Maria Mountis

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Maria Mountis is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Surgery and Emergency Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Maria Mountis has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 26 papers in Surgery and 16 papers in Emergency Medicine. Recurrent topics in Maria Mountis's work include Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (31 papers), Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (25 papers) and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (16 papers). Maria Mountis is often cited by papers focused on Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (31 papers), Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (25 papers) and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (16 papers). Maria Mountis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and India. Maria Mountis's co-authors include Randall C. Starling, Nader Moazami, Nicholas G. Smedira, Lucy Thuita, Eugene H. Blackstone, J. Eduardo Rame, Edward G. Soltesz, Gregory A. Ewald, Carmelo A. Milano and Joseph G. Rogers and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Maria Mountis

39 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Unexpected Abrupt Increase in Left Ventricular Assist Device Thrombosis

2013 572 citations Randall C. Starling, Nader Moazami et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Maria Mountis United States	13	1.1k	967	558	417	63	40	1.2k
Diyar Saeed Germany	18	812 0.8×	781 0.8×	452 0.8×	375 0.9×	57 0.9×	122	1.1k
Sirtaz Adatya United States	19	910 0.9×	857 0.9×	519 0.9×	417 1.0×	47 0.7×	62	1.1k
Mustafa Özbaran Türkiye	16	620 0.6×	789 0.8×	267 0.5×	464 1.1×	38 0.6×	108	1.1k
Michael Sobieski United States	6	737 0.7×	666 0.7×	385 0.7×	261 0.6×	71 1.1×	9	788
Waqas Ghumman United States	10	2.2k 2.0×	2.0k 2.1×	987 1.8×	1.0k 2.5×	175 2.8×	22	2.5k
Ciro Mastroianni Italy	13	594 0.6×	531 0.5×	384 0.7×	252 0.6×	14 0.2×	34	823
Peer M. Portner United States	15	1.0k 1.0×	932 1.0×	337 0.6×	492 1.2×	77 1.2×	36	1.2k
Masashi Kawabori United States	15	558 0.5×	595 0.6×	214 0.4×	219 0.5×	24 0.4×	112	761
Marc T. Swartz United States	24	1.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.3×	364 0.7×	797 1.9×	41 0.7×	69	1.6k
G. Sayer United States	21	1.5k 1.4×	1.4k 1.5×	790 1.4×	619 1.5×	84 1.3×	114	1.7k

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Weiss, Aaron, Lucy Thuita, Nicholas G. Smedira, et al.. (2025). Time-Varying Analyses of Survival and Outcomes in Patients with HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Devices. European Journal of Heart Failure. 27(5). 822–829. 1 indexed citations

Jacob, Miriam, Karen James, Trejeeve Martyn, et al.. (2024). Heart Transplant in Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis: A Single-Center Experience. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 43(4). S225–S225. 1 indexed citations

Mirzai, Saeid, et al.. (2022). How do we maximize diuresis in acute decompensated heart failure?. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 89(10). 561–565. 1 indexed citations

Lala, Anuradha, Palak Shah, Shokoufeh Khalatbari, et al.. (2021). Frailty Measures of Patient-reported Activity and Fatigue May Predict 1-year Outcomes in Ambulatory Advanced Heart Failure: A Report From the REVIVAL Registry. Journal of Cardiac Failure. 28(5). 765–774. 3 indexed citations

Hutt, Erika, Wael A. Jaber, Christine Jellis, Maria Mountis, & Paul Cremer. (2020). Novel dietary protocol prior to 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography to evaluate for cardiac sarcoidosis. Journal of Nuclear Cardiology. 28(5). 2190–2193. 1 indexed citations

Stehlik, Josef, Maria Mountis, Donald Haas, et al.. (2019). Quality of life and treatment preference for ventricular assist device therapy in ambulatory advanced heart failure: A report from the REVIVAL study. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 39(1). 27–36. 15 indexed citations

Ambardekar, Amrut V., Jennifer T. Thibodeau, Adam D. DeVore, et al.. (2017). Discordant Perceptions of Prognosis and Treatment Options Between Physicians and Patients With Advanced Heart Failure. JACC Heart Failure. 5(9). 663–671. 33 indexed citations

Steffen, Robert, Eugene H. Blackstone, Nicholas G. Smedira, et al.. (2017). Optimal Timing of Heart Transplant After HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 104(5). 1569–1576. 12 indexed citations

Vest, Amanda R., et al.. (2016). Outcomes for Patients With Diabetes After Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation. Journal of Cardiac Failure. 22(10). 789–796. 26 indexed citations

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Stewart, Garrick C., M. Kittleson, Parag C. Patel, et al.. (2016). INTERMACS (Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support) Profiling Identifies Ambulatory Patients at High Risk on Medical Therapy After Hospitalizations for Heart Failure. Circulation Heart Failure. 9(11). 49 indexed citations

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Kirkpatrick, James N., Katherine Kellom, Sarah C. Hull, et al.. (2015). Caregivers and Left Ventricular Assist Devices as a Destination, Not a Journey. Journal of Cardiac Failure. 21(10). 806–815. 27 indexed citations

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Joseph, Susan, Mary Norine Walsh, Meredith A. Brisco, et al.. (2015). WOMEN DERIVE GREATER BENEFIT FROM EARLY MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT: AN UPDATE FROM THE USPELLA REGISTRY. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 65(10). A212–A212. 3 indexed citations

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Lima, Brian, Themistokles Chamogeorgakis, Maria Mountis, & Gonzalo V. Gonzalez‐Stawinski. (2015). Replacement of the Aortic Valve with a Bioprosthesis at the Time of Continuous Flow Ventricular Assist Device Implantation for Preexisting Aortic Valve Dysfunction. Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings. 28(4). 454–456. 5 indexed citations

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Starling, Randall C., Nader Moazami, Scott Silvestry, et al.. (2013). Unexpected Abrupt Increase in Left Ventricular Assist Device Thrombosis. New England Journal of Medicine. 370(1). 33–40. 572 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mountis, Maria, et al.. (2012). Heartmate Ii Outflow Graft Ligation and Driveline Excision Without Pump Removal for Left Ventricular Recovery. Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings. 25(4). 344–345. 7 indexed citations

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Gonzalez‐Stawinski, Gonzalo V., Maria Mountis, William E. Cohn, & O.H. Frazier. (2012). Inflow Graft Interruption as a Simple Method for Left Ventricular Assist Device Removal After Successful Bridge to Recovery. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 27(3). 397–399. 9 indexed citations

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Cowger, Jennifer, M. Kittleson, Chetan B. Patel, et al.. (2011). Abstract 8490: End Stage Heart Failure: Are We Missing Patients Who May Benefit from Left Ventricular Assist Device Support?. Circulation. 124(suppl_21). 1 indexed citations

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Mihaljević, Tomislav, Craig M. Jarrett, Gonzalo V. Gonzalez‐Stawinski, et al.. (2011). Mechanical circulatory support after heart transplantation. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 41(1). 200–6; discussion 206. 34 indexed citations

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Depta, Jeremiah P., et al.. (2010). Does vitamin D deficiency play a role in the pathogenesis of chronic heart failure? Do supplements improve survival?. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 77(5). 290–293. 4 indexed citations

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Mountis, Maria & Randall C. Starling. (2009). Management of left ventricular assist devices after surgery: bridge, destination, and recovery. Current Opinion in Cardiology. 24(3). 252–256. 14 indexed citations

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