William J. McKenna

2.4k total papers · 107.8k total citations
712 papers, 59.8k 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 59.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 587 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, Hugh Watkins, Gaetano Thiene, Srijita Sen‐Chowdhry, 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 57.6k citations

Hit Papers

2014 ESC Guidelines on di... 1981 2026 1996 2011 2014 1996 2001 2007 1994 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
What are hit papers?

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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. 2014 ESC Guidelines on diagnosis and management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
    2014 2.9k citations Perry Elliott, Aris Anastasakis et al. European Heart Journal profile →
  2. Report of the 1995 World Health Organization/International Society and Federation of Cardiology Task Force on the Definition and Classification of Cardiomyopathies
    1996 2.4k citations William J. McKenna, Bernhard Maisch et al. Circulation profile →
  3. Effects of Multisite Biventricular Pacing in Patients with Heart Failure and Intraventricular Conduction Delay
    2001 1.9k citations Serge Cazeau, Christophe Leclercq et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  4. 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, Eloisa Arbustini et al. European Heart Journal profile →
  5. 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 →
  6. A molecular basis for familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A β cardiac myosin heavy chain gene missense mutation
    1990 971 citations Anja A. T. Geisterfer-Lowrance, Susan Kass et al. Cell profile →
  7. Differentiation of Heart Failure Related to Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Coronary Artery Disease Using Gadolinium-Enhanced Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
    2003 805 citations Jane McCrohon, James Moon et al. Circulation profile →
  8. α-tropomyosin and cardiac troponin T mutations cause familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A disease of the sarcomere
    1994 779 citations Ludwig Thierfelder, Hugh Watkins et al. Cell profile →
  9. Identification of a deletion in plakoglobin in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy with palmoplantar keratoderma and woolly hair (Naxos disease)
    2000 748 citations Godfrina McKoy, Nikos Protonotarios et al. The Lancet profile →
  10. A novel clinical risk prediction model for sudden cardiac death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM Risk-SCD)
    2013 725 citations Constantinos O’Mahony, Fatima Jichi et al. European Heart Journal profile →
  11. The Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
    1997 688 citations Paolo Spirito, Christine E. Seidman et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  12. Spectrum of Clinicopathologic Manifestations of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy/Dysplasia: A Multicenter Study
    1997 676 citations Domenico Corrado, Cristina Basso et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  13. Mutations in the Genes for Cardiac Troponin T and α-Tropomyosin in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
    1995 673 citations Hugh Watkins, William J. McKenna et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  14. Long-term benefits of biventricular pacing in congestive heart failure: results from the MUltisite STimulation in cardiomyopathy (MUSTIC) study
    2002 660 citations Cecilia Linde, Christophe Leclercq et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  15. The Myoblast Autologous Grafting in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy (MAGIC) Trial
    2008 641 citations William J. McKenna, Scott D. Solomon et al. Circulation profile →
  16. Sudden death in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: identification of high risk patients
    2000 634 citations Perry Elliott, Jan Poloniecki et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  17. Prognostic Significance of Myocardial Fibrosis in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
    2010 594 citations Rory O’Hanlon, Agata Grasso et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  18. Toward clinical risk assessment inhypertrophic cardiomyopathy withgadolinium cardiovascular magnetic resonance
    2003 530 citations James Moon, William J. McKenna et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  19. Characteristics and Prognostic Implications of Myosin Missense Mutations in Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
    1992 526 citations Hugh Watkins, Anthony Rosenzweig et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  20. Prognosis in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Role of age and clinical, electrocardiographic and hemodynamic features
    1981 453 citations William J. McKenna, John Deanfield et al. The American Journal of Cardiology profile →
  21. Classification, Epidemiology, and Global Burden of Cardiomyopathies
    2017 316 citations William J. McKenna, Barry J. Maron et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
William J. McKenna 52.7k 12.0k 5.7k 5.4k 4.8k 712 59.8k
Barry J. Maron 68.0k 1.3× 7.8k 0.7× 8.8k 1.6× 10.2k 1.9× 5.0k 1.0× 742 74.5k
Jeffrey A. Towbin 36.4k 0.7× 19.6k 1.6× 5.7k 1.0× 5.4k 1.0× 1.3k 0.3× 495 45.4k
Perry Elliott 29.4k 0.6× 7.2k 0.6× 3.9k 0.7× 5.6k 1.0× 806 0.2× 521 37.6k
Michael J. Ackerman 36.2k 0.7× 18.4k 1.5× 3.1k 0.6× 2.5k 0.5× 1.0k 0.2× 822 44.6k
Thomas J. Wang 20.9k 0.4× 8.0k 0.7× 4.8k 0.8× 5.0k 0.9× 1.1k 0.2× 451 42.9k
Pamela S. Douglas 26.1k 0.5× 3.0k 0.2× 7.8k 1.4× 4.6k 0.8× 1.3k 0.3× 675 39.1k
Stephen E. Epstein 28.6k 0.5× 8.0k 0.7× 11.0k 1.9× 6.0k 1.1× 498 0.1× 526 46.2k
Hugh Calkins 49.7k 0.9× 2.0k 0.2× 6.1k 1.1× 2.3k 0.4× 3.9k 0.8× 738 54.5k
Pieter A. Doevendans 13.5k 0.3× 9.6k 0.8× 6.4k 1.1× 1.7k 0.3× 672 0.1× 649 27.3k
James T. Willerson 21.0k 0.4× 9.3k 0.8× 16.9k 3.0× 6.0k 1.1× 371 0.1× 631 47.7k

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