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Eric J. Topol

Researcher at Scripps Health

Publications -  1406
Citations -  162373

Eric J. Topol is an academic researcher from Scripps Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Myocardial infarction & Angioplasty. The author has an hindex of 193, co-authored 1373 publications receiving 151025 citations. Previous affiliations of Eric J. Topol include Loyola University Chicago & Cleveland Clinic.

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The relationship of obesity to ischemic outcomes following coronary stent placement in contemporary practice.

TL;DR: This work analyzed the relationship of obesity, determined by body mass index (BMI), to short‐ and long‐term outcomes in the TARGET trial to find out whether obesity can be controlled by diet, exercise, or both.
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The fibrillin-1 gene: unlocking new therapeutic pathways in cardiovascular disease

TL;DR: Although an FBN-1 mutation does not guarantee the diagnosis of Marfan syndrome it is clear however that FBn-1 mutations independently confer additional risk for many of the cardiovascular complications classically associated with the disease.
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Cigarette smoking status and outcome among patients with acute coronary syndromes without persistent ST-segment elevation: Effect of inhibition of platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa with eptifibatide

TL;DR: Among patients with ACS without persistent ST-segment elevation, cigarette smokers had better short-term outcomes because of their more favorable clinical profile and eptifibatide did not result in more improvement in their outcome compared with former smokers or nonsmokers.
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Medicine Unplugged: The Future of Laboratory Medicine

TL;DR: This work examines recent advancements in mobile diagnostics enabled by microfluidics and LOC technologies for POC clinical testing to create artificial-intelligence and decision support for patients and the medical community.