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Christian W. Hamm

Christian W. Hamm

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Medicine

D-Index
136
Citations
139628
World Ranking
1926
National Ranking
91

Overview

Christian W. Hamm was affiliated with the University of Giessen in Germany. Their research focused extensively on cardiology and related medical fields, contributing to a wide range of scientific literature in these areas.

The main field of study for Hamm was Medicine, with a significant emphasis on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Additional subfields included Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Epidemiology, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

Hamm's work concentrated on several primary topics within cardiovascular research, including:

  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
  • Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics

Their frequent coauthors comprised several notable researchers with whom they collaborated extensively, including:

  • Christoph Liebetrau
  • Holger Nef
  • Oliver Dörr
  • Helge Möllmann
  • Matthias Renker

Christian W. Hamm published numerous scientific articles in a variety of cardiovascular and clinical journals. Common publication venues included:

  • Clinical Research in Cardiology
  • European Heart Journal
  • JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
  • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology

The following are selected recent papers reflecting their research contributions:

  • Detection of viral SARS-CoV-2 genomes and histopathological changes in endomyocardial biopsies (2020) - ESC Heart Failure
  • Repeat Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Transcatheter Prosthesis Dysfunction (2020) - Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Ticagrelor alone vs. ticagrelor plus aspirin following percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: TWILIGHT-ACS (2020) - European Heart Journal
  • Transcatheter or Surgical Treatment of Aortic-Valve Stenosis (2024) - New England Journal of Medicine
  • Factor Xa Inhibitor-Related Intracranial Hemorrhage (2020) - Circulation

Best Publications

  • [2017 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease].

    Helmut Baumgartner;Volkmar Falk;Jeroen J. Bax;Michele De Bonis

  • Myocardial infarction redefined--a consensus document of The Joint European Society of Cardiology/American College of Cardiology Committee for the redefinition of myocardial infarction.

    Elliott Antman;Jean-Pierre Bassand;Werner Klein;Magnus Ohman

  • Clopidogrel and Aspirin versus Aspirin Alone for the Prevention of Atherothrombotic Events

    Deepak L. Bhatt;Keith A.A. Fox;Werner Hacke;Peter B. Berger

  • ESC Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment elevation: The Task Force for the management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment eleva...

    C. W. Hamm;J.-P. Bassand;S. Agewall;J. Bax

  • 2014 ESC/EACTS Guidelines on myocardial revascularization: The Task Force on Myocardial Revascularization of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)Developed with the special contribution of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI).

    Stephan Windecker;Philippe Kolh;Fernando Alfonso;Jean-Philippe Collet

  • Universal definition of myocardial infarction.

    Kristian Thygesen;Joseph S. Alpert;Harvey D. White;Allan S. Jaffe

  • 2017 ESC focused update on dual antiplatelet therapy in coronary artery disease developed in collaboration with EACTS: The Task Force for dual antiplatelet therapy in coronary artery disease of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS).

    Marco Valgimigli;Héctor Bueno;Robert A Byrne;Jean-Philippe Collet

  • Myocardial infarction redefined - A consensus document of the Joint European Society of Cardiology/American College of Cardiology committee for the redefinition of myocardial infarction

    J. S. Alpert;E. Antman;F. Apple;P. W. Armstrong

  • Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes

    J.P. Bassand;C.W. Hamm;D. Ardissino;E. Boersma

  • Guidelines for percutaneous coronary interventions. The Task Force for Percutaneous Coronary Interventions of the European Society of Cardiology.

    Sigmund Silber;Per Albertsson;Francisco F. Avilés;Paolo G. Camici

  • Intracoronary bone marrow-derived progenitor cells in acute myocardial infarction.

    Volker Schächinger;Sandra Erbs;Albrecht Elsässer;Werner Haberbosch

  • 2017 ESC focused update on dual antiplatelet therapy in coronary artery disease developed in collaboration with EACTS

    Marco Valgimigli;Héctor Bueno;Robert A. Byrne;Jean-Philippe Collet

  • Long-Term Use of Ticagrelor in Patients with Prior Myocardial Infarction

    Marc P. Bonaca;Deepak L. Bhatt;Marc Cohen;Philippe Gabriel Steg

  • Circulating MicroRNAs in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

    Stephan Fichtlscherer;Salvatore De Rosa;Henrik Fox;Thomas Schwietz

  • Myeloperoxidase Serum Levels Predict Risk in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes

    Stephan Baldus;Christopher Heeschen;Thomas Meinertz;Andreas M. Zeiher

  • Soluble CD40 Ligand in Acute Coronary Syndromes

    Christopher Heeschen;Stefanie Dimmeler;Christian W. Hamm;Marcel J. van den Brand

  • Prasugrel versus clopidogrel for acute coronary syndromes without revascularization

    Matthew T. Roe;Paul W. Armstrong;Keith A.A. Fox;Harvey D. White

  • Coronary artery bypass surgery compared with percutaneous coronary interventions for multivessel disease: a collaborative analysis of individual patient data from ten randomised trials

    Mark A. Hlatky;Derek B Boothroyd;Dena M Bravata;Eric Boersma

  • How to use high-sensitivity cardiac troponins in acute cardiac care

    Kristian Thygesen;Johannes Mair;Evangelos Giannitsis;Christian Mueller

  • Patients with prior myocardial infarction, stroke, or symptomatic peripheral arterial disease in the CHARISMA trial

    Deepak L. Bhatt;Marcus D. Flather;Werner Hacke;Peter B. Berger

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick W. Serruys
Patrick W. Serruys University of Galway
Marco Valgimigli
Marco Valgimigli University of Bern
Stephan Windecker
Stephan Windecker University of Bern
Deepak L. Bhatt
Deepak L. Bhatt Mount Sinai Hospital
Philippe Gabriel Steg
Philippe Gabriel Steg Université Paris Cité
Gilles Montalescot
Gilles Montalescot Baim Institute for Clinical Research
Harvey D. White
Harvey D. White Auckland City Hospital
Peter Jüni
Peter Jüni University of Oxford
Thomas Walther
Thomas Walther University College Cork
Gregg W. Stone
Gregg W. Stone Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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