Raluca Ionescu‐Ittu

8.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
88 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Raluca Ionescu‐Ittu is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Epidemiology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Raluca Ionescu‐Ittu has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 25 papers in Epidemiology and 23 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Raluca Ionescu‐Ittu's work include Congenital Heart Disease Studies (20 papers), Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (9 papers) and Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (8 papers). Raluca Ionescu‐Ittu is often cited by papers focused on Congenital Heart Disease Studies (20 papers), Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (9 papers) and Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations (8 papers). Raluca Ionescu‐Ittu collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Switzerland. Raluca Ionescu‐Ittu's co-authors include Ariane Marelli, Louise Pilote, Andrew S. Mackie, Elham Rahme, Michał Abrahamowicz, Judith Therrien, Liming Guo, Paul Khairy, Mohammed Kaouache and Nandini Dendukuri and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Raluca Ionescu‐Ittu

88 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

Congenital Heart Disease in the General Population

2007 1.2k citations Ariane Marelli, Andrew S. Mackie et al. Circulation profile →
Lifetime Prevalence of Congenital Heart Disease in the General Population From 2000 to 2010

2014 748 citations Ariane Marelli, Raluca Ionescu‐Ittu et al. Circulation profile →
Changing Mortality in Congenital Heart Disease

2010 616 citations Paul Khairy, Raluca Ionescu‐Ittu et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Raluca Ionescu‐Ittu Canada	31	3.9k	2.5k	2.0k	1.7k	349	88	5.6k
Michelle Gurvitz United States	31	4.2k 1.1×	3.6k 1.4×	2.3k 1.1×	1.9k 1.1×	179 0.5×	92	6.1k
Karl F. Welke United States	42	2.8k 0.7×	2.2k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	1.9k 1.1×	395 1.1×	103	4.7k
Sara K. Pasquali United States	56	5.3k 1.4×	3.4k 1.3×	2.8k 1.4×	3.0k 1.7×	557 1.6×	226	8.0k
Ariane Marelli Canada	38	6.1k 1.6×	4.0k 1.6×	3.1k 1.5×	2.8k 1.6×	178 0.5×	150	7.7k
Herbert D. Aronow United States	35	1.0k 0.3×	2.4k 1.0×	1.8k 0.9×	1.8k 1.0×	238 0.7×	229	4.7k
Omar Faiz United Kingdom	49	1.0k 0.3×	1.2k 0.5×	1.6k 0.8×	4.3k 2.5×	226 0.6×	245	7.2k
Harindra C. Wijeysundera Canada	39	1.4k 0.4×	4.2k 1.7×	936 0.5×	1.8k 1.1×	574 1.6×	326	6.0k
Anne Marie Valente United States	42	6.0k 1.5×	5.0k 2.0×	3.5k 1.7×	3.4k 2.0×	89 0.3×	183	8.2k
Ignacio Ferreira‐González Spain	34	861 0.2×	2.4k 1.0×	959 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	420 1.2×	201	4.0k
A. Laurie Shroyer United States	45	870 0.2×	5.5k 2.2×	1.1k 0.5×	4.1k 2.4×	423 1.2×	181	8.2k

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Hur, Peter, Esther Yi, Raluca Ionescu‐Ittu, et al.. (2021). Reasons for Initiating Canakinumab among Patients with Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Adult-Onset Still’s Disease in the U.S. Real-World Settings. Rheumatology and Therapy. 9(1). 265–283. 3 indexed citations

Hur, Peter, Kathleen G. Lomax, Raluca Ionescu‐Ittu, et al.. (2021). Reasons for canakinumab initiation among patients with periodic fever syndromes: a retrospective medical chart review from the United States. Pediatric Rheumatology. 19(1). 143–143. 1 indexed citations

Neary, Maureen P., Raluca Ionescu‐Ittu, Bruno Émond, et al.. (2019). Epilepsy, impaired functioning, and quality of life in patients with tuberous sclerosis complex. Epilepsia Open. 4(4). 581–592. 16 indexed citations

Zonnenberg, Bernard A., Maureen P. Neary, Mei Sheng Duh, et al.. (2018). Observational study of characteristics and clinical outcomes of Dutch patients with tuberous sclerosis complex and renal angiomyolipoma treated with everolimus. PLoS ONE. 13(11). e0204646–e0204646. 11 indexed citations

Vekeman, Francis, Jalal A. Aram, Raluca Ionescu‐Ittu, et al.. (2018). Retrospective cohort study comparing the risk of severe hepatotoxicity in hospitalized patients treated with echinocandins for invasive candidiasis in the presence of confounding by indication. BMC Infectious Diseases. 18(1). 438–438. 10 indexed citations

Bosch, J.L.H. Ruud, Francis Vekeman, Mei Sheng Duh, et al.. (2018). Factors associated with the number and size of renal angiomyolipomas in sporadic angiomyolipoma (sAML): a study of adult patients with sAML managed in a Dutch tertiary referral center. International Urology and Nephrology. 50(3). 459–467. 5 indexed citations

Guérin, Annie, Raluca Ionescu‐Ittu, Sherry Shi, et al.. (2018). Comparative Effectiveness of Non-cisplatin First-line Therapies for Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma: Phase 2 IMvigor210 Study Versus US Patients Treated in the Veterans Health Administration. European Urology Oncology. 2(1). 12–20. 15 indexed citations

Ladouceur, Virginie Beauséjour, Patrick R. Lawler, Michelle Gurvitz, et al.. (2015). Exposure to Low-Dose Ionizing Radiation From Cardiac Procedures in Patients With Congenital Heart Disease. Circulation. 133(1). 12–20. 40 indexed citations

Ionescu‐Ittu, Raluca, M. Maria Glymour, & Jay S. Kaufman. (2014). A difference-in-differences approach to estimate the effect of income-supplementation on food insecurity. Preventive Medicine. 70. 108–116. 61 indexed citations

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Marelli, Ariane, Raluca Ionescu‐Ittu, Andrew S. Mackie, et al.. (2014). Lifetime Prevalence of Congenital Heart Disease in the General Population From 2000 to 2010. Circulation. 130(9). 749–756. 748 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bron, Morgan, Annie Guérin, Dominick Latrémouille-Viau, et al.. (2014). Distribution and drivers of costs in type 2 diabetes mellitus treated with oral hypoglycemic agents: a retrospective claims data analysis. Journal of Medical Economics. 17(9). 646–657. 9 indexed citations

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Kaouache, Mohammed, Raluca Ionescu‐Ittu, Andrew S. Mackie, & Ariane Marelli. (2013). LIFETIME PREVALENCE OF CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE IN THE GENERAL POPULATION IN 2010. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 61(10). E505–E505. 9 indexed citations

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Afilalo, Jonathan, Judith Therrien, Louise Pilote, et al.. (2011). Geriatric Congenital Heart Disease. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 58(14). 1509–1515. 156 indexed citations

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Lowe, B., Judith Therrien, Raluca Ionescu‐Ittu, et al.. (2011). Diagnosis of Pulmonary Hypertension in the Congenital Heart Disease Adult Population. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 58(5). 538–546. 116 indexed citations

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Khairy, Paul, Raluca Ionescu‐Ittu, Andrew S. Mackie, et al.. (2010). Changing Mortality in Congenital Heart Disease. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 56(14). 1149–1157. 616 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bouchardy, Judith, Judith Therrien, Louise Pilote, et al.. (2009). Atrial Arrhythmias in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease. Circulation. 120(17). 1679–1686. 303 indexed citations

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Ionescu‐Ittu, Raluca, Ariane Marelli, Andrew S. Mackie, & Louise Pilote. (2009). Prevalence of severe congenital heart disease after folic acid fortification of grain products: time trend analysis in Quebec, Canada. BMJ. 338(may12 2). b1673–b1673. 146 indexed citations

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Mackie, Andrew S., Raluca Ionescu‐Ittu, Louise Pilote, Elham Rahme, & Ariane Marelli. (2008). Hospital readmissions in children with congenital heart disease: A population-based study. American Heart Journal. 155(3). 577–584. 62 indexed citations

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Marelli, Ariane, Andrew S. Mackie, Raluca Ionescu‐Ittu, Elham Rahme, & Louise Pilote. (2007). Congenital Heart Disease in the General Population. Circulation. 115(2). 163–172. 1195 indexed citations breakdown →

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McCusker, Jane, Raluca Ionescu‐Ittu, Antonio Ciampi, et al.. (2007). Hospital Characteristics and Emergency Department Care of Older Patients Are Associated with Return Visits. Academic Emergency Medicine. 14(5). 426–433. 57 indexed citations

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