James L. Ritchie

19.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
147 papers, 12.2k citations indexed

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James L. Ritchie is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, James L. Ritchie has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 12.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 72 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 48 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in James L. Ritchie's work include Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (68 papers), Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (35 papers) and Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging (23 papers). James L. Ritchie is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (68 papers), Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (35 papers) and Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging (23 papers). James L. Ritchie collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Germany. James L. Ritchie's co-authors include John W. Kennedy, Kathryn Davis, David L. Williams, Glen W. Hamilton, Raymond J. Gibbons, Jeffrey L. Anderson, Charles Maynard, Melvin D. Cheitlin, K. Lance Gould and Robert A. O’Rourke and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

James L. Ritchie

145 papers receiving 11.2k 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.

ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with acute myocardial infarction

1996 1.4k citations Richard O. Russell, James L. Ritchie et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
ACC/AHA Guidelines for Exercise Testing: Executive Summary

1997 844 citations James L. Ritchie, M.D. Cheitlin et al. profile →
ACC/AHA guidelines for coronary angiography11“ACC/AHA Guidelines for Coronary Angiography” was approved by the American College of Cardiology Board of Trustees in October 1998 and by the American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee in December 1998.22When citing this document, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association request that the following format be used: Scanlon PJ, Faxon DP, Audet AM, Carabello B, Dehmer GJ, Eagle KA, Legako RD, Leon DF, Murray JA, Nissen SD, Pepine CJ, Watson RM. ACC/AHA guidelines for coronary angiography: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Coronary Angiography). J Am Coll Cardiol1999;33:1756–82433This document is available on the websites of the ACC (www.acc.org) and the AHA (www.americanheart.org). Reprints of this document (the complete guidelines) are available for $5 each by calling 800-253-4636 (US only) or writing the American College of Cardiology, Educational Services, 9111 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, MD 20814-1699. Ask for reprint No. 71-0164. To obtain a reprint of the shorter version (executive summary and summary of recommendations) published in the May 4, 1999, issue of Circulation, ask for reprint No. 71-0163. To purchase additional reprints (specify version and reprint number): up to 999 copies, call 800-611-6083 (US only) or fax 413-665-2671; 1000 or more copies, call 214-706-1466, fax 214-691-6342, or e-mail pubauth@heart.org

1999 842 citations Kim A. Eagle, Steven E. Nissen et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
Western Washington Randomized Trial of Intracoronary Streptokinase in Acute Myocardial Infarction

1983 579 citations John W. Kennedy, James L. Ritchie et al. profile →
Guidelines for perioperative cardiovascular evaluation for noncardiac surgery

1996 501 citations Kim A. Eagle, Bruce H. Brundage et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
James L. Ritchie	8.6k	5.3k	3.8k	1.4k	1.3k	147	12.2k
Richard O. Russell	10.7k 1.3×	5.8k 1.1×	4.6k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	165	14.6k
Thomas J. Ryan	15.0k 1.8×	7.7k 1.4×	9.4k 2.5×	2.8k 2.1×	1.3k 1.0×	294	21.2k
Robert A. Vogel	7.1k 0.8×	2.7k 0.5×	4.2k 1.1×	1.9k 1.4×	664 0.5×	172	12.4k
Nicolas Danchin	10.8k 1.3×	3.0k 0.6×	5.4k 1.4×	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	580	15.6k
Gregory Dehmer	5.9k 0.7×	3.5k 0.7×	3.9k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	569 0.4×	163	8.6k
William E. Boden	8.7k 1.0×	4.7k 0.9×	5.2k 1.4×	697 0.5×	517 0.4×	334	12.3k
Eugene R. Passamani	6.9k 0.8×	3.1k 0.6×	3.9k 1.0×	674 0.5×	471 0.4×	65	10.2k
Philip E. Aylward	8.9k 1.0×	2.3k 0.4×	3.5k 0.9×	649 0.5×	834 0.6×	223	11.1k
Jeffrey Borer	17.6k 2.1×	3.9k 0.7×	4.2k 1.1×	2.1k 1.6×	925 0.7×	349	21.8k
Thomas Killip	7.5k 0.9×	3.8k 0.7×	4.4k 1.2×	837 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	111	10.1k

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Bonow, Robert O., Sue Bennett, Donald E. Casey, et al.. (2005). ACC/AHA Clinical Performance Measures for Adults With Chronic Heart Failure. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 46(6). 1144–1178. 189 indexed citations

Ritchie, James L., Michael J. Wolk, John W. Hirshfeld, et al.. (2004). Task force 4: Appropriate clinical care and issues of “self-referral”. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 44(8). 1740–1746. 7 indexed citations

Every, Nathan R., Charles Maynard, Kevin A. Schulman, & James L. Ritchie. (2000). The association between institutional primary angioplasty procedure volume and outcome in elderly Americans.. PubMed. 12(6). 303–8. 11 indexed citations

Gibbons, Raymond J., Kanu Chatterjee, Jennifer Daley, et al.. (1999). ACC/AHA/ACP-ASIM guidelines for the management of patients with chronic stable angina11This document was approved by the American College of Cardiology Board of Trustees in March 1999, the American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee in March 1999, and the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine Board of Regents in February 1999.When citing this document, please use the following citation format: Gibbons RJ, Chatterjee K, Daley J, Douglas JS, Fihn SD, Gardin JM, Grunwald MA, Levy D, Lytle BW, O’Rourke RA, Schafer WP, Williams SV. ACC/AHA/ACP-ASIM guidelines for the management of patients with chronic stable angina: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on the Management of Patients With Chronic Stable Angina). J Am Coll Cardiol 1999;33:2092–197.This document is available on the World Wide Web sites of the American College of Cardiology (www.acc.org) and the American Heart Association (www.americanheart.org). Reprints of this document are available by calling 1-800-253-4636 or writing the American College of Cardiology, Educational Services, at 9111 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, MD 20814-1699. Ask for reprint number 71-0166. To obtain a reprint of the Executive Summary and Recommendations published in the June 1, 1999 issue of Circulation, ask for reprint number 71-0167. To purchase bulk reprints (specify version and reprint number): Up to 999 copies call 1-800-611-6083 (US only) or fax 413-665-2671; 1000 or more copies call 214-706-1466, fax 214-691-6342, or e-mail pubauth@heart.org. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 33(7). 2092–2197. 441 indexed citations

Smith, Nicholas L., Gayle E. Reiber, Bruce M. Psaty, et al.. (1998). Health outcomes associated with beta-blocker and diltiazem treatment of unstable angina. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 32(5). 1305–1311. 22 indexed citations

Eagle, Kim A., Bruce H. Brundage, Bernard Chaitman, et al.. (1996). Guidelines for perioperative cardiovascular evaluation for noncardiac surgery. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 27(4). 910–948. 501 indexed citations breakdown →

Zipes, Douglas P., John Dimarco, P. C. Gillette, et al.. (1995). Guidelines for clinical intracardiac electrophysiological and catheter ablation procedures: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Clinical Intracardiac Electrophysiologic and Catheter Ablation Procedures). Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 6(8). 652–679. 19 indexed citations

Ritchie, James L., Raymond J. Gibbons, Lynne L. Johnson, et al.. (1995). Task force 5: Training in nuclear cardiology. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 25(1). 19–23. 20 indexed citations

Ritchie, James L., Melvin D. Cheitlin, Mark A. Hlatky, Thomas J. Ryan, & Roberta G. Williams. (1994). Task force 5: Profile of the cardiovascular specialist: Trends in needs and supply and implication for the future. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 24(2). 313–321. 6 indexed citations

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Ritchie, James L., Steven E. Nissen, John S. Douglas, et al.. (1993). Use of nonionic or low osmolar contrast agents in cardiovascular procedures. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 21(1). 269–273. 31 indexed citations

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Cerqueira, Manuel D., Charles Maynard, James L. Ritchie, Kathryn Davis, & John W. Kennedy. (1992). Long-term survival in 618 patients from the Western Washington streptokinase in myocardial infarction trials. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 20(7). 1452–1459. 83 indexed citations

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Weaver, W. Douglas, Mickey S. Eisenberg, Jenny S. Martin, et al.. (1990). Myocardial infarction triage and intervention project—Phase I: Patient characteristics and feasibility of prehospital initiation of thrombolytic therapy. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 15(5). 925–931. 202 indexed citations

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Hansen, Daniël, David C. Auth, Margaret Hall, & James L. Ritchie. (1988). Rotational endarterectomy in normal canine coronary arteries: Preliminary report. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 11(5). 1073–1077. 53 indexed citations

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Ritchie, James L., Manuel D. Cerqueira, Charles Maynard, Kathryn Davis, & John W. Kennedy. (1988). Ventricular function and infarct size: The Western Washington Intravenous Streptokinase in Myocardial Infarction Trial. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 11(4). 689–697. 90 indexed citations

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Cerqueira, Manuel D. & James L. Ritchie. (1988). Thallium-201 scintigraphy in risk assessment for ambulatory patients with chest pain: Does everyone need catheterization?. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 12(1). 35–36. 4 indexed citations

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Hindman, Nancy B., et al.. (1987). Estimation of myocardial infarct size by electrocardiographic and radionuclide techniques.. PubMed. 20 Suppl. 78–81. 5 indexed citations

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Pohost, Gerald M., et al.. (1986). Task force V: Training in nuclear cardiology and nuclear magnetic resonance. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 7(6). 1209–1212. 1 indexed citations

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Morrison, Douglass A., et al.. (1983). The acute effects of low flow oxygen and isosorbide dinitrate on left and right ventricular ejection fractions in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2(4). 652–660. 6 indexed citations

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Stratton, John R., Jeffrey B. Halter, Alfred P. Hallstrom, James H. Caldwell, & James L. Ritchie. (1983). Comparative plasma catecholamine and hemodynamic responses to handgrip, cold pressor and supine bicycle exercise testing in normal subjects. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2(1). 93–104. 78 indexed citations

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Ritchie, James L., et al.. (1979). Thallium-201 myocardial imaging: a comparison of the redistribution and rest images.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 20(6). 477–83. 49 indexed citations

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