John D. Sparkes

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

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John D. Sparkes is a scholar working on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, John D. Sparkes has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Surgery, 18 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 8 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in John D. Sparkes's work include Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (19 papers), Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (10 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (5 papers). John D. Sparkes is often cited by papers focused on Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (19 papers), Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (10 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (5 papers). John D. Sparkes collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Israel and United States. John D. Sparkes's co-authors include Bradley H. Strauss, Paul Fefer, Asim N. Cheema, Michelle Samuel, Graham A. Wright, Azriel Osherov, Merril L. Knudtson, Max Weisbrod, P. Diane Galbraith and Sergey Yalonetsky and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology.

In The Last Decade

John D. Sparkes

37 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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Current Perspectives on Coronary Chronic Total Occlusions

2012 517 citations Paul Fefer, Merril L. Knudtson et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John D. Sparkes Canada	17	870	721	575	152	115	37	1.3k
E Grossbard United States	12	197 0.2×	281 0.4×	116 0.2×	193 1.3×	98 0.9×	21	808
Shahinaz Bedri United States	11	236 0.3×	276 0.4×	341 0.6×	452 3.0×	131 1.1×	24	1.0k
R. Woodward United States	12	717 0.8×	243 0.3×	60 0.1×	58 0.4×	233 2.0×	35	1.5k
Maria J. A. G. Hamers Denmark	10	186 0.2×	227 0.3×	50 0.1×	168 1.1×	218 1.9×	11	864
Philippe Rouvier France	15	367 0.4×	160 0.2×	34 0.1×	169 1.1×	75 0.7×	45	964
Yoshihiro Araki Japan	16	365 0.4×	124 0.2×	89 0.2×	514 3.4×	97 0.8×	81	1.1k
Stephen Schröder Germany	12	283 0.3×	204 0.3×	465 0.8×	197 1.3×	14 0.1×	30	899
Andreas Hilbig Germany	16	121 0.1×	112 0.2×	81 0.1×	130 0.9×	168 1.5×	28	756
Shazad Q. Ashraf United Kingdom	13	356 0.4×	89 0.1×	59 0.1×	114 0.8×	69 0.6×	23	833
Alessio Annovazzi Italy	19	272 0.3×	48 0.1×	332 0.6×	255 1.7×	54 0.5×	56	937

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Roifman, Idan, Michael Hammer, John D. Sparkes, et al.. (2022). Utilization and impact of cardiovascular magnetic resonance on patient management in heart failure: insights from the SCMR Registry. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 24(1). 65–65. 3 indexed citations

Roifman, Idan, et al.. (2019). Evaluating a novel free-breathing accelerated cardiac MRI cine sequence in patients with cardiomyopathy. Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 61. 260–266. 5 indexed citations

Pereg, David, Paul Fefer, Michelle Samuel, et al.. (2016). Long-term Follow-up of Coronary Artery Bypass Patients With Preoperative and New Postoperative Native Coronary Artery Chronic Total Occlusion. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 32(11). 1326–1331. 14 indexed citations

Fefer, Paul, Michelle Samuel, Rafael Wolff, et al.. (2014). Native Coronary Artery Patency After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 7(7). 761–767. 43 indexed citations

Zia, Mohammad I., Nilesh R. Ghugre, Idan Roifman, et al.. (2013). Comparison of the Frequencies of Myocardial Edema Determined by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in Diabetic Versus Nondiabetic Patients Having Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction. The American Journal of Cardiology. 113(4). 607–612. 13 indexed citations

Zia, Mohammad I., Nilesh R. Ghugre, Kim A. Connelly, et al.. (2012). Characterizing Myocardial Edema and Hemorrhage Using Quantitative T2 and T2* Mapping at Multiple Time Intervals Post ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. 5(5). 566–572. 84 indexed citations

Fefer, Paul, Merril L. Knudtson, Asim N. Cheema, et al.. (2012). Current Perspectives on Coronary Chronic Total Occlusions. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 59(11). 991–997. 517 indexed citations breakdown →

Qiang, Beiping, Hiroko Fujii, Azriel Osherov, et al.. (2012). Statin therapy prevents expansive remodeling in venous bypass grafts. Atherosclerosis. 223(1). 106–113. 16 indexed citations

Munce, Nigel R., Bradley H. Strauss, Xiuling Qi, et al.. (2010). Intravascular and Extravascular Microvessel Formation in Chronic Total Occlusions. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging. 3(8). 797–805. 26 indexed citations

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Charron, Thierry, Ronen Jaffe, Amit Segev, et al.. (2010). Effects of distal embolization on the timing of platelet and inflammatory cell activation in interventional coronary no-reflow. Thrombosis Research. 126(1). 50–55. 23 indexed citations

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Fefer, Paul, Amin Daoulah, Bradley H. Strauss, et al.. (2010). Visible angiographic complications predict short and long‐term outcomes in patients with post‐procedural creatine‐phosphokinase elevation. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 76(7). 960–966. 8 indexed citations

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Segev, Amit, Nafiseh Nili, Beiping Qiang, et al.. (2010). Inhibition of intimal hyperplasia after stenting by over-expression of p15: A member of the INK4 family of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 50(3). 417–425. 6 indexed citations

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Jaffe, Ronen, General Leung, Nigel R. Munce, et al.. (2009). Natural History of Experimental Arterial Chronic Total Occlusions. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 53(13). 1148–1158. 42 indexed citations

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Wong, Amy P., Nafiseh Nili, Zane S. Jackson, et al.. (2007). Expansive remodeling in venous bypass grafts: Novel implications for vein graft disease. Atherosclerosis. 196(2). 580–589. 29 indexed citations

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Segev, Amit, Robert A. Hegele, Herbert Lau, et al.. (2004). Thr325Ile polymorphism of the TAFI gene is related to TAFI antigen plasma levels and angiographic restenosis after percutaneous coronary interventions. Thrombosis Research. 114(2). 137–141. 7 indexed citations

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Segev, Amit, Martin Ellis, Fani Segev, et al.. (2004). High prevalence of thrombophilia among young patients with myocardial infarction and few conventional risk factors. International Journal of Cardiology. 98(3). 421–424. 43 indexed citations

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Hegele, Robert A., John D. Sparkes, Jerome Teitel, et al.. (2003). Thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI): a novel predictor of angiographic coronary restenosis. Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 90(12). 1187–1191. 19 indexed citations

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Li, Chris, Warren J. Cantor, Nafiseh Nili, et al.. (2002). Arterial repair after stenting and the effects of gm6001, a matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 39(11). 1852–1858. 63 indexed citations

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Strauss, Bradley H., Chris Li, Heather Whittingham, et al.. (2002). Late effects of low-energy gamma-emitting stents in a rabbit iliac artery model 1 1This study is dedicated to the memory of Robyn Strauss Albert.. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 54(2). 551–561. 3 indexed citations

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Barreto, L, et al.. (1992). Evaluation of clinical data in bladder cancer immunotherapy with Connaught BCG (ImmuCyst).. PubMed. 77. 229–31. 2 indexed citations

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