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Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair

Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 46k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on surgical ventricular reconstruction and repair in the context of myocardial infarction, including topics such as postinfarction ventricular septal defect, ischemic and dilated cardiomyopathy, cardiac support devices, and coronary artery bypass. The papers discuss risk factors, outcomes, and various surgical techniques for addressing ventricular complications following myocardial infarction.

  • Ventricular Reconstruction
  • Myocardial Infarction
  • Surgical Repair
  • Left Ventricular
  • Cardiac Support Device
  • Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defect
  • Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
  • Dilated Cardiomyopathy
  • Cardiac Rupture
  • Coronary Artery Bypass
Research works
46k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+34%
the tick is no change

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2.9k and 776 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 2.9k works
  2. 2 China 776 works
  3. 3 Japan 584 works
  4. 4 Italy 452 works
  5. 5 Germany 408 works
  6. 6 India 355 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 287 works
  8. 8 Spain 271 works
  9. 9 France 181 works
  10. 10 Canada 172 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 45.7%China: 12.1%Japan: 9.1%Italy: 7.1%6 others listed: 26.1%46%largest
United States2,930 · 45.7%China776 · 12.1%Japan584 · 9.1%Italy452 · 7.1%6 others listed1,674 · 26.1%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Cleveland Clinic publishes the most Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair research, followed by Mayo Clinic in Arizona and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College.

Who are the leading researchers in Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair include E. Murat Tuzcu, Robert O. Bonow and Patrizio Lancellotti.

  1. 1 E. Murat Tuzcu United States 4.7k citations
  2. 2 Robert O. Bonow United States 4.5k citations
  3. 3 Patrizio Lancellotti Belgium 4.1k citations
  4. 4 Piotr Ponikowski Poland 4.1k citations
  5. 5 Jeroen J. Bax Netherlands 3.9k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair research done?

The largest centres of Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair research in 2022–2025 are New York (United States), Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan) and Cleveland (United States).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 New York United States 164 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 144 works
  3. 3 Tokyo Japan 118 works
  4. 4 Cleveland United States 112 works
  5. 5 London United Kingdom 110 works
  6. 6 Philadelphia United States 105 works
  7. 7 Boston United States 98 works
  8. 8 Houston United States 92 works
  9. 9 Madrid Spain 90 works
  10. 10 Rome Italy 76 works
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Where is the best place to study Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair?

Among universities, judged by research, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%mean 9.53%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Medizinische Hochschule Hannover: 19, 12.3%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 42, 16.2%Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: 37, 6.9%Vita-Salute San Raffaele University: 9, 15.4%Medical University of Vienna: 16, 8.3%The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston: 16, 7.8%Albert Einstein College of Medicine: 11, 13.4%Baylor College of Medicine: 27, 2.9%New York Medical College: 10, 2.5%University of Padua: 31, 9.6%Chinese Academy of M…Vita-Salute San Raff…Medizinische Hochsch…Icahn School of Medi…
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#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Medizinische Hochschule HannoverGermany 60.912.3%10.5×19 +109.9%
2 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 56.916.2%5.2×42 +89.0%
3 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States 53.46.9%9.2×37 +29.8%
4 Vita-Salute San Raffaele UniversityItaly 53.215.4%8.4×9 +43.8%
5 Medical University of ViennaAustria 47.88.3%6.2×16 +94.1%
6 The University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonUnited States 46.77.8%6.6×16 +156.2%
7 Albert Einstein College of MedicineUnited States 46.513.4%7.2×11 +36.7%
8 Baylor College of MedicineUnited States 46.22.9%8.3×27 +95.5%
9 New York Medical CollegeUnited States 45.72.5%15.8×10 +171.0%
10 University of PaduaItaly 45.29.6%4.7×31 +30.1%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 34% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair.

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Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.