Sean M. O’Brien

35.8k citations

232 papers · 20.3k indexed · 8 hit papers · h-index 75

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine top 0.05%
Surgery top 0.1%
Epidemiology top 0.1%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine top 0.2%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging top 0.5%

Co-authors: Eric D. Peterson James S. Gammie David M. Shahian Jeffrey P. Jacobs Fred H. Edwards Marshall L. Jacobs Karl F. Welke T. Bruce Ferguson
Topics: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (84 papers)Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (79 papers)Congenital Heart Disease Studies (43 papers)
Cited by: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Epidemiology Surgery
Journals: New England Journal of Medicine JAMA Circulation
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Canada

In The Last Decade

Sean M. O’Brien

224 papers receiving 19.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Rapid Molecular Detection of Tuberculosis and Rifampin Resistance

2010 1.6k citations Sean M. O’Brien et al. profile →
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 Cardiac Surgery Risk Models: Part 2—Isolated Valve Surgery

2009 903 citations Sean M. O’Brien, David M. Shahian et al. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery profile →
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 Cardiac Surgery Risk Models: Part 1—Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery

2009 882 citations David M. Shahian, Sean M. O’Brien et al. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery profile →
Isolated aortic valve replacement in North America comprising 108,687 patients in 10 years: Changes in risks, valve types, and outcomes in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database

2009 656 citations Sean M. O’Brien, James S. Gammie et al. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery profile →
An empirically based tool for analyzing mortality associated with congenital heart surgery

2009 519 citations Sean M. O’Brien, David R. Clarke et al. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery profile →
Clinical Outcomes at 1 Year Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

2015 332 citations Sean M. O’Brien, Sreekanth Vemulapalli et al. profile →
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2018 Adult Cardiac Surgery Risk Models: Part 2—Statistical Methods and Results

2018 332 citations Sean M. O’Brien, Xia He et al. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery profile →
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2018 Adult Cardiac Surgery Risk Models: Part 1—Background, Design Considerations, and Model Development

2018 292 citations David M. Shahian, Jeffrey P. Jacobs et al. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Association Between Past and Present Operative Mortality in Congenital Heart Surgery: An Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database 2024 ·The Annals of Thoracic Surgery ·Sara K. Pasquali,Sean M. O’Brien,David M. Shahian,Jennifer C. Romano,Jeffrey P. Jacobs,John E. Mayer	0
2	Outcomes of Isolated Tricuspid Valve Surgery: A Society of Thoracic Surgeons Analysis and Risk Model 2024 ·The Annals of Thoracic Surgery ·Vinod H. Thourani,Levi N. Bonnell,Moritz C. Wyler von Ballmoos,(unknown),Michael E. Bowdish,Paul Kurlansky,Jeffrey P. Jacobs,Sean M. O’Brien,David M. Shahian,Vinay Badhwar	10
3	Evaluating registry-based trial economics: Results from the STRESS clinical trial 2024 ·Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications ·Eric L. Eisenstein,Kevin D. Hill,(unknown),Jerry Kirchner,Kevin J. Anstrom,Christopher B. Granger,Sunil V. Rao,H. Scott Baldwin,Jeffrey P. Jacobs,Marshall L. Jacobs,Prince J. Kannankeril,Eric M. Graham,Sean M. O’Brien,Jennifer S. Li	0
4	Risk of Surgical Mitral Valve Repair for Primary Mitral Regurgitation 2023 ·The Annals of Thoracic Surgery ·Vinay Badhwar,Joanna Chikwe,A. Marc Gillinov,(unknown),Patrick T. O’Gara,(unknown),Moritz Wyler von Ballmoos,Michael E. Bowdish,Elizabeth Gray,Sean M. O’Brien,Vinod H. Thourani,David M. Shahian,Robert Habib	12
5	Development of a Novel Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Congenital Mortality Risk Model 2023 ·The Annals of Thoracic Surgery ·Jennifer S. Nelson,Dylan Thibault,Sean M. O’Brien,Eric N. Feins,Jeffrey P. Jacobs,John E. Mayer,Hani K. Najm,David M. Shahian,Kevin D. Hill,Timothy M. Maul,Robert Habib,Jordan P. Bloom,Tara Karamlou	11
6	Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy Attainment and Outcomes in Dialysis-Requiring Versus Nondialysis Chronic Kidney Disease in the ISCHEMIA-CKD Trial 2022 ·Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes ·Roy O. Mathew,David J. Maron,Rebecca Anthopolos,Jerome L. Fleg,Sean M. O’Brien,Frank W. Rockhold,Carlo Briguori,Marek Roik,Tomasz Mazurek,Marcin Demkow,(unknown),Zhiming Ye,Upendra Kaul,Marius Miglinas,Gregg W. Stone,Ron Wald,David M. Charytan,Mandeep S. Sidhu,Judith S. Hochman,Sripal Bangalore	6
7	Updating an Empirically Based Tool for Analyzing Congenital Heart Surgery Mortality 2021 ·World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery ·Marshall L. Jacobs,Jeffrey P. Jacobs,Dylan Thibault,Kevin D. Hill,Brett R. Anderson,Pirooz Eghtesady,Tara Karamlou,S. Ram Kumar,John E. Mayer,Carlos M. Mery,Meena Nathan,David M. Overman,Sara K. Pasquali,James D. St. Louis,David M. Shahian,Sean M. O’Brien	67
8	Transesophageal Echocardiography in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery 2021 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Thomas S. Metkus,Dylan Thibault,Michael C. Grant,Vinay Badhwar,Jeffrey P. Jacobs,Jennifer S. Lawton,Sean M. O’Brien,Vinod H. Thourani,Zachary K. Wegermann,Brittany A. Zwischenberger,Robert Higgins	30
9	Abstract 16573: Overcoming Underpowering: Simulation Study to Evaluate an STS Global Rank Endpoint for Trials in Congenital Heart Surgery 2017 ·Circulation ·Kevin D. Hill,Sean M. O’Brien,H. Scott Baldwin,(unknown),Christoph P. Hornik,Jeffrey P. Jacobs,Marshall L. Jacobs,Robert D.B. Jaquiss,Prince J. Kannankeril,Rachel D. Török,Jennifer S. Li	1
10	ASSOCIATION OF DISEASE-SPECIFIC HEALTH STATUS WITH LONG-TERM MORTALITY AFTER TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT 2015 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Suzanne V. Arnold,John A. Spertus,Sreekanth Vemulapalli,Dadi Dai,Sean M. O’Brien,Suzanne J. Baron,Ajay J. Kirtane,Michael J. Mack,Philip Green,Matthew W. Reynolds,(unknown),David J. Cohen	2
11	The Importance of Patient-Specific Preoperative Factors: An Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database 2014 ·The Annals of Thoracic Surgery ·Jeffrey P. Jacobs,Sean M. O’Brien,Sara K. Pasquali,Sunghee Kim,J. William Gaynor,Christo I. Tchervenkov,Tara Karamlou,Karl F. Welke,François Lacour-Gayet,Constantine Mavroudis,John E. Mayer,Richard A. Jonas,Fred H. Edwards,Frederick L. Grover,David M. Shahian,Marshall L. Jacobs	60
12	Long-Term Safety and Effectiveness of Mechanical Versus Biologic Aortic Valve Prostheses in Older Patients 2013 ·Circulation ·J. Matthew Brennan,Fred H. Edwards,Yue Zhao,Sean M. O’Brien,Michael Booth,Rachel S. Dokholyan,Pamela S. Douglas,Eric D. Peterson	165
13	Outcomes of off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: Impact of preoperative risk 2013 ·Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ·Marek Polomsky,Xia He,Sean M. O’Brien,John D. Puskas	44
14	Variation in Outcomes for Risk-Stratified Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Operations: An Analysis of the STS Congenital Heart Surgery Database 2012 ·The Annals of Thoracic Surgery ·Jeffrey P. Jacobs,Sean M. O’Brien,Sara K. Pasquali,Marshall L. Jacobs,François Lacour-Gayet,Christo I. Tchervenkov,Erle H. Austin,Christian Pizarro,Kamal K. Pourmoghadam,Frank G. Scholl,Karl F. Welke,J. William Gaynor,David R. Clarke,John E. Mayer,Constantine Mavroudis	81
15	Comparative analysis of antifibrinolytic medications in pediatric heart surgery 2012 ·Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ·Sara K. Pasquali,Jennifer S. Li,Xia He,Marshall L. Jacobs,Sean M. O’Brien,Matt Hall,Robert D.B. Jaquiss,Karl F. Welke,Eric D. Peterson,Samir S. Shah,Jeffrey P. Jacobs	70
16	Contemporary Results for Proximal Aortic Replacement in North America 2012 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Judson B. Williams,Eric D. Peterson,Yue Zhao,Sean M. O’Brien,Nicholas D. Andersen,D. Craig Miller,Edward P. Chen,G. Chad Hughes	134
17	Do Physicians’ Attitudes toward Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapy Vary by Patient Age, Gender, or Race? 2011 ·Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology ·Sana M. Al‐Khatib,Gillian D Sanders,Sean M. O’Brien,Daniel D. Matlock,Louise Zimmer,Frederick A. Masoudi,Eric Peterson	9
18	Clinical Characteristics and In-Hospital Outcomes of Patients With Cardiogenic Shock Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery 2008 ·Circulation ·Rajendra H. Mehta,Joshua D. Grab,Sean M. O’Brien,Donald D. Glower,Constance K. Haan,James S. Gammie,Eric D. Peterson	40
19	Images in Emergency Medicine : Lisfranc Fracture-Dislocation 2008 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown),Sean M. O’Brien	0
20	Association between indices of prosthesis internal orifice size and operative mortality after isolated aortic valve replacement 2007 ·Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ·Charles R. Bridges,Sean M. O’Brien,Joseph C. Cleveland,Edward B. Savage,James S. Gammie,Fred H. Edwards,Eric D. Peterson,Frederick L. Grover	25

About Sean M. O’Brien

Sean M. O’Brien is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Epidemiology and Internal Medicine, having authored 232 papers that have together received 20.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (84 papers), Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (79 papers) and Congenital Heart Disease Studies (43 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (12.2k citations), Epidemiology (8.5k citations) and Surgery (9.0k citations). Sean M. O’Brien has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Eric D. Peterson, James S. Gammie, David M. Shahian, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Fred H. Edwards, Marshall L. Jacobs, Karl F. Welke, T. Bruce Ferguson, Bartley P. Griffith and Constance K. Haan. Their work appears in journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

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