Josef Ludwig

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Josef Ludwig is a scholar working on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Josef Ludwig has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Surgery, 26 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 22 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Josef Ludwig's work include Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (21 papers), Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (17 papers) and Vascular Procedures and Complications (13 papers). Josef Ludwig is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (21 papers), Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (17 papers) and Vascular Procedures and Complications (13 papers). Josef Ludwig collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Josef Ludwig's co-authors include Werner G. Daniel, Stephan Achenbach, Frank A. Flachskampf, Carlo Di Mario, Dieter Ropers, Yves Louvard, Jeffrey W. Moses, Antonio Colombo, Martin B. Leon and Vassilis Spanos and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and The American Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Josef Ludwig

52 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Randomized Study to Evaluate Sirolimus-Eluting Stents Imp... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Randomized Study to Evaluate Sirolimus-Eluting Stents Implanted at Coronary Bifurcation Lesions
    2004 541 citations Antonio Colombo, Jeffrey W. Moses et al. Circulation profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Josef Ludwig Germany 24 1.6k 1.2k 1.1k 1.0k 321 55 2.6k
Cheng‐Hsu Yang Taiwan 27 1.1k 0.7× 1.4k 1.1× 433 0.4× 396 0.4× 164 0.5× 117 2.3k
Tsunekazu Kakuta Japan 29 2.7k 1.7× 2.0k 1.6× 1.2k 1.1× 2.1k 2.0× 209 0.7× 261 3.7k
Yoshisato Shibata Japan 23 1.5k 1.0× 1.2k 1.0× 499 0.5× 802 0.8× 118 0.4× 122 2.2k
Sergio Waxman United States 25 1.4k 0.9× 1.0k 0.9× 612 0.6× 951 0.9× 106 0.3× 89 2.3k
Gianfederico Possati Italy 29 1.4k 0.9× 1.7k 1.4× 655 0.6× 206 0.2× 123 0.4× 93 2.6k
Chi‐Ling Hang Taiwan 24 1.0k 0.7× 1.2k 1.0× 369 0.3× 392 0.4× 89 0.3× 98 1.9k
Albert W. Chan Canada 21 876 0.6× 1.3k 1.0× 324 0.3× 416 0.4× 410 1.3× 76 2.2k
Michael J. Jacobs Netherlands 30 1.1k 0.7× 785 0.6× 1.8k 1.7× 160 0.2× 259 0.8× 158 2.9k
Cass A. Pinkerton United States 24 2.0k 1.2× 1.5k 1.3× 692 0.7× 1.1k 1.0× 51 0.2× 50 2.5k
Jay Hollman United States 28 3.0k 1.9× 2.2k 1.8× 737 0.7× 1.6k 1.6× 87 0.3× 66 3.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Josef Ludwig

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Josef Ludwig

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All Works

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Kobo, Ofer, Tahmeed Contractor, Mohamed O. Mohamed, et al.. (2020). Impact of pre-existent vascular and poly-vascular disease on acute myocardial infarction management and outcomes: An analysis of 2 million patients from the National Inpatient Sample. International Journal of Cardiology. 327. 1–8. 17 indexed citations
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Ensminger, Stephan, Stephan Achenbach, Christian Heim, et al.. (2012). TCT-881 Embolic Cerebral Insults and Microbleeds after Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement detected by Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 60(17). B255–B255. 1 indexed citations
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Marwan, Mohamed, Martin Arnold, Stephan Ensminger, et al.. (2012). CT PREDICTORS OF POST-PROCEDURAL AORTIC REGURGITATION IN PATIENTS REFERRED FOR TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION: A PROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF 105 PATIENTS. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 59(13). E1197–E1197.
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Arnold, Martin, Stephan Achenbach, Arnd Dörfler, et al.. (2010). Embolic Cerebral Insults After Transapical Aortic Valve Implantation Detected by Magnetic Resonance Imaging. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 3(11). 1126–1132. 84 indexed citations
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Ludwig, Josef, Stephan Achenbach, & Frank A. Flachskampf. (2010). Transradial approach: a modified puncture technique for arterial access. EuroIntervention. 6(2). 280–282. 2 indexed citations
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Achenbach, Stephan, Dieter Ropers, Nesrin Turan, et al.. (2008). Transradial versus transfemoral approach for coronary angiography and intervention in patients above 75 years of age. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 72(5). 629–635. 107 indexed citations
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Regenfus, Matthias, et al.. (2007). Abstract 2126: Risk Stratification After Reperfused Acute Myocardial Infarction Using Contrast-enhanced Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance: Comparison Of First-pass And Delayed Enhancement Imaging. Circulation. 116.
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Geiger, Matthias, Josef Ludwig, Dierk Scheinert, et al.. (2006). High-Dose Intracoronary Irradiation after De Novo Stent Implantation. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie. 182(1). 9–15. 5 indexed citations
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Schlundt, Christian, et al.. (2006). Three‐dimensional on‐line reconstruction of coronary bifurcated lesions to optimize side‐branch stenting. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 68(2). 249–253. 19 indexed citations
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Pflederer, Tobias, Josef Ludwig, Dieter Ropers, Werner G. Daniel, & Stephan Achenbach. (2006). Measurement of Coronary Artery Bifurcation Angles by Multidetector Computed Tomography. Investigative Radiology. 41(11). 793–798. 61 indexed citations
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Ludwig, Josef, et al.. (2005). BMW-Welt München - die Stahlkonstruktion in der realen Umsetzung. Stahlbau. 74(7). 492–498.
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Brueck, Martin, Martin Heidt, Wilfried Kramer, & Josef Ludwig. (2004). Comparison of interventional versus conservative treatment of isolated ostial lesions of coronary diagonal branch arteries. The American Journal of Cardiology. 93(9). 1162–1164. 12 indexed citations
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Achenbach, Stephan, Dieter Ropers, Udo Hoffmann, et al.. (2004). assessment of coronary remodeling in stenotic and nonstenotic coronary atherosclerotic lesions by multidetector spiral computed tomography. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 43(5). 842–847. 317 indexed citations
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Colombo, Antonio, Yves Louvard, Carlo Di Mario, et al.. (2003). Sirolimus-eluting stents in bifurcation lesions: Six-month angiographic results according to the implantation technique. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 41(6). 53–53. 7 indexed citations
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Brueck, Martin, Wilfried Kramer, Paul Vogt, et al.. (2003). Patency rates of three arterial grafting patterns to the left anterior descending and diagonal coronary arteries in symptomatic patients. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 75(4). 1161–1164. 2 indexed citations
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Brück, Martin, Josef Ludwig, Frank A. Flachskampf, & Werner G. Daniel. (2002). Stellenwert der Glykoprotein IIb/IIIa-Rezeptorantagonisten in der interventionellen Therapie degenerierter aortokoronarer Venenbypässe. Zeitschrift für Kardiologie. 91(1). 16–23. 1 indexed citations
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Louvard, Yves, Josef Ludwig, Thierry Lefèvre, et al.. (2002). Transradial approach for coronary angioplasty in the setting of acute myocardial infarction: A dual‐center registry. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 55(2). 206–211. 80 indexed citations
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Brueck, Martin, Dierk Scheinert, Frank A. Flachskampf, Werner G. Daniel, & Josef Ludwig. (2002). Sequential vs. kissing balloon angioplasty for stenting of bifurcation coronary lesions. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 55(4). 461–466. 34 indexed citations
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Brueck, Martin, et al.. (2001). Rescue-Thrombektomie nach Stentimplantation in einem degenerierten aortokoronaren Venenbypass. Medizinische Klinik. 96(11). 681–684. 3 indexed citations
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Scheinert, Dierk, Sven Bräunlich, B. Nonnast-Daniel, et al.. (2001). Transradial approach for renal artery stenting. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 54(4). 442–447. 28 indexed citations

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