Volkmar Falk

142.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
893 papers, 27.0k citations indexed

About

Volkmar Falk is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Volkmar Falk has authored 893 papers receiving a total of 27.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 576 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 514 papers in Surgery and 230 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Volkmar Falk's work include Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (382 papers), Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management (190 papers) and Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques (184 papers). Volkmar Falk is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (382 papers), Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management (190 papers) and Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques (184 papers). Volkmar Falk collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Volkmar Falk's co-authors include Thomas Walther, Friedrich W. Mohr, Anno Diegeler, Michael A. Borger, Rüdiger Autschbach, Jan Gummert, Nicolas Doll, Jörg Kempfert, F. W. Mohr and Stephan Jacobs and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Volkmar Falk

834 papers receiving 26.1k citations

Hit Papers

2014 ESC Guidelines on th... 1978 2026 1994 2010 2014 2010 1978 2010 2018 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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. 2014 ESC Guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of aortic diseases
    2014 2.9k citations Raimund Erbel, Victor Aboyans et al. European Heart Journal profile →
  2. Guidelines on myocardial revascularization
    2010 762 citations Volkmar Falk et al. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery profile →
  3. The Wisconsin Medical Journal, 1903.
    1978 538 citations Volkmar Falk PubMed profile →
  4. Early and late outcomes of 517 consecutive adult patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for refractory postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock
    2010 410 citations Volkmar Falk, Thomas Walther et al. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery profile →
  5. 2017 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the Management of Valvular Heart Disease
    2018 362 citations Volkmar Falk, Bernard Iung et al. profile →
  6. PCI and CABG for Treating Stable Coronary Artery Disease
    2019 283 citations Torsten Doenst, Axel Haverich et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Volkmar Falk Germany 76 17.0k 13.7k 8.2k 6.0k 4.7k 893 27.0k
Delos M. Cosgrove United States 86 18.4k 1.1× 16.2k 1.2× 7.4k 0.9× 5.5k 0.9× 2.3k 0.5× 323 25.4k
Raimund Erbel Germany 85 16.5k 1.0× 12.6k 0.9× 8.7k 1.1× 3.7k 0.6× 2.0k 0.4× 689 29.4k
Roland Hetzer Germany 76 12.8k 0.8× 14.0k 1.0× 5.0k 0.6× 5.9k 1.0× 8.0k 1.7× 1.1k 26.5k
Bruce W. Lytle United States 99 31.2k 1.8× 20.7k 1.5× 15.1k 1.8× 12.0k 2.0× 2.6k 0.6× 307 40.2k
Giuseppe Biondi‐Zoccai Italy 82 15.6k 0.9× 12.6k 0.9× 5.5k 0.7× 2.2k 0.4× 1.8k 0.4× 773 28.0k
Pedro J. del Nido United States 73 9.1k 0.5× 9.7k 0.7× 7.9k 1.0× 11.9k 2.0× 4.0k 0.8× 615 22.2k
Eugene H. Blackstone United States 110 26.5k 1.6× 18.6k 1.4× 13.2k 1.6× 16.3k 2.7× 4.8k 1.0× 648 43.2k
John E. Mayer United States 86 9.4k 0.6× 11.8k 0.9× 9.0k 1.1× 13.2k 2.2× 4.0k 0.8× 469 24.7k
Neil J. Weissman United States 72 21.9k 1.3× 13.6k 1.0× 5.8k 0.7× 6.4k 1.1× 2.7k 0.6× 359 34.4k
Eric Boersma Netherlands 103 29.8k 1.8× 17.7k 1.3× 6.5k 0.8× 4.0k 0.7× 2.6k 0.6× 703 40.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Volkmar Falk

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hashemi, Djawid, Tobias Daniel Trippel, Matthias I. Gröschel, et al.. (2025). Assessing the Limitations of Large Language Models in Clinical Practice Guideline–Concordant Treatment Decision-Making on Real-World Data: Retrospective Study. JMIRx Med. 6. e74899–e74899.
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Klein, Christoph A., Marian Kukucka, Jörg Kempfert, et al.. (2025). Integrated double redo percutaneous valve replacement: simultaneous transcatheter aortic and mitral valve management. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 67(2). 1 indexed citations
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Tautz, Lennart, et al.. (2024). MV-GNN: Generation of continuous geometric representations of mitral valve motion from 3D+t echocardiography. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 182. 109154–109154. 1 indexed citations
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Kurz, Stephan, et al.. (2024). Patterns in acute aortic dissection and a connection to meteorological conditions in Germany. PLoS ONE. 19(1). e0296794–e0296794. 2 indexed citations
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Klein, Christoph A., Marian Kukucka, Evgenij Potapov, et al.. (2024). Transcatheter management of pure native aortic valve regurgitation in patients with left ventricular assist device. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 65(3). 4 indexed citations
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Iske, Jasper, Andreas Schroeter, Samuel Knoedler, et al.. (2023). Pushing the boundaries of innovation: the potential of ex vivo organ perfusion from an interdisciplinary point of view. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 10. 1272945–1272945. 12 indexed citations
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Nazari‐Shafti, Timo Z., Sebastian Neuber, Heike Meýborg, et al.. (2023). Endothelial damage inhibitor preserves the integrity of venous endothelial cells from patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 64(6). 4 indexed citations
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Sá, Michel Pompeu, Basel Ramlawi, William A. Gray, et al.. (2022). Transcatheter mitral valve implantation in the ongoing structural heart revolution. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 37(6). 1691–1704. 1 indexed citations
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Kofler, Markus, et al.. (2022). Partial ring annuloplasty in the management of mitral annular calcification. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 37(6). 1749–1752.
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Knierim, Jan, Michael Dandel, Natalia Solowjowa, et al.. (2021). Feasibility of two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography of aortic valve in patients with calcific aortic valve disease. Journal of Biomechanics. 122. 110474–110474. 2 indexed citations
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Kaufmann, Friedrich, Marcus Müller, Felix Schoenrath, et al.. (2021). Experience with a standardized protocol to predict successful explantation of left ventricular assist devices. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 164(6). 1922–1930.e2. 13 indexed citations
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Bobenko, Anna, Felix Schoenrath, Jan Knierim, et al.. (2019). Exercise Training in Patients with a Left Ventricular Assist Device (Ex-VAD): Rationale and Design of a Multicentre, Prospective, Assessor-Blinded, Randomized, Controlled Trial. European Journal of Heart Failure. 21(9). 1152–1159. 15 indexed citations
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Lauten, Alexander, Hans R. Figulla, Axel Unbehaun, et al.. (2018). Interventional Treatment of Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation. Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions. 11(2). e006061–e006061. 86 indexed citations
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Potapov, Evgenij, et al.. (2015). [Ventricular long-term support with implantable continuous flow pumps: on the way to a gold standard in the therapy of terminal heart failure].. Herz. 40(2). 231–239. 4 indexed citations
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Erbel, Raimund, Victor Aboyans, Cathérine Boileau, et al.. (2014). 2014 ESC Guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of aortic diseases. European Heart Journal. 35(41). 2873–2926. 2871 indexed citations breakdown →
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Steurer, Marc P., Martina A. Steurer, Werner Baulig, et al.. (2012). Late pharmacologic conditioning with volatile anesthetics after cardiac surgery. Critical Care. 16(5). R191–R191. 46 indexed citations
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Holzhey, David, et al.. (2010). In Vitro Comparison of the New In-Line Monitor BMU 40 versus a Conventional Laboratory Analyzer. Journal of ExtraCorporeal Technology. 42(1). 61–70. 3 indexed citations
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Emmert, Maximilian Y., et al.. (2009). Severe Cardiomyopathy Following Treatment with the Tumour Necrosis Factor-α Inhibitor Adalimumab for Crohn’s Disease. European Journal of Heart Failure. 11(11). 1106–1109. 8 indexed citations
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Walther, Thomas, Paul Simon, Todd Dewey, et al.. (2007). Transapical Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Implantation. Circulation. 116(11_supplement). I240–5. 470 indexed citations
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Diegeler, Anno, T Walther, Sebastian Metz, et al.. (1999). Comparison of MIDCAP versus conventional CABG surgery regarding pain and quality of life.. PubMed. 2(4). 290–5; discussion 295. 40 indexed citations

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