Samuel F. Sears

9.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
224 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Samuel F. Sears is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Clinical Psychology and Emergency Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Samuel F. Sears has authored 224 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 176 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 32 papers in Clinical Psychology and 20 papers in Emergency Medicine. Recurrent topics in Samuel F. Sears's work include Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (127 papers), Heart Failure Treatment and Management (50 papers) and Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (45 papers). Samuel F. Sears is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (127 papers), Heart Failure Treatment and Management (50 papers) and Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (45 papers). Samuel F. Sears collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Netherlands. Samuel F. Sears's co-authors include Jamie B. Conti, Emily A. Kuhl, Michael G. Perri, Adrienne H. Kovacs, Arwa Saidi, Tara Saia Lewis, Wayne M. Sotile, Eva R. Serber, Susanne S. Pedersen and A. Daniel Martin and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Samuel F. Sears

208 papers receiving 5.7k 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.

A systematic meta-review of systematic reviews about interprofessional collaboration: facilitators, barriers, and outcomes

2022 110 citations Samuel F. Sears et al. profile →
Implantable Hemodynamic Monitors Improve Survival in Patients With Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction

2024 37 citations JoAnn Lindenfeld, Maria Rosa Costanzo et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Samuel F. Sears United States	42	4.3k	848	639	506	505	224	6.0k
Matthew M. Burg United States	47	5.2k 1.2×	1.5k 1.7×	377 0.6×	414 0.8×	1.5k 2.9×	216	8.1k
Christoph Herrmann‐Lingen Germany	34	4.1k 1.0×	567 0.7×	382 0.6×	342 0.7×	744 1.5×	213	5.8k
Victoria Vaughan Dickson United States	38	3.8k 0.9×	520 0.6×	1.1k 1.7×	217 0.4×	1.4k 2.8×	178	6.2k
Misook L. Chung United States	41	2.9k 0.7×	823 1.0×	527 0.8×	118 0.2×	729 1.4×	190	4.8k
Phillip J. Tully Australia	36	2.3k 0.6×	522 0.6×	341 0.5×	336 0.7×	402 0.8×	146	4.1k
Thomas Rutledge United States	31	1.8k 0.4×	999 1.2×	295 0.5×	308 0.6×	619 1.2×	92	4.1k
James M. Raczynski United States	32	2.2k 0.5×	609 0.7×	390 0.6×	169 0.3×	1.1k 2.3×	84	4.8k
Jan Mårtensson Sweden	33	1.8k 0.4×	415 0.5×	351 0.5×	158 0.3×	597 1.2×	119	3.3k
Kristofer Årestedt Sweden	33	972 0.2×	971 1.1×	317 0.5×	307 0.6×	778 1.5×	195	4.1k
Jane Irvine Canada	39	2.0k 0.5×	563 0.7×	291 0.5×	185 0.4×	705 1.4×	67	3.9k

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Sears, Samuel F., et al.. (2025). Leadless Pacemakers: The “Leading Edge” of Quality of Life in Cardiac Electrophysiology. Current Cardiology Reports. 27(1). 77–77.

Rathman, Lisa, Samuel F. Sears, Marie‐Elena Brett, et al.. (2025). Patients Report Increased Control and Decreased Impact of Heart Failure During Pulmonary Pressure-Guided Management. ESC Heart Failure. 12(5). 3381–3387.

Ip, James E., My Bui, A. John Camm, et al.. (2024). Rationale and design of the NODE-303 study: evaluating the safety of symptom-prompted, self-administered etripamil for paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia episodes in real-world settings. American Heart Journal. 270. 55–61. 1 indexed citations

Ghajar, Alireza, Binu Philips, Fabrizio Assis, et al.. (2024). All-cause mortality due to conduction abnormalities in the United States: Sex, racial, and geographic variations from 1999 to 2022. Heart Rhythm. 22(6). 1498–1503.

McNitt, Scott, Barbara E. Carlson, Sabu Thomas, et al.. (2024). Assessing Patient Satisfaction After Left Ventricular Assist Device. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 43(4). S547–S547.

Baykaner, Tina, Krishna Pundi, Mellanie True Hills, et al.. (2023). Design and development of a digital shared decision-making tool for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation. JAMIA Open. 6(1). ooad003–ooad003. 4 indexed citations

Sears, Samuel F., Ian Crozier, Francis Murgatroyd, et al.. (2023). Patient‐reported quality of life and acceptance of the extravascular implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator: Results from pivotal study. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 35(2). 240–246. 3 indexed citations

Muro, Claire K., et al.. (2023). Innovative Vibrational Spectroscopy Research for Forensic Application. Analytical Chemistry. 95(1). 167–205. 42 indexed citations

Zile, Michael R., Akshay S. Desai, Maria Rosa Costanzo, et al.. (2022). The GUIDE-HF trial of pulmonary artery pressure monitoring in heart failure: impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. European Heart Journal. 43(27). 2603–2618. 27 indexed citations

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Wang, Weijia, Alessio Gasperetti, Samuel F. Sears, et al.. (2022). Subcutaneous and Transvenous Defibrillators in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology. 9(3). 394–402. 9 indexed citations

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Walker, Jennifer, et al.. (2019). An Atrial Fibrillation Transitions of Care Clinic Improves Atrial Fibrillation Quality Metrics. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology. 6(1). 45–52. 11 indexed citations

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Qintar, Mohammed, Julie St. John, Elizabeth Ching, et al.. (2015). A prospective study of anxiety in ICD patients with a pilot randomized controlled trial of cognitive behavioral therapy for patients with moderate to severe anxiety. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology. 43(1). 65–75. 22 indexed citations

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Pozuelo, Leo, Kathy Wolski, Karl‐Heinz Ladwig, et al.. (2011). Prevalence of Anxiety and Type D Personality in an Outpatient ICD Clinic. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 78. 1 indexed citations

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Irvine, Jane, Lephuong Ong, Robert A. Cribbie, et al.. (2011). A Randomized Controlled Trial of Cognitive Behavior Therapy Tailored to Psychological Adaptation to an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator. Psychosomatic Medicine. 73(3). 226–233. 74 indexed citations

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Sears, Samuel F., Adrienne H. Kovacs, David L. Fairbrother, et al.. (2011). Quality of Life in Pediatric Patients With Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators. The American Journal of Cardiology. 107(7). 1023–1027. 41 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Paul, et al.. (2009). Abstract 1179: REFORM: Registry Evaluating Functional Outcomes of Resynchronization Management. Circulation. 120. 1 indexed citations

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Pozuelo, Leo, Samuel F. Sears, Susanne S. Pedersen, et al.. (2009). Abstract 1385: Prevalence of Anxiety and Type D Personality in an Outpatient ICD Clinic. Circulation. 120.

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Kuhl, Emily A., Neha Dixit, Robyn L. Walker, Jamie B. Conti, & Samuel F. Sears. (2006). Measurement of Patient Fears About Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Shock: An Initial Evaluation of the Florida Shock Anxiety Scale. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 29(6). 614–618. 92 indexed citations

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Whang, William, Christine M. Albert, Samuel F. Sears, et al.. (2005). Depression as a predictor for appropriate shocks among patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 45(7). 1090–1095. 149 indexed citations

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Aranda, Juan M., Gregory W. Woo, Richard S. Schofield, et al.. (2005). Management of Heart Failure After Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 46(12). 2193–2198. 33 indexed citations

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