Luís A. Pires

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

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Luís A. Pires is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Luís A. Pires has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 9 papers in Surgery and 4 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Luís A. Pires's work include Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (37 papers), Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (29 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (27 papers). Luís A. Pires is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (37 papers), Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (29 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (27 papers). Luís A. Pires collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Netherlands. Luís A. Pires's co-authors include Michael H. Lehmann, James H. Baker, Scott L. Beau, Patrick Tchou, Sherif F. Nagueh, John F. Beshai, Richard A. Grimm, Steven M. Greenberg, Alan B. Wagshal and Shoei K. Stephen Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

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Luís A. Pires

54 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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Cardiac-Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure with Narrow QRS Complexes

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Luís A. Pires United States	23	2.4k	430	168	156	118	54	2.6k
Patrick Assayag France	22	975 0.4×	368 0.9×	34 0.2×	288 1.8×	216 1.8×	77	1.5k
Pavel Osmančík Czechia	22	971 0.4×	220 0.5×	73 0.4×	61 0.4×	116 1.0×	102	1.2k
Luigi Tavazzi Italy	13	1.1k 0.4×	200 0.5×	32 0.2×	92 0.6×	127 1.1×	20	1.3k
Zhi You Fang Australia	13	1.5k 0.6×	180 0.4×	55 0.3×	458 2.9×	286 2.4×	17	1.7k
Herbert Nägele Germany	20	819 0.3×	352 0.8×	35 0.2×	58 0.4×	170 1.4×	74	1.3k
Alexei N. Plotnikov United States	26	2.8k 1.2×	491 1.1×	50 0.3×	125 0.8×	831 7.0×	51	3.3k
Yuji Shigematsu Japan	23	1.2k 0.5×	291 0.7×	38 0.2×	347 2.2×	215 1.8×	107	1.7k
Takao Shimohama Japan	15	397 0.2×	301 0.7×	119 0.7×	145 0.9×	70 0.6×	55	701
Brian Clapp United Kingdom	18	891 0.4×	467 1.1×	30 0.2×	386 2.5×	121 1.0×	56	1.4k
Giulio Russo Italy	19	581 0.2×	315 0.7×	56 0.3×	204 1.3×	160 1.4×	62	949

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Pires, Luís A., Stefano Ghio, Eugene Chung, et al.. (2011). Relationship Between Acute Improvement in Left Ventricular Function to 6-Month Outcomes After Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure. Congestive Heart Failure. 17(2). 64–69. 7 indexed citations

Bevilacqua, J.L.B., Iberê Cauduro Soares, Sheila Aparecida Coelho Siqueira, et al.. (2009). Coordinated expression of ER, PR and HER2 define different prognostic subtypes among poorly differentiated breast carcinomas. Histopathology. 55(3). 346–352. 21 indexed citations

Bommel, Rutger J. van, J. J. Bax, William T. Abraham, et al.. (2009). Characteristics of heart failure patients associated with good and poor response to cardiac resynchronization therapy: a PROSPECT (Predictors of Response to CRT) sub-analysis. European Heart Journal. 30(20). 2470–2477. 161 indexed citations

Buxton, Alfred E., Kerry L. Lee, Gail E. Hafley, et al.. (2007). Limitations of Ejection Fraction for Prediction of Sudden Death Risk in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 50(12). 1150–1157. 254 indexed citations

Pires, Luís A., et al.. (2006). Clinical predictors and timing of New York Heart Association class improvement with cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with advanced chronic heart failure: Results from the Multicenter InSync Randomized Clinical Evaluation (MIRACLE) and Multicenter InSync ICD Randomized Clinical Evaluation (MIRACLE-ICD) trials. American Heart Journal. 151(4). 837–843. 81 indexed citations

Pires, Luís A., et al.. (2005). Coronary Sinus Lead Placement Via the Internal Jugular Vein in Patients with Advanced Heart Failure: A Simplified Percutaneous Approach. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology. 12(2). 157–162. 5 indexed citations

Prata, Tiago S., et al.. (2004). Lack of influence of spherical correction in high ametropias on concordance of frequency doubling technology exams.. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 45(13). 3301–3301. 1 indexed citations

Pires, Luís A., et al.. (2001). Diagnostic Patterns and Temporal Trends in the Evaluation of Adult Patients Hospitalized With Syncope. Archives of Internal Medicine. 161(15). 1889–1889. 74 indexed citations

Pires, Luís A., Michael H. Lehmann, Russell T. Steinman, John J. Baga, & Claudio Schuger. (1999). Sudden death in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator recipients: clinical context, arrhythmic events and device responses. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 33(1). 24–32. 67 indexed citations

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Pires, Luís A., et al.. (1999). Sudden Death in Recipients of Transvenous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Systems:. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 10(8). 1049–1056. 28 indexed citations

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Yang, Hua, Barbara S. Fromm, John J. Baga, et al.. (1997). Maximal ascending and descending slopes of the T wave in men and women. Journal of Electrocardiology. 30(4). 267–276. 34 indexed citations

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Lehmann, Michael H., John J. Baga, Luís A. Pires, et al.. (1997). Does Subclinical Hypothyroidism Explain the Increased Susceptibility of Women to Torsades de Pointes?. The American Journal of Cardiology. 79(7). 963–965. 5 indexed citations

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Pires, Luís A., et al.. (1996). Clinical Utility of Routine Transthoracic Echocardiographic Studies After Uncomplicated Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation: A Prospective Multicenter Study. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 19(10). 1502–1507. 14 indexed citations

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Pires, Luís A., et al.. (1996). Electrophysiological Effects of Propofol on the Normal Cardiac Conduction System. Cardiology. 87(4). 319–324. 38 indexed citations

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Pires, Luís A., Alan B. Wagshal, Robert Lancey, & Shoei K. Stephen Huang. (1995). Arrhythmias and conduction disturbances after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Epidemiology, management, and prognosis. American Heart Journal. 129(4). 799–808. 87 indexed citations

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Wagshal, Alan B., et al.. (1995). Usefulness of follow-up electrophysiologic study and event monitoring after successful radiofrequency catheter ablation of supraventricular tachycardia. The American Journal of Cardiology. 75(1). 50–52. 6 indexed citations

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Wagshal, Alan B., Shoei K. Stephen Huang, Luís A. Pires, et al.. (1995). Use of Double Ventricular Extrastimulation to Determine the Preexcitation Index in Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 18(11). 2041–2052. 5 indexed citations

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Cuello, Carlos, Shoei K. Stephen Huang, Alan B. Wagshal, et al.. (1994). Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of the Atrioventricular Junction by a Supravalvular Noncoronary Aortic Cusp Approach. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 17(6). 1182–1185. 19 indexed citations

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Pires, Luís A., Alan B. Wagshal, Trevor Greene, Robert S. Mittleman, & Shoei K. Stephen Huang. (1993). Usefulness of the response to intravenous procainamide during electrophysiologic study in predicting the response to oral quinidine in patients with inducible sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia associated with coronary artery disease. The American Journal of Cardiology. 72(12). 908–910. 2 indexed citations

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Wagshal, Alan B., Luís A. Pires, Robert S. Mittleman, et al.. (1993). Early recurrence of accessory pathways after radiofrequency catheter ablation does not preclude long-term cure. The American Journal of Cardiology. 72(11). 843–846. 7 indexed citations

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