Michael S. Sacks

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Michael S. Sacks is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael S. Sacks has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 27 papers in Surgery and 26 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Michael S. Sacks's work include Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (27 papers), Elasticity and Material Modeling (23 papers) and Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (11 papers). Michael S. Sacks is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (27 papers), Elasticity and Material Modeling (23 papers) and Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (11 papers). Michael S. Sacks collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and United Kingdom. Michael S. Sacks's co-authors include Ming‐Chen Hsu, David Kamensky, Thomas J.R. Hughes, Yuri Bazilevs, David B. Smith, Erik D. Hiester, John A. Evans, Ankush Aggarwal, Wei Sun and Dominik Schillinger and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, American Journal of Psychiatry and The Journal of Physiology.

In The Last Decade

Michael S. Sacks

52 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

An immersogeometric variational framework for fluid–structure interaction: Application to bioprosthetic heart valves

2014 355 citations David Kamensky, Ming‐Chen Hsu et al. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael S. Sacks United States	28	1.2k	875	767	668	329	54	2.6k
Simone Morganti Italy	24	718 0.6×	334 0.4×	386 0.5×	305 0.5×	471 1.4×	78	1.9k
K. B. Chandran United States	37	2.2k 1.7×	436 0.5×	1.4k 1.8×	880 1.3×	1.1k 3.3×	142	3.5k
Neil W. Bressloff United Kingdom	26	483 0.4×	434 0.5×	569 0.7×	299 0.4×	296 0.9×	82	2.3k
Ryo Torii United Kingdom	31	1.5k 1.2×	752 0.9×	1.6k 2.1×	779 1.2×	1.4k 4.2×	167	4.0k
Jia Lu United States	25	350 0.3×	318 0.4×	260 0.3×	873 1.3×	475 1.4×	82	1.7k
Chung‐Hao Lee United States	23	707 0.6×	103 0.1×	355 0.5×	583 0.9×	159 0.5×	90	1.4k
David Frakes United States	28	407 0.3×	164 0.2×	611 0.8×	554 0.8×	503 1.5×	98	2.1k
Raúl A. Feijóo Brazil	31	692 0.6×	539 0.6×	445 0.6×	413 0.6×	192 0.6×	115	2.9k
Wei Sun United States	42	2.9k 2.3×	265 0.3×	1.6k 2.1×	1.6k 2.4×	1.5k 4.4×	150	5.1k
Matthieu De Beule Belgium	27	864 0.7×	70 0.1×	1.3k 1.7×	790 1.2×	954 2.9×	102	2.4k

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Zhang, Will, et al.. (2023). Simulating hyperelasticity and fractional viscoelasticity in the human heart. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 411. 116048–116048. 14 indexed citations

Liu, Hao, Alison M. Pouch, Paul A. Iaizzo, et al.. (2023). A Computational Pipeline for Patient-Specific Prediction of the Postoperative Mitral Valve Functional State. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. 145(11). 7 indexed citations

Niederer, Steven, Michael S. Sacks, Mark Girolami, & Karen Willcox. (2021). Scaling digital twins from the artisanal to the industrial. Nature Computational Science. 1(5). 313–320. 131 indexed citations

Li, David S., et al.. (2021). A High-Fidelity 3D Micromechanical Model of Ventricular Myocardium. Lecture notes in computer science. 12738. 168–177. 5 indexed citations

Allen, Alicia C. B., et al.. (2019). Non-Destructive Reflectance Mapping of Collagen Fiber Alignment in Heart Valve Leaflets. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 47(5). 1250–1264. 26 indexed citations

Rego, Bruno V., Amir H. Khalighi, Andrew Drach, et al.. (2018). A noninvasive method for the determination ofin vivomitral valve leaflet strains. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering. 34(12). e3142–e3142. 35 indexed citations

Wu, Michael, Rana Zakerzadeh, David Kamensky, et al.. (2018). An anisotropic constitutive model for immersogeometric fluid–structure interaction analysis of bioprosthetic heart valves. Journal of Biomechanics. 74. 23–31. 57 indexed citations

Bloodworth, Charles H., Eric L. Pierce, Andrew Drach, et al.. (2016). Ex Vivo Methods for Informing Computational Models of the Mitral Valve. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 45(2). 496–507. 38 indexed citations

Kamensky, David, Ming‐Chen Hsu, Yue Yu, et al.. (2016). Immersogeometric cardiovascular fluid–structure interaction analysis with divergence-conforming B-splines. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 314. 408–472. 80 indexed citations

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Soares, João S., et al.. (2016). Biomechanical Behavior of Bioprosthetic Heart Valve Heterograft Tissues: Characterization, Simulation, and Performance. Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology. 7(4). 309–351. 60 indexed citations

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Lee, Chung‐Hao, et al.. (2015). On the effects of leaflet microstructure and constitutive model on the closing behavior of the mitral valve. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology. 14(6). 1281–1302. 56 indexed citations

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Hsu, Ming‐Chen, David Kamensky, Yuri Bazilevs, Michael S. Sacks, & Thomas J.R. Hughes. (2014). Fluid–structure interaction analysis of bioprosthetic heart valves: significance of arterial wall deformation. Computational Mechanics. 54(4). 1055–1071. 230 indexed citations

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Lee, Chung‐Hao, Pim J. A. Oomen, Ajit P. Yoganathan, et al.. (2013). A High-Fidelity and Micro-anatomically Accurate 3D Finite Element Model for Simulations of Functional Mitral Valve. Lecture notes in computer science. 7945. 416–424. 23 indexed citations

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Fan, Rong, Ahmed Bayoumi, Peter Chen, et al.. (2013). Optimal elastomeric scaffold leaflet shape for pulmonary heart valve leaflet replacement. Journal of Biomechanics. 46(4). 662–669. 49 indexed citations

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Valdez‐Jasso, Daniela, Marc A. Simon, Hunter C. Champion, & Michael S. Sacks. (2012). A murine experimental model for the mechanical behaviour of viable right‐ventricular myocardium. The Journal of Physiology. 590(18). 4571–4584. 29 indexed citations

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Eckert, Chad E., Brett Zubiate, Mathieu Vergnat, et al.. (2009). In Vivo Dynamic Deformation of the Mitral Valve Annulus. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 37(9). 1757–1771. 46 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Tan Dat, Rui Liang, Savio L‐Y. Woo, et al.. (2008). Effects of Cell Seeding and Cyclic Stretch on the Fiber Remodeling in an Extracellular Matrix–Derived Bioscaffold. Tissue Engineering Part A. 15(4). 957–963. 46 indexed citations

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Kim, Hyunggun, Jia Lu, Michael S. Sacks, & K. B. Chandran. (2007). Dynamic Simulation of Bioprosthetic Heart Valves Using a Stress Resultant Shell Model. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 36(2). 262–275. 93 indexed citations

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Pandya, Samir, et al.. (2000). Bioprosthetic heart valve leaflet motion monitored by dual camera stereo photogrammetry. Journal of Biomechanics. 33(2). 199–207. 29 indexed citations

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Sacks, Michael S. & Cheng–Jen Chuong. (1993). A constitutive relation for passive right-ventricular free wall myocardium. Journal of Biomechanics. 26(11). 1341–1345. 22 indexed citations

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