Robert D. Dowling

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
126 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

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Robert D. Dowling is a scholar working on Surgery, Biomedical Engineering and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert D. Dowling has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Surgery, 63 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 51 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Robert D. Dowling's work include Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (63 papers), Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (53 papers) and Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes (26 papers). Robert D. Dowling is often cited by papers focused on Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (63 papers), Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (53 papers) and Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes (26 papers). Robert D. Dowling collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Belgium. Robert D. Dowling's co-authors include Peter F. Ferson, Stephen R. Hazelrigg, Rodney J. Landreneau, Michael J. Mack, Robert J. Keenan, Bartley P. Griffith, Mitchell J. Magee, Rodney J. Landreneau, Pamela Ritter and Susan Nunchuck 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

Robert D. Dowling

118 papers receiving 4.3k citations

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Postoperative pain-related morbidity: Video-assisted thoracic surgery versus thoracotomy

1993 451 citations Rodney J. Landreneau, Stephen R. Hazelrigg et al. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert D. Dowling United States	34	2.8k	1.4k	1.2k	978	536	126	4.5k
Hans H. Scheld Germany	45	3.5k 1.2×	1.1k 0.8×	1.7k 1.4×	3.5k 3.6×	128 0.2×	315	6.7k
Duke E. Cameron United States	40	2.5k 0.9×	2.8k 2.1×	668 0.6×	3.2k 3.3×	122 0.2×	189	5.9k
O.H. Frazier United States	41	4.5k 1.6×	839 0.6×	3.1k 2.5×	2.6k 2.6×	527 1.0×	241	6.6k
Shinichi Takamoto Japan	38	2.4k 0.9×	2.2k 1.6×	558 0.5×	2.2k 2.2×	61 0.1×	339	5.4k
Norman B. Ratliff United States	41	3.5k 1.2×	1.9k 1.4×	699 0.6×	3.4k 3.5×	65 0.1×	154	6.6k
Anton Moritz Germany	40	3.2k 1.1×	2.4k 1.8×	1.2k 1.0×	3.5k 3.6×	77 0.1×	327	6.4k
Leonard N. Girardi United States	39	2.8k 1.0×	2.2k 1.6×	746 0.6×	3.2k 3.3×	67 0.1×	258	6.1k
Paul G. Bannon Australia	36	1.8k 0.7×	2.1k 1.5×	673 0.6×	2.1k 2.1×	53 0.1×	210	4.8k
Carlo Della Rocca Italy	34	1.3k 0.5×	871 0.6×	310 0.3×	426 0.4×	119 0.2×	234	4.0k
William A. Marston United States	46	4.2k 1.5×	1.6k 1.1×	346 0.3×	677 0.7×	48 0.1×	183	6.9k

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Schmidt, Christian, Robert D. Dowling, Dean J. Kereiakes, et al.. (2025). Repeat Interventions After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Redo Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and Surgical Explants. Structural Heart. 9(5). 100393–100393.

Schmidt, Christian, Robert D. Dowling, Dean J. Kereiakes, et al.. (2024). Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Small Aortic Annulus: An Observational Study. Structural Heart. 9(2). 100338–100338. 1 indexed citations

Boehmer, John, et al.. (2024). Long-Term Post-Transplantation Outcomes In Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Single-Center 35-Year Experience. Journal of Cardiac Failure. 30(1). 204–204. 1 indexed citations

García, Santiago, et al.. (2023). J-Valve Transcatheter Treatment of Native Valve Aortic Regurgitation Associated With a Left Ventricular Assist Device. Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions. 2(4). 101044–101044. 4 indexed citations

Allen, Steven R., Mark S. Slaughter, Mustafa M. Ahmed, et al.. (2022). COMPETENCE Trial: The EVAHEART 2 continuous flow left ventricular assist device. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 42(1). 33–39. 17 indexed citations

Soleimani, Behzad, et al.. (2019). Current Role of the Total Artificial Heart in the Management of Advanced Heart Failure. Current Cardiology Reports. 21(11). 142–142. 21 indexed citations

Soucy, Kevin G., Carlo Bartoli, Guruprasad A. Giridharan, et al.. (2017). Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Support Improves Myocardial Supply:Demand in Chronic Heart Failure. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 45(6). 1475–1486. 10 indexed citations

Lee, Randall J., Andy Hinson, Robert Bauernschmitt, et al.. (2015). The feasibility and safety of Algisyl-LVR™ as a method of left ventricular augmentation in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy: Initial first in man clinical results. International Journal of Cardiology. 199. 18–24. 61 indexed citations

Bartoli, Carlo, William B. Wead, Guruprasad A. Giridharan, et al.. (2012). Mechanism of myocardial ischemia with an anomalous left coronary artery from the right sinus of Valsalva. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 144(2). 402–408. 25 indexed citations

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Meyns, Bart, Filip Rega, Joris Ector, et al.. (2008). Partial left ventricular support implanted through minimal access surgery as a bridge to cardiac transplant. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 137(1). 243–245. 12 indexed citations

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Koenig, Steven C., Guruprasad A. Giridharan, Mark J. Schroeder, et al.. (2008). Human, Bovine and Porcine Systematic Vascular Input Impedances Are Not Equivalent: Implications for Device Testing and Xenotransplantation in Heart Failure. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 27(12). 1340–1347. 14 indexed citations

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Allen, Keith B., Robert D. Dowling, Tommy L. Fudge, et al.. (2000). Comparison of Transmyocardial Revascularization With Medical Therapy in Patients with Refractory Angina. Survey of Anesthesiology. 44(6). 325–325. 31 indexed citations

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Dowling, Robert D., et al.. (1999). Acute cardiovascular changes of partial left ventriculectomy without mitral valve repair. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 67(5). 1470–1472. 12 indexed citations

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Ali, Ahsan T., et al.. (1999). Vascular delay of the latissimus dorsi provides an early hemodynamic benefit in dynamic cardiomyoplasty. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 67(5). 1304–1311. 20 indexed citations

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Mack, Michael J., Stephen R. Hazelrigg, Keith S. Naunheim, et al.. (1994). Prevalence of chronic pain after pulmonary resection by thoracotomy or video-assisted thoracic surgery. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 107(4). 1079–1086. 253 indexed citations

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Landreneau, Rodney J., et al.. (1993). THORACOSCOPIC MANAGEMENT OF BENIGN PULMONARY LESIONS. Chest Surgery Clinics of North America. 3(2). 249–262. 1 indexed citations

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Landreneau, Rodney J., Stephen R. Hazelrigg, Michael J. Mack, et al.. (1993). Postoperative pain-related morbidity: Video-assisted thoracic surgery versus thoracotomy. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 56(6). 1285–1289. 451 indexed citations breakdown →

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Landreneau, Rodney J., Stephen R. Hazelrigg, Michael J. Mack, et al.. (1993). Thoracoscopic mediastinal lymph node sampling: Useful for mediastinal lymph node stations inaccessible by cervical mediastinoscopy. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 106(3). 554–558. 73 indexed citations

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Dowling, Robert D., Marco A. Zenati, Samuel A. Yousem, et al.. (1992). Donor-transmitted pneumonia in experimental lung allografts. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 103(4). 767–772. 20 indexed citations

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Hsu, Jack W., Bartley P. Griffith, Robert D. Dowling, et al.. (1989). Infections in mortally ill cardiac transplant recipients. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 98(4). 506–509. 5 indexed citations

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