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115
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World Ranking
4433
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2416

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Distinguished Teacher Award, American College of Cardiology (ACC)

Overview

Gary S. Francis is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research spans several fields with a notable focus on medicine and health professions, particularly within subfields such as surgery, general health professions, infectious diseases, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's recent publications cover a variety of topics related to cardiovascular health, heart failure, and infectious diseases, including clinical studies and treatment approaches. Notable recent papers include:

  • Intracoronary ALLogeneic heart STem cells to Achieve myocardial Regeneration (ALLSTAR): a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded trial (2020), European Heart Journal
  • Update on COVID-19 Myocarditis (2020), Medicina
  • PCSK9 inhibitors and their use in advanced heart failure and heart transplant recipients (2020), Vessel Plus
  • Hypotension on cardiopulmonary stress test predicts 90 day mortality after LVAD implantation in INTERMACS 3-6 patients (2022), ESC Heart Failure
  • Heart Failure Care Delivery in the COVID-19 Era: The Patients' Perspective (2021), Healthcare

Their frequent coauthors highlight ongoing collaborations with several researchers, including L. Gilheany-Black, K. Buswell, K. Turner, Tamás Alexy, and Valmiki Maharaj. These collaborations indicate a team-oriented approach to research within related medical specialties.

Gary S. Francis's work is published frequently in several venues that focus on cardiology and associated health outcomes. The most common publication venues for their work are:

  • Heart Lung and Circulation
  • Journal of Cardiac Failure
  • European Heart Journal
  • Medicina
  • Vessel Plus

The scientist's primary research topics center on primary care and health outcomes, cardiac structural anomalies and repair, mechanical circulatory support devices, cardiac arrest and resuscitation, healthcare policy and management, global health workforce issues, and COVID-19 clinical research studies. These areas reflect a broad yet interconnected expertise in cardiovascular and health services fields.

Among the awards received, Gary S. Francis was recognized with the Distinguished Teacher Award by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) in 2014, which reflects contributions to medical education within the cardiology community.

Best Publications

  • 2009 Focused Update Incorporated Into the ACC/AHA 2005 Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Heart Failure in Adults A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines: Developed in Collaboration With the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation

    Sharon Ann Hunt;William T. Abraham;Marshall H. Chin;Arthur M. Feldman

  • Plasma Norepinephrine as a Guide to Prognosis in Patients with Chronic Congestive Heart Failure

    Cohn Jn;Levine Tb;Olivari Mt;Garberg

  • A Comparison of Enalapril with Hydralazine–Isosorbide Dinitrate in the Treatment of Chronic Congestive Heart Failure

    Jay N Cohn;Gary Johnson;Susan Ziesche;Frederick Cobb

  • Effect of vasodilator therapy on mortality in chronic congestive heart failure. Results of a Veterans Administration Cooperative Study.

    Jay N. Cohn;Donald G. Archibald;Susan Ziesche;Joseph A. Franciosa

  • The effect of digoxin on mortality and morbidity in patients with heart failure

    G Perry;E Brown;R Thornton;T Shiva

  • ACC/AHA 2005 Guideline Update for the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult

    Sharon Ann Hunt;William T. Abraham;Marshall H. Chin

  • ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult: Executive Summary A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Revise the 1995 Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Heart Failure)

    Sharon A Hunt;David W Baker;Marshall H Chin;Michael P Cinquegrani

  • Comparison of neuroendocrine activation in patients with left ventricular dysfunction with and without congestive heart failure. A substudy of the Studies of Left Ventricular Dysfunction (SOLVD).

    Gary S. Francis;Claude Benedict;David E. Johnstone;Philip C. Kirlin

  • ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult: Executive Summary A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Revise the 1995 Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Heart Failure): Developed in Collaboration With the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation; Endorsed by the Heart Failure Society of America.

    Sharon A Hunt;David W Baker;Marshall H Chin;Michael P Cinquegrani

  • 2009 Focused Update: ACCF/AHA Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Heart Failure in Adults

    Mariell Jessup;William T. Abraham;Donald E. Casey;Arthur M. Feldman

  • 2012 ACCF/AATS/SCAI/STS Expert Consensus Document on Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

    David R. Holmes;Michael J. Mack;Sanjay Kaul;Arvind Agnihotri

  • Importance of Venous Congestion for Worsening of Renal Function in Advanced Decompensated Heart Failure

    Wilfried Mullens;Zuheir Abrahams;Gary S. Francis;George Sokos

  • National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory Medicine Practice Guidelines: clinical characteristics and utilization of biochemical markers in acute coronary syndromes.

    David A. Morrow;Christopher P. Cannon;Robert L. Jesse;L. Kristin Newby

  • Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Heart Failure Report of the American College of Cardiology/ American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Evaluation and Management of Heart Failure)

    John F. Williams;Michael R. Bristow;Michael B. Fowler;Gary S. Francis

  • Activity of the sympathetic nervous system and renin-angiotensin system assessed by plasma hormone levels and their relation to hemodynamic abnormalities in congestive heart failure☆

    T.Barry Levine;Gary S. Francis;Steven R. Goldsmith;Ada B. Simon

  • The neurohumoral axis in congestive heart failure.

    Gary S Francis;Steven Goldsmith;T. B. Levine;M. T. Olivari

  • Decision Making in Advanced Heart Failure A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

    Larry A. Allen;Lynne W. Stevenson;Kathleen L. Grady;Nathan E. Goldstein

  • ACC/AHA 2005 Guideline Update for the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult—Summary Article

    Sharon Ann Hunt;William T. Abraham;Marshall H. Chin

  • Effect of Vasodilator Therapy on Mortality in Chronic Congestive Heart Failure. Results of a Veterans Administration Cooperative Study

    J. Cohn;D. Archibald;S. Ziesche;J. Franciosa

  • 555 Importance of venous congestion for worsening of renal function in advanced decompensated heart failure

    W. Mullens;Z. Abrahams;G. Francis;G. Sokos

Frequent Co-Authors

Jay N. Cohn
Jay N. Cohn University of Minnesota
W.H. Wilson Tang
W.H. Wilson Tang Cleveland Clinic
James B. Young
James B. Young Cleveland Clinic
Mariell Jessup
Mariell Jessup American Heart Association
Randall C. Starling
Randall C. Starling Cleveland Clinic
Lynne W. Stevenson
Lynne W. Stevenson Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Donna Mancini
Donna Mancini Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Marvin A. Konstam
Marvin A. Konstam Tufts Medical Center
Mihai Gheorghiade
Mihai Gheorghiade Northwestern University
Theodore G. Ganiats
Theodore G. Ganiats University of California, San Diego

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