William J. McKenna

108.1k total citations · 21 hit papers
712 papers, 59.9k citations indexed

About

William J. McKenna is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. McKenna has authored 712 papers receiving a total of 59.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 589 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 119 papers in Molecular Biology and 61 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in William J. McKenna's work include Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (383 papers), Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise (251 papers) and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (132 papers). William J. McKenna is often cited by papers focused on Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (383 papers), Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise (251 papers) and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (132 papers). William J. McKenna collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Italy. William J. McKenna's co-authors include Perry Elliott, Christine E. Seidman, Petros Syrris, Gaetano Thiene, Srijita Sen‐Chowdhry, Hugh Watkins, Barry J. Maron, Alida L.P. Caforio, John Deanfield and Niall Mahon and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

William J. McKenna

698 papers receiving 57.7k 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.

2014 ESC Guidelines on diagnosis and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

2014 2.9k citations Perry Elliott, Aris Anastasakis et al. European Heart Journal profile →
Report of the 1995 World Health Organization/International Society and Federation of Cardiology Task Force on the Definition and Classification of Cardiomyopathies

1996 2.5k citations William J. McKenna, Gaetano Thiene et al. Circulation profile →
Effects of Multisite Biventricular Pacing in Patients with Heart Failure and Intraventricular Conduction Delay

2001 1.9k citations William J. McKenna et al. profile →
Classification of the cardiomyopathies: a position statement from the european society of cardiology working group on myocardial and pericardial diseases

2007 1.9k citations Perry Elliott, Franco Cecchi et al. European Heart Journal profile →
Diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy. Task Force of the Working Group Myocardial and Pericardial Disease of the European Society of Cardiology and of the Scientific Council on Cardiomyopathies of the International Society and Federation of Cardiology.

1994 1.1k citations William J. McKenna, Gaetano Thiene et al. Heart profile →
A molecular basis for familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A β cardiac myosin heavy chain gene missense mutation

1990 975 citations William J. McKenna et al. profile →
Differentiation of Heart Failure Related to Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Coronary Artery Disease Using Gadolinium-Enhanced Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

2003 806 citations William J. McKenna et al. Circulation profile →
α-tropomyosin and cardiac troponin T mutations cause familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A disease of the sarcomere

1994 779 citations William J. McKenna et al. profile →
Identification of a deletion in plakoglobin in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy with palmoplantar keratoderma and woolly hair (Naxos disease)

2000 747 citations Andrew H. Crosby, C. Baboonian et al. profile →
A novel clinical risk prediction model for sudden cardiac death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM Risk-SCD)

2013 737 citations Constantinos O’Mahony, Giuseppe Limongelli et al. European Heart Journal profile →
The Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

1997 688 citations William J. McKenna et al. profile →
Spectrum of Clinicopathologic Manifestations of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy/Dysplasia: A Multicenter Study

1997 676 citations Domenico Corrado, Gaetano Thiene et al. profile →
Mutations in the Genes for Cardiac Troponin T and α-Tropomyosin in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

1995 673 citations William J. McKenna, Annie O'Donoghue et al. profile →
Long-term benefits of biventricular pacing in congestive heart failure: results from the MUltisite STimulation in cardiomyopathy (MUSTIC) study

2002 660 citations William J. McKenna et al. profile →
The Myoblast Autologous Grafting in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy (MAGIC) Trial

2008 644 citations Philippe Menasché, Ottavio Alfieri et al. Circulation profile →
Sudden death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: identification of high risk patients

2000 635 citations Perry Elliott, Shaughan Dickie et al. profile →
Prognostic Significance of Myocardial Fibrosis in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

2010 601 citations William J. McKenna, Perry Elliott et al. profile →
Toward clinical risk assessment inhypertrophic cardiomyopathy withgadolinium cardiovascular magnetic resonance

2003 531 citations William J. McKenna, Perry Elliott et al. profile →
Characteristics and Prognostic Implications of Myosin Missense Mutations in Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

1992 526 citations William J. McKenna et al. profile →
Prognosis in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Role of age and clinical, electrocardiographic and hemodynamic features

1981 453 citations William J. McKenna et al. profile →
Classification, Epidemiology, and Global Burden of Cardiomyopathies

2017 324 citations William J. McKenna, Gaetano Thiene et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Emerging Themes in Genetics of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Current Status and Clinical Application 2024 ·Canadian Journal of Cardiology ·Soledad García-Hernández, (unknown), Juan Pablo Ochoa, William J. McKenna	5
2	2014 ESC Guidelines on diagnosis and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy breakdown → 2014 ·European Heart Journal ·(unknown), Perry Elliott, Aris Anastasakis, Michael A. Borger, Martin Borggrefe, Franco Cecchi, Philippe Charron, Albert Hagège, Antoine Lafont, Giuseppe Limongelli, Heiko Mahrholdt, William J. McKenna, Jens Mogensen, Petros Nihoyannopoulos, Stefano Nistri, P.G. Pieper, Burkert Pieske, (unknown), (unknown), Christoph Tillmanns	2934
3	A validation study of the 2003 American College of Cardiology/European Society of Cardiology and 2011 American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association risk stratification and treatment algorithms for sudden cardiac death in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 2013 ·Heart ·Constantinos O’Mahony, Maite Tome, Pier D. Lambiase, Antonios Pantazis, Shaughan Dickie, William J. McKenna, Perry Elliott	107
4	High-Density Substrate Mapping in Brugada Syndrome 2009 ·Circulation ·Pier D. Lambiase, Ayesha Ahmed, Edward J. Ciaccio, Ramón Brugada, Éric Lizotte, Sanjay Chaubey, (unknown), Anthony Chow, Martin Löwe, William J. McKenna	122
5	The Myoblast Autologous Grafting in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy (MAGIC) Trial breakdown → 2008 ·Circulation ·Philippe Menasché, Ottavio Alfieri, Stefan Janssens, William J. McKenna, Hermann Reichenspurner, Ludovic Trinquart, Jean‐Thomas Vilquin, Jean‐Pierre Marolleau, (unknown), Jérôme Larghero, Stephen Lake, Gilles Châtellier, Scott D. Solomon, Michel Desnos, Albert Hagège	644
6	Heart Rhythm UK Familial Sudden Death Syndromes Statement Development Group. Clinical indications for genetic testing in familial sudden cardiac death syndromes: an HRUK position statement. 2008 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·(unknown), Perry Elliott, Elijah R. Behr, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Pier D. Lambiase, William J. McKenna	1
7	Letter regarding article by Norman et al, "Novel mutation in desmoplakin causes arrhythmogenic left ventricular cardiomyopathy" - Response 2006 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Srijita Sen‐Chowdhry, Petros Syrris, William J. McKenna, (unknown), Jens Mogensen, A.O. Shaw, Edward Rowland, M.D.C. Simpson, Andrew H. Crosby, (unknown)	0
8	Prevalence of Anderson-Fabry disease in male patients with late onset hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - Reply 2002 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Perry Elliott, (unknown), William J. McKenna, (unknown), Hiroyuki Teraguchi, Chuwa Tei, (unknown)	0
9	Histological and immunohistochemical myocardial abnormalities in early familial dilated cardiomyopathy 2000 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Niall Mahon, (unknown), (unknown), Sanjeev Sharma, Mikael Norman, Perry Elliott, (unknown), (unknown), William J. McKenna	1
10	Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy: Need for an international registry (Reprinted from Circulation Online, March 21, pg E101, 2000) 2000 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Domenico Corrado, (unknown), (unknown), William J. McKenna, Alessandra Ferreira Dales Nava, Gaetano Thiene, Thomas Wichter	1
11	A de novo mutation of the troponin T gene in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 2000 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Fabio Coccolo, Perry Elliott, C. Baboonian, Melanie J. Davies, William J. McKenna	1
12	Current medical therapy for advanced heart failure (Reprinted from Am Heart, vol 135, pg S231-S248, 1998) 2000 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·M Gheorghiade, (unknown), (unknown), William J. McKenna, J. B. Young, (unknown)	6
13	Computerised QT dispersion measurement and risk stratification in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 1997 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Gang Yan, Perry Elliott, Krishna Prasad, (unknown), Xinfeng Guo, Annie O'Donoghue, A. John Camm, Marek Malík, William J. McKenna	1
14	Prevention of sudden death in young athletes 1996 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Sanjay Sharma, William J. McKenna	1
15	Gender differences in survival in patients with advanced heart failure. 1996 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Barry F. Uretsky, Karl Swedberg, William J. McKenna, (unknown), Lisa Tomasko	1
16	T-wave alternans as a predictor of sudden death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 1996 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·(unknown), (unknown), Paul Albrecht, J Kautzner, (unknown), A. John Camm, William J. McKenna	2
17	GENETIC-COUNSELING IN NOONAN SYNDROME 1991 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Mike Sharland, (unknown), M. Burch, William J. McKenna, (unknown)	7
18	MANAGEMENT OF ATRIAL-FIBRILLATION IN HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY 1987 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·(unknown), B Stockins, (unknown), William J. McKenna	2
19	LACK OF EFFECT OF AMIODARONE ON IMPAIRED LEFT-VENTRICULAR FUNCTION - COMPARISON WITH DISOPYRAMIDE 1985 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·Hannah A. Valantine, Shaughan Dickie, (unknown), Edward Rowland, William J. McKenna	1
20	INFLUENCE OF AMIODARONE ON SURVIVAL IN HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY 1983 ·UCL Discovery (University College London) ·William J. McKenna, Oakley Cm, (unknown)	5

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