Ulrich Gerckens

10.2k citations

120 papers · 7.2k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 37

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine top 0.2%
Epidemiology top 0.5%
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine top 0.5%
Surgery top 1%
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging top 1%

Co-authors: Eberhard Grube Lutz Buellesfeld Ralf Mueller Axel Linke Peter Wenaweser Barthel Sauren B. Zickmann Stein Iversen
Topics: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (77 papers)Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management (55 papers)Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (31 papers)
Cited by: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Epidemiology Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Journals: Circulation Journal of the American College of Cardiology Spine
Partner nations: Germany United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Ulrich Gerckens

116 papers receiving 7.0k citations

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Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement for Severe Aortic Stenosis in High-Risk Patients Using the Second- and Current Third-Generation Self-Expanding CoreValve Prosthesis

2007 711 citations Eberhard Grube, Gerhard Schüler et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
TAXUS I

2003 665 citations Eberhard Grube, Ralf Mueller et al. Circulation profile →
Procedural and 30-day outcomes following transcatheter aortic valve implantation using the third generation (18 Fr) CoreValve ReValving System: results from the multicentre, expanded evaluation registry 1-year following CE mark approval

2008 476 citations Eberhard Grube, Ulrich Gerckens et al. EuroIntervention profile →
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation: first results from a multi-centre real-world registry

2010 430 citations Ralf Zahn, Ulrich Gerckens et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Importance of Contrast Aortography With Lotus Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement 2018 ·JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions ·Lennart van Gils,Jochen Wöhrle,David Hildick‐Smith,Sabine Bleiziffer,Daniel J. Blackman,Mohamed Abdel‐Wahab,Ulrich Gerckens,Stephen Brecker,Vinayak Bapat,Thomas Modine,Osama Soliman,(unknown),Dominic J. Allocco,Volkmar Falk,Nicolas M. Van Mieghem	12
2	Comparison of Outcomes of Patients With Left Ventricular Ejection Fractions ≤30% Versus ≥30% Having Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (from the German Transcatheter Aortic Valve Interventions Registry) 2014 ·The American Journal of Cardiology ·Ulrich Schäefer,Ralf Zahn,Mohamed Abdel‐Wahab,Ulrich Gerckens,Axel Linke,Steffen Schneider,Holger Eggebrecht,Horst Sievert,Hans R. Figulla,Jochen Senges,Karl Heinz Kuck	22
3	Predictors of One-Year Mortality After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation for Severe Symptomatic Aortic Stenosis 2013 ·The American Journal of Cardiology ·Ralf Zahn,Ulrich Gerckens,Axel Linke,Horst Sievert,Philipp Kahlert,Rainer Hambrecht,Stefan Sack,Mohamed Abdel‐Wahab,Ellen Hoffmann,Rudolf Schiele,Steffen Schneider,Jochen Senges	127
4	Age-stratified baseline and outcome characteristics of patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation: results from the German multicenter registry. 2012 ·PubMed ·Lutz Buellesfeld,Ulrich Gerckens,Raimund Erbel,Ralf Zahn,Axel Linke,Horst Sievert,Hans R Figulla,Karl‐Heinz Kück,Karl-Eugen Hauptmann,Rainer Hambrecht,Gert Richardt,Christoph Naber,Matthias Voehringer,Harald Mudra,Jochen Senges,Eberhard Grube	17
5	Impact of Permanent Pacemaker Implantation on Clinical Outcome Among Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation 2012 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Lutz Buellesfeld,Stefan Stortecky,Dik Heg,(unknown),Ralf Mueller,Peter Wenaweser,Thomas Pilgrim,Steffen Gloekler,Ahmed A. Khattab,Christoph Huber,Thierry Carrel,Balthasar Eberle,Bernhard Meier,Peter Boekstegers,Peter Jüni,Ulrich Gerckens,Eberhard Grube,Stephan Windecker	160
6	TREATMENT OF HIGH RISK AORTIC STENOSIS PATIENTS WITH TRANSCATHETER MEDTRONIC COREVALVE IMPLANTATION: RESULTS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL MULTI-CENTER ADVANCE STUDY 2012 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Axel Linke,Ulrich Gerckens,Peter Wenaweser,Corrado Tamburino,Johan Bosmans,Stephen Brecker,Robert Bauernschmitt	26
7	2-Year Follow-Up of Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Using a Self-Expanding Valve Prosthesis 2011 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Lutz Buellesfeld,Ulrich Gerckens,Gerhard Schüler,Raoul Bonan,Jan Kovac,Patrick W. Serruys,Marino Labinaz,Peter den Heijer,Michael Mullen,Wayne Tymchak,Stephan Windecker,Ralf Mueller,Eberhard Grube	128
8	Procedural and Mid-Term Results in Patients With Aortic Stenosis Treated With Implantation of 2 (In-Series) CoreValve Prostheses in 1 Procedure 2010 ·JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions ·Ulrich Gerckens,George Latsios,Ralf Mueller,Lutz Buellesfeld,Daniel John,Seyrani Yuecel,Barthel Sauren,(unknown),Stein Iversen,Eberhard Grube	30
9	COMPARISON OF TRANSFEMORAL AND TRANSAPICAL AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT: RESULTS OF THE GERMAN REGISTRY ON TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATIONS 2010 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Ulrich Gerckens,Harald Mudra,Gerhard Schüler,Ralf Zahn,Horst Sievert,Raimund Erbel,Rainer Hambrecht,Georg Nickenig,Karl-Eugen Hauptmann,Christoph Naber,Hans R Figulla,Stefan Sack,Jochen Senges,Lutz Buellesfeld,Eberhard Grube	1
10	“Device landing zone” calcification, assessed by MSCT, as a predictive factor for pacemaker implantation after TAVI 2010 ·Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions ·George Latsios,Ulrich Gerckens,Lutz Buellesfeld,Ralf Mueller,Daniel John,Seyrani Yuecel,(unknown),Barthel Sauren,Eberhard Grube	114
11	Perkutaner Nahtverschluß von Femoralarterienzugängen nach diagnostischer Herzkatheteruntersuchung oder Koronarintervention 2008 ·DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift ·Ulrich Gerckens,(unknown),Ralph‐Axel Müller,E Lampe,E. Grube	0
12	Novel drug eluting stent system for customised treatment of coronary lesions: CUSTOM I feasibility trial 24 month results 2008 ·EuroIntervention ·Eberhard Grube,Horst Sievert,(unknown),Ralf Mueller,Ulrich Gerckens,Lutz Buellesfeld,Junya Ako,Takao Shimohama,Marco Costa,Peter J. Fitzgerald	7
13	Reply 2008 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Eberhard Grube,Ulrich Gerckens,Peter Wenaweser,Lutz Buellesfeld	4
14	Percutaneous implantation of the first repositionable aortic valve prosthesis in a patient with severe aortic stenosis 2008 ·Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions ·Lutz Buellesfeld,Ulrich Gerckens,Eberhard Grube	48
15	Incidence and Predictors of Drug-Eluting Stent Thrombosis During and After Discontinuation of Thienopyridine Treatment 2007 ·Circulation ·Flavio Airoldi,Antonio Colombo,Nuccia Morici,Azeem Latib,John Cosgrave,Lutz Buellesfeld,Erminio Bonizzoni,Mauro Carlino,Ulrich Gerckens,Cosmo Godino,Gloria Melzi,Iassen Michev,Matteo Montorfano,Giuseppe Sangiorgi,Asif Qasim,Alaide Chieffo,Carlo Briguori,Eberhard Grube	323
16	Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement for Severe Aortic Stenosis in High-Risk Patients Using the Second- and Current Third-Generation Self-Expanding CoreValve Prosthesisbreakdown → 2007 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Eberhard Grube,Gerhard Schüler,Lutz Buellesfeld,Ulrich Gerckens,Axel Linke,Peter Wenaweser,Barthel Sauren,Friedrich‐Wilhelm Mohr,Thomas Walther,B. Zickmann,Stein Iversen,Thomas Felderhoff,Raymond Cartier,Raoul Bonan	711
17	Percutaneous Implantation of the CoreValve Self-Expanding Valve Prosthesis in High-Risk Patients With Aortic Valve Disease 2006 ·Circulation ·Eberhard Grube,Jean Claude Laborde,Ulrich Gerckens,Thomas Felderhoff,Barthel Sauren,Lutz Buellesfeld,Ralf Mueller,Maurizio Menichelli,Thomas Schmidt,B. Zickmann,Stein Iversen,Gregg W. Stone	478
18	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 2006 ·Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions ·(unknown),Lutz Buellesfeld,Ulrich Gerckens,Ralf Mueller,Thomas Schmidt,Eberhard Grube	4
19	Polymer-based paclitaxel-eluting stent for treatment of chronic total occlusions of native coronaries: Results of a Taxus CTO registry 2005 ·Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions ·Lutz Buellesfeld,Ulrich Gerckens,Ralf Mueller,Thomas Schmidt,Eberhard Grube	16
20	Klinische Erfahrungen mit dem PercuSurge GuardWireTM– ein neues System zur Vermeidung von peripheren Embolien bei Katheterinterventionen an degenerierten aorto-koronaren Venenbypässen 2000 ·Zeitschrift für Kardiologie ·Ralph‐Axel Müller,Ulrich Gerckens,(unknown),E. Grube	6

About Ulrich Gerckens

Ulrich Gerckens is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Internal Medicine and Epidemiology, having authored 120 papers that have together received 7.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (77 papers), Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management (55 papers) and Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (31 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (6.4k citations), Epidemiology (4.2k citations) and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (2.6k citations). Ulrich Gerckens has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Eberhard Grube, Lutz Buellesfeld, Ralf Mueller, Axel Linke, Peter Wenaweser, Barthel Sauren, B. Zickmann, Stein Iversen, Thomas Felderhoff and Ralf Zahn. Their work appears in journals such as Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and Spine.

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