Ward Casscells

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Ward Casscells is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Ward Casscells has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 12 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Ward Casscells's work include Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (11 papers), Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (8 papers) and Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases (7 papers). Ward Casscells is often cited by papers focused on Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (11 papers), Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (8 papers) and Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases (7 papers). Ward Casscells collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Ukraine. Ward Casscells's co-authors include Thomas B. Graboys, James T. Willerson, Mohammad Madjid, Edith Speir, Morteza Naghavi, Stephen E. Epstein, Morteza Naghavi, Joachim Sasse, Silvio Litovsky and Yamin Fu and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Ward Casscells

61 papers receiving 3.9k citations

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Author						Papers	Cites
Ward Casscells	1.4k	1.1k	1.1k	499	493	63	4.1k
Yi‐Jen Chen	1.2k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	2.2k 2.1×	197 0.4×	383 0.8×	244	6.9k
René A. Tio	1.5k 1.0×	1.8k 1.6×	2.2k 2.1×	1.3k 2.5×	388 0.8×	217	5.9k
Edward E. Whang	1.5k 1.1×	2.1k 1.9×	378 0.4×	316 0.6×	267 0.5×	174	5.7k
David A. Clark	619 0.4×	1.6k 1.5×	800 0.8×	566 1.1×	1.2k 2.5×	181	5.2k
Margaret D. Allen	559 0.4×	932 0.8×	973 0.9×	165 0.3×	624 1.3×	100	3.0k
Mirjam G.A. oude Egbrink	1.4k 1.0×	564 0.5×	640 0.6×	157 0.3×	788 1.6×	101	5.3k
Robert D. Simari	3.0k 2.1×	2.3k 2.1×	2.0k 1.9×	382 0.8×	757 1.5×	164	7.8k
Sylvia Heeneman	1.6k 1.2×	838 0.8×	1.7k 1.6×	1.1k 2.2×	1.3k 2.7×	155	6.8k
Gregory J. Kato	2.9k 2.1×	457 0.4×	498 0.5×	285 0.6×	402 0.8×	241	11.3k
Daohai Yu	1.4k 1.0×	598 0.5×	362 0.3×	750 1.5×	704 1.4×	175	5.5k

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Madjid, Mohammad, et al.. (2005). Influenza and atherosclerosis: vaccination for cardiovascular disease prevention. Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy. 5(1). 91–96. 32 indexed citations

Rashidi, Arash, Dale Adler, Ward Casscells, & Mohammad Madjid. (2005). Is it time to prescribe statins to patients with calcified aortic stenosis?. American Heart Journal. 150(1). 41–45. 5 indexed citations

Casscells, Ward, et al.. (2005). Hypothermia is a bedside predictor of imminent death in patients with congestive heart failure. American Heart Journal. 149(5). 927–933. 18 indexed citations

Madjid, Mohammad, Deborah Vela, Silvio Litovsky, & Ward Casscells. (2004). 1064-185 Systemic infection lead to infiltration of macrophages in adventitia of human atherosclerotic coronary arteries: Clue to triggering effect of acute infections on acute coronary syndromes. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 43(5). A466–A466.

Casscells, Ward, et al.. (2003). Acute Ischemic Heart Disease. American Heart Journal. 145(5). 813–820. 16 indexed citations

Wang, Jing, Yong-Jian Geng, Bujin Guo, et al.. (2002). Near-infrared spectroscopic characterization of human advanced atherosclerotic plaques. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 39(8). 1305–1313. 97 indexed citations

Jagannath, Chinnaswamy, et al.. (2002). Lipid coated SPIO; introducing a novel tracer for MR imaging of macrophage infiltration in vulnerable atheroaclerotic plaque. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 39. 389–389. 1 indexed citations

Naghavi, Morteza, Mir S. Siadaty, Roxana Grasu, et al.. (2002). pH Heterogeneity of human and rabbit atherosclerotic plaques; a new insight into detection of vulnerable plaque. Atherosclerosis. 164(1). 27–35. 172 indexed citations

Rehman, Qaiser, et al.. (2002). Cardiomyopathy in association with selenium deficiency: a case report. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 26(1). 63–66. 29 indexed citations

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He, Dacheng, Ward Casscells, & David Engler. (2001). Nuclear Accumulation of Exogenous DNA Fragments in Viable Cells Mediated by FGF-2 and DNA Release upon Cellular Injury. Experimental Cell Research. 265(1). 31–45. 6 indexed citations

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Casscells, Ward, Ward Casscells, W. K. Vaughn, et al.. (1996). Thermal detection of cellular infiltrates in living atherosclerotic plaques: possible implications for plaque rupture and thrombosis. The Lancet. 347(9013). 1447–1449. 250 indexed citations

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Jaklitsch, Michael T., Sadatoshi Biro, Ward Casscells, & David A. Dichek. (1993). Transduced endothelial cells expressing high levels of tissue plasminogen activator have an unaltered phenotype in vitro. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 154(1). 207–216. 12 indexed citations

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Casscells, Ward, Douglas A. Lappi, & Andrew Baird. (1993). Molecular atherectomy for restenosis. Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine. 3(6). 235–243. 9 indexed citations

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Biro, Sadatoshi, Zu‐Xi Yu, & Ward Casscells. (1991). Fibroblast and transforming growth factors in endothelial wound healing in vitro. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 17(2). A24–A24. 4 indexed citations

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Qian, Su Wen, Paturu Kondaiah, Ward Casscells, Anita B. Roberts, & Michael B. Sporn. (1991). A second messenger RNA species of transforming growth factor beta 1 in infarcted rat heart.. PubMed. 2(3). 241–249. 50 indexed citations

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Flugelman, Moshe Y., Rosaly Correa, Zu‐Xi Yu, et al.. (1991). Fibroblast growth factors are expressed in coronary lesions of patients with unstable angina pectoris and those who have post angioplasty restenosis. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 17(2). A73–A73. 6 indexed citations

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Casscells, Ward. (1991). Smooth muscle cell growth factors. PubMed. 3(3). 177–206. 61 indexed citations

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Speir, Edith, Joachim Sasse, Shashi Shrivastav, & Ward Casscells. (1991). Culture‐induced increase in acidic and basic fibroblast growth factor activities and their association with the nuclei of vascular endothelial and smooth muscle cells. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 147(2). 362–373. 53 indexed citations

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Casscells, Ward, Edith Speir, Joachim Sasse, et al.. (1990). Isolation, characterization, and localization of heparin-binding growth factors in the heart.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 85(2). 433–441. 140 indexed citations

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Thompson, Nancy L., Edith Speir, Ward Casscells, et al.. (1988). Transforming Growth Factor Beta-1 in Acute Myocardial Infarction in Rats. Growth Factors. 1(1). 91–99. 195 indexed citations

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