Holger Nef

72.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
329 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Holger Nef is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Holger Nef has authored 329 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 246 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 165 papers in Surgery and 84 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Holger Nef's work include Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (113 papers), Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (97 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (81 papers). Holger Nef is often cited by papers focused on Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (113 papers), Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (97 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (81 papers). Holger Nef collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Italy and United States. Holger Nef's co-authors include Christian W. Hamm, Helge Möllmann, Christian Troidl, Andreas Rolf, Christoph Liebetrau, Albrecht Elsässer, Yoshihiro J. Akashi, Oliver Dörr, Sandra Voss and Jens Wiebe and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Holger Nef

317 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Diagnostic Accuracy of Fast Computational Approaches to Derive Fractional Flow Reserve From Diagnostic Coronary Angiography
    2016 388 citations Holger Nef et al. profile →
  2. Percutaneous coronary intervention with everolimus-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffolds in routine clinical practice: early and midterm outcomes from the European multicentre GHOST-EU registry
    2015 307 citations Tommaso Gori, Holger Nef et al. profile →
  3. Safety and Effectiveness of Coronary Intravascular Lithotripsy for Treatment of Severely Calcified Coronary Stenoses
    2019 234 citations Holger Nef et al. Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Holger Nef Germany 41 5.1k 3.3k 2.3k 1.3k 835 329 7.3k
Helge Möllmann Germany 48 6.4k 1.3× 2.7k 0.8× 1.9k 0.8× 1.5k 1.2× 2.6k 3.1× 342 8.1k
Éric Van Belle France 46 4.7k 0.9× 4.1k 1.2× 1.8k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 1.2k 1.4× 202 8.0k
Giora Weisz United States 51 5.1k 1.0× 5.8k 1.7× 3.3k 1.4× 1.9k 1.5× 467 0.6× 242 8.8k
Niels van Royen Netherlands 47 3.3k 0.6× 3.1k 0.9× 2.6k 1.1× 814 0.6× 403 0.5× 312 7.4k
Ziad A. Ali United States 45 3.1k 0.6× 5.4k 1.6× 3.3k 1.4× 2.3k 1.8× 355 0.4× 296 7.5k
Karel T. Koch Netherlands 47 5.2k 1.0× 4.9k 1.5× 2.9k 1.2× 1.1k 0.9× 615 0.7× 203 7.6k
John R. Lesser United States 43 8.0k 1.6× 2.0k 0.6× 2.8k 1.2× 622 0.5× 1.5k 1.7× 192 9.4k
Filippo Crea Italy 39 3.6k 0.7× 2.4k 0.7× 1.6k 0.7× 501 0.4× 450 0.5× 162 5.3k
Stephen G. Worthley Australia 45 4.8k 0.9× 3.1k 0.9× 2.4k 1.1× 2.1k 1.6× 1.1k 1.4× 279 8.0k
Svend Aakhus Norway 42 3.6k 0.7× 2.3k 0.7× 1.1k 0.5× 573 0.4× 537 0.6× 185 6.7k

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All Works

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Nef, Holger, Sandra Voss, Sven Reischauer, et al.. (2025). Antagonizing CCR2 With Propagermanium Leads to Altered Distribution of Macrophage Subsets and Favorable Tissue Remodeling After Myocardial Infarction in Mice. Cardiovascular Therapeutics. 2025(1). 8856808–8856808. 1 indexed citations
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Goßling, Alina, Jonathan Rilinger, Constantin von zur Mühlen, et al.. (2025). Manual support during robotic-assisted percutaneous coronary intervention. Clinical Research in Cardiology. 115(1). 25–32. 1 indexed citations
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Piayda, Kerstin, Stanislav Keranov, Mani Arsalan, et al.. (2024). Prognostic utility of mid-regional pro-adrenomedullin and growth differentiation factor 15 in patients undergoing transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Clinical Research in Cardiology. 114(11). 1508–1515. 1 indexed citations
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Dörr, Oliver, Stanislav Keranov, Holger Nef, et al.. (2024). SPARCL1 and NT-proBNP as Biomarkers of Right Ventricular-to-Pulmonary Artery Uncoupling in Pulmonary Hypertension. ESC Heart Failure. 12(2). 1416–1426. 1 indexed citations
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Landt, Martin, Nader Mankerious, Sultan Alotaibi, et al.. (2024). ProGlide‐AngioSeal versus ProGlide‐FemoSeal for vascular access hemostasis posttranscatheter aortic valve implantation. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 104(6). 1251–1259. 2 indexed citations
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Weferling, Maren, Ulrich Fischer‐Rasokat, Oliver Dörr, et al.. (2023). Outcomes After Early Postoperative Myocardial Infarction Due to Graft Failure in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. ˜The œJournal of invasive cardiology. 35(4). E161–E168. 3 indexed citations
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Weissner, Melissa, Tommaso Gori, Helen Ullrich, et al.. (2023). Coronary intravascular lithotripsy and rotational atherectomy for severely calcified stenosis: Results from the ROTA.shock trial. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 102(5). 823–833. 11 indexed citations
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Seegers, Lena Marie, Makoto Araki, Akihiro Nakajima, et al.. (2022). Sex Differences in Culprit Plaque Characteristics Among Different Age Groups in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes. Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions. 15(6). e011612–e011612. 36 indexed citations
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Rai, Himanshu, Tatsuhiko Otsuka, Youssef S. Abdelwahed, et al.. (2022). Stent Optimization Using Optical Coherence Tomography and Its Prognostic Implications After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Journal of the American Heart Association. 11(9). 8 indexed citations
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Boeder, Niklas, Johannes Kästner, Julinda Mehilli, et al.. (2021). Predictors of scaffold failure and impact of optimized scaffold implantation technique on outcome: Results from the German‐Austrian ABSORB RegIstRy. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 98(4). E555–E563. 1 indexed citations
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Wiebe, Jens, Nick E.J. West, Andreas Baumbach, et al.. (2021). Outcomes of 10,312 patients treated with everolimus‐eluting bioresorbable scaffolds during daily clinical practice – results from the European Absorb Consortium. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 99(3). 533–540. 1 indexed citations
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Achenbach, Stephan, Holger Nef, Christoph Naber, et al.. (2021). Everolimus eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffolds in patients with acute coronary syndromes: Two‐year results from the German‐Austrian ABSORB registry. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 98(4). E564–E570. 1 indexed citations
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Russo, Michele, Hyung Oh Kim, Vikas Thondapu, et al.. (2020). Ethnic Differences in the Pathobiology of Acute Coronary Syndromes Between Asians and Whites. The American Journal of Cardiology. 125(12). 1757–1764. 8 indexed citations
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Achenbach, Stephan, et al.. (2018). Effect of non‐compliant balloon postdilatation on magnesium‐based bioresorbable vascular scaffolds. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 93(2). 202–207. 7 indexed citations
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Baldus, Stephan, Karl Heinz Kuck, Volker Rudolph, et al.. (2018). Interventional therapy for AV valve disease-focus onmitral valve regurgitation. Position paper of the German Cardiac Society. Der Kardiologe. 12(2). 128–144. 5 indexed citations
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Wiebe, Jens, Christoph Liebetrau, Oliver Dörr, et al.. (2015). Impact of the learning curve on procedural results and acute outcome after percutaneous coronary interventions with everolimus-eluting bioresorbable scaffolds in an all-comers population. Cardiovascular revascularization medicine. 16(8). 455–460. 13 indexed citations
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Streitner, Florian, Karsten Hamm, Ilan S. Wittstein, et al.. (2013). Is abnormal myocardial repolarization associated with the occurrence of malignant tachyarrhythmias in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy?. Cardiology Journal. 20(6). 633–638. 9 indexed citations
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Shao, Yangzhen, Björn Redfors, Marcus Ståhlman, et al.. (2012). A Mouse Model Reveals an Important Role for Catecholamine-Induced Lipotoxicity in the Pathogenesis of Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy. European Journal of Heart Failure. 15(1). 9–22. 80 indexed citations
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Rolf, Andreas, Gerald S. Werner, Johannes Rixe, et al.. (2009). Abstract 312: Preprocedural Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography Significantly Enhances Success Rates of PCI in Complex Chronic Total Occlusions. Circulation. 120. 1 indexed citations
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Weber, Michael, Maria Burian, Helge Moellmann, et al.. (2008). Genetic Polymorphism of the Type A Human Natriuretic Peptide Receptor (NPR-A) Gene Contributes to the Interindividual Variability in the BNP System. European Journal of Heart Failure. 10(5). 482–489. 9 indexed citations

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