Michael L. Main

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Michael L. Main is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael L. Main has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 38 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 27 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Michael L. Main's work include Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (31 papers), Ultrasound in Clinical Applications (25 papers) and Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications (23 papers). Michael L. Main is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (31 papers), Ultrasound in Clinical Applications (25 papers) and Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications (23 papers). Michael L. Main collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Michael L. Main's co-authors include James D. Thomas, Jill Odabashian, Michael S. Firstenberg, Neil Greenberg, Mario J. García, Anthony Magalski, Paul Grayburn, Lisa L. Kusnetzky, Jeanne K. Drinko and Taiyeb Khumri and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and Journal of Applied Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Michael L. Main

99 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Device-Related Thrombus After Left Atrial Appendage Closure 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150 200 250
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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.

  1. Device-Related Thrombus After Left Atrial Appendage Closure
    2018 254 citations Michael L. Main et al. profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael L. Main United States 29 2.4k 1.3k 641 518 447 101 3.4k
Michael J. Gallagher United States 15 948 0.4× 1.9k 1.4× 877 1.4× 567 1.1× 297 0.7× 37 2.7k
Ravin Davidoff United States 28 2.3k 1.0× 545 0.4× 338 0.5× 756 1.5× 91 0.2× 66 3.6k
William P. Glasheen United States 21 831 0.3× 930 0.7× 889 1.4× 536 1.0× 179 0.4× 37 2.3k
Spencer J. Melby United States 33 2.1k 0.9× 274 0.2× 210 0.3× 706 1.4× 93 0.2× 108 3.2k
David A. Danford United States 29 2.1k 0.9× 465 0.4× 265 0.4× 936 1.8× 179 0.4× 159 3.2k
Guy Lloyd United Kingdom 27 1.8k 0.8× 580 0.4× 88 0.1× 596 1.2× 63 0.1× 153 2.7k
Esteban López de Sá Spain 28 1.8k 0.7× 437 0.3× 415 0.6× 1.1k 2.0× 177 0.4× 181 2.7k
Benjamin H. Freed United States 26 2.0k 0.8× 883 0.7× 245 0.4× 425 0.8× 46 0.1× 97 2.6k
Cameron Hague Canada 31 947 0.4× 1.2k 0.9× 588 0.9× 349 0.7× 163 0.4× 107 3.2k
William P. Shuman United States 28 222 0.1× 1.5k 1.1× 1.1k 1.8× 572 1.1× 127 0.3× 61 2.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael L. Main

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Strom, Jordan B., et al.. (2025). Contemporary Safety of Ultrasound Enhancing Agents in a Nationwide Analysis. Journal of the American Heart Association. 14(10). e039480–e039480. 1 indexed citations
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Main, Michael L., et al.. (2021). A novel echocardiographic approach for assessing coronary artery origins. Echocardiography. 38(7). 1179–1185.
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Malik, Ali O., Mohamed Omer, Ahmed Almomani, et al.. (2019). Association Between Diastolic Dysfunction and Health Status Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 12(24). 2476–2484. 5 indexed citations
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Magalski, Anthony, et al.. (2019). Efficacy of Direct Acting Oral Anticoagulants in Treatment of Left Ventricular Thrombus. The American Journal of Cardiology. 124(3). 367–372. 65 indexed citations
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Borkon, A. Michael, et al.. (2017). Late thrombosis of a mitral bioprosthetic valve with associated massive left atrial thrombus. Echo Research and Practice. 4(1). I1–I3. 1 indexed citations
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Abdel‐Karim, Abdul‐Rahman R., Minh Vo, Michael L. Main, & J. Aaron Grantham. (2016). Interventricular Septal Hematoma and Coronary-Ventricular Fistula: A Complication of Retrograde Chronic Total Occlusion Intervention. Case Reports in Cardiology. 2016. 1–6. 6 indexed citations
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Chhatriwalla, Adnan K., et al.. (2015). Transapical aortic valve replacement complicated by periaortic hematoma. Echo Research and Practice. 2(3). I13–I14. 2 indexed citations
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Hahn, Rebecca T., Philippe Pîbarot, John G. Webb, et al.. (2014). Outcomes With Post-Dilation Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 7(7). 781–789. 81 indexed citations
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Khalid, Adnan, Salman Bhatti, John A. House, et al.. (2013). Clinical factors associated with left ventricular ejection fraction disparity in patients with left ventricular dysfunction undergoing multimodality imaging.. PubMed. 109(6). 489–92. 1 indexed citations
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Main, Michael L., et al.. (2013). Acute Mortality in Critically Ill Patients Undergoing Echocardiography With or Without an Ultrasound Contrast Agent. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging. 7(1). 40–48. 46 indexed citations
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Exuzides, Alex, Michael L. Main, Chris Colby, et al.. (2010). A Retrospective Comparison of Mortality in Critically Ill Hospitalized Patients Undergoing Echocardiography With and Without an Ultrasound Contrast Agent. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging. 3(6). 578–585. 38 indexed citations
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Khumri, Taiyeb, Kimberly J. Reid, Mikhail Kosiborod, John A. Spertus, & Michael L. Main. (2008). Usefulness of Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction as a Predictor of One-Year Rehospitalization in Survivors of Acute Myocardial Infarction. The American Journal of Cardiology. 103(1). 17–21. 19 indexed citations
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Khumri, Taiyeb, et al.. (2007). Clinical Predictors of Left Atrial Thrombus and Spontaneous Echocardiographic Contrast in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 20(10). 1181–1185. 42 indexed citations
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Khumri, Taiyeb, Anthony Magalski, Lisa L. Kusnetzky, et al.. (2006). Usefulness of Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography in Predicting Late Mortality in Patients With Anterior Wall Acute Myocardial Infarction. The American Journal of Cardiology. 98(9). 1150–1155. 25 indexed citations
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Main, Michael L., et al.. (2002). Combined assessment of microvascular integrity and contractile reserve improves differentiation of stunning and necrosis after acute anterior wall myocardial infarction. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 40(6). 1079–1084. 30 indexed citations
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Main, Michael L., Michael S. Firstenberg, David Meyers, et al.. (2000). Real-Time Transmission of Full-Motion Echocardiography over a High-Speed Data Network: Impact of Data Rate and Network Quality of Service. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 13(8). 764–770. 27 indexed citations
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García, Mario J., Nicholas G. Smedira, Neil Greenberg, et al.. (2000). Color M-mode Doppler flow propagation velocity is a preload insensitive index of left ventricular relaxation: animal and human validation. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 35(1). 201–208. 289 indexed citations
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Afridi, Imran, Michael L. Main, & Paul Grayburn. (1996). Accuracy of dobutamine echocardiography for detection of myocardial viability in patients with an occluded left anterior descending coronary artery. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 28(2). 455–459. 17 indexed citations

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