Leon M. Ptaszek

4.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
64 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Leon M. Ptaszek is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Leon M. Ptaszek has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 13 papers in Surgery and 12 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Leon M. Ptaszek's work include Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (17 papers), Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (15 papers) and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (11 papers). Leon M. Ptaszek is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (17 papers), Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (15 papers) and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (11 papers). Leon M. Ptaszek collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Saudi Arabia. Leon M. Ptaszek's co-authors include Jeremy N. Ruskin, Chad A. Cowan, Kenneth R. Chien, Moussa Mansour, Richard P. Koche, Eric S. Lander, Tarjei S. Mikkelsen, Chad Nusbaum, Eric M. Mendenhall and Haruhiko Koseki and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Leon M. Ptaszek

61 papers receiving 3.0k citations

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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.

Genomewide Analysis of PRC1 and PRC2 Occupancy Identifies Two Classes of Bivalent Domains

2008 787 citations Leon M. Ptaszek, Chad A. Cowan et al. profile →
Modified mRNA directs the fate of heart progenitor cells and induces vascular regeneration after myocardial infarction

2013 501 citations Lior Zangi, Kathy O. Lui et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

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Andreas Reinisch Austria

Philip W. Zoltick United States

Omar F. Khan United States

Jong Min Kim South Korea

Elizabeth P. Merricks United States

Charles C. Reed United States

Donna D. Strong United States

Bosco M. C. Chan Canada

Bart Vandekerckhove Belgium

Stephen P. Evanko United States

Andreas Reinisch Austria

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ptaszek, Leon M., et al.. (2022). Global disparities in arrhythmia care: Mind the gap. Heart Rhythm O2. 3(6). 783–792. 6 indexed citations

Khaloo, Pegah, et al.. (2021). Distinct etiologies of high-sensitivity troponin T elevation predict different mortality risks for patients hospitalized with COVID-19. International Journal of Cardiology. 351. 118–125. 7 indexed citations

Ptaszek, Leon M., et al.. (2021). Management of Atrial Fibrillation in the Emergency Department. Current Cardiology Reports. 23(12). 179–179. 15 indexed citations

August, Allison, Husain Attarwala, Sunny Himansu, et al.. (2021). A phase 1 trial of lipid-encapsulated mRNA encoding a monoclonal antibody with neutralizing activity against Chikungunya virus. Nature Medicine. 27(12). 2224–2233. 118 indexed citations

Toyohara, Takafumi, Filip Roudnicky, Mary H.C. Florido, et al.. (2020). Patient hiPSCs Identify Vascular Smooth Muscle Arylacetamide Deacetylase as Protective against Atherosclerosis. Cell stem cell. 27(1). 178–180. 8 indexed citations

Chen, Justin A., Leon M. Ptaszek, Christopher M. Celano, & Scott R. Beach. (2019). Case 9-2019: A 62-Year-Old Man with Atrial Fibrillation, Depression, and Worsening Anxiety. New England Journal of Medicine. 380(12). 1167–1174.

Rozen, Guy, Leon M. Ptaszek, Israel Zilberman, et al.. (2017). Prediction of radiofrequency ablation lesion formation using a novel temperature sensing technology incorporated in a force sensing catheter. Heart Rhythm. 14(2). 248–254. 29 indexed citations

Ptaszek, Leon M., Benjamin A. White, Steven A. Lubitz, et al.. (2016). Effect of a Multidisciplinary Approach for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation in the Emergency Department on Hospital Admission Rate and Length of Stay. The American Journal of Cardiology. 118(1). 64–71. 18 indexed citations

Maan, Abhishek, E. Kevin Heist, Jonathan Passeri, et al.. (2014). Impact of Atrial Fibrillation on Outcomes in Patients Who Underwent Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. The American Journal of Cardiology. 115(2). 220–226. 48 indexed citations

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Zangi, Lior, Kathy O. Lui, Alexander von Gise, et al.. (2013). Modified mRNA directs the fate of heart progenitor cells and induces vascular regeneration after myocardial infarction. Nature Biotechnology. 31(10). 898–907. 501 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ptaszek, Leon M., et al.. (2012). Abstract 17516: Use of an Infrared Probe Enhances Esophageal Temperature Monitoring during Left Atrial Radiofrequency Ablation. Circulation. 126. 1 indexed citations

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Ptaszek, Leon M., Moussa Mansour, Jeremy N. Ruskin, & Kenneth R. Chien. (2012). Stem Cells 1 Towards regenerative therapy for cardiac disease. 2 indexed citations

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Truong, Quynh A., Leon M. Ptaszek, Carolyn Taylor, et al.. (2010). Performance of electrocardiographic criteria for left ventricular hypertrophy as compared with cardiac computed tomography: from the Rule Out Myocardial Infarction Using Computer Assisted Tomography trial. Journal of Hypertension. 28(9). 1959–1967. 19 indexed citations

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Singh, Jagmeet P., Leon M. Ptaszek, & Atul Verma. (2010). Elusive atrial substrate: Complex fractionated atrial electrograms and beyond. Heart Rhythm. 7(12). 1886–1890. 7 indexed citations

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Truong, Quynh A., Leon M. Ptaszek, Carolyn Taylor, et al.. (2010). Usefulness of electrocardiographic parameters as compared with computed tomography measures of left atrial volume enlargement: from the ROMICAT trial. Journal of Electrocardiology. 44(2). 257–264. 23 indexed citations

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Ptaszek, Leon M. & Chad A. Cowan. (2007). New Tools for Genome Modification in Human Embryonic Stem Cells. Cell stem cell. 1(6). 600–602. 3 indexed citations

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Ptaszek, Leon M., Paul J. Wang, Sharon A. Hunt, et al.. (2005). Use of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in long-term survivors of orthotopic heart transplantation. Heart Rhythm. 2(9). 931–933. 19 indexed citations

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Ptaszek, Leon M., et al.. (2003). RAG1-DNA Binding in V(D)J Recombination. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(8). 5584–5596. 24 indexed citations

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Fugmann, Sebastian D., Isabelle Villey, Leon M. Ptaszek, & David G. Schatz. (2000). Identification of Two Catalytic Residues in RAG1 that Define a Single Active Site within the RAG1/RAG2 Protein Complex. Molecular Cell. 5(1). 97–107. 127 indexed citations

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Ptaszek, Leon M., S. Vijayakumar, G. Ravishanker, & David L. Beveridge. (1994). Molecular dynamics studies of the human CD4 protein. Biopolymers. 34(9). 1145–1153. 9 indexed citations

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