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William D. Edwards

William D. Edwards

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Medicine

D-Index
128
Citations
64000
World Ranking
2700
National Ranking
1508

Overview

William D. Edwards is affiliated with the Mayo Clinic in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine. Their research output centers primarily on pulmonary and respiratory medicine, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and epidemiology, with additional contributions in surgery and cancer research.

Their main topics of work include:

  • Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Congenital Heart Disease Studies
  • Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments
  • Cardiovascular, Neuropeptides, and Oxidative Stress Research
  • Renin-Angiotensin System Studies
  • Aortic aneurysm repair treatments

William D. Edwards has published in several specialized venues, including:

  • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
  • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
  • The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
  • Radiology Cardiothoracic Imaging
  • Cardiovascular Research

Recent scholarly papers authored or coauthored by Edwards include:

  • International consensus statement on nomenclature and classification of the congenital bicuspid aortic valve and its aortopathy, for clinical, surgical, interventional and research purposes, 2021, European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
  • International consensus statement on nomenclature and classification of the congenital bicuspid aortic valve and its aortopathy, for clinical, surgical, interventional and research purposes, 2021, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
  • International Consensus Statement on Nomenclature and Classification of the Congenital Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Its Aortopathy, for Clinical, Surgical, Interventional and Research Purposes, 2021, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
  • International Consensus Statement on Nomenclature and Classification of the Congenital Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Its Aortopathy, for Clinical, Surgical, Interventional and Research Purposes, 2021, Radiology Cardiothoracic Imaging
  • Histologic and proteomic remodeling of the pulmonary veins and arteries in a porcine model of chronic pulmonary venous hypertension, 2022, Cardiovascular Research

Edwards has collaborated with several frequent coauthors, including Joseph J. Maleszewski, Héctor I. Michelena, Alessandro Della Corte, Arturo Evangelista, and Mary J. Roman.

William D. Edwards has also contributed to medical literature through book publications. One notable book is Disorders of the Heart and Blood Vessels, published in 2023 by American Registry of PathologyArlington, Virginia eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Incidence and Size of Patent Foramen Ovale During the First 10 Decades of Life: An Autopsy Study of 965 Normal Hearts

    Philip T. Hagen;David G. Scholz;William D. Edwards

  • Valvular Heart Disease Associated with Fenfluramine–Phentermine

    Heidi M. Connolly;Jack L. Crary;Michael D. McGoon;Donald D. Hensrud

  • Myocarditis. A histopathologic definition and classification.

    HT Aretz;ME Billingham;WD Edwards;SM Factor

  • Restenosis and the proportional neointimal response to coronary artery injury: Results in a porcine model☆

    Robert S. Schwartz;Kenneth C. Huber;Joseph G. Murphy;William D. Edwards

  • Primary pulmonary hypertension: natural history and the importance of thrombosis.

    V Fuster;P M Steele;W D Edwards;B J Gersh

  • Arterial calcification and not lumen stenosis is highly correlated with atherosclerotic plaque burden in humans: A histologic study of 723 coronary artery segments using nondecalcifying methodology

    Giuseppe Sangiorgi;John A. Rumberger;Arlen R Severson;William D. Edwards

  • Risk factors for aortic dissection: A necropsy study of 161 cases

    Eric W. Larson;William D. Edwards

  • Pathology of Acute and Chronic Coronary Stenting in Humans

    Andrew Farb;Giuseppe Sangiorgi;Andrew J. Carter;Virginia M. Walley

  • Transesophageal echocardiography: technique, anatomic correlations, implementation, and clinical applications.

    James B. Seward;Bijoy K. Khandheria;Jae K. Oh;Martin D. Abel

  • Intravascular ultrasound imaging : in vitro validation and pathologic correlation

    Rick A. Nishimura;William D. Edwards;Carole A. Warnes;Guy S. Reeder

  • Endothelin in human congestive heart failure.

    Chi Ming Wei;Amir Lerman;Richard J. Rodeheffer;Christopher G.A. McGregor

  • Incidence of Aortic Complications in Patients With Bicuspid. Aortic Valves

    Hector I. Michelena;Amber D. Khanna;Douglas Mahoney;Edit Margaryan

  • Clinical Features and Differential Diagnosis of Aortic Dissection: Experience With 236 Cases (1980 Through 1990)

    Peter C. Spittell;John A. Spittell;John W. Joyce;A. Jamil Tajik

  • Coronary Microvascular Rarefaction and Myocardial Fibrosis in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

    Selma F. Mohammed;Saad Hussain;Sultan A. Mirzoyev;William D. Edwards

  • Penetrating atherosclerotic ulcers of the thoracic aorta: natural history and clinicopathologic correlations.

    Anthony W. Stanson;Francis J. Kazmier;Larry H. Hollier;William D. Edwards

  • Ebstein’s Anomaly

    Christine H. Attenhofer Jost;Heidi M. Connolly;Joseph A. Dearani;William D. Edwards

  • Restenosis after balloon angioplasty. A practical proliferative model in porcine coronary arteries.

    R S Schwartz;J G Murphy;W D Edwards;A R Camrud

  • Natriuretic peptide system in human heart failure.

    Chi Ming Wei;Denise M. Heublein;Mark A. Perrella;Amir Lerman

  • Role of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Detection of Cardiac Amyloidosis

    Imran S. Syed;James F. Glockner;Da Li Feng;Philip A. Araoz

  • Age-Related Changes in Normal Human Hearts During the First 10 Decades of Life. Part II (Maturity): A Quantitative Anatomic Study of 765 Specimens From Subjects 20 to 99 Years Old

    Dalane W. Kitzman;David G. Scholz;Philip T. Hagen;Duane M. Ilstrup

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