William H. Gaasch

30.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
154 papers, 19.3k citations indexed

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William H. Gaasch is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, William H. Gaasch has authored 154 papers receiving a total of 19.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 145 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 38 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 25 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in William H. Gaasch's work include Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (116 papers), Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (51 papers) and Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (40 papers). William H. Gaasch is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (116 papers), Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (51 papers) and Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (40 papers). William H. Gaasch collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. William H. Gaasch's co-authors include Michael R. Zile, Gerard P. Aurigemma, Robert A. O’Rourke, Pravin M. Shah, Michael D. Freed, Bruce W. Lytle, Blasé A. Carabello, Patrick T. O’Gara, David P. Faxon and Robert O. Bonow and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

William H. Gaasch

154 papers receiving 18.3k 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.

ACC/AHA 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease

2006 6.1k citations Blasé A. Carabello, Kanu Chatterjee et al. Circulation profile →
2008 Focused Update Incorporated Into the ACC/AHA 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease

2008 1.6k citations Blasé A. Carabello, Kanu Chatterjee et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
Diastolic Heart Failure — Abnormalities in Active Relaxation and Passive Stiffness of the Left Ventricle

2004 1.1k citations Michael R. Zile, Catalin F. Baicu et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
2008 Focused Update Incorporated Into the ACC/AHA 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease

2008 790 citations Blasé A. Carabello, Kanu Chatterjee et al. Circulation profile →
Diastolic Heart Failure

2004 510 citations Gerard P. Aurigemma, William H. Gaasch New England Journal of Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William H. Gaasch United States	54	17.6k	5.2k	4.4k	4.3k	3.3k	154	19.3k
William J. Stewart United States	59	19.8k 1.1×	5.7k 1.1×	6.0k 1.4×	5.6k 1.3×	4.3k 1.3×	173	22.5k
Jack S. Shanewise United States	24	20.9k 1.2×	6.4k 1.2×	5.8k 1.3×	5.4k 1.2×	5.0k 1.5×	57	23.5k
Norman H. Silverman United States	56	11.7k 0.7×	7.6k 1.5×	5.5k 1.2×	4.3k 1.0×	5.3k 1.6×	261	18.7k
Alan D. Waggoner United States	43	21.2k 1.2×	4.1k 0.8×	4.4k 1.0×	6.8k 1.6×	3.8k 1.1×	136	24.4k
Joseph Kisslo United States	48	11.6k 0.7×	2.7k 0.5×	2.7k 0.6×	3.9k 0.9×	2.4k 0.7×	215	14.6k
Bijoy K. Khandheria United States	66	12.4k 0.7×	3.3k 0.6×	3.1k 0.7×	4.5k 1.0×	4.0k 1.2×	344	16.0k
William A. Zoghbi United States	75	22.9k 1.3×	6.4k 1.2×	6.2k 1.4×	8.8k 2.0×	3.9k 1.2×	320	27.1k
Martin St. John Sutton United States	45	18.6k 1.1×	2.0k 0.4×	3.9k 0.9×	4.7k 1.1×	2.9k 0.9×	161	21.7k
Petros Nihoyannopoulos United Kingdom	56	15.2k 0.9×	3.8k 0.7×	3.8k 0.9×	3.6k 0.8×	3.3k 1.0×	296	19.0k
Wendy Tsang Canada	27	17.8k 1.0×	3.2k 0.6×	3.7k 0.9×	5.5k 1.3×	4.0k 1.2×	80	20.9k

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Shah, Sachin, et al.. (2015). Hypertension in Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis: Emphasis on Antihypertensive Treatment and the Risk of Syncope. Current Hypertension Reviews. 10(3). 149–154. 2 indexed citations

Silver, Jonathan S., et al.. (2014). Adverse Structural Remodeling of the Left Ventricle and Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients With Depressed Ejection Fraction. Journal of Cardiac Failure. 21(2). 97–102. 9 indexed citations

Zile, Michael R., William H. Gaasch, Inder S. Anand, et al.. (2010). Mode of Death in Patients With Heart Failure and a Preserved Ejection Fraction. Circulation. 121(12). 1393–1405. 252 indexed citations

Goldberg, Robert J., Frederick A. Spencer, Mariana Szklo‐Coxe, et al.. (2010). Symptom Presentation in Patients Hospitalized with Acute Heart Failure. Clinical Cardiology. 33(6). E73–80. 35 indexed citations

Shah, Pravin M., Michael D. Freed, Bruce W. Lytle, et al.. (2009). and Interventions, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography Endorsed by the Society Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease) Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 1998 Guidelines for the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: A Report of the 2008 Focused Update Incorporated Into the ACC/AHA 2006 Guidelines for the. 2 indexed citations

Chung, Eugene H. & William H. Gaasch. (2005). Exercise Testing in Aortic Stenosis. Current Cardiology Reports. 7(2). 105–107. 1 indexed citations

Zile, Michael R., Catalin F. Baicu, & William H. Gaasch. (2004). Diastolic Heart Failure — Abnormalities in Active Relaxation and Passive Stiffness of the Left Ventricle. New England Journal of Medicine. 350(19). 1953–1959. 1128 indexed citations breakdown →

Zile, Michael R., William H. Gaasch, William C. Little, et al.. (2004). A phase II, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, dose comparative study of the efficacy, tolerability, and safety of MCC-135 in subjects with chronic heart failure, NYHA class II/III (MCC-135-GO1 study): rationale and design. Journal of Cardiac Failure. 10(3). 193–199. 15 indexed citations

Effat, Mohamed, Edgar C. Schick, David T. Martin, & William H. Gaasch. (2000). Effect of rhythm regularization on left ventricular contractility in patients with atrial fibrillation. The American Journal of Cardiology. 85(1). 114–116. 9 indexed citations

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John, Roy M., et al.. (2000). The class III antiarrhythmic effect of sotalol exerts a reverse use-dependent positive inotropic effect in the intact canine heart. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 36(4). 1404–1410. 19 indexed citations

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Gaasch, William H., et al.. (1997). Managing Asymptomatic Patients With Chronic Aortic Regurgitation. CHEST Journal. 111(6). 1702–1709. 23 indexed citations

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Levine, Herbert J. & William H. Gaasch. (1996). Vasoactive drugs in chronic regurgitant lesions of the mitral and aortic valves. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 28(5). 1083–1091. 103 indexed citations

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Aurigemma, Gerard P., et al.. (1995). Geometric changes allow normal ejection fraction despite depressed myocardial shortening in hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 26(1). 195–202. 312 indexed citations

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Aurigemma, Gerard P., John S. Gottdiener, William H. Gaasch, et al.. (1995). 974-40 Ventricular and Myocardial Function Following Regression of Hypertensive Left Ventricular Hypertrophy. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 25(2). 251A–251A. 2 indexed citations

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Gaasch, William H.. (1994). Diagnosis and treatment of heart failure based on left ventricular systolic or diastolic dysfunction. JAMA. 271(16). 1276–1280. 28 indexed citations

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Aurigemma, Gerard P., et al.. (1994). Impact of chamber geometry and gender on left ventricular systolic function in patients >60 years of age with aortic stenosis. The American Journal of Cardiology. 74(8). 794–798. 152 indexed citations

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Nakamura, Yasuyuki, Allen W. Wiegner, William H. Gaasch, & O. Bing. (1983). Systolic time intervals: Assessment by isolated cardiac muscle studies. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2(5). 973–978. 17 indexed citations

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Carroll, John D., William H. Gaasch, & Keith P. W. J. McAdam. (1982). Amyloid cardiomyopathy: Characterization by a distinctive voltage/mass relation. The American Journal of Cardiology. 49(1). 9–13. 178 indexed citations

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Gaasch, William H.. (1982). Management of Aortic Valve Disease. Hospital Practice. 17(9). 133–138. 11 indexed citations

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Gaasch, William H., Herbert J. Levine, Miguel A. Quiñones, & James Alexander. (1976). Left ventricular compliance: Mechanisms and clinical implications. The American Journal of Cardiology. 38(5). 645–653. 342 indexed citations

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