L. Maximilian Buja

27.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
515 papers, 18.5k citations indexed

About

L. Maximilian Buja is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, L. Maximilian Buja has authored 515 papers receiving a total of 18.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 226 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 135 papers in Surgery and 131 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in L. Maximilian Buja's work include Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (104 papers), Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion (60 papers) and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (42 papers). L. Maximilian Buja is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (104 papers), Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion (60 papers) and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (42 papers). L. Maximilian Buja collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Germany. L. Maximilian Buja's co-authors include James T. Willerson, William C. Roberts, Robert W. Parkey, Paolo Golino, Jeanie B. McMillin, Frederick J. Bonte, J H Ashton, J McNatt, William B. Campbell and Diane L. Hickson‐Bick and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

L. Maximilian Buja

498 papers receiving 17.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Iron in the heart

1971 364 citations L. Maximilian Buja et al. profile →
Cellular pathology of progressive atherosclerosis in the WHHL rabbit. An animal model of familial hypercholesterolemia.

1983 233 citations L. Maximilian Buja et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
L. Maximilian Buja United States	71	8.2k	4.5k	4.3k	3.7k	2.2k	515	18.5k
Lewis C. Becker United States	78	11.1k 1.3×	2.5k 0.5×	3.2k 0.8×	6.4k 1.7×	903 0.4×	295	19.4k
Georg Ertl Germany	71	11.6k 1.4×	5.2k 1.2×	3.1k 0.7×	3.3k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	518	21.5k
Mat J.A.P. Daemen Netherlands	83	8.0k 1.0×	6.3k 1.4×	4.5k 1.1×	2.5k 0.7×	4.2k 2.0×	308	23.1k
Myron L. Weisfeldt United States	82	12.6k 1.5×	2.2k 0.5×	4.7k 1.1×	4.7k 1.3×	1.6k 0.7×	217	21.5k
Masatsugu Hori Japan	91	11.3k 1.4×	10.7k 2.4×	5.4k 1.3×	3.9k 1.0×	2.2k 1.0×	537	33.2k
Keith M. Channon United Kingdom	83	8.4k 1.0×	6.0k 1.3×	4.8k 1.1×	2.8k 0.7×	1.8k 0.8×	493	23.2k
Rainer Dietz Germany	70	10.4k 1.3×	4.5k 1.0×	2.3k 0.5×	3.1k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	395	17.5k
Attilio Maseri Italy	76	15.2k 1.8×	3.7k 0.8×	7.2k 1.7×	6.3k 1.7×	2.5k 1.1×	314	28.1k
Burton E. Sobel United States	97	17.3k 2.1×	5.5k 1.2×	6.4k 1.5×	9.5k 2.5×	3.1k 1.4×	647	33.5k
Arthur M. Feldman United States	74	22.0k 2.7×	6.8k 1.5×	4.4k 1.0×	1.6k 0.4×	1.8k 0.8×	333	29.7k

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Buja, L. Maximilian, Michelle M. McDonald, Bihong Zhao, et al.. (2025). Insights from autopsy-initiated pathological studies of the pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of atherosclerosis and ischemic heart disease: Part I. Atherosclerosis. Cardiovascular Pathology. 76. 107726–107726.

Buja, L. Maximilian, Michelle M. McDonald, Bihong Zhao, et al.. (2025). Insights from autopsy-initiated pathological studies of the pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of atherosclerosis and ischemic heart disease: Part II. Ischemic heart disease. Cardiovascular Pathology. 76. 107727–107727. 2 indexed citations

Pucci, Angela, et al.. (2024). The cardiovascular pathologist in the aortic team. Cardiovascular Pathology. 72. 107649–107649. 1 indexed citations

Siddiqui, Bilal A., Nicolas L. Palaskas, Sreyashi Basu, et al.. (2024). Molecular Pathways and Cellular Subsets Associated with Adverse Clinical Outcomes in Overlapping Immune-Related Myocarditis and Myositis. Cancer Immunology Research. 12(8). 964–987. 7 indexed citations

Ottaviani, Giulia, et al.. (2024). Sudden unexpected intrapartum death and left ventricular noncompaction involving the right ventricle. Cardiovascular Pathology. 71. 107633–107633. 1 indexed citations

Gruslova, Aleksandra, Nitesh Katta, Deborah Vela, et al.. (2023). B-7 | Mechanisms of Increasing Arterial Compliance by Intravascular Lithotripsy. Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions. 2(3). 100727–100727. 1 indexed citations

Koutroumpakis, Efstratios, Christopher Black, Juhee Song, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of contemporary echocardiographic and histomorphology parameters in predicting mortality in patients with endomyocardial biopsy-proven cardiac AL amyloidosis. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 9. 1073804–1073804. 3 indexed citations

Chattopadhyay, Abhijnan, Pujun Guan, Suravi Majumder, et al.. (2022). Preventing Cholesterol-Induced Perk (Protein Kinase RNA-Like Endoplasmic Reticulum Kinase) Signaling in Smooth Muscle Cells Blocks Atherosclerotic Plaque Formation. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 42(8). 1005–1022. 17 indexed citations

Zhao, Bihong, Hui Zhu, L. Maximilian Buja, & Rafael García. (2020). Primary cardiac angiosarcoma with giant cells: A case report of an autopsy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 20. 200370–200370.

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Buja, L. Maximilian, Dwayne A. Wolf, Bihong Zhao, et al.. (2020). The emerging spectrum of cardiopulmonary pathology of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): Report of 3 autopsies from Houston, Texas, and review of autopsy findings from other United States cities. Cardiovascular Pathology. 48. 107233–107233. 277 indexed citations

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Ottaviani, Giulia & L. Maximilian Buja. (2017). Update on congenital heart disease and sudden infant/perinatal death: from history to future trends. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 70(7). 555–562. 14 indexed citations

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Ottaviani, Giulia, Ana María Segura, Indranee Rajapreyar, et al.. (2016). Left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy in end-stage heart failure patients undergoing orthotopic heart transplantation. Cardiovascular Pathology. 25(4). 293–299. 15 indexed citations

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Buja, L. Maximilian. (2014). Nikolai N. Anitschkow and the lipid hypothesis of atherosclerosis. Cardiovascular Pathology. 23(3). 183–184. 22 indexed citations

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Buja, L. Maximilian, et al.. (2013). Atlas of anatomic pathology with imaging : a correlative diagnostic companion. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven).

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Cody, Dianna D., Evan M. Johnson, Amir Gahremanpour, et al.. (2010). Flat-panel versus 64-channel computed tomography for in vivo quantitative characterization of aortic atherosclerotic plaques. International Journal of Cardiology. 156(3). 295–302. 1 indexed citations

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Buja, L. Maximilian. (2009). The Clinical Anatomy of the Coronary Arteries: An Anatomical Study on 100 Human Heart Specimens. Texas Heart Institute Journal. 36(6). 630–631. 4 indexed citations

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Krueger, G. R. F., et al.. (2003). Growth factors, cytokines, chemokines and neuropeptides in the modeling of T cells. Part II: Data tables of normal values in man.. PubMed. 17(2). 105–18. 1 indexed citations

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Golino, Paolo, et al.. (1991). Unstable angina pectoris and the progression to acute myocardial infarction. Role of platelets and platelet-derived mediators.. PubMed Central. 18(4). 243–7. 6 indexed citations

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Hansen, Christopher L., James R. Corbett, John J. Pippin, et al.. (1988). Iodine-123 phenylpentadecanoic acid and single photon emission computed tomography in identifying left ventricular regional metabolic abnormalities in patients with coronary heart disease: Comparison with thallium-201 myocardial tomography. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 12(1). 78–87. 32 indexed citations

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Buja, L. Maximilian, Robert W. Parkey, & Frederick J. Bonte. (1975). Basis for the scintigraphic identification of acute myocardial infarction with 99(m)technetium stannous pyrophosphate. Clinical research. 23(3). 1 indexed citations

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