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Milton Packer 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 Milton Packer sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 865 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Milton Packer 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 Milton Packer sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 162 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Milton Packer is affiliated with Baylor University Medical Center in the United States and has a significant publication record in the field of medicine, particularly focusing on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Their research primarily addresses heart failure treatment and management as well as diabetes treatment and management. Other major topics covered in their work include cardiovascular function and risk factors, pancreatic function and diabetes, metabolism related to diabetes and cancer, cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, and potassium and related disorders.

Milton Packer's recent notable papers include:

  • Cardiovascular and Renal Outcomes with Empagliflozin in Heart Failure, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Empagliflozin in Heart Failure with a Preserved Ejection Fraction, 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • SGLT2 inhibitors in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: a meta-analysis of the EMPEROR-Reduced and DAPA-HF trials, 2020, The Lancet
  • Impact of diabetes on the effects of sodium glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors on kidney outcomes: collaborative meta-analysis of large placebo-controlled trials, 2022, The Lancet
  • Estimating lifetime benefits of comprehensive disease-modifying pharmacological therapies in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: a comparative analysis of three randomised controlled trials, 2020, The Lancet

The most frequent co-authors collaborating with Milton Packer include Faïez Zannad, John J.V. McMurray, Scott D. Solomon, Michael R. Zile, and João Pedro Ferreira.

Milton Packer's work has been published extensively in several key journals, such as:

  • European Journal of Heart Failure
  • European Heart Journal
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Circulation
  • JACC Heart Failure

Their scientific output spans multiple related subfields including cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, surgery, molecular biology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Best Publications

  • EFFECT OF CAPTOPRIL ON MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY IN PATIENTS WITH LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. RESULTS OF THE SURVIVAL AND VENTRICULAR ENLARGEMENT TRIAL

    Marc A. Pfeffer;Eugene Braunwald;Lemuel A. Moyé;Lofty Basta

  • 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

  • Angiotensin-neprilysin inhibition versus enalapril in heart failure.

    John J. V. McMurray;Milton Packer;Akshay S. Desai;Jianjian Gong

  • Cardiac Resynchronization in Chronic Heart Failure

    William T. Abraham;Westby G. Fisher;Andrew L. Smith;David B. Delurgio

  • Effect of carvedilol on survival in severe chronic heart failure.

    Milton Packer;Andrew Js Coats;Michael B Fowler;Hugo A Katus

  • Bcl-2 antiapoptotic proteins inhibit Beclin 1-dependent autophagy.

    Sophie Pattingre;Sophie Pattingre;Amina Tassa;Xueping Qu;Xueping Qu;Rita Garuti

  • Cardiovascular and Renal Outcomes with Empagliflozin in Heart Failure

    M. Packer;S. D. Anker;J. Butler;G. Filippatos

  • Elevated Circulating Levels of Tumor Necrosis Factor in Severe Chronic Heart Failure

    Beth Levine;Jill Kalman;Lloyd Mayer;Howard M. Fillit

  • Empagliflozin in heart failure with a preserved ejection fraction

    Stefan D Anker;Javed Butler;Gerasimos Filippatos;João P Ferreira

  • 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

  • Effect of Oral Milrinone on Mortality in Severe Chronic Heart Failure

    Milton Packer;Joseph R. Carver;Richard J. Rodeheffer;Russell J. Ivanhoe

  • Effect of carvedilol on survival in severe chronic heart failure

    M Packer;A.J.S Coats;M.B Fowler

  • The Seattle Heart Failure Model Prediction of Survival in Heart Failure

    Wayne C. Levy;Dariush Mozaffarian;David T. Linker;Santosh C. Sutradhar

  • Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Pilot Trial of Infliximab, a Chimeric Monoclonal Antibody to Tumor Necrosis Factor-α, in Patients With Moderate-to-Severe Heart Failure Results of the Anti-TNF Therapy Against Congestive Heart failure (ATTACH) Trial

    Eugene S. Chung;Milton Packer;Kim Hung Lo;Adedigbo A. Fasanmade

  • 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

  • Angiotensin-Neprilysin inhibition in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

    Scott D. Solomon;John J.V. McMurray;Inder S. Anand;Junbo Ge

  • Comparative Effects of Low and High Doses of the Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor, Lisinopril, on Morbidity and Mortality in Chronic Heart Failure

    Milton Packer;Philip A. Poole-Wilson;Paul W. Armstrong;John G. F. Cleland

  • Effect of Carvedilol on the Morbidity of Patients With Severe Chronic Heart Failure Results of the Carvedilol Prospective Randomized Cumulative Survival (COPERNICUS) Study

    Milton Packer;Michael B. Fowler;Ellen B. Roecker;Andrew J.S. Coats

  • Effect of Amlodipine on Morbidity and Mortality in Severe Chronic Heart Failure.

    Milton Packer;Christopher M. O'Connor;Jalal K. Ghali;Milton L. Pressler

  • Cardiac resynchronization in chronic heart failure

    W.T. Abraham;W.G. Fisher;A.L. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

John J.V. McMurray
John J.V. McMurray University of Glasgow
Scott D. Solomon
Scott D. Solomon Brigham and Women's Hospital
Michael R. Zile
Michael R. Zile Medical University of South Carolina
Karl Swedberg
Karl Swedberg University of Gothenburg
Brian Claggett
Brian Claggett Brigham and Women's Hospital
Akshay S. Desai
Akshay S. Desai Brigham and Women's Hospital
Jean L. Rouleau
Jean L. Rouleau University of Montreal
Pardeep S. Jhund
Pardeep S. Jhund University of Glasgow
Andrew J.S. Coats
Andrew J.S. Coats The Heart Research Institute
Burkert Pieske
Burkert Pieske Charité - University Medicine Berlin

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