Norman B. Ratliff

8.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
154 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

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Norman B. Ratliff is a scholar working on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Norman B. Ratliff has authored 154 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Surgery, 67 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 36 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Norman B. Ratliff's work include Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes (37 papers), Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (19 papers) and Viral Infections and Immunology Research (17 papers). Norman B. Ratliff is often cited by papers focused on Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes (37 papers), Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (19 papers) and Viral Infections and Immunology Research (17 papers). Norman B. Ratliff collaborates with scholars based in United States, Norway and Yemen. Norman B. Ratliff's co-authors include Delos M. Cosgrove, Bruce W. Lytle, Floyd D. Loop, Donald B. Hackel, Kirk A. Easley, Paul C. Taylor, Jay Hollman, Brian P. Griffin, Kaoru Tabei and Garth E. Austin and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Norman B. Ratliff

150 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Long-term (5 to 12 years) serial studies of internal mammary artery and saphenous vein coronary bypass grafts

1985 714 citations Bruce W. Lytle, Floyd D. Loop et al. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery profile →
Intimal proliferation of smooth muscle cells as an explanation for recurrent coronary artery stenosis after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

1985 479 citations Norman B. Ratliff et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Norman B. Ratliff United States	41	3.5k	3.4k	1.9k	850	728	154	6.6k
Christopher G.A. McGregor United States	50	4.3k 1.2×	3.0k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	1.5k 1.8×	775 1.1×	246	8.7k
Annalisa Angelini Italy	46	2.3k 0.7×	4.4k 1.3×	1.3k 0.7×	1.4k 1.6×	456 0.6×	296	7.5k
Francesco Grigioni Italy	48	3.7k 1.1×	4.4k 1.3×	1.2k 0.6×	2.7k 3.1×	794 1.1×	303	8.8k
Reda E. Girgis United States	45	1.8k 0.5×	3.4k 1.0×	5.9k 3.1×	1.1k 1.3×	247 0.3×	136	7.7k
H. Thomas Aretz United States	25	3.2k 0.9×	2.2k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	309 0.4×	1.8k 2.5×	68	5.7k
Christoph Knosalla Germany	38	2.8k 0.8×	1.8k 0.5×	681 0.4×	697 0.8×	311 0.4×	231	4.9k
Charles C. Marboe United States	46	4.2k 1.2×	2.0k 0.6×	732 0.4×	634 0.7×	841 1.2×	204	7.4k
Ahvie Herskowitz United States	30	2.0k 0.6×	3.2k 1.0×	714 0.4×	665 0.8×	332 0.5×	57	4.7k
Odd Geiran Norway	38	2.0k 0.6×	1.6k 0.5×	1.0k 0.5×	979 1.2×	164 0.2×	182	4.5k
Robert L. Hardesty United States	49	5.3k 1.5×	1.4k 0.4×	1.7k 0.9×	1.9k 2.3×	212 0.3×	146	8.5k

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Yamani, Mohamad H., Norman B. Ratliff, Daniel Cook, et al.. (2005). Peritransplant Ischemic Injury Is Associated With Up-Regulation of Stromal Cell-Derived Factor-1. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 46(6). 1029–1035. 38 indexed citations

Yousufuddin, Mohammed, Daniel Cook, Randall C. Starling, et al.. (2004). Angiotensin II receptors from peritransplantation through first-year post-transplantation and the risk of transplant coronary artery disease. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 43(9). 1565–1573. 14 indexed citations

Grande‐Allen, K. Jane, Brian P. Griffin, Norman B. Ratliff, Delos M. Cosgrove, & Ivan Veselý. (2003). Glycosaminoglycan profiles of myxomatous mitral leaflets and chordae parallel the severity of mechanical alterations. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 42(2). 271–277. 112 indexed citations

Moshfeghi, Darius M., Peter K. Kaiser, Hans E. Grossniklaus, et al.. (2003). Clinicopathologic study after submacular removal of choroidal neovascular membranes treated with verteporfin ocular photodynamic therapy. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 135(3). 343–350. 53 indexed citations

Mahon, Niall, et al.. (2003). Reactive hemophagocytic syndrome associated with disseminated histoplasmosis in a heart transplant recipient. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 22(4). 487–491. 30 indexed citations

Yen, Michael H., Norman B. Ratliff, Patrick M. McCarthy, et al.. (2002). Tissue factor expression is increased in cardiac transplant recipients who develop cardiac transplant arteriopathy. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 21(1). 113–113. 1 indexed citations

Stull, Linda B., Canqing Yu, Charles F. McTiernan, et al.. (2000). Alterations in Cardiac Function and Gene Expression during Autoimmune Myocarditis in Mice. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 32(11). 2035–2049. 15 indexed citations

Smith, Marc D., et al.. (1999). Clinical and Pathologic Study of Two Siblings with Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy. Cardiovascular Pathology. 8(5). 273–278. 11 indexed citations

McCarthy, James F., Daniel Cook, Nicholas G. Smedira, et al.. (1999). Vascular rejection in cardiac transplantation. Transplantation Proceedings. 31(1-2). 160–160. 13 indexed citations

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Hanna, Joseph P., et al.. (1997). Intra-arterial thrombolysis of embolic proximal middle cerebral artery occlusion from presumed atrial myxoma. Neurology. 49(2). 618–620. 30 indexed citations

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Czerska, Barbara, Robert E. Hobbs, Karen James, et al.. (1995). Clinical manifestation of acute vascular rejection in cardiac transplant recipients. 2. 46. 2 indexed citations

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Lytle, Bruce W., Floyd D. Loop, Paul C. Taylor, et al.. (1992). Vein graft disease: The clinical impact of stenoses in saphenous vein bypass grafts to coronary arteries. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 103(5). 831–840. 85 indexed citations

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Marsalese, Dominic L., Douglas S. Moodie, Bruce W. Lytle, et al.. (1990). Cystic medial necrosis of the aorta in patients without Marfan's syndrome: Surgical outcome and long-term follow-up. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 16(1). 68–73. 50 indexed citations

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Fitzmaurice, Maryann, Gary L. Engelmann, Rebecca Richards‐Kortum, et al.. (1989). Argon ion laser-excited autofluorescence in normal and atherosclerotic aorta and coronary arteries: Morphologic studies. American Heart Journal. 118(5). 1028–1038. 47 indexed citations

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Richards‐Kortum, Rebecca, Arnav Mehta, Gary B. Hayes, et al.. (1989). Spectral diagnosis of atherosclerosis using an optical fiber laser catheter. American Heart Journal. 118(2). 381–391. 50 indexed citations

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Lente, Frederick Van, et al.. (1989). The predictive value of serum enzymes for perioperative myocardial infarction after cardiac operations. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 98(5). 704–710. 34 indexed citations

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Lytle, Bruce W., Delos M. Cosgrove, Norman B. Ratliff, & Floyd D. Loop. (1989). Coronary artery bypass grafting with the right gastroepiploic artery. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 97(6). 826–831. 114 indexed citations

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Richards‐Kortum, Rebecca, et al.. (1987). Real-time determination of artery wall composition and control of laser ablation using laser-induced fluorescence. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 2 indexed citations

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Schöen, Frederick J., Diane C. Palmer, William F. Bernhard, et al.. (1986). Clinical temporary ventricular assist. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 92(6). 1071–1081. 20 indexed citations

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Ratliff, Norman B., et al.. (1983). Hypoplastic right-sided heart complex: A cluster of cases with associated congenital birth defects. A new syndrome?. The Journal of Pediatrics. 103(3). 399–401. 3 indexed citations

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