Ronald E. Vlietstra

12.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
149 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

Ronald E. Vlietstra is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronald E. Vlietstra has authored 149 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 79 papers in Surgery and 63 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Ronald E. Vlietstra's work include Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (62 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (59 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (28 papers). Ronald E. Vlietstra is often cited by papers focused on Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (62 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (59 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (28 papers). Ronald E. Vlietstra collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. Ronald E. Vlietstra's co-authors include David R. Holmes, Hugh C. Smith, William D. Edwards, Kevin F. Browne, James H. O’Keefe, Richard A. Kronmal, Robert L. Frye, Allan R. Camrud, Guy S. Reeder and Gregg W. Stone and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Ronald E. Vlietstra

144 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Hit Papers

A Comparison of Immediate Angioplasty with Thrombolytic T... 1982 2026 1996 2011 1993 1992 1984 1982 400 800 1.2k
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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.

  1. A Comparison of Immediate Angioplasty with Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Myocardial Infarction
    1993 1.4k citations Cindy L. Grines, Kevin F. Browne et al. profile →
  2. Restenosis and the proportional neointimal response to coronary artery injury: Results in a porcine model
    1992 964 citations Robert S. Schwartz, Kenneth C. Huber et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  3. Restenosis after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA): A report from the PTCA registry of the national heart, lung, and blood institute
    1984 861 citations David R. Holmes, Ronald E. Vlietstra et al. The American Journal of Cardiology profile →
  4. A Platelet-Inhibitor-Drug Trial in Coronary-Artery Bypass Operations
    1982 429 citations James H. Chesebro, Hugh C. Smith et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ronald E. Vlietstra United States 44 6.2k 5.6k 3.6k 1.9k 528 149 9.6k
George W. Vetrovec United States 51 4.8k 0.8× 5.0k 0.9× 2.6k 0.7× 1.6k 0.8× 691 1.3× 221 9.3k
Jeffrey Brinker United States 41 3.9k 0.6× 2.6k 0.5× 2.0k 0.6× 947 0.5× 386 0.7× 170 6.7k
Giuseppe Sangiorgi Italy 57 6.4k 1.0× 6.7k 1.2× 3.3k 0.9× 4.1k 2.2× 902 1.7× 256 11.5k
Steven R. Bailey United States 30 5.2k 0.9× 4.9k 0.9× 2.0k 0.6× 1.5k 0.8× 461 0.9× 134 8.3k
Guy S. Reeder United States 63 11.4k 1.9× 5.8k 1.0× 4.8k 1.3× 3.4k 1.8× 2.3k 4.4× 293 15.0k
Elisabeth Ståhle Sweden 37 6.6k 1.1× 6.4k 1.1× 3.3k 0.9× 2.1k 1.1× 784 1.5× 126 9.9k
John S. Douglas United States 52 6.7k 1.1× 7.4k 1.3× 4.1k 1.1× 1.9k 1.0× 464 0.9× 170 9.9k
Michael Cleman United States 37 3.2k 0.5× 3.0k 0.5× 1.5k 0.4× 1.1k 0.6× 363 0.7× 119 5.3k
Alexander Battler Israel 42 3.9k 0.6× 2.4k 0.4× 1.6k 0.5× 724 0.4× 480 0.9× 237 6.2k
Albert E. Raizner United States 42 4.1k 0.7× 3.8k 0.7× 2.6k 0.7× 2.1k 1.1× 562 1.1× 160 7.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Vlietstra, Ronald E.. (2000). Geriatric Cardiology in the 2000s. The American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology. 9(4). 184–184. 1 indexed citations
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Heuser, Richard R., Richard E. Kuntz, A.J. Lansky, et al.. (1998). A comparison of the long AVE micro™ Stent II and the Palmaz-Schatz stent: a SMART trial registry. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 31. 80–80. 2 indexed citations
3.
Belzen, Nico van, Winand N.M. Dinjens, Yuriko Nozawa, et al.. (1997). A novel gene which is up-regulated during colon epithelial cell differentiation and down-regulated in colorectal neoplasms.. PubMed. 77(1). 85–92. 227 indexed citations
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Dean, Larry S., Charles J. George, David R. Holmes, et al.. (1997). The Use Of the Gianturco-Roubin Intracoronary Stent: the New Approaches to Coronary Intervention (NACI) Registry Experience. The American Journal of Cardiology. 80(10). 89K–98K. 4 indexed citations
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Fogel, Richard I., Farouk A. Pirzada, David Casavant, et al.. (1996). Initial Experience with 1.5‐mm2 High Impedance, Steroid‐luting Pacing Electrodes. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 19(2). 188–196. 20 indexed citations
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Stone, Gregg W., Cindy L. Grines, Kevin F. Browne, et al.. (1995). Implications of recurrent ischemia after reperfusion therapy in acute myocardial infarction: A comparison of thrombolytic therapy and primary angioplasty. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 26(1). 66–72. 71 indexed citations
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Stone, Gregg W., Cindy L. Grines, Kevin F. Browne, et al.. (1995). Comparison of in-hospital outcome in men versus women treated by either thrombolytic therapy or primary coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction. The American Journal of Cardiology. 75(15). 987–992. 127 indexed citations
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Vlietstra, Ronald E. & David R. Holmes. (1994). Coronary balloon angioplasty. 3 indexed citations
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Schwartz, Robert S., Kenneth C. Huber, Joseph G. Murphy, et al.. (1992). Restenosis and the proportional neointimal response to coronary artery injury: Results in a porcine model. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 19(2). 267–274. 964 indexed citations breakdown →
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Taliercio, Charles P., et al.. (1991). A randomized comparison of the nephrotoxicity of iopamidol and diatrizoate in high risk patients undergoing cardiac angiography. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 17(2). 384–390. 103 indexed citations
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Murphy, Joseph G., et al.. (1990). A new, biocompatible polymeric coronary stent: design and early results in a pig model. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 15(2). A105–A105. 8 indexed citations
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Bell, Malcolm R., Rick A. Nishimura, David R. Holmes, et al.. (1990). Does intracoronary infusion of fluosol-DA 20% prevent left ventricular diastolic dysfunction during coronary balloon angioplasty?. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 16(4). 959–966. 15 indexed citations
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Click, Roger L., David R. Holmes, Ronald E. Vlietstra, Andrzej S. Kosinski, & Richard A. Kronmal. (1989). Anomalous coronary arteries: location, degree of atherosclerosis and effect on survival—a report from the coronary artery surgery study. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 13(3). 531–537. 275 indexed citations
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Vlietstra, Ronald E., et al.. (1988). Early and late results of coronary artery bypass after failed angioplasty. Actuarial analysis of late cardiac events and comparison with initially successful angioplasty.. PubMed. 96(2). 191–7. 34 indexed citations
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Edwards, William D., et al.. (1988). Balloon angioplasty of aortocoronary saphenous vein bypass grafts: A histopathologic study of six grafts from five patients, with emphasis on restenosis and embolic complications. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 12(6). 1501–1509. 53 indexed citations
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Kemp, Harvey G., Richard A. Kronmal, Ronald E. Vlietstra, & Robert L. Frye. (1986). Seven year survival of patients with normal or near normal coronary arteriograms: A CASS registry study. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 7(3). 479–483. 338 indexed citations
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Lewis, Anthony, David L. Hayes, David R. Holmes, et al.. (1985). Update on infections involving permanent pacemakers. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 89(5). 758–763. 65 indexed citations
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Mabin, Thomas, David R. Holmes, Hugh C. Smith, et al.. (1985). Intracoronary thrombus: Role in coronary occlusion complicating percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 5(2). 198–202. 251 indexed citations
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Raizes, Gary S., Hugh C. Smith, Ronald E. Vlietstra, & Francisco J. Puga. (1979). Ventricular tachycardia secondary to aneurysm of sinus of Valsalva. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 78(1). 110–115. 20 indexed citations
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Steen, Petter Andreas, et al.. (1978). Perioperative myocardial infarction in patients with coronary artery disease with and without aorta-coronary artery bypass grafts. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 76(4). 533–537. 92 indexed citations

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