Franz X. Kleber

7.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
95 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Franz X. Kleber is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Franz X. Kleber has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 47 papers in Surgery and 32 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Franz X. Kleber's work include Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (32 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (20 papers) and Heart Failure Treatment and Management (20 papers). Franz X. Kleber is often cited by papers focused on Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (32 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (20 papers) and Heart Failure Treatment and Management (20 papers). Franz X. Kleber collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Franz X. Kleber's co-authors include Bruno Scheller, Roland Wensel, Christian Opitz, Markku S. Nieminen, Ralf Ewert, Michael Boxberger, Matti Kivikko, Lasse Lehtonen, Alain Cohen‐Solal and Stuart Pocock and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Circulation and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Franz X. Kleber

93 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

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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.

Levosimendan vs Dobutamine for Patients With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure

2007 645 citations Alexandre Mebazaa, Markku S. Nieminen et al. profile →
Drug-Coated Balloons for Coronary Artery Disease

2020 288 citations Raban Jeger, Simon Eccleshall et al. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Franz X. Kleber Germany	33	3.6k	2.5k	1.9k	1.1k	583	95	5.1k
William G. Kussmaul United States	25	2.6k 0.7×	1.1k 0.4×	976 0.5×	497 0.5×	407 0.7×	59	3.7k
Leonardo Bolognese Italy	47	5.5k 1.5×	4.0k 1.6×	1.1k 0.6×	2.8k 2.6×	488 0.8×	210	7.4k
Hiroyuki Okura Japan	35	2.6k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	1.0k 0.5×	2.0k 1.8×	313 0.5×	229	4.2k
Steen Hvitfeldt Poulsen Denmark	43	4.6k 1.3×	1.3k 0.5×	565 0.3×	1.7k 1.6×	473 0.8×	212	5.7k
Luigi Chiariello Italy	37	2.8k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	1.5k 0.8×	617 0.6×	213 0.4×	200	4.6k
Marc Vanderheyden Belgium	38	3.4k 0.9×	2.7k 1.1×	546 0.3×	1.5k 1.4×	409 0.7×	174	5.5k
Tetsu Yamaguchi Japan	38	2.5k 0.7×	2.3k 0.9×	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	235 0.4×	246	4.9k
D. Christopher Metzger United States	27	2.5k 0.7×	2.7k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	862 0.8×	154 0.3×	86	4.0k
José Luis Zamorano Spain	19	5.5k 1.5×	1.5k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	1.7k 1.5×	209 0.4×	38	6.3k
Gary L. Schaer United States	32	2.1k 0.6×	2.0k 0.8×	453 0.2×	639 0.6×	403 0.7×	80	5.1k

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Jeger, Raban, Simon Eccleshall, Wan Azman Wan Ahmad, et al.. (2020). Drug-Coated Balloons for Coronary Artery Disease. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 13(12). 1391–1402. 288 indexed citations breakdown →

Jeger, Raban, et al.. (2020). Causes of death after treatment of small coronary artery disease with paclitaxel-coated balloons. Clinical Research in Cardiology. 110(2). 307–311. 5 indexed citations

Kleber, Franz X., Bruno Scheller, Paul Jau Lueng Ong, et al.. (2018). TCT-776 Duration of dual antiplatelet therapy after drug-coated balloon implantation. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 72(13). B309–B310. 10 indexed citations

Kleber, Franz X., Antonia Schulz, Yvonne P. Clever, et al.. (2013). TCT-327 Late lumen enlargement - a potential new paradigm in vascular therapy. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 62(18). B104–B104. 1 indexed citations

Kleber, Franz X., et al.. (2013). No indication for an unexpected high rate of coronary artery aneurysms after angioplasty with drug-coated balloons. EuroIntervention. 9(5). 608–612. 13 indexed citations

Kleber, Franz X., Harald Rittger, Klaus Bonaventura, et al.. (2013). Drug-coated balloons for treatment of coronary artery disease: updated recommendations from a consensus group. Clinical Research in Cardiology. 102(11). 785–797. 147 indexed citations

Bonaventura, Klaus, Alexander Leber, Christian Sohns, et al.. (2012). Cost-effectiveness of paclitaxel-coated balloon angioplasty and paclitaxel-eluting stent implantation for treatment of coronary in-stent restenosis in patients with stable coronary artery disease. Clinical Research in Cardiology. 101(7). 573–584. 24 indexed citations

Unverdorben, Martin, Franz X. Kleber, Hans‐Reiner Figulla, et al.. (2010). Treatment of small coronary arteries with a paclitaxel-coated balloon catheter. Clinical Research in Cardiology. 99(3). 165–174. 130 indexed citations

Unverdorben, Martin, C. Vallbracht, Bodo Cremers, et al.. (2009). Paclitaxel-Coated Balloon Catheter Versus Paclitaxel-Coated Stent for the Treatment of Coronary In-Stent Restenosis. Circulation. 119(23). 2986–2994. 367 indexed citations

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Mebazaa, Alexandre, Markku S. Nieminen, Milton Packer, et al.. (2007). Levosimendan vs Dobutamine for Patients With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure. 45 indexed citations

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Rau, Matthias, et al.. (2006). Acute and Long-Term Results of Bifurcation Stenting (from the COroflex Registry). The American Journal of Cardiology. 98(9). 1214–1217. 11 indexed citations

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Öz, Mehmet C., Wolfgang Konertz, Jai Raman, & Franz X. Kleber. (2004). Reverse Remodeling of the Failing Ventricle: Surgical Intervention With the Acorn Cardiac Support Device. Congestive Heart Failure. 10(2). 96–104. 11 indexed citations

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Opitz, Christian, Ulrike Bauer, Roland Wensel, et al.. (2004). Assessment of Symptoms and Exercise Capacity in Cyanotic Patients With Congenital Heart Disease. CHEST Journal. 125(2). 368–376. 43 indexed citations

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Sabbah, Hani N., Franz X. Kleber, & Wolfgang Konertz. (2001). Efficacy trends of the acorn cardiac support device in patients with heart failure: a one year follow-up. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 20(2). 217–217. 11 indexed citations

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Gläser, Sven, et al.. (2001). Torsades de Pointes Caused by Mibefradil. European Journal of Heart Failure. 3(5). 627–630. 12 indexed citations

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Kleber, Franz X., Ralf Ewert, Robert Pfitzmann, et al.. (1999). Pulmonary artery stenosis 5 years after single lung transplantation in primary pulmonary hypertension. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 18(12). 1243–1245. 16 indexed citations

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Hampton, J R, D.J. van Veldhuisen, Alison Cowley, Franz X. Kleber, & Andrew Charlesworth. (1999). Achieving Appropriate Endpoints in Heart Failure Trials: The PRIME-II Protocol. European Journal of Heart Failure. 1(1). 89–93. 2 indexed citations

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Melzer, Christoph, Thomas Bartel, Silvana Müller, Franz X. Kleber, & Gert Baumann. (1997). Dynamic three‐dimensional echocardiography in the assessment of cor triatriatum. Clinical Cardiology. 20(1). 82–83. 11 indexed citations

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Kleber, Franz X., et al.. (1996). Exertional hyperpnea in patients with chronic heart failure is a reversible cause of exercise intolerance. Basic Research in Cardiology. 91(S1). 37–43. 36 indexed citations

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Kleber, Franz X., et al.. (1993). Long-term survival in the Munich Mild Heart Failure Trial (MHFT). The American Journal of Cardiology. 71(13). 1237–1239. 8 indexed citations

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