George C. Kaiser

9.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
158 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

George C. Kaiser is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, George C. Kaiser has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 77 papers in Surgery and 34 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in George C. Kaiser's work include Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (59 papers), Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (46 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (29 papers). George C. Kaiser is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (59 papers), Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (46 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (29 papers). George C. Kaiser collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Germany. George C. Kaiser's co-authors include Lloyd D. Fisher, Vallee L. Willman, Hendrick B. Barner, William O. Myers, Kathryn Davis, Thomas J. Ryan, Edwin L. Alderman, Bernard Chaitman, Charles Maynard and Thomas Killip and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

George C. Kaiser

154 papers receiving 6.7k 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.

Results of coronary artery surgery in patients with poor left ventricular function (CASS).

1983 589 citations Lloyd D. Fisher, George C. Kaiser et al. profile →
Survival of medically treated patients in the coronary artery surgery study (CASS) registry.

1982 552 citations Michael B. Mock, Lloyd D. Fisher et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
George C. Kaiser United States	44	5.3k	4.2k	2.4k	1.0k	911	158	7.3k
Ellis L. Jones United States	43	4.1k 0.8×	3.7k 0.9×	880 0.4×	1.2k 1.2×	462 0.5×	139	5.6k
Roman W. DeSanctis United States	44	5.0k 0.9×	2.2k 0.5×	972 0.4×	1.5k 1.5×	333 0.4×	86	6.5k
Charles E. Chambers United States	32	4.8k 0.9×	3.9k 0.9×	2.9k 1.2×	1.4k 1.4×	696 0.8×	89	7.2k
John G. Byrne United States	41	4.7k 0.9×	3.8k 0.9×	1.1k 0.4×	1.5k 1.5×	706 0.8×	177	6.8k
P. Fioretti Netherlands	48	7.3k 1.4×	2.7k 0.6×	5.7k 2.3×	888 0.9×	851 0.9×	245	9.0k
Robert B. Karp United States	41	3.9k 0.7×	2.4k 0.6×	479 0.2×	1.3k 1.3×	455 0.5×	131	6.1k
Arthur J. Labovitz United States	47	6.2k 1.2×	2.2k 0.5×	2.9k 1.2×	1.8k 1.8×	585 0.6×	191	8.1k
L. David Hillis United States	22	3.0k 0.6×	1.5k 0.4×	1.1k 0.4×	358 0.4×	395 0.4×	41	4.1k
Gulshan K. Sethi United States	34	3.9k 0.7×	3.2k 0.8×	474 0.2×	1.2k 1.2×	818 0.9×	113	5.7k
James N. Kirkpatrick United States	42	3.1k 0.6×	2.1k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	778 0.8×	926 1.0×	222	6.3k

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Fiore, Andrew C., Keith S. Naunheim, George C. Kaiser, et al.. (1992). Mitral valve replacement: Randomized trial of St. Jude and medtronic-hall prostheses. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 54(1). 68–73. 23 indexed citations

Fiore, Andrew C., Keith S. Naunheim, Lawrence R. McBride, et al.. (1992). Aortic valve replacement. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 104(1). 130–138. 7 indexed citations

Naunheim, Keith S., Marc T. Swartz, D. Glenn Pennington, et al.. (1992). Intraaortic balloon pumping in patients requiring cardiac operations. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 104(6). 1654–1661. 45 indexed citations

Deligönül, Ubeydullah, et al.. (1991). Delayed onset of severe mitral regurgitation after successful percutaneous mitral balloon valvuloplasty. American Heart Journal. 122(1). 235–238. 3 indexed citations

McBride, Lawrence R., Keith S. Naunheim, Andrew C. Fiore, et al.. (1990). Aortic valve decalcification. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 100(1). 36–43. 22 indexed citations

Myers, William O., Hartzell V. Schaff, Bernard J. Gersh, et al.. (1989). Improved survival of surgically treated patients with triple vessel coronary artery disease and severe angina pectoris. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 97(4). 487–495. 59 indexed citations

Naunheim, Keith S., Andrew C. Fiore, Dedra H. Fagan, et al.. (1989). Emergency coronary artery bypass grafting for failed angioplasty: Risk factors and outcome. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 47(6). 816–823. 33 indexed citations

Tyras, Denis H., Hendrick B. Barner, George C. Kaiser, et al.. (1981). Coronary artery disease with minimal angina. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 82(5). 699–705. 2 indexed citations

Kennedy, John W., George C. Kaiser, Lloyd D. Fisher, et al.. (1980). Multivariate discriminant analysis of the clinical and angiographic predictors of operative mortality from the Collaborative Study in Coronary Artery Surgery (CASS). Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 80(6). 876–887. 257 indexed citations

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Tyras, Denis H., George C. Kaiser, Hendrick B. Barner, et al.. (1980). The rationale for operative therapy of symptomatic single-vessel coronary artery disease. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 80(1). 73–78. 9 indexed citations

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Pfenninger, J. & George C. Kaiser. (1979). [Continuous monitoring of intracranial pressure and new aspects of neurologic intensive care for children].. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 109(44). 1693–9. 4 indexed citations

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Laks, Hillel, Hendrick B. Barner, & George C. Kaiser. (1979). Cold blood cardioplegia. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 77(2). 319–322. 22 indexed citations

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Tyras, Denis H., Joseph C. Stothert, George C. Kaiser, et al.. (1979). Supraventricular tachyarrhythmias after myocardial revascularization: A randomized trial of prophylactic digitalization. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 77(2). 310–314. 89 indexed citations

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Codd, John E., Robert D. Wiens, Hendrick B. Barner, George C. Kaiser, & Vallee L. Willman. (1977). Steroids and myocardial preservation. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 74(3). 418–422. 16 indexed citations

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Chen, Su‐chiung, et al.. (1976). Aortic aneurysm in childhood: Report of six instances. The Journal of Pediatrics. 89(2). 231–234. 22 indexed citations

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Ghahramani, Ali, et al.. (1975). Coronary revascularization in patients surviving unexpected ventricular fibrillation.. PubMed. 52(6 Suppl). III219–22. 15 indexed citations

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Kaiser, George C., Hendrick B. Barner, & Vallee L. Willman. (1972). Aortocoronary bypass vein preparation.. PubMed. 135(6). 953–4. 2 indexed citations

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Hirsch, Edwin F. & George C. Kaiser. (1969). The innervation of the lung. Thomas eBooks. 5 indexed citations

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Kaiser, George C., et al.. (1967). Valve replacement in cases of aortic insufficiency due to active endocarditis. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 54(4). 491–502. 36 indexed citations

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Mandelbaum, Isidore, et al.. (1962). Gastric Intramural Aneurysm as a Cause for Massive Gastro-intestinal Hemorrhage. Annals of Surgery. 155(2). 199–203. 13 indexed citations

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