William G. Stevenson

66.3k total citations · 20 hit papers
471 papers, 35.8k citations indexed

About

William G. Stevenson is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, William G. Stevenson has authored 471 papers receiving a total of 35.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 437 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 39 papers in Surgery and 37 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in William G. Stevenson's work include Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (350 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (253 papers) and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (235 papers). William G. Stevenson is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (350 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (253 papers) and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (235 papers). William G. Stevenson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Canada. William G. Stevenson's co-authors include Michael E. Field, Cynthia M. Tracy, Michael D. Ezekowitz, Craig T. January, L. Samüel Wann, Hugh Calkins, Patrick Tchou, Katherine T. Murray, Ralph L. Sacco and Clyde W. Yancy and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

William G. Stevenson

448 papers receiving 34.8k citations

Hit Papers

2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for... 1993 2026 2004 2015 2014 2014 2014 2018 2008 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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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. 2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
    2014 5.5k citations Craig T. January, L. Samüel Wann et al. Circulation profile →
  2. 2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
    2014 2.3k citations Craig T. January, L. Samüel Wann et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  3. 2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Executive Summary
    2014 1.6k citations Craig T. January, L. Samüel Wann et al. Circulation profile →
  4. 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death
    2018 1.2k citations William G. Stevenson, Michael E. Field et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  5. American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation/Heart Rhythm Society Scientific Statement on Noninvasive Risk Stratification Techniques for Identifying Patients at Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death
    2008 1.1k citations William G. Stevenson et al. Circulation profile →
  6. 2011 ACCF/AHA/HRS Focused Update on the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation (Updating the 2006 Guideline)
    2010 1.0k citations L. Samüel Wann, Craig T. January et al. Circulation profile →
  7. Identification of reentry circuit sites during catheter mapping and radiofrequency ablation of ventricular tachycardia late after myocardial infarction.
    1993 600 citations William G. Stevenson et al. Circulation profile →
  8. Atrial Fibrillation after Cardiac Surgery
    2001 591 citations William G. Stevenson et al. profile →
  9. EHRA/HRS Expert Consensus on Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias
    2009 550 citations William G. Stevenson, Frank Bogun et al. Heart Rhythm profile →
  10. Characterization of the Peri-Infarct Zone by Contrast-Enhanced Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Is a Powerful Predictor of Post–Myocardial Infarction Mortality
    2006 548 citations William G. Stevenson, Raymond Y. Kwong et al. Circulation profile →
  11. Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation versus Escalation of Antiarrhythmic Drugs
    2016 490 citations John L. Sapp, George A. Wells et al. profile →
  12. 2012 ACCF/AHA/HRS Focused Update Incorporated Into the ACCF/AHA/HRS 2008 Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities
    2012 481 citations Cynthia M. Tracy, William G. Stevenson et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  13. Irrigated Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation Guided by Electroanatomic Mapping for Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia After Myocardial Infarction
    2008 475 citations William G. Stevenson, David J. Wilber et al. Circulation profile →
  14. 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: Executive Summary
    2017 472 citations William G. Stevenson, Michael E. Field et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  15. 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death
    2017 465 citations William G. Stevenson, Michael E. Field et al. Circulation profile →
  16. Cardiac Positron Emission Tomography Enhances Prognostic Assessments of Patients With Suspected Cardiac Sarcoidosis
    2013 449 citations Ron Blankstein, Raymond Y. Kwong et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  17. 2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Executive Summary
    2014 438 citations Craig T. January, L. Samüel Wann et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  18. 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS guideline for management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death: Executive summary
    2017 418 citations William G. Stevenson, Michael E. Field et al. Heart Rhythm profile →
  19. 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS guideline for management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death
    2017 384 citations William G. Stevenson, Michael E. Field et al. Heart Rhythm profile →
  20. 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: Executive Summary
    2017 276 citations William G. Stevenson, Michael E. Field et al. Circulation profile →

Peers

William G. Stevenson
Comparison fields: 5 of 167
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 32.6k
  • Surgery 3.2k
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2.7k
  • Internal Medicine 2.1k
  • Epidemiology 2.0k
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Cynthia M. Tracy United States
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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Catheter Ablation vs Sotalol or Amiodarone for Ventricular Tachycardia
2025 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Pablo B. Nery, George A. Wells, Anthony Tang, Ratika Parkash, William G. Stevenson, Jeff S. Healey, Lorne J. Gula, Girish M. Nair, Vidal Essebag, Léna Rivard, Marc W. Deyell, J. Sarrazin, Guy Amit, Jean-François Roux, Amir AbdelWahab, Chris Lane, (unknown), (unknown), John L. Sapp
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Outcome of repeat ablation for premature ventricular contractions in patients with prior ablation failure: Impact of advanced techniques
2024 ·Heart Rhythm ·Kenichi Tokutake, (unknown), Masaaki Kurata, Kanae Hasegawa, Ikutaro Nakajima, Travis D. Richardson, Jay A. Montgomery, Sharon Shen, (unknown), Pablo Saavedra, Arvindh N. Kanagasundram, Gregory F. Michaud, William G. Stevenson
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State of the Art: Mapping Strategies to Guide Ablation in Ischemic Heart Disease
2024 ·JACC. Clinical electrophysiology ·William G. Stevenson, Travis D. Richardson, Arvindh N. Kanagasundram, Harikrishna Tandri
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Numbing the Heart to Death: A Cautionary Tale About an In-Vogue Preoperative Analgesic
2024 ·Circulation ·Benjamin Holmes, Katherine T. Murray, William G. Stevenson
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Can Intracardiac Echocardiography Reduce Steam Pops During Half-Normal Saline Irrigated Radiofrequency Ablation?
2024 ·Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology ·Kanae Hasegawa, Zachary T. Yoneda, (unknown), (unknown), Giovanni Davogustto, Tiffany Hu, Kenichi Tokutake, Masaaki Kurata, Travis D. Richardson, Jay A. Montgomery, Sharon Shen, (unknown), Pablo Saavedra, Amy Emerson, (unknown), Harikrishna Tandri, Gregory F. Michaud, Arvindh N. Kanagasundram, William G. Stevenson
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Idiopathic Annular Ventricular Arrhythmias
2024 ·Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology Review ·Zachary T. Yoneda, William G. Stevenson
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Catheter Ablation for Ventricular Tachycardia in Patients With Desmoplakin Cardiomyopathy
2024 ·JACC. Clinical electrophysiology ·Alessio Gasperetti, Giovanni Peretto, (unknown), Kanae Hasegawa, Paolo Compagnucci, Michela Casella, Brittney Murray, Crystal Tichnell, Richard Carrick, Julia Cadrin‐Tourigny, Marco Schiavone, Cynthia A. James, Ahmad S. Amin, Ardan M. Saguner, Antonio Dello Russo, Claudio Tondo, William G. Stevenson, Paolo Della Bella, Hugh Calkins, Harikrishna Tandri
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Substrate Characterization and Outcomes of Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation in Amyloid Cardiomyopathy: A Multicenter Study
2024 ·Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology ·Paolo Compagnucci, Alberto Russo, Alessio Gasperetti, Marco Schiavone, (unknown), Kanae Hasegawa, Sanghamitra Mohanty, Jackson J. Liang, Suraj Kapa, Vincenzo Mirco La Fazia, Frank Bogun, William G. Stevenson, Claudio Tondo, Konstantinos C. Siontis, Harikrishna Tandri, Pasquale Santangeli, Andrea Natale, Michela Casella
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Patient selection, ventricular tachycardia substrate delineation, and data transfer for stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation: a clinical consensus statement of the European Heart Rhythm Association of the European Society of Cardiology and the Heart Rhythm Society
2024 ·EP Europace ·Katja Zeppenfeld, (unknown), Amin Al‐Ahmad, Corrado Carbucicchio, Christian de Chillou, (unknown), Micaela Ebert, Gordon Ho, Josef Kautzner, Pier D. Lambiase, José Luís Merino, Michael S. Lloyd, (unknown), Étienne Pruvot, John L. Sapp, Luis Schiappacasse, Marek Šramko, William G. Stevenson, Paul C. Zei, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)
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Diagnostic Impact and Prognostic Value of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias
2023 ·JACC. Cardiovascular imaging ·Yin Ge, Panagiotis Antiochos, Ayako Seno, Iqra Qamar, Ron Blankstein, Michael L. Steigner, Ayaz Aghayev, Michael Jerosch‐Herold, Usha B. Tedrow, William G. Stevenson, Raymond Y. Kwong
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PO-04-235 STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF RECURRENT REFRACTORY VT IN CHAGAS DISEASE PATIENTS
2023 ·Heart Rhythm ·Cristiano Pisani, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), William G. Stevenson, Maurício Scanavacca
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Intramyocardial Hematoma During Catheter Ablation for Scar-Related Ventricular Tachycardia
2023 ·JACC. Clinical electrophysiology ·Roy M. John, Usha B. Tedrow, Thomas M. Tadros, Travis D. Richardson, Arvindh N. Kanagasundram, Robert Hoffman, Meghan Kapp, Ashish S. Shah, Gregory F. Michaud, William G. Stevenson
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Intramural Needle Ablation for Refractory Premature Ventricular Contractions
2022 ·Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology ·Srinivas R. Dukkipati, Tomofumi Nakamura, Ikutaro Nakajima, Connor P. Oates, Ryohsuke Narui, Shin‐ichi Tanigawa, (unknown), William Whang, Jacob S. Koruth, Subbarao Choudry, Benjamin Schaeffer, (unknown), Usha B. Tedrow, John L. Sapp, William G. Stevenson, Vivek Y. Reddy
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Ablation of Refractory Ventricular Tachycardia Using Intramyocardial Needle Delivered Heated Saline-Enhanced Radiofrequency Energy: A First-in-Man Feasibility Trial
2022 ·Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology ·Douglas L. Packer, David J. Wilber, Suraj Kapa, Katia Dyrda, Isabelle Nault, Ammar M. Killu, Arvindh N. Kanagasundram, Travis D. Richardson, William G. Stevenson, Atul Verma, Michael Curley, (unknown)
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HeartMate 3: new challenges in ventricular tachycardia ablation
2021 ·EP Europace ·Eyal Nof, Petr Peichl, (unknown), (unknown), Philippe Maury, Moshe Katz, Usha B. Tedrow, (unknown), Ryohsuke Narui, Roy M. John, William G. Stevenson, Roy Beinart, Avishay Grupper, Leonid Sternik, Jacob Lavee, Frédéric Sacher, Josef Kautzner, Avi Sabbag
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Periaortic Ventricular Tachycardias in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy
2021 ·Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology ·Ikutaro Nakajima, Ryohsuke Narui, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Benjamin Holmes, (unknown), Travis D. Richardson, Jay A. Montgomery, Sharon Shen, Arvindh N. Kanagasundram, Gregory F. Michaud, William G. Stevenson
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Impact of general anesthesia on initiation and stability of VT during catheter ablation
2015 ·Heart Rhythm ·Eyal Nof, Tobias Reichlin, Alan D. Enriquez, Justin Ng, Koichi Nagashima, Michifumi Tokuda, Chirag R. Barbhaiya, Roy M. John, Gregory F. Michaud, Usha B. Tedrow, Wendy L. Gross, William G. Stevenson
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2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Executive Summary breakdown →
2014 ·Circulation ·Craig T. January, L. Samüel Wann, Joseph S. Alpert, Hugh Calkins, Joaquin E. Cigarroa, Joseph C. Cleveland, Jamie B. Conti, Patrick T. Ellinor, Michael D. Ezekowitz, Michael E. Field, Katherine T. Murray, Ralph L. Sacco, William G. Stevenson, Patrick Tchou, Cynthia M. Tracy, Clyde W. Yancy
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Abstract 18568: Interfacing Fast Multi-phase Cardiac Image Registration with MRI-based Catheter Tracking for MRI-guided Electrophysiological Ablative Procedures
2014 ·Circulation ·Ka‐Wai Kwok, (unknown), Yue Chen, Wei Wang, Yang Hu, Gary C.T. Chow, (unknown), William G. Stevenson, Raymond Y. Kwong, Wayne Luk, Ehud J. Schmidt, Zion Tsz Ho Tse
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Phrenic Nerve Injury After Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation
2007 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Jacques Clémenty, Mélèze Hocini, Mark O’Neill, (unknown), Pierre Jaı̈s, Frédéric Sacher, William G. Stevenson, Michel Haı̈ssaguerre
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