Richard A. DeWall

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Richard A. DeWall is a scholar working on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard A. DeWall has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Surgery, 24 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 17 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Richard A. DeWall's work include Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (15 papers), Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques (11 papers) and Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (11 papers). Richard A. DeWall is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (15 papers), Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques (11 papers) and Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (11 papers). Richard A. DeWall collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Singapore. Richard A. DeWall's co-authors include Richard L. Varco, C. Walton Lillehei, Herbert E. Warden, Vincent L. Gott, Morris J. Levy, Paul Kezdi, J. Bradley Aust, Raymond C. Read, R. C. Read and Edwin L. Stanley and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Richard A. DeWall

61 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Direct Vision Intracardiac Surgical Correction of the Tetralogv of Fallot, Pentalogy of Fallot, and Pulmonary Atresia Defects

1955 327 citations Herbert E. Warden, Richard A. DeWall et al. Annals of Surgery profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard A. DeWall United States	22	899	893	838	718	327	62	2.1k
Lillehei Cw United States	23	966 1.1×	828 0.9×	691 0.8×	575 0.8×	312 1.0×	109	1.9k
L H Edmunds United States	27	1.8k 2.0×	1.2k 1.3×	397 0.5×	664 0.9×	719 2.2×	45	3.1k
Demétre M. Nicoloff United States	26	1.1k 1.3×	1.2k 1.3×	801 1.0×	629 0.9×	300 0.9×	89	2.2k
Roy H. Clauss United States	27	611 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	342 0.4×	1.2k 1.7×	202 0.6×	83	2.2k
Robert L. Replogle United States	22	706 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	507 0.6×	623 0.9×	244 0.7×	89	1.8k
A. Robert Cordell United States	29	1.0k 1.1×	985 1.1×	429 0.5×	651 0.9×	189 0.6×	86	2.1k
Christopher Lincoln United Kingdom	34	1.1k 1.3×	1.3k 1.4×	1.6k 1.9×	1.2k 1.7×	394 1.2×	108	2.9k
S.Gilbert Blount United States	32	1.6k 1.8×	1.0k 1.1×	999 1.2×	1.3k 1.8×	210 0.6×	126	3.1k
John A. Waldhausen United States	35	1.5k 1.6×	1.8k 2.0×	1.4k 1.7×	1.6k 2.2×	739 2.3×	159	3.6k
J. Modig Sweden	24	699 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	274 0.3×	571 0.8×	78 0.2×	100	2.2k

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DeWall, Richard A.. (2011). The origins of open heart surgery at the University of Minnesota 1951 to 1956. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 142(2). 267–269.

DeWall, Richard A., et al.. (2000). Evolution of mechanical heart valves. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 69(5). 1612–1621. 52 indexed citations

DeWall, Richard A., et al.. (1989). Implantation techniques: A primary consideration in valve surgery. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 48(3). S59–S60. 4 indexed citations

Lillehei, C. Walton, Richard L. Varco, Mitchell I. Cohen, et al.. (1986). The First Open Heart Corrections of Tetralogy of Fallot. Annals of Surgery. 204(4). 490–490. 118 indexed citations

DeWall, Richard A., et al.. (1974). Intrapericardial teratoma and bronchogenic cyst. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 67(6). 945–952. 37 indexed citations

DeWall, Richard A., et al.. (1971). Plasma Protein Solution for Cardiopulmonary Bypass. Journal of ExtraCorporeal Technology. 3(4). 20–24. 1 indexed citations

DeWall, Richard A., et al.. (1971). Clinical Cardiopulmonary Bypass Utilizing Normothermia, Normotension and “Highflow”. Journal of ExtraCorporeal Technology. 3(3). 4–6. 2 indexed citations

Najafi, Hassan, et al.. (1967). Experimental inferior vena cava replacement. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 53(2). 243–247. 8 indexed citations

Najafi, Hassan, et al.. (1966). Hemodynamic changes associated with total body perfusion. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 51(4). 590–596. 2 indexed citations

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DeWall, Richard A.. (1966). A Hard-Shell Temperature-Controlling Disposable Blood Oxygenator. JAMA. 197(13). 1065–1065. 7 indexed citations

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Najafi, Hassan & Richard A. DeWall. (1966). Fatal obstruction of the aortic root by Starr-Edwards aortic ball-valve prosthesis. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 51(2). 180–184. 17 indexed citations

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Nicoloff, Demétre M., Ignacio E. Fortuny, & Richard A. DeWall. (1964). ACUTE BUDD-CHIARI SYNDROME SECONDARY TO INTRAHEPATIC HEMATOMA FOLLOWING BLUNT ABDOMINAL TRAUMA: TREATMENT BY OPEN INTRACARDIAC SURGERY. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 47(2). 225–229. 16 indexed citations

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Levy, Morris J., et al.. (1962). Origin of Both Great Arteries from the Right Ventricle and Pulmonary Stenosis. Diseases of the Chest. 42(4). 372–378. 15 indexed citations

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Lillehei, C. Walton, Morris J. Levy, Richard A. DeWall, & Herbert E. Warden. (1962). Resection of Myocardial Aneurysms after Infarction during Temporary Cardiopulmonary Bypass. Circulation. 26(2). 206–217. 36 indexed citations

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DeWall, Richard A., et al.. (1959). CERTAIN BLOOD CHANGES IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION. Journal of Thoracic Surgery. 37(3). 325–333. 33 indexed citations

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Lillehei, C. Walton, Vincent L. Gott, Richard A. DeWall, & Richard L. Varco. (1958). The surgical treatment of stenotic or regurgitant lesions of the mitral and aortic valves by direct vision utilizing a pump-oxygenator. Journal of Thoracic Surgery. 35(2). 154–191. 160 indexed citations

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Lillehei, C. Walton & Richard A. DeWall. (1958). Design and Clinical Application of the Helix Reservoir Pump-Oxygenator System for Extracorporeal Circulation. Postgraduate Medicine. 23(5). 561–573. 21 indexed citations

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Gott, V. L., et al.. (1957). A Self-contained, Disposable Oxygenator of Plastic Sheet for Intracardiac Surgery: Experimental Development and Clinical Application. Thorax. 12(1). 1–9. 47 indexed citations

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DeWall, Richard A., Herbert E. Warden, Raymond C. Read, et al.. (1956). A Simple, Expendable, Artificial Oxygenator for Open Heart Surgery. Surgical Clinics of North America. 36(4). 1025–1034. 104 indexed citations

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Lillehei, C. Walton, Richard A. DeWall, Raymond C. Read, Herbert E. Warden, & Richard L. Varco. (1956). Direct Vision Intracardiac Surgery in Man Using a Simple, Disposable Artificial Oxygenator. Diseases of the Chest. 29(1). 1–8. 96 indexed citations

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