Criteria for Operability and Reduction of Surgical Mortality in Patients with Severe Left Ventricular Ischemia and Dysfunction

Maximum utilization of the life table method in analyzing survival

1958 • 2,937 citations

The use of biplane angiocardiography for the measurement of left ventricular volume in man

1960 • 1,284 citations

Progress Study of 590 Consecutive Nonsurgical Cases of Coronary Disease Followed 5-9 Years

1973 • 550 citations

Treatment of Chronic Stable Angina

1977 • 492 citations

Progress Study of 590 Consecutive Nonsurgical Cases of Coronary Disease Followed 5-9 Years

1973 • 311 citations

Functional, metabolic, and morphologic effects of potassium-induced cardioplegia.

1973 • 295 citations

Influence of Direct Myocardial Revascularization on Left Ventricular Asynergy and Function in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease

1973 • 294 citations

Left ventricular ejection fraction as a prognostic guide in surgical treatment of coronary and valvular heart disease

1974 • 279 citations

Natural history of coronary artery disease.

1972 • 224 citations

Natural history of severe proximal coronary artery disease as documented by coronary cineangiography

1974 • 213 citations

Prognosis in medically-treated coronary artery disease: influence of ejection fraction compared to other parameters.

1975 • 210 citations

Aortocoronary Saphenous-Vein Bypass

1974 • 158 citations

Coronary artery bypass grafts for congestive heart failure

1971 • 122 citations

Ischemic cardiomyopathy: The myopathy of coronary artery disease

1974 • 107 citations

Risk Factors in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

1972 • 99 citations

Myocardial revascularization for the patient with drastic impairment of function of the left ventricle

1977 • 92 citations

Clinical and hemodynamic criteria for use of the intra-aortic balloon pump in patients requiring cardiac surgery

1976 • 81 citations

Aortocoronary Saphenous Vein Bypass

1973 • 76 citations

Selection of the candidate for myocardial revascularization

1975 • 71 citations

The “bad” left ventricle

1976 • 66 citations

Ischemic cardiomyopathy: Medical versus surgical treatment

1977 • 59 citations

Effects of Surgery on Angina (Pre- and Postinfarction) and Myocardial Function (Failure)

1972 • 57 citations

Advantages of Potassium Cardioplegia and Perfusion Hypothermia in Left Ventricular Hypertrophy

1977 • 52 citations

Predictors of surgical mortality in patients undergoing direct myocardial revascularization.

1974 • 51 citations

Influence of hypertonic mannitol on ventricular performance and coronary blood flow in patients.

1975 • 50 citations

Natural history of severe proximal coronary disease as defined by cineangiography (200 patients, 7 year followup)

1972 • 48 citations

Direct Coronary Arterial Revascularization

1971 • 48 citations

Treatment of postinfarction cardiac failure by myocardial excision and revascularization.

1972 • 42 citations

Determinants of Survival After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

1973 • 41 citations

Long-term survival following coronary bypass surgery in patients with significant impairment of left ventricular function.

1975 • 41 citations

Coronary Artery Bypass

1973 • 35 citations

Propranolol therapy in patients undergoing myocardial revascularization

1976 • 33 citations

Coronary Artery Bypass

1973 • 27 citations

Ventricular dysfunction in coronary artery disease

1974 • 25 citations

Coronary Artery Bypass in Totally Obstructed Major Coronary Arteries

1971 • 22 citations

Influence of left ventricular function on early prognosis in atherosclerotic heart disease

1974 • 21 citations

Myocardial revascularization in patients with poor ventricular function

1975 • 20 citations

Operability of End Stage Coronary Artery Disease

1972 • 20 citations

Long-term functional results of surgery for coronary artery disease in patients with poor ventricular function

1975 • 14 citations

Early and Late Results after Surgical Treatment of Preinfarction Angina

1976 • 14 citations

Prognosis in coronary artery disease: Arteriographic, ventriculographic, and hemodynamic factors

1978 • 9 citations

Ten-year follow-up of 601 nonsurgical cases of angiographically documented coronary disease: Angiographic correlations

1978 • 8 citations

Long-term follow-up after coronary artery bypass

1978 • 8 citations

Survival following aortocoronary bypass graft surgery

1978 • 6 citations