Jonathan Afilalo

50.5k total citations · 7 hit papers
171 papers, 33.7k citations indexed

About

Jonathan Afilalo is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Geriatrics and Gerontology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan Afilalo has authored 171 papers receiving a total of 33.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 104 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 60 papers in Geriatrics and Gerontology and 46 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Jonathan Afilalo's work include Frailty in Older Adults (59 papers), Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (39 papers) and Nutrition and Health in Aging (38 papers). Jonathan Afilalo is often cited by papers focused on Frailty in Older Adults (59 papers), Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (39 papers) and Nutrition and Health in Aging (38 papers). Jonathan Afilalo collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. Jonathan Afilalo's co-authors include Lawrence Rudski, Michael H. Picard, Kirk T. Spencer, Elyse Foster, Frank A. Flachskampf, Tatiana Kuznetsova, Anderson da Costa Armstrong, Denisa Muraru, Luigi P. Badano and Victor Mor‐Avi and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Circulation and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan Afilalo

164 papers receiving 33.1k citations

Hit Papers

Recommendations for Cardi... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2015 2015 2010 2019 2013 4.0k 8.0k 12.0k
What are hit papers?

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. Recommendations for Cardiac Chamber Quantification by Echocardiography in Adults: An Update from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging
    2015 13.2k citations Roberto M. Lang, Luigi P. Badano et al. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography profile →
  2. Recommendations for Cardiac Chamber Quantification by Echocardiography in Adults: An Update from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging
    2015 5.7k citations Roberto M. Lang, Luigi P. Badano et al. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging profile →
  3. Guidelines for the Echocardiographic Assessment of the Right Heart in Adults: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography
    2010 5.2k citations Lawrence Rudski, Jonathan Afilalo et al. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography profile →
  4. Frailty: implications for clinical practice and public health
    2019 1.9k citations Jonathan Afilalo, Linda P. Fried et al. profile →
  5. Frailty Assessment in the Cardiovascular Care of Older Adults
    2013 806 citations Jonathan Afilalo, Karen P. Alexander et al. profile →
  6. Gait Speed as an Incremental Predictor of Mortality and Major Morbidity in Elderly Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery
    2010 524 citations Jonathan Afilalo, Mark J. Eisenberg et al. profile →
  7. Guidelines for the Echocardiographic Assessment of the Right Heart in Adults and Special Considerations in Pulmonary Hypertension: Recommendations from the American Society of Echocardiography
    2025 42 citations Monica Mukherjee, Lawrence Rudski et al. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Jonathan Afilalo 24.8k 8.0k 6.8k 6.3k 5.2k 171 33.7k
Lynne W. Stevenson 37.5k 1.5× 5.7k 0.7× 13.7k 2.0× 2.6k 0.4× 3.2k 0.6× 388 49.3k
Biykem Bozkurt 19.4k 0.8× 5.2k 0.6× 6.9k 1.0× 1.9k 0.3× 3.8k 0.7× 251 27.7k
Donald E. Casey 18.9k 0.8× 5.4k 0.7× 6.7k 1.0× 3.4k 0.5× 1.8k 0.3× 83 27.1k
Margaret M. Redfield 37.9k 1.5× 6.6k 0.8× 4.8k 0.7× 6.5k 1.0× 3.1k 0.6× 415 44.3k
Lee A. Fleisher 16.1k 0.7× 5.2k 0.6× 11.8k 1.7× 2.4k 0.4× 3.3k 0.6× 369 24.0k
Karen P. Alexander 11.7k 0.5× 1.2k 0.2× 4.5k 0.7× 3.0k 0.5× 1.5k 0.3× 245 16.2k
Ileana L. Piña 19.6k 0.8× 3.0k 0.4× 2.9k 0.4× 1.6k 0.2× 1.8k 0.3× 351 27.0k
Kim A. Eagle 31.2k 1.3× 22.8k 2.8× 14.9k 2.2× 6.0k 0.9× 3.1k 0.6× 603 44.8k
Charanjit S. Rihal 21.3k 0.9× 5.7k 0.7× 13.0k 1.9× 7.5k 1.2× 4.4k 0.9× 586 28.9k
Julius M. Gardin 20.7k 0.8× 4.6k 0.6× 4.4k 0.6× 5.1k 0.8× 5.1k 1.0× 259 26.9k

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All Works

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Afilalo, Jonathan, et al.. (2025). Heart rate variability as a digital biomarker for frailty in cardiovascular patients. The Journal of Frailty & Aging. 14(1). 100007–100007. 1 indexed citations
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Mukherjee, Monica, Lawrence Rudski, Karima Addetia, et al.. (2025). Guidelines for the Echocardiographic Assessment of the Right Heart in Adults and Special Considerations in Pulmonary Hypertension: Recommendations from the American Society of Echocardiography. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 38(3). 141–186. 42 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mukherjee, Monica, Jordan B. Strom, Jonathan Afilalo, et al.. (2024). Normative Values of Echocardiographic Chamber Size and Function in Older Healthy Adults: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. 17(5). e016420–e016420. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Emily, et al.. (2024). Layout-Invariant U-Net Segmentation for Time-Series Reconstruction from Noisy ECG Images. Computing in cardiology. 51.
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Strom, Jordan B., Monica Mukherjee, Lauren Beussink‐Nelson, et al.. (2024). Reference Values for Indexed Echocardiographic Chamber Sizes in Older Adults: The Multi‐Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(8). e034029–e034029. 1 indexed citations
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Zhan, Yang, Matthias G. Friedrich, Nandini Dendukuri, et al.. (2024). Meta-Analysis of Normal Reference Values for Right and Left Ventricular Quantification by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. 17(2). e016090–e016090. 3 indexed citations
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Mullie, Louis, Jonathan Afilalo, Patrick Archambault, et al.. (2023). CODA: an open-source platform for federated analysis and machine learning on distributed healthcare data. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 31(3). 651–665. 8 indexed citations
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Mancini, Rita, Caroline Michel, Richard Sheppard, et al.. (2023). Comparison of Questionnaire and Performance‐Based Physical Frailty Scales to Predict Survival and Health‐Related Quality of Life in Patients With Heart Failure. Journal of the American Heart Association. 12(6). e026951–e026951. 6 indexed citations
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Leahy, Aoife, Jonathan Afilalo, Glen P. Martin, et al.. (2023). Clinical Frailty Scale as a predictor of adverse outcomes following aortic valve replacement: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Open Heart. 10(2). e002354–e002354. 5 indexed citations
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Pîbarot, Philippe, Sandra Lauck, Harindra C. Wijeysundera, et al.. (2022). Patient Care Journey for Patients With Heart Valve Disease. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 38(8). 1296–1299. 7 indexed citations
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Moss, Emmanuel, Jean‐François Morin, Yves Langlois, et al.. (2021). The Essential Frailty Toolset in Older Adults Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. Journal of the American Heart Association. 10(15). e020219–e020219. 29 indexed citations
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Asgar, Anita, Maral Ouzounian, Corey Adams, et al.. (2019). 2019 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Position Statement for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 35(11). 1437–1448. 73 indexed citations
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Walston, Jeremy, Karen Bandeen‐Roche, Brian Buta, et al.. (2019). Moving Frailty Toward Clinical Practice: NIA Intramural Frailty Science Symposium Summary. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 67(8). 1559–1564. 132 indexed citations
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Goldfarb, Michael, et al.. (2019). Dietary protein intake in older adults undergoing cardiac surgery. Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. 29(10). 1095–1100. 7 indexed citations
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Blissett, Sarah, Michael Chetrit, Bojan Kovacina, Vartan Mardigyan, & Jonathan Afilalo. (2018). Performing Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients With Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices: A Contemporary Review. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 34(12). 1682–1686. 9 indexed citations
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Lang, Roberto M., Luigi P. Badano, Victor Mor‐Avi, et al.. (2015). Recommendations for Cardiac Chamber Quantification by Echocardiography in Adults: An Update from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 28(1). 1–39.e14. 13207 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lang, Roberto M., Luigi P. Badano, Victor Mor‐Avi, et al.. (2015). Recommendations for Cardiac Chamber Quantification by Echocardiography in Adults: An Update from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging. 16(3). 233–271. 5733 indexed citations breakdown →
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Afilalo, Jonathan, Salvatore Mottillo, Mark J. Eisenberg, et al.. (2012). Addition of Frailty and Disability to Cardiac Surgery Risk Scores Identifies Elderly Patients at High Risk of Mortality or Major Morbidity. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 5(2). 222–228. 299 indexed citations
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Therrien, Judith, et al.. (2010). Right Atrial Size Relates to Right Ventricular End-Diastolic Pressure in an Adult Population with Congenital Heart Disease. Echocardiography. 28(1). 109–116. 23 indexed citations

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