Rafael Sádaba

23.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
97 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Rafael Sádaba is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafael Sádaba has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 40 papers in Surgery and 31 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Rafael Sádaba's work include Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (42 papers), Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches (23 papers) and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (21 papers). Rafael Sádaba is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (42 papers), Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches (23 papers) and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (21 papers). Rafael Sádaba collaborates with scholars based in Spain, France and United Kingdom. Rafael Sádaba's co-authors include Stefano Urso, Natalia López‐Andrés, Ernesto Martínez‐Martínez, Victoria Cachofeiro, Vanessa Arrieta, Virginia Álvarez, Amaya Fernández‐Celis, Christopher Munsch, Amaia García-Peña and Alicia Gainza and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Circulation Research and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Rafael Sádaba

82 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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2021 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease

2022 171 citations Milan Milojevic, Michele De Bonis et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rafael Sádaba Spain	20	758	513	294	278	255	97	1.3k
Daniel Kretzschmar Germany	19	485 0.6×	289 0.6×	167 0.6×	186 0.7×	250 1.0×	70	968
Tohru Asai Japan	26	1.1k 1.4×	1.1k 2.1×	616 2.1×	215 0.8×	154 0.6×	187	2.0k
Shigeki Miyata Japan	25	336 0.4×	498 1.0×	244 0.8×	183 0.7×	260 1.0×	95	1.7k
Stephanie L. Mick United States	18	816 1.1×	583 1.1×	276 0.9×	499 1.8×	196 0.8×	57	1.4k
Mark C. Blaser United States	19	664 0.9×	185 0.4×	382 1.3×	206 0.7×	119 0.5×	33	1.3k
Noémi Pávó Austria	23	1.1k 1.5×	517 1.0×	189 0.6×	231 0.8×	61 0.2×	102	1.7k
Amy Gallo United States	14	504 0.7×	345 0.7×	778 2.6×	282 1.0×	434 1.7×	44	1.6k
Bartłomiej Perek Poland	18	470 0.6×	502 1.0×	261 0.9×	213 0.8×	69 0.3×	151	1.2k
Petra Hoppmann Germany	22	911 1.2×	574 1.1×	223 0.8×	105 0.4×	114 0.4×	66	1.4k
Hamed Emami United States	19	561 0.7×	495 1.0×	241 0.8×	181 0.7×	269 1.1×	35	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rafael Sádaba

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Fernández‐Celis, Amaya, Adela Navarro, Virginia Álvarez, et al.. (2025). Chemerin is a new sex-specific target in aortic stenosis concomitant with diabetes regulated by the aldosterone/mineralocorticoid receptor axis. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 328(3). H639–H647. 1 indexed citations

Vera, Alberto, et al.. (2024). Atrial fibrillation versus non‐atrial fibrillation coronary embolism. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 104(6). 1196–1203. 1 indexed citations

Matilla, Lara, Ernesto Martín‐Núñez, Adela Navarro, et al.. (2024). Neuropilin-1 sex-dependently modulates inflammatory, angiogenic and osteogenic phenotypes in the calcifying valve interstitial cell. Biochemical Pharmacology. 226. 116336–116336.

Milojevic, Milan, Miguel Sousa‐Uva, Mateo Marin‐Cuartas, et al.. (2024). Same evidence different recommendations: a methodological assessment of transatlantic guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 65(5). 4 indexed citations

Matilla, Lara, Ernesto Martín‐Núñez, Adela Navarro, et al.. (2023). Sex-specific role of galectin-3 in aortic stenosis. Biology of Sex Differences. 14(1). 72–72. 2 indexed citations

Arrieta, Vanessa, Eva Jover, Adela Navarro, et al.. (2023). Los niveles de ST2 soluble están relacionados con la fibrosis miocárdica de sustitución en la estenosis aórtica grave. Revista Española de Cardiología. 76(9). 679–689. 2 indexed citations

Jover, Eva, Lara Matilla, Virginia Álvarez, et al.. (2023). Soluble ST2 as a New Oxidative Stress and Inflammation Marker in Metabolic Syndrome. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(3). 2579–2579. 6 indexed citations

Matilla, Lara, Ernesto Martín‐Núñez, Adela Navarro, et al.. (2022). Characterization of the sex-specific pattern of angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis in aortic stenosis. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 9. 971802–971802. 17 indexed citations

Jover, Eva, Lara Matilla, Ernesto Martín‐Núñez, et al.. (2022). Sex-dependent expression of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin in aortic stenosis. Biology of Sex Differences. 13(1). 71–71. 9 indexed citations

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Urso, Stefano, et al.. (2022). Bilateral internal thoracic artery versus single internal thoracic artery plus radial artery: A double meta-analytic approach. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 167(1). 183–195.e3. 3 indexed citations

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Arrieta, Vanessa, Eva Jover, Adela Navarro, et al.. (2022). Soluble ST2 levels are related to replacement myocardial fibrosis in severe aortic stenosis. Revista Española de Cardiología (English Edition). 76(9). 679–689. 9 indexed citations

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Matilla, Lara, Vanessa Arrieta, Amaia García-Peña, et al.. (2022). Sex-Differences in Aortic Stenosis: Mechanistic Insights and Clinical Implications. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 9. 818371–818371. 24 indexed citations

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Arrieta, Vanessa, et al.. (2019). Galectin-3 as a novel biotarget in cardiovascular alterations associated to development of severe aortic stenosis. Anales del Sistema Sanitario de Navarra. 42(2). 199–208. 7 indexed citations

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Urso, Stefano, et al.. (2019). Bilateral internal thoracic artery versus single internal thoracic artery: a meta-analysis of propensity score-matched observational studies. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. 29(2). 163–172. 13 indexed citations

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Ibarrola, Jaime, Rafael Sádaba, Amaia García-Peña, et al.. (2018). A role for fumarate hydratase in mediating oxidative effects of galectin-3 in human cardiac fibroblasts. International Journal of Cardiology. 258. 217–223. 17 indexed citations

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Barili, Fabio, Nick Freemantle, Thierry Folliguet, et al.. (2017). The flaws in the detail of an observational study on transcatheter aortic valve implantation versus surgical aortic valve replacement in intermediate-risks patients. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 51(6). 1031–1035. 7 indexed citations

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Sádaba, Rafael & Stefano Urso. (2011). Does the introduction of duty-hour restriction in the United States negatively affect the operative volume of surgical trainees?. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. 13(3). 316–319. 36 indexed citations

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Urso, Stefano, Rafael Sádaba, & Gonzalo Aldámiz‐Echevarría. (2009). Is patient-prosthesis mismatch an independent risk factor for early and mid-term overall mortality in adult patients undergoing aortic valve replacement?. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. 9(3). 510–518. 38 indexed citations

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Sádaba, Rafael. (2000). Prácticas políticas: Chile, 1870-1886. 209–242. 2 indexed citations

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Sádaba, Rafael, et al.. (2000). Vasorelaxant properties of nicorandil on human radial artery. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 17(3). 319–324. 23 indexed citations

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