Melvin D. Cheitlin

26.7k citations

138 papers · 9.2k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 41

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine top 0.2%
Surgery top 1%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging top 0.5%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine top 0.5%
Epidemiology top 2%

Co-authors: Raymond J. Gibbons Richard O. Russell Carlos M. de Castro James L. Ritchie Timothy J. Gardner Robert A. O’Rourke Arthur Garson Kim A. Eagle
Topics: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (36 papers)Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (25 papers)Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (24 papers)
Cited by: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Journals: New England Journal of Medicine JAMA Circulation
Partner nations: United States Germany Australia

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Melvin D. Cheitlin

134 papers receiving 8.4k 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.

ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with acute myocardial infarction

1996 1.4k citations Jeffrey L. Anderson, Richard O. Russell et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
ACC/AHA guidelines for coronary angiography11“ACC/AHA Guidelines for Coronary Angiography” was approved by the American College of Cardiology Board of Trustees in October 1998 and by the American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee in December 1998.22When citing this document, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association request that the following format be used: Scanlon PJ, Faxon DP, Audet AM, Carabello B, Dehmer GJ, Eagle KA, Legako RD, Leon DF, Murray JA, Nissen SD, Pepine CJ, Watson RM. ACC/AHA guidelines for coronary angiography: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Coronary Angiography). J Am Coll Cardiol1999;33:1756–82433This document is available on the websites of the ACC (www.acc.org) and the AHA (www.americanheart.org). Reprints of this document (the complete guidelines) are available for $5 each by calling 800-253-4636 (US only) or writing the American College of Cardiology, Educational Services, 9111 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, MD 20814-1699. Ask for reprint No. 71-0164. To obtain a reprint of the shorter version (executive summary and summary of recommendations) published in the May 4, 1999, issue of Circulation, ask for reprint No. 71-0163. To purchase additional reprints (specify version and reprint number): up to 999 copies, call 800-611-6083 (US only) or fax 413-665-2671; 1000 or more copies, call 214-706-1466, fax 214-691-6342, or e-mail pubauth@heart.org

1999 842 citations David P. Faxon, James L. Ritchie et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
Sudden Death as a Complication of Anomalous Left Coronary Origin From the Anterior Sinus of Valsalva

1974 573 citations Melvin D. Cheitlin et al. Circulation profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Cardiac auscultation skills among medical trainees 2025 ·American Heart Journal ·(unknown),Jing Yang,Joshua I. Goldhaber,Binh An P. Phan,Melvin D. Cheitlin	1
2	Tuberculous Pericarditis: Is Limited Pericardial Biopsy Sufficient for Diagnosis?1, 2 2015 ·American Review of Respiratory Disease ·Melvin D. Cheitlin,(unknown),(unknown),Stephen P. Glasser	0
3	Asymptomatic Adult Patients With Aortic Stenosis: Should They Ever Have Aortic Valve Replacement? 2005 ·The American Heart Hospital Journal ·Melvin D. Cheitlin	5
4	Task force 5: Expert testimony and opinions 2004 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Robert O. Bonow,Douglas P. Zipes,Jeffrey L. Anderson,Melvin D. Cheitlin,Larry B. Goldstein,Augustus O. Grant,David P. Faxon,João A.C. Lima,Rose Marie Robertson	1
5	Roundtable discussion: tadalafil study group 2003 ·The American Journal of Cardiology ·Robert A. Kloner,Ralph G. Brindis,Melvin D. Cheitlin,Louis Kuritzky,Thomas A. Miller,Harin Padma-Nathan,Raymond C. Rosen	2
6	Cardiovascular Physiology—Changes With Aging 2003 ·The American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology ·Melvin D. Cheitlin	169
7	Do Existing Databases Answer Clinical Questions about Geriatric Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke? 2001 ·The American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology ·Melvin D. Cheitlin,Gary Gerstenblith,William R. Hazzard,Richard C. Pasternak,Linda P. Fried,Michael W. Rich,Harlan M. Krumholz,(unknown),J. G. Reves,Charles R. McKay,Sanjeev Saksena,Win K. Shen,Masood Akhtar,Lawrence Brass,José Biller	16
8	Use of Sildenafil (Viagra) in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease 1999 ·Circulation ·Melvin D. Cheitlin,Adolph M. Hutter,Ralph G. Brindis,Peter Ganz,Sanjay Kaul,Richard O. Russell,Randall M. Zusman,James S. Forrester,Pamela S. Douglas,David P. Faxon,John D. Fisher,Raymond J. Gibbons,Jonathan L. Halperin,Judith S. Hochman,Sanjiv Kaul,William S. Weintraub,William L. Winters,Michael J. Wolk	372
9	ACC/AHA/ACP-ASIM guidelines for the management of patients with chronic stable angina11This document was approved by the American College of Cardiology Board of Trustees in March 1999, the American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee in March 1999, and the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine Board of Regents in February 1999.When citing this document, please use the following citation format: Gibbons RJ, Chatterjee K, Daley J, Douglas JS, Fihn SD, Gardin JM, Grunwald MA, Levy D, Lytle BW, O’Rourke RA, Schafer WP, Williams SV. ACC/AHA/ACP-ASIM guidelines for the management of patients with chronic stable angina: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on the Management of Patients With Chronic Stable Angina). J Am Coll Cardiol 1999;33:2092–197.This document is available on the World Wide Web sites of the American College of Cardiology (www.acc.org) and the American Heart Association (www.americanheart.org). Reprints of this document are available by calling 1-800-253-4636 or writing the American College of Cardiology, Educational Services, at 9111 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, MD 20814-1699. Ask for reprint number 71-0166. To obtain a reprint of the Executive Summary and Recommendations published in the June 1, 1999 issue of Circulation, ask for reprint number 71-0167. To purchase bulk reprints (specify version and reprint number): Up to 999 copies call 1-800-611-6083 (US only) or fax 413-665-2671; 1000 or more copies call 214-706-1466, fax 214-691-6342, or e-mail pubauth@heart.org 1999 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Raymond J. Gibbons,Kanu Chatterjee,Jennifer Daley,John S. Douglas,Stephan D. Fihn,Julius M. Gardin,(unknown),Daniel Levy,Bruce W. Lytle,Robert A. O’Rourke,(unknown),Sankey V. Williams,James L. Ritchie,Melvin D. Cheitlin,Kim A. Eagle,Timothy J. Gardner,Arthur Garson,Richard O. Russell,Thomas J. Ryan,Sidney C. Smith	441
10	Use of sildenafil (Viagra) in patients with cardiovascular disease 1999 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Melvin D. Cheitlin,Adolph M. Hutter,Ralph G. Brindis,Peter Ganz,Sanjay Kaul,Richard O. Russell,Randall M. Zusman,James S. Forrester,Pamela S. Douglas,David P. Faxon,John D. Fisher,Raymond J. Gibbons,Jonathan L. Halperin,Judith S. Hochman,Sanjiv Kaul,William S. Weintraub,William L. Winters,Michael J. Wolk	348
11	Correlates of aortic distensibility in chronic aortic regurgitation and relation to progression to surgery 1992 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Richard A. Wilson,Robert W. McDonald,James Bristow,Melvin D. Cheitlin,Deirdre Nauman,Barry M. Massie,Barry Greenberg	19
12	Echocardiography in Serial Evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic and Diastolic Function: Importance of Image Acquisition, Quantitation, and Physiologic Variability in Clinical and Investigational Applications 1991 ·Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography ·Helmut F. Kuecherer,(unknown),Gunnard Modin,Melvin D. Cheitlin,Nelson B. Schiller	88
13	Task force II: The relation of cardiovascular specialists to patients, other physicians and physician-owned organizations 1990 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·William L. Winters,Henry D. McIntosh,Melvin D. Cheitlin,(unknown),Thomas B. Graboys,Spencer B. King,Carolyn Murdaugh,David Orentlicher,Thomas A. Ports,W. Gerald Rainer,Elliot Rapaport,William Y. Rial,Elijah Saunders,Daniel J. Ullyot,John G. Weg	3
14	Cardiac surgery and noncardiac surgery in elderly patients with heart disease 1987 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Mortimer J. Buckley,Melvin D. Cheitlin,Lee Goldman,Joel A. Kaplan,Nicholas T. Kouchoukos	12
15	Intertest variability of echocardiographic and chest X-Ray measurements: Implications for dDecision making in patients with aortic regurgitation 1986 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Jadwiga Szlachcic,Barry M. Massie,Barry Greenberg,David D. Thomas,Melvin D. Cheitlin,James Bristow	17
16	Ejection fraction response to supine exercise in asymptomatic aortic regurgitation: Relation to simultaneous hemodynamic measurements 1985 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·(unknown),Barry Kramer,Debra Loge,Nina Topic,Barry Greenberg,Melvin D. Cheitlin,James Bristow,Randolph C. Byrd	25
17	Rate of progression of severity of valvular aortic stenosis in the adult 1979 ·American Heart Journal ·Melvin D. Cheitlin,Edward W. Gertz,Bruce H. Brundage,C. J. Carlson,(unknown),(unknown)	76
18	Tachy-Brady Syndrome following Open Heart Surgery 1973 ·CHEST Journal ·(unknown),Julius L. Bedynek,Melvin D. Cheitlin,(unknown)	2
19	Fatal pulmonary hemorrhage complicating use of a flow-directed balloon-tipped catheter in a patient receiving anticoagulant therapy 1973 ·The American Journal of Cardiology ·Michael S. Golden,(unknown),(unknown),Melvin D. Cheitlin	64
20	Thirty-two cases of interventricular septal defect and aortic insufficiency 1972 ·The American Journal of Medicine ·Stephen P. Glasser,Melvin D. Cheitlin,(unknown),(unknown),Robert J. Hall,Charles E. Mullins	9

About Melvin D. Cheitlin

Melvin D. Cheitlin is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, having authored 138 papers that have together received 9.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (36 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (25 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (24 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (5.7k citations), Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (2.5k citations) and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (2.4k citations). Melvin D. Cheitlin has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Raymond J. Gibbons, Richard O. Russell, Carlos M. de Castro, James L. Ritchie, Timothy J. Gardner, Robert A. O’Rourke, Arthur Garson, Kim A. Eagle, Pamela S. Douglas and James E. Davia. Their work appears in journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

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