Javed Butler

117.9k total citations · 35 hit papers
825 papers, 42.1k citations indexed

About

Javed Butler is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Javed Butler has authored 825 papers receiving a total of 42.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 625 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 219 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and 133 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Javed Butler's work include Heart Failure Treatment and Management (458 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (272 papers) and Diabetes Treatment and Management (194 papers). Javed Butler is often cited by papers focused on Heart Failure Treatment and Management (458 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (272 papers) and Diabetes Treatment and Management (194 papers). Javed Butler collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Javed Butler's co-authors include Gregg C. Fonarow, Gerasimos Filippatos, Clyde W. Yancy, Stephen J. Greene, Muthiah Vaduganathan, Lynne W. Stevenson, Stefan D. Anker, Frederick A. Masoudi, Mariell Jessup and Paul A. Heidenreich and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Javed Butler

769 papers receiving 41.0k citations

Hit Papers

2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update o... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2017 2011 2017 2013 2014 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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.

  1. 2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure
    2017 2.8k citations Javed Butler, Gerasimos Filippatos et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  2. Forecasting the Future of Cardiovascular Disease in the United States
    2011 2.4k citations Paul A. Heidenreich, Justin G. Trogdon et al. Circulation profile →
  3. 2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Failure Society of America
    2017 2.1k citations Javed Butler, Gerasimos Filippatos et al. Circulation profile →
  4. Forecasting the Impact of Heart Failure in the United States
    2013 2.1k citations Paul A. Heidenreich, Nancy M. Albert et al. Circulation Heart Failure profile →
  5. The Global Health and Economic Burden of Hospitalizations for Heart Failure
    2014 1.5k citations Gregg C. Fonarow, Javed Butler et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  6. SGLT2 inhibitors in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: a meta-analysis of the EMPEROR-Reduced and DAPA-HF trials
    2020 831 citations Faı̈ez Zannad, João Pedro Ferreira et al. profile →
  7. Medical Therapy for Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction
    2018 760 citations Stephen J. Greene, Javed Butler et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  8. Incidence, predictors at admission, and impact of worsening renal function among patients hospitalized with heart failure
    2004 706 citations Javed Butler, Christopher M. O’Connor et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  9. 2021 Update to the 2017 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway for Optimization of Heart Failure Treatment: Answers to 10 Pivotal Issues About Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction
    2021 575 citations Thomas M. Maddox, James L. Januzzi et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  10. 2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure
    2017 575 citations Javed Butler, Gerasimos Filippatos et al. profile →
  11. Myocardial Interstitial Fibrosis in Heart Failure
    2018 467 citations Javed Butler et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  12. 2016 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update on New Pharmacological Therapy for Heart Failure: An Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure
    2016 454 citations Javed Butler, Gerasimos Filippatos et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  13. Association of Change in N-Terminal Pro–B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Following Initiation of Sacubitril-Valsartan Treatment With Cardiac Structure and Function in Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction
    2019 413 citations James L. Januzzi, Javed Butler et al. profile →
  14. Effect of Oral Iron Repletion on Exercise Capacity in Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction and Iron Deficiency
    2017 323 citations Gregory D. Lewis, Adrian F. Hernandez et al. profile →
  15. Titration of Medical Therapy for Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction
    2019 303 citations Stephen J. Greene, Gregg C. Fonarow et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  16. Empagliflozin in Heart Failure
    2020 270 citations Javed Butler et al. Circulation profile →
  17. Effect of Empagliflozin on the Clinical Stability of Patients With Heart Failure and a Reduced Ejection Fraction
    2020 266 citations Milton Packer, Stefan D. Anker et al. Circulation profile →
  18. Effect of Empagliflozin on Cardiovascular and Renal Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure by Baseline Diabetes Status
    2020 243 citations Stefan D. Anker, Javed Butler et al. Circulation profile →
  19. Effect of Empagliflozin on Worsening Heart Failure Events in Patients With Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction: EMPEROR-Preserved Trial
    2021 226 citations Milton Packer, Javed Butler et al. Circulation profile →
  20. The SGLT2 inhibitor canagliflozin in heart failure: the CHIEF-HF remote, patient-centered randomized trial
    2022 158 citations Javed Butler, Mikhail Kosiborod et al. profile →
  21. Trends in 30- and 90-Day Readmission Rates for Heart Failure
    2021 156 citations Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, Stephen J. Greene et al. Circulation Heart Failure profile →
  22. Semaglutide versus placebo in patients with heart failure and mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction: a pooled analysis of the SELECT, FLOW, STEP-HFpEF, and STEP-HFpEF DM randomised trials
    2024 123 citations Mikhail Kosiborod, Barry A. Borlaug et al. profile →
  23. Ferric Carboxymaltose in Heart Failure with Iron Deficiency
    2023 120 citations Robert J. Mentz, Jyotsna Garg et al. profile →
  24. Worsening Heart Failure: Nomenclature, Epidemiology, and Future Directions
    2023 115 citations Stephen J. Greene, Justin A. Ezekowitz et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  25. Global epidemiology of heart failure
    2024 110 citations Marco Metra, Javed Butler et al. profile →
  26. Iron deficiency and cardiovascular disease
    2022 108 citations Javed Butler, Piotr Ponikowski et al. European Heart Journal profile →
  27. Prevalence and Overlap of Cardiac, Renal, and Metabolic Conditions in US Adults, 1999-2020
    2023 107 citations Javed Butler, Gregg C. Fonarow et al. JAMA Cardiology profile →
  28. SGLT-2 Inhibitors in Heart Failure: A Review of Current Evidence
    2023 75 citations Khawaja M. Talha, Stefan D. Anker et al. PubMed profile →
  29. 2024 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway for Treatment of Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction
    2024 70 citations Thomas M. Maddox, James L. Januzzi et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  30. Efficacy of ferric carboxymaltose in heart failure with iron deficiency: an individual patient data meta-analysis
    2023 67 citations Piotr Ponikowski, Robert J. Mentz et al. European Heart Journal profile →
  31. Reversals in the Decline of Heart Failure Mortality in the US, 1999 to 2021
    2024 47 citations Ahmed Sayed, Dmitry Abramov et al. JAMA Cardiology profile →
  32. Effect of SGLT2 inhibitors on heart failure outcomes and cardiovascular death across the cardiometabolic disease spectrum: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    2024 45 citations Muhammad Usman, Stefan D. Anker et al. profile →
  33. Semaglutide and diuretic use in obesity-related heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a pooled analysis of the STEP-HFpEF and STEP-HFpEF-DM trials
    2024 43 citations Barry A. Borlaug, Javed Butler et al. European Heart Journal profile →
  34. Inflammation in Obesity-Related HFpEF
    2024 41 citations Subodh Verma, Mark C. Petrie et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  35. Systematic review and meta-analysis of intravenous iron therapy for patients with heart failure and iron deficiency
    2025 13 citations Stefan D. Anker, Robert J. Mentz et al. profile →

Peers

Javed Butler
Comparison fields: 5 of 190
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 29.1k
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 8.1k
  • Surgery 6.4k
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6.2k
  • Molecular Biology 4.5k
Replace Gerasimos Filippatos with:
Gerasimos Filippatos Greece
Adriaan A. Voors Netherlands
Aldo P. Maggioni Italy
Piotr Ponikowski Poland
Karl Swedberg Sweden
Adrian F. Hernandez United States
Christian Torp‐Pedersen Denmark
Lars Køber Denmark
James L. Januzzi United States
Milton Packer United States
Gerasimos Filippatos Greece View profile →
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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Design of the First in Human Gene Therapy Trial of TLT-101 for Chronic Heart Failure (FIGHT-HF)
2025 ·JACC Basic to Translational Science ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Matthew J. Killeen, James C. Fang, Javed Butler, Adrian F. Hernandez, TingTing Hong, Robin M. Shaw
0
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Effects of SGLT2 inhibitors across the spectrum of albuminuria in cardiovascular–kidney–metabolic conditions: A pooled analysis of randomised trials
2025 ·Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism ·João Pedro Ferreira, Pedro Marques, Stefan D. Anker, Javed Butler, Gerasimos Filippatos, Abhinav Sharma, Francisco Vasques‐Nóvoa, (unknown), João Sérgio Neves, Milton Packer, (unknown)
0
3
Frailty and Its Implications in Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction
2024 ·Heart Failure Clinics ·Khawaja M. Talha, Stephen J. Greene, Javed Butler, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan
1
4
Atrial Fibrillation and Semaglutide Effects in Obesity-Related Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
2024 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Subodh Verma, Javed Butler, Barry A. Borlaug, Melanie J. Davies, Dalane W. Kitzman, Mark C. Petrie, Sanjiv J. Shah, Thomas Jensen, Søren Rasmussen, Cecilia Rönnbäck, Béla Merkely, Evan L. O’Keefe, Mikhail Kosiborod
17
5
Characterizing diabetic cardiomyopathy: baseline results from the ARISE-HF trial
2024 ·Cardiovascular Diabetology ·James L. Januzzi, Stefano Del Prato, Julio Rosenstock, Javed Butler, Justin A. Ezekowitz, Nasrien E. Ibrahim, Carolyn S.P. Lam, Thomas H. Marwick, W.H. Wilson Tang, Yuxi Liu, Reza Mohebi, (unknown), Faı̈ez Zannad, Riccardo Perfetti
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6
Managing Patients on SGLT2 Inhibitors in Primary Care
2024 ·JACC Heart Failure ·Javed Butler, John E. Anderson
1
7
Body Mass Index and Cardiorenal Outcomes in the EMPEROR-Preserved Trial: Principal Findings and Meta-Analysis with the DELIVER Trial
2024 ·European Journal of Heart Failure ·Naveed Sattar, Javed Butler, Matthew M.Y. Lee, Josephine Harrington, Abhinav Sharma, Faı̈ez Zannad, Gerasimos Filippatos, Subodh Verma, James L. Januzzi, João Pedro Ferreira, Stuart Pocock, Egon Pfarr, Anne Pernille Ofstad, Martina Brueckmann, Milton Packer, Stefan D. Anker
15
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Reversals in the Decline of Heart Failure Mortality in the US, 1999 to 2021 breakdown →
2024 ·JAMA Cardiology ·Ahmed Sayed, Dmitry Abramov, Gregg C. Fonarow, Mamas Mamas, Ofer Kobo, Javed Butler, Marat Fudim
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Characterization of Serum Phosphate Levels Over Time with Intravenous Ferric Carboxymaltose Versus Placebo as Treatment for Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction and Iron Deficiency: An Exploratory Prospective Substudy From HEART-FID
2024 ·European Journal of Heart Failure ·(unknown), Jyotsna Garg, Frank W. Rockhold, Carmine G. De Pasquale, Eileen O’Meara, Gregory D. Lewis, Javed Butler, Josephine Harrington, Justin A. Ezekowitz, Piotr Ponikowski, Richard W. Troughton, Yee Weng Wong, Nicole Blackman, (unknown), (unknown), Adrian F. Hernandez, Robert J. Mentz
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10
Iron Replacement Therapy in Heart Failure: Contextualizing the Results of the HEART-FID Trial
2024 ·European Journal of Heart Failure ·Javed Butler, Robert J. Mentz, Adrian F. Hernandez
1
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Impact of empagliflozin on insulin needs in patients with heart failure and diabetes: An EMPEROR‐Pooled analysis
2024 ·Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism ·Khawaja M. Talha, Jennifer Green, Gerasimos Filippatos, Stuart Pocock, Faı̈ez Zannad, Martina Brueckmann, Elke Schueler, Anne Pernille Ofstad, João Pedro Ferreira, Stefan D. Anker, Javed Butler, Julio Rosenstock, Milton Packer
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The Effect of Sodium–Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors on Left Cardiac Remodelling in Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
2024 ·European Journal of Heart Failure ·Muhammad Usman, James L. Januzzi, Stefan D. Anker, (unknown), Puja B. Parikh, Marianna Adamo, Gerasimos Filippatos, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, Anuradha Lala, Subodh Verma, Marco Metra, Javed Butler
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13
Early intervention and intensive management of patients with diabetes, cardiorenal, and metabolic diseases
2023 ·Journal of Diabetes and its Complications ·Yehuda Handelsman, Javed Butler, George L. Bakris, Ralph A. DeFronzo, Gregg C. Fonarow, Jennifer B. Green, George Grunberger, James L. Januzzi, Samuel Klein, Pamela Kushner, Darren K. McGuire, Erin D. Michos, Javier Morales, Richard E. Pratley, Matthew R. Weir, Eugene E. Wright, Vivian Fonseca
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Prognostic implications of angiopoietin-2 in heart failure and the influence of empagliflozin: the EMPEROR program
2023 ·European Heart Journal ·Javed Butler
0
15
SGLT-2 Inhibitors in Heart Failure: A Review of Current Evidence breakdown →
2023 ·PubMed ·Khawaja M. Talha, Stefan D. Anker, Javed Butler
75
16
Growth Differentiation Factor-15 and the Effect of Empagliflozin in Heart Failure: Findings from the EMPEROR Program
2023 ·European Journal of Heart Failure ·João Pedro Ferreira, Milton Packer, Javed Butler, Gerasimos Filippatos, Stuart Pocock, James L. Januzzi, Naveed Sattar, Sandra González Maldonado, Marina Panova‐Noeva, Mikhail Sumin, Serge Masson, Stefan D. Anker, Faı̈ez Zannad
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Abstract 9541: Comparing Patient Reported Outcomes and New York Heart Association Class Among Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure
2022 ·Circulation ·(unknown), (unknown), Jie‐Lena Sun, Brooke Alhanti, Josephine Harrington, Javed Butler, Christopher M. O’Connor, Adrian F. Hernandez, Randall C. Starling, Robert J. Mentz, Stephen J. Greene
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A Perspective on Re-Evaluating Digoxin's Role in the Current Management of Patients with Chronic Systolic Heart Failure: Targeting Serum Concentration to Reduce Hospitalization and Improve Safety Profile
2014 ·European Journal of Heart Failure ·Kirkwood F. Adams, Jalal K. Ghali, J. Herbert Patterson, Wendy Gattis Stough, Javed Butler, Jerry L. Bauman, Héctor O. Ventura, Hani N. Sabbah, John I. Mackowiak, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen
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Forecasting the Impact of Heart Failure in the United States breakdown →
2013 ·Circulation Heart Failure ·Paul A. Heidenreich, Nancy M. Albert, Larry A. Allen, David A. Bluemke, Javed Butler, Gregg C. Fonarow, John S. Ikonomidis, Olga Khavjou, Marvin A. Konstam, Thomas M. Maddox, Graham Nichol, Michael Pham, Ileana L. Piña, Justin G. Trogdon
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Troponin I in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Insights from the ASCEND-HF Study
2012 ·European Journal of Heart Failure ·G. Michael Felker, Vic Hasselblad, W.H. Wilson Tang, Adrian F. Hernandez, Paul W. Armstrong, Gregg C. Fonarow, Adriaan A. Voors, Marco Metra, John J.V. McMurray, Javed Butler, Gretchen Heizer, Kenneth Dickstein, Barry M. Massie, Dan Atar, Richard W. Troughton, Stefan D. Anker, Robert M. Califf, Randall C. Starling, Christopher M. O’Connor
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