Hugh Calkins
Johns Hopkins University
H-index: 160
North America-United States
Description
Hugh Calkins, With an exceptional h-index of 160 and a recent h-index of 86 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Johns Hopkins University, specializes in the field of arrhythmias.
His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:
2024 European Heart Rhythm Association/Heart Rhythm Society/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society/Latin American Heart Rhythm Society expert consensus statement on catheter and …
Combining electrocardiographic and echocardiographic indexes to detect cardiac amyloidosis: A step forward in the quest to diagnose cardiac amyloidosis without delay
Appropriateness of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator device implants in the United States
Implantable cardioverter defibrillator use in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy in North America and Europe
Long-Term Arrhythmic Follow-Up and Risk Stratification of Patients With Desmoplakin-Associated Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
Pericarditis After Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: Predictors and Outcomes
Catheter ablation for ventricular tachycardia in patients with desmoplakin cardiomyopathy
Recognition, Management, and Prevention of Atrioesophageal Fistula
Professor Information
University | Johns Hopkins University |
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Position | Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions |
Citations(all) | 165891 |
Citations(since 2020) | 63361 |
Cited By | 116339 |
hIndex(all) | 160 |
hIndex(since 2020) | 86 |
i10Index(all) | 822 |
i10Index(since 2020) | 526 |
University Profile Page | Johns Hopkins University |
Research & Interests List
arrhythmias
Top articles of Hugh Calkins
2024 European Heart Rhythm Association/Heart Rhythm Society/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society/Latin American Heart Rhythm Society expert consensus statement on catheter and …
In the last three decades, ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) has become an evidence-based safe and efficacious treatment for managing the most common cardiac arrhythmia. In 2007, the first joint expert consensus document was issued, guiding healthcare professionals involved in catheter or surgical AF ablation. Mounting research evidence and technological advances have resulted in a rapidly changing landscape in the field of catheter and surgical AF ablation, thus stressing the need for regularly updated versions of this partnership which were issued in 2012 and 2017. Seven years after the last consensus, an updated document was considered necessary to define a contemporary framework for selection and management of patients considered for or undergoing catheter or surgical AF ablation. This consensus is a joint effort from collaborating cardiac electrophysiology societies, namely the European …
Authors
Stylianos Tzeis,Edward P Gerstenfeld,Jonathan Kalman,Eduardo B Saad,Alireza Sepehri Shamloo,Jason G Andrade,Chirag R Barbhaiya,Tina Baykaner,Serge Boveda,Hugh Calkins,Ngai-Yin Chan,Minglong Chen,Shih-Ann Chen,Nikolaos Dagres,Ralph J Damiano,Tom De Potter,Isabel Deisenhofer,Nicolas Derval,Luigi Di Biase,Mattias Duytschaever,Katia Dyrda,Gerhard Hindricks,Meleze Hocini,Young-Hoon Kim,Mark la Meir,Jose Luis Merino,Gregory F Michaud,Andrea Natale,Isabelle Nault,Santiago Nava,Takashi Nitta,Mark O’Neill,Hui-Nam Pak,Jonathan P Piccini,Helmut Pürerfellner,Tobias Reichlin,Luis Carlos Saenz,Prashanthan Sanders,Richard Schilling,Boris Schmidt,Gregory E Supple,Kevin L Thomas,Claudio Tondo,Atul Verma,Elaine Y Wan,Daniel Steven,Michael-Joseph Agbayani,T Jared Bunch,Aman Chugh,Juan Carlos Díaz,James V Freeman,Carina Abigail Hardy,Hein Heidbuchel,Sofian Johar,Dominik Linz,Bart Maesen,Peter A Noseworthy,Seil Oh,Andreu Porta-Sanchez,Tatjana Potpara,Gerardo Rodriguez-Diez,Frederic Sacher,Piotr Suwalski,Serge A Trines
Published Date
2024/4
Combining electrocardiographic and echocardiographic indexes to detect cardiac amyloidosis: A step forward in the quest to diagnose cardiac amyloidosis without delay
Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is a progressive and life-threatening cardiomyopathy characterized by deposition of misfolded proteins in the myocardium, leading to heart failure (HF), conduction disorders, and (supra) ventricular arrhythmias. Disease prognosis is mainly determined by (a) the presence of HF at time of diagnosis and (b) etiology of the misfolded proteins (ie light chain (AL) or transthyretin [TTR] amyloidosis [ATTR]), with a median survival of 3.5 years, if left untreated [1]. Due to a lack of treatment options in the past, CA was considered untreatable resulting often in underdiagnosis of the disease [2].Since the approval of tafamidis (TTR stabilizer)[3] and daratumumab (monoclonal antibody targeting CD38)[4, 5], CA in its two major forms (ie ATTR and AL) has become a treatable yet still underdiagnosed disease. Importantly, early diagnosis remains crucial to be able to initiate treatment and improve prognosis …
Authors
Steven A Muller,Hugh Calkins,Alessio Gasperetti
Journal
European Journal of Internal Medicine
Published Date
2024/2/16
Appropriateness of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator device implants in the United States
BackgroundThe appropriate use criteria (AUCs) are a diverse group of indications aimed to better evaluate the benefits of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) and cardiac resynchronization therapy.ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to quantify the proportion of ICD and cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillator (CRT-D) implants as appropriate, may be appropriate (MA), or rarely appropriate (RA) on the basis of the AUC guidelines.MethodsThis is a multicenter retrospective study of patients within the National Cardiovascular Data Registry undergoing ICD implantation between April 2018 and March 2019 at >1500 US hospitals. The appropriateness of ICD implants was adjudicated using the AUC.ResultsOf 309,318 ICDs, 241,438 were primary prevention implants (78.1%) and 67,880 secondary prevention implants (21.9%); 243,532 (79%) were mappable to the AUC. For primary prevention …
Authors
Omair K Yousuf,Kevin Kennedy,Andrea Russo,Paul Varosy,Bruce D Lindsay,Benjamin Steinberg,Brett D Atwater,Hugh Calkins,John A Spertus
Journal
Heart Rhythm
Published Date
2024/4/1
Implantable cardioverter defibrillator use in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy in North America and Europe
Background and Aims Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are critical for preventing sudden cardiac death (SCD) in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC). This study aims to identify cross-continental differences in utilization of primary prevention ICDs and survival free from sustained ventricular arrhythmia (VA) in ARVC. Methods This was a retrospective analysis of ARVC patients without prior VA enrolled in clinical registries from 11 countries throughout Europe and North America. Patients were classified according to whether they received treatment in North America or Europe and were further stratified by baseline predicted VA risk into low- (<10%/5 years), intermediate- (10%–25%/5 years), and high-risk (>25%/5 years) groups. Differences in ICD implantation and survival free from sustained VA events (including appropriate ICD therapy) were …
Authors
Richard T Carrick,Corrado De Marco,Alessio Gasperetti,Laurens P Bosman,Jean-Baptiste Gourraud,Alessandro Trancuccio,Andrea Mazzanti,Brittney Murray,Catherine Pendleton,Crystal Tichnell,Harikrishna Tandri,Katja Zeppenfeld,Arthur AM Wilde,Brianna Davies,Colette Seifer,Jason D Roberts,Jeff S Healey,Ciorsti MacIntyre,Wael Alqarawi,Rafik Tadros,Michael J Cutler,Mattia Targetti,Leonardo Calò,Francesco Vitali,Matteo Bertini,Paolo Compagnucci,Michela Casella,Antonio Dello Russo,Chiara Cappelletto,Antonio De Luca,Davide Stolfo,Firat Duru,Henrik K Jensen,Anneli Svensson,Pia Dahlberg,Nina E Hasselberg,Andrea Di Marco,Paloma Jordà,Elena Arbelo,Zoraida Moreno Weidmann,Karolina Borowiec,Antoine Delinière,Elżbieta K Biernacka,J Peter van Tintelen,Pyotr G Platonov,Iacopo Olivotto,Ardan M Saguner,Kristina H Haugaa,Moniek Cox,Claudio Tondo,Marco Merlo,Andrew D Krahn,Anneline SJM Te Riele,Katherine C Wu,Hugh Calkins,Cynthia A James,Julia Cadrin-Tourigny
Journal
European Heart Journal
Published Date
2024/2/14
Long-Term Arrhythmic Follow-Up and Risk Stratification of Patients With Desmoplakin-Associated Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
Background Patients with likely pathogenic/pathogenic desmoplakin (DSP) variants are poorly characterized. Some of them meet diagnostic criteria for arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), but it is unclear how risk stratification strategies for ARVC perform in this setting. Objectives The purpose of this study was to characterize arrhythmic outcomes and to test the performance of the recently validated ARVC risk calculator in patients with DSP likely pathogenic/pathogenic variants fulfilling definite 2010 ARVC Task Force Criteria (DSP-TFC+). Methods DSP-TFC+ patients were enrolled from 20 institutions across 3 continents. Ventricular arrhythmias (VA), defined as a composite of sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT), appropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapies, and ventricular fibrillation/sudden cardiac death events in follow-up, were reported as the primary outcome. We tested …
Authors
Alessio Gasperetti,Richard Carrick,Alexandros Protonotarios,Mikael Laredo,Iris van der Schaaf,Petros Syrris,Brittney Murray,Crystal Tichnell,Chiara Cappelletto,Marta Gigli,Kristen Medo,Peter Crabtree,Ardan M Saguner,Firat Duru,Robyn Hylind,Dominic Abrams,Neal K Lakdawala,Charles Massie,Julia Cadrin-Tourigny,Mattia Targetti,Iacopo Olivotto,Maddalena Graziosi,Moniek Cox,Elena Biagini,Philippe Charron,Michela Casella,Claudio Tondo,Momina Yazdani,James S Ware,Sanjay Prasad,Leonardo Calò,Eric Smith,Adam Helms,Sophie Hespe,Jodie Ingles,Harikrishna Tandri,Flavie Ader,Luisa Mestroni,Arthur Wilde,Marco Merlo,Estelle Gandjbakhch,Hugh Calkins,Anneline SJM te Riele,J Peter van Tintelen,Perry Elliot,Cynthia A James
Journal
JACC: Advances
Published Date
2024/3/1
Pericarditis After Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: Predictors and Outcomes
BackgroundCatheter ablation is a mainstay of atrial fibrillation (AF) treatment. Acute pericarditis after ablation is 1 of the frequently observed complications. There is a significant lack of data on the incidence and predictors of postablation pericarditis.ObjectivesThis study examines the incidence, characteristics, and predictors of pericarditis after AF ablation.MethodsPatients undergoing AF ablation from January 1, 2016, to March 31, 2022, at Johns Hopkins were prospectively enrolled in an AF ablation registry. A clinical diagnosis of acute pericarditis was established in accordance with 2015 European Society of Cardiology guidelines by the presence of at least 2 of the following characteristics: pleuritic chest pain, friction rub, typical electrocardiographic changes, or pericardial effusion within 3 months after the ablation procedure.ResultsOf 1,540 patients who underwent AF ablation, 57 patients (3.7%) developed …
Authors
Ritu Yadav,Danish Iltaf Satti,Jui Malwankar,Carolina Lopez-Silva,Lillian Xu,Elana Liebow-Feeser,Tauseef Akhtar,Joseph E Marine,Ronald Berger,Hugh Calkins,David Spragg
Journal
JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology
Published Date
2024/2/1
Catheter ablation for ventricular tachycardia in patients with desmoplakin cardiomyopathy
Background Desmoplakin (DSP) pathogenic/likely pathogenic (P/LP) variants are associated with malignant phenotypes of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (DSP-ACM). Reports of outcomes after ventricular tachycardia (VT) ablation in DSP-ACM are scarce. Objectives In this study, the authors sought to report on long-term outcomes of VT ablation in DSP-ACM. Methods Patients with P/LP DSP variants at 9 institutions undergoing VT ablation were included. Demographic, clinical, and instrumental data as well as all ventricular arrhythmia (VA) events were collected. Sustained VAs after the index procedure were the primary outcome. A per-patient before and after ablation comparison of rates of VA episodes per year was performed as well. Results Twenty-four DSP-ACM patients (39.3 ± 12.1 years of age, 62.5% male, median 6,116 [Q1-Q3: 3,362-7,760] premature ventricular complexes [PVCs] per 24 hours …
Authors
Alessio Gasperetti,Giovanni Peretto,Steven A Muller,Kanae Hasegawa,Paolo Compagnucci,Michela Casella,Brittney Murray,Crystal Tichnell,Richard T Carrick,Julia Cadrin-Tourigny,Marco Schiavone,Cynthia James,Ahmad S Amin,Ardan M Saguner,Antonio Dello Russo,Claudio Tondo,William Stevenson,Paolo Della Bella,Hugh Calkins,Harikrishna Tandri
Journal
Clinical Electrophysiology
Published Date
2024/3/1
Recognition, Management, and Prevention of Atrioesophageal Fistula
Atrioesophageal fistula (AEF) after atrial fibrillation ablation is the most serious and feared complication. AEF is difficult to diagnose, and delays in diagnosis are common. Highly variable symptoms usually do not start to appear for 1 week or longer postprocedure, and when they appear, the patient often presents to a community hospital staffed by providers with little knowledge of AEF
Authors
John N Catanzaro,Fabrizio R Assis,Atul Verma,Harikrishna Tandri,Roland R Tilz,David D Spragg,Hugh Calkins,Elliot K Fishman,Thomas Deneke
Journal
Clinical Electrophysiology
Published Date
2024/5/1
Professor FAQs
What is Hugh Calkins's h-index at Johns Hopkins University?
The h-index of Hugh Calkins has been 86 since 2020 and 160 in total.
What are Hugh Calkins's top articles?
The articles with the titles of
2024 European Heart Rhythm Association/Heart Rhythm Society/Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society/Latin American Heart Rhythm Society expert consensus statement on catheter and …
Combining electrocardiographic and echocardiographic indexes to detect cardiac amyloidosis: A step forward in the quest to diagnose cardiac amyloidosis without delay
Appropriateness of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator device implants in the United States
Implantable cardioverter defibrillator use in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy in North America and Europe
Long-Term Arrhythmic Follow-Up and Risk Stratification of Patients With Desmoplakin-Associated Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
Pericarditis After Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: Predictors and Outcomes
Catheter ablation for ventricular tachycardia in patients with desmoplakin cardiomyopathy
Recognition, Management, and Prevention of Atrioesophageal Fistula
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are the top articles of Hugh Calkins at Johns Hopkins University.
What are Hugh Calkins's research interests?
The research interests of Hugh Calkins are: arrhythmias
What is Hugh Calkins's total number of citations?
Hugh Calkins has 165,891 citations in total.