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Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices

Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 48k research works in it since 1950. 13.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on advancements in mechanical circulatory support systems, including the use of left ventricular assist devices, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, and ventricular assist devices for patients with cardiogenic shock and heart failure. It also covers topics such as cardiac resuscitation, percutaneous coronary intervention, thrombosis, and hemodynamic support.

  • Left Ventricular Assist Device
  • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
  • Cardiogenic Shock
  • Heart Failure
  • ECMO
  • Ventricular Assist Device
  • Cardiac Resuscitation
  • Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
  • Thrombosis
  • Hemodynamic Support
Research works
48k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
13.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+41%
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Which countries lead Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (3.9k and 834 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 3.9k works
  2. 2 China 834 works
  3. 3 Germany 619 works
  4. 4 Japan 537 works
  5. 5 Italy 394 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 316 works
  7. 7 France 268 works
  8. 8 Spain 254 works
  9. 9 Australia 236 works
  10. 10 Canada 234 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: 51.6%China: 10.9%Germany: 8.1%Japan: 7.0%6 others listed: 22.3%52%largest
United States3,939 · 51.6%China834 · 10.9%Germany619 · 8.1%Japan537 · 7.0%6 others listed1,702 · 22.3%

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

Which institutions lead Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Cleveland Clinic publishes the most Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices research, followed by Baylor College of Medicine and Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Cleveland ClinicUnited States 67 works
  2. 2 Baylor College of MedicineUnited States 49 works
  3. 3 Columbia University Irving Medical CenterUnited States 45 works
  4. 4 University of MichiganUnited States 43 works
  5. 5 Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States 40 works
  6. 6 University of FloridaUnited States 39 works
  7. 7 Mayo Clinic in FloridaUnited States 38 works
  8. 8 Emory UniversityUnited States 38 works
  9. 9 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 37 works
  10. 10 Medical University of ViennaAustria 37 works

Who are the leading researchers in Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices include Valentı́n Fuster, Harlan M. Krumholz and Deepak L. Bhatt.

  1. 1 Valentı́n Fuster United States 5.4k citations
  2. 2 Harlan M. Krumholz United States 4.7k citations
  3. 3 Deepak L. Bhatt United States 4.2k citations

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

Where is Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices research done?

The largest centres of Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices research in 2022–2025 are New York (United States), Beijing (China), Philadelphia (United States) and Boston (United States).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 New York United States 196 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 178 works
  3. 3 Philadelphia United States 160 works
  4. 4 Boston United States 159 works
  5. 5 Tokyo Japan 130 works
  6. 6 London United Kingdom 129 works
  7. 7 Houston United States 128 works
  8. 8 Cleveland United States 111 works
  9. 9 Baltimore United States 104 works
  10. 10 Paris France 104 works
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Where is the best place to study Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices?

Among universities, judged by research, Medical University of Vienna, Stanford University and Baylor College of Medicine 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 11.71%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Medical University of Vienna: 37, 11.0%Stanford University: 36, 17.9%Baylor College of Medicine: 49, 4.3%Innsbruck Medical University: 9, 17.8%Medical University of South Carolina: 36, 7.7%Medizinische Hochschule Hannover: 29, 7.3%Vita-Salute San Raffaele University: 10, 16.1%Monash University: 16, 19.6%Palo Alto University: 10, 5.6%University of Chicago: 31, 9.8%Stanford UniversityInnsbruck Medical Un…Medical University o…Baylor College of Me…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Medical University of ViennaAustria 65.411.0%12.8×37 +45.4%
2 Stanford UniversityUnited States 59.917.9%3.2×36 +160.1%
3 Baylor College of MedicineUnited States 58.64.3%12.9×49 +105.4%
4 Innsbruck Medical UniversityAustria 58.217.8%10.4×9 +8.2%
5 Medical University of South CarolinaUnited States 56.07.7%16.3×36 +56.1%
6 Medizinische Hochschule HannoverGermany 55.87.3%14.4×29 +56.9%
7 Vita-Salute San Raffaele UniversityItaly 55.816.1%8.0×10 +88.6%
8 Monash UniversityAustralia 51.619.6%2.1×16 +109.1%
9 Palo Alto UniversityUnited States 51.65.6%14.4×10 +209.3%
10 University of ChicagoUnited States 51.09.8%4.0×31 +341.4%

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 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices.

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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.