# Robert M. Mentzer

**Type:** Researchers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/researchers/robert-m-mentzer/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 12,264 |
| Field | Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion |
| h-index | 56 |
| i10-index | 147 |
| Last Known Institution | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/A5049818444 |
| ORCID iD | 0000-0003-2258-7570 |
| Works | 240 |

## Researcher papers

- [A RANDOMIZED ACTIVE-CONTROLLED TRIAL OF MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL IN HEART TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS1](https://scholariq.org/papers/a-randomized-active-controlled-trial-of-mycophenolate-mofetil-in-heart/)
- [Successful Implementation of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ National Surgical Quality Improvement Program in the Private Sector: The Patient Safety in Surgery Study](https://scholariq.org/papers/successful-implementation-of-the-department-of-veterans-affairs-national/)
- [The National Surgical Quality Improvement Program in Non-Veterans Administration Hospitals](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-national-surgical-quality-improvement-program-in-non-veterans-administration/)
- [Myocardial Protection at a Crossroads](https://scholariq.org/papers/myocardial-protection-at-a-crossroads/)
- [The Patient Safety in Surgery Study: Background, Study Design, and Patient Populations](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-patient-safety-in-surgery-study-background-study-design-and-patient/)
- [A randomized, multicenter comparison of tacrolimus and cyclosporine immunosuppressive regimens in cardiac transplantation: decreased hyperlipidemia and hypertension with tacrolimus11This study was sponsored by a grant from Fujisawa USA, Deerfield, Illinois.22The authors were working on behalf of the Tacrolimus US Heart Transplant Multicenter Study Group. Other members of the Study Group included (principal investigator listed first): UTAH Cardiac Transplant Program, Salt Lake City, Utah: David O. Taylor, MD, Dale G. Renlund, MD, Abdallah G. Kfoury, MD; St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital/Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas: O. H. Frazier, MD, Branislav Radovancevic, MD, Edward K. Massin, MD; University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, Wisconsin: Robert M. Mentzer, Jr., MD, Charles C. Canver, MD, Robert B. Love, MD; Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana: Frank W. Smart, MD, Hector O. Ventura, MD, Dwight D. Stapleton, MD, Mandeep Mehra, MD; University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California: Mark L. Barr, MD, Vaugh A. Starnes, MD; Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia: David E. Tolman, MD, Albert Guerraty, MD, David Salter, MD; Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio: James B. Young, MD; Data Management and Statistical Coordinating Center-The EMMES Corporation, Potomac, Maryland: Paul VanVeldhuisen, MS, Anne Lindblad, PhD, Anita Yaffe, MSN, MPH.](https://scholariq.org/papers/a-randomized-multicenter-comparison-of-tacrolimus-and-cyclosporine/)
- [National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) Risk Factors Can Be Used to Validate American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Classification (ASA PS) Levels](https://scholariq.org/papers/national-surgical-quality-improvement-program-nsqip-risk-factors-can-be-used-to/)
- [Risk-Adjusted Morbidity in Teaching Hospitals Correlates with Reported Levels of Communication and Collaboration on Surgical Teams but Not with Scale Measures of Teamwork Climate, Safety Climate, or Working Conditions](https://scholariq.org/papers/risk-adjusted-morbidity-in-teaching-hospitals-correlates-with-reported-levels-of/)
- [Effects of Perioperative Nesiritide in Patients With Left Ventricular Dysfunction Undergoing Cardiac Surgery](https://scholariq.org/papers/effects-of-perioperative-nesiritide-in-patients-with-left-ventricular/)
- [Sodium-Hydrogen Exchange Inhibition by Cariporide to Reduce the Risk of Ischemic Cardiac Events in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Results of the EXPEDITION Study](https://scholariq.org/papers/sodium-hydrogen-exchange-inhibition-by-cariporide-to-reduce-the-risk-of-ischemic/)

## Researcher topics

- [Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion](https://scholariq.org/topics/cardiac-ischemia-and-reperfusion/)
- [Autophagy in Disease and Therapy](https://scholariq.org/topics/autophagy-in-disease-and-therapy/)
- [Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation](https://scholariq.org/topics/cardiac-arrest-and-resuscitation/)
- [Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias](https://scholariq.org/topics/cardiac-electrophysiology-and-arrhythmias/)
- [Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics](https://scholariq.org/topics/cardiac-imaging-and-diagnostics/)

## Researcher university

- [Cedars-Sinai Medical Center](https://scholariq.org/institutions/cedars-sinai-medical-center/)

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