Katherine Lietz

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

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Katherine Lietz is a scholar working on Surgery, Biomedical Engineering and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Katherine Lietz has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Surgery, 23 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 11 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Katherine Lietz's work include Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (23 papers), Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes (19 papers) and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (14 papers). Katherine Lietz is often cited by papers focused on Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (23 papers), Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes (19 papers) and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (14 papers). Katherine Lietz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Katherine Lietz's co-authors include Donna Mancini, Leslie W. Miller, Ranjit John, Niloo M. Edwards, Yoshifumi Naka, Silviu Itescu, Joseph G. Rogers, Abdallah G. Kfoury, Carmelo A. Milano and James W. Long and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Katherine Lietz

35 papers receiving 2.1k citations

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Outcomes of Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation as Destination Therapy in the Post-REMATCH Era

2007 540 citations Katherine Lietz, James W. Long et al. Circulation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Katherine Lietz United States	25	1.8k	1.4k	690	548	412	37	2.2k
Martin Strüber Germany	23	1.2k 0.7×	724 0.5×	457 0.7×	283 0.5×	242 0.6×	62	1.6k
Soon J Park United States	21	1.1k 0.6×	838 0.6×	443 0.6×	331 0.6×	153 0.4×	31	1.4k
Peter Eckman United States	26	2.1k 1.2×	1.9k 1.3×	997 1.4×	943 1.7×	97 0.2×	106	2.9k
M. Avşar Germany	23	1.5k 0.8×	926 0.6×	202 0.3×	247 0.5×	439 1.1×	119	1.8k
Rita L. Vargo United States	19	1.4k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	788 1.1×	333 0.6×	65 0.2×	37	1.7k
H. Todd Massey United States	23	2.1k 1.2×	1.9k 1.3×	770 1.1×	948 1.7×	119 0.3×	137	2.6k
Anna L. Meyer Germany	22	1.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	555 0.8×	487 0.9×	76 0.2×	86	1.9k
Nelson A. Burton United States	25	1.6k 0.9×	934 0.7×	507 0.7×	290 0.5×	198 0.5×	57	2.3k
Michael Berchtold‐Herz Germany	20	934 0.5×	978 0.7×	445 0.6×	332 0.6×	84 0.2×	46	1.3k
Stephan Schueler United Kingdom	22	1.4k 0.8×	976 0.7×	477 0.7×	379 0.7×	79 0.2×	72	1.6k

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Lietz, Katherine, et al.. (2017). IMPACT OF SURGICAL BLEEDING ON THE COST OF HOSPITALIZATION FOR LEFT-VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE IMPLANTATION. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 69(11). 868–868. 2 indexed citations

Teuteberg, Jeffrey J., Greg Ewald, Robert Adamson, et al.. (2012). Risk Assessment for Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices: Does the Destination Therapy Risk Score Work?. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 60(1). 44–51. 47 indexed citations

Teuteberg, Jeffrey J., Joseph G. Rogers, Soon J. Park, et al.. (2011). RISK ASSESSMENT FOR CONTINUOUS FLOW LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES (LVAD): DOES THE DESTINATION THERAPY RISK SCORE WORK? AN ANALYSIS OF OVER 600 PATIENTS. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 57(14). E202–E202. 1 indexed citations

Lietz, Katherine, James W. Long, Abdallah G. Kfoury, et al.. (2009). Impact of Center Volume on Outcomes of Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation as Destination Therapy. Circulation Heart Failure. 2(1). 3–10. 58 indexed citations

Lietz, Katherine & Leslie W. Miller. (2009). Patient selection for left-ventricular assist devices. Current Opinion in Cardiology. 24(3). 246–251. 45 indexed citations

Lietz, Katherine, Kevin K. Brown, Syed Salman Ali, et al.. (2009). The role of cerebral hyperperfusion in postoperative neurologic dysfunction after left ventricular assist device implantation for end-stage heart failure. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 137(4). 1012–1019. 29 indexed citations

John, Ranjit, Kenneth K. Liao, Katherine Lietz, et al.. (2007). Experience with the Levitronix CentriMag circulatory support system as a bridge to decision in patients with refractory acute cardiogenic shock and multisystem organ failure. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 134(2). 351–358. 123 indexed citations

John, Ranjit, Katherine Lietz, Stephen J. Huddleston, et al.. (2007). Perioperative outcomes of cardiac surgery in kidney and kidney–pancreas transplant recipients. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 133(5). 1212–1219. 16 indexed citations

Lietz, Katherine & Ranjit John. (2007). Contemporary treatment of acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock. 2 indexed citations

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John, Ranjit, Katherine Lietz, Kenneth K. Liao, Leslie W. Miller, & Lyle D. Joyce. (2006). SHORT-TERM CIRCULATORY SUPPORT FOR CARDIOGENIC SHOCK WITH LEVITRONIX CENTRIMAG VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE. ASAIO Journal. 52(2). 61A–61A. 1 indexed citations

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Miller, Leslie W. & Katherine Lietz. (2006). Candidate Selection for Long-term Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy for Refractory Heart Failure. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 25(7). 756–764. 56 indexed citations

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John, Ranjit, Katherine Lietz, Forum Kamdar, et al.. (2006). REDUCTION OF RIGHT-SIDED PRESSURES USING INTRAAORTIC BALLOON COUNTERPULSATION (IABP) PRIOR TO IMPLANTATION OF LEFT-VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE (LVAD). ASAIO Journal. 52(2). 61A–61A. 1 indexed citations

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Lietz, Katherine & Leslie W. Miller. (2005). Will left-ventricular assist device therapy replace heart transplantation in the foreseeable future?. Current Opinion in Internal Medicine. 4(3). 291–296. 37 indexed citations

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Lietz, Katherine, Ranjit John, Donna Mancini, & Niloo M. Edwards. (2004). Outcomes in cardiac transplant recipients using allografts from older donors versus mortality on the transplant waiting list. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 43(9). 1553–1561. 91 indexed citations

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Lietz, Katherine & Leslie W. Miller. (2004). Left ventricular assist devices: evolving devices and indications for use in ischemic heart disease. Current Opinion in Cardiology. 19(6). 613–618. 15 indexed citations

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Lietz, Katherine, Ranjit John, Ainat Beniaminovitz, et al.. (2003). Interleukin-2 receptor blockade in cardiac transplantation: influence of HLA-DR locus incompatibility on treatment efficacy. Transplantation. 75(6). 781–787. 12 indexed citations

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John, Ranjit, Katherine Lietz, Michael Schuster, et al.. (2003). Immunologic sensitization in recipients of left ventricular assist devices. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 125(3). 578–591. 96 indexed citations

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Schuster, Michael, Alfred Kocher, Ranjit John, et al.. (2002). B-Cell activation and allosensitization after left ventricular assist device implantation is due to T-Cell activation and CD40 ligand expression. Human Immunology. 63(3). 211–220. 61 indexed citations

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John, Ranjit, Hiranya A. Rajasinghe, Jonathan M. Chen, et al.. (2000). Impact of Current Management Practices on Early and Late Death in More Than 500 Consecutive Cardiac Transplant Recipients. Annals of Surgery. 232(3). 302–311. 50 indexed citations

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John, Ranjit, Katherine Lietz, Elizabeth Burke, et al.. (1999). Intravenous Immunoglobulin Reduces Anti-HLA Alloreactivity and Shortens Waiting Time to Cardiac Transplantation in Highly Sensitized Left Ventricular Assist Device Recipients. Circulation. 100(suppl_2). 31 indexed citations

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