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David Hildick-Smith

David Hildick-Smith

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
92
Citations
33325
World Ranking
11251
National Ranking
1067

David Hildick-Smith publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Hildick-Smith sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 512 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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David Hildick-Smith D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Hildick-Smith sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 92 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

David Hildick-Smith is affiliated with the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. Their primary field of research is Medicine with a strong emphasis on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Within this focus, their work also spans Surgery, Epidemiology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their research topics cover a range of areas in cardiovascular health and diagnostics, including:

  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
  • Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research

David Hildick-Smith's published work includes notable papers such as:

  • The European bifurcation club Left Main Coronary Stent study: a randomized comparison of stepwise provisional vs. systematic dual stenting strategies (EBC MAIN), 2021, European Heart Journal
  • Dual Antiplatelet Therapy after PCI in Patients at High Bleeding Risk, 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Percutaneous coronary intervention for bifurcation coronary lesions: the 15th consensus document from the European Bifurcation Club, 2021, EuroIntervention
  • Global Chronic Total Occlusion Crossing Algorithm, 2021, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • ACTIVATION (PercutAneous Coronary inTervention prIor to transcatheter aortic VAlve implantaTION), 2021, JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

  • Adrian Banning
  • James Cockburn
  • Nicolas M. Van Mieghem
  • Sandeep Arunothayaraj
  • Thierry Lefèvre

Throughout their career, David Hildick-Smith has published in various peer-reviewed venues with notable frequency in:

  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
  • EuroIntervention
  • JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
  • European Heart Journal

Best Publications

  • Patent Foramen Ovale Closure or Antiplatelet Therapy for Cryptogenic Stroke

    Lars Søndergaard;Scott E. Kasner;John F. Rhodes;Grethe Andersen

  • Percutaneous Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale in Cryptogenic Embolism

    Bernhard Meier;Bindu Kalesan;Heinrich P. Mattle;Ahmed Aziz Khattab

  • Transcatheter aortic valve implantation in failed bioprosthetic surgical valves.

    Danny Dvir;John G. Webb;Sabine Bleiziffer;Miralem Pasic

  • Long-term outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve implantation in high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis: the U.K. TAVI (United Kingdom Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation) Registry.

    Neil E. Moat;Peter Ludman;Mark A. de Belder;Ben Bridgewater

  • Percutaneous coronary angioplasty versus coronary artery bypass grafting in treatment of unprotected left main stenosis (NOBLE): a prospective, randomised, open-label, non-inferiority trial.

    Timo Mäkikallio;Niels R Holm;Mitchell Lindsay;Mark S Spence

  • Migraine Intervention With STARFlex Technology (MIST) Trial A Prospective, Multicenter, Double-Blind, Sham-Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Patent Foramen Ovale Closure With STARFlex Septal Repair Implant to Resolve Refractory Migraine Headache

    Andrew Dowson;Michael J. Mullen;Richard Peatfield;Keith Muir

  • Ticagrelor plus aspirin for 1 month, followed by ticagrelor monotherapy for 23 months vs aspirin plus clopidogrel or ticagrelor for 12 months, followed by aspirin monotherapy for 12 months after implantation of a drug-eluting stent: a multicentre, open-label, randomised superiority trial

    Pascal Vranckx;Marco Valgimigli;Peter Jüni;Christian Hamm

  • Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Degenerative Bioprosthetic Surgical Valves Results From the Global Valve-in-Valve Registry

    Danny Dvir;John Webb;Stephen Brecker;Sabine Bleiziffer

  • Randomized Trial of Simple Versus Complex Drug-Eluting Stenting for Bifurcation Lesions. The British Bifurcation Coronary Study: Old, New, and Evolving Strategies

    David Hildick-Smith;Adam J. de Belder;Nina Cooter;Nicholas P. Curzen

  • A randomized multicentre trial to compare revascularization with optimal medical therapy for the treatment of chronic total coronary occlusions.

    Gerald S Werner;Victoria Martin-Yuste;David Hildick-Smith;Nicolas Boudou

  • Outcomes in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Bicuspid Versus Tricuspid Aortic Valve Stenosis

    Sung Han Yoon;Sabine Bleiziffer;Ole De Backer;Victoria Delgado

  • Recanalisation of chronic total coronary occlusions: 2012 consensus document from the EuroCTO club.

    Georgios Sianos;Gerald S. Werner;Alfredo R. Galassi;Michail I. Papafaklis

  • In-hospital outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with chronic total occlusion: insights from the ERCTO (European Registry of Chronic Total Occlusion) registry.

    Alfredo R Galassi;Salvatore D Tomasello;Nicolaus Reifart;Gerald S Werner

  • Percutaneous coronary angioplasty versus coronary artery bypass grafting in the treatment of unprotected left main stenosis: updated 5-year outcomes from the randomised, non-inferiority NOBLE trial

    Niels R Holm;Timo Mäkikallio;M Mitchell Lindsay;Mark S Spence

  • European position paper on the management of patients with patent foramen ovale. General approach and left circulation thromboembolism.

    Christian Pristipino;Horst Sievert;Horst Sievert;Fabrizio D'Ascenzo;Jean Louis Mas

  • Permanent Pacemaker Insertion After CoreValve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Incidence and Contributing Factors (the UK CoreValve Collaborative)

    M.Z. Khawaja;R. Rajani;A. Cook;A. Khavandi

  • Classification of coronary artery bifurcation lesions and treatments: time for a consensus!

    Yves Louvard;Martyn Thomas;Vladimir Dzavik;David Hildick-Smith

  • Incidence, predictors, and clinical outcomes of coronary obstruction following transcatheter aortic valve replacement for degenerative bioprosthetic surgical valves: insights from the VIVID registry

    Henrique B. Ribeiro;Henrique B. Ribeiro;Josep Rodés-Cabau;Philipp Blanke;Jonathon Leipsic

  • Dual Antiplatelet Therapy after PCI in Patients at High Bleeding Risk.

    Marco Valgimigli;Enrico Frigoli;Dik Heg;Jan Tijssen

  • TCT-100 Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Degenerative Bioprosthetic Surgical Valves: Results from the Global Valve-in-Valve Registry

    Danny Dvir;John Webb;Miralem Pasic;Sabine Bleiziffer

Frequent Co-Authors

John G. Webb
John G. Webb University of British Columbia
Adrian P. Banning
Adrian P. Banning University of Oxford
Azeem Latib
Azeem Latib Montefiore Medical Center
Stephan Windecker
Stephan Windecker University of Bern
Antonio Colombo
Antonio Colombo Humanitas Clinical and Research Center IRCCS
Jens Flensted Lassen
Jens Flensted Lassen University of Southern Denmark
Lars Søndergaard
Lars Søndergaard Abbott (United States)
Mamas A. Mamas
Mamas A. Mamas Keele University
Marco Barbanti
Marco Barbanti Kore University of Enna
Keith G. Oldroyd
Keith G. Oldroyd Golden Jubilee National Hospital

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