A Langer

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

A Langer is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, A Langer has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 3 papers in Emergency Medicine and 2 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in A Langer's work include Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (7 papers), Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (3 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (2 papers). A Langer is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (7 papers), Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (3 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (2 papers). A Langer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Australia. A Langer's co-authors include M. Mirowski, M. S. Heilman, Levi Watkins, Philip R. Reid, Morton M. Mower, Robert E. Fischell, James F. Schauble, Vincent L. Gott, Myron L. Weisfeldt and Nicolaus Reifart and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and Radiology.

In The Last Decade

A Langer

9 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Termination of Malignant Ventricular Arrhythmias with an Implanted Automatic Defibrillator in Human Beings

1980 903 citations M. Mirowski, Philip R. Reid et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
A Langer	1.1k	160	116	58	47	10	1.2k
M. S. Heilman	1.2k 1.1×	156 1.0×	142 1.2×	52 0.9×	50 1.1×	10	1.3k
Paula Schmidt	1.2k 1.1×	153 1.0×	157 1.4×	73 1.3×	46 1.0×	7	1.3k
G. Lee Dolack	1.2k 1.1×	146 0.9×	265 2.3×	95 1.6×	73 1.6×	32	1.3k
Barouh V. Berkovits	837 0.7×	112 0.7×	224 1.9×	32 0.6×	75 1.6×	47	968
Victor A. Morant	716 0.6×	147 0.9×	43 0.4×	42 0.7×	27 0.6×	32	766
Marc Wish	694 0.6×	136 0.8×	61 0.5×	37 0.6×	92 2.0×	26	775
Ramakota Reddy	1.4k 1.3×	132 0.8×	169 1.5×	50 0.9×	88 1.9×	16	1.5k
Jule N. Wetherbee	487 0.4×	67 0.4×	126 1.1×	61 1.1×	26 0.6×	28	544
Lawrence Gilbert	463 0.4×	153 1.0×	52 0.4×	33 0.6×	47 1.0×	39	625
R. M. SCHUILENBURG	1.1k 1.0×	173 1.1×	38 0.3×	60 1.0×	17 0.4×	17	1.2k

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10 of 10 papers shown

Hamm, C, C. Beythien, Horst Sievert, et al.. (1995). Multicenter evaluation of the Strecker tantalum stent for acute coronary occlusion after angioplasty. American Heart Journal. 129(3). 423–429. 10 indexed citations

Langer, A, et al.. (1993). Engineering considerations in the development of the automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator☆. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. 36(2). 115–136.

Reifart, Nicolaus, et al.. (1992). Strecker Stent as a Bailout Device Following Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty. Journal of Interventional Cardiology. 5(2). 79–84. 21 indexed citations

Mirowski, M., Morton M. Mower, Philip R. Reid, Levi Watkins, & A Langer. (1982). The Automatic Implantable Defibrillator. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 5(3). 384–401. 58 indexed citations

Deeb, G. Michael, Bartley P. Griffith, Mark E. Thompson, et al.. (1981). Lead systems for internal ventricular fibrillation.. Circulation. 64(2). 242–245. 26 indexed citations

Rl, Hardesty, et al.. (1981). Pharmacologic and pathologic effects of an automatic implantable defibrillator.. PubMed. 27. 1–6. 1 indexed citations

Mirowski, M., Philip R. Reid, Morton M. Mower, et al.. (1980). Termination of Malignant Ventricular Arrhythmias with an Implanted Automatic Defibrillator in Human Beings. New England Journal of Medicine. 303(6). 322–324. 903 indexed citations breakdown →

Wolf, Gerald, A Langer, David Shaw, & Harold A. Baltaxe. (1978). Distinguishing Ischemic from Fibrotic Myocardium During Ventriculography By Means of Physiological Potentiation. Radiology. 126(3). 821–822. 1 indexed citations

Mirowski, M., et al.. (1978). A chronically implanted system for automatic defibrillation in active conscious dogs. Experimental model for treatment of sudden death from ventricular fibrillation.. Circulation. 58(1). 90–94. 83 indexed citations

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Langer, A, et al.. (1976). Considerations in the development of the automatic implantable defibrillator.. PubMed. 10(3). 163–7. 91 indexed citations

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