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Michael R. Bristow 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 Michael R. Bristow sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 619 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Michael R. Bristow 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 Michael R. Bristow sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 129 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Distinguished Fellowship Award, American College of Cardiology (ACC)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Michael R. Bristow is affiliated with the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in the United States. Their research largely focuses on medicine, with significant contributions to biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their primary areas of study include cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, molecular biology, infectious diseases, neurology, and public health. More specifically, their work covers topics such as heart failure treatment and management, cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, cardiovascular function and risk factors, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, COVID-19 clinical research studies, viral infections and immunology research, and the long-term effects of COVID-19.

Michael R. Bristow has been involved in numerous publications across several frequent venues:

  • Circulation
  • JACC Basic to Translational Science
  • Circulation Research
  • JACC Heart Failure
  • Circulation Heart Failure

Among their recent papers are:

  • Dynamic Regulation of SARS-Cov-2 Binding and Cell Entry Mechanisms in Remodeled Human Ventricular Myocardium (2020, JACC Basic to Translational Science)
  • COVID-19 and Cardiovascular Disease (2021, Circulation Research)
  • Maturation of Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes Enables Modeling of Human Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (2021, Stem Cell Reports)
  • Spironolactone in Patients With Heart Failure, Preserved Ejection Fraction, and Worsening Renal Function (2021, Journal of the American College of Cardiology)
  • lncExACT1 and DCHS2 Regulate Physiological and Pathological Cardiac Growth (2022, Circulation)

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Amrut V. Ambardekar
  • Ian A. Carroll
  • Dobromir Slavov
  • Peter M. Buttrick
  • Timothy A. McKinsey

Michael R. Bristow's professional recognition includes the Distinguished Fellowship Award from the American College of Cardiology awarded in 2014, and membership in the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Cardiac-resynchronization therapy with or without an implantable defibrillator in advanced chronic heart failure.

    Michael R Bristow;LA Leslie A Saxon;John Boehmer;Steven Krueger

  • The Effect of Carvedilol on Morbidity and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure

    M. Packer;M.R. Bristow;J.N. Cohn;W.S. Colucci

  • Report of the 1995 World Health Organization/International Society and Federation of Cardiology Task Force on the Definition and Classification of cardiomyopathies.

    P Richardson;W McKenna;M Bristow;B Maisch

  • Decreased catecholamine sensitivity and beta-adrenergic-receptor density in failing human hearts.

    Bristow Mr;Ginsburg R;Minobe W;Cubicciotti Rs

  • Beta 1- and beta 2-adrenergic-receptor subpopulations in nonfailing and failing human ventricular myocardium: coupling of both receptor subtypes to muscle contraction and selective beta 1-receptor down-regulation in heart failure.

    M R Bristow;R Ginsburg;V Umans;M Fowler

  • Carvedilol Produces Dose-Related Improvements in Left Ventricular Function and Survival in Subjects With Chronic Heart Failure

    Michael R. Bristow;Edward M. Gilbert;William T. Abraham;Kirkwood F. Adams

  • Beneficial effects of metoprolol in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

    F. Waagstein;A. Hjalmarson;K. Swedberg;M.R. Bristow

  • β-Adrenergic Receptor Blockade in Chronic Heart Failure

    Michael R. Bristow

  • A trial of the beta-blocker bucindolol in patients with advanced chronic heart failure.

    Eric J Eichhorn;Michael J Domanski;Heidi Krause-Steinrauf

  • Mechanisms and Models in Heart Failure The Biomechanical Model and Beyond

    Douglas L. Mann;Michael R. Bristow

  • 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

  • Association of Serum Digoxin Concentration and Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure

    Saif S. Rathore;Jeptha P. Curtis;Yongfei Wang;Michael R. Bristow

  • Economic impact of heart failure in the United States: time for a different approach.

    J B O'Connell;M R Bristow

  • Carvedilol Inhibits Clinical Progression in Patients With Mild Symptoms of Heart Failure

    Wilson S. Colucci;Milton Packer;Michael R. Bristow;E. Michael Gilbert

  • Assessment of the beta-adrenergic receptor pathway in the intact failing human heart: progressive receptor down-regulation and subsensitivity to agonist response.

    M B Fowler;J A Laser;G L Hopkins;W Minobe

  • Anthracycline cardiomyopathy monitored by morphologic changes.

    Billingham Me;Mason Jw;Bristow Mr;Daniels

  • Myosin Heavy Chain Isoform Expression in the Failing and Nonfailing Human Heart

    Setsuya Miyata;Wayne Minobe;Michael R. Bristow;Leslie A. Leinwand

  • Changes in gene expression in the intact human heart. Downregulation of alpha-myosin heavy chain in hypertrophied, failing ventricular myocardium.

    Brian D. Lowes;Wayne Minobe;William T. Abraham;Mona N. Rizeq

  • Myocardial gene expression in dilated cardiomyopathy treated with beta-blocking agents.

    Brian D. Lowes;Edward M. Gilbert;William T. Abraham;Wayne A. Minobe

  • Medical Therapy Can Improve the Biological Properties of the Chronically Failing Heart A New Era in the Treatment of Heart Failure

    Eric J. Eichhorn;Michael R. Bristow

Frequent Co-Authors

Dale G. Renlund
Dale G. Renlund University of Utah
William T. Abraham
William T. Abraham The Ohio State University
Margaret E. Billingham
Margaret E. Billingham Stanford University
Ray E. Hershberger
Ray E. Hershberger The Ohio State University
Stephen B. Liggett
Stephen B. Liggett University of South Florida
Donald C. Harrison
Donald C. Harrison University of Cincinnati
Steven M. Kawut
Steven M. Kawut University of Pennsylvania
Leslie A. Leinwand
Leslie A. Leinwand University of Colorado Boulder
Inder S. Anand
Inder S. Anand University of Minnesota

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