Vassilis Spanos

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Vassilis Spanos is a scholar working on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Vassilis Spanos has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Surgery, 11 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 8 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Vassilis Spanos's work include Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (18 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (8 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (5 papers). Vassilis Spanos is often cited by papers focused on Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (18 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (8 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (5 papers). Vassilis Spanos collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Greece and United States. Vassilis Spanos's co-authors include Antonio Colombo, Carlo Di Mario, Goran Stanković, Jeffrey W. Moses, Josef Ludwig, Yves Louvard, Martin B. Leon, David R. Holmes, Marie Claude Morice and Nicola Corvaja and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and European Heart Journal.

In The Last Decade

Vassilis Spanos

21 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Randomized Study to Evaluate Sirolimus-Eluting Stents Implanted at Coronary Bifurcation Lesions

2004 541 citations Antonio Colombo, Jeffrey W. Moses et al. Circulation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vassilis Spanos Italy	9	1.2k	893	705	376	90	22	1.3k
Steven B. Laster United States	10	800 0.7×	721 0.8×	533 0.8×	183 0.5×	71 0.8×	26	1.0k
Hirosada Yamamoto Japan	18	884 0.7×	490 0.5×	552 0.8×	431 1.1×	194 2.2×	37	1.1k
Marı́a José Pérez-Vizcayno Spain	22	1.5k 1.2×	1.2k 1.3×	691 1.0×	684 1.8×	52 0.6×	62	1.8k
Ki‐Hoon Han South Korea	12	759 0.6×	542 0.6×	345 0.5×	259 0.7×	35 0.4×	17	832
Massimo Ferraro Italy	14	1.2k 1.0×	967 1.1×	567 0.8×	365 1.0×	21 0.2×	35	1.3k
Simonetta Blengino Italy	14	848 0.7×	735 0.8×	380 0.5×	284 0.8×	26 0.3×	36	1.0k
W A Baxley United States	7	673 0.6×	937 1.0×	571 0.8×	192 0.5×	68 0.8×	9	1.2k
Yngvar Myreng Norway	14	458 0.4×	564 0.6×	393 0.6×	147 0.4×	63 0.7×	22	768
Vasile Sirbu Italy	19	1.2k 1.0×	925 1.0×	518 0.7×	458 1.2×	245 2.7×	43	1.5k
Yusuke Tanino Japan	12	743 0.6×	361 0.4×	312 0.4×	355 0.9×	223 2.5×	16	922

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vassilis Spanos

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Xaplanteris, L., M. Gerontidou, H. Mavromichalaki, et al.. (2022). First Application of a Theoretically Derived Coupling Function in Cosmic-Ray Intensity for the Case of the 10 September 2017 Ground-Level Enhancement (GLE 72). Solar Physics. 297(6). 1 indexed citations

Spanos, Vassilis & Pavlos Toutouzas. (2011). The ever increasing role of percutaneous interventions in coronary revascularisation.. PubMed. 51(6). 512–7. 3 indexed citations

Iakovou, Ιoannis, Goran Stanković, Dejan Orlić, et al.. (2004). 1044-55 Overdilation of cypher 3.0 mm 6 cells stent: Clinical consequences. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 43(5). A45–A45. 1 indexed citations

Stanković, Goran, Dejan Orlić, Nicola Corvaja, et al.. (2004). Incidence, predictors, in-hospital, and late outcomes of coronary artery perforations. The American Journal of Cardiology. 93(2). 213–216. 69 indexed citations

Colombo, Antonio, Jeffrey W. Moses, Marie Claude Morice, et al.. (2004). Randomized Study to Evaluate Sirolimus-Eluting Stents Implanted at Coronary Bifurcation Lesions. Circulation. 109(10). 1244–1249. 541 indexed citations breakdown →

Airoldi, Flavio, Vassilis Spanos, Goran Stanković, et al.. (2003). Bifurcational coronary artery lesion treatment with rapamicine-eluting stents: Results from a single center experience. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 41(6). 53–53. 5 indexed citations

Airoldi, Flavio, Carlo Di Mario, Goran Stanković, et al.. (2003). Estradiol coated stents for the prevention of restenosis in native coronary arteries: Results from the randomized multicentric study EASTER. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 41(6). 56–57. 2 indexed citations

Spanos, Vassilis, Goran Stanković, Flavio Airoldi, et al.. (2003). Use of the sirolimus drug-eluting stent for real world coronary lesions the milan experience: Results of the first 400 lesions. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 41(6). 13–13. 2 indexed citations

Spanos, Vassilis, Goran Stanković, & Antonio Colombo. (2003). A tortuous distal carotid artery: how to overcome the problem, with the aim of guaranteeing distal protection. PubMed. 5(2). 77–80. 4 indexed citations

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Spanos, Vassilis. (2003). The challenge of in-stent restenosis: insights from intravascular ultrasound. European Heart Journal. 24(2). 138–150. 8 indexed citations

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Orlić, Dejan, Bernhard Reimers, Goran Stanković, et al.. (2003). Initial experience with a new 8 French‐compatible directional atherectomy catheter: Immediate and mid‐term results. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 60(2). 159–166. 2 indexed citations

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Colombo, Antonio, Goran Stanković, Dejan Orlić, et al.. (2003). Modified T‐stenting technique with crushing for bifurcation lesions: Immediate results and 30‐day outcome. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 60(2). 145–151. 181 indexed citations

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Spanos, Vassilis. (2003). P3333 Sequential intravascular ultrasound after implantation of the sirolimus drug-eluting stent at coronary bifurcations: a three-dimensional intravascular ultrasound study. European Heart Journal. 24(5). 637–637.

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Briguori, Carlo, Cristiano Sarais, Paolo Pagnotta, et al.. (2003). Elective versus provisional intra-aortic balloon pumping in high-risk percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. American Heart Journal. 145(4). 700–707. 81 indexed citations

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Spanos, Vassilis. (2003). P2247 The use of the sirolimus drug-eluting stent for ?real life coronary lesions: the Milan experience?. European Heart Journal. 24(5). 429–429. 1 indexed citations

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Toutouzas, Konstantinos, Goran Stanković, Takuro Takagi, et al.. (2002). Impact of stent length on restenosis rate in small vessels. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 39. 53–53. 1 indexed citations

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Stanković, Goran, Francesco Liïstro, Carlo Briguori, et al.. (2002). Carotid artery stenting in the first 100 consecutive patients: results and follow up. Heart. 88(4). 381–386. 25 indexed citations

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Toutouzas, Konstantinos, Goran Stanković, Takuro Takagi, et al.. (2002). Outcome of treatment of aorto-ostial lesions involving the right coronary artery or a saphenous vein graft with a polytetrafluoroethylene- covered stent. The American Journal of Cardiology. 90(1). 63–66. 16 indexed citations

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Takagi, Takuro, Goran Stanković, Léo Finci, et al.. (2002). Results and Long-Term Predictors of Adverse Clinical Events After Elective Percutaneous Interventions on Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery. Circulation. 106(6). 698–702. 155 indexed citations

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Vavuranakis, Manolis, et al.. (1997). Impaired compensatory coronary artery enlargement in atherosclerosis contributes to the development of coronary artery stenosis in diabetic patients: An in vivo intravascular ultrasound study. European Heart Journal. 18(7). 1090–1094. 55 indexed citations

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