Karim Bénali

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
94 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Karim Bénali is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Karim Bénali has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 14 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 12 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Karim Bénali's work include Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (35 papers), Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (26 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (25 papers). Karim Bénali is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (35 papers), Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (26 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (25 papers). Karim Bénali collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Canada. Karim Bénali's co-authors include Francis Eustache, Béatrice Desgranges, Pascale Piolino, Olivier Meyer, Gilles Hayem, Jean‐Claude Baron, Jean-Michel Derlon, Nadia Tubiana‐Rufi, Fausto Viader and Serge Iglesias and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American College of Cardiology, NeuroImage and American Journal of Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Karim Bénali

77 papers receiving 2.6k citations

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Procedure-Related Complications of Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karim Bénali France	24	663	471	442	421	396	94	2.7k
Renzo Manara Italy	34	465 0.7×	423 0.9×	214 0.5×	602 1.4×	485 1.2×	262	4.3k
Sophie Tézenas du Montcel France	34	438 0.7×	543 1.2×	167 0.4×	179 0.4×	390 1.0×	137	4.9k
Barton Lane United States	32	356 0.5×	344 0.7×	204 0.5×	670 1.6×	274 0.7×	87	3.4k
David Hilton‐Jones United Kingdom	45	640 1.0×	157 0.3×	557 1.3×	188 0.4×	636 1.6×	142	6.2k
Leena Valanne Finland	38	276 0.4×	567 1.2×	174 0.4×	343 0.8×	158 0.4×	121	4.3k
Jean‐Philippe Cottier France	29	421 0.6×	290 0.6×	86 0.2×	632 1.5×	227 0.6×	152	2.9k
Patrick H. Luetmer United States	29	1.1k 1.6×	85 0.2×	176 0.4×	463 1.1×	375 0.9×	75	3.7k
Jeffrey M. Rogg United States	27	304 0.5×	172 0.4×	159 0.4×	540 1.3×	137 0.3×	59	2.2k
Lori C. Jordan United States	39	315 0.5×	151 0.3×	228 0.5×	602 1.4×	347 0.9×	179	4.6k
Rosetta Chiavacci United States	27	475 0.7×	516 1.1×	154 0.3×	340 0.8×	68 0.2×	44	3.5k

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Costa, Antoine Da & Karim Bénali. (2025). Editorial commentary: Cardiac implantable electronic device infection: Prevention is better than cure. Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine. 35(5). 317–319.

Ninni, Sandro, Charles Guénancia, Cédric Klein, et al.. (2025). Impact of ventricular tachycardia ablation in the setting of electrical storm based on patient risk profile. EP Europace. 27(9).

Béhar, Nathalie, et al.. (2025). Cardiac neuromodulation for ventricular arrhythmias: Current state and future perspectives. A comprehensive review. Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine. 35(7). 452–465.

Bénali, Karim, et al.. (2025). Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Use in Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology. 12(3). 603–605.

Bénali, Karim, Sandro Ninni, Charles Guénancia, et al.. (2024). Impact of Catheter Ablation of Electrical Storm on Survival. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology. 10(10). 2117–2128. 6 indexed citations

Bénali, Karim, Gauthier Duloquin, Lucie Garnier, et al.. (2024). Efficacy and clinical implications of a stepwise screening strategy for atrial fibrillation after stroke: Insights from the SAFAS study. Archives of cardiovascular diseases. 117(11). 616–623.

Bénali, Karim, Paul C. Zei, Michael S. Lloyd, et al.. (2024). One-year mortality and causes of death after stereotactic radiation therapy for refractory ventricular arrhythmias: A systematic review and pooled analysis. Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine. 34(7). 488–496. 8 indexed citations

Monaco, Cinzia, Ghassen Cheniti, Karim Bénali, et al.. (2024). Electrophysiological Characteristics Associated With Spontaneous Termination of Ventricular Fibrillation. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology. 10(11). 2512–2515.

Vlachos, Konstantinos, Marios Papadakis, Karim Bénali, et al.. (2024). Analysis of the effectiveness of the latest 4th-generation cryoballoon catheters in pulmonary vein isolation using high-resolution mapping. Hellenic Journal of Cardiology. 85. 12–23. 1 indexed citations

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Bénali, Karim, Nathalie Béhar, P. Mabo, et al.. (2024). Quinidine for ventricular arrhythmias: A comprehensive review. Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine. 35(2). 73–81. 1 indexed citations

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Ploux, Sylvain, Marc Strik, Niraj Varma, et al.. (2024). Bridging the Gap. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology. 11(1). 171–178.

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Bénali, Karim, Basile Mouhat, Gauthier Duloquin, et al.. (2023). Value of HAVOC and Brown ESUS-AF scores for atrial fibrillation on implantable cardiac monitors after embolic stroke of undetermined source. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 33(1). 107451–107451. 6 indexed citations

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Bénali, Karim, Michael S. Lloyd, Igor Bessières, et al.. (2023). Cardiac stereotactic radiation therapy for refractory ventricular arrhythmias in patients with left ventricular assist devices. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 35(1). 206–213. 2 indexed citations

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Martins, Raphaël P., Mathieu Léderlin, J. Castelli, et al.. (2022). Cardiac radioablation for ventricular tachycardia: Which approach for incorporating cardiorespiratory motions into the planning target volume?. Physica Medica. 95. 16–24. 13 indexed citations

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Bénali, Karim, Antoine Simon, Vincent Galand, et al.. (2021). Cardiac stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for refractory ventricular arrhythmias: A radical alternative? A narrative review of rationale and cardiological aspects. Journal of medical imaging and radiation sciences. 52(4). 626–635. 9 indexed citations

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Dixon, Simon, José P.S. Henriques, Laura Mauri, et al.. (2009). A Prospective Feasibility Trial Investigating the Use of the Impella 2.5 System in Patients Undergoing High-Risk Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (The PROTECT I Trial). JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 2(2). 91–96. 227 indexed citations

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Bénali, Karim, et al.. (2002). Sinistrality in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research. 55(3). 303–306. 11 indexed citations

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Dollfus, Sonia, et al.. (2002). Executive/attentional cognitive functions in schizophrenic patients and their parents: a preliminary study. Schizophrenia Research. 53(1-2). 93–99. 61 indexed citations

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Brazo, P., Rose Marie, Karim Bénali, et al.. (2002). Cognitive patterns in subtypes of schizophrenia. European Psychiatry. 17(3). 155–162. 88 indexed citations

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Derlon, Jean-Michel, Françoise Chapon, Karim Bénali, et al.. (2000). Non-invasive grading of oligodendrogliomas: correlations between in vivo metabolic pattern and histopathology. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 27(7). 778–787. 76 indexed citations

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