Vasim Farooq

8.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
115 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

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Vasim Farooq is a scholar working on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Vasim Farooq has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 104 papers in Surgery, 67 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 41 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Vasim Farooq's work include Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (100 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (40 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (28 papers). Vasim Farooq is often cited by papers focused on Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (100 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (40 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (28 papers). Vasim Farooq collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States. Vasim Farooq's co-authors include Patrick W. Serruys, Yoshinobu Onuma, Héctor M. García‐García, Christos V. Bourantas, Bill D. Gogas, A. Pieter Kappetein, Salvatore Brugaletta, Yao‐Jun Zhang, Roberto Diletti and Keith D. Dawkins and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Vasim Farooq

110 papers receiving 4.1k citations

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Anatomical and clinical characteristics to guide decision making between coronary artery bypass surgery and percutaneous coronary intervention for individual patients: development and validation of SYNTAX score II

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vasim Farooq Netherlands	38	3.5k	2.7k	1.8k	1.1k	238	115	4.1k
Jorge Belardi Argentina	19	4.0k 1.2×	3.0k 1.1×	1.9k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	172 0.7×	80	4.7k
Jean Fajadet France	26	4.5k 1.3×	3.5k 1.3×	1.8k 1.0×	1.4k 1.3×	196 0.8×	88	5.3k
Jiro Aoki Japan	37	3.8k 1.1×	3.0k 1.1×	2.0k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	328 1.4×	145	5.2k
Patrick W. Serruys Netherlands	35	3.8k 1.1×	2.9k 1.1×	1.6k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	247 1.0×	90	4.4k
Sjoerd H. Hofma Netherlands	26	3.4k 1.0×	2.8k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	145 0.6×	74	4.0k
Scot Garg United Kingdom	34	4.3k 1.2×	3.9k 1.4×	2.4k 1.4×	1.2k 1.1×	359 1.5×	187	5.7k
Paul van den Heuvel Belgium	12	3.5k 1.0×	2.6k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	159 0.7×	31	4.1k
Patrick W. Serruys Netherlands	5	3.3k 1.0×	2.3k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	147 0.6×	7	3.8k
Juan L. Delcán Spain	22	3.7k 1.1×	3.6k 1.3×	1.9k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	204 0.9×	68	5.1k
Marco Perin Brazil	15	3.1k 0.9×	2.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	129 0.5×	98	3.7k

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Protty, Majd, Sean Gallagher, Omar Aldalati, et al.. (2020). Excimer laser coronary atherectomy during complex PCI: An analysis of 1,471 laser cases from the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society database. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 97(5). E653–E660. 15 indexed citations

Protty, Majd, Sean Gallagher, Vasim Farooq, et al.. (2020). Combined use of rotational and excimer lASER coronary atherectomy (RASER) during complex coronary angioplasty—An analysis of cases (2006–2016) from the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society database. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 97(7). E911–E918. 13 indexed citations

Protty, Majd, Sean Gallagher, Omar Aldalati, et al.. (2020). Rotational Atherectomy Complicated by Coronary Perforation Is Associated With Poor Outcomes: Analysis of 10,980 Cases From the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society Database. Cardiovascular revascularization medicine. 28. 9–13. 11 indexed citations

Kinnaird, Tim, Richard Anderson, Andrew Sharp, Vasim Farooq, & Sean Gallagher. (2019). TCT-66 Buddying Up for CHIP-PCI: Does Having a Friend Reduce the Pain?. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 74(13). B66–B66.

Escaned, Javier, Adrian Banning, Vasim Farooq, et al.. (2016). Rationale and design of the SYNTAX II trial evaluating the short to long-term outcomes of state-of-the-art percutaneous coronary revascularisation in patients with de novo three-vessel disease. EuroIntervention. 12(2). e224–e234. 14 indexed citations

Stanetić, Bojan, Miodrag Ostojić, Carlos M. Campos, et al.. (2016). ApPropriateness of myocaRdial RevascularizatiOn assessed by the SYNTAX score II in a coUntry without cardiac Surgery faciliTies; PROUST study. International Journal of Cardiology. 227. 478–484. 11 indexed citations

Généreux, Philippe, Carlos M. Campos, Vasim Farooq, et al.. (2015). REASONABLE REVASCULARIZATION AFTER PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION: VALIDATION OF THE SYNTAX REVASCULARIZATION INDEX FROM THE SYNTAX TRIAL. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 65(10). A1698–A1698. 1 indexed citations

Klaveren, David van, Yvonne Vergouwe, Vasim Farooq, Patrick W. Serruys, & Ewout W. Steyerberg. (2015). Estimates of absolute treatment benefit for individual patients required careful modeling of statistical interactions. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 68(11). 1366–1374. 27 indexed citations

Campos, Carlos M., Héctor M. García‐García, David van Klaveren, et al.. (2015). Validity of SYNTAX score II for risk stratification of percutaneous coronary interventions: A patient-level pooled analysis of 5433 patients enrolled in contemporary coronary stent trials. International Journal of Cardiology. 187. 111–115. 22 indexed citations

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Farooq, Vasim. (2014). Understanding the Synergy between Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with Taxus and Cardiac Surgery (SYNTAX) Trial Implications for current and future clinical practice. Revue des Maladies Respiratoires. 23(2 Pt 2). 5S28–5S38.

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Zhang, Yao‐Jun, Javaid Iqbal, Carlos M. Campos, et al.. (2014). Prognostic Value of Site SYNTAX Score and Rationale for Combining Anatomic and Clinical Factors in Decision Making. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 64(5). 423–432. 32 indexed citations

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Farooq, Vasim, Patrick W. Serruys, Christos V. Bourantas, et al.. (2013). Quantification of Incomplete Revascularization and its Association With Five-Year Mortality in the Synergy Between Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Taxus and Cardiac Surgery (SYNTAX) Trial Validation of the Residual SYNTAX Score. Circulation. 128(2). 141–151. 254 indexed citations

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Lemos, Pedro A., Vasim Farooq, Celso Kiyochi Takimura, et al.. (2013). Emerging technologies: polymer-free phospholipid encapsulated sirolimus nanocarriers for the controlled release of drug from a stent-plus-balloon or a stand-alone balloon catheter. EuroIntervention. 9(1). 148–156. 76 indexed citations

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Muramatsu, Takashi, Yoshinobu Onuma, Héctor M. García‐García, et al.. (2013). Incidence and Short-Term Clinical Outcomes of Small Side Branch Occlusion After Implantation of an Everolimus-Eluting Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 6(3). 247–257. 77 indexed citations

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Diletti, Roberto, Vasim Farooq, Takashi Muramatsu, et al.. (2012). Serial 2- and 3-Dimensional Visualization of Side Branch Jailing After Metallic Stent Implantation. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 5(10). 1089–1090. 4 indexed citations

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Gómez‐Lara, Josep, Roberto Diletti, Salvatore Brugaletta, et al.. (2012). Angiographic maximal luminal diameter and appropriate deployment of the everolimus-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffold as assessed by optical coherence tomography: an ABSORB cohort B trial sub-study. EuroIntervention. 8(2). 214–224. 35 indexed citations

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Gómez‐Lara, Josep, Salvatore Brugaletta, Vasim Farooq, et al.. (2011). Head-to-Head Comparison of the Neointimal Response Between Metallic and Bioresorbable Everolimus-Eluting Scaffolds Using Optical Coherence Tomography. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 4(12). 1271–1280. 51 indexed citations

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Gogas, Bill D., Robert‐Jan van Geuns, Vasim Farooq, et al.. (2011). Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of the Post-Dilated ABSORB Everolimus-Eluting Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold in a True Bifurcation Lesion for Flow Restoration. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 4(10). 1149–1150. 11 indexed citations

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Farooq, Vasim, Yoshinobu Onuma, Maria Radu, et al.. (2011). Optical coherence tomography (OCT) of overlapping bioresorbable scaffolds: from benchwork to clinical application. EuroIntervention. 7(3). 386–399. 28 indexed citations

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Gogas, Bill D., Vasim Farooq, Patrick W. Serruys, & Héctor M. García‐García. (2011). Assessment of coronary atherosclerosis by IVUS and IVUS-based imaging modalities: progression and regression studies, tissue composition and beyond. International journal of cardiac imaging. 27(2). 225–237. 30 indexed citations

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