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Francisco Lopez-Jimenez

Francisco Lopez-Jimenez

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
94
Citations
38334
World Ranking
10364
National Ranking
5332

Overview

Francisco Lopez-Jimenez is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in the United States and has a research focus primarily in the field of medicine, with an emphasis on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Their work spans several subfields, including:

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Surgery
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Physiology

The main topics investigated by Francisco Lopez-Jimenez include:

  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • ECG Monitoring and Analysis
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors

Recent notable publications include:

  • "Detection of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Using a Convolutional Neural Network-Enabled Electrocardiogram," 2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "Artificial intelligence-enabled electrocardiograms for identification of patients with low ejection fraction: a pragmatic, randomized clinical trial," 2021, Nature Medicine
  • "Obesity and cardiovascular disease: mechanistic insights and management strategies. A joint position paper by the World Heart Federation and World Obesity Federation," 2022, European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
  • "Artificial Intelligence in Cardiology: Present and Future," 2020, Mayo Clinic Proceedings
  • "Electrocardiogram screening for aortic valve stenosis using artificial intelligence," 2021, European Heart Journal

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Francisco Lopez-Jimenez include:

  • Paul A. Friedman
  • Zachi I. Attia
  • Peter A. Noseworthy
  • José R. Medina-Inojosa
  • Suraj Kapa

In terms of publication venues, their work often appears in:

  • Circulation
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Mayo Clinic Proceedings
  • European Heart Journal
  • European Heart Journal - Digital Health

Best Publications

  • Association of bodyweight with total mortality and with cardiovascular events in coronary artery disease: a systematic review of cohort studies

    Abel Romero-Corral;Victor M Montori;Virend K Somers;Josef Korinek

  • Accuracy of body mass index in diagnosing obesity in the adult general population.

    A Romero-Corral;V K Somers;J Sierra-Johnson;J Sierra-Johnson;R J Thomas

  • Diagnostic performance of body mass index to identify obesity as defined by body adiposity: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    D. O. Okorodudu;M. F. Jumean;V. M. Montori;A. Romero-Corral

  • An artificial intelligence-enabled ECG algorithm for the identification of patients with atrial fibrillation during sinus rhythm: a retrospective analysis of outcome prediction.

    Zachi I Attia;Peter A Noseworthy;Francisco Lopez-Jimenez;Samuel J Asirvatham

  • Assessing Adiposity A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

    Marc Andre Cornier;Jean Pierre Després;Nichola Davis;Daurice A. Grossniklaus

  • Screening for cardiac contractile dysfunction using an artificial intelligence–enabled electrocardiogram

    Zachi I. Attia;Suraj Kapa;Francisco Lopez-Jimenez;Paul M. McKie

  • Interactions Between Obesity and Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Implications for Treatment

    Abel Romero-Corral;Sean M. Caples;Francisco Lopez-Jimenez;Virend K. Somers

  • Normal weight obesity: a risk factor for cardiometabolic dysregulation and cardiovascular mortality

    Abel Romero-Corral;Virend K. Somers;Justo Sierra-Johnson;Yoel Korenfeld

  • The concept of normal weight obesity.

    Estefania Oliveros;Virend K. Somers;Ondrej Sochor;Kashish Goel

  • Percutaneously implantable replacement heart valve device and method of making same

    David Paniagua;Eduardo Induni;Carlos Mejia;Francisco Lopez-Jimenez

  • Normal-Weight Central Obesity: Implications for Total and Cardiovascular Mortality

    Karine R. Sahakyan;Virend Somers;Juan P. Rodriguez-Escudero;David O. Hodge

  • Central obesity and survival in subjects with coronary artery disease: a systematic review of the literature and collaborative analysis with individual subject data.

    Thais Coutinho;Kashish Goel;Daniel Corrêa de Sá;Charlotte Kragelund

  • Diagnostic performance of body mass index to identify obesity as defined by body adiposity in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

    A. Javed;M. Jumean;Mohammad H Murad;D. Okorodudu

  • Sarcopenia, sarcopenic obesity and mortality in older adults: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III

    J A Batsis;T A Mackenzie;L K Barre;F Lopez-Jimenez

  • Meta-Analysis of the Relation of Body Mass Index to All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality and Hospitalization in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure

    Abhishek Sharma;Carl J. Lavie;Jeffrey S. Borer;Ajay Vallakati

  • Combining body mass index with measures of central obesity in the assessment of mortality in subjects with coronary disease: role of "normal weight central obesity".

    Thais Coutinho;Kashish Goel;Daniel Corrêa De Sá;Rickey E. Carter

  • Secondary Prevention After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

    Alexander Kulik;Marc Ruel;Hani Jneid;T. Bruce Ferguson

  • Variation in the prevalence of sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity in older adults associated with different research definitions: dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2004.

    John A. Batsis;Laura K. Barre;Todd A. Mackenzie;Sarah I. Pratt

  • Day-night variation of acute myocardial infarction in obstructive sleep apnea

    Fatima H. Sert Kuniyoshi;Fatima H. Sert Kuniyoshi;Arturo Garcia-Touchard;Apoor S. Gami;Abel Romero-Corral

  • Independent Association Between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Subclinical Coronary Artery Disease

    Dan Sorajja;Apoor S. Gami;Virend K. Somers;Thomas R. Behrenbeck

Frequent Co-Authors

Virend K. Somers
Virend K. Somers Mayo Clinic
Paul A. Friedman
Paul A. Friedman Mayo Clinic
Rickey E. Carter
Rickey E. Carter Mayo Clinic
Stephen J. Bartels
Stephen J. Bartels Harvard University
Sherry L. Grace
Sherry L. Grace University Health Network
Amir Lerman
Amir Lerman Mayo Clinic
Michael G. Sarr
Michael G. Sarr Mayo Clinic

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