John Gorcsan

21.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
271 papers, 14.1k citations indexed

About

John Gorcsan is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, John Gorcsan has authored 271 papers receiving a total of 14.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 235 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 70 papers in Surgery and 52 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in John Gorcsan's work include Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (123 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (102 papers) and Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (99 papers). John Gorcsan is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (123 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (102 papers) and Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (99 papers). John Gorcsan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and United Kingdom. John Gorcsan's co-authors include Samir Saba, Jeroen J. Bax, Hidekazu Tanaka, Kaoru Dohi, William A. Mandarino, Matthew S. Suffoletto, David Schwartzman, William E. Katz, Cheuk‐Man Yu and Vijay K. Gulati and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

John Gorcsan

266 papers receiving 13.7k citations

Hit Papers

Results of the Predictors of Response to CRT (PROSPECT) T... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2008 2006 2013 2015 400 800 1.2k
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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. Results of the Predictors of Response to CRT (PROSPECT) Trial
    2008 1.4k citations William T. Abraham, Jeroen J. Bax et al. Circulation profile →
  2. Novel Speckle-Tracking Radial Strain From Routine Black-and-White Echocardiographic Images to Quantify Dyssynchrony and Predict Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
    2006 614 citations John Gorcsan et al. Circulation profile →
  3. Cardiac-Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure with a Narrow QRS Complex
    2013 520 citations William T. Abraham, Jeroen J. Bax et al. profile →
  4. Clinical Outcomes for Peripartum Cardiomyopathy in North America
    2015 308 citations Dennis M. McNamara, Eileen Hsich et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Gorcsan United States 61 12.5k 3.3k 2.8k 1.5k 1.2k 271 14.1k
Paul Steendijk Netherlands 53 9.2k 0.7× 2.5k 0.8× 1.6k 0.6× 2.2k 1.5× 1.1k 0.9× 247 11.8k
Ingela Schnittger United States 41 10.1k 0.8× 2.9k 0.9× 4.3k 1.5× 2.4k 1.6× 815 0.7× 138 12.6k
Saibal Kar United States 56 14.3k 1.1× 5.5k 1.7× 2.8k 1.0× 1.7k 1.2× 613 0.5× 245 16.1k
Jeffrey Brinker United States 41 3.9k 0.3× 2.6k 0.8× 2.0k 0.7× 947 0.6× 1.0k 0.9× 170 6.7k
Judy Hung United States 45 11.8k 0.9× 3.9k 1.2× 2.7k 1.0× 2.5k 1.7× 542 0.4× 178 13.4k
Theodore P. Abraham United States 57 9.0k 0.7× 1.4k 0.4× 1.9k 0.7× 1.6k 1.1× 499 0.4× 213 10.5k
Lukas Kappenberger Switzerland 37 10.9k 0.9× 3.5k 1.1× 1.2k 0.4× 1.0k 0.7× 594 0.5× 149 12.6k
Stefano Ghio Italy 50 10.6k 0.8× 1.8k 0.5× 1.1k 0.4× 4.6k 3.1× 600 0.5× 256 12.4k
Giora Weisz United States 51 5.1k 0.4× 5.8k 1.7× 3.3k 1.2× 1.9k 1.3× 649 0.5× 242 8.8k
Robert D. Safian United States 52 5.9k 0.5× 5.8k 1.8× 3.1k 1.1× 3.4k 2.3× 572 0.5× 189 9.3k

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All Works

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Mitchell, Joshua D., Michael Pfeiffer, John Boehmer, et al.. (2025). CPX-351 vs. conventional chemotherapy cardiotoxicity in high-risk AML: a post hoc phase III trial analysis. Cardio-Oncology. 12(1). 6–6.
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Eguchi, Shunsuke, Yoshiyuki Orihara, Michael Pfeiffer, et al.. (2024). Association between right ventricular global longitudinal strain and mortality in intermediate‐risk pulmonary embolism. Echocardiography. 41(4). e15815–e15815. 4 indexed citations
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Duchenne, Jürgen, Erwan Donal, John Gorcsan, et al.. (2024). Mechanical Dyssynchrony as a Selection Criterion for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: Design of the AMEND-CRT Trial. ESC Heart Failure. 11(6). 4390–4399. 4 indexed citations
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Pfeiffer, Michael, John Boehmer, John Gorcsan, et al.. (2024). In Vivo Fluid Dynamics of the Ventura Interatrial Shunt Device in Patients with Heart Failure. ESC Heart Failure. 11(5). 2499–2509. 2 indexed citations
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Rodés‐Cabau, Josep, JoAnn Lindenfeld, William T. Abraham, et al.. (2024). Interatrial Shunt Therapy in Advanced Heart Failure: Outcomes from the Open-Label Cohort of the RELIEVE-HF Trial. European Journal of Heart Failure. 26(4). 1078–1089. 14 indexed citations
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Merlo, Marco, Marco Masè, Andrew Perry, et al.. (2021). Prognostic significance of longitudinal strain in dilated cardiomyopathy with recovered ejection fraction. Heart. 108(9). 710–716. 8 indexed citations
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Huntjens, Peter, et al.. (2020). RIGHT VENTRICULAR FREE WALL STRAIN PREDICTS MORTALITY IN PATIENTS WITH CARDIAC AMYLOIDOSIS. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 75(11). 693–693. 1 indexed citations
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Aaronson, Keith D., Garrick C. Stewart, Francis D. Pagani, et al.. (2019). Registry Evaluation of Vital Information for VADs in Ambulatory Life (REVIVAL): Rationale, design, baseline characteristics, and inclusion criteria performance. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 39(1). 7–15. 14 indexed citations
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Kagiyama, Nobuyuki, et al.. (2018). Abstract 14376: The Impact of Mitral Regurgitation on Left Ventricular Energy Loss by Vector Flow Mapping in Patients With Heart Failure. Circulation. 1 indexed citations
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Gorcsan, John, Christopher P. Anderson, Bhupendar Tayal, et al.. (2018). Systolic Stretch Characterizes the Electromechanical Substrate Responsive to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging. 12(9). 1741–1752. 37 indexed citations
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Birnie, David H., Bernd Lemke, Kazutaka Aonuma, et al.. (2017). Continuous optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy reduces atrial fibrillation in heart failure patients: Results of the Adaptive Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Trial. Heart Rhythm. 14(12). 1820–1825. 44 indexed citations
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Sugahara, Masataka, Nobuyuki Kagiyama, Nina E. Hasselberg, Evan Adelstein, & John Gorcsan. (2017). Abstract 17211: Left Atrial Strain Adds Prognostic Value to Left Ventricular Global Longitudinal Strain in Heart Failure Patients Treated by Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy With Intermediate Electrocardiographic Criteria. Circulation. 2 indexed citations
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Peña, Andressa, Ahasanul Kobir, Dmitry A. Goncharov, et al.. (2017). Pharmacological Inhibition of mTOR Kinase Reverses Right Ventricle Remodeling and Improves Right Ventricle Structure and Function in Rats. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 57(5). 615–625. 36 indexed citations
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Sugahara, Masataka, Dennis M. McNamara, Joan Briller, et al.. (2017). RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN LEFT VENTRICULAR RECOVERY IN PATIENTS WITH PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY ASSESSED BY GLOBAL LONGITUDINAL STRAIN. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 69(11). 1463–1463. 1 indexed citations
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Goda, Akiko, Keiko Ryo, Antonia Delgado-Montero, et al.. (2016). The Prognostic Utility of a Simplified Biventricular Echocardiographic Index of Cardiac Remodeling in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 29(6). 554–560. 15 indexed citations
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Ryo, Keiko, Tetsuari Onishi, Josef Marek, et al.. (2013). HETEROGENEITY IN RIGHT VENTRICULAR REGIONAL MECHANICS IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY HYPERTENSION BY THREE-DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC SPECKLE TRACKING STRAIN. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 61(10). E1253–E1253. 1 indexed citations
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Gorcsan, John, Wojciech Zaręba, Dorit Knappe, et al.. (2012). Abstract 13288: Baseline Radial Dyssynchrony by Speckle Tracking Echocardiography is Associated with Favorable Clinical Outcomes after Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: Analysis from the MADIT-CRT Trial. Circulation. 126. 1 indexed citations
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Gorcsan, John & Hidekazu Tanaka. (2011). Echocardiographic Assessment of Myocardial Strain. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 58(14). 1401–1413. 357 indexed citations
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Kim, Hanna, et al.. (2008). Abstract 4347: Comparison of Dyssynchrony in Heart Failure Patients with Narrow QRS to Those with Wide QRS: Implications for Resynchronization Therapy. Circulation. 118. 1 indexed citations
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Spencer, Kirk T., Julio E. Pérez, John Gorcsan, et al.. (1997). Evaluation of left ventricular function using acoustic quantification: Inter-institutional variability study. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 10(4). 1 indexed citations

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