Léna Rivard

9.4k citations

104 papers · 3.4k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 31

Impact in

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine top 0.5%
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
- Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
- Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
- Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
Internal Medicine top 5%
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management

Papers in

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 96
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments 71
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes 62
- Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias 51
- Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies 41
- Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise 4
Medical Laboratory Technology 1

Co-authors: Paul Khairy Bernard Thibault Laurent Macle Mario Talajic Peter G. Guerra Marc Dubuc Denis Roy Jason G. Andrade
Journals: Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology (16 papers)Canadian Journal of Cardiology (15 papers)Heart Rhythm (13 papers)Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology (7 papers)Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy (5 papers)
Partner nations: Canada United States France

In The Last Decade

Léna Rivard

96 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Direct Oral Anticoagulants for Stroke Prevention in Patients With Device-Detected Atrial Fibrillation: A Study-Level Meta-Analysis of the NOAH-AFNET 6 and ARTESiA Trials 2023 · 100 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2023 Circulation
2016 New England Journal of Medicine

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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Léna Rivard, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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1	Catheter Ablation vs Sotalol or Amiodarone for Ventricular Tachycardia Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Pablo B. Nery, George A. Wells, Anthony Tang, Ratika Parkash, William G. Stevenson, Jeff S. Healey, Lorne J. Gula, Girish M. Nair, Vidal Essebag, Léna Rivard, Marc W. Deyell, J. Sarrazin, Guy Amit, Jean-François Roux, Amir AbdelWahab, Chris Lane, Thérèse Radic, Aleksandra Podzhilkova, John L. Sapp	2025	0
2	Major Bleeding With Apixaban vs Aspirin JAMA Cardiology ·Deborah Siegal, Christian Sticherling, Jeff S. Healey, William F. McIntyre, A S Raghdanesa, Ratika Parkash, 幸司田鍬, Alan Lucas, Michael R. Gold, Christopher B. Granger, Peng Mi, Marc Carrier, Daniel Wojdyla, Julia W. Erath, Léna Rivard, Valentina Kutyifa, David J. Wright, Renato D. Lópes	2025	0
3	Risk Stratification in Left Bundle Branch Block After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation JACC. Clinical electrophysiology ·Patrick Badertscher, Teodor Serban, Grégoire Massoullié, Romain Eschalier, Léna Rivard, A. Azkarate, I. I. Vishnyakov, C-O Henriksson, Patrizio Pascale, 毛利泰明, Thomas Lambert, A.L. Karpets, Clemens Steinwender, Sven Knecht, Felix Mahfoud, Christian Sticherling, Michael Kühne	2025	0
4	Overcoming Access Challenges to Treat Arrhythmias in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease Using Robotic Magnetic-Guided Catheter Ablation Journal of Clinical Medicine ·Paul Khairy, Katia Dyrda, Blandine Mondésert, Martín Aguilar, T.C. Guung, Julia Cadrin‐Tourigny, Peter G. Guerra, 啓介樋口, Léna Rivard, Rafik Tadros, Mario Talajic, Bernard Thibault, Laurent Macle, Denis Roy	2024	0
5	A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Biomarkers for Risk Prediction in Atrial Fibrillation Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy ·M. Sobansky, Jean‐Claude Tardif, Denis Roy, Léna Rivard, Michelle Samuel, Anick Dubois, Jacques LeLorier	2023	1
6	Direct Oral Anticoagulants for Stroke Prevention in Patients With Device-Detected Atrial Fibrillation: A Study-Level Meta-Analysis of the NOAH-AFNET 6 and ARTESiA Trials Circulation ·William F. McIntyre, Alexander P. Benz, Nina Becher, Jeff S. Healey, Christopher B. Granger, Léna Rivard, A. John Camm, Andreas Goette, Antonia Zapf, Marco Alings, Stuart J. Connolly, Paulus Kirchhof, Renato D. Lópes Hit paper breakdown →	2023	100
7	Effect of Perindopril on Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence and Burden: Results of the Canadian Trial of Atrial Fibrillation (CTAF)-2 CJC Open ·Léna Rivard, Michelle Samuel, Annik Fortier, Marie‐Claude Guertin, Paul Khairy, Denis Roy, Mario Talajic, Jean‐Claude Tardif	2021	4
8	Prognostic Value of Noninducibility on Outcomes of Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation JACC. Clinical electrophysiology ·Vidal Essebag, Jacqueline Joza, Pablo B. Nery, Steve Doucette, Isabelle Nault, Léna Rivard, Lorne J. Gula, Marc W. Deyell, Jean‐Marc Raymond, Chris Lane, John L. Sapp	2018	10
9	Decreased Mortality With Beta-Blockers in Patients With Heart Failure and Coexisting Atrial Fibrillation JACC Heart Failure ·Julia Cadrin‐Tourigny, Azadeh Shohoudi, Denis‐Claude Roy, Mario Talajic, Rafik Tadros, Blandine Mondésert, Katia Dyrda, Léna Rivard, Jason G. Andrade, Laurent Macle, Peter G. Guerra, Bernard Thibault, Marc Dubuc, Paul Khairy	2017	53
10	Mechanisms, Clinical Significance, and Prevention of Cognitive Impairment in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Canadian Journal of Cardiology ·Léna Rivard, Paul Khairy	2017	46
11	Pharmacotherapy for inherited arrhythmia syndromes: mechanistic basis, clinical trial evidence and practical application Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy ·Rafik Tadros, Julia Cadrin‐Tourigny, Sylvia Abadir, Léna Rivard, Stanley Nattel, Mario Talajic, Paul Khairy	2015	2
12	Systolic Blood Pressure and Mortality in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure: Insights from the AFFIRM and AF-CHF Studies European Journal of Heart Failure ·Maxime Tremblay‐Gravel, Paul Khairy, Denis Roy, Hugues Leduc, D. George Wyse, Julia Cadrin‐Tourigny, Laurent Macle, Marc Dubuc, Jason G. Andrade, Léna Rivard, Peter G. Guerra, Bernard Thibault, Ali Ahmed, Mario Talajic, Marie‐Claude Guertin, Michel White	2014	14
13	Electrocardiographic and electrophysiological predictors of atrioventricular block after transcatheter aortic valve replacement Heart Rhythm ·Léna Rivard, Gernot Schram, Anita Asgar, Paul Khairy, Jason G. Andrade, Raoul Bonan, Marc Dubuc, Peter G. Guerra, Réda Ibrahim, Laurent Macle, Denis Roy, Mario Talajic, Katia Dyrda, Azadeh Shohoudi, Jean‐Benoît le Polain de Waroux, Bernard Thibault	2014	71
14	Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients With Heart Failure and a QRS Complex <120 Milliseconds Circulation ·Bernard Thibault, François Harel, Anique Ducharme, Michel White, Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, Nancy Frasure‐Smith, Denis Roy, François Philippon, Paul Dorian, Mario Talajic, Marc Dubuc, Peter G. Guerra, Laurent Macle, Léna Rivard, Jason G. Andrade, Paul Khairy	2013	96
15	Improved outcome following restoration of sinus rhythm prior to catheter ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation: A comparative multicenter study Heart Rhythm ·Léna Rivard, Mélèze Hocini, Thomas Rostock, B Cauchemez, Andreï Forclaz, Amir Jadidi, Nick Linton, Isabelle Nault, Shinsuke Miyazaki, Xingpeng Liu, Olivier Xhaët, Ashok J. Shah, Frédéric Sacher, Nicolas Derval, Pierre Jaı̈s, Paul Khairy, Laurent Macle, Stanley Nattel, Stephan Willems, Michel Haı̈ssaguerre	2012	42
16	Left Ventricular Versus Simultaneous Biventricular Pacing in Patients With Heart Failure and a QRS Complex ≥120 Milliseconds Circulation ·Bernard Thibault, Anique Ducharme, François Harel, Michel White, Eileen O’Meara, Marie‐Claude Guertin, Joël Lavoie, Nancy Frasure‐Smith, Marc Dubuc, Peter G. Guerra, Laurent Macle, Léna Rivard, Denis Roy, Mario Talajic, Paul Khairy, (unknown)	2011	89
17	A Long Conduction Time in the Coronary Sinus: Has Mitral Isthmus Line Been Blocked? Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology ·Shinsuke Miyazaki, Matthew Wright, Léna Rivard, Isabelle Nault, Andreï Forclaz, Amir Jadidi, Nicolas Derval, Frédéric Sacher, Mélèze Hocini, Pierre Jaı̈s, Michel Haı̈ssaguerre	2010	1
18	Clinical and Mechanistic Issues in Early Repolarization Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Begoña Benito, Eduard Guasch, Léna Rivard, Stanley Nattel	2010	68
19	The Impact of Acute Myocardial Ischemia on the Ventricular Defibrillation Threshold During Chronic Oral Azimilide Therapy Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology ·Philippe Chevalier, Paul Buck, S.S.S.R. Sarathbabu Duvvri, Julien Pineau, Léna Rivard, Élodie Morel, E. V. Apanasov, Quadiri Timour	2007	2
20	The pathology of atrial fibrillation in dogs Journal of Veterinary Cardiology ·Bianca J.J.M. Brundel, Peter Melnyk, Léna Rivard, Stanley Nattel	2005	34

About Léna Rivard

Léna Rivard is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Medical Laboratory Technology, Internal Medicine, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, having authored 104 papers that have together received 3.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (71 papers), Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (62 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (51 papers), Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (41 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (5 papers), Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise (4 papers), Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (4 papers) and Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (3.2k citations), Internal Medicine (110 citations), Neurology (114 citations), Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (166 citations) and Surgery (224 citations). Léna Rivard has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include Paul Khairy, Bernard Thibault, Laurent Macle, Mario Talajic, Peter G. Guerra, Marc Dubuc, Denis Roy, Jason G. Andrade, Stanley Nattel and Akiko Shiroshita-Takeshita. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, Canadian Journal of Cardiology, Heart Rhythm, Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology and Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy.

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