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Gregg C. Fonarow publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gregg C. Fonarow sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 1,429 publications — 99th percentile

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Gregg C. Fonarow D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gregg C. Fonarow sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Gregg C. Fonarow is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a specialization in cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Other subfields of their work include endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, epidemiology, economics and econometrics, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist has contributed extensively to studies on heart failure treatment and management, which represents the main topic area covered in their publications. Additional main topics of their research include cardiovascular function and risk factors, diabetes treatment and management, cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, acute ischemic stroke management, atrial fibrillation management and outcomes, as well as health systems, economic evaluations, and quality of life.

Frequent publication venues for their work comprise the following journals:

  • JAMA Cardiology
  • JACC Heart Failure
  • Journal of Cardiac Failure
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • European Journal of Heart Failure

They have co-authored numerous papers with key collaborators such as Stephen J. Greene, Javed Butler, Clyde W. Yancy, Adam D. DeVore, and Muthiah Vaduganathan.

Their recent scholarly output includes the following papers:

  • 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure (2022) published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Universal definition and classification of heart failure: a report of the Heart Failure Society of America, Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology, Japanese Heart Failure Society and Writing Committee of the Universal Definition of Heart Failure (2021) published in European Journal of Heart Failure
  • 2021 Update to the 2017 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway for Optimization of Heart Failure Treatment: Answers to 10 Pivotal Issues About Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction (2021) published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: Executive Summary (2022) published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Association of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) With Myocardial Injury and Mortality (2020) published in JAMA Cardiology

Best Publications

  • 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

    Clyde W. Yancy;Mariell Jessup;Biykem Bozkurt;Javed Butler

  • 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: Executive Summary A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

    Clyde W. Yancy;Mariell Jessup;Biykem Bozkurt;Javed Butler

  • Defining and Setting National Goals for Cardiovascular Health Promotion and Disease Reduction The American Heart Association’s Strategic Impact Goal Through 2020 and Beyond

    Donald M. Lloyd-Jones;Yuling Hong;Darwin Labarthe;Dariush Mozaffarian

  • 2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Failure Society of America

    Clyde W. Yancy;Mariell Jessup;Biykem Bozkurt;Javed Butler

  • AHA/ACC Guidelines for Secondary Prevention for Patients With Coronary and Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease: 2006 Update Endorsed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

    Sidney C. Smith Jr.;Jerilyn Allen;Steven N. Blair;Robert O. Bonow

  • Forecasting the Impact of Heart Failure in the United States A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association

    Paul A. Heidenreich;Nancy M. Albert;Larry A. Allen;David A. Bluemke

  • Characteristics and outcomes of patients hospitalized for heart failure in the United States: rationale, design, and preliminary observations from the first 100,000 cases in the Acute Decompensated Heart Failure National Registry (ADHERE)

    Kirkwood F. Adams;Gregg C. Fonarow;Charles L. Emerman;Thierry H. LeJemtel

  • Epidemiology and risk profile of heart failure

    Anh L. Bui;Tamara B. Horwich;Gregg C. Fonarow

  • 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS guideline for management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society.

    Sana M. Al-Khatib;William G. Stevenson;Michael J. Ackerman;William J. Bryant

  • The global health and economic burden of hospitalizations for heart failure: lessons learned from hospitalized heart failure registries.

    Andrew P. Ambrosy;Gregg C. Fonarow;Javed Butler;Ovidiu Chioncel

  • Evaluation study of congestive heart failure and pulmonary artery catheterization effectiveness

    James A. Hill;Daniel F. Pauly;Debra R. Olitsky;Stuart Russell

  • Epidemiology and aetiology of heart failure

    Boback Ziaeian;Gregg C. Fonarow

  • Risk Stratification for In-Hospital Mortality in Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure: Classification and Regression Tree Analysis

    Gregg C. Fonarow;Kirkwood F. Adams;William T. Abraham;Clyde W. Yancy

  • Effect of nesiritide in patients with acute decompensated heart failure.

    C. M. O'Connor;R. C. Starling;A. F. Hernandez;P. W. Armstrong

  • Characteristics, treatments, and outcomes of patients with preserved systolic function hospitalized for heart failure: a report from the OPTIMIZE-HF Registry.

    Gregg C. Fonarow;Wendy Gattis Stough;William T. Abraham;Nancy M. Albert

  • Clinical Presentation, Management, and In-Hospital Outcomes of Patients Admitted With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure With Preserved Systolic Function: A Report From the Acute Decompensated Heart Failure National Registry (ADHERE) Database

    Clyde W. Yancy;Margarita Lopatin;Lynne Warner Stevenson;Teresa De Marco

  • 2014 ACC/AHA/AATS/PCNA/SCAI/STS Focused Update of the Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Patients With Stable Ischemic Heart Disease : A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines, and the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, and Society of Thoracic Surgeons

    Stephan D. Fihn;James C. Blankenship;Karen P. Alexander;John A. Bittl

  • 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS guideline for management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death: Executive summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society.

    Sana M. Al-Khatib;William G. Stevenson;Michael J. Ackerman;William J. Bryant

  • Relationship between early physician follow-up and 30-day readmission among medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for heart failure

    Adrian F. Hernandez;Melissa A. Greiner;Gregg C. Fonarow;Bradley G. Hammill

  • 2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure

    Clyde W. Yancy;Mariell Jessup;Biykem Bozkurt;Javed Butler

Frequent Co-Authors

Adrian F. Hernandez
Adrian F. Hernandez Duke University
Deepak L. Bhatt
Deepak L. Bhatt Mount Sinai Hospital
Eric D. Peterson
Eric D. Peterson The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Clyde W. Yancy
Clyde W. Yancy Northwestern University
Lee H. Schwamm
Lee H. Schwamm Harvard University
Ali Ahmed
Ali Ahmed Georgetown University
Eric E. Smith
Eric E. Smith University of Calgary
Paul A. Heidenreich
Paul A. Heidenreich Stanford University
Mihai Gheorghiade
Mihai Gheorghiade Northwestern University
Javed Butler
Javed Butler University of Mississippi

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