Erwin Blessing

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
105 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

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Erwin Blessing is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Erwin Blessing has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Surgery, 39 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 24 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Erwin Blessing's work include Peripheral Artery Disease Management (41 papers), Vascular Procedures and Complications (30 papers) and Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (15 papers). Erwin Blessing is often cited by papers focused on Peripheral Artery Disease Management (41 papers), Vascular Procedures and Complications (30 papers) and Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (15 papers). Erwin Blessing collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Australia. Erwin Blessing's co-authors include Michael E. Rosenfeld, Florian Bea, Hugo A. Katus, Lee Ann Campbell, Cho‐Chou Kuo, Michael R. Preusch, Thomas Zeller, Berend Isermann, Oliver J. Müller and Iris Baumgärtner and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Nature Medicine and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Erwin Blessing

98 papers receiving 3.9k citations

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Randomized, Controlled Trial of Ultrasound-Assisted Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis for Acute Intermediate-Risk Pulmonary Embolism

2013 714 citations Erwin Blessing, Iris Baumgärtner et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Erwin Blessing Germany	32	1.5k	1.1k	936	878	657	105	4.0k
Dietrich C. Gulba Germany	28	894 0.6×	1.8k 1.7×	689 0.7×	296 0.3×	239 0.4×	103	3.3k
Brigitte Jude France	34	1.7k 1.2×	1.4k 1.3×	433 0.5×	576 0.7×	1.1k 1.6×	133	5.7k
Walter A. Wuillemin Switzerland	37	665 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	1.0k 1.1×	400 0.5×	633 1.0×	130	4.6k
Mario Colucci Italy	33	609 0.4×	683 0.6×	594 0.6×	794 0.9×	911 1.4×	147	4.6k
Henk J.T. Ruven Netherlands	32	571 0.4×	829 0.8×	280 0.3×	1.3k 1.5×	360 0.5×	68	3.0k
Véronique Regnault France	37	794 0.5×	1.8k 1.6×	947 1.0×	693 0.8×	448 0.7×	128	5.9k
Shosaku� Nomura Japan	46	744 0.5×	1.1k 1.1×	448 0.5×	941 1.1×	745 1.1×	310	6.5k
N. Semeraro Italy	29	440 0.3×	532 0.5×	557 0.6×	592 0.7×	629 1.0×	142	3.5k
Alessandro Celi Italy	28	426 0.3×	570 0.5×	453 0.5×	802 0.9×	288 0.4×	110	3.8k
Mark Roest Netherlands	30	384 0.3×	648 0.6×	359 0.4×	454 0.5×	257 0.4×	118	3.0k

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Korosoglou, Grigorios, Andrej Schmidt, Michael Lichtenberg, et al.. (2025). Global Algorithm for the Endovascular Treatment of Chronic Femoropopliteal Lesions. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 18(5). 545–557. 3 indexed citations

Blessing, Erwin, et al.. (2024). Retrospective Case Control Matched Comparison of the Antegrade Versus Retrograde Strategy After Antegrade Recanalisation Failure in Complex de novo Femoropopliteal Occlusive Lesions. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 67(5). 799–808. 3 indexed citations

Theivacumar, N.S., Brahman Dharmarajah, Αθανάσιος Διαμαντόπουλος, et al.. (2023). Target Balloon-Assisted Antegrade and Retrograde Use of Re-Entry Catheters in Complex Chronic Total Occlusions. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease. 10(2). 53–53.

Blessing, Erwin, et al.. (2023). Single access covered endovascular reconstruction of the aortic bifurcation. Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques. 9(4). 101343–101343.

Zeller, Thomas, Stefanos Giannopoulos, Marianne Brodmann, et al.. (2022). Orbital Atherectomy Prior to Drug-Coated Balloon Angioplasty in Calcified Infrapopliteal Lesions: A Randomized, Multicenter Pilot Study. Journal of Endovascular Therapy. 29(6). 874–884. 13 indexed citations

Thieme, Marcus, Gunnar Tepe, Erwin Blessing, et al.. (2022). Stents With Torsional Strength for Superficial Femoral Artery Disease: The Prospective Q3-Registry. Journal of Endovascular Therapy. 29(6). 904–912.

Teichgräber, Ulf, Thomas Lehmann, René Aschenbach, et al.. (2020). Drug-coated Balloon Angioplasty of Femoropopliteal Lesions Maintained Superior Efficacy over Conventional Balloon: 2-year Results of the Randomized EffPac Trial. Radiology. 295(2). 478–487. 28 indexed citations

Micari, Antonio, Dierk Scheinert, Iris Baumgärtner, et al.. (2020). The IN.PACT DEEP Clinical Drug-Coated Balloon Trial. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 13(4). 431–443. 50 indexed citations

Chernin, Gil, Dierk Scheinert, Erwin Blessing, et al.. (2018). First-in-Man Experience with a Novel Catheter-Based Renal Denervation System of Ultrasonic Ablation in Patients with Resistant Hypertension. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 29(8). 1158–1166. 4 indexed citations

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Zeller, Thomas, Hans Krankenberg, Andrejs Ērglis, et al.. (2017). A randomized, multi-center, prospective study comparing best medical treatment versus best medical treatment plus renal artery stenting in patients with hemodynamically relevant atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (RADAR) – one-year results of a pre-maturely terminated study. Trials. 18(1). 380–380. 16 indexed citations

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Teichgräber, Ulf, René Aschenbach, Dierk Scheinert, et al.. (2016). The effectiveness of the paclitaxel-coated Luminor® balloon catheter versus an uncoated balloon catheter in superficial femoral and popliteal arteries in preventing vessel restenosis or reocclusion: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 17(1). 193–193. 6 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Andrej, Koen Keirse, Erwin Blessing, Ralf Langhoff, & Juan Diaz‐Cartelle. (2014). Offroad re-entry catheter system for subintimal recanalization of chronic total occlusions in femoropopliteal arteries: primary safety and effectiveness results of the re-route trial.. PubMed. 55(4). 551–8. 8 indexed citations

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Bertog, Stefan, et al.. (2013). Renal denervation: tips and tricks to perform a technically successful procedure. EuroIntervention. 9(R). R83–R88. 10 indexed citations

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Kirchberger, Michael Constantin, Erwin Blessing, Hugo A. Katus, Britta Vogel, & Martin Zeier. (2012). TCT-208 Catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation – results of the heidelberg registry. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 60(17). B61–B61. 1 indexed citations

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Campbell, Lee Ann, Alan Chait, Erwin Blessing, et al.. (2010). The acute phase reactant response to respiratory infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae: implications for the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Microbes and Infection. 12(8-9). 598–606. 32 indexed citations

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Celik, Sultan, Andreas Doesch, Christian Erbel, et al.. (2008). Beneficial Effect of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Sirolimus- or Everolimus-Induced Hypertriglyceridemia in Heart Transplant Recipients. Transplantation. 86(2). 245–250. 33 indexed citations

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Blessing, Erwin, Henning Steen, Mark Rosenberg, Hugo A. Katus, & Norbert Frey. (2007). Recurrence of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy with Variant Forms of Left Ventricular Dysfunction. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 20(4). 439.e11–439.e12. 30 indexed citations

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Blessing, Erwin. (2005). A 6 week course of azithromycin treatment has no beneficial effect on atherosclerotic lesion development in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice chronically infected with Chlamydia pneumoniae. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 55(6). 1037–1040. 19 indexed citations

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Rosenfeld, Michael E., et al.. (2000). Chlamydia, Inflammation, and Atherogenesis. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 181(s3). S492–S497. 37 indexed citations

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Rießen, Reimer, et al.. (1993). Arterial Gene Transfer Using Pure DNA Applied Directly to a Hydrogel-Coated Angioplasty Balloon. Human Gene Therapy. 4(6). 749–758. 110 indexed citations

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