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Overview

James D. Thomas is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States and has an active research profile primarily within the field of Medicine, focusing extensively on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

Their most frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Circulation
  • Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
  • JACC. Cardiovascular imaging
  • Echocardiography

The scientist's principal fields of study and subfields span:

  • Medicine
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Epidemiology
  • Surgery
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Main research topics include:

  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
  • Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments
  • Congenital Heart Disease Studies

Recent notable papers are:

  • Utility of a Deep-Learning Algorithm to Guide Novices to Acquire Echocardiograms for Limited Diagnostic Use, 2021, JAMA Cardiology
  • Atrial Functional Mitral Regurgitation, 2022, JACC. Cardiovascular imaging
  • Deep Learning Algorithm for Automated Cardiac Murmur Detection via a Digital Stethoscope Platform, 2021, Journal of the American Heart Association
  • Clinical Characteristics and Transplant-Free Survival Across the Spectrum of Pulmonary Vascular Disease, 2022, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Deep Learning-Based Automated Echocardiographic Quantification of Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction: A Point-of-Care Solution, 2021, Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging

Frequent collaborators with whom James D. Thomas has co-authored multiple publications include:

  • Patrick M. McCarthy
  • Akhil Narang
  • Jeesoo Lee
  • Michael Markl
  • Jyothy Puthumana

Best Publications

  • 2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease

    Rick A. Nishimura;Catherine M. Otto;Robert O. Bonow;Blase A. Carabello

  • 2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

    Rick A. Nishimura;Catherine M. Otto;Robert O. Bonow;Blase A. Carabello

  • Recommendations for Noninvasive Evaluation of Native Valvular Regurgitation: A Report from the American Society of Echocardiography Developed in Collaboration with the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

    William A. Zoghbi;David Adams;Robert O. Bonow;Maurice Enriquez-Sarano

  • 2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: Executive Summary A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

    Rick A. Nishimura;Catherine M. Otto;Robert O. Bonow;Blase A. Carabello

  • Current and evolving echocardiographic techniques for the quantitative evaluation of cardiac mechanics: ASE/EAE consensus statement on methodology and indications endorsed by the Japanese society of echocardiography

    Victor Mor-Avi;Roberto M. Lang;Luigi P. Badano;Marek Belohlavek

  • Definitions for a common standard for 2D speckle tracking echocardiography: consensus document of the EACVI/ASE/Industry Task Force to standardize deformation imaging

    Jens Uwe Voigt;Gianni Pedrizzetti;Gianni Pedrizzetti;Peter Lysyansky;Tom H. Marwick

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

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

  • Effect of stromal-cell-derived factor 1 on stem-cell homing and tissue regeneration in ischaemic cardiomyopathy.

    Arman T Askari;Samuel Unzek;Zoran B Popovic;Corey K Goldman

  • New Doppler echocardiographic applications for the study of diastolic function

    Mario J Garcia;James D Thomas;Allan L Klein

  • Standardization of left atrial, right ventricular, and right atrial deformation imaging using two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography: a consensus document of the EACVI/ASE/Industry Task Force to standardize deformation imaging.

    Luigi P. Badano;Theodore J. Kolias;Denisa Muraru;Theodore P. Abraham

  • 2014 AHA/ACC guideline for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

    Rick A. Nishimura;Catherine M. Otto;Robert O. Bonow;Blase A. Carabello

  • Measurement of ventricular torsion by two-dimensional ultrasound speckle tracking imaging

    Yuichi Notomi;Peter Lysyansky;Randolph M. Setser;Takahiro Shiota

  • Relative ‘apical sparing’ of longitudinal strain using two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography is both sensitive and specific for the diagnosis of cardiac amyloidosis

    Dermot Phelan;Patrick Collier;Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan;Zoran B Popović

  • Doppler-Derived Myocardial Systolic Strain Rate Is a Strong Index of Left Ventricular Contractility

    Neil L. Greenberg;Michael S. Firstenberg;Peter L. Castro;Michael Main

  • Myocardial strain measurement with 2-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography: definition of normal range.

    Thomas H. Marwick;Rodel L. Leano;Joseph Brown;Jing Ping Sun

  • Differentiation of Constrictive Pericarditis From Restrictive Cardiomyopathy: Assessment of Left Ventricular Diastolic Velocities in Longitudinal Axis by Doppler Tissue Imaging

    Mario J. Garcia;Leonardo Rodriguez;Miguel Ares;Brian P. Griffin

  • Head-to-Head Comparison of Global Longitudinal Strain Measurements among Nine Different Vendors: The EACVI/ASE Inter-Vendor Comparison Study.

    Konstantinos E. Farsalinos;Ana M. Daraban;Serkan Ünlü;James D. Thomas

  • Effect of Transendocardial Delivery of Autologous Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cells on Functional Capacity, Left Ventricular Function, and Perfusion in Chronic Heart Failure: The FOCUS-CCTRN Trial

    Emerson C. Perin;James T. Willerson;Carl J. Pepine;Timothy D. Henry

  • Effect of Aging and Physical Activity on Left Ventricular Compliance

    Armin Arbab-Zadeh;Erika Dijk;Anand Prasad;Qi Fu

  • Echocardiographic Doppler evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function. Physics and physiology.

    James D. Thomas;Arthur E. Weyman

Frequent Co-Authors

Zoran B. Popović
Zoran B. Popović Cleveland Clinic
Patrick M. McCarthy
Patrick M. McCarthy Northwestern University
Thomas H. Marwick
Thomas H. Marwick Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
Arthur E. Weyman
Arthur E. Weyman Harvard University
Allan L. Klein
Allan L. Klein Cleveland Clinic
William J. Stewart
William J. Stewart Cleveland Clinic
Brian P. Griffin
Brian P. Griffin Cleveland Clinic
Neil Greenberg
Neil Greenberg King's College London
W.H. Wilson Tang
W.H. Wilson Tang Cleveland Clinic
Nicholas G. Smedira
Nicholas G. Smedira Cleveland Clinic

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