Michael J. Blaha

90.4k total citations · 13 hit papers
758 papers, 27.1k citations indexed

About

Michael J. Blaha is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael J. Blaha has authored 758 papers receiving a total of 27.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 402 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 262 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 218 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Michael J. Blaha's work include Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (260 papers), Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health (175 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (111 papers). Michael J. Blaha is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (260 papers), Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health (175 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (111 papers). Michael J. Blaha collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Germany. Michael J. Blaha's co-authors include Roger S. Blumenthal, Khurram Nasir, Matthew J. Budoff, Ron Blankstein, Seth S. Martin, Andrew P. DeFilippis, Steven R. Jones, Erin D. Michos, John W. McEvoy and Mouaz H. Al‐Mallah and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Michael J. Blaha

731 papers receiving 26.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Coronary Calcium Score and Cardiovascular Risk

2018 564 citations Michael J. Blaha, Matthew J. Budoff et al. profile →
Comparison of a Novel Method vs the Friedewald Equation for Estimating Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels From the Standard Lipid Profile

2013 551 citations Seth S. Martin, Michael J. Blaha et al. profile →
10-Year Coronary Heart Disease Risk Prediction Using Coronary Artery Calcium and Traditional Risk Factors

2015 450 citations Robyn L. McClelland, Matthew J. Budoff et al. profile →
High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein and Cardiovascular Disease

2013 373 citations Seth S. Martin, Michael J. Blaha et al. profile →
An Analysis of Calibration and Discrimination Among Multiple Cardiovascular Risk Scores in a Modern Multiethnic Cohort

2015 358 citations Andrew P. DeFilippis, John W. McEvoy et al. profile →
2016 SCCT/STR guidelines for coronary artery calcium scoring of noncontrast noncardiac chest CT scans: A report of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography and Society of Thoracic Radiology

2016 318 citations Michael J. Blaha, Matthew J. Budoff et al. Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography profile →
Implications of Coronary Artery Calcium Testing Among Statin Candidates According to American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Cholesterol Management Guidelines

2015 308 citations Khurram Nasir, Márcio Sommer Bittencourt et al. profile →
Role of Coronary Artery Calcium Score of Zero and Other Negative Risk Markers for Cardiovascular Disease

2016 304 citations Michael J. Blaha, Miguel Cainzos‐Achirica et al. Circulation profile →
National Trends in Statin Use and Expenditures in the US Adult Population From 2002 to 2013

2016 283 citations Javier Valero‐Elizondo, Salim S. Virani et al. profile →
Inflammation and cardiovascular disease: From mechanisms to therapeutics

2020 259 citations Seth S. Martin, Erin D. Michos et al. profile →
Managing Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk in Young Adults

2022 118 citations Michael J. Blaha et al. profile →
Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Is Predominantly Associated With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Events in Patients With Evidence of Coronary Atherosclerosis: The Western Denmark Heart Registry

2023 75 citations Martin Bødtker Mortensen, Omar Dzaye et al. Circulation profile →
Longitudinal Analysis of Obesity Drug Use and Public Awareness

2025 16 citations Alexander C. Razavi, Michael J. Blaha et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Association between a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus and smoking abstinence: An analysis of the National Health Interview Survey (2006-2018) 2024 ·Preventive Medicine ·Ahmed Sayed, (unknown), Elizabeth R. Stevens, Kosuke Tamura, Ellen Boakye, Salim S. Virani, Nan Jiang, Lu Hu, Michael J. Blaha, Omar El‐Shahawy	0
2	Association of High-Density Lipoprotein Parameters and Risk of Heart Failure 2024 ·JACC Heart Failure ·Ambarish Pandey, Kershaw V. Patel, Matthew W. Segar, Michael D. Shapiro, Christie M. Ballantyne, Salim S. Virani, Vijay Nambi, Erin D. Michos, Michael J. Blaha, Khurram Nasir, Miguel Cainzos‐Achirica, Colby Ayers, B. Daan Westenbrink, Jose L. Flores‐Guerrero, Stephan J. L. Bakker, Margery A. Connelly, Robin P.F. Dullaart, Anand Rohatgi	5
3	Use of e-cigarettes, traditional combustible cigarettes, and high sensitivity C-reactive protein: The Cross Cohort Collaboration 2024 ·American Heart Journal ·(unknown), Erfan Tasdighi, Zeina Dardari, (unknown), Kunal Jha, (unknown), (unknown), Ellen Boakye, Carlos J. Rodríguez, João A.C. Lima, Suzanne E. Judd, Theodore Feldman, Jonathan Fialkow, Ramachandran S. Vasan, Omar El‐Shahawy, Emelia J. Benjamin, Aruni Bhatnagar, Andrew P. DeFilippis, Khurram Nasir, Michael J. Blaha	1
4	The utility of coronary artery calcium scoring to enhance cardiovascular risk assessment for South Asian adults 2024 ·Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases ·Abhishek Gami, (unknown), Priyanka Satish, Michael J. Blaha, Jaideep Patel	2
5	Identifying People at High Risk for Severe Aortic Stenosis: Aortic Valve Calcium Versus Lipoprotein(a) and Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol 2024 ·Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging ·(unknown), Kunal Jha, Alexander C. Razavi, Ellen Boakye, Khalil Anchouche, Omar Dzaye, Matthew J. Budoff, Michael Y. Tsai, Sanjiv J. Shah, Jerome I. Rotter, Xiuqing Guo, Jie Yao, Roger S. Blumenthal, George Thanassoulis, Wendy S. Post, Michael J. Blaha, Seamus P. Whelton	5
6	Association of Electronic Cigarette Exposure on Cardiovascular Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 2023 ·Current Problems in Cardiology ·Tariq Jamal Siddiqi, Ahmed Mustafa Rashid, Ahmed Kamal Siddiqi, (unknown), Muhammad Usman, (unknown), Aruni Bhatnagar, Naomi M. Hamburg, Glenn A. Hirsch, Carlos J. Rodríguez, Michael J. Blaha, Andrew P. DeFilippis, Emelia J. Benjamin, Michael E. Hall	31
7	Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Is Predominantly Associated With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Events in Patients With Evidence of Coronary Atherosclerosis: The Western Denmark Heart Registry breakdown → 2023 ·Circulation ·Martin Bødtker Mortensen, Omar Dzaye, Hans Erik Bøtker, Jesper Møller Jensen, Michael Mæng, Jacob Fog Bentzon, Helle Kanstrup, Henrik Toft Sørensen, Jonathon Leipsic, Ron Blankstein, Khurram Nasir, Michael J. Blaha, Bjarne Linde Nørgaard	75
8	Association Of Thoracic Aortic Calcium With Incident Cardiovascular Disease And All-Cause Mortality Across The Spectrum Of Coronary Artery Calcium Burden 2023 ·Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography ·Alexander C. Razavi, Omar Dzaye, Miguel Cainzos‐Achirica, Zeina Dardari, Marly van Assen, Arshed A. Quyyumi, Khurram Nasir, J. Jeffrey Carr, Matthew J. Budoff, Roger S. Blumenthal, Paolo Raggi, (unknown), Laurence Sperling, Michael J. Blaha, Seamus P. Whelton	1
9	Psychosocial stressors and current e-cigarette use in the youth risk behavior survey 2023 ·BMC Public Health ·(unknown), Ellen Boakye, (unknown), Olufunmilayo H. Obisesan, Albert D. Osei, (unknown), Andrew Stokes, Omar Dzaye, Omar El‐Shahawy, Carlos J. Rodríguez, Glenn A. Hirsch, Emelia J. Benjamin, Andrew P. DeFilippis, Rose Marie Robertson, Aruni Bhatnagar, Michael J. Blaha	12
10	Examining the association of habitual e-cigarette use withinflammation and endothelial dysfunction in young adults:The VAPORS-Endothelial function study 2023 ·Tobacco Induced Diseases ·Ellen Boakye, (unknown), (unknown), Jill Meinert, Olufunmilayo H. Obisesan, Mohammadhassan Mirbolouk, Erfan Tasdighi, Omar El‐Shahawy, (unknown), Albert D. Osei, (unknown), (unknown), Janet T. Holbrook, Aruni Bhatnagar, Shyam Biswal, Michael J. Blaha	7
11	Investigating the association of traditional and non-traditional tobacco product use with subclinical and clinical cardiovascular disease: The Cross-Cohort Collaboration-Tobacco working group rationale, design, and methodology 2023 ·Tobacco Induced Diseases ·Erfan Tasdighi, Kunal Jha, Zeina Dardari, (unknown), (unknown), Ellen Boakye, Michael E. Hall, Carlos J. Rodríguez, Andrew Stokes, Omar El‐Shahawy, Emelia J. Benjamin, Aruni Bhatnagar, Andrew P. DeFilippis, Michael J. Blaha	2
12	Prevalence of Aortic Valve Calcium and the Long-Term Risk of Incident Severe Aortic Stenosis 2023 ·JACC. Cardiovascular imaging ·Seamus P. Whelton, Kunal Jha, Zeina Dardari, Alexander C. Razavi, Ellen Boakye, Omar Dzaye, Dhiran Verghese, Sanjiv J. Shah, Matthew J. Budoff, Kunihiro Matsushita, J. Jeffrey Carr, Ramachandran S. Vasan, Roger S. Blumenthal, Khalil Anchouche, George Thanassoulis, Xiuqing Guo, Jerome I. Rotter, Robyn L. McClelland, Wendy S. Post, Michael J. Blaha	23
13	Fitness and prostate cancer screening, incidence, and mortality: Results from the Henry Ford Exercise Testing (FIT) Project 2021 ·Cancer ·Cara Reiter–Brennan, Omar Dzaye, Mouaz H. Al‐Mallah, Zeina Dardari, Clinton A. Brawner, Lois Lamerato, Steven J. Keteyian, Jonathan K. Ehrman, Michael J. Blaha, Kala Visvanathan, Catherine H. Marshall	9
14	Scope and Social Determinants of Food Insecurity Among Adults With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in the United States 2021 ·Journal of the American Heart Association ·Shiwani Mahajan, Gowtham R. Grandhi, Javier Valero‐Elizondo, Reed Mszar, Rohan Khera, Isaac Acquah, Tamer Yahya, Salim S. Virani, Ron Blankstein, Michael J. Blaha, Miguel Cainzos‐Achirica, Khurram Nasir	15
15	Global, regional, and national quality of care of ischaemic heart disease from 1990 to 2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 2021 ·European Journal of Preventive Cardiology ·Arya Aminorroaya, Moein Yoosefi, Negar Rezaei, Mahsima Shabani, Esmaeil Mohammadi, Nima Fattahi, Sina Azadnajafabad, Maryam Nasserinejad, Nazila Rezaei, Shohreh Naderimagham, Naser Ahmadi, Hooman Ebrahimi, Mohammadhassan Mirbolouk, Michael J. Blaha, Bagher Larijani, Farshad Farzadfar	32
16	Role of Coronary Artery and Thoracic Aortic Calcium as Risk Modifiers to Guide Antihypertensive Therapy in Stage 1 Hypertension (From the Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis) 2020 ·The American Journal of Cardiology ·Mohamed B. Elshazly, A.M.M. Abdellatif, Soha R. Dargham, Mahmoud Al Rifai, Renato Quispe, Miguel Cainzos‐Achirica, Seth S. Martin, Joseph Yeboah, Bruce M. Psaty, Wendy S. Post, Khurram Nasir, Matthew J. Budoff, Roger S. Blumenthal, Michael J. Blaha, John W. McEvoy	4
17	Obesity, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular prognosis: from the Partners coronary computed tomography angiography registry 2017 ·Cardiovascular Diabetology ·Edward Hulten, Márcio Sommer Bittencourt, (unknown), Avinainder Singh, (unknown), Brian Ghoshhajra, Ravi V. Shah, Siddique Abbasi, Suhny Abbara, Khurram Nasir, Michael J. Blaha, Udo Hoffmann, Marcelo F. Di Carli, Ron Blankstein	26
18	Coronary Artery Calcium to Guide a Personalized Risk-Based Approach to Initiation and Intensification of Antihypertensive Therapy 2016 ·Circulation ·John W. McEvoy, Seth S. Martin, Zeina Dardari, Michael D. Miedema, Veit Sandfort, Joseph Yeboah, Matthew J. Budoff, David C. Goff, Bruce M. Psaty, Wendy S. Post, Khurram Nasir, Roger S. Blumenthal, Michael J. Blaha	68
19	Dyslipidemia, Coronary Artery Calcium, and Incident Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease 2013 ·Circulation ·Seth S. Martin, Michael J. Blaha, Ron Blankstein, Arthur Agatston, Juan J. Rivera, Salim S. Virani, Pamela Ouyang, Steven R. Jones, Roger S. Blumenthal, Matthew J. Budoff, Khurram Nasir	171
20	Abstract 9868: Coronary Artery Calcium Predicts Coronary Heart Disease Events Even at the Extremes of Age: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis 2011 ·Circulation ·Rajesh Tota-Maharaj, Michael J. Blaha, Ron Blankstein, Leslee J. Shaw, Roger S. Blumenthal, Matthew J. Budoff, Khurram Nasir	2

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