Stephen Westaby

9.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
165 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Stephen Westaby is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Westaby has authored 165 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 89 papers in Surgery and 55 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Stephen Westaby's work include Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (60 papers), Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (54 papers) and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (44 papers). Stephen Westaby is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (60 papers), Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (54 papers) and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (44 papers). Stephen Westaby collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Stephen Westaby's co-authors include John M. Butler, Graeme Rocker, Takahiro Katsumata, John W. Kirklin, Albert D. Pacifico, Eugene H. Blackstone, James K. Kirklin, Dennis E. Chenoweth, Satoshi Saito and O.H. Frazier and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Circulation and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Westaby

163 papers receiving 6.5k citations

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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.

Complement and the damaging effects of cardiopulmonary bypass

1983 1.1k citations James K. Kirklin, Stephen Westaby et al. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery profile →
Inflammatory response to cardiopulmonary bypass

1993 842 citations Stephen Westaby et al. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen Westaby United Kingdom	43	4.3k	3.6k	2.4k	1.6k	917	165	6.8k
John A. Kern United States	47	4.0k 0.9×	2.9k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	2.4k 1.5×	825 0.9×	266	6.9k
John Pepper United Kingdom	41	2.6k 0.6×	3.7k 1.1×	1.1k 0.5×	1.8k 1.2×	875 1.0×	205	6.1k
Tomás A. Salerno United States	29	2.2k 0.5×	2.3k 0.7×	836 0.4×	913 0.6×	442 0.5×	252	3.9k
Willard M. Daggett United States	48	3.3k 0.7×	3.5k 1.0×	1.0k 0.4×	1.2k 0.7×	919 1.0×	159	5.9k
Glen S. Van Arsdell Canada	46	3.4k 0.8×	2.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	3.0k 1.9×	4.4k 4.8×	174	6.5k
John W. Hammon United States	40	2.7k 0.6×	2.5k 0.7×	658 0.3×	1.4k 0.9×	850 0.9×	154	5.4k
Louis P. Perrault Canada	36	2.8k 0.6×	2.7k 0.8×	656 0.3×	1.1k 0.7×	508 0.6×	175	5.0k
Timothy A. Sanborn United States	38	3.4k 0.8×	2.9k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	929 0.6×	442 0.5×	104	5.8k
Matthias Loebe United States	43	3.7k 0.8×	1.9k 0.5×	3.0k 1.3×	854 0.5×	394 0.4×	270	5.7k
Gus J. Vlahakes United States	51	3.2k 0.7×	5.4k 1.5×	722 0.3×	1.8k 1.2×	1.8k 2.0×	170	7.9k

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Vazir, Ali, Kim Fox, Joseph Westaby, Martin Evans, & Stephen Westaby. (2018). Can we remove scar and fibrosis from adult human myocardium?. European Heart Journal. 40(12). 960–966. 30 indexed citations

Lim, C.C.S., William J. van Gaal, Luca Testa, et al.. (2011). With the “Universal Definition,” Measurement of Creatine Kinase-Myocardial Band Rather Than Troponin Allows More Accurate Diagnosis of Periprocedural Necrosis and Infarction After Coronary Intervention. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 57(6). 653–661. 88 indexed citations

Mohr, Friedrich W., Ardawan Rastan, Patrick W. Serruys, et al.. (2010). Complex coronary anatomy in coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Impact of complex coronary anatomy in modern bypass surgery? Lessons learned from the SYNTAX trial after two years. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 141(1). 130–140. 97 indexed citations

Hučín, Bohumil, et al.. (2010). Aggressive tumoral calcinosis in an infant thoracotomy scar. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. 11(6). 864–865. 6 indexed citations

Westaby, Stephen, et al.. (2009). Mechanical left ventricular unloading to prevent recurrent myocardial rupture. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 140(1). e16–e17. 3 indexed citations

Westaby, Stephen. (2009). The Marfan aortic root: time to refine surgical guidelines. Nature Reviews Cardiology. 6(3). 172–175. 2 indexed citations

Westaby, Stephen, Nick Archer, & Saul Myerson. (2008). Cardiac development after salvage partial left ventriculectomy in an infant with anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 136(3). 784–785. 3 indexed citations

Westaby, Stephen. (2007). Lifetime Circulatory Support Must Not Be Restricted to Transplant Centers. Heart Failure Clinics. 3(3). 369–375. 8 indexed citations

Westaby, Stephen, et al.. (2007). Fifty Years of Thoracic Aortic Surgery: Lessons Learned and Future Directions. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 83(2). S832–S834. 4 indexed citations

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Moorjani, Narain, Manzoor Ahmad, Pedro Catarino, et al.. (2006). Activation of Apoptotic Caspase Cascade During the Transition to Pressure Overload-Induced Heart Failure. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 48(7). 1451–1458. 32 indexed citations

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Saito, Satoshi, Tomohiro Nishinaka, & Stephen Westaby. (2004). Hemodynamics of chronic nonpulsatile flow: implications for LVAD development. Surgical Clinics of North America. 84(1). 61–74. 20 indexed citations

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Myers, Timothy J., et al.. (2003). . Annals of Surgery. 237(5). 631–637. 4 indexed citations

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Westaby, Stephen, Robert Jarvik, A. P. Freeland, et al.. (2002). Postauricular percutaneous power delivery for permanent mechanical circulatory support. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 123(5). 977–983. 39 indexed citations

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Saito, Satoshi, Stephen Westaby, D. Robson, et al.. (2002). End-organ function during chronic nonpulsatile circulation. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 74(4). 1080–1085. 86 indexed citations

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Westaby, Stephen, Pedro Catarino, & Takahiro Katsumata. (2001). Infant partial left ventriculectomy for failure to wean from cardiopulmonary bypass. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 71(2). 717–719. 4 indexed citations

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Frazier, O.H., Timothy J. Myers, Robert Jarvik, et al.. (2001). Research and development of an implantable, axial-flow left ventricular assist device: the Jarvik 2000 Heart. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 71(3). S125–S132. 104 indexed citations

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Westaby, Stephen, Adrian Banning, Robert Jarvik, et al.. (2000). First permanent implant of the Jarvik 2000 Heart. The Lancet. 356(9233). 900–903. 89 indexed citations

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Westaby, Stephen, Xu Yu Jin, Takahiro Katsumata, Ahmed A. Arifi, & Peter Braidley. (1998). Valve replacement with a stentless bioprosthesis: Versatility of the porcine aortic root. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 116(3). 477–484. 34 indexed citations

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Katsumata, Takahiro & Stephen Westaby. (1997). Homograft Aortic Replacement for Infected Mediastinal False Aneurysm. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 64(5). 1464–1466. 6 indexed citations

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Kirklin, James K., Stephen Westaby, Eugene H. Blackstone, et al.. (1983). Complement and the damaging effects of cardiopulmonary bypass. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 86(6). 845–857. 1059 indexed citations breakdown →

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