiatric Characteristics Associated With Long-term Mortality Among 361 Patients Having an Acute Coronary Syndrome and Major Depression 2009 ·Archives of General Psychiatry ·Alexander H. Glassman,J. Thomas Bigger,Michael Gaffney	131
9	Heart Rate Variability in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients With Major Depression 2007 ·Archives of General Psychiatry ·Alexander H. Glassman,J. Thomas Bigger,Michael Gaffney,Louis T. van Zyl	77
10	Predictive value of preoperative left ventricular ejection fraction and functional class for mortality and morbidity after high-risk coronary artery bypass grafting 2000 ·The American Journal of Cardiology ·Brian Olshansky,(unknown),Anne B. Curtis,J. Thomas Bigger	4
11	Epicardial cardioverter-defibrillators do not cause postoperative arrhythmias 1998 ·The American Journal of Cardiology ·Anne B. Curtis,J. Thomas Bigger,John P. DiMarco,J. L. Ross Anderson	5
12	Physical fitness as a determinant of vagal modulation 1997 ·Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise ·Rochelle L. Goldsmith,J. Thomas Bigger,Daniel M. Bloomfield,Richard C. Steinman	89
13	Prognostic significance of ventricular premature depolarizations measured 1 year after myocardial infraction in patient with early postinfarction asymptomatic ventricular arrhythmia 1992 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Alfred P. Hallstrom,J. Thomas Bigger,Dan M. Roden,Lawrence Friedman,(unknown),D. C. Richardson,William J. Rogers,(unknown),Craig M. Pratt,Robert J. Capone,Lawrence S.C. Griffith,Pierre Théroux,Allan H. Barker,Raymond L. Woosley	20
14	Stability over time of variables measuring heart rate variability 1991 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Robert E. Kleiger,J. Thomas Bigger,Linda Rolnitzky,James Cook,Richard C. Steinman	12
15	Relationship between time and frequency domain measurements of heart rate variability 1991 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Robert E. Kleiger,J. Thomas Bigger,Linda Rolnitzky,James Cook,Richard C. Steinman	6
16	The events surrounding the removal of encainide and flecainide from the Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial (CAST) and why CAST is continuing with moricizine 1990 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·J. Thomas Bigger	12
17	Cycle length variability predicts cardiac mortality independent of diltiazem therapy 1990 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Robert E. Kleiger,(unknown),J. Thomas Bigger,Linda Rolnitzky	1
18	Efficient estimation of the heart period power spectrum suitable for physiologic or pharmacologic studies 1990 ·The American Journal of Cardiology ·Jeffrey N. Rottman,Richard C. Steinman,Paul Albrecht,J. Thomas Bigger,Linda Rolnitzky,Joseph L. Fleiss	130
19	Mechanism of death and prevalence of myocardial ischemic symptoms in the terminal event after acute myocardial infarction 1988 ·The American Journal of Cardiology ·Gregory M. Marcus,Leonard A. Cobb,Jesse E. Edwards,Lewis H. Kuller,Arthur J. Moss,J. Thomas Bigger,Joseph L. Fleiss,Linda Rolnitzky,Ruth Serokman	111
20	Electrophysiological effects of mexiletine (Kö1173) on ovine cardiac Purkinje fibers. 1979 ·Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics ·(unknown),J. Thomas Bigger,Daniel G. Swistel,(unknown),(unknown)	19

About J. Thomas Bigger

J. Thomas Bigger is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, having authored 53 papers that have together received 16.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (20 papers), Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control (11 papers) and Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (12.9k citations), Complementary and alternative medicine (2.0k citations) and Behavioral Neuroscience (703 citations). J. Thomas Bigger has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Italy and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Peter J. Schwartz, Marek Malik, A. John Camm, A. J. Moss, Alberto Malliani, Bruce N. Goldreyer, Peter Kaufmann, C. Barr Taylor, François Lespérance and David S. Sheps. Their work appears in journals such as Circulation, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Annals of Internal Medicine.

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