Rodney H Falk

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Top papers

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1 Definition of organ involvement and treatment response in immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis (AL): a consensus opinion from the 10th International Symposium on Amyloid and Amyloidosis, Tours, France, 18-22 April 2004. Am J Hematol 2005 5.64
2 High-dose melphalan and autologous stem-cell transplantation in patients with AL amyloidosis: an 8-year study. Ann Intern Med 2004 4.05
3 The amyloidogenic V122I transthyretin variant in elderly black Americans. N Engl J Med 2015 3.36
4 Senile systemic amyloidosis presenting with heart failure: a comparison with light chain-associated amyloidosis. Arch Intern Med 2005 2.33
5 Quantification of extracellular matrix expansion by CMR in infiltrative heart disease. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2012 2.03
6 Prognostic significance of strain Doppler imaging in light-chain amyloidosis. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2010 1.93
7 Imaging cardiac amyloidosis: a pilot study using ¹⁸F-florbetapir positron emission tomography. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2014 1.91
8 Longitudinal myocardial function assessed by tissue velocity, strain, and strain rate tissue Doppler echocardiography in patients with AL (primary) cardiac amyloidosis. Circulation 2003 1.71
9 Tolerability and efficacy of thalidomide for the treatment of patients with light chain-associated (AL) amyloidosis. Clin Lymphoma 2003 1.69
10 Persistent pleural effusions in primary systemic amyloidosis: etiology and prognosis. Chest 2003 1.68
11 Diagnosis and management of cardiac sarcoidosis. Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2010 1.46
12 Improvement in quality of life of patients with AL amyloidosis treated with high-dose melphalan and autologous stem cell transplantation. Blood 2004 1.38
13 Cardiac amyloidosis in African Americans: comparison of clinical and laboratory features of transthyretin V122I amyloidosis and immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis. Am Heart J 2009 1.20
14 Cardiovascular magnetic resonance in cardiac amyloidosis. Circulation 2005 1.10
15 "Bendopnea" or "kamptopnea?": Some thoughts on terminology and mechanisms. JACC Heart Fail 2014 1.09
16 Cardiac amyloidosis. Circulation 2012 1.08
17 Prospective evaluation of the morbidity and mortality of wild-type and V122I mutant transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy: the Transthyretin Amyloidosis Cardiac Study (TRACS). Am Heart J 2012 1.07
18 Human amyloidogenic light chain proteins result in cardiac dysfunction, cell death, and early mortality in zebrafish. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2013 1.06
19 Current perspectives on cardiac amyloidosis. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2011 1.04
20 Longitudinal myocardial velocity gradient derived from pulsed Doppler tissue imaging in AL amyloidosis: a sensitive indicator of systolic and diastolic dysfunction. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2004 1.01
21 Cardiac amyloidosis mimicking hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with obstruction: treatment with disopyramide. Circulation 2012 1.01
22 Left ventricular structure and function in transthyretin-related versus light-chain cardiac amyloidosis. Circulation 2014 1.00
23 Quantitative serum free light chain assay in the diagnostic evaluation of AL amyloidosis. Amyloid 2005 0.93
24 Usefulness of pulsed tissue Doppler imaging for evaluating systolic and diastolic left ventricular function in patients with AL (primary) amyloidosis. Am J Cardiol 2002 0.92
25 Hidradenitis suppurativa resulting in systemic amyloid A amyloidosis: a case report and review of the literature. Dermatol Online J 2012 0.91
26 Prognostic significance of ultrasound myocardial tissue characterization in patients with cardiac amyloidosis. Circulation 2002 0.91
27 Stanniocalcin1 is a key mediator of amyloidogenic light chain induced cardiotoxicity. Basic Res Cardiol 2013 0.91
28 The increasing need for anticoagulant therapy to prevent stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation. Mayo Clin Proc 2004 0.91
29 Is elevated plasma B-natriuretic peptide in amyloidosis simply a function of the presence of heart failure? Am J Cardiol 2005 0.85
30 Identification of a novel transthyretin Thr59Lys/Arg104His. A case of compound heterozygosity in a Chinese patient diagnosed with familial transthyretin amyloidosis. Amyloid 2002 0.85
31 Severe hypercalcaemia mimicking acute myocardial infarction. Clin Med 2009 0.84
32 Low-dose continuous oral melphalan for the treatment of primary systemic (AL) amyloidosis. Br J Haematol 2002 0.84
33 Comparison of the strain Doppler echocardiographic features of familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) and light-chain amyloidosis. Am J Cardiol 2005 0.83
34 Comparison of sotalol versus amiodarone in maintaining stability of sinus rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation (Sotalol-Amiodarone Fibrillation Efficacy Trial [Safe-T]). Am J Cardiol 2003 0.80
35 The diagnosis and typing of cardiac amyloidosis. Amyloid 2003 0.79
36 Management of atrial fibrillation--radical reform or modest modification? N Engl J Med 2002 0.78
37 Amyloid heart disease. Br J Hosp Med (Lond) 2010 0.78
38 Ethnic disparity in intracranial hemorrhage among anticoagulated patients with atrial fibrillation: an answer in search of a question? J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 0.77
39 Atrial fibrillation or sinus rhythm? Controversy and contradiction in quality of life outcomes. J Am Coll Cardiol 2006 0.76
40 Lysosomal dysfunction and impaired autophagy underlie the pathogenesis of amyloidogenic light chain-mediated cardiotoxicity. EMBO Mol Med 2015 0.76
41 Reconsidering combined antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy in atrial fibrillation. J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 0.75
42 Driving and ventricular arrhythmia: a historical perspective. J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 0.75
43 Letter by Falk regarding article, "An unusual heart failure: cardiac amyloidosis due to light chain myeloma". Circulation 2011 0.75
44 Longitudinal strain imaging in light-chain cardiac amyloidosis: can it help to refine the approach to treatment? J Am Coll Cardiol 2012 0.75
45 Clinical problem-solving. A heavy heart. N Engl J Med 2010 0.75
46 Pursuing an underdiagnosed disease: a simple imaging test for increasing suspicion of cardiac amyloidosis. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2011 0.75
47 Pulmonary venous isolation for atrial fibrillation in severe systolic heart failure: more questions than answers? Heart 2011 0.75
48 Dronedarone in high-risk permanent atrial fibrillation. N Engl J Med 2012 0.75
49 V122I transthyretin variant in elderly black Americans. N Engl J Med 2015 0.75
50 Cardiomyopathy: the importance of recognizing the uncommon diagnosis. Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2010 0.75
51 Adenosine-induced ventricular flutter? Am J Emerg Med 2003 0.75
52 Val122Ile mt-ATTR Has a Worse Survival Than wt-ATTR Cardiac Amyloidosis. J Am Coll Cardiol 2017 0.75
53 A transthyretin variant, Asp18Asn, associated with amyloid cardiomyopathy: a new African-American variant? Amyloid 2012 0.75