Kevin Wei

5.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Kevin Wei is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Biomedical Engineering and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin Wei has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 39 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 36 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Kevin Wei's work include Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications (39 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (35 papers) and Ultrasound in Clinical Applications (19 papers). Kevin Wei is often cited by papers focused on Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications (39 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (35 papers) and Ultrasound in Clinical Applications (19 papers). Kevin Wei collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Kevin Wei's co-authors include Sanjiv Kaul, Danny M. Skyba, Ananda R. Jayaweera, A. Linka, Soroosh Firoozan, Jonathan R. Lindner, Matthew Coggins, Christian Firschke, Jian-Ping Bin and Jiri Sklenar 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

Kevin Wei

78 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Quantification of Myocardial Blood Flow With Ultrasound-Induced Destruction of Microbubbles Administered as a Constant Venous Infusion

1998 1.3k citations Kevin Wei, Ananda R. Jayaweera et al. Circulation profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kevin Wei United States	29	2.5k	2.4k	1.5k	751	647	82	4.3k
Ananda R. Jayaweera United States	30	2.3k 0.9×	2.4k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	567 0.8×	465 0.7×	58	4.1k
A. Linka Switzerland	20	1.2k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	768 1.0×	252 0.4×	47	3.3k
Sanjiv Kaul United States	20	1.7k 0.7×	1.1k 0.4×	1.4k 0.9×	652 0.9×	223 0.3×	38	2.8k
Luciano Agati Italy	31	1.7k 0.7×	504 0.2×	2.3k 1.5×	923 1.2×	216 0.3×	124	3.3k
Kenshi Fujii Japan	35	3.0k 1.2×	728 0.3×	4.5k 3.0×	2.2k 2.9×	150 0.2×	170	5.8k
Mark Monaghan United Kingdom	37	1.7k 0.7×	654 0.3×	4.3k 2.9×	1.1k 1.4×	292 0.5×	210	5.9k
Grigorios Korosoglou Germany	39	2.5k 1.0×	575 0.2×	2.8k 1.9×	1.1k 1.5×	89 0.1×	235	4.5k
Brian Ghoshhajra United States	37	2.5k 1.0×	1.2k 0.5×	2.0k 1.3×	1.4k 1.9×	194 0.3×	209	4.8k
John J. Mahmarian United States	40	4.4k 1.8×	1.4k 0.6×	2.8k 1.8×	1.4k 1.8×	118 0.2×	153	5.6k
William F. Armstrong United States	54	4.1k 1.6×	1.4k 0.6×	8.2k 5.5×	2.5k 3.3×	670 1.0×	189	10.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wei, Kevin, et al.. (2023). SAT478 A Rare Case of Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis in a Patient with Concomitant Methimazole-Induced Agranulocytosis. Journal of the Endocrine Society. 7(Supplement_1).

Davidson, Brian P., et al.. (2023). Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy Diagnosed by Vasodilator Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography Perfusion Imaging. ESC Heart Failure. 10(5). 3184–3189. 1 indexed citations

Streja, Elani, et al.. (2021). Changing Institutional Culture Around Hospice Using LEAN Tools to Improve Hospice Utilization in a Veteran Population. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 62(4). 836–842. 1 indexed citations

Slater, Matthew, et al.. (2016). TCT-810 Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair for Management of Systolic Anterior Motion and Mitral Regurgitation Associated with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 68(18). B327–B328. 2 indexed citations

Wei, Kevin. (2010). Contrast Echocardiography: What Have We Learned From the New Guidelines?. Current Cardiology Reports. 12(3). 237–242. 4 indexed citations

Griffee, Matthew, Matthias Merkel, & Kevin Wei. (2010). The Role of Echocardiography in Hemodynamic Assessment of Septic Shock. Critical Care Clinics. 26(2). 365–382. 48 indexed citations

Douglas, Pamela S., Arthur E. Weyman, Jonathan R. Lindner, & Kevin Wei. (2008). Contrast Echocardiography: Past, Present, and . . . Future?. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging. 1(1). 107–110. 15 indexed citations

Kalvaitis, Saul, et al.. (2008). Cost-Efficiency of Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Chest Pain of Suspected Cardiac Origin and a Nondiagnostic Electrocardiogram. The American Journal of Cardiology. 102(6). 649–652. 26 indexed citations

Wei, Kevin & Sanjiv Kaul. (2004). The coronary microcirculation in health and disease. Cardiology Clinics. 22(2). 221–231. 26 indexed citations

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Tong, Khim Leng & Kevin Wei. (2004). Myocardial contrast echocardiography in the detection of coronary stenosis. Cardiology Clinics. 22(2). 233–251. 1 indexed citations

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Bin, Jian-Ping, D. Elizabeth Le, Ananda R. Jayaweera, et al.. (2003). Direct effects of dobutamine on the coronary microcirculation: comparison with adenosine using myocardial contrast echocardiography. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 16(8). 871–879. 42 indexed citations

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Choy, Jonathan C., Farzad Moien‐Afshari, Kevin Wei, et al.. (2003). Coxsackievirus B3 Infection Compromises Endothelial-Dependent Vasodilation of Coronary Resistance Arteries. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology. 43(1). 39–47. 7 indexed citations

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Lepper, W., Bharati Shivalkar, Diana Rinkevich, Todd Belcik, & Kevin Wei. (2002). Assessment of the vascularity of a left ventricular mass using myocardial contrast echocardiography. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 15(11). 1419–1422. 36 indexed citations

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Leong‐Poi, Howard, Se‐Joong Rim, D. Elizabeth Le, et al.. (2002). Perfusion Versus Function: The Ischemic Cascade in Demand Ischemia. Circulation. 105(8). 987–992. 113 indexed citations

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Wei, Kevin. (2001). Detection and quantification of coronary stenosis severity with myocardial contrast echocardiography. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. 44(2). 81–100. 16 indexed citations

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Firschke, Christian, Kevin Wei, & Sanjiv Kaul. (2000). Quantification of the physiological relevance of a coronary stenosis using myocardial contrast echocardiography. Coronary Artery Disease. 11(3). 203–209. 2 indexed citations

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Firoozan, Soroosh, Kevin Wei, A. Linka, et al.. (1998). A canine model of chronic ischemic cardiomyopathy: characterization of regional flow-function relations. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 31. 256–256. 10 indexed citations

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Firschke, Christian, Jonathan R. Lindner, Norman C. Goodman, et al.. (1997). Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography in Acute Myocardial Infarction Using Aortic Root Injections of Microbubbles in Conjunction With Harmonic Imaging: Potential Application in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 29(1). 207–216. 49 indexed citations

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Wei, Kevin & Sanjiv Kaul. (1997). Recent advances in myocardial contrast echocardiography. Current Opinion in Cardiology. 12(6). 539–546. 28 indexed citations

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Wei, Kevin, David W. Harrison, Samuel C. Siu, Tirone E. David, & Harry Rakowski. (1995). 901-11 Late Clinical and Echocardiographic Follow-up After Left Ventricular Endoaneurysmorrhaphy. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 25(2). 7A–7A. 1 indexed citations

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