Volker Geist

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Volker Geist is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Volker Geist has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 40 papers in Surgery and 25 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Volker Geist's work include Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (33 papers), Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (30 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (24 papers). Volker Geist is often cited by papers focused on Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (33 papers), Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (30 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (24 papers). Volker Geist collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Egypt and United Kingdom. Volker Geist's co-authors include Gert Richardt, Mohamed Abdel‐Wahab, Ralph Töelg, Ahmed A. Khattab, Mohammad Sherif, Dmitriy S. Sulimov, Heinz Joachim Büttner, Doreen Richardt, Guido Kassner and Ralph Tölg and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and European Heart Journal.

In The Last Decade

Volker Geist

67 papers receiving 2.3k citations

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High-Speed Rotational Atherectomy Before Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent Implantation in Complex Calcified Coronary Lesions

2012 362 citations Mohamed Abdel‐Wahab, Gert Richardt et al. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Volker Geist Germany	23	1.6k	1.5k	848	773	501	70	2.3k
Alain Leguerrier France	25	2.0k 1.3×	626 0.4×	391 0.5×	787 1.0×	1.1k 2.3×	137	2.3k
Antonio Mangieri Italy	25	1.6k 1.0×	749 0.5×	392 0.5×	496 0.6×	760 1.5×	164	1.9k
Ashish Pershad United States	19	1.2k 0.7×	1.0k 0.7×	556 0.7×	414 0.5×	269 0.5×	110	1.7k
Domenico Mazzitelli Germany	30	2.4k 1.5×	610 0.4×	354 0.4×	1.1k 1.4×	1.9k 3.8×	83	2.6k
Peter P. de Jaegere Netherlands	32	2.6k 1.6×	929 0.6×	711 0.8×	801 1.0×	1.5k 3.0×	81	3.0k
Roberto Scarsini Italy	21	1.1k 0.7×	960 0.6×	876 1.0×	160 0.2×	268 0.5×	95	1.4k
Santiago García United States	20	1.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	706 0.8×	321 0.4×	228 0.5×	134	1.8k
Giovanni Benfari Italy	25	2.1k 1.3×	739 0.5×	523 0.6×	224 0.3×	660 1.3×	151	2.3k
Frank van der Kley Netherlands	28	2.6k 1.6×	610 0.4×	1.1k 1.3×	560 0.7×	1.5k 3.0×	117	2.7k
Mathieu Bernier Canada	26	1.7k 1.1×	561 0.4×	477 0.6×	331 0.4×	667 1.3×	88	1.9k

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Konrad, Horst R., Nicolas Werner, Taoufik Ouarrak, et al.. (2025). Acute and long-term results of interventional treatment of paravalvular leaks after prosthetic valve replacement with plug devices: results from a prospective multicentre registry. Clinical Research in Cardiology.

Kany, Shinwan, Volker Geist, Feraydoon Niroomand, et al.. (2023). Association of atrial myopathy in mitral valve disease on safety outcomes in left atrial appendage closure. Clinical Research in Cardiology. 112(6). 824–833. 1 indexed citations

Giménez, María Rubini, Abdelhakim Allali, Ralph Töelg, et al.. (2023). Sex-specific Inequalities in the Treatment of Severely Calcified Coronary Lesions: A Sub-analysis of the PREPARE-CALC Trial. Interventional Cardiology Reviews Research Resources. 18. 2 indexed citations

Alotaibi, Sultan, Nader Mankerious, Ralph Töelg, et al.. (2023). Predictors of long-term adverse outcomes after successful chronic total occlusion intervention: physiology or morphology?. Clinical Research in Cardiology. 113(7). 977–986. 2 indexed citations

Allali, Abdelhakim, Gert Richardt, Ralph Töelg, et al.. (2023). High-speed rotational atherectomy versus modified balloons for plaque preparation of severely calcified coronary lesions: two-year outcomes of the randomised PREPARE-CALC trial. EuroIntervention. 18(16). e1365–e1367. 6 indexed citations

Allali, Abdelhakim, Ralph Töelg, Mohamed Abdel‐Wahab, et al.. (2022). Combined rotational atherectomy and cutting balloon angioplasty prior to drug‐eluting stent implantation in severely calcified coronary lesions: The PREPARE‐CALC‐COMBO study. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 100(6). 979–989. 21 indexed citations

Brachmann, Johannes, Thorsten Lewalter, İbrahim Akın, et al.. (2019). Interventional occlusion of left atrial appendage in patients with atrial fibrillation. Acute and long-term outcome of occluder implantation in the LAARGE Registry. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology. 58(3). 273–280. 21 indexed citations

Abdel‐Wahab, Mohamed, Abdelhakim Allali, Robert A. Byrne, et al.. (2019). TCT-26 Predictors of Bailout Rotational Atherectomy in Patients With Complex Calcified Coronary Artery Disease: A Pooled Analysis From the Randomized ROTAXUS and PREPARE-CALC Trials. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 74(13). B26–B26. 1 indexed citations

Fastner, Christian, Christoph Nienaber, Jai‐Wun Park, et al.. (2018). Impact of left atrial appendage morphology on indication and procedural outcome after interventional occlusion: results from the prospective multicentre German LAARGE registry. EuroIntervention. 14(2). 151–157. 12 indexed citations

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Steiner, Sabine, Andrea Willfort‐Ehringer, Horst Sievert, et al.. (2018). 12-Month Results From the First-in-Human Randomized Study of the Ranger Paclitaxel-Coated Balloon for Femoropopliteal Treatment. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 11(10). 934–941. 71 indexed citations

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Brachmann, Johannes, İbrahim Akın, Horst Sievert, et al.. (2017). Abstract 17170: Occlusion of Left Atrial Appendage in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Clinical Results From the LAARGE Registry. Circulation. 1 indexed citations

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Landmesser, Ulf, Boris Schmidt, Jens Erik Nielsen‐Kudsk, et al.. (2017). Left atrial appendage occlusion with the AMPLATZER Amulet device: periprocedural and early clinical/echocardiographic data from a global prospective observational study. EuroIntervention. 13(7). 867–876. 139 indexed citations

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Schäfer, Ulrich, Francesco Maisano, Christian Butter, et al.. (2016). Impact of Preprocedural Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction on 1-Year Outcomes After MitraClip Implantation (from the ACCESS-EU Phase I, a Prospective, Multicenter, Nonrandomized Postapproval Study of the MitraClip Therapy in Europe). The American Journal of Cardiology. 118(6). 873–880. 37 indexed citations

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Abdel‐Wahab, Mohamed, Gert Richardt, Heinz Joachim Büttner, et al.. (2012). High-Speed Rotational Atherectomy Before Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent Implantation in Complex Calcified Coronary Lesions. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 6(1). 10–19. 362 indexed citations breakdown →

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Abdel‐Wahab, Mohamed, Ahmad E. Mostafa, Volker Geist, et al.. (2012). Comparison of Outcomes in Patients Having Isolated Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Versus Combined With Preprocedural Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. The American Journal of Cardiology. 109(4). 581–586. 111 indexed citations

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Sherif, Mohammad, Mohamed Abdel‐Wahab, Volker Geist, et al.. (2010). Anatomic and Procedural Predictors of Paravalvular Aortic Regurgitation After Implantation of the Medtronic CoreValve Bioprosthesis. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 56(20). 1623–1629. 177 indexed citations

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Sherif, Mohammad, Christoph Nienaber, Ralph Töelg, et al.. (2010). Impact of smoking on the outcome of patients treated with drug-eluting stents: 1-year results from the prospective multicentre German Drug-Eluting Stent Registry (DES.DE). Clinical Research in Cardiology. 100(5). 413–423. 20 indexed citations

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Khattab, Ahmed A., Christian W. Hamm, Jochen Senges, et al.. (2007). Incidence and predictors of target vessel revascularization after sirolimus-eluting stent treatment for proximal left anterior descending artery stenoses among 2274 patients fromthe prospectivemulticenter German Cypher Stent Registry. Clinical Research in Cardiology. 96(5). 279–284. 13 indexed citations

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Tölg, Ralph, Bianca Schwarz, Thomas Kurz, et al.. (2006). Comparison of carvedilol and metoprolol in patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing primary coronary intervention. Clinical Research in Cardiology. 95(1). 31–41. 21 indexed citations

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Jain, Deepak, Volker Geist, Hugo A. Katus, & Gert Richardt. (2002). Intracoronary beta radiation for in-stent restenosis in a patient with percutaneously treated hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and coronary artery disease.. PubMed. 14(12). 751–5. 1 indexed citations

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