Christoph Gräni

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
204 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Christoph Gräni is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Christoph Gräni has authored 204 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 135 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 106 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 49 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Christoph Gräni's work include Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (99 papers), Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (35 papers) and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (32 papers). Christoph Gräni is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (99 papers), Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (35 papers) and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (32 papers). Christoph Gräni collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Christoph Gräni's co-authors include Raymond Y. Kwong, Ronny R. Buechel, Philipp A. Kaufmann, Dominik C. Benz, Stephan Windecker, Christian Eichhorn, A Huber, Aju P. Pazhenkottil, Ron Blankstein and Ayaz Aghayev and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Circulation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Christoph Gräni

185 papers receiving 3.2k citations

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Prognostic Value of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Tissue Characterization in Risk Stratifying Patients With Suspected Myocarditis

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Deborah Kwon United States

Audrey White United Kingdom

Lori A. Blauwet United States

Jarosław D. Kasprzak Poland

Anna Palmisano Italy

Giulia Elena Mandoli Italy

Gaetano Nucifora Italy

Han W. Kim United States

Parham Eshtehardi United States

Pascal Lim France

Deborah Kwon United States

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2.8k ×1.3

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908 ×0.7

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645 ×1.2

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435 ×0.8

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christoph Gräni

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christoph Gräni. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christoph Gräni based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Christoph Gräni. Christoph Gräni is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Salimi, Yazdan, Isaac Shiri, Zahra Mansouri, et al.. (2025). Artificial intelligence-based cardiac transthyretin amyloidosis detection and scoring in scintigraphy imaging: multi-tracer, multi-scanner, and multi-center development and evaluation study. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 52(7). 2513–2528. 1 indexed citations

Tomii, Daijiro, Isaac Shiri, Joanna Bartkowiak, et al.. (2025). Multimodal Machine Learning-Based Technical Failure Prediction in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. JACC Advances. 4(10). 102168–102168.

Bigler, Marius Reto, Federico Caobelli, Axel Rominger, et al.. (2025). Noninvasive Anatomical and Functional Imaging for Hemodynamic Relevance in Right Coronary Artery Anomalies. JAMA Cardiology. 10(10). 1055–1055.

Obrist, Dominik, et al.. (2024). Hemodynamic Relevance Evaluation of Coronary Artery Anomaly During Stress Using FFR/IVUS in an Artificial Twin. JACC Case Reports. 30(1). 102729–102729. 1 indexed citations

Piccini, Davide, et al.. (2024). Fat-free noncontrast whole-heart cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging with fast and power-optimized off-resonant water-excitation pulses. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 26(2). 101096–101096. 1 indexed citations

Obmann, Verena Carola, Annalisa Berzigotti, Matteo Montani, et al.. (2024). MRI Extracellular Volume Fraction in Liver Fibrosis—A Comparison of Different Time Points and Blood Pool Measurements. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 60(4). 1678–1688. 9 indexed citations

Malagutti, Patrizia, et al.. (2024). Prognostic Value of Advanced Echocardiography in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease: A Comprehensive Review. Echocardiography. 42(1). e70065–e70065.

Bartkowiak, Joanna, Vratika Agarwal, Nicolas Brugger, et al.. (2024). 3-Dimensional Echocardiographic Prediction of Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Area Prior to Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging. 17(10). 1168–1178. 1 indexed citations

Tomii, Daijiro, Christoph Gräni, Fabien Praz, et al.. (2024). Impact of Severity and Extent of Iliofemoral Atherosclerosis on Clinical Outcomes in Patients Undergoing TAVR. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 17(20). 2353–2363. 3 indexed citations

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Klingel, Karin, Christoph Gräni, Ron Blankstein, et al.. (2024). Multiparametric Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Discriminate Endomyocardial Biopsy-Proven Chronic Myocarditis From Healed Myocarditis. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging. 17(10). 1182–1195. 4 indexed citations

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Bernhard, Benedikt, Kady Fischer, A Huber, et al.. (2023). Predictive value of cardiac magnetic resonance right ventricular longitudinal strain in patients with suspected myocarditis. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 25(1). 49–49. 8 indexed citations

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Gräni, Christoph. (2023). How cardiac magnetic resonance is changing the management of myocarditis. European Heart Journal. 44(11). 909–911. 1 indexed citations

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Benz, Dominik C., Sarah Cuddy, Stephan Dobner, et al.. (2023). Current and Evolving Multimodality Cardiac Imaging in Managing Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging. 17(2). 195–211. 14 indexed citations

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Dobner, Stephan, Thomas Pilgrim, Dik Heg, et al.. (2023). Amyloid Transthyretin Cardiomyopathy in Elderly Patients With Aortic Stenosis Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. Journal of the American Heart Association. 12(16). e030271–e030271. 14 indexed citations

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Gräni, Christoph, et al.. (2023). Safety and efficacy of surgical correction of anomalous aortic origin of coronary arteries: experiences from 2 tertiary cardiac centres. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 63(5). 1 indexed citations

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Krumm, Patrick, Karin Klingel, Christoph Gräni, et al.. (2022). Using Multiparametric Cardiac Magnetic Resonance to Phenotype and Differentiate Biopsy-Proven Chronic from Healed Myocarditis and Dilated Cardiomyopathy. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 11(17). 5047–5047. 6 indexed citations

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Huber, A, Laurève Chollet, Severin Wittmer, et al.. (2022). The Relationship between Enhancing Left Atrial Adipose Tissue at CT and Recurrent Atrial Fibrillation. Radiology. 305(1). 56–65. 24 indexed citations

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Bernhard, Benedikt, Thomas Pilgrim, Fabien Praz, et al.. (2022). Imaging-Based, Patient-Specific Three-Dimensional Printing to Plan, Train, and Guide Cardiovascular Interventions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Heart Lung and Circulation. 31(9). 1203–1218. 14 indexed citations

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Okuno, Taishi, Dik Heg, Jonas Lanz, et al.. (2021). Heart valve sizing and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 98(5). E768–E779. 10 indexed citations

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Asami, Masahiko, Benedikt Bernhard, Taishi Okuno, et al.. (2021). Clinical outcomes following transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patients with porcelain aorta. Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography. 16(3). 215–221. 4 indexed citations

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