Patrick Ergina

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 983 citations indexed

About

Patrick Ergina is a scholar working on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick Ergina has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 983 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Surgery, 14 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 6 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Patrick Ergina's work include Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (7 papers), Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes (5 papers) and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (4 papers). Patrick Ergina is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (7 papers), Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes (5 papers) and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (4 papers). Patrick Ergina collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and Germany. Patrick Ergina's co-authors include Jonathan Cook, Isabelle Boutron, Pierre–Alain Clavien, Barnaby C Reeves, Christoph M. Seiler, Jane Blazeby, Susan Gold, Kevin Lachapelle, Jonathan L. Meakins and Doug Altman and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Annals of Surgery and Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Patrick Ergina

23 papers receiving 959 citations

Hit Papers

Challenges in evaluating surgical innovation 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Challenges in evaluating surgical innovation
    2009 442 citations Patrick Ergina, Jonathan Cook et al. The Lancet profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Patrick Ergina Canada 12 507 299 168 148 110 24 983
Sidhartha Sinha United Kingdom 17 519 1.0× 229 0.8× 397 2.4× 137 0.9× 75 0.7× 33 1.0k
Sadeesh Srinathan Canada 16 741 1.5× 577 1.9× 358 2.1× 79 0.5× 59 0.5× 44 1.4k
Oren Levine Canada 9 293 0.6× 255 0.9× 121 0.7× 92 0.6× 119 1.1× 36 849
Ya-Ting Chen United States 17 425 0.8× 568 1.9× 132 0.8× 70 0.5× 266 2.4× 23 1.6k
Matthew L. Webb United States 29 1.5k 3.0× 297 1.0× 118 0.7× 211 1.4× 101 0.9× 73 2.3k
Harrell Fe United States 10 385 0.8× 530 1.8× 79 0.5× 43 0.3× 59 0.5× 13 1.0k
William Petrcich Canada 19 223 0.4× 249 0.8× 231 1.4× 39 0.3× 74 0.7× 40 984
Philip C. Adams United Kingdom 21 390 0.8× 924 3.1× 133 0.8× 159 1.1× 25 0.2× 67 1.5k
Andrew J. Mullard United States 16 406 0.8× 229 0.8× 161 1.0× 66 0.4× 241 2.2× 25 821
S. A. Jamal Canada 18 971 1.9× 89 0.3× 62 0.4× 114 0.8× 530 4.8× 23 2.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Patrick Ergina

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patrick Ergina

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Patrick Ergina. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Patrick Ergina based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Patrick Ergina. Patrick Ergina is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ergina, Patrick, et al.. (2022). Migration despite stabilization of an embolized transcatheter heart valve: A word of caution. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 37(12). 5588–5590.
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Lonjon, G., et al.. (2016). Potential Pitfalls of Reporting and Bias in Observational Studies With Propensity Score Analysis Assessing a Surgical Procedure. Annals of Surgery. 265(5). 901–909. 93 indexed citations
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Ergina, Patrick, et al.. (2013). IDEAL framework for surgical innovation 2: observational studies in the exploration and assessment stages. BMJ. 346(jun18 3). f3011–f3011. 136 indexed citations
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Hirst, Allison, Jonathan Cook, Peter McCulloch, et al.. (2013). Tailoring study design to each stage of surgical innovation: the ideal recommendations. Trials. 14(S1). 1 indexed citations
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Backman, Steven B., Renzo Cecere, Kevin Lachapelle, et al.. (2010). Combined heart and liver transplantation on cardiopulmonary bypass: report of four cases. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d anesthésie. 57(4). 355–360. 17 indexed citations
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Chaturvedi, Rakesh, Josée Verdon, Sameena Iqbal, et al.. (2010). Cardiac Surgery in Octogenarians: Long-Term Survival, Functional Status, Living Arrangements, and Leisure Activities. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 89(3). 805–810. 36 indexed citations
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Duca, Danny Del, et al.. (2009). Use of Methylene Blue for Catecholamine-Refractory Vasoplegia from Protamine and Aprotinin. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 87(2). 640–642. 41 indexed citations
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Ergina, Patrick, Jonathan Cook, Jane Blazeby, et al.. (2009). Challenges in evaluating surgical innovation. The Lancet. 374(9695). 1097–1104. 442 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bernier, Pierre‐Luc, Patrick Ergina, Thomas Schricker, et al.. (2007). Combined Simultaneous Heart and Liver Transplantation With Complete Cardiopulmonary Bypass Support. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 83(4). 1544–1545. 14 indexed citations
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Varennes, Benoît de, Kevin Lachapelle, Renzo Cecere, et al.. (2007). Application of the Parsonnet scoring system for a Canadian cardiac surgery program. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 23(13). 1061–1065. 5 indexed citations
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Warner, Margaret, et al.. (2006). Clinical Presentation, Temporal Relationship, and Outcome in Thirty-Three Patients With Type 2 Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia After Cardiotomy. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 82(1). 21–26. 9 indexed citations
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Al-Khaldi, Abdulaziz, et al.. (2004). Left Ventricular Unloading in a Patient with End‐stage Cardiomyopathy and Medically Unresponsive Pulmonary Hypertension. Artificial Organs. 28(2). 158–160. 14 indexed citations
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Tchervenkov, Jean, Marcelo Cantarovich, Marc Deschênes, et al.. (2003). Veno-Atrial Bypass for the Operative Treatment of Septic Gas Gangrene Secondary to Delayed Hepatic Artery Thrombosis. American Journal of Transplantation. 3(6). 760–763. 3 indexed citations
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Lachapelle, Kevin, Benoît DeVarennes, Patrick Ergina, & Renzo Cecere. (2002). Sutureless patch technique for postinfarction left ventricular rupture. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 74(1). 96–101. 36 indexed citations
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Cantarovich, Marcelo, Mackenzie Quantz, Eleanor Elstein, et al.. (2000). Neoral dose monitoring with cyclosporine 2-hour postdose levels in heart transplant patients receiving anti-thymocyte globulin induction. Transplantation Proceedings. 32(2). 446–448. 14 indexed citations
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Ergina, Patrick, et al.. (1997). Chest Wall Infarction Following Bilateral Internal Mammary to Coronary Arterial Bypass in a Patient with a Thoracoabdominal Aneurysm. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 12(2). 126–129. 1 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Dao M., Brian M. Gilfix, David Blank, et al.. (1996). Impact of transfusion of mediastinal shed blood on serum levels of cardiac enzymes. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 62(1). 109–114. 7 indexed citations
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Varennes, Benoît de, et al.. (1996). Reinfusion of Mediastinal Blood in CABG Patients: Impact on Homologous Transfusions and Rate of Re-exploration. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 11(6). 387–395. 15 indexed citations
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Ergina, Patrick, Gary S. Kochamba, Christo I. Tchervenkov, & James E. Gibbons. (1993). Atrial myxomas in young children: an alternative surgical approach.. PubMed. 56(5). 1180–3. 8 indexed citations
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