Christoph Nienaber

50.1k total citations · 15 hit papers
505 papers, 30.6k citations indexed

About

Christoph Nienaber is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Christoph Nienaber has authored 505 papers receiving a total of 30.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 392 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 298 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 204 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Christoph Nienaber's work include Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches (268 papers), Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (256 papers) and Aortic aneurysm repair treatments (197 papers). Christoph Nienaber is often cited by papers focused on Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches (268 papers), Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (256 papers) and Aortic aneurysm repair treatments (197 papers). Christoph Nienaber collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Christoph Nienaber's co-authors include Kim A. Eagle, Eric M. Isselbacher, Rossella Fattori, Arturo Evangelista, Hüseyin İnce, Santi Trimarchi, Jeanna V. Cooper, Stephan Kische, Eduardo Bossone and Tim C. Rehders and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Christoph Nienaber

485 papers receiving 29.6k citations

Hit Papers

2014 ESC Guidelines on the diagnosis ... 1999 2026 2008 2017 2014 2008 2003 1999 2018 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. 2014 ESC Guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of aortic diseases
    2014 2.9k citations Raimund Erbel, Victor Aboyans et al. European Heart Journal profile →
  2. Intensive Lipid Lowering with Simvastatin and Ezetimibe in Aortic Stenosis
    2008 1.1k citations Anne B. Rossebø, Kurt Boman et al. profile →
  3. Autologous bone-marrow stem-cell transplantation for myocardial regeneration
    2003 1.0k citations Christoph Nienaber et al. The Lancet profile →
  4. Nonsurgical Reconstruction of Thoracic Aortic Dissection by Stent–Graft Placement
    1999 742 citations Christoph Nienaber, Rossella Fattori et al. profile →
  5. Insights From the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection
    2018 736 citations Arturo Evangelista, Eric M. Isselbacher et al. Circulation profile →
  6. Presentation, Diagnosis, and Outcomes of Acute Aortic Dissection
    2015 705 citations Elise M. Woznicki, Santi Trimarchi et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  7. Endovascular Repair of Type B Aortic Dissection
    2013 690 citations Christoph Nienaber, Stephan Kische et al. profile →
  8. Long-Term Survival in Patients Presenting With Type B Acute Aortic Dissection
    2006 565 citations Thomas T. Tsai, Rossella Fattori et al. Circulation profile →
  9. Expert Consensus Document on the Treatment of Descending Thoracic Aortic Disease Using Endovascular Stent-Grafts
    2008 564 citations Joseph E. Bavaria, Joseph S. Coselli et al. profile →
  10. Aortic Diameter ≥5.5 cm Is Not a Good Predictor of Type A Aortic Dissection
    2007 563 citations Thomas T. Tsai, Eric M. Isselbacher et al. Circulation profile →
  11. Randomized Comparison of Strategies for Type B Aortic Dissection
    2009 510 citations Christoph Nienaber, Hervé Rousseau et al. Circulation profile →
  12. Partial Thrombosis of the False Lumen in Patients with Acute Type B Aortic Dissection
    2007 506 citations Thomas T. Tsai, Arturo Evangelista et al. profile →
  13. Management of acute aortic dissection
    2015 434 citations Christoph Nienaber, Rachel E. Clough The Lancet profile →
  14. Interdisciplinary Expert Consensus Document on Management of Type B Aortic Dissection
    2013 317 citations Rossella Fattori, Martin Czerny et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  15. Early Mortality in Type A Acute Aortic Dissection
    2022 118 citations Kevin M. Harris, Christoph Nienaber et al. 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 Nienaber Germany 79 23.6k 19.4k 11.3k 2.4k 1.7k 505 30.6k
James C. Stanley United States 64 10.7k 0.5× 4.8k 0.2× 10.3k 0.9× 945 0.4× 1.1k 0.7× 341 18.1k
Frans L. Moll Netherlands 68 11.8k 0.5× 6.6k 0.3× 6.9k 0.6× 2.7k 1.1× 1.1k 0.6× 567 17.3k
Michael R. Jaff United States 77 15.0k 0.6× 7.0k 0.4× 13.8k 1.2× 3.8k 1.6× 1.2k 0.7× 397 23.7k
Shunichi Homma United States 56 4.6k 0.2× 5.1k 0.3× 2.9k 0.3× 2.3k 1.0× 1.5k 0.9× 226 12.8k
Dean J. Kereiakes United States 86 4.8k 0.2× 19.8k 1.0× 19.0k 1.7× 1.2k 0.5× 6.6k 4.0× 502 28.4k
Lowell F. Satler United States 78 8.6k 0.4× 16.6k 0.9× 18.7k 1.6× 2.8k 1.1× 10.7k 6.4× 769 27.3k
Anton Vonk Noordegraaf Netherlands 72 15.5k 0.7× 12.6k 0.6× 2.6k 0.2× 2.6k 1.1× 943 0.6× 365 19.1k
Robert A. Guyton United States 76 6.3k 0.3× 22.8k 1.2× 15.0k 1.3× 7.3k 3.0× 5.1k 3.1× 394 31.2k
Ran Kornowski Israel 56 2.2k 0.1× 10.2k 0.5× 7.6k 0.7× 2.0k 0.8× 3.9k 2.3× 652 15.5k
Richard E. Kuntz United States 71 8.2k 0.3× 14.8k 0.8× 16.5k 1.5× 2.1k 0.9× 7.3k 4.4× 249 23.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christoph Nienaber

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yuan, Xun, Jianpeng Li, Saeed Mirsadraee, et al.. (2024). Four-dimensional analysis of aortic root motion in normal population using retrospective multiphase computed tomography. PubMed. 2(1). qyae007–qyae007. 3 indexed citations
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Hibino, Makoto, Hiroki Ueyama, Michael E. Halkos, et al.. (2024). Valvular Heart Disease-Related Mortality Between Middle- and High-Income Countries During 2000 to 2019. JACC Advances. 3(12). 101133–101133. 1 indexed citations
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Greve, Anders M., Ahmad Sajadieh, Michael Hecht Olsen, et al.. (2024). Development and validation of the Aortic valve Stenosis Guarded by Amplified Risk Determination (ASGARD) risk score for safe monitoring in asymptomatic non-severe aortic valve stenosis. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 32(17). 1793–1803. 2 indexed citations
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Yuan, Xun, et al.. (2023). Nonsurgical Repair of the Ascending Aorta: Why Less Is More. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(14). 4771–4771.
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Sá, Michel Pompeu, Xander Jacquemyn, Panagiotis Tasoudis, et al.. (2022). Long‐term outcomes of total arch replacement versus proximal aortic replacement in acute type A aortic dissection: Meta‐analysis of Kaplan–Meier‐derived individual patient data. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 37(12). 4256–4266. 17 indexed citations
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Lüscher, Thomas F., Jürg H. Beer, Marco Valgimigli, et al.. (2021). Towards personalized antithrombotic management with drugs and devices across the cardiovascular spectrum. European Heart Journal. 43(10). 940–958. 8 indexed citations
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Brachmann, Johannes, Thorsten Lewalter, İbrahim Akın, et al.. (2020). Comparison in Patients < 75 Years of Age - Versus – Those > 75 Years on One-year-Events With Atrial Fibrillation and Left Atrial Appendage Occluder (From the Prospective Multicenter German LAARGE Registry). The American Journal of Cardiology. 136. 81–86. 9 indexed citations
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Nienaber, Christoph & Rachel E. Clough. (2015). Management of acute aortic dissection. The Lancet. 385(9970). 800–811. 434 indexed citations breakdown →
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Erbel, Raimund, Victor Aboyans, Cathérine Boileau, et al.. (2014). 2014 ESC Guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of aortic diseases. European Heart Journal. 35(41). 2873–2926. 2871 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bahlmann, Edda, Dana Cramariuc, Jan Minners, et al.. (2014). Abstract 9397: Prognostic Implications of Small Aortic Root in Aortic Valve Stenosis. Circulation. 1 indexed citations
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Chaddha, Ashish, Kim A. Eagle, Himanshu J. Patel, et al.. (2014). INCREASED MORTALITY IN ACUTE AORTIC DISSECTION PATIENTS WITH LOW ADHERENCE TO GUIDELINE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMAGING AND CLINIC FOLLOW-UP. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 63(12). A2061–A2061. 1 indexed citations
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Bahlmann, Edda, Eva Gerdts, Dana Cramariuc, et al.. (2013). Prognostic Value of Energy Loss Index in Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis. Circulation. 127(10). 1149–1156. 90 indexed citations
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Eusanio, Marco Di, Himanshu J. Patel, Christoph Nienaber, et al.. (2013). Patients with type A acute aortic dissection presenting with major brain injury: Should we operate on them?. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 145(3). S213–S221.e1. 80 indexed citations
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Greve, Anders M., Kurt Boman, Christa Gohlke-Baerwolf, et al.. (2011). Clinical Implications of Electrocardiographic Left Ventricular Strain and Hypertrophy in Asymptomatic Patients With Aortic Stenosis. Circulation. 125(2). 346–353. 49 indexed citations
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Harris, Kevin M., Craig Strauss, Kim A. Eagle, et al.. (2011). Correlates of Delayed Recognition and Treatment of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection. Circulation. 124(18). 1911–1918. 190 indexed citations
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Bozdağ-Turan, İlkay, Çetin Turan, İbrahim Akın, et al.. (2011). Relation between the frequency of CD34+ bone marrow derived circulating progenitor cells and the number of diseased coronary arteries in patients with myocardial ischemia and diabetes. Cardiovascular Diabetology. 10(1). 107–107. 14 indexed citations
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Nienaber, Christoph, Hervé Rousseau, Holger Eggebrecht, et al.. (2009). Randomized Comparison of Strategies for Type B Aortic Dissection. Circulation. 120(25). 2519–2528. 510 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zahn, Ralf, Christian W. Hamm, Steffen Schneider, et al.. (2009). Coronary Stenting with the Sirolimus‐Eluting Stent in Clinical Practice: Final Results from the Prospective Multicenter German Cypher Stent Registry. Journal of Interventional Cardiology. 23(1). 18–25. 15 indexed citations
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Zahn, Ralf, Christian W. Hamm, Steffen Schneider, et al.. (2006). Predictors of death or myocardial infarction during follow-up after coronary stenting with the sirolimus-eluting stent. Results from the prospective multicenter German Cypher Stent Registry. American Heart Journal. 152(6). 1146–1152. 19 indexed citations
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Bossone, Eduardo, Rajendra H. Mehta, Dan Gilon, et al.. (2004). 1059-37 Prognostic role of transesophageal echocardiography in acute type A aortic dissection. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 43(5). A19–A19. 3 indexed citations

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