Frank Litvack

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
106 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Frank Litvack is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Litvack has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Surgery, 33 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 28 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Frank Litvack's work include Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (58 papers), Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (23 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (21 papers). Frank Litvack is often cited by papers focused on Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (58 papers), Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (23 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (21 papers). Frank Litvack collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Argentina. Frank Litvack's co-authors include James S. Forrester, Neal Eigler, Warren Grundfest, Leon Morgenstern, Warren S. Grundfest, Aurelio Chaux, Tsvi Goldenberg, Jack M. Matloff, Robert M. Kass and H.J.C. Swan and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Frank Litvack

98 papers receiving 3.1k citations

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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.

Coronary Angioscopy in Patients with Unstable Angina Pectoris

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frank Litvack United States	28	2.2k	1.4k	1.0k	959	285	106	3.2k
Karl R. Karsch Germany	31	2.5k 1.2×	1.7k 1.2×	1.8k 1.8×	1.1k 1.1×	200 0.7×	116	4.5k
D.C. Cumberland United Kingdom	24	1.3k 0.6×	597 0.4×	446 0.4×	701 0.7×	238 0.8×	91	2.4k
Simon H. Stertzer United States	35	3.5k 1.6×	2.6k 1.8×	1.8k 1.8×	1.0k 1.1×	164 0.6×	96	4.4k
Karl K. Haase Germany	28	1.0k 0.5×	1.4k 1.0×	519 0.5×	620 0.6×	104 0.4×	113	2.5k
Jiro Aoki Japan	37	3.8k 1.8×	3.0k 2.1×	2.0k 2.0×	1.3k 1.4×	102 0.4×	145	5.2k
Aurelio Chaux United States	32	1.8k 0.8×	2.6k 1.8×	556 0.6×	686 0.7×	244 0.9×	84	3.3k
Kristi Skorija United States	8	3.0k 1.4×	1.9k 1.3×	651 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	21 0.1×	8	3.6k
Stephan H. Duda Germany	35	2.4k 1.1×	580 0.4×	550 0.5×	2.4k 2.5×	468 1.6×	129	4.8k
Andreas R. Gruentzig United States	31	3.5k 1.6×	2.8k 1.9×	2.5k 2.4×	776 0.8×	116 0.4×	58	4.6k
Mrinal K. Dewanjee United States	30	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	598 0.6×	774 0.8×	279 1.0×	139	3.4k

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Kaul, Upendra, Gupta Rk, Anthony Mathur, et al.. (2009). Cobalt chromium stent with antiproliferative for restenosis trial in India (COSTAR I).. PubMed. 59(2). 165–72. 6 indexed citations

Serruys, Patrick W., Georgios Sianos, Alexandre Abizaid, et al.. (2005). The Effect of Variable Dose and Release Kinetics on Neointimal Hyperplasia Using a Novel Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent Platform. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 46(2). 253–260. 132 indexed citations

McClean, Dougal, Kaname Takizawa, Michael C. Fishbein, et al.. (2003). Elution of everolimus and sirolimus from a biodegradable polymer coated stent inhibits neointimal hyperplasia without inflammation or toxicity. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 41(6). 6–6. 5 indexed citations

Makkar, Raj, et al.. (1998). Primary reperfusion in acute myocardial infection with ReoPro and heparin: interim results of ReoMI pilot study. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 31. 94–94. 2 indexed citations

Frimerman, Aaron, et al.. (1997). Long-Term Follow-Up of a High Risk Cohort After Stent Implantation in Saphenous Vein Grafts. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 30(5). 1277–1283. 21 indexed citations

Serruys, P.W., J Hamburger, Jeffery J. Popma, et al.. (1996). Recanalization of chronic total coronary occlusions using a laser guide wire: The Eu and US total experience. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 27(2). 152–152. 5 indexed citations

Rechavia, Eldad, et al.. (1995). Stent implantation of saphenous vein graft aorto-ostial lesions in patients with unstable ischemic syndromes: Immediate angiographic results and long-term clinical outcome. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 25(4). 866–870. 21 indexed citations

Ghazzal, Ziyad M.B., William S. Weintraub, Frank Litvack, et al.. (1995). Predictors of restenosis after excimer laser coronary angioplasty. The American Journal of Cardiology. 75(15). 1012–1014. 5 indexed citations

Holmes, David R., Guy S. Reeder, Ziyad M.B. Ghazzal, et al.. (1994). Coronary perforation after excimer laser coronary angioplasty: The excimer laser coronary angioplasty registry experience. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 23(2). 330–335. 53 indexed citations

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Reeder, Guy S., et al.. (1992). Excimer laser coronary angioplasty: Results in restenosis versus de novo coronary lesions. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis. 25(3). 195–199. 7 indexed citations

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Untereker, William J., Gary S. Roubin, James R. Margolis, et al.. (1991). Excimer laser coronary angioplasty of saphenous vein grafts. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 17(2). A23–A23. 11 indexed citations

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Margolis, James R., Frank Litvack, Donald Rothbaum, et al.. (1991). Six month follow-up of excimer laser coronary angioplasty registry patients. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 17(2). A218–A218. 11 indexed citations

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Bresnahan, John F., Frank Litvack, James R. Margolis, et al.. (1991). Eximer laser coronary angioplasty: Initial results of a multicenter investigation in 958 patients. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 17(2). A30–A30. 4 indexed citations

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Drury, J. Kevin, Neal Eigler, Yasushi Wakida, et al.. (1991). Synchronized coronary venous retroperfusion for support and salvage of ischemic myocardium during elective and failed angioplasty. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 18(1). 271–282. 27 indexed citations

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Kern, Morton J., Marc Cohen, J. David Talley, et al.. (1990). Early ambulation after 5 French diagnostic cardiac catheterization: Results of a multicenter trial. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 15(7). 1475–1483. 92 indexed citations

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Rothbaum, Donald, Frank Litvack, James R. Margolis, et al.. (1990). “Stand-alone” percuteous excimer laser coronary angioplasty. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 15(2). A26–A26. 4 indexed citations

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Litvack, Frank, Warren S. Grundfest, Tsvi Goldenberg, James Laudenslager, & James S. Forrester. (1989). Percutaneous excimer laser angioplasty of aortocoronary saphenous vein grafts. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 14(3). 803–808. 34 indexed citations

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Laudenslager, James B., Tsvi Goldenberg, Thomas J. Pacala, et al.. (1988). Development and use of a clinical XeCl laser angioplasty system. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 1 indexed citations

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Denton, Timothy A., et al.. (1986). Pseudoinfarction in patients with massive pulmonary embolism.. PubMed Central. 145(1). 98–101. 3 indexed citations

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Grundfest, Warren S., Frank Litvack, James S. Forrester, et al.. (1985). Laser ablation of human atherosclerotic plaque without adjacent tissue injury. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 5(4). 929–933. 249 indexed citations

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