Basil Saour is a Cardiology physician affiliated with Advocate Heart Institute. OpenAlex indexes 28 publications with 281 citations (h-index 9).
Overview
Scholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
The practice address and phone this provider lists in the federal NPPES (CMS) registry.
Practice address
1435 N Randall Rd Ste 201
Elgin, IL 601232303
Telephone
847-695-3168Provider last certified this registry record 4 May 2022.
Industry payments
34 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Biosense Webster, Inc.Program year202580 payments
- Abbott LaboratoriesProgram year202518 payments
- Boston Scientific CorporationProgram year202513 payments
Payment records matched to this physician's NPI in CMS Open Payments, program years 2021 onward.
Medicare prescribing footprint (2024)
The drugs this prescriber writes for Medicare patients, grouped by drug class and therapeutic area. Every percentage is a share of their total prescribing, so you can see what they prescribe most. These are proportions, not patient counts or dollar amounts. No condition is inferred: the claims record what was prescribed, never why.
Blood & clotting
62.2%Factor Xa inhibitor56.6%Xarelto65%Eliquis35%Part D≥57 patientsP2Y12 inhibitor5.7%Clopidogrel100%Part D≥15 patientsCardiovascular
37.8%Beta blocker16.1%Metoprolol Succinate78%Metoprolol Tartrate23%Part D<11 patientsAntiarrhythmic16%Amiodarone Hcl84%Flecainide Acetate16%Part D<11 patients+ 2 more classes in this area
Drug classes come from the WHO ATC and U.S. National Library of Medicine (RxClass) classifications; prescribing counts come from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers file. Each drug is counted once, under its primary class. Medicare fee-for-service only, so no Medicare Advantage, commercial, or pediatric prescribing is included. CMS publishes this data about 17 months after the fact.
Publications
Matched to this physician's OpenAlex author record; most-cited works shown first.
- Exploring telerobotic cardiac catheter ablation in a rural community hospital: A pilot study
Cardiovascular Digital Health Journal
2022 - Opportunities and Barriers to Rural Telerobotic Surgical Health Care in 2021: Report and Research Agenda from a Stakeholder Workshop
Telemedicine Journal and e-Health
2021
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