Vera Rigolin is a Cardiology physician affiliated with Northwestern University. OpenAlex indexes 153 publications with 18,068 citations (h-index 32). By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 10% of Cardiovascular Disease profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
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
680 N Lake Shore Dr
Suite 1000
Chicago, IL 606114546
Telephone
312-695-9797Registry record last updated 8 Jul 2007.
Industry payments
4 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021 onward. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Abbott LaboratoriesProgram year20251 payment
- AtriCure, Inc.Program year20251 payment
- Medtronic, Inc.Program year20231 payment
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.
Cardiovascular
86.3%Statin25.4%Atorvastatin Calcium64%Rosuvastatin Calcium31%Pravastatin Sodium5%Part D≥263 patientsBeta blocker18.5%Metoprolol Succinate61%Carvedilol28%Metoprolol Tartrate10%Toprol Xl1%Part D<11 patients+ 15 more classes in this area
Blood & clotting
9.5%Factor Xa inhibitor7%Eliquis77%Xarelto23%Part D≥79 patientsVitamin K antagonist1.2%Warfarin Sodium100%Part D≥18 patients+ 1 more class in this area
Metabolism & gastrointestinal
3.7%Potassium supplement2.1%Potassium Chloride86%Klor-Con M2014%Part D<11 patientsSGLT2 inhibitor1.5%Jardiance100%Part D≥24 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.
- Guidelines for the Standardization of Adult Echocardiography Reporting: Recommendations From the American Society of Echocardiography
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
2025 - Age-Stratified Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement for Aortic Stenosis
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
2024 - Echocardiographic Markers of Early Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Asymptomatic Aortic Regurgitation
JACC. Cardiovascular imaging
2024 - Recommendations for Special Competency in Echocardiographic Guidance of Structural Heart Disease Interventions: From the American Society of Echocardiography
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
2023 - Imaging Methods for Evaluation of Chronic Aortic Regurgitation in Adults
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
2023
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