Hector Ventura is a Cardiology physician affiliated with Ochsner Medical Center. OpenAlex indexes 625 publications with 17,267 citations (h-index 63).
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
1514 Jefferson Hwy
New Orleans, LA 701212429
Telephone
504-842-4000Registry record last updated 8 May 2017.
Industry payments
7 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- PFIZER INC.Program year20241 payment
- Merck Sharp & Dohme LLCProgram year20222 payments
- Merck Sharp & Dohme CorporationProgram year20213 payments
Payment records matched to this physician's NPI in CMS Open Payments, program years 2021 onward.
Medicare prescribing footprint (2022)
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
67.1%Angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitor (ARNI)12.4%Entresto100%Part D≥24 patientsBeta blocker12.1%Metoprolol Succinate69%Carvedilol31%Part D≥21 patients+ 7 more classes in this area
Metabolism & gastrointestinal
13.8%Corticosteroid5.1%Prednisone100%Part D≥13 patientsPotassium supplement4.6%Potassium Chloride100%Part D≥11 patients+ 1 more class in this area
Cancer & immunology
7.8%Calcineurin inhibitor7.8%Tacrolimus100%Part D≥17 patients
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.
- Updates on obesity and the obesity paradox in cardiovascular diseases
Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases
2022
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