Lakshmi Venkitachalam

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Lakshmi Venkitachalam is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Lakshmi Venkitachalam has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 17 papers in Surgery and 9 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Lakshmi Venkitachalam's work include Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (11 papers), Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases (8 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (7 papers). Lakshmi Venkitachalam is often cited by papers focused on Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (11 papers), Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases (8 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (7 papers). Lakshmi Venkitachalam collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Switzerland. Lakshmi Venkitachalam's co-authors include Kim Sutton-Tyrrell, Anne B. Newman, Robert M. Boudreau, Samer S. Najjar, Douglas C. Bauer, Varant Kupelian, Stephen B. Kritchevsky, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Edward G. Lakatta and Harold A. Spurgeon and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Circulation and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Lakshmi Venkitachalam

33 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Elevated Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity, a Marker of Arterial Stiffness, Predicts Cardiovascular Events in Well-Functioning Older Adults

2005 976 citations Kim Sutton-Tyrrell, Robert M. Boudreau et al. Circulation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lakshmi Venkitachalam United States	21	1.5k	619	522	296	183	34	2.1k
Claire Mounier‐Véhier France	24	1.0k 0.7×	1.1k 1.7×	794 1.5×	201 0.7×	291 1.6×	155	2.3k
Hack‐Lyoung Kim South Korea	24	1.6k 1.0×	334 0.5×	663 1.3×	538 1.8×	210 1.1×	204	2.4k
Elisabeth Laßnig Austria	17	1.4k 0.9×	375 0.6×	382 0.7×	234 0.8×	168 0.9×	38	2.0k
Susanne Rasmussen Denmark	20	2.1k 1.4×	441 0.7×	365 0.7×	220 0.7×	440 2.4×	32	2.7k
Lenka Špinarová Czechia	19	2.3k 1.5×	482 0.8×	374 0.7×	418 1.4×	219 1.2×	114	2.7k
A. Rudnichi France	15	2.4k 1.6×	422 0.7×	506 1.0×	221 0.7×	288 1.6×	26	3.2k
Wayne Tymchak Canada	23	1.5k 1.0×	786 1.3×	566 1.1×	201 0.7×	168 0.9×	65	2.4k
Filippo M. Sarullo Italy	23	1.4k 0.9×	299 0.5×	304 0.6×	245 0.8×	104 0.6×	80	1.9k
Jayashri Aragam United States	28	2.1k 1.4×	362 0.6×	356 0.7×	578 2.0×	239 1.3×	57	2.8k
Mustafa I. Ahmed United States	30	1.7k 1.1×	540 0.9×	570 1.1×	268 0.9×	427 2.3×	127	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Lakshmi Venkitachalam

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lakshmi Venkitachalam

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Ferrer, Jose Maria E., Ann Aerts, Álvaro Avezum, et al.. (2025). Stroke Outcomes in a Population‐Focused Urban Hypertension Program in Brazil and Senegal. Journal of the American Heart Association. 14(9). e038816–e038816.

Aerts, Ann, et al.. (2021). Fostering cardiovascular health at work – case study from Senegal. BMC Public Health. 21(1). 1108–1108. 4 indexed citations

Nelson, Leigh Anne, et al.. (2020). Variability in Price of Generic Antipsychotic Medications at Community Pharmacies. Psychiatric Services. 71(10). 1005–1010. 1 indexed citations

Safley, David M., Lakshmi Venkitachalam, Kevin F. Kennedy, & David J. Cohen. (2015). Impact of Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibition in Contemporary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Coronary Syndromes. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 8(12). 1574–1582. 28 indexed citations

Chhatriwalla, Adnan K., Lakshmi Venkitachalam, Kevin F. Kennedy, et al.. (2015). Relationship between stent type and quality of life after percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction. American Heart Journal. 170(4). 796–804.e3. 2 indexed citations

Choo, Jina, Chol Shin, Emma Barinas‐Mitchell, et al.. (2014). Regional pulse wave velocities and their cardiovascular risk factors among healthy middle-aged men: a cross-sectional population-based study. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. 14(1). 5–5. 55 indexed citations

Krone, Ronald J., Andrew D. Althouse, Jacqueline E. Tamis‐Holland, et al.. (2014). Appropriate Revascularization in Stable Angina: Lessons From the BARI 2D Trial. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 30(12). 1595–1601. 4 indexed citations

Venkitachalam, Lakshmi, Darren K. McGuire, Kensey Gosch, et al.. (2013). Temporal trends and hospital variation in the management of severe hyperglycemia among patients with acute myocardial infarction in the United States. American Heart Journal. 166(2). 315–324.e1. 4 indexed citations

Ricciardi, Mark J., Faith Selzer, Oscar C. Marroquin, et al.. (2012). Incidence and Predictors of 30-Day Hospital Readmission Rate Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Dynamic Registry). The American Journal of Cardiology. 110(10). 1389–1396. 21 indexed citations

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Amin, Amit P., John A. Spertus, David J. Cohen, et al.. (2012). Use of Drug-Eluting Stents as a Function of Predicted Benefit. Archives of Internal Medicine. 172(15). 1145–52. 47 indexed citations

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Goyal, Abhinav, John A. Spertus, Kensey Gosch, et al.. (2012). Serum Potassium Levels and Mortality in Acute Myocardial Infarction. JAMA. 307(2). 157–157. 254 indexed citations

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Venkitachalam, Lakshmi, Yang Lei, Elizabeth A. Magnuson, et al.. (2011). Survival Benefit With Drug-Eluting Stents in Observational Studies. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 4(6). 587–594. 24 indexed citations

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Venkitachalam, Lakshmi, Yang Lei, Joshua M. Stolker, et al.. (2011). Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Liberal Versus Selective Drug-Eluting Stent Use. Circulation. 124(9). 1028–1037. 30 indexed citations

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Singh, Premranjan, J. Dawn Abbott, M. Lombardero, et al.. (2011). The Prevalence and Predictors of an Abnormal Ankle-Brachial Index in the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation 2 Diabetes (BARI 2D) Trial. Diabetes Care. 34(2). 464–467. 23 indexed citations

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Venkitachalam, Lakshmi, Kasia J. Lipska, Silvio E. Inzucchi, et al.. (2010). TEMPORAL TRENDS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SEVERE HYPERGLYCEMIA AMONG PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 55(10). A143.E1339–A143.E1339. 1 indexed citations

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Mulukutla, Suresh, Lakshmi Venkitachalam, Claudia Bambs, et al.. (2010). Black race is associated with digital artery endothelial dysfunction: results from the Heart SCORE study. European Heart Journal. 31(22). 2808–2815. 34 indexed citations

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Sutton‐Tyrrell, Kim, Lakshmi Venkitachalam, Alka M. Kanaya, et al.. (2008). Relationship of Ankle Blood Pressures to Cardiovascular Events in Older Adults. Stroke. 39(3). 863–869. 79 indexed citations

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Venkitachalam, Lakshmi, Rachel H. Mackey, A. Patel, et al.. (2007). Elevated Pulse Wave Velocity Increases the Odds of Coronary Calcification in Overweight Postmenopausal Women. American Journal of Hypertension. 20(5). 469–475. 30 indexed citations

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Venkitachalam, Lakshmi, Kevin E. Kip, Faith Selzer, et al.. (2006). Abstract 3235: Twenty Years of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention - The Evolution and the Impact. A Report from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute-Sponsored PTCA (1985 86) and Dynamic (1997 2004) Registries. Circulation. 114. 1 indexed citations

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Mackey, Rachel H., Lakshmi Venkitachalam, & Kim Sutton-Tyrrell. (2006). Calcifications, Arterial Stiffness and Atherosclerosis. Advances in cardiology. 44. 234–244. 117 indexed citations

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