Ian Loftus

9.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
132 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Ian Loftus is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian Loftus has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 117 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 62 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 61 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Ian Loftus's work include Aortic aneurysm repair treatments (89 papers), Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches (54 papers) and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (44 papers). Ian Loftus is often cited by papers focused on Aortic aneurysm repair treatments (89 papers), Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches (54 papers) and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (44 papers). Ian Loftus collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Ian Loftus's co-authors include Matt Thompson, Robert J. Hinchliffe, Peter Holt, Ian M. Nordon, Matthew M. Thompson, Peter Bell, Benjamin O. Patterson, Robert Morgan, Alan Karthikesalingam and Edward Choke and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Ian Loftus

128 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

Pathophysiology and epidemiology of abdominal aortic aneurysms

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ian Loftus United Kingdom	38	3.6k	2.1k	1.9k	370	344	132	4.9k
Virendra I. Patel United States	41	3.3k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	1.8k 1.0×	250 0.7×	254 0.7×	231	4.6k
Christopher P. Denton United Kingdom	13	4.0k 1.1×	2.1k 1.0×	572 0.3×	225 0.6×	142 0.4×	24	4.7k
Matthew Waltham United Kingdom	26	1.9k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	811 0.4×	137 0.4×	187 0.5×	54	2.9k
Krzysztof Żmudka Poland	31	989 0.3×	2.2k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	171 0.5×	205 0.6×	198	3.6k
Michael A. Golden United States	33	2.9k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	141 0.4×	79 0.2×	110	4.1k
Chris Denton United Kingdom	19	3.0k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	519 0.3×	300 0.8×	89 0.3×	38	3.9k
Michael J. Jacobs Netherlands	30	1.8k 0.5×	785 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	259 0.7×	124 0.4×	158	2.9k
Ilka Ott Germany	41	1.3k 0.3×	3.2k 1.5×	2.7k 1.5×	565 1.5×	273 0.8×	144	6.3k
Chiung‐Jen Wu Taiwan	34	933 0.3×	2.2k 1.1×	2.0k 1.1×	250 0.7×	89 0.3×	197	4.0k
Bijan Modarai United Kingdom	32	1.2k 0.3×	632 0.3×	1.1k 0.6×	133 0.4×	176 0.5×	119	2.6k

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Böckler, Dittmar, Vinamr Rastogi, Hence J.M. Verhagen, et al.. (2024). The Effect of One Year Aneurysm Sac Dynamics on Five Year Mortality and Continued Aneurysm Sac Evolution. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 68(4). 469–477. 2 indexed citations

Budge, James, et al.. (2024). Quality Assessment of Elective Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Patient Information on the Internet Using the Modified Ensuring Quality Information for Patients Tool. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 67(5). 738–745. 4 indexed citations

Loftus, Ian & Rob Sayers. (2023). More or Less a Transatlantic View of AAA Case Volumes. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 66(6). 765–765.

Uphaus, Timo, Toby Richards, Christian Weimar, et al.. (2022). Revacept, an Inhibitor of Platelet Adhesion in Symptomatic Carotid Stenosis: A Multicenter Randomized Phase II Trial. Stroke. 53(9). 2718–2729. 25 indexed citations

Zeebregts, Clark J., Jan M.M. Heyligers, Alexander Oberhuber, et al.. (2019). Preliminary outcome of Nellix-in-Nellix extensions in patients treated with failed endovascular aneurysm sealing. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 70(4). 1099–1106. 11 indexed citations

Grima, Matthew Joe, Mourad Boufi, Martin Law, et al.. (2018). Editor's Choice – The Implications of Non-compliance to Endovascular Aneurysm Repair Surveillance: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 55(4). 492–502. 24 indexed citations

Benson, Ruth, et al.. (2018). Cerebral embolization during endovascular infrarenal, juxtarenal, and suprarenal aortic aneurysm repair, high-risk maneuvers, and associated neurologic outcomes. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 68(5). 1374–1381. 14 indexed citations

Patterson, Benjamin O., et al.. (2018). Midterm results of endovascular aneurysm sealing to treat abdominal aortic aneurysm. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 69(1). 53–62.e1. 6 indexed citations

Budtz-Lilly, Jacob, Martin Björck, Maarit Venermo, et al.. (2018). Editor's Choice – The Impact of Centralisation and Endovascular Aneurysm Repair on Treatment of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Based on International Registries. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 56(2). 181–188. 66 indexed citations

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Boufi, Mourad, Benjamin O. Patterson, Anderson Loundou, et al.. (2018). Endovascular Versus Open Repair for Chronic Type B Dissection Treatment: A Meta-Analysis. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 107(5). 1559–1570. 45 indexed citations

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Patterson, Benjamin O., et al.. (2018). Early results of endovascular aneurysm sealing with chimney grafts to treat juxtarenal and suprarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 70(1). 43–52. 4 indexed citations

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Paraskevas, Kosmas I. & Ian Loftus. (2017). Safety of carotid revascularization within 48 hours of symptomatic presentation. The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery. 58(2). 139–142. 1 indexed citations

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Malkawi, Amir H., Jorg L. de Bruin, Ian Loftus, & Matt Thompson. (2014). Treatment of a Juxtarenal Aneurysm With the Nellix Endovascular Aneurysm Sealing System and Chimney Stent. Journal of Endovascular Therapy. 21(4). 538–540. 30 indexed citations

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Moxey, Paul, D. Hofman, R.J. Hinchliffe, et al.. (2012). Volume–Outcome Relationships in Lower Extremity Arterial Bypass Surgery. Annals of Surgery. 256(6). 1102–1107. 30 indexed citations

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Thompson, Matthew M., Peter Holt, Ian Loftus, & Thomas L. Forbes. (2011). Debate: Whether abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery should be centralized at higher-volume centers. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 54(4). 1208–1214. 24 indexed citations

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Metcalfe, Matthew, et al.. (2011). The first endovascular repair of an acute type A dissection using an endograft designed for the ascending aorta. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 55(1). 220–222. 60 indexed citations

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Thompson, Matt, Nicholas Cheshire, Hervé Rousseau, et al.. (2007). Early Results of Endovascular Treatment of the Thoracic Aorta Using the Valiant Endograft. CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology. 30(6). 1130–1138. 44 indexed citations

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Dawson, Joe, et al.. (2007). Aortic aneurysms secrete interleukin-6 into the circulation. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 45(2). 350–356. 99 indexed citations

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Young, Emily, Peter Holt, Jan Poloniecki, Ian Loftus, & Matt Thompson. (2007). Meta-analysis and systematic review of the relationship between surgeon annual caseload and mortality for elective open abdominal aortic aneurysm repairs. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 46(6). 1287–1294. 71 indexed citations

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Loftus, Ian, Mark J. McCarthy, Andrew Lloyd, et al.. (1999). Prevalence of true vein graft aneurysms: Implications for aneurysm pathogenesis. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 29(3). 403–408. 39 indexed citations

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