Stephen E. Epstein

78.2k total citations · 17 hit papers
526 papers, 46.2k citations indexed

About

Stephen E. Epstein is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen E. Epstein has authored 526 papers receiving a total of 46.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 335 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 108 papers in Surgery and 94 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Stephen E. Epstein's work include Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (101 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (97 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (84 papers). Stephen E. Epstein is often cited by papers focused on Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (101 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (97 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (84 papers). Stephen E. Epstein collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Stephen E. Epstein's co-authors include Barry J. Maron, Douglas R. Rosing, Robert O. Bonow, Arshed A. Quyyumi, William C. Roberts, Julio A. Panza, Richard O. Cannon, Walter L. Henry, Mary Susan Burnett and Martin B. Leon and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Stephen E. Epstein

515 papers receiving 42.6k citations

Hit Papers

Abnormal Endothelium-Dependent Vascular Relaxation ... 1965 2026 1985 2005 1990 2004 2004 1987 1966 500 1000 1.5k
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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. Abnormal Endothelium-Dependent Vascular Relaxation in Patients with Essential Hypertension
    1990 2.0k citations Julio A. Panza, Arshed A. Quyyumi et al. profile →
  2. Marrow-Derived Stromal Cells Express Genes Encoding a Broad Spectrum of Arteriogenic Cytokines and Promote In Vitro and In Vivo Arteriogenesis Through Paracrine Mechanisms
    2004 1.1k citations Timothy Kinnaird, Eugenio Stabile et al. Circulation Research profile →
  3. Local Delivery of Marrow-Derived Stromal Cells Augments Collateral Perfusion Through Paracrine Mechanisms
    2004 1.1k citations Tim Kinnaird, Eugenio Stabile et al. Circulation profile →
  4. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
    1987 664 citations Barry J. Maron, Robert O. Bonow et al. profile →
  5. Control of Heart Rate by the Autonomic Nervous System
    1966 646 citations Stephen E. Epstein, G. DAVID BEISER et al. Circulation Research profile →
  6. Potential Role of Human Cytomegalovirus and p53 Interaction in Coronary Restenosis
    1994 644 citations Martin B. Leon, Toren Finkel et al. profile →
  7. Sudden death in young athletes.
    1980 630 citations Barry J. Maron, William C. Roberts et al. Circulation profile →
  8. Real-Time Radionuclide Cineangiography in the Noninvasive Evaluation of Global and Regional Left Ventricular Function at Rest and during Exercise in Patients with Coronary-Artery Disease
    1977 616 citations Stephen E. Epstein et al. profile →
  9. Intramural (“small vessel”) coronary artery disease in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
    1986 541 citations Barry J. Maron, Stephen E. Epstein et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  10. Relation between echocardiographically determined left atrial size and atrial fibrillation.
    1976 522 citations Stephen E. Epstein et al. Circulation profile →
  11. Angiogenic-induced enhancement of collateral blood flow to ischemic myocardium by vascular endothelial growth factor in dogs.
    1994 500 citations Magang Shou, Stephen E. Epstein et al. Circulation profile →
  12. Circadian Variation in Vascular Tone and Its Relation to α-Sympathetic Vasoconstrictor Activity
    1991 486 citations Julio A. Panza, Stephen E. Epstein et al. profile →
  13. Patterns and significance of distribution of left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
    1981 472 citations Barry J. Maron, John S. Gottdiener et al. The American Journal of Cardiology profile →
  14. Effects of beta-adrenergic blockade on the cardiac response to maximal and submaximal exercise in man.
    1965 417 citations Stephen E. Epstein et al. profile →
  15. Asymmetric Septal Hypertrophy
    1973 403 citations Stephen E. Epstein et al. Circulation profile →
  16. Causes of sudden death in competitive athletes
    1986 390 citations Barry J. Maron, Stephen E. Epstein et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  17. Inflammation as a Driver of Adverse Left Ventricular Remodeling After Acute Myocardial Infarction
    2016 354 citations Peter C. Westman, Michael J. Lipinski et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stephen E. Epstein United States 122 28.7k 11.0k 8.1k 8.0k 6.0k 526 46.2k
James T. Willerson United States 101 21.0k 0.7× 16.9k 1.5× 8.2k 1.0× 9.3k 1.2× 6.0k 1.0× 631 47.8k
Michael C. Fishbein United States 102 15.9k 0.6× 11.4k 1.0× 4.5k 0.6× 7.5k 0.9× 3.3k 0.6× 641 37.2k
Hugo A. Katus Germany 106 38.5k 1.3× 11.9k 1.1× 9.1k 1.1× 16.2k 2.0× 4.5k 0.7× 1.4k 59.1k
William J. McKenna United Kingdom 125 52.8k 1.8× 5.7k 0.5× 4.2k 0.5× 12.0k 1.5× 5.4k 0.9× 712 59.9k
Gerhard Schüler Germany 96 25.5k 0.9× 12.3k 1.1× 7.7k 1.0× 5.3k 0.7× 6.1k 1.0× 652 40.9k
Lina Badimón Spain 86 13.8k 0.5× 11.7k 1.1× 3.5k 0.4× 7.8k 1.0× 3.6k 0.6× 700 35.1k
William D. Edwards United States 94 18.1k 0.6× 10.2k 0.9× 4.1k 0.5× 3.9k 0.5× 6.7k 1.1× 403 31.8k
Christian W. Hamm Germany 80 23.8k 0.8× 12.7k 1.2× 8.4k 1.0× 3.4k 0.4× 3.9k 0.7× 851 33.3k
Masatsugu Hori Japan 91 11.3k 0.4× 5.4k 0.5× 3.9k 0.5× 10.7k 1.3× 4.0k 0.7× 537 33.2k
Magdi H. Yacoub United Kingdom 93 16.7k 0.6× 13.2k 1.2× 1.6k 0.2× 7.1k 0.9× 5.4k 0.9× 984 36.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Butler, Javed, Stephen E. Epstein, Stephen J. Greene, et al.. (2016). Intravenous Allogeneic Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy. Circulation Research. 120(2). 332–340. 134 indexed citations
2.
Westman, Peter C., Michael J. Lipinski, Dror Luger, et al.. (2016). Inflammation as a Driver of Adverse Left Ventricular Remodeling After Acute Myocardial Infarction. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 67(17). 2050–2060. 354 indexed citations breakdown →
3.
Fuchs, Shmuel, Ran Kornowski, Giora Weisz, et al.. (2006). Safety and Feasibility of Transendocardial Autologous Bone Marrow Cell Transplantation in Patients With Advanced Heart Disease. The American Journal of Cardiology. 97(6). 823–829. 105 indexed citations
4.
Burnett, Mary Susan, Sarfraz Durrani, Eugenio Stabile, et al.. (2004). Murine Cytomegalovirus Infection Increases Aortic Expression of Proatherosclerotic Genes. Circulation. 109(7). 893–897. 30 indexed citations
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Kinnaird, Timothy, Eugenio Stabile, Mary Susan Burnett, et al.. (2004). Marrow-Derived Stromal Cells Express Genes Encoding a Broad Spectrum of Arteriogenic Cytokines and Promote In Vitro and In Vivo Arteriogenesis Through Paracrine Mechanisms. Circulation Research. 94(5). 678–685. 1121 indexed citations breakdown →
6.
Kinnaird, Tim, Eugenio Stabile, Mary Susan Burnett, et al.. (2004). Local Delivery of Marrow-Derived Stromal Cells Augments Collateral Perfusion Through Paracrine Mechanisms. Circulation. 109(12). 1543–1549. 1059 indexed citations breakdown →
7.
Rott, David, Jianhui Zhu, Mary Susan Burnett, et al.. (2003). IL-6 is produced by splenocytes derived from CMV-infected mice in response to CMV antigens, and induces MCP-1 production by endothelial cells: A new mechanistic paradigm for infection-induced atherogenesis. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 41(6). 297–297. 1 indexed citations
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Fuchs, Shmuel, Richard Baffour, Yi Zhou, et al.. (2001). Transendocardial delivery of autologous bone marrow enhances collateral perfusion and regional function in pigs with chronic experimental myocardial ischemia. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 37(6). 1726–1732. 361 indexed citations
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Kornowski, Ran, Martin B. Leon, Shmuel Fuchs, et al.. (2000). Electromagnetic guidance for catheter-based transendocardial injection: a platform for intramyocardial angiogenesis therapy. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 35(4). 1031–1039. 105 indexed citations
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Unger, Ellis F., Lino Gonçalves, Stephen E. Epstein, et al.. (2000). Effects of a single intracoronary injection of basic fibroblast growth factor in stable angina pectoris. The American Journal of Cardiology. 85(12). 1414–1419. 124 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yi, et al.. (1996). The immediate early gene products of human cytomegalovirus increase vascular smooth muscle cell migration. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 27(2). 197–197. 2 indexed citations
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Fananapazir, Lameh, et al.. (1991). Non-sustained ventricular tachycardia on holter is notof prognostic significance in asymptomatic patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 17(2). A184–A184. 2 indexed citations
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Panza, Julio A., Arshed A. Quyyumi, Jean G. Diodati, Timothy S. Callahan, & Stephen E. Epstein. (1991). Mechanisms and determinants of frequency of myocardial ischemia during daily life in patients with stable coronary artery disease. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 17(2). A321–A321. 1 indexed citations
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Panza, Julio A., Arshed A. Quyyumi, Jean G. Diodati, Timothy S. Callahan, & Stephen E. Epstein. (1991). Prediction of the frequency and duration of ambulatory myocardial ischemia in patients with stable coronary artery disease by determination of the ischemic threshold from exercise testing: Importance of the exercise protocol. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 17(3). 657–663. 52 indexed citations
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Goldstein, Robert E., et al.. (1984). Blood flow to infarct and surviving myocardium: implications regarding the action of verapamil on the acutely ischemic dog heart. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 3(4). 956–965. 10 indexed citations
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Cannon, Richard O., Rita Watson, Douglas R. Rosing, & Stephen E. Epstein. (1983). Angina caused by reduced vasodilator reserve of the small coronary arteries. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 1(6). 1359–1373. 320 indexed citations
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Epstein, Stephen E. & Barry J. Maron. (1982). Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: An Overview. PubMed. 3(1-2). 5–17. 11 indexed citations
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Maron, Barry J., John S. Gottdiener, William C. Roberts, William J. Hammer, & Stephen E. Epstein. (1979). Nongenetically transmitted disproportionate ventricular septal thickening associated with left ventricular outflow obstruction.. Heart. 41(3). 345–349. 10 indexed citations
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Nolan, Stanton P., et al.. (1976). Does pectus excavatum cause functional disability?. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 71(1). 148–148. 4 indexed citations
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Rosing, Douglas R., Pieter Brakman, David R. Redwood, et al.. (1970). Blood Fibrinolytic Activity in Man. Circulation Research. 27(2). 171–184. 181 indexed citations

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