Simon C. Body

10.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
144 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Simon C. Body is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon C. Body has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 43 papers in Surgery and 38 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Simon C. Body's work include Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (38 papers), Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (37 papers) and Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches (24 papers). Simon C. Body is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (38 papers), Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (37 papers) and Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches (24 papers). Simon C. Body collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Germany. Simon C. Body's co-authors include Charles D. Collard, Stanton K. Shernan, Bruce D. Spiess, Jochen D. Muehlschlegel, Amanda A. Fox, Dennis T. Mangano, Elena Aïkawa, Michael N. DʼAmbra, Justin P. Fox and Lawrence C. Siegel and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Simon C. Body

139 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

Perioperative Blood Trans... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 2014 200 400 600
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. Perioperative Blood Transfusion and Blood Conservation in Cardiac Surgery: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons and The Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Clinical Practice Guideline
    2007 675 citations Bruce D. Spiess, C. David Mazer et al. profile →
  2. Bicuspid Aortic Valve
    2014 302 citations Héctor I. Michelena, Siddharth K. Prakash et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Simon C. Body 3.0k 1.9k 1.8k 1.2k 994 144 6.1k
O. Wayne Isom 3.6k 1.2× 1.6k 0.9× 3.8k 2.1× 412 0.3× 377 0.4× 137 7.5k
Bruce D. Spiess 2.0k 0.7× 688 0.4× 3.3k 1.8× 2.1k 1.8× 1.9k 1.9× 209 6.5k
Peter Rehak 967 0.3× 1.9k 1.0× 2.4k 1.3× 371 0.3× 571 0.6× 189 5.7k
Matthias Jacob 1.5k 0.5× 753 0.4× 2.4k 1.3× 589 0.5× 3.4k 3.4× 92 6.1k
Daniel Chappell 1.4k 0.5× 685 0.4× 2.3k 1.3× 526 0.4× 3.0k 3.0× 105 5.7k
Lorenzo Menicanti 4.5k 1.5× 1.6k 0.9× 3.3k 1.8× 328 0.3× 388 0.4× 196 6.9k
John W. Hammon 2.5k 0.8× 1.4k 0.8× 2.7k 1.5× 767 0.6× 846 0.9× 154 5.4k
Hanne Berg Ravn 1.5k 0.5× 746 0.4× 1.4k 0.8× 536 0.5× 731 0.7× 175 3.9k
Ian J. Welsby 1.5k 0.5× 549 0.3× 1.6k 0.9× 690 0.6× 896 0.9× 141 3.9k
L. Czer 4.8k 1.6× 861 0.5× 5.7k 3.1× 179 0.2× 232 0.2× 385 9.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Clift, Cassandra L., Mark C. Blaser, Francesca Bartoli‐Leonard, et al.. (2025). Sexual Dimorphism of Plasma and Tissue Proteomes in Human Calcific Aortic Valve Stenosis Pathogenesis—Brief Report. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 45(10). 1928–1934.
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Karamnov, Sergey, Jakob Wollborn, Kara G. Fields, et al.. (2024). Sex, Atrial Fibrillation, and Long-Term Mortality After Cardiac Surgery. JAMA Network Open. 7(8). e2426865–e2426865. 3 indexed citations
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Ong, Chin Siang, Mahyar Heydarpour, Douglas C. Shook, et al.. (2023). Effect of concurrent mitral valve surgery for secondary mitral regurgitation upon mortality after aortic valve replacement or coronary artery bypass surgery. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 10. 1202174–1202174. 2 indexed citations
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Kelly, Ian, Kara G. Fields, Martin I. Sigurðsson, et al.. (2022). Identifying Patients Vulnerable to Inadequate Pain Resolution After Cardiac Surgery. Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 36(2). 182–194. 5 indexed citations
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Ward, Zoë, Sebastian Schmeier, Louis Saddic, et al.. (2021). Novel and Annotated Long Noncoding RNAs Associated with Ischemia in the Human Heart. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(21). 11324–11324. 6 indexed citations
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Ong, Chin Siang, Prem Shekar, Tsuyoshi Kaneko, et al.. (2020). Joint preoperative transthoracic and intraoperative transoesophageal echocardiographic assessment of functional mitral regurgitation severity provides better association with long-term mortality. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. 32(1). 9–19. 2 indexed citations
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Rogers, Maximillian A., Fabrizio Buffolo, Florian Schlotter, et al.. (2020). Annexin A1–dependent tethering promotes extracellular vesicle aggregation revealed with single–extracellular vesicle analysis. Science Advances. 6(38). 74 indexed citations
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Shah, Rohan, Sameer Hirji, Joshua S. Jolissaint, et al.. (2019). Comparison of Sex-Based Differences in Home or Nonhome Discharge Utilization of Rehabilitative Services and Outcomes Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in the United States. The American Journal of Cardiology. 123(12). 1983–1991. 7 indexed citations
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Prakash, Siddharth K., Angela Yetman, Malenka M. Bissell, et al.. (2019). RECURRENT GENOMIC COPY NUMBER VARIANTS IMPLICATE NEW CANDIDATE GENES FOR EARLY ONSET BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE DISEASE. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 73(9). 620–620. 1 indexed citations
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Nagy, Edit, Eduardo Martínez‐Martínez, Simon C. Body, et al.. (2017). Interferon-γ Released by Activated CD8+ T Lymphocytes Impairs the Calcium Resorption Potential of Osteoclasts in Calcified Human Aortic Valves. American Journal Of Pathology. 187(6). 1413–1425. 48 indexed citations
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Guo, Dongchuan, Megan L. Grove, Siddharth K. Prakash, et al.. (2016). Genetic Variants in LRP1 and ULK4 Are Associated with Acute Aortic Dissections. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 99(3). 762–769. 62 indexed citations
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Zhao, Bixiao, Qiongshi Lu, Yu‐Wei Cheng, et al.. (2016). A Genome-Wide Association Study to Identify Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms for Acute Kidney Injury. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 195(4). 482–490. 29 indexed citations
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Prakash, Siddharth K., Yohan Bossé, Jochen D. Muehlschlegel, et al.. (2014). A Roadmap to Investigate the Genetic Basis of Bicuspid Aortic Valve and its Complications. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 64(8). 832–839. 135 indexed citations
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Opotowsky, Alexander R., Todd S. Perlstein, Michael J. Landzberg, et al.. (2012). A shifting approach to management of the thoracic aorta in bicuspid aortic valve. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 146(2). 339–346. 24 indexed citations
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Body, Simon C.. (2009). Genomics: Implications for Anesthesia, Perioperative Care and Outcomes. PubMed. 27(1). 73–94. 3 indexed citations
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Stover, E. Price, Lawrence C. Siegel, Simon C. Body, et al.. (2000). Institutional variability in red blood cell conservation practices for coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 14(2). 171–176. 28 indexed citations
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Body, Simon C., Catherine Ley, Rosemarie Maddi, et al.. (1999). Safety and efficacy of shed mediastinal blood transfusion after cardiac surgery: A multicenter observational study. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 13(4). 410–416. 23 indexed citations
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Comunale, Mark E., Simon C. Body, Catherine Ley, et al.. (1999). The Concordance of Intraoperative Left Ventricular Wall-motion Abnormalities and Electrocardio-graphic S-T Segment Changes: Association with Outcome After Coronary Revascularization. Survey of Anesthesiology. 43(4). 197–198. 8 indexed citations
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Siegel, Lawrence C., Jack Levin, Simon C. Body, et al.. (1998). Variability in Transfusion Practice for Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Persists Despite National Consensus Guidelines . Anesthesiology. 88(2). 327–333. 327 indexed citations

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