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Overview

Christoph A. Nienaber is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of medicine, with a strong focus on pulmonary and respiratory medicine, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, surgery, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and epidemiology.

The main topics covered in their work include aortic disease and treatment approaches, aortic aneurysm repair treatments, cardiac valve diseases and treatments, cardiac anesthesia and surgical outcomes, cardiac structural anomalies and repair, atrial fibrillation management and outcomes, and infectious aortic and vascular conditions.

Recent publications by Christoph A. Nienaber include:

  • EACTS/STS Guidelines for diagnosing and treating acute and chronic syndromes of the aortic organ, 2023, European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
  • Early Mortality in Type A Acute Aortic Dissection, 2022, JAMA Cardiology
  • EACTS/STS Guidelines for Diagnosing and Treating Acute and Chronic Syndromes of the Aortic Organ, 2024, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
  • Acute Aortic Syndrome Revisited, 2021, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Artificial intelligence in the diagnosis and management of arrhythmias, 2021, European Heart Journal

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Xun Yuan
  • Santi Trimarchi
  • Kim A. Eagle
  • Martin Czerny
  • Daniel Montgomery

Their work is frequently published in several key journals, such as:

  • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
  • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
  • European Heart Journal
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Overall, Christoph A. Nienaber's research contributions focus largely on cardiovascular diseases, specifically those involving the aortic organ and cardiac valve conditions, along with related surgical and diagnostic approaches.

Best Publications

  • 2014 ESC Guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of aortic diseases: Document covering acute and chronic aortic diseases of the thoracic and abdominal aorta of the adult. The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Aortic Diseases of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

    Erbel R;Aboyans;Boileau C;Bossone E

  • The International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD): new insights into an old disease.

    Peter G. Hagan;Christoph A. Nienaber;Eric M. Isselbacher;David Bruckman

  • Autologous bone-marrow stem-cell transplantation for myocardial regeneration

    Christof Stamm;Bernd Westphal;Hans-Dieter Kleine;Michael Petzsch

  • Intensive lipid lowering with simvastatin and ezetimibe in aortic stenosis.

    Anne B. Rossebø;Terje R. Pedersen;Kurt Boman;Philippe Brudi

  • Nonsurgical Reconstruction of Thoracic Aortic Dissection by Stent–Graft Placement

    C A Nienaber;R Fattori;G Lund;C Dieckmann

  • The diagnosis of thoracic aortic dissection by noninvasive imaging procedures.

    C A Nienaber;Y von Kodolitsch;V Nicolas;V Siglow

  • Endovascular Repair of Type B Aortic Dissection Long-Term Results of the Randomized Investigation of Stent Grafts in Aortic Dissection Trial

    Christoph A. Nienaber;Stephan Kische;Hervé Rousseau;Holger Eggebrecht

  • Presentation, Diagnosis, and Outcomes of Acute Aortic Dissection: 17-Year Trends From the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection

    Linda A. Pape;Mazen Awais;Elise M. Woznicki;Toru Suzuki

  • Expert consensus document on the treatment of descending thoracic aortic disease using endovascular stent-grafts.

    Lars G. Svensson;Nicholas T. Kouchoukos;D. Craig Miller;Joseph E. Bavaria

  • Insights From the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection: A 20-Year Experience of Collaborative Clinical Research.

    Arturo Evangelista;Eric M. Isselbacher;Eduardo Bossone;Thomas G. Gleason

  • Long-Term Survival in Patients Presenting With Type B Acute Aortic Dissection Insights From the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection

    Thomas T. Tsai;Rossella Fattori;Santi Trimarchi;Eric Isselbacher

  • Randomized Comparison of Strategies for Type B Aortic Dissection The INvestigation of STEnt Grafts in Aortic Dissection (INSTEAD) Trial

    Christoph A. Nienaber;Hervé Rousseau;Holger Eggebrecht;Stephan Kische

  • Aortic Dissection: New Frontiers in Diagnosis and Management Part I: From Etiology to Diagnostic Strategies

    Christoph A. Nienaber;Kim A. Eagle

  • Aortic Diameter ≥5.5 cm Is Not a Good Predictor of Type A Aortic Dissection Observations From the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD)

    Linda A. Pape;Thomas T. Tsai;Eric M. Isselbacher;Jae K. Oh

  • Clinical profiles and outcomes of acute type B aortic dissection in the current era: Lessons from the International Registry of Aortic Dissection (IRAD)

    Toru Suzuki;Rajendra H. Mehta;Hüseyin Ince;Ryozo Nagai

  • 2014 ESC Guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of aortic diseases

    Raimund Erbel;Victor Aboyans;Eduardo Bossone;Holger Eggebrecht

  • Endovascular stent-graft placement in aortic dissection: a meta-analysis.

    Holger Eggebrecht;Christoph A. Nienaber;Markus Neuhäuser;Dietrich Baumgart

  • Partial thrombosis of the false lumen in patients with acute type B aortic dissection.

    Thomas T Tsai;Arturo Evangelista;Christoph A Nienaber;Truls Myrmel

  • Predicting Death in Patients With Acute Type A Aortic Dissection

    Rajendra H. Mehta;Toru Suzuki;Peter G. Hagan;Eduardo Bossone

  • Contemporary results of surgery in acute type A aortic dissection: The International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection experience.

    Santi Trimarchi;Christoph A. Nienaber;Vincenzo Rampoldi;Truls Myrmel

Frequent Co-Authors

Kim A. Eagle
Kim A. Eagle University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Eric M. Isselbacher
Eric M. Isselbacher Harvard University
Eduardo Bossone
Eduardo Bossone University of Naples Federico II
Arturo Evangelista
Arturo Evangelista Autonomous University of Barcelona
Patrick T. O'Gara
Patrick T. O'Gara Brigham and Women's Hospital
Reed E. Pyeritz
Reed E. Pyeritz University of Pennsylvania
Karl-Heinz Kuck
Karl-Heinz Kuck Universität Hamburg
Thoralf M. Sundt
Thoralf M. Sundt Harvard University
Udo Sechtem
Udo Sechtem Robert Bosch (Germany)
Christian W. Hamm
Christian W. Hamm University of Giessen

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