Rafael Espada

2.5k total citations
37 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Rafael Espada is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafael Espada has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Surgery, 16 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 15 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Rafael Espada's work include Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (11 papers), Trauma Management and Diagnosis (9 papers) and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (7 papers). Rafael Espada is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (11 papers), Trauma Management and Diagnosis (9 papers) and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (7 papers). Rafael Espada collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and United Kingdom. Rafael Espada's co-authors include Michael J. Reardon, George V. Letsou, Hazim J. Safi, Arthur C. Beall, Kenneth L. Mattox, Jimmy F. Howell, John C. Baldwin, Gerald M. Lawrie, Dimitrios Iliopoulos and William A. Zoghbi and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Rafael Espada

37 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rafael Espada United States 20 748 716 668 337 199 37 1.8k
M. J. Elliott United Kingdom 18 407 0.5× 547 0.8× 143 0.2× 115 0.3× 85 0.4× 41 1.4k
David Zhao United States 19 434 0.6× 703 1.0× 930 1.4× 129 0.4× 96 0.5× 100 1.5k
Graeme L. Hammond United States 24 1.2k 1.7× 1.0k 1.5× 1.1k 1.6× 178 0.5× 131 0.7× 76 2.3k
Stephan Ensminger Germany 27 633 0.8× 852 1.2× 1.7k 2.5× 297 0.9× 67 0.3× 190 2.7k
Nikolaos Bonaros Austria 29 971 1.3× 2.1k 3.0× 1.8k 2.7× 258 0.8× 55 0.3× 209 3.2k
Yuichi Shiokawa Japan 19 470 0.6× 587 0.8× 380 0.6× 124 0.4× 29 0.1× 88 1.5k
Jimmy F. Howell United States 28 1.5k 1.9× 1.2k 1.7× 1.9k 2.8× 556 1.6× 62 0.3× 66 3.0k
Leonard Y. Lee United States 24 370 0.5× 829 1.2× 708 1.1× 89 0.3× 112 0.6× 94 2.1k
Patricia Ewalenko Belgium 15 588 0.8× 345 0.5× 405 0.6× 71 0.2× 46 0.2× 34 1.5k
Gregorio Rábago Spain 26 203 0.3× 1.3k 1.8× 625 0.9× 183 0.5× 88 0.4× 173 2.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rafael Espada

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rafael Espada

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Rafael Espada. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Rafael Espada 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 Rafael Espada. Rafael Espada 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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Prahash, Arun, Neal S. Kleiman, Rafael Espada, & Hisham Dokainish. (2004). Idiopathic sinus of Valsalva to right atrial fistula: An unusual origin of right-sided heart failure. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 17(12). 1317–1318. 2 indexed citations
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DiBardino, Daniel J., Rafael Espada, Philip Seu, & John A. Goss. (2003). Management of complicated pneumatocele. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 126(3). 859–861. 19 indexed citations
3.
Leblanc, Julia K., Rafael Espada, & Gulchin A. Ergun. (2003). Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Staging Techniques and Endoscopic Ultrasound. CHEST Journal. 123(5). 1718–1725. 25 indexed citations
4.
Bakaeen, Faisal G., Michael J. Reardon, Joseph S. Coselli, et al.. (2003). Surgical outcome in 85 patients with primary cardiac tumors. The American Journal of Surgery. 186(6). 641–647. 97 indexed citations
5.
Frangogiannis, Nikolaos G., Sarah Shimoni, Su Min Chang, et al.. (2002). Evidence for an Active Inflammatory Process in the Hibernating Human Myocardium. American Journal Of Pathology. 160(4). 1425–1433. 72 indexed citations
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Frangogiannis, Nikolaos G., Sarah Shimoni, Guofeng Ren, et al.. (2002). Active interstitial remodeling: an important process in the hibernating human myocardium. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 39(9). 1468–1474. 92 indexed citations
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Miller, Jeffrey S., et al.. (2001). Thoracic Splenosis 25 Years after Gunshot Wound to the Abdomen. PubMed. 50(1). 149–150. 11 indexed citations
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Miller, Jeffrey S., Scott A. LeMaire, Michael J. Reardon, Joseph S. Coselli, & Rafael Espada. (2000). Intermittent brachiocephalic vein obstruction secondary to a thymic cyst. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 70(2). 662–663. 10 indexed citations
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Baldwin, John C., Charles C. Miller, Rebecca A. Prince, & Rafael Espada. (2000). Chest radiograph heterogeneity predicts functional improvement with volume reduction surgery. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 70(4). 1208–1211. 1 indexed citations
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Nagueh, Sherif F., Issam Mikati, Donald Weilbaecher, et al.. (1999). Relation of the Contractile Reserve of Hibernating Myocardium to Myocardial Structure in Humans. Circulation. 100(5). 490–496. 83 indexed citations
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Reardon, Michael J., George V. Letsou, James E. Anderson, et al.. (1999). Orthotopic cardiac transplantation after minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 117(2). 390–391. 2 indexed citations
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Safi, Hazim J., Anders Winnerkvist, Charles C. Miller, et al.. (1998). Effect of extended cross-clamp time during thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 66(4). 1204–1208. 85 indexed citations
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Espada, Rafael & Stephen Westaby. (1998). New developments in mitral valve repair. Current Opinion in Cardiology. 13(2). 80–84. 7 indexed citations
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Safi, Hazim J., Charles C. Miller, Mahesh H. Subramaniam, et al.. (1998). Thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair using cardiopulmonary bypass, profound hypothermia, and circulatory arrest via left side of the chest incision. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 28(4). 591–598. 100 indexed citations
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Reardon, Michael J., Lori D. Conklin, George V. Letsou, et al.. (1998). Mitral valve injury from blunt trauma.. PubMed. 7(4). 467–70. 12 indexed citations
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Reardon, Michael J., Christian Carr, George V. Letsou, et al.. (1997). Ischemic Left Ventricular Free Wall Rupture: Prediction, Diagnosis, and Treatment. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 64(5). 1509–1513. 70 indexed citations
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Reardon, Michael J., Thomas D. Hedrick, George V. Letsou, et al.. (1997). CT Reconstruction of an Unusual Chronic Posttraumatic Aneurysm of the Thoracic Aorta. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 64(5). 1480–1482. 6 indexed citations
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Espada, Rafael, et al.. (1997). Visualization of Ventricular Fibroelastoma With a Video-Assisted Thoracoscope. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 63(1). 221–223. 19 indexed citations
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Young, James B., John O. F. Roehm, Gerald M. Lawrie, et al.. (1978). Fortuitous rupture of aortic aneurysm: A catastrophic event affording time for surgical cure. The American Journal of Cardiology. 42(5). 862–867. 3 indexed citations
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Mattox, Kenneth L., et al.. (1975). Traumatic coronary artery-right heart fistula. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 70(1). 52–56. 10 indexed citations

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