Lee MacDonald

2.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
13 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Lee MacDonald is a scholar working on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Lee MacDonald has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Surgery, 7 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 6 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Lee MacDonald's work include Cardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications (4 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (3 papers) and Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (3 papers). Lee MacDonald is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications (4 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (3 papers) and Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (3 papers). Lee MacDonald collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Denmark. Lee MacDonald's co-authors include John D. Carroll, David E. Thaler, David Tirschwell, Jeffrey L. Saver, Richard W. Smalling, David S. Marks, Scott Berry, Atman P. Shah, Sheridan N. Meyers and Charles J. Davidson and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and American Heart Journal.

In The Last Decade

Lee MacDonald

12 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Long-Term Outcomes of Patent Foramen Ovale Closure or Medical Therapy after Stroke

2017 629 citations Jeffrey L. Saver, John D. Carroll et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale versus Medical Therapy after Cryptogenic Stroke

2013 606 citations John D. Carroll, Jeffrey L. Saver et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lee MacDonald United States	9	1.3k	600	451	439	189	13	1.4k
Arturo Tamayo Canada	13	629 0.5×	205 0.3×	432 1.0×	390 0.9×	94 0.5×	27	897
Ali Garachemani Switzerland	13	425 0.3×	147 0.2×	129 0.3×	509 1.2×	436 2.3×	24	1.0k
Dolores Cocho Spain	16	363 0.3×	304 0.5×	653 1.4×	150 0.3×	144 0.8×	41	910
William A. Gray United States	11	849 0.7×	318 0.5×	324 0.7×	420 1.0×	250 1.3×	17	951
Karine Berthet France	10	377 0.3×	352 0.6×	168 0.4×	157 0.4×	99 0.5×	16	750
P. Stierli Switzerland	15	793 0.6×	242 0.4×	242 0.5×	374 0.9×	366 1.9×	57	994
D H O'Leary United States	16	895 0.7×	252 0.4×	448 1.0×	664 1.5×	255 1.3×	20	1.3k
Marco Bonvicini Italy	16	572 0.5×	65 0.1×	561 1.2×	527 1.2×	233 1.2×	46	1.0k
D Maïza France	14	618 0.5×	340 0.6×	386 0.9×	249 0.6×	261 1.4×	61	896
Joseph Schmoker United States	17	298 0.2×	555 0.9×	229 0.5×	288 0.7×	418 2.2×	37	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Lee MacDonald

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lee MacDonald

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lee MacDonald. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lee MacDonald based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Lee MacDonald. Lee MacDonald is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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13 of 13 papers shown

Makkar, Raj, Aakriti Gupta, Thomas Waggoner, et al.. (2024). Cerebral Embolic Protection by Geographic Region. JAMA Cardiology. 10(1). 17–17. 3 indexed citations

Lakkireddy, Dhanunjaya, David E. Thaler, Christopher R. Ellis, et al.. (2022). Outcomes of the roll-in cohort of the Amulet IDE trial of left atrial appendage occlusion. Heart Rhythm O2. 3(5). 493–500.

Kavinsky, Clifford J., Molly Szerlip, Andrew M. Goldsweig, et al.. (2022). SCAI Guidelines for the Management of Patent Foramen Ovale. Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions. 1(4). 100039–100039. 74 indexed citations

Lakkireddy, Dhanunjaya, Stephan Windecker, David E. Thaler, et al.. (2018). Rationale and design for AMPLATZER Amulet Left Atrial Appendage Occluder IDE randomized controlled trial (Amulet IDE Trial). American Heart Journal. 211. 45–53. 25 indexed citations

Tirschwell, David, Mark Turner, David E. Thaler, et al.. (2018). Cost-effectiveness of percutaneous patent foramen ovale closure as secondary stroke prevention. Journal of Medical Economics. 21(7). 656–665. 15 indexed citations

Saver, Jeffrey L., John D. Carroll, David E. Thaler, et al.. (2017). Long-Term Outcomes of Patent Foramen Ovale Closure or Medical Therapy after Stroke. New England Journal of Medicine. 377(11). 1022–1032. 629 indexed citations breakdown →

MacDonald, Lee, et al.. (2015). Right-Sided Superior Vena Cava Draining Into the Left Atrium in a Patient with Persistent Left-Sided Superior Vena Cava Emptying Into the Right Atrium Diagnosed by Echocardiography. Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings. 28(3). 365–366. 6 indexed citations

Carroll, John D., Jeffrey L. Saver, David E. Thaler, et al.. (2013). Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale versus Medical Therapy after Cryptogenic Stroke. New England Journal of Medicine. 368(12). 1092–1100. 606 indexed citations breakdown →

Choi, James W., Praveen Mehrotra, Lee MacDonald, et al.. (2007). Sex Proportion of Offspring and Exposure to Radiation in Male Invasive Cardiologists. Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings. 20(3). 231–234. 5 indexed citations

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Beohar, Nirat, James D. Flaherty, Charles J. Davidson, et al.. (2003). Antirestenotic Effects of a Locally Delivered Caspase Inhibitor in a Balloon Injury Model. Circulation. 109(1). 108–113. 30 indexed citations

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MacDonald, Lee, Nirat Beohar, Norman C. Wang, et al.. (2003). A comparison of arterial closure devices to manual compression in liver transplantation candidates undergoing coronary angiography.. PubMed. 15(2). 68–70. 17 indexed citations

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MacDonald, Lee, et al.. (2003). Post-cardiac catheterization access site complications and low-molecular -weight heparin following cardiac catheterization.. PubMed. 15(2). 60–2. 23 indexed citations

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Birkett, Nicholas, Cara Evans, R. Brian Haynes, et al.. (1986). Hypertension Control in Two Canadian Communities: Evidence For Better Treatment and Overlabelling. Journal of Hypertension. 4(3). 369–374. 16 indexed citations

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