Rainer Hoffmann

14.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
301 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

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Rainer Hoffmann is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Rainer Hoffmann has authored 301 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 157 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 129 papers in Surgery and 119 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Rainer Hoffmann's work include Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (105 papers), Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (72 papers) and Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (71 papers). Rainer Hoffmann is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (105 papers), Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (72 papers) and Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (71 papers). Rainer Hoffmann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Rainer Hoffmann's co-authors include Peter Hanrath, Michael Becker, Nikolaus Marx, Gary S. Mintz, Kenneth M. Kent, Lowell F. Satler, Augusto D. Pichard, Martin B. Leon, Ertunc Altiok and Jeffrey J. Popma and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Rainer Hoffmann

290 papers receiving 9.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rainer Hoffmann Germany	50	6.7k	4.4k	4.2k	1.7k	1.7k	301	10.1k
Kunio Miyatake Japan	48	6.4k 1.0×	1.9k 0.4×	2.5k 0.6×	3.7k 2.1×	1.4k 0.8×	253	10.9k
Willem Flameng Belgium	51	5.5k 0.8×	1.7k 0.4×	3.5k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	373	9.5k
Harry Rakowski Canada	60	13.1k 2.0×	1.7k 0.4×	3.1k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	3.7k 2.3×	209	14.3k
Luc Mertens Canada	59	6.5k 1.0×	1.8k 0.4×	2.9k 0.7×	4.3k 2.5×	6.1k 3.7×	404	11.8k
Mani A. Vannan United States	39	5.0k 0.8×	2.4k 0.5×	1.3k 0.3×	894 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	146	7.2k
Robert C. Gorman United States	61	7.1k 1.1×	1.2k 0.3×	5.4k 1.3×	2.1k 1.2×	2.1k 1.3×	326	11.8k
Joseph H. Gorman United States	55	6.3k 0.9×	1.0k 0.2×	5.1k 1.2×	1.8k 1.0×	1.9k 1.2×	282	10.3k
Donald D. Glower United States	52	9.2k 1.4×	989 0.2×	6.4k 1.5×	1.8k 1.0×	3.6k 2.2×	242	12.4k
Siew Yen Ho United Kingdom	66	12.1k 1.8×	1.8k 0.4×	3.8k 0.9×	3.9k 2.3×	5.6k 3.4×	366	16.2k
M.B. Leon United States	31	4.0k 0.6×	1.9k 0.4×	2.5k 0.6×	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	73	6.5k

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Hoffmann, Rainer, et al.. (2024). Psychiatrische Symptome der Huntington-Krankheit. Der Nervenarzt. 95(9). 871–884. 1 indexed citations

Gramlich, Yves, M. Kremer, Judith Breuer, et al.. (2021). Implementierung eines standardisierten Test-Kits zur Diagnostik von periprothetischen Infektionen in der klinischen Routine. Der Unfallchirurg. 125(5). 381–388. 2 indexed citations

Schröder, Jörg, Mohammad Almalla, Mohammed Saad, et al.. (2020). Distinct pressure half-time values by transthoracic echocardiography for grading of paravalvular regurgitation after transcatheter aortic valve replacement. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 2549–2549. 1 indexed citations

Gelderblom, Hans, Torsten Wüstenberg, Wilhelm Fischer, et al.. (2017). Bupropion for the treatment of apathy in Huntington’s disease: A multicenter, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, prospective crossover trial. PLoS ONE. 12(3). e0173872–e0173872. 43 indexed citations

Skodda, Sabine, Uwe Schlegel, Rainer Hoffmann, & Carsten Saft. (2013). Impaired motor speech performance in Huntington’s disease. Journal of Neural Transmission. 121(4). 399–407. 30 indexed citations

Becker, Michael, Ertunc Altiok, Sydney Otten, et al.. (2011). Layer-specific analysis of myocardial function for accurate prediction of reversible ischaemic dysfunction in intermediate viability defined by contrast-enhanced MRI. Heart. 97(9). 748–756. 18 indexed citations

Franzen, Olaf, Jan Van der Heyden, Stephan Baldus, et al.. (2011). MitraClip® Therapy in Patients with End-Stage Systolic Heart Failure. European Journal of Heart Failure. 13(5). 569–576. 211 indexed citations

Becker, Michael, Ertunc Altiok, Christina Ocklenburg, et al.. (2011). LAYER SPECIFIC ANALYSIS OF MYOCARDIAL FUNCTION TO PREDICT REVERSIBLE ISCHEMIC DYSFUNCTION IN INTERMEDIATE VIABILITY BY CEMRI. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 57(14). E649–E649. 1 indexed citations

Neizel, Mirja, Grigorios Korosoglou, Dirk Loßnitzer, et al.. (2010). Impact of Systolic and Diastolic Deformation Indexes Assessed by Strain-Encoded Imaging to Predict Persistent Severe Myocardial Dysfunction in Patients After Acute Myocardial Infarction at Follow-Up. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 56(13). 1056–1062. 41 indexed citations

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Becker, Michael, et al.. (2010). ANALYSIS OF LEFT VENTRICULAR LEAD POSITION IN CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY USING DIFFERENT IMAGING MODALITIES. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 55(10). A66.E622–A66.E622. 1 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Rainer & Ertunc Altiok. (2009). Echokardiographische Diagnostik bei interventioneller Mitralklappenrekonstruktion. Herz. 34(6). 426–434. 1 indexed citations

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Adamu, Umar, Bader O. Almutairi, Felix Vogt, et al.. (2009). Stress/rest myocardial perfusion scintigraphy in patients without significant coronary artery disease. Journal of Nuclear Cardiology. 17(1). 38–44. 20 indexed citations

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Radke, Peter W., et al.. (2006). Comparison of Coronary Restenosis Rates in Matched Patients With Versus Without Diabetes Mellitus. The American Journal of Cardiology. 98(9). 1218–1222. 14 indexed citations

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Grube, Eberhard, Alexandra J. Lansky, Karl Eugen Hauptmann, et al.. (2004). High-dose 7-hexanoyltaxol-eluting stent with polymer sleeves for coronary revascularization. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 44(7). 1368–1372. 52 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Rainer, et al.. (2003). Relation of coronary flow pattern to myocardial blush grade in patients with first acute myocardial infarction. Heart. 89(10). 1147–1151. 35 indexed citations

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Lepper, W., Otto Kamp, Jean‐Louis Vanoverschelde, et al.. (2002). Intravenous myocardial contrast echocardiography predicts left ventricular remodeling in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 15(9). 849–856. 27 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Rainer, Harald Lethen, Thomas H. Marwick, et al.. (1998). Standardized guidelines for the interpretation of dobutamine echocardiography reduce interinstitutional variance in interpretation. The American Journal of Cardiology. 82(12). 1520–1524. 98 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Rainer, et al.. (1993). Ruptur eines Aneurysmas der A. hepatica communis mit Pankreasnekrose. Langenbeck s Archives of Surgery. 378(1). 12–6. 1 indexed citations

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Hoffmann, Rainer, et al.. (1992). Perioperative thrombembolieprophylaxe mit standardheparin und niedermolekularem heparin, wertung der postoperativen blutung: Eine doppelblinde, prospektive, randomisierte und monozentrische untersuchung. Langenbeck s Archives of Surgery. 377(5). 1 indexed citations

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Goodman, Linnea R., et al.. (1988). Pneumothorax and other lung diseases: effect of altered resolution and edge enhancement on diagnosis with digitized radiographs.. Radiology. 167(1). 83–88. 34 indexed citations

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