W Bircks

2.3k total citations
115 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

W Bircks is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, W Bircks has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 53 papers in Surgery and 46 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in W Bircks's work include Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (36 papers), Congenital Heart Disease Studies (27 papers) and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (20 papers). W Bircks is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (36 papers), Congenital Heart Disease Studies (27 papers) and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (20 papers). W Bircks collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and United States. W Bircks's co-authors include Dieter Horstkotte, F Loogen, H. D. Schulte, L Seipel, J. Ostermeyer, Reiner Körfer, Erhard Godehardt, H. D. Schulte, Günter Breithardt and Martin Borggrefe and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and European Heart Journal.

In The Last Decade

W Bircks

104 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
W Bircks 1.2k 574 563 225 70 115 1.4k
Savitri Shrivastava 685 0.6× 654 1.1× 415 0.7× 469 2.1× 50 0.7× 66 1.2k
Thierry Bourguignon 992 0.8× 763 1.3× 364 0.6× 387 1.7× 58 0.8× 51 1.2k
Peter Tesar 607 0.5× 384 0.7× 529 0.9× 314 1.4× 141 2.0× 48 1.0k
Lawrence H. Burr 1.4k 1.2× 981 1.7× 918 1.6× 520 2.3× 70 1.0× 53 1.7k
Vladir Maranhão 1.0k 0.9× 344 0.6× 439 0.8× 295 1.3× 62 0.9× 95 1.3k
Stephen M. Langley 482 0.4× 627 1.1× 472 0.8× 385 1.7× 125 1.8× 41 980
Bruno Farah 979 0.8× 374 0.7× 575 1.0× 232 1.0× 18 0.3× 42 1.2k
Frederick Helmcke 908 0.8× 505 0.9× 392 0.7× 546 2.4× 37 0.5× 33 1.2k
Kendra J. Grubb 668 0.6× 406 0.7× 334 0.6× 185 0.8× 37 0.5× 92 879
Henry P. Goldberg 626 0.5× 274 0.5× 471 0.8× 381 1.7× 26 0.4× 20 879

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W Bircks

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schulte, H. D. & W Bircks. (2004). Surgery for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM): The extended transaortic subvalvular myectomy (TSM) approach. Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 9(4). 293–303. 2 indexed citations
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Bircks, W, et al.. (1996). Cardiac Efficiency During Coronary Occlusion and During Reperfusion After Emergency Revascularization Under Cardioprotection. The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon. 44(1). 20–26. 4 indexed citations
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Bircks, W, et al.. (1995). [The value of CKMB and myoglobin determinations during reperfusion after regional myocardial ischemia in the anesthesized pig].. PubMed. 84(7). 520–31.
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Schulte, H. D., et al.. (1993). Prognosis of patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy after transaortic myectomy. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 106(4). 709–717. 59 indexed citations
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Godehardt, Erhard, et al.. (1993). Internal thoracic artery: Prevalence of atherosclerotic changes. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 106(6). 1192–1195. 32 indexed citations
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Schwammenthal, Ehud, Michael S. Block, B. Schwartzkopff, et al.. (1992). Prediction of the site and severity of obstruction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by color flow mapping and continuous wave Doppler echocardiography. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 20(4). 964–972. 16 indexed citations
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Horstkotte, Dieter, et al.. (1991). Effectiveness of antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent prosthetic valve endocarditis: Evidence in humans. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 17(2). A212–A212. 5 indexed citations
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Horstkotte, Dieter, R Niehues, H. D. Schulte, & W Bircks. (1991). Long-term results of mitral commissurotomy. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 17(2). A362–A362.
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Horstkotte, Dieter, F Loogen, H. D. Schulte, & W Bircks. (1991). Morbidity and mortality 18 to 29 years following tetralogy of fallot repair. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 17(2). A109–A109. 1 indexed citations
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Apostolakis, Efstratios, Robert J. van Thiel, & W Bircks. (1990). Acute Pseudo-Obstruction of the Colon (Ogilvie's Syndrome) Following Open Heart Surgery. The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon. 38(6). 371–373. 4 indexed citations
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Ostermeyer, J., Martin Borggrefe, Günter Breithardt, et al.. (1987). Direct operations for the management of life-threatening ischemic ventricular tachycardia. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 94(6). 848–865. 58 indexed citations
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Horstkotte, Dieter, W Bircks, & F Loogen. (1986). Infective endocarditis of native and prosthetic valves--the case for prompt surgical intervention? A retrospective analysis of factors affecting survival.. PubMed. 75 Suppl 2. 168–82. 14 indexed citations
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Körfer, Reiner, Hans Meyer, Georg Kleikamp, & W Bircks. (1985). Early and late results after resection and end-to-end anastomosis of coarctation of the thoracic aorta in early infancy. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 89(4). 616–622. 38 indexed citations
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Ostermeyer, J., Günter Breithardt, Martin Borggrefe, et al.. (1984). Surgical treatment of ventricular tachycardias. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 87(4). 517–525. 49 indexed citations
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Körfer, Reiner, et al.. (1984). No effect of saphenous intimal thickness on patency of aorta-coronary bypass grafts. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 88(2). 304–306. 1 indexed citations
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Ostermeyer, J., et al.. (1983). Isolated atrioventricular discordance. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 86(6). 926–929. 12 indexed citations
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Ostermeyer, J., Günter Breithardt, Ralf Kolvenbach, et al.. (1982). The surgical treatment of ventricular tachycardias. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 84(5). 704–715. 26 indexed citations
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Bircks, W, J. Ostermeyer, & H. D. Schulte. (1981). Cardiovascular surgery 1980 : proceedings of the 29th International Congress of the European Society of Cardiovascular Surgery. Springer eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Bircks, W, et al.. (1977). [Surgical treatment of pulmonary embolism--experience of almost 20 years].. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 28(22). 1004–7. 1 indexed citations
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Loogen, F, H Vieten, & W Bircks. (1967). [Cor triatriatum dextrum].. PubMed. 7(11). 329–33. 1 indexed citations

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