Thomas Tu

1.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Thomas Tu is a scholar working on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Internal Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Tu has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Surgery, 8 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 8 papers in Internal Medicine. Recurrent topics in Thomas Tu's work include Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management (8 papers), Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (7 papers) and Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (5 papers). Thomas Tu is often cited by papers focused on Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management (8 papers), Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (7 papers) and Acute Ischemic Stroke Management (5 papers). Thomas Tu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Canada. Thomas Tu's co-authors include V. Vivian Dimas, James A. Burke, Navin K. Kapur, Morton J. Kern, Michael M. Givertz, Srihari S. Naidu, Wilson Y. Szeto, Kirk N. Garratt, James A. Goldstein and Charanjit S. Rihal and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Tu

19 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

2015 SCAI/ACC/HFSA/STS Clinical Expert Consensus Statement on the Use of Percutaneous Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices in Cardiovascular Care

2015 466 citations Charanjit S. Rihal, Srihari S. Naidu et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
A Prospective, Single-Arm, Multicenter Trial of Catheter-Directed Mechanical Thrombectomy for Intermediate-Risk Acute Pulmonary Embolism

2019 328 citations Thomas Tu, Catalin Toma et al. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Tu United States	11	663	619	510	415	402	19	1.3k
Chetan Pasrija United States	18	538 0.8×	400 0.6×	415 0.8×	210 0.5×	192 0.5×	82	1.1k
Michael Z. Tong United States	17	543 0.8×	297 0.5×	384 0.8×	122 0.3×	127 0.3×	93	913
Gregory J. Bittle United States	15	387 0.6×	321 0.5×	188 0.4×	99 0.2×	137 0.3×	41	687
Carlo Banfı France	21	446 0.7×	350 0.6×	675 1.3×	49 0.1×	249 0.6×	64	1.2k
Berhane Worku United States	16	372 0.6×	236 0.4×	308 0.6×	103 0.2×	100 0.2×	71	779
Ricardo J. Moreno-Cabral United States	18	598 0.9×	210 0.3×	581 1.1×	83 0.2×	113 0.3×	33	1.0k
Katsuo Fuse Japan	17	514 0.8×	171 0.3×	269 0.5×	62 0.1×	126 0.3×	79	944
Martin Orban Germany	19	502 0.8×	299 0.5×	822 1.6×	45 0.1×	202 0.5×	93	1.1k
Guillaume Coutance France	15	365 0.6×	112 0.2×	340 0.7×	236 0.6×	26 0.1×	65	796
Andrew Retter United Kingdom	14	138 0.2×	273 0.4×	110 0.2×	79 0.2×	155 0.4×	43	677

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19 of 19 papers shown

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Abramowitz, Steven, Donna D’Souza, Keith Pereira, et al.. (2024). Rationale and design of the DEFIANCE study: A randomized controlled trial of mechanical thrombectomy versus anticoagulation alone for iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis. American Heart Journal. 281. 92–102. 5 indexed citations

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Silver, Mitchell, Jay Giri, Áine Duffy, et al.. (2023). Incidence of Mortality and Complications in High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions. 2(1). 100548–100548. 21 indexed citations

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Gonsalves, Carin F., C. Michael Gibson, Stefan Stortecky, et al.. (2023). Randomized controlled trial of mechanical thrombectomy vs catheter-directed thrombolysis for acute hemodynamically stable pulmonary embolism: Rationale and design of the PEERLESS study. American Heart Journal. 266. 128–137. 30 indexed citations

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Jaber, Wissam, Christopher Kabrhel, Kenneth Rosenfield, et al.. (2020). Percutaneous Thrombectomy in Emergency Department Patients with Pulmonary Embolism: The FLARE ED Sub-study. Journal of Emergency Medicine. 58(2). 175–182. 8 indexed citations

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Toma, Catalin, et al.. (2020). Percutaneous thrombectomy in patients with massive and very high‐risk submassive acute pulmonary embolism. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 96(7). 1465–1470. 28 indexed citations

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Tu, Thomas, Catalin Toma, Victor F. Tapson, et al.. (2019). A Prospective, Single-Arm, Multicenter Trial of Catheter-Directed Mechanical Thrombectomy for Intermediate-Risk Acute Pulmonary Embolism. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 12(9). 859–869. 328 indexed citations breakdown →

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Phillips, Colin T., Hector Tamez, Thomas Tu, Robert W. Yeh, & Duane S. Pinto. (2017). Novel Method for Exchange of Impella Circulatory Assist Catheter: The "Trojan Horse" Technique.. PubMed. 29(7). 250–252. 5 indexed citations

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Feldman, Dmitriy N., Herbert D. Aronow, Rajesh V. Swaminathan, et al.. (2016). Investing in our future: Update on the SCAI Emerging Leader Mentorship (ELM) Program. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 88(5). 674–677. 1 indexed citations

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Rihal, Charanjit S., Srihari S. Naidu, Michael M. Givertz, et al.. (2015). 2015 SCAI/ACC/HFSA/STS Clinical Expert Consensus Statement on the Use of Percutaneous Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices in Cardiovascular Care. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 65(19). e7–e26. 466 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rihal, Charanjit S., Srihari S. Naidu, Michael M. Givertz, et al.. (2015). 2015 SCAI/ACC/HFSA/STS clinical expert consensus statement on the use of percutaneous mechanical circulatory support devices in cardiovascular care (Endorsed by the American heart assocation, the cardiological society of India, and sociedad latino Americana de cardiologia intervencion; Affirmation of value by the canadian association of interventional cardiology–association canadienne de cardiologie d'intervention). Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 85(7). E175–96. 42 indexed citations

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Rihal, Charanjit S., Srihari S. Naidu, Michael M. Givertz, et al.. (2015). 2015 SCAI/ACC/HFSA/STS Clinical Expert Consensus Statement on the Use of Percutaneous Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices in Cardiovascular Care (Endorsed by the American Heart Association, the Cardiological Society of India, and Sociedad Latino Americana de Cardiologia Intervencion; Affirmation of Value by the Canadian Association of Interventional Cardiology–Association Canadienne de Cardiologie d'intervention)∗. Journal of Cardiac Failure. 21(6). 499–518. 100 indexed citations

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Rihal, Charanjit S., Srihari S. Naidu, Michael M. Givertz, et al.. (2015). 2015 SCAI/ACC/HFSA/STS Clinical Expert Consensus Statement on the Use of Percutaneous Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices in Cardiovascular Care. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 65(19). 2140–2141. 97 indexed citations

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Rihal, Charanjit S., Srihari S. Naidu, Michael M. Givertz, et al.. (2015). 2015 SCAI/ACC/HFSA/STS clinical expert consensus statement on the use of percutaneous mechanical circulatory support devices in Cardiovascular Care (Endorsed by the American heart association, the Cardiological society of India, and Sociedad Latino Americana de Cardiología Intervencionista; Affirmation of value by the Canadian association of interventional Cardiology–association Canadienne de Cardiologie d'intervention). Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 85(7). 1112–1114. 9 indexed citations

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Tu, Thomas & Jennifer A. Tremmel. (2007). Management of Femoral Arterial Access: To Close or Hold Pressure? Manual compression may not be benign, but is it the lesser of two evils?. 1 indexed citations

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Pinto, Duane S. & Thomas Tu. (2002). Ventricular Septal Rupture after Myocardial Infarction. New England Journal of Medicine. 347(17). 1334–1334. 1 indexed citations

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Pinto, Duane S., et al.. (2002). Combination platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor and lepirudin administration during percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with heparin‐induced thrombocytopenia. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 58(1). 65–68. 10 indexed citations

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Sabatine, Marc S., Thomas Tu, & Ik–Kyung Jang. (2000). Combination of a Direct Thrombin Inhibitor and a Platelet Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Blocking Peptide Facilitates and Maintains Reperfusion of Platelet-Rich Thrombus with Alteplase. Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis. 10(2). 189–196. 8 indexed citations

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Hosokawa, Yoshitaka, Thomas Tu, Hideki Tahara, Alison Smith, & Andrew Arnold. (1995). Absence of cyclin D1/PRAD1 point mutations in human breast cancers and parathyroid adenomas and identification of a new cyclin D1 gene polymorphism. Cancer Letters. 93(2). 165–170. 37 indexed citations

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Friedman, Eitan, Stephen J. Marx, Jeffrey A. Norton, et al.. (1990). Genetic Abnormalities in Sporadic Parathyroid Adenomas. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 71(2). 293–297. 58 indexed citations

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