Ron Blankstein

40.1k total citations · 15 hit papers
530 papers, 21.5k citations indexed

About

Ron Blankstein is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Ron Blankstein has authored 530 papers receiving a total of 21.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 293 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 291 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 139 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Ron Blankstein's work include Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (284 papers), Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (80 papers) and Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (72 papers). Ron Blankstein is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (284 papers), Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (80 papers) and Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (72 papers). Ron Blankstein collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Canada. Ron Blankstein's co-authors include Marcelo F. Di Carli, Khurram Nasir, Michael J. Blaha, Sharmila Dorbala, Venkatesh L. Murthy, Jon Hainer, Matthew J. Budoff, Roger S. Blumenthal, Viviany R. Taqueti and Raymond Y. Kwong and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Ron Blankstein

504 papers receiving 21.1k citations

Hit Papers

Improved Cardiac Risk Assessment With Noninvasive Measure... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2011 2009 2019 2013 2014 100 200 300 400 500
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. Improved Cardiac Risk Assessment With Noninvasive Measures of Coronary Flow Reserve
    2011 548 citations Venkatesh L. Murthy, Masanao Naya et al. Circulation profile →
  2. Diagnostic and Prognostic Value of Absence of Coronary Artery Calcification
    2009 475 citations Ammar Sarwar, Leslee J. Shaw et al. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging profile →
  3. Twenty Year Trends and Sex Differences in Young Adults Hospitalized With Acute Myocardial Infarction
    2019 452 citations Sameer Arora, George A. Stouffer et al. Circulation profile →
  4. Cardiac Positron Emission Tomography Enhances Prognostic Assessments of Patients With Suspected Cardiac Sarcoidosis
    2013 449 citations Ron Blankstein, Michael T. Osborne et al. profile →
  5. Effects of Sex on Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction and Cardiac Outcomes
    2014 409 citations Venkatesh L. Murthy, Masanao Naya et al. Circulation profile →
  6. Coronary microvascular dysfunction and future risk of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
    2017 382 citations Viviany R. Taqueti, Michael T. Osborne et al. profile →
  7. Association Between Coronary Vascular Dysfunction and Cardiac Mortality in Patients With and Without Diabetes Mellitus
    2012 360 citations Venkatesh L. Murthy, Masanao Naya et al. Circulation profile →
  8. Implications of Coronary Artery Calcium Testing Among Statin Candidates According to American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Cholesterol Management Guidelines
    2015 308 citations Khurram Nasir, Márcio Sommer Bittencourt et al. profile →
  9. Role of Coronary Artery Calcium Score of Zero and Other Negative Risk Markers for Cardiovascular Disease
    2016 304 citations Michael J. Blaha, Miguel Cainzos‐Achirica et al. Circulation profile →
  10. Global Coronary Flow Reserve Is Associated With Adverse Cardiovascular Events Independently of Luminal Angiographic Severity and Modifies the Effect of Early Revascularization
    2014 301 citations Viviany R. Taqueti, Venkatesh L. Murthy et al. Circulation profile →
  11. Prognostic Value of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Tissue Characterization in Risk Stratifying Patients With Suspected Myocarditis
    2017 284 citations Christoph Gräni, Venkatesh L. Murthy et al. profile →
  12. National Trends in Statin Use and Expenditures in the US Adult Population From 2002 to 2013
    2016 283 citations Javier Valero‐Elizondo, Salim S. Virani et al. profile →
  13. Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Is Predominantly Associated With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Events in Patients With Evidence of Coronary Atherosclerosis: The Western Denmark Heart Registry
    2023 75 citations Martin Bødtker Mortensen, Omar Dzaye et al. Circulation profile →
  14. Diagnosis and Management of Cardiac Sarcoidosis: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
    2024 57 citations Ron Blankstein et al. Circulation profile →
  15. Skeletal muscle adiposity, coronary microvascular dysfunction, and adverse cardiovascular outcomes
    2025 14 citations Filipe A. Moura, Jon Hainer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ron Blankstein United States 78 10.8k 10.4k 5.9k 2.9k 2.8k 530 21.5k
J. Jeffrey Carr United States 72 11.0k 1.0× 8.1k 0.8× 5.3k 0.9× 2.4k 0.8× 3.5k 1.2× 473 25.0k
Udo Hoffmann United States 87 14.0k 1.3× 16.4k 1.6× 8.8k 1.5× 5.5k 1.9× 4.1k 1.4× 555 31.3k
Paolo Raggi United States 79 8.7k 0.8× 7.8k 0.7× 5.9k 1.0× 2.0k 0.7× 3.8k 1.3× 359 25.0k
Ernst Rietzschel Belgium 46 19.8k 1.8× 5.5k 0.5× 4.4k 0.7× 1.3k 0.4× 4.2k 1.5× 125 25.4k
Manesh R. Patel United States 79 22.4k 2.1× 8.9k 0.9× 9.4k 1.6× 2.0k 0.7× 3.2k 1.1× 545 30.9k
Raymond J. Gibbons United States 73 22.6k 2.1× 12.3k 1.2× 9.3k 1.6× 2.6k 0.9× 2.5k 0.9× 343 33.9k
David O. Hodge United States 79 12.9k 1.2× 9.0k 0.9× 4.2k 0.7× 1.1k 0.4× 2.1k 0.7× 640 27.2k
William S. Weintraub United States 88 21.2k 2.0× 8.2k 0.8× 14.0k 2.4× 1.9k 0.6× 3.5k 1.2× 539 31.5k
Debabrata Mukherjee United States 61 21.0k 1.9× 6.6k 0.6× 11.6k 2.0× 1.3k 0.5× 3.5k 1.2× 466 29.8k
George Sopko United States 74 13.6k 1.3× 5.5k 0.5× 7.2k 1.2× 1.6k 0.5× 1.8k 0.6× 266 20.4k

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All Works

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Filtz, Annalisa, Kajetan Grodecki, Matthew J. Miller, et al.. (2025). Novel CT-derived markers for enhanced long-term risk stratification in the planning of TAVR for aortic stenosis. Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography. 19(5). 502–511. 1 indexed citations
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Huck, Daniel, Sanjay Divakaran, Brittany Weber, et al.. (2024). Comparative effectiveness of positron emission tomography and single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging for predicting risk in patients with cardiometabolic disease. Journal of Nuclear Cardiology. 40. 101908–101908. 3 indexed citations
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Divakaran, Sanjay, Brittany Weber, Jon Hainer, et al.. (2024). Relationship of Subendocardial Perfusion to Myocardial Injury, Cardiac Structure, and Clinical Outcomes Among Patients With Hypertension. Circulation. 150(14). 1075–1086. 5 indexed citations
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Klingel, Karin, Christoph Gräni, Ron Blankstein, et al.. (2024). Multiparametric Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Discriminate Endomyocardial Biopsy-Proven Chronic Myocarditis From Healed Myocarditis. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging. 17(10). 1182–1195. 4 indexed citations
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Rosenthal, Michael H., Filipe A. Moura, Sanjay Divakaran, et al.. (2023). Body Composition, Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction, and Future Risk of Cardiovascular Events Including Heart Failure. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging. 17(2). 179–191. 28 indexed citations
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Ge, Yin, Panagiotis Antiochos, Ayako Seno, et al.. (2023). Diagnostic Impact and Prognostic Value of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging. 16(12). 1536–1549. 2 indexed citations
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Mortensen, Martin Bødtker, Omar Dzaye, Hans Erik Bøtker, et al.. (2023). Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Is Predominantly Associated With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Events in Patients With Evidence of Coronary Atherosclerosis: The Western Denmark Heart Registry. Circulation. 147(14). 1053–1063. 75 indexed citations breakdown →
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Souza, Ana Carolina, Hendrik J. Harms, Courtney Bibbo, et al.. (2022). Accuracy and Reproducibility of Myocardial Blood Flow Quantification by Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Imaging in Patients With Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. 15(6). e013987–e013987. 20 indexed citations
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Mahajan, Shiwani, Gowtham R. Grandhi, Javier Valero‐Elizondo, et al.. (2021). Scope and Social Determinants of Food Insecurity Among Adults With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in the United States. Journal of the American Heart Association. 10(16). e020028–e020028. 15 indexed citations
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Cardoso, Rhanderson, Giuliano Generoso, Murilo Foppa, et al.. (2020). Predictors of coronary artery calcium incidence and progression: The Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil). Atherosclerosis. 309. 8–15. 17 indexed citations
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Arora, Sameer, George A. Stouffer, Anna Kucharska‐Newton, et al.. (2019). Twenty Year Trends and Sex Differences in Young Adults Hospitalized With Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circulation. 139(8). 1047–1056. 452 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hulten, Edward, Márcio Sommer Bittencourt, Avinainder Singh, et al.. (2017). Obesity, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular prognosis: from the Partners coronary computed tomography angiography registry. Cardiovascular Diabetology. 16(1). 14–14. 26 indexed citations
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Taqueti, Viviany R., Leslee J. Shaw, Nancy R. Cook, et al.. (2016). Excess Cardiovascular Risk in Women Relative to Men Referred for Coronary Angiography Is Associated With Severely Impaired Coronary Flow Reserve, Not Obstructive Disease. Circulation. 135(6). 566–577. 184 indexed citations
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Bittencourt, Márcio Sommer, Edward Hulten, Venkatesh L. Murthy, et al.. (2016). Clinical Outcomes After Evaluation of Stable Chest Pain by Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography Versus Usual Care. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. 9(4). e004419–e004419. 86 indexed citations
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Bittencourt, Márcio Sommer, Edward Hulten, Brian Ghoshhajra, et al.. (2014). Prognostic Value of Nonobstructive and Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease Detected by Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography to Identify Cardiovascular Events. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. 7(2). 282–291. 260 indexed citations
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Martin, Seth S., Michael J. Blaha, Ron Blankstein, et al.. (2013). Dyslipidemia, Coronary Artery Calcium, and Incident Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease. Circulation. 129(1). 77–86. 171 indexed citations
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Heydari, Bobak, Otávio R. Coelho‐Filho, Venkatesh L. Murthy, et al.. (2013). Stress Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Provides Effective Cardiac Risk Reclassification in Patients With Known or Suspected Stable Coronary Artery Disease. Circulation. 128(6). 605–614. 49 indexed citations
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Murthy, Venkatesh L., Masanao Naya, Courtney Foster, et al.. (2012). Association Between Coronary Vascular Dysfunction and Cardiac Mortality in Patients With and Without Diabetes Mellitus. Circulation. 126(15). 1858–1868. 360 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tota-Maharaj, Rajesh, Michael J. Blaha, Ron Blankstein, et al.. (2011). Abstract 9868: Coronary Artery Calcium Predicts Coronary Heart Disease Events Even at the Extremes of Age: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Circulation. 124(suppl_21). 2 indexed citations
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Feuchtner, Gudrun, Hatem Alkadhi, Christoph Karlo, et al.. (2010). Cardiac CT Angiography for the Diagnosis of Mitral Valve Prolapse: Comparison with Echocardiography. Radiology. 254(2). 374–383. 61 indexed citations

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