Valentı́n Fuster

250.3k total citations · 55 hit papers
1.3k papers, 101.3k citations indexed

About

Valentı́n Fuster is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Valentı́n Fuster has authored 1.3k papers receiving a total of 101.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 752 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 418 papers in Surgery and 304 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Valentı́n Fuster's work include Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (276 papers), Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (202 papers) and Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases (162 papers). Valentı́n Fuster is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (276 papers), Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (202 papers) and Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases (162 papers). Valentı́n Fuster collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and United Kingdom. Valentı́n Fuster's co-authors include Lina Badimón, Juan J. Badimón, James H. Chesebro, Zahi A. Fayad, Erling Falk, John T. Fallon, Prediman K. Shah, Pedro Moreno, Jonathan L. Halperin and Javier Sanz and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Valentı́n Fuster

1.3k papers receiving 97.1k 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.

The Pathogenesis of Coronary Artery Disease and the Acute Coronary Syndromes

1992 2.9k citations Valentı́n Fuster et al. profile →
A Definition of Advanced Types of Atherosclerotic Lesions and a Histological Classification of Atherosclerosis

1995 2.6k citations Valentı́n Fuster et al. Circulation profile →
Coronary Plaque Disruption

1995 2.6k citations Valentı́n Fuster et al. Circulation profile →
The Pathogenesis of Coronary Artery Disease and the Acute Coronary Syndromes

1992 2.2k citations Valentı́n Fuster, Juan J. Badimón et al. profile →
ACC/AHA 2002 Guideline Update for Exercise Testing: Summary Article

2002 1.9k citations Valentı́n Fuster et al. Circulation profile →
The pathogenesis of coronary artery disease and the acute coronary syndromes (First of two parts)

1992 1.7k citations Valentı́n Fuster profile →
Angiographic progression of coronary artery disease and the development of myocardial infarction

1988 1.0k citations Valentı́n Fuster et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk by Use of Multiple-Risk-Factor Assessment Equations

1999 994 citations Valentı́n Fuster et al. Circulation profile →
ACC/AHA 2002 guideline update for exercise testing: summary article

2002 879 citations Valentı́n Fuster et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
Macrophage infiltration in acute coronary syndromes. Implications for plaque rupture.

1994 873 citations Pedro Moreno, Valentı́n Fuster et al. Circulation profile →
Genetic Risk, Adherence to a Healthy Lifestyle, and Coronary Disease

2016 857 citations Valentı́n Fuster et al. profile →
ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation—Executive Summary

2006 839 citations Valentı́n Fuster, David S. Cannom et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
Coronary Artery Calcification: Pathophysiology, Epidemiology, Imaging Methods, and Clinical Implications

1996 818 citations Valentı́n Fuster et al. Circulation profile →
Primary pulmonary hypertension: natural history and the importance of thrombosis.

1984 771 citations Valentı́n Fuster et al. Circulation profile →
Prevention Conference V

2000 742 citations Valentı́n Fuster et al. Circulation profile →
Cholesterol Efflux and Atheroprotection

2012 740 citations Robert S. Rosenson, Zahi A. Fayad et al. Circulation profile →
A Definition of Advanced Types of Atherosclerotic Lesions and a Histological Classification of Atherosclerosis

1995 738 citations Valentı́n Fuster et al. profile →
Platelet-Active Drugs

2001 717 citations Valentı́n Fuster et al. profile →
2011 ACCF/AHA/HRS Focused Updates Incorporated Into the ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

2011 712 citations Valentı́n Fuster, Jonathan L. Halperin et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
The natural history of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

1981 710 citations Valentı́n Fuster, Robert O. Brandenburg et al. profile →
Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy

1994 694 citations Valentı́n Fuster et al. profile →
Long-Term Outcome in Patients Undergoing Surgical Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot

1993 693 citations D D Mair, Valentı́n Fuster et al. profile →
2011 ACCF/AHA/HRS Focused Updates Incorporated Into the ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

2011 649 citations Valentı́n Fuster, Jonathan L. Halperin et al. Circulation profile →
American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation Guide to Warfarin Therapy

2003 645 citations Valentı́n Fuster, Jonathan L. Halperin et al. Circulation profile →
Lewis A. Conner Memorial Lecture. Mechanisms leading to myocardial infarction: insights from studies of vascular biology.

1994 629 citations Valentı́n Fuster Circulation profile →
Regression of atherosclerotic lesions by high density lipoprotein plasma fraction in the cholesterol-fed rabbit.

1990 623 citations Juan J. Badimón, Valentı́n Fuster et al. profile →
Association of Treatment Dose Anticoagulation With In-Hospital Survival Among Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19

2020 622 citations Valentı́n Fuster, Anuradha Lala et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
ACC/AHA/NASPE 2002 Guideline Update for Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmia Devices: Summary Article

2002 616 citations Valentı́n Fuster et al. Circulation profile →
Angiographie morphology and the pathogenesis of unstable angina pectoris

1985 611 citations Valentı́n Fuster et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
Syndromes of accelerated atherosclerosis: Role of vascular injury and smooth muscle cell proliferation

1990 603 citations Valentı́n Fuster, Juan J. Badimón et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
Human monocyte-derived macrophages induce collagen breakdown in fibrous caps of atherosclerotic plaques. Potential role of matrix-degrading metalloproteinases and implications for plaque rupture.

1995 575 citations Juan J. Badimón, Antonio Fernández‐Ortíz et al. PubMed profile →
Atherothrombosis and High-Risk Plaque

2005 543 citations Valentı́n Fuster, Pedro Moreno et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
AHA/ACC guidelines for preventing heart attack and death in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: 2001 update

2001 536 citations Robert O. Bonow, Valentı́n Fuster et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
Balloon angioplasty. Natural history of the pathophysiological response to injury in a pig model.

1985 520 citations Mrinal K. Dewanjee, Valentı́n Fuster et al. Circulation Research profile →
Hurst's the Heart

1966 517 citations Valentı́n Fuster et al. profile →
Magnetic Resonance Images Lipid, Fibrous, Calcified, Hemorrhagic, and Thrombotic Components of Human Atherosclerosis In Vivo

1996 517 citations Valentı́n Fuster et al. Circulation profile →
AHA/ACC Guidelines for Preventing Heart Attack and Death in Patients With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: 2001 Update

2001 504 citations Robert O. Bonow, Valentı́n Fuster et al. Circulation profile →
Coarctation of the aorta. Long-term follow-up and prediction of outcome after surgical correction.

1989 494 citations Valentı́n Fuster et al. Circulation profile →
Empagliflozin Ameliorates Adverse Left Ventricular Remodeling in Nondiabetic Heart Failure by Enhancing Myocardial Energetics

2019 474 citations Carlos G. Santos‐Gallego, Juan Antonio Requena-Ibáñez et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
A Platelet-Inhibitor-Drug Trial in Coronary-Artery Bypass Operations

1982 429 citations Valentı́n Fuster, Robert L. Frye et al. profile →
Impact of Oxidative Stress on the Heart and Vasculature

2017 428 citations Valentı́n Fuster et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
The Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risks

2020 418 citations Valentı́n Fuster et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
Viral myocarditis—diagnosis, treatment options, and current controversies

2015 414 citations Valentı́n Fuster et al. Nature Reviews Cardiology profile →
Inflammation, Immunity, and Infection in Atherothrombosis

2018 401 citations Michael E. Farkouh, Valentı́n Fuster et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
Effect of Dipyridamole and Aspirin on Late Vein-Graft Patency after Coronary Bypass Operations

1984 400 citations Valentı́n Fuster, Robert L. Frye et al. profile →
Safety and efficacy of dalcetrapib on atherosclerotic disease using novel non-invasive multimodality imaging (dal-PLAQUE): a randomised clinical trial

2011 377 citations Zahi A. Fayad, Venkatesh Mani et al. profile →
Histopathologic Characteristics of Atherosclerotic Coronary Disease and Implications of the Findings for the Invasive and Noninvasive Detection of Vulnerable Plaques

2013 365 citations Jagat Narula, Valentı́n Fuster et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
Polygenic Risk Score Identifies Subgroup With Higher Burden of Atherosclerosis and Greater Relative Benefit From Statin Therapy in the Primary Prevention Setting

2017 349 citations Valentı́n Fuster et al. Circulation profile →
Prevalence, Impact, and Predictive Value of Detecting Subclinical Coronary and Carotid Atherosclerosis in Asymptomatic Adults

2015 297 citations Mario J. García, Valentı́n Fuster et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
Biological Versus Chronological Aging

2020 286 citations Valentı́n Fuster, Vicente Andrés et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
The Myth of the “Vulnerable Plaque”

2015 281 citations Valentı́n Fuster et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risks Collaboration, 1990-2021

2022 261 citations Valentı́n Fuster et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
Time Course of LDL Cholesterol Exposure and Cardiovascular Disease Event Risk

2020 211 citations Michael E. Farkouh, Valentı́n Fuster et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
Mechanistic Insights of Empagliflozin in Nondiabetic Patients With HFrEF

2021 189 citations Juan Antonio Requena-Ibáñez, Carlos G. Santos‐Gallego et al. profile →
Low-Dose Colchicine for Secondary Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease

2023 101 citations Valentı́n Fuster et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Cardiovascular Health Trajectories in Adolescence and Their Association With Sociodemographic and Cardiometabolic Outcomes in Spain 2024 ·Journal of Adolescent Health ·(unknown), (unknown), Juan Miguel Fernández-Alvira, Patricia Bodega, Mercedes de Miguel, Anna Tresserra‐Rimbau, Emily P. Laveriano‐Santos, (unknown), (unknown), Isabel Carvajal, Ramón Estruch, Rosa M. Lamuela‐Raventós, Gloria Santos-Beneit, Valentı́n Fuster, Rodrigo Fernández‐Jiménez	6
2	Apolipoprotein E-ε2 and Resistance to Atherosclerosis in Midlife: The PESA Observational Study 2024 ·Circulation Research ·(unknown), (unknown), Juan Carlos Silla-Castro, Sergio Callejas, Belén Oliva, (unknown), Inés García‐Lunar, (unknown), José M. Ordovás, Pilar Martı́n, Fiona Blanco‐Kelly, Carmen Ayuso, Enrique Lara‐Pezzi, Antonio Fernández‐Ortíz, Ana García‐Álvarez, Ana Dopazo, Fátima Sánchez‐Cabo, Borja Ibáñez, Marta Cortés‐Canteli, Valentı́n Fuster	4
3	Primary Prevention of Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Young Adults 2023 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Ana Devesa, Borja Ibáñez, Waqas Malick, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Robert S. Rosenson, Deepak L. Bhatt, Gregg W. Stone, Valentı́n Fuster	39
4	Uncovering the Role of Epicardial Adipose Tissue in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction 2023 ·JACC Advances ·(unknown), Juan Antonio Requena-Ibáñez, Ana Devesa, Carlos G. Santos‐Gallego, Juan J. Badimón, Valentı́n Fuster	24
5	Sex Differences in Coronary Atherosclerotic Phenotype and Healing Pattern on Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging 2023 ·Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging ·Lena Marie Seegers, Doreen DeFaria Yeh, Taishi Yonetsu, Tomoyo Sugiyama, Yoshiyasu Minami, Tsunenari Soeda, Makoto Araki, (unknown), Haruhito Yuki, (unknown), Keishi Suzuki, Takayuki Niida, Hang Lee, Iris McNulty, Sunao Nakamura, Tsunekazu Kakuta, Valentı́n Fuster, Ik–Kyung Jang	4
6	The contribution of amyloid deposition in the aortic valve to calcification and aortic stenosis 2023 ·Nature Reviews Cardiology ·Karan Sud, Navneet Narula, Elena Aïkawa, Eloisa Arbustini, Philippe Pîbarot, Giampaolo Merlini, Robert S. Rosenson, Surya V. Seshan, Edgar Argulian, Amir Ahmadi, Fang Zhou, (unknown), Nancy Côté, Sotirios Tsimikas, Valentı́n Fuster, Sam Gandy, Robert O. Bonow, Olga Gursky, Jagat Narula	18
7	Beta-3 adrenergic receptor overexpression reverses aortic stenosis–induced heart failure and restores balanced mitochondrial dynamics 2022 ·Basic Research in Cardiology ·(unknown), (unknown), Rocío Villena-Gutiérrez, Monica Gómez, David Sanz‐Rosa, (unknown), Belén Prados, (unknown), (unknown), M. Dolores Ivorra, (unknown), Alessandro Cannavò, Juan A. Bernal, Walter J. Koch, Valentı́n Fuster, José Luís de la Pompa, Eduardo Oliver, Borja Ibáñez	12
8	Clonal hematopoiesis is not prevalent in Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome 2022 ·GeroScience ·(unknown), (unknown), Jorge de la Barrera, Enrique Vázquez, Ana Quintas, Domingo A. Pascual‐Figal, Ana Dopazo, Fátima Sánchez‐Cabo, Monica E. Kleinman, Leslie B. Gordon, Valentı́n Fuster, Vicente Andrés, José J. Fuster	4
9	A tribute to Attilio Maseri 2021 ·European Heart Journal ·Filippo Crea, Eugene Braunwald, Valentı́n Fuster	2
10	Abstract 17275: The SGLT2 Inhibitor Empagliflozin Ameliorates Left Atrial Dilatation in Non-Diabetic Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Secondary Analysis of the EMPATROPISM Trial 2020 ·Circulation ·Carlos G. Santos‐Gallego, Juan Antonio Requena-Ibáñez, (unknown), Álvaro García‐Ropero, (unknown), Sean Pinney, Donna Mancini, Anuradha Lala, Johanna Contreras, Pedro Moreno, Javier Sanz, Valentı́n Fuster, Juan J. Badimón	0
11	R2 prime (R2′) magnetic resonance imaging for post-myocardial infarction intramyocardial haemorrhage quantification 2019 ·European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging ·Xavier Rosselló, Pedro López‐Ayala, Rodrigo Fernández‐Jiménez, Eduardo Oliver, Carlos Galán‐Arriola, Antonio Molina, Jaume Agüero, Gonzalo Javier López, (unknown), Jean Paul Vilchez‐Tschischke, Valentı́n Fuster, Javier Sánchez‐Gonzalez, Borja Ibáñez	5
12	Prevalence and risk factors of carotid vessel wall inflammation in coronary artery disease patients: FDG-PET and CT imaging study. 2011 ·PubMed ·Jan Bucerius, (unknown), Venkatesh Mani, C B Moncrieff, (unknown), Claudia Calcagno, (unknown), Valentı́n Fuster, Michael E. Farkouh, Zahi A. Fayad	0
13	Abstract 9601: A Statin-Loaded Nanotherapy Increases Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Statin on Atherosclerosis 2011 ·Circulation ·(unknown), Raphaël Duivenvoorden, David Izquierdo‐Garcia, David P. Cormode, Erik S.G. Stroes, Mark E. Lobatto, Emma L. Kuan, (unknown), Valentı́n Fuster, Edward A. Fisher, Willem J. M. Mulder	2
14	Amniotic Fluid Cells Are More Efficiently Reprogrammed to Pluripotency Than Adult Cells 2009 ·Cellular Reprogramming ·(unknown), Ioannis Karakikes, Lisa Edelmann, Robert J. Desnick, Thomas D. Kerenyi, Georges Khoueiry, James Lafferty, Joseph T. McGinn, Michael Brodman, Valentı́n Fuster, Roger J. Hajjar, (unknown)	10
15	Serial in vivo positive contrast MRI of iron oxide‐labeled embryonic stem cell‐derived cardiac precursor cells in a mouse model of myocardial infarction 2008 ·Magnetic Resonance in Medicine ·Venkatesh Mani, Eric Adler, Karen Briley‐Sæbø, (unknown), Valentı́n Fuster, Gordon Keller, Zahi A. Fayad	54
16	Early Metoprolol Administration Before Coronary Reperfusion Results in Increased Myocardial Salvage 2007 ·Circulation ·Borja Ibáñez, S Prat, Walter S. Speidl, Gemma Vilahur, Antonio Piñero, Giovanni Cimmino, Mario J. García, Valentı́n Fuster, Javier Sanz, Juan J. Badimón	117
17	Guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines and Policy Conferences (Committee to develop guidelines for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation) developed in collaboration with the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology 2001 ·European Heart Journal ·Valentı́n Fuster, Lars Rydén, Richard Asinger, David S. Cannom, Harry J. Crijns, Robert L. Frye, Jonathan L. Halperin, G. Neal Kay, (unknown), Samuel Lévy, (unknown), Eric N. Prystowsky, L. Samüel Wann, D. George Wyse, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	374
18	Remodelado del trombo: punto clave en la progresión de la aterosclerosis coronaria 2000 ·Valentı́n Fuster	6
19	Noninvasive Radioisotopic Technique for Detection of Platelet Deposition in Mitral Valve Prostheses and Quantitation of Visceral Microembolism in Dogs 1983 ·Mayo Clinic Proceedings ·Mrinal K. Dewanjee, Valentı́n Fuster, (unknown), (unknown), M. P. Kaye	13
20	Ebstein's anomaly: the clinical features and natural history of Ebstein's anomaly of the tricuspid valve. 1979 ·PubMed ·Enrico Giuliani, Valentı́n Fuster, Robert O. Brandenburg, D D Mair	87

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