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George Sopko is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a strong emphasis on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Sopko's work spans several subfields, including Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Neurology.

Their research topics cover various aspects of cardiovascular health and disease. Key areas include:

  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
  • Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
  • Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy
  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management

Sopko frequently publishes in several prominent medical journals. The venues where they have the most publications include:

  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • American Heart Journal Plus Cardiology Research and Practice
  • Circulation
  • European Heart Journal
  • Resuscitation

Their recent notable papers include the following:

  • "Surgery or Endovascular Therapy for Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia," 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Effect of Out-of-Hospital Tranexamic Acid vs Placebo on 6-Month Functional Neurologic Outcomes in Patients With Moderate or Severe Traumatic Brain Injury," 2020, JAMA
  • "Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Cardiovascular Disease," 2021, JAMA Cardiology
  • "Survival After Intravenous Versus Intraosseous Amiodarone, Lidocaine, or Placebo in Out-of-Hospital Shock-Refractory Cardiac Arrest," 2020, Circulation
  • "Research Opportunities in Autonomic Neural Mechanisms of Cardiopulmonary Regulation," 2022, JACC Basic to Translational Science

Frequent co-authors of Sopko include:

  • Carl J. Pepine
  • C. Noel Bairey Merz
  • Eileen Handberg
  • Janet Wei
  • Steven E. Reís

Best Publications

  • Effectiveness-based guidelines for the prevention of cardiovascular disease in women-2011 update: A Guideline from the American Heart Association

    Lori Mosca;Emelia J. Benjamin;Kathy Berra;Judy L. Bezanson

  • Comparison of coronary bypass surgery with angioplasty in patients with multivessel disease. The Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation (BARI) Investigators.

    MG Bourassa;RL Frye;SB King;KM Detre

  • Evidence-Based Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women

    Lori Mosca;Lawrence J. Appel;Emelia J. Benjamin;Kathy Berra

  • Coronary-Artery Bypass Surgery in Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction

    Eric J. Velazquez;Kerry L. Lee;Marek A. Deja;Anil Jain

  • Evidence-based guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in women: 2007 Update

    Lori Mosca;Carole L. Banka;Emelia J. Benjamin;Kathy Berra

  • Insights from the NHLBI-Sponsored Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) Study: Part II: gender differences in presentation, diagnosis, and outcome with regard to gender-based pathophysiology of atherosclerosis and macrovascular and microvascular coronary disease.

    C. Noel Bairey Merz;Leslee J. Shaw;Steven E. Reis;Vera Bittner

  • Coronary intervention for persistent occlusion after myocardial infarction.

    Judith S. Hochman;Gervasio A. Lamas;Christopher E. Buller;Vladimir Dzavik

  • Acute heart failure syndromes: current state and framework for future research.

    Mihai Gheorghiade;Faiez Zannad;George Sopko;Liviu Klein

  • Effectiveness-Based Guidelines for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Women—2011 Update

    Lori Mosca;Emelia J. Benjamin;Kathy Berra;Judy L. Bezanson

  • Insights from the NHLBI-Sponsored Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) Study: Part I: gender differences in traditional and novel risk factors, symptom evaluation, and gender-optimized diagnostic strategies.

    Leslee J. Shaw;C. Noel Bairey Merz;Carl J. Pepine;Steven E. Reis

  • Coronary microvascular reactivity to adenosine predicts adverse outcome in women evaluated for suspected ischemia results from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute WISE (Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation) study.

    Carl J. Pepine;R. David Anderson;Barry L. Sharaf;Steven E. Reis

  • Coronary-Artery Bypass Surgery in Patients with Ischemic Cardiomyopathy

    Eric J. Velazquez;Kerry L. Lee;Robert H. Jones;Hussein R. Al-Khalidi

  • Asymptomatic Cardiac Ischemia Pilot (ACIP) Study: Improvement of Cardiac Ischemia at 1 Year After PTCA and CABG

    Martial G. Bourassa;Genell L. Knatterud;Carl J. Pepine;George Sopko

  • Impact of the Pulmonary Artery Catheter in Critically Ill Patients: Meta-analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials

    Monica R. Shah;Vic Hasselblad;Lynne W. Stevenson;Cynthia Binanay

  • Coronary Bypass Surgery with or without Surgical Ventricular Reconstruction

    Robert H. Jones;Eric J. Velazquez;Robert E. Michler;George Sopko

  • Association of age and sex with myocardial infarction symptom presentation and in-hospital mortality

    John G. Canto;William J. Rogers;Robert J. Goldberg;Eric D. Peterson

  • Comparison of Surgical and Medical Group Survival in Patients With Left Main Coronary Artery Disease Long-term CASS Experience

    Eugene A. Caracciolo;Kathryn B. Davis;George Sopko;George C. Kaiser

  • Asymptomatic Cardiac Ischemia Pilot (ACIP) study two-year follow-up: Outcomes of patients randomized to initial strategies of medical therapy versus revascularization

    R F Davies;A D Goldberg;S Forman;C J Pepine

  • Hemorrhagic events during therapy with recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator, heparin, and aspirin for acute myocardial infarction. Results of the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI), Phase II Trial.

    Edwin G. Bovill;Michael L. Terrin;David C. Stump;Andrew D. Berke

  • Evidence-Based Guidelines for Cardiovascula r Disease Prevention in Women: 2007 Updat e

    Lori Mosca;Carole L. Banka;Emelia J. Benjamin;Kathy Berra

Frequent Co-Authors

Carl J. Pepine
Carl J. Pepine University of Florida
C. Noel Bairey Merz
C. Noel Bairey Merz Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Sheryl F. Kelsey
Sheryl F. Kelsey University of Pittsburgh
William J. Rogers
William J. Rogers University of Alabama at Birmingham
Leslee J. Shaw
Leslee J. Shaw Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Vera Bittner
Vera Bittner University of Alabama at Birmingham
Bernard R. Chaitman
Bernard R. Chaitman Saint Louis University
Eric J. Velazquez
Eric J. Velazquez Yale University
Steven E. Lipshultz
Steven E. Lipshultz University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Kerry L. Lee
Kerry L. Lee Duke University

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