Christoph Naber

14.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
143 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Christoph Naber is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christoph Naber has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 55 papers in Surgery and 41 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Christoph Naber's work include Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (43 papers), Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management (39 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (35 papers). Christoph Naber is often cited by papers focused on Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (43 papers), Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management (39 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (35 papers). Christoph Naber collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Austria. Christoph Naber's co-authors include Raimund Erbel, Andrejs Ērglis, Holger Eggebrecht, Stephan Achenbach, Jesper Møller Jensen, Anne Kaltoft, Mohamed Marwan, Dietrich Baumgart, Hiroshi Ito and Bernard De Bruyne and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American College of Cardiology, PLoS ONE and Circulation Research.

In The Last Decade

Christoph Naber

137 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

Diagnostic Performance of Noninvasive Fractional Flow Res... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 2015 250 500 750
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  1. Diagnostic Performance of Noninvasive Fractional Flow Reserve Derived From Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography in Suspected Coronary Artery Disease
    2014 970 citations Christoph Naber, Andrejs Ērglis et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  2. Percutaneous coronary intervention with everolimus-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffolds in routine clinical practice: early and midterm outcomes from the European multicentre GHOST-EU registry
    2015 307 citations Holger Nef, Julinda Mehilli et al. EuroIntervention profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christoph Naber Germany 30 2.5k 2.0k 1.4k 1.0k 976 143 4.1k
Stamatios Lerakis United States 41 4.1k 1.7× 1.3k 0.6× 1.3k 1.0× 1.2k 1.2× 2.4k 2.4× 255 5.7k
Marie‐Christine Herregods Belgium 29 2.0k 0.8× 985 0.5× 566 0.4× 481 0.5× 1.5k 1.5× 103 3.0k
Nandan S. Anavekar United States 33 2.2k 0.9× 1.1k 0.6× 415 0.3× 681 0.7× 1.8k 1.8× 176 3.8k
Keith B. Allen United States 34 2.0k 0.8× 2.3k 1.2× 399 0.3× 957 1.0× 892 0.9× 135 4.0k
Christophe Tribouilloy France 46 6.8k 2.8× 2.5k 1.3× 1.7k 1.2× 1.6k 1.6× 3.4k 3.5× 268 8.8k
John E. Blair United States 27 2.2k 0.9× 1.0k 0.5× 451 0.3× 660 0.7× 378 0.4× 108 3.6k
C M Oakley United Kingdom 44 4.2k 1.7× 1.4k 0.7× 488 0.4× 1.2k 1.2× 1.4k 1.4× 140 6.3k
Edward Hulten United States 32 1.7k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 2.0k 1.4× 937 0.9× 350 0.4× 88 4.0k
Mauro Rinaldi Italy 35 2.3k 0.9× 2.8k 1.4× 208 0.2× 882 0.9× 1.2k 1.2× 333 4.7k
Robert E. Hobbs United States 29 2.2k 0.9× 3.2k 1.6× 599 0.4× 1.8k 1.8× 708 0.7× 99 4.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Erriquez, Andrea, David M. Leistner, Valeria Paradies, et al.. (2025). 30‐Day DAPT in Patients at High Bleeding Risk Undergoing PCI With Biodegradable‐Polymer Sirolimus‐Eluting Ultra‐Thin Stent. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 105(6). 1502–1509.
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Achenbach, Stephan, Holger Nef, Christoph Naber, et al.. (2021). Everolimus eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffolds in patients with acute coronary syndromes: Two‐year results from the German‐Austrian ABSORB registry. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 98(4). E564–E570. 1 indexed citations
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Boeder, Niklas, Johannes Kästner, Julinda Mehilli, et al.. (2021). Predictors of scaffold failure and impact of optimized scaffold implantation technique on outcome: Results from the German‐Austrian ABSORB RegIstRy. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 98(4). E555–E563. 1 indexed citations
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Le, Katherine, Larry M. Baddour, M. Rizwan Sohail, et al.. (2019). Cardiovascular implantable electronic device infections due to enterococcal species: Clinical features, management, and outcomes. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 42(10). 1331–1339. 7 indexed citations
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Peacock, James E., Jeanette M. Stafford, Katherine Le, et al.. (2018). Attempted salvage of infected cardiovascular implantable electronic devices: Are there clinical factors that predict success?. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 41(5). 524–531. 18 indexed citations
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Seth, Ashok, et al.. (2015). TCT-14 ABSORB FIRST: 1-year clinical outcomes from a prospective, multi-center, global, real-world registry. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 66(15). B6–B6. 1 indexed citations
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Pyxaras, Stylianos A., Yuan Zhang, Alexander Wolf, Thomas Schmitz, & Christoph Naber. (2015). Effect of Varying Definitions of Contrast-Induced Acute Kidney Injury and Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction on One-Year Mortality in Patients Having Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. The American Journal of Cardiology. 116(3). 426–430. 10 indexed citations
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Buellesfeld, Lutz, Ulrich Gerckens, Raimund Erbel, et al.. (2012). Age-stratified baseline and outcome characteristics of patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation: results from the German multicenter registry.. PubMed. 24(10). 531–6. 17 indexed citations
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Naber, Christoph, Alexander Ghanem, Alexandre Abizaid, et al.. (2012). First-in-man use of a novel embolic protection device for patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation. EuroIntervention. 8(1). 43–50. 105 indexed citations
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Grube, Eberhard, Christoph Naber, Alexandre Abizaid, et al.. (2011). Feasibility of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Without Balloon Pre-Dilation. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 4(7). 751–757. 143 indexed citations
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Bulitta, Jürgen B., Martina Kinzig, Christoph Naber, et al.. (2011). Population Pharmacokinetics and Penetration into Prostatic, Seminal, and Vaginal Fluid for Ciprofloxacin, Levofloxacin, and Their Combination. Chemotherapy. 57(5). 402–416. 21 indexed citations
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Gerckens, Ulrich, Harald Mudra, Gerhard Schüler, et al.. (2010). COMPARISON OF TRANSFEMORAL AND TRANSAPICAL AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT: RESULTS OF THE GERMAN REGISTRY ON TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATIONS. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 55(10). A216.E2053–A216.E2053. 1 indexed citations
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Naber, Christoph. (2009). Staphylococcus aureusBacteremia: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Management Strategies. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 48(s4). S231–S237. 235 indexed citations
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Breuckmann, Frank, Christoph Naber, Axel Schmermund, et al.. (2005). Postinterventional homocysteine levels: Failure as a predictive biomarker of in-stent restenosis. International Journal of Cardiology. 108(1). 20–25. 7 indexed citations
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Naber, Christoph, Winfried Siffert, Raimund Erbel, & Gerd Heusch. (2004). Genetics of human coronary vasomotion.. PubMed. 97(3). 255–60. 4 indexed citations
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Eggebrecht, Holger, Christoph Naber, Thomas Konorza, et al.. (2003). Percutaneous suture‐mediated closure of femoral access sites deployed through the procedure sheath: Initial clinical experience with a novel vascular closure device. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 58(3). 313–321. 14 indexed citations
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Eggebrecht, Holger, Dietrich Baumgart, Christoph Naber, et al.. (2002). Extraction of large intracoronary thrombus in acute myocardial infarction by percutaneous fogarty maneuver: Intentional abuse of a novel interventional device. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 55(2). 228–232. 3 indexed citations
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Flühs, Dirk, Christoph Naber, Christoph Kaiser, et al.. (2001). The influence of guiding equipment and stents on the beta dose distribution in the brachytherapy of in-stent restenosis. PubMed. 2(4). 241–245. 3 indexed citations
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Eggebrecht, Holger, Christoph Naber, Olaf Oldenburg, et al.. (2000). Percutaneous transluminal laser guide wire recanalization of chronic subclavian artery occlusion in symptomatic coronary-subclavian steal syndrome. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 51(4). 500–504. 12 indexed citations

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