Richard Shlofmitz

7.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
157 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Richard Shlofmitz is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Shlofmitz has authored 157 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 141 papers in Surgery, 99 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 65 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Richard Shlofmitz's work include Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (136 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (62 papers) and Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (59 papers). Richard Shlofmitz is often cited by papers focused on Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (136 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (62 papers) and Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases (59 papers). Richard Shlofmitz collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Richard Shlofmitz's co-authors include Akiko Maehara, Ziad A. Ali, Gary S. Mintz, Gregg W. Stone, Evan Shlofmitz, Mitsuaki Matsumura, Michael S. Lee, Allen Jeremias, Keyvan Karimi Galougahi and Jonathan Hill and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Circulation and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Richard Shlofmitz

148 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

3 papers align trajectories

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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.

Optical coherence tomography compared with intravascular ultrasound and with angiography to guide coronary stent implantation (ILUMIEN III: OPTIMIZE PCI): a randomised controlled trial

2016 384 citations Ziad A. Ali, Akiko Maehara et al. profile →
A new optical coherence tomography-based calcium scoring system to predict stent underexpansion

2018 274 citations Gary S. Mintz, Mitsuaki Matsumura et al. EuroIntervention profile →
Intravascular Lithotripsy for Treatment of Severely Calcified Coronary Artery Disease

2020 226 citations Jonathan Hill, Dean J. Kereiakes et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard Shlofmitz United States	28	2.9k	1.9k	1.4k	1.3k	259	157	3.2k
Michael Collins United States	23	1.9k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	865 0.6×	1.2k 0.9×	117 0.5×	46	2.2k
Prabhakar Tripuraneni United States	13	1.6k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	816 0.6×	707 0.5×	124 0.5×	42	2.1k
Martin B. Leon United States	24	2.0k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	802 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	88 0.3×	59	2.3k
Kenneth C. Huber United States	16	1.7k 0.6×	990 0.5×	563 0.4×	1.5k 1.1×	100 0.4×	26	2.3k
Lamin King Germany	20	1.3k 0.5×	477 0.2×	524 0.4×	935 0.7×	75 0.3×	41	1.7k
Vincent Massullo United States	14	1.3k 0.5×	986 0.5×	680 0.5×	611 0.5×	92 0.4×	30	1.7k
Mark Tannenbaum United States	9	1.1k 0.4×	825 0.4×	446 0.3×	1.0k 0.8×	172 0.7×	28	1.7k
Stylianos A. Pyxaras Belgium	20	1.4k 0.5×	968 0.5×	334 0.2×	1.7k 1.3×	75 0.3×	55	2.2k
Leon Menezes United Kingdom	25	386 0.1×	651 0.3×	685 0.5×	563 0.4×	142 0.5×	65	1.7k
Cass A. Pinkerton United States	24	2.0k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	692 0.5×	1.5k 1.2×	97 0.4×	50	2.5k

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Dakroub, Ali, Doosup Shin, Jonathan Weber, et al.. (2025). Procedural and Clinical Outcomes After Orbital Atherectomy Versus Intravascular Lithotripsy in Patients With Calcified Nodules. Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions. 18(10). e015254–e015254.

Matsumura, Mitsuaki, Kei Yamamoto, Evan Shlofmitz, et al.. (2025). A Revised Optical Coherence Tomography–Derived Calcium Score to Predict Stent Underexpansion in Severely Calcified Lesions. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 18(5). 622–633. 6 indexed citations

Shin, Doosup, Keyvan Karimi Galougahi, Étienne Caron, et al.. (2025). Coronary artery disease and percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with severe chronic kidney disease. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. 88. 75–79.

Shin, Doosup, Keyvan Karimi Galougahi, James Spratt, et al.. (2024). Calcified Nodule in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 17(10). 1187–1199. 18 indexed citations

Sakai, Koshiro, Doosup Shin, Mandeep Singh, et al.. (2024). Diagnostic Performance and Clinical Impact of Photon-Counting Detector Computed Tomography in Coronary Artery Disease. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 85(4). 339–348. 22 indexed citations

Kereiakes, Dean J., Jonathan Hill, Richard Shlofmitz, et al.. (2023). A-54 | The Disrupt CAD III Post-Approval Study: Real-World Safety and Effectiveness of Coronary Intravascular Lithotripsy from the ACC NCDR CathPCI Registry. Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions. 2(3). 100717–100717. 2 indexed citations

Sato, Takao, Mitsuaki Matsumura, Kei Yamamoto, et al.. (2023). Impact of Eruptive vs Noneruptive Calcified Nodule Morphology on Acute and Long-Term Outcomes After Stenting. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 16(9). 1024–1035. 36 indexed citations

Ali, Ziad A., Dean J. Kereiakes, Jonathan Hill, et al.. (2023). Impact of Calcium Eccentricity on the Safety and Effectiveness of Coronary Intravascular Lithotripsy: Pooled Analysis From the Disrupt CAD Studies. Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions. 16(10). e012898–e012898. 20 indexed citations

Kearney, Kathleen E., J. Dawn Abbott, Dean J. Kereiakes, et al.. (2023). Coronary Intravascular Lithotripsy for Treatment of Severely Calcified Lesions: Long-Term Sex-Specific Outcomes. Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions. 2(6). 101069–101069. 3 indexed citations

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Ozdemir, Denizhan, Keyvan Karimi Galougahi, Richard Shlofmitz, et al.. (2022). Role of Intracoronary Imaging in Acute Coronary Syndromes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 16. e15–e15. 1 indexed citations

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Sattar, Yasar, Talal Almas, Waqas Ullah, et al.. (2022). Clinical and angiographic success and safety comparison of coronary intravascular lithotripsy: An updated meta-analysis. IJC Heart & Vasculature. 39. 100975–100975. 1 indexed citations

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Ali, Ziad A., Keyvan Karimi Galougahi, Gary S. Mintz, et al.. (2021). Intracoronary optical coherence tomography: state of the art and future directions. EuroIntervention. 17(2). e105–e123. 69 indexed citations

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Ali, Ziad A., Keyvan Karimi Galougahi, Akiko Maehara, et al.. (2021). Outcomes of optical coherence tomography compared with intravascular ultrasound and with angiography to guide coronary stent implantation: one-year results from the ILUMIEN III: OPTIMIZE PCI trial. EuroIntervention. 16(13). 1085–1091. 57 indexed citations

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Shlofmitz, Evan, Richard Shlofmitz, & Michael S. Lee. (2019). The Role of Novel Oral Anticoagulants and Antiplatelet Therapy after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Individualizing Therapy to Optimize Outcomes. Korean Circulation Journal. 49(8). 645–645. 3 indexed citations

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Lee, Michael S., et al.. (2017). Outcomes of patients with myocardial infarction who underwent orbital atherectomy for severely calcified lesions. Cardiovascular revascularization medicine. 18(7). 497–500. 3 indexed citations

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Shlofmitz, Evan, Brad J. Martinsen, Michael S. Lee, et al.. (2017). Orbital atherectomy for the treatment of severely calcified coronary lesions: evidence, technique, and best practices. Expert Review of Medical Devices. 14(11). 867–879. 63 indexed citations

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Lee, Michael S., et al.. (2017). "Single-Operator" Technique for Advancing the Orbital Atherectomy Device.. PubMed. 29(3). 92–95. 5 indexed citations

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Lee, Michael S., Evan Shlofmitz, Gentian Lluri, & Richard Shlofmitz. (2017). Impact of Impaired Renal Function in Patients With Severely Calcified Coronary Lesions Treated With Orbital Atherectomy.. PubMed. 29(6). 203–206. 4 indexed citations

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Lee, Michael S., et al.. (2017). Incidence of Bradycardia and Outcomes of Patients Who Underwent Orbital Atherectomy Without a Temporary Pacemaker.. PubMed. 29(2). 59–62. 8 indexed citations

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Lee, Michael S., et al.. (2016). Outcomes After Orbital Atherectomy of Severely Calcified Left Main Lesions: Analysis of the ORBIT II Study.. PubMed. 28(9). 364–9. 10 indexed citations

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