Christopher Smitson is a Cardiology physician affiliated with Parkview Health. OpenAlex indexes 17 publications with 335 citations (h-index 9).
Overview
Scholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index, productivity × impact (OpenAlex).
Medicare prescribing footprint (2023)
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.
Cardiovascular
82.1%Statin24.2%Atorvastatin Calcium61%Rosuvastatin Calcium28%Pravastatin Sodium9%Simvastatin2%Part D<11 patientsBeta blocker16.9%Metoprolol Succinate47%Carvedilol37%Metoprolol Tartrate13%Atenolol3%Part D<11 patients+ 14 more classes in this area
Blood & clotting
15.4%P2Y12 inhibitor8.5%Clopidogrel95%Prasugrel Hcl5%Part D<11 patientsFactor Xa inhibitor4.5%Eliquis82%Xarelto19%Part D≥46 patients+ 1 more class in this area
Metabolism & gastrointestinal
2.5%Proton pump inhibitor1.4%Pantoprazole Sodium100%Part D≥21 patientsPotassium supplement0.7%Potassium Chloride100%Part D≥14 patients+ 1 more class 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.
- A NOVEL APPROACH TO MANAGING LATE PRESENTING CIRCUMFERENTIAL PARAVALVULAR LEAK
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
2025 - LEFT MAIN CORONARY ARTERY COMPRESSION DUE TO AN AORTIC ROOT PSEUDOANEURSYM
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
2025 - CORRELATION OF AVERAGE 4D-CT BASED STRAIN ASSESSMENT (SQUEEZ) WITH GLOBAL LONGITUDINAL STRAIN BY ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN INDIVIDUALS WITH SEVERE AORTIC STENOSIS
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
2020 - REDUCED SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC STRAIN RATES IN INDIVIDUALS WITH SEVERE AS FROM 4D-CT
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
2020
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