Ralf Mueller

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Ralf Mueller is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralf Mueller has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 18 papers in Surgery and 18 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Ralf Mueller's work include Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (23 papers), Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (16 papers) and Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management (14 papers). Ralf Mueller is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (23 papers), Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (16 papers) and Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management (14 papers). Ralf Mueller collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Ralf Mueller's co-authors include Eberhard Grube, Lutz Buellesfeld, Ulrich Gerckens, Karl Eugen Hauptmann, Mary E. Russell, Sigmund Silber, Barthel Sauren, Stein Iversen, B. Zickmann and Thomas Felderhoff and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Blood and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Ralf Mueller

37 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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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.

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2003 665 citations Eberhard Grube, Ralf Mueller et al. Circulation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ralf Mueller Germany	17	2.1k	1.2k	1.2k	959	607	41	2.6k
Aris Moschovitis Switzerland	28	1.7k 0.8×	361 0.3×	1.5k 1.3×	495 0.5×	593 1.0×	66	2.3k
Alfonso Ielasi Italy	25	1.9k 0.9×	551 0.4×	1.7k 1.5×	740 0.8×	877 1.4×	172	2.5k
Karl Eugen Hauptmann Germany	22	2.0k 0.9×	383 0.3×	2.1k 1.8×	1.1k 1.2×	814 1.3×	54	3.0k
Maurizio Tespili Italy	21	2.0k 0.9×	245 0.2×	2.4k 2.0×	1.1k 1.1×	690 1.1×	117	2.9k
Toru Naganuma Japan	26	2.1k 1.0×	690 0.6×	1.7k 1.4×	914 1.0×	756 1.2×	202	2.7k
Djordje Pavlovic Spain	18	813 0.4×	446 0.4×	958 0.8×	609 0.6×	582 1.0×	64	1.5k
Nicola Corvaja Italy	26	1.9k 0.9×	379 0.3×	2.4k 2.1×	1.3k 1.4×	1.2k 2.0×	51	3.1k
Remo Albiero Italy	33	2.1k 1.0×	203 0.2×	3.0k 2.6×	1.5k 1.6×	1.8k 2.9×	81	3.6k
Zachary M. Gertz United States	20	1.2k 0.6×	456 0.4×	581 0.5×	319 0.3×	213 0.4×	69	1.6k
Guilherme F. Attizzani United States	22	1.0k 0.5×	319 0.3×	1.2k 1.0×	620 0.6×	552 0.9×	123	1.8k

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Meredith, Ian T., Vicki M Houle, D. Walters, et al.. (2016). TCT-39 Three-Year Outcomes with the Fully Repositionable and Retrievable Lotus™ Transcatheter Aortic Replacement Valve in 120 High-Risk Surgical Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis: Results from the REPRISE II CE-Mark Study. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 68(18). B16–B17.

Kovac, Jan, Gerhard Schüler, Ralf Mueller, et al.. (2014). LONG-TERM DURABILITY OF THE COREVALVE TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 63(12). A1713–A1713.

Meredith, Ian T., D. Walters, Nicolas Dumonteil, et al.. (2014). RESULTS OF THE REPOSITIONABLE PERCUTANEOUS REPLACEMENT OF STENOTIC AORTIC VALVE WITH THE LOTUS™ VALVE SYSTEM – EVALUATION OF SAFETY AND PERFORMANCE (REPRISE II) STUDY: 3-MONTH OUTCOMES IN HIGH-RISK SURGICAL PATIENTS. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 63(12). A1957–A1957.

Modali, Kameswarrao, et al.. (2013). Climate Data Operators for quick look visualization. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 1 indexed citations

Buellesfeld, Lutz, Stefan Stortecky, Dik Heg, et al.. (2012). Impact of Permanent Pacemaker Implantation on Clinical Outcome Among Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 60(6). 493–501. 160 indexed citations

Bauernschmitt, Robert, et al.. (2012). Short- and mid-term safety and effectiveness of transcatheter aortic valve implantation in a failing surgical aortic bioprosthesis. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 42(2). 268–276. 3 indexed citations

Grube, Eberhard, et al.. (2012). TCT-46 Comparison of Polymer-Free BioFreedom™ Stents with Durable Polymer Taxus Liberté™ Stents: 3-Year Results from the BioFreedom First-In-Man Trial. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 60(17). B14–B14. 9 indexed citations

Grube, Eberhard, Franz–Josef Neumann, Stefan Verheye, et al.. (2011). Very Long Term Clinical Outcomes of Patients with Coronary Bifurcation Lesions Treated with the Biolimus A9 Coated Dedicated Axxess Stent: Results from the Prospective, Multicenter AXXESS Plus Trial (Final Report of the Study). Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 58(20). 1 indexed citations

Buellesfeld, Lutz, Ulrich Gerckens, Gerhard Schüler, et al.. (2011). 2-Year Follow-Up of Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Using a Self-Expanding Valve Prosthesis. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 57(16). 1650–1657. 128 indexed citations

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Mueller, Ralf, et al.. (2011). Early calcific degeneration of a CoreValve transcatheter aortic bioprosthesis. European Heart Journal. 33(5). 586–586. 16 indexed citations

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Gerckens, Ulrich, George Latsios, Ralf Mueller, et al.. (2010). Procedural and Mid-Term Results in Patients With Aortic Stenosis Treated With Implantation of 2 (In-Series) CoreValve Prostheses in 1 Procedure. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 3(2). 244–250. 30 indexed citations

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Latsios, George, Ulrich Gerckens, Lutz Buellesfeld, et al.. (2010). “Device landing zone” calcification, assessed by MSCT, as a predictive factor for pacemaker implantation after TAVI. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 76(3). 431–439. 114 indexed citations

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Gerckens, Ulrich, Ralf Mueller, Stein Iversen, et al.. (2010). TRANS-AORTIC IMPLANTATION OF THE MEDTRONIC COREVALVE PROSTHESIS. SUCCESSFUL IMPLANTATION THROUGH AN ALTERNATIVE ACCESS ROUTE. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 55(10). A217.E2055–A217.E2055.

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Treede, Hendrik, Thilo Tübler, Hermann Reichenspurner, et al.. (2010). Six-month results of a repositionable and retrievable pericardial valve for transcatheter aortic valve replacement: The Direct Flow Medical aortic valve. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 140(4). 897–903. 33 indexed citations

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Grube, Eberhard, Horst Sievert, Ralf Mueller, et al.. (2008). Novel drug eluting stent system for customised treatment of coronary lesions: CUSTOM I feasibility trial 24 month results. EuroIntervention. 4(1). 71–76. 7 indexed citations

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Grube, Eberhard, Lutz Buellesfeld, Franz‐Josef Neumann, et al.. (2007). Six-Month Clinical and Angiographic Results of a Dedicated Drug-Eluting Stent for the Treatment of Coronary Bifurcation Narrowings. The American Journal of Cardiology. 99(12). 1691–1697. 59 indexed citations

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Grube, Eberhard, Jean Claude Laborde, Ulrich Gerckens, et al.. (2006). Percutaneous Implantation of the CoreValve Self-Expanding Valve Prosthesis in High-Risk Patients With Aortic Valve Disease. Circulation. 114(15). 1616–1624. 478 indexed citations

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Buellesfeld, Lutz, et al.. (2006). Use of Taxus polymer‐coated paclitaxel‐eluting stents for treatment of in‐stent restenosis in real world patients: Results of clinical and angiographic follow‐up at six months in a single‐center registry. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 68(3). 343–348. 4 indexed citations

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Buellesfeld, Lutz, Ulrich Gerckens, Ralf Mueller, Thomas Schmidt, & Eberhard Grube. (2005). Polymer-based paclitaxel-eluting stent for treatment of chronic total occlusions of native coronaries: Results of a Taxus CTO registry. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 66(2). 173–177. 16 indexed citations

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Lansky, Alexandra J., et al.. (2002). Results of the Jostent coronary stent graft implantation in various clinical settings: Procedural and follow‐up results. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 56(3). 353–360. 124 indexed citations

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