Saibal Kar

31.0k total citations · 15 hit papers
245 papers, 16.1k citations indexed

About

Saibal Kar is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Saibal Kar has authored 245 papers receiving a total of 16.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 216 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 88 papers in Surgery and 50 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Saibal Kar's work include Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (147 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (67 papers) and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (62 papers). Saibal Kar is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (147 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (67 papers) and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (62 papers). Saibal Kar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Italy. Saibal Kar's co-authors include David R. Holmes, Vivek Y. Reddy, Shephal K. Doshi, Brian Whisenant, Ted Feldman, Michael Rinaldi, Matthew J. Price, Horst Sievert, Kurt Huber and Michael J. Mack and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Saibal Kar

234 papers receiving 15.7k citations

Hit Papers

Transcatheter Mitral-Valve Repair in Pat... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2018 2011 2014 2012 2009 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Transcatheter Mitral-Valve Repair in Patients with Heart Failure
    2018 1.6k citations Gregg W. Stone, JoAnn Lindenfeld et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  2. Percutaneous Repair or Surgery for Mitral Regurgitation
    2011 1.3k citations Ted Feldman, Elyse Foster et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  3. Prospective Randomized Evaluation of the Watchman Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Versus Long-Term Warfarin Therapy
    2014 1.2k citations David R. Holmes, Saibal Kar et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  4. Closure or Medical Therapy for Cryptogenic Stroke with Patent Foramen Ovale
    2012 647 citations Joseph M. Massaro, Laura Mauri et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  5. Percutaneous Mitral Repair With the MitraClip System
    2009 622 citations Ted Feldman, Saibal Kar et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  6. 5-Year Outcomes After Left Atrial Appendage Closure
    2017 621 citations Vivek Y. Reddy, Shephal K. Doshi et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  7. Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure vs Warfarin for Atrial Fibrillation
    2014 614 citations Vivek Y. Reddy, Shephal K. Doshi et al. profile →
  8. Safety of Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure
    2011 574 citations Vivek Y. Reddy, David R. Holmes et al. Circulation profile →
  9. Acute and 12-Month Results With Catheter-Based Mitral Valve Leaflet Repair
    2012 381 citations Ted Feldman, D. Scott Lim et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  10. The Clinical Impact of Incomplete Left Atrial Appendage Closure With the Watchman Device in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
    2012 372 citations Saibal Kar, Srinivas R. Dukkipati et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  11. Left Atrial Appendage Closure as an Alternative to Warfarin for Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation
    2015 335 citations David R. Holmes, Shephal K. Doshi et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  12. Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair for Mitral Regurgitation in High-Risk Patients
    2014 299 citations Donald D. Glower, Saibal Kar et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  13. Device-Related Thrombus After Left Atrial Appendage Closure
    2018 254 citations Srinivas R. Dukkipati, Saibal Kar et al. Circulation profile →
  14. Primary Outcome Evaluation of a Next-Generation Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device
    2021 211 citations Saibal Kar, Shephal K. Doshi et al. Circulation profile →
  15. Five-Year Follow-up after Transcatheter Repair of Secondary Mitral Regurgitation
    2023 122 citations Gregg W. Stone, William T. Abraham et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Saibal Kar United States 56 14.3k 5.5k 4.9k 2.8k 1.7k 245 16.1k
Judy Hung United States 45 11.8k 0.8× 3.9k 0.7× 4.8k 1.0× 2.7k 0.9× 2.5k 1.4× 178 13.4k
Corrado Tamburino Italy 56 11.7k 0.8× 6.2k 1.1× 5.3k 1.1× 3.7k 1.3× 3.8k 2.2× 514 13.9k
Paul Sorajja United States 56 17.2k 1.2× 5.4k 1.0× 7.7k 1.6× 3.1k 1.1× 3.7k 2.1× 307 18.4k
Ted Feldman United States 66 17.0k 1.2× 11.1k 2.0× 6.3k 1.3× 4.9k 1.7× 2.5k 1.4× 332 19.6k
Thomas Walther Germany 66 14.2k 1.0× 7.2k 1.3× 8.3k 1.7× 1.9k 0.7× 5.6k 3.2× 458 17.3k
Holger Eggebrecht Germany 50 9.9k 0.7× 4.9k 0.9× 4.2k 0.9× 1.8k 0.6× 9.4k 5.4× 243 14.2k
David Hildick‐Smith United Kingdom 48 5.6k 0.4× 4.0k 0.7× 2.1k 0.4× 2.7k 0.9× 4.1k 2.3× 273 8.8k
James Hermiller United States 49 7.1k 0.5× 8.0k 1.4× 1.5k 0.3× 2.7k 1.0× 3.2k 1.8× 224 11.6k
Giuseppe Tarantini Italy 49 7.1k 0.5× 2.9k 0.5× 2.6k 0.5× 2.2k 0.8× 1.6k 0.9× 406 8.3k
Robert D. Safian United States 52 5.9k 0.4× 5.8k 1.1× 992 0.2× 3.1k 1.1× 3.4k 1.9× 189 9.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kar, Saibal, Matthew J. Price, Michael A. Morse, et al.. (2025). Transcatheter Repair in Posterior, Anterior, and Bileaflet Mitral Valve Disease. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 18(7). 898–908.
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Jorde, Ulrich P., Raymond L. Benza, Patrick M. McCarthy, et al.. (2024). Impact of Renal and Liver Function on Clinical Outcomes Following Tricuspid Valve Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 84(25). 2446–2456. 2 indexed citations
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Singh, Gagan D., Matthew J. Price, Mony Shuvy, et al.. (2024). Combined Impact of Residual Mitral Regurgitation and Gradient After Mitral Valve Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 17(21). 2530–2540.
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Rodés‐Cabau, Josep, JoAnn Lindenfeld, William T. Abraham, et al.. (2024). Interatrial Shunt Therapy in Advanced Heart Failure: Outcomes from the Open-Label Cohort of the RELIEVE-HF Trial. European Journal of Heart Failure. 26(4). 1078–1089. 14 indexed citations
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Shahim, Bahira, David J. Cohen, Ori Ben‐Yehuda, et al.. (2023). Impact of Peripheral Artery Disease in Patients With Heart Failure Undergoing Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair: The COAPT Trial. Journal of the American Heart Association. 12(4). e028444–e028444. 1 indexed citations
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Scotti, Andrea, Augustin Coisne, Juan F. Granada, et al.. (2023). Impact of Malnutrition in Patients With Heart Failure and Secondary Mitral Regurgitation. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 82(2). 128–138. 16 indexed citations
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Shaburishvili, Tamaz, et al.. (2022). TCT-343 Evaluation of an Implant Free Interatrial Shunt to Improve Heart Failure: EASE HF. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 80(12). B139–B139. 3 indexed citations
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Shah, Neeraj, Mahesh V. Madhavan, William A. Gray, et al.. (2022). Prediction of Death or HF Hospitalization in Patients With Severe FMR. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 15(19). 1893–1905. 29 indexed citations
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Kar, Saibal, Michael J. Mack, JoAnn Lindenfeld, et al.. (2021). Relationship Between Residual Mitral Regurgitation and Clinical and Quality-of-Life Outcomes After Transcatheter and Medical Treatments in Heart Failure. Circulation. 144(6). 426–437. 50 indexed citations
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Kar, Saibal, Shephal K. Doshi, Ashish Sadhu, et al.. (2021). Primary Outcome Evaluation of a Next-Generation Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device. Circulation. 143(18). 1754–1762. 211 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gertz, Zachary M., Howard C. Herrmann, D. Scott Lim, et al.. (2021). Implications of Atrial Fibrillation on the Mechanisms of Mitral Regurgitation and Response to MitraClip in the COAPT Trial. Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions. 14(4). e010300–e010300. 34 indexed citations
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Lakkireddy, Dhanunjaya, Mohit K. Turagam, Muhammad R. Afzal, et al.. (2018). Left Atrial Appendage Closure and Systemic Homeostasis. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 71(2). 135–144. 71 indexed citations
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Nakajima, Yoshifumi, et al.. (2017). ANEMIA PREDICTS MORTALITY IN ATRIAL FIBRILLATION PATIENTS UNDERGOING LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION USING WATCHMAN DEVICE. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 69(11). 1127–1127. 1 indexed citations
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Kar, Saibal, Dongming Hou, Russell M. Jones, et al.. (2014). Impact of Watchman and Amplatzer Devices on Left Atrial Appendage Adjacent Structures and Healing Response in a Canine Model. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 7(7). 801–809. 95 indexed citations
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Kar, Saibal, Scott Lim, Vivek Rajagopal, et al.. (2013). TCT-89 Percutaneous Leaflet Therapy of Severe Primary Mitral Regurgitation: Totality of Evidence From the EVEREST II Randomized, Continued Access, and High Risk Clinical Programs. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 62(18). B29–B29. 1 indexed citations
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Matsumoto, Takashi, et al.. (2013). Transcatheter Left Atrial Appendage Closure After Incomplete Surgical Ligation. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 6(2). e11–e12. 3 indexed citations
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Chowdhury, Shahryar M., Girish Shirali, Ziyad M. Hijazi, et al.. (2012). EARLY ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC CHANGES AFTER PERCUTANEOUS IMPLANTATION OF THE EDWARDS SAPIEN TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE IN THE PULMONARY POSITION. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 59(13). E810–E810. 1 indexed citations
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Feldman, Ted, Elyse Foster, Donald D. Glower, et al.. (2011). Percutaneous Repair or Surgery for Mitral Regurgitation. New England Journal of Medicine. 364(15). 1395–1406. 1346 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jilaihawi, Hasan, Asma Hussaini, & Saibal Kar. (2011). MitraClip: a novel percutaneous approach to mitral valve repair. Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE B. 12(8). 633–637. 11 indexed citations
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Ritzema, Jay, Iain Melton, Mark Richards, et al.. (2007). Direct Left Atrial Pressure Monitoring in Ambulatory Heart Failure Patients. Circulation. 116(25). 2952–2959. 101 indexed citations

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