Leo Lopez

6.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
75 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Leo Lopez is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Leo Lopez has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Epidemiology, 38 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 24 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Leo Lopez's work include Congenital Heart Disease Studies (40 papers), Ultrasound in Clinical Applications (17 papers) and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (14 papers). Leo Lopez is often cited by papers focused on Congenital Heart Disease Studies (40 papers), Ultrasound in Clinical Applications (17 papers) and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (14 papers). Leo Lopez collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Leo Lopez's co-authors include Wyman W. Lai, Steven D. Colan, Mitchell H. Katz, Peter C. Frommelt, Adel K. Younoszai, Kathleen Kendall, Gregory J. Ensing, Tal Geva, Michael Silberbach and Michel Gendreau and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Circulation and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Leo Lopez

71 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

Recommendations for Quantification Methods During the Performance of a Pediatric Echocardiogram: A Report From the Pediatric Measurements Writing Group of the American Society of Echocardiography Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease Council

2010 1.1k citations Leo Lopez, Peter C. Frommelt et al. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography profile →
Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Related to COVID-19

2021 450 citations Leo Lopez et al. profile →
Guidelines for Performing a Comprehensive Pediatric Transthoracic Echocardiogram: Recommendations From the American Society of Echocardiography

2024 45 citations Leo Lopez, Meryl S. Cohen et al. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leo Lopez United States	24	1.5k	1.3k	1.1k	720	289	75	3.3k
Derek Boothroyd United States	32	1.2k 0.8×	922 0.7×	471 0.4×	1.0k 1.4×	511 1.8×	108	3.7k
David N. Mohr United States	25	3.7k 2.4×	719 0.5×	721 0.7×	2.2k 3.1×	256 0.9×	51	8.2k
David B. Ross Canada	39	1.7k 1.1×	2.2k 1.7×	1.4k 1.3×	2.0k 2.7×	203 0.7×	174	5.2k
Joseph Shalhoub United Kingdom	36	1.0k 0.7×	717 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	1.5k 2.1×	331 1.1×	263	4.6k
R. S. Vaughan United Kingdom	37	449 0.3×	444 0.3×	1.1k 1.0×	940 1.3×	355 1.2×	135	3.9k
Candace Gunnarsson United States	28	641 0.4×	359 0.3×	578 0.5×	1.0k 1.4×	168 0.6×	112	2.8k
James E. Goin United States	28	1.0k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	862 0.8×	1.1k 1.5×	468 1.6×	52	4.0k
Fábio Biscegli Jatene Brazil	31	1.4k 0.9×	612 0.5×	1.7k 1.5×	2.6k 3.6×	349 1.2×	439	5.6k
Hans Rickli Switzerland	40	4.0k 2.6×	708 0.5×	1.3k 1.2×	1.6k 2.3×	801 2.8×	191	5.7k
Jessica Lieffers Canada	21	281 0.2×	709 0.5×	688 0.6×	1.5k 2.1×	175 0.6×	62	7.1k

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Donofrio, Mary T., Lindsay R. Freud, Leo Lopez, et al.. (2024). Normal Fetal Ventricular Strain Pilot Study. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 38(4). 361–363. 2 indexed citations

Moon‐Grady, Anita J., Hyejung Lee, Leo Lopez, et al.. (2023). Fetal Echocardiographic Z Score Pilot Project: Study Design and Impact of Gestational Age and Variable Type on Reproducibility of Measurements Within and Across Investigators. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 36(9). 978–997. 3 indexed citations

Jacobs, Jeffrey P., Mark S. Bleiweis, Meryl S. Cohen, et al.. (2023). Defining the Spectrum of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS). World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. 14(6). 741–745. 2 indexed citations

Lopez, Leo, et al.. (2023). Video-Based Deep Learning for Automated Assessment of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction in Pediatric Patients. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 36(5). 482–489. 22 indexed citations

Annavajjhala, Vidhya, Anne Marie Valente, Leo Lopez, et al.. (2019). Echocardiographic surveillance in children after tetralogy of Fallot repair: Adherence to guidelines?. International Journal of Cardiology. 307. 31–35. 4 indexed citations

Silberbach, Michael, Jolien W. Roos‐Hesselink, N.H. Andersen, et al.. (2018). Cardiovascular Health in Turner Syndrome: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine. 11(10). e000048–e000048. 125 indexed citations

Srivastava, Shubhika, Vivekanand Allada, Adel K. Younoszai, et al.. (2016). Determinants of Pediatric Echocardiography Laboratory Productivity: Analysis from the Second Survey of the American Society of Echocardiography Committee on Echocardiography Laboratory Productivity. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 29(10). 1009–1015. 10 indexed citations

Sasaki, Jun, Anthony F. Rossi, John F. Rhodes, et al.. (2016). Evaluation of Residual Coarctation in Infants with a Single Right Ventricle after Stage I Palliation. Pediatric Cardiology. 38(1). 115–122. 2 indexed citations

Mahgerefteh, Joseph, et al.. (2016). The Prevalence of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Obese Children Varies Depending on the Method Utilized to Determine Left Ventricular Mass. Pediatric Cardiology. 37(6). 993–1002. 9 indexed citations

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Cohen, Meryl S., Benjamin W. Eidem, Frank Cetta, et al.. (2016). Multimodality Imaging Guidelines of Patients with Transposition of the Great Arteries: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography Developed in Collaboration with the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 29(7). 571–621. 67 indexed citations

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Lee, Simon, Nicole Sutton, Leo Lopez, et al.. (2012). A new “tool” for transcatheter atrial defect closure: The St. Jude SL2™ sheath. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 80(2). 177–181. 2 indexed citations

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Cantinotti, Massimiliano & Leo Lopez. (2012). Nomograms for Blood Flow and Tissue Doppler Velocities to Evaluate Diastolic Function in Children: A Critical Review. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 26(2). 126–141. 53 indexed citations

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Lopez, Leo. (2009). Advances in echocardiography. Current Opinion in Pediatrics. 21(5). 579–584. 5 indexed citations

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Pass, Robert H., et al.. (2009). A Transbaffle Approach to Ablation in a Child with an Extracardiac Fontan. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 33(3). 368–371. 9 indexed citations

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Cohen, Meryl S., Robert H. Anderson, Mitchell I. Cohen, et al.. (2007). Controversies, genetics, diagnostic assessment, and outcomes relating to the heterotaxy syndrome. Cardiology in the Young. 17(S4). 29–43. 62 indexed citations

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Lopez, Leo, et al.. (2006). The “Hinge-Twist” Technique for Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 82(2). e19–e21. 3 indexed citations

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Tirotta, Christopher F., Richard G. Lagueruela, Hamish M. Munro, et al.. (2005). Anesthetic Management of Conjoined Twins Presenting for Palliative Open-Heart Surgery. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 101(1). 44–47. 14 indexed citations

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Hannan, Robert L., et al.. (2003). The fenestrated Kawashima operation for single ventricle with interrupted inferior vena cava. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 75(1). 271–273. 8 indexed citations

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Fernández‐Jaén, Alberto, et al.. (1998). Meningitis bacteriana en la edad pediátrica. Estudio de 166 casos. Anales de Pediatría. 48(5). 495–498. 4 indexed citations

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Herrera, Victoria L. M., et al.. (1998). The alpha1 Na,K-ATPase gene is a susceptibility hypertension gene in the Dahl salt-sensitiveHSD rat.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 102(6). 1102–1111. 56 indexed citations

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