Iqbal Jaffer

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Iqbal Jaffer is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Iqbal Jaffer has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 10 papers in Epidemiology and 6 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Iqbal Jaffer's work include Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (16 papers), Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (12 papers) and Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management (9 papers). Iqbal Jaffer is often cited by papers focused on Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (16 papers), Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (12 papers) and Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management (9 papers). Iqbal Jaffer collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Netherlands. Iqbal Jaffer's co-authors include Jeffrey I. Weitz, James C. Fredenburgh, J. Hirsh, Alisa S. Wolberg, Giancarlo Agnelli, Frits R. Rosendaal, Trevor Baglin, Nigel Mackman, Richard Whitlock and Maryam Badv and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, PEDIATRICS and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Iqbal Jaffer

30 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Medical device‐induced thrombosis: what causes it and how can we prevent it?

2015 424 citations Iqbal Jaffer, James C. Fredenburgh et al. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Iqbal Jaffer Canada	14	414	301	262	258	245	31	1.3k
Hardean E. Achneck United States	19	206 0.5×	66 0.2×	165 0.6×	419 1.6×	93 0.4×	40	1.3k
Wei Yin United States	28	530 1.3×	54 0.2×	446 1.7×	492 1.9×	99 0.4×	116	2.4k
U.T. Seyfert Germany	19	297 0.7×	35 0.1×	135 0.5×	381 1.5×	188 0.8×	57	1.3k
S.A. Mitchell United Kingdom	18	322 0.8×	96 0.3×	140 0.5×	65 0.3×	160 0.7×	41	1.7k
Steven M. Slack United States	18	99 0.2×	268 0.9×	226 0.9×	214 0.8×	34 0.1×	30	899
Frederik H. van der Veen Netherlands	20	428 1.0×	71 0.2×	506 1.9×	27 0.1×	72 0.3×	56	1.2k
Brigitta C. Brott United States	22	357 0.9×	87 0.3×	327 1.2×	34 0.1×	40 0.2×	95	1.8k
Tobias Walker Germany	20	296 0.7×	60 0.2×	186 0.7×	28 0.1×	68 0.3×	66	1.2k
Nathan J. White United States	21	52 0.1×	53 0.2×	192 0.7×	477 1.8×	70 0.3×	73	1.6k
Karla Lehle Germany	25	322 0.8×	45 0.1×	1.0k 3.9×	89 0.3×	47 0.2×	93	1.8k

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Sheth, Tej, et al.. (2025). The ABC Bicuspid Sizing Protocol for SAPIEN 3 Balloon-Expandable Valves. Structural Heart. 9(9). 100487–100487. 1 indexed citations

Sheth, Tej, et al.. (2024). Gated Computed Tomography Evaluation of the Aortic Root for Treatment Planning of Patients With Aortic Stenosis. Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions. 3(3). 101298–101298. 2 indexed citations

Chavarría, Jorge, Amir Aziz, Alexander Dick, et al.. (2024). Bicuspid valve CT registry of balloon‐expandable TAVR: BETTER TAVR registry. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 104(1). 105–114. 1 indexed citations

Fredenburgh, James C., et al.. (2023). Rivaroxaban and apixaban are less effective than enoxaparin for the prevention of catheter-induced clotting in vitro. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 21(1). 76–82. 4 indexed citations

Ryan, Tammy, Kevin J. Um, Iqbal Jaffer, et al.. (2022). New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 15(6). 603–613. 24 indexed citations

Chavarría, Jorge, Matthew Sibbald, James L. Velianou, et al.. (2021). A Computed Tomography Protocol to Evaluate Coronary Artery Disease Before Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 38(1). 23–30. 5 indexed citations

Percy, Edward, Sameer Hirji, Alexandra Malarczyk, et al.. (2020). Variability in opioid prescribing practices among cardiac surgeons and trainees. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 35(10). 2657–2662. 4 indexed citations

Gupta, Saurabh, et al.. (2019). Antiplatelet Therapy and Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Analysis of Current Evidence With a Focus on Acute Coronary Syndrome. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 35(8). 1030–1038. 8 indexed citations

Jaffer, Iqbal, James C. Fredenburgh, Alan R. Stafford, Richard Whitlock, & Jeffrey I. Weitz. (2019). Rivaroxaban and Dabigatran for Suppression of Mechanical Heart Valve–Induced Thrombin Generation. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 110(2). 582–590. 12 indexed citations

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Jaffer, Iqbal & Jeffrey I. Weitz. (2019). The blood compatibility challenge. Part 1: Blood-contacting medical devices: The scope of the problem. Acta Biomaterialia. 94. 2–10. 193 indexed citations

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Badv, Maryam, Iqbal Jaffer, Jeffrey I. Weitz, & Tohid F. Didar. (2017). An omniphobic lubricant-infused coating produced by chemical vapor deposition of hydrophobic organosilanes attenuates clotting on catheter surfaces. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 11639–11639. 103 indexed citations

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Jaffer, Iqbal, Noel Chan, Robin Roberts, et al.. (2017). Comparison of the ecarin chromogenic assay and diluted thrombin time for quantification of dabigatran concentrations. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 15(12). 2377–2387. 18 indexed citations

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Weitz, Jeffrey I. & Iqbal Jaffer. (2016). Optimizing the safety of treatment for venous thromboembolism in the era of the direct oral anticoagulants. Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnętrznej. 126(9). 688–696. 23 indexed citations

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Jaffer, Iqbal & Richard Whitlock. (2016). A mechanical heart valve is the best choice. Heart Asia. 8(1). 62–64. 17 indexed citations

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Mertz, Dominik, Richard Whitlock, Stephanie Smith, et al.. (2016). Routine Surveillance Versus Independent Assessment by an Outcome Adjudication Committee in Assessing Patients for Sternal Surgical Site Infections After Cardiac Surgery. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 37(5). 600–602. 1 indexed citations

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McClure, G., Emilie P. Belley‐Côté, Rohit K. Singal, et al.. (2016). Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. BMJ Open. 6(11). e013273–e013273. 8 indexed citations

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Jaffer, Iqbal, James C. Fredenburgh, J. Hirsh, & Jeffrey I. Weitz. (2015). Medical device‐induced thrombosis: what causes it and how can we prevent it?. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 13. S72–S81. 424 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wolberg, Alisa S., Frits R. Rosendaal, Jeffrey I. Weitz, et al.. (2015). Venous thrombosis. Nature Reviews Disease Primers. 1(1). 15006–15006. 255 indexed citations

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Jaffer, Iqbal, Alan R. Stafford, James C. Fredenburgh, Richard Whitlock, & Jeffrey I. Weitz. (2015). COMPARISON OF THE EFFECT OF NON-VITAMIN K ANTAGONIST ORAL ANTICOAGULANTS AND WARFARIN ON MECHANICAL HEART VALVE-INDUCED THROMBIN GENERATION. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 31(10). S199–S199. 1 indexed citations

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Jaffer, Iqbal, Monika Riederer, P. Shah, et al.. (2011). Expression of fat mobilizing genes in human epicardial adipose tissue. Atherosclerosis. 220(1). 122–127. 22 indexed citations

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