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William C. Little 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 William C. Little sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 349 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

William C. Little 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 William C. Little sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 80 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

William C. Little was affiliated with the University of Mississippi Medical Center in the United States. Their research contributions spanned several fields within medicine, with a focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, nutrition and dietetics, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, radiation, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist's published work included studies related to blood pressure and hypertension, sodium intake and its health effects, hormonal regulation in hypertension, as well as advancements in radiotherapy techniques and dosimetry, alongside developments in advanced X-ray and CT imaging.

Frequent publication venues for their research included:

  • The Lancet
  • Physica Medica

Among their recent research papers were:

  • Long-term outcomes after catheter-based renal artery denervation for resistant hypertension: final follow-up of the randomised SYMPLICITY HTN-3 Trial, 2022, The Lancet
  • Reducing treatment machine downtime with a preventative MLC maintenance procedure, 2021, Physica Medica

Co-authors who frequently collaborated with William C. Little included:

  • Deepak L. Bhatt
  • David E. Kandzari
  • Martin B. Leon
  • Krishna J. Rocha-Singh
  • Barry T. Katzen

Best Publications

  • Can coronary angiography predict the site of a subsequent myocardial infarction in patients with mild-to-moderate coronary artery disease?

    W C Little;M Constantinescu;R J Applegate;M A Kutcher

  • Pathophysiological characterization of isolated diastolic heart failure in comparison to systolic heart failure.

    Dalane W. Kitzman;William C. Little;Peter H. Brubaker;Roger T. Anderson

  • The pathogenesis of acute pulmonary edema associated with hypertension

    Sanjay K. Gandhi;John C. Powers;Abdel-Mohsen Nomeir;Karen Fowle

  • Development and validation of a risk score for predicting death in Chagas' heart disease.

    Anis Rassi;William C. Little;Sérgio S. Xavier;Sérgio G. Rassi

  • Force-Induced Unfolding of Fibronectin in the Extracellular Matrix of Living Cells

    Michael L Smith;Delphine Gourdon;William C Little;Kristopher E Kubow

  • Exercise training in older patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction: a randomized, controlled, single-blind trial.

    Dalane W. Kitzman;Peter H. Brubaker;Timothy M. Morgan;Kathryn P. Stewart

  • Statin Therapy May Be Associated With Lower Mortality in Patients With Diastolic Heart Failure A Preliminary Report

    Hidekatsu Fukuta;David C. Sane;Steffen Brucks;William C. Little

  • Cardiac cycle-dependent changes in aortic area and distensibility are reduced in older patients with isolated diastolic heart failure and correlate with exercise intolerance☆

    W.Gregory Hundley;Dalane W Kitzman;Timothy M Morgan;Craig A Hamilton

  • Mode of Death in Patients With Heart Failure and a Preserved Ejection Fraction Results From the Irbesartan in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction Study (I-Preserve) Trial

    Michael R. Zile;William H. Gaasch;Inder S. Anand;Markus Haass

  • The Effect of Alagebrium Chloride (ALT-711), a Novel Glucose Cross-Link Breaker, in the Treatment of Elderly Patients With Diastolic Heart Failure

    William C. Little;Michael R. Zile;Dalane W. Kitzman;W. Gregory Hundley

  • Diastolic Heart Failure Can Be Diagnosed by Comprehensive Two-Dimensional and Doppler Echocardiography

    Jae K. Oh;Liv Hatle;A. Jamil Tajik;William C. Little

  • Low to Moderate Dose Anthracycline-Based Chemotherapy Is Associated With Early Noninvasive Imaging Evidence of Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease

    Brandon C. Drafts;Katie M. Twomley;Ralph D'Agostino;Julia Lawrence

  • Mechanism of altered patterns of left ventricular filling during the development of congestive heart failure.

    M. Ohno;Che-Ping Cheng;W. C. Little

  • The cardiovascular effects of erythropoietin

    Kyle J Smith;Anthony J Bleyer;William C Little;David C Sane

  • Utility of Fast Cine Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Display for the Detection of Myocardial Ischemia in Patients Not Well Suited for Second Harmonic Stress Echocardiography

    W. Gregory Hundley;Craig A. Hamilton;Mark S. Thomas;David M. Herrington

  • Determination of left ventricular chamber stiffness from the time for deceleration of early left ventricular filling.

    William C. Little;Michiya Ohno;Dalane W. Kitzman;James D. Thomas

  • The left ventricular dP/dtmax-end-diastolic volume relation in closed-chest dogs.

    W C Little

  • Thrombogenic Factors and Recurrent Coronary Events

    Arthur J. Moss;Robert E. Goldstein;Victor J. Marder;Charles E. Sparks

  • Clinical evaluation of left ventricular diastolic performance

    William C. Little;Thomas R. Downes

  • Losartan improves exercise tolerance in patients with diastolic dysfunction and a hypertensive response to exercise

    James G Warner;D.Christopher Metzger;Dalane W Kitzman;Deborah J Wesley

Frequent Co-Authors

Pavlos P. Vlachos
Pavlos P. Vlachos Purdue University West Lafayette
Dalane W. Kitzman
Dalane W. Kitzman Wake Forest University
Michael R. Zile
Michael R. Zile Medical University of South Carolina
W. Gregory Hundley
W. Gregory Hundley Virginia Commonwealth University
David M. Herrington
David M. Herrington Wake Forest University
William T. Abraham
William T. Abraham The Ohio State University
Ralph B. D'Agostino
Ralph B. D'Agostino Wake Forest University
William H. Gaasch
William H. Gaasch Tufts University
Judith S. Hochman
Judith S. Hochman New York University
David Friedman
David Friedman Columbia University

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