Salman Arain is a Cardiology physician affiliated with Memorial Hermann. OpenAlex indexes 93 publications with 543 citations (h-index 13).
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 fundingIndustry payments
10 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
10 companies with payments on record in CMS Open Payments (2021 onward), matched to this physician's NPI. The itemized breakdown by company, amount and year is part of the full profile. Why? →
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
77.4%Beta blocker17.4%Metoprolol Succinate59%Carvedilol35%Metoprolol Tartrate6%Part D<11 patientsStatin15.7%Atorvastatin Calcium70%Rosuvastatin Calcium25%Pravastatin Sodium5%Part D<11 patients+ 12 more classes in this area
Blood & clotting
18.8%P2Y12 inhibitor13%Clopidogrel70%Brilinta18%Prasugrel Hcl12%Part D<11 patientsFactor Xa inhibitor5.2%Eliquis77%Xarelto24%Part D<11 patients+ 1 more class in this area
Metabolism & gastrointestinal
2.6%Proton pump inhibitor0.8%Pantoprazole Sodium100%Part D<11 patientsH2 blocker0.7%Famotidine100%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.
- Complete Revascularization of Multiple Coronary CTOs in a Single Session Using Hydrodynamic Contrast Recanalization
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
2025 - Endovascular repair of type A dissection using thoracic stent graft with innominate artery flaring to correct for length mismatch
Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques
2025 - TCT-328 HydroDynamic Contrast Recanalization (HDR): 2-Year All-Comers Experience With a New Crossing Technique for Coronary Chronic Total Occlusions
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
2025 - HydroDynamic contrast Recanalization (HDR): Description of a new crossing technique for coronary chronic total occlusions
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
2024
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