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Hans-Joachim Schäfers

Hans-Joachim Schäfers

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Medicine

D-Index
80
Citations
24653
World Ranking
17065
National Ranking
894

Overview

Hans-Joachim Schäfers is affiliated with Saarland University in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a total of 348 publications. Their work prominently covers several subfields of study, including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Epidemiology, Surgery, and Infectious Diseases.

The primary research topics addressed by Schäfers include:

  • Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
  • Congenital Heart Disease Studies
  • Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
  • Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments

Recent significant publications authored or co-authored include:

  • International consensus statement on nomenclature and classification of the congenital bicuspid aortic valve and its aortopathy, for clinical, surgical, interventional and research purposes, 2021, European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
  • Acute Aortic Syndrome Revisited, 2021, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • International consensus statement on nomenclature and classification of the congenital bicuspid aortic valve and its aortopathy, for clinical, surgical, interventional and research purposes, 2021, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
  • Long-term Results of Differentiated Anatomic Reconstruction of Bicuspid Aortic Valves, 2020, JAMA Cardiology
  • State-of-the art bicuspid aortic valve repair in 2020, 2020, Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Schäfers frequently collaborates with other researchers, with notable co-authors including:

  • Christian Giebels
  • Tristan Ehrlich
  • Karen B. Abeln
  • Emmanuel Lansac
  • Laurent de Kerchove

The scientist's research findings are often published in specialized cardiac and thoracic surgery journals, with the most prominent publication venues being:

  • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
  • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
  • The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
  • JTCVS Techniques
  • Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery

The scope of Schäfers' work largely focuses on understanding and treating diseases involving the aorta and cardiac valves, with an emphasis on structural heart conditions and surgical interventions. Their research contributions cover both clinical and surgical perspectives along with interventional and epidemiological approaches to these cardiovascular conditions.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines on the management of valvular heart disease (version 2012)

    Alec Vahanian;Ottavio Alfieri

  • Challenges in Infective Endocarditis.

    Thomas J. Cahill;Larry M. Baddour;Gilbert Habib;Bruno Hoen

  • Oxygen Free Radical Release in Human Failing Myocardium Is Associated With Increased Activity of Rac1-GTPase and Represents a Target for Statin Treatment

    Christoph Maack;Tanja Kartes;Heiko Kilter;Hans-Joachim Schäfers

  • Risk factors for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

    D. Bonderman;H. Wilkens;S. Wakounig;H. J. Schäfers

  • Valve Configuration Determines Long-Term Results After Repair of the Bicuspid Aortic Valve

    Diana Aicher;Takashi Kunihara;Omar Abou Issa;Brigitte Brittner

  • A new approach to the assessment of aortic cusp geometry

    Hans-Joachim Schäfers;Benjamin Bierbach;Diana Aicher

  • Aortic valve repair leads to a low incidence of valve-related complications

    Diana Aicher;Roland Fries;Svetlana Rodionycheva;Kathrin Schmidt

  • Cardiomyocytes of Noncardiac Origin in Myocardial Biopsies of Human Transplanted Hearts

    Patrick Müller;Peter Pfeiffer;Jörg Koglin;Hans-Joachim Schäfers

  • Selective Upregulation of Endothelin B Receptor Gene Expression in Severe Pulmonary Hypertension

    Michael Bauer;Heinrike Wilkens;Frank Langer;Sven O. Schneider

  • Role of miR-21 in the pathogenesis of atrial fibrosis

    Oliver Adam;Björn Löhfelm;Thomas Thum;Shashi K. Gupta

  • Vascular Effects of Diet Supplementation With Plant Sterols

    Oliver Weingärtner;Dieter Lütjohann;Shengbo Ji;Nicole Weisshoff

  • Bosentan Therapy for Inoperable Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension

    Marius M. Hoeper;Thorsten Kramm;Heinrike Wilkens;Christine Schulze

  • Monolayers of human alveolar epithelial cells in primary culture for pulmonary absorption and transport studies.

    Katharina J. Elbert;Ulrich F. Schäfer;Hans-Joachim Schäfers;Kwang-Jin Kim

  • Cusp height in aortic valves

    Hans-Joachim Schäfers;Wolfram Schmied;Gil Marom;Diana Aicher

  • Role of Rac1 GTPase Activation in Atrial Fibrillation

    Oliver Adam;Gregg Frost;Florian Custodis;Mark A. Sussman

  • International consensus statement on nomenclature and classification of the congenital bicuspid aortic valve and its aortopathy, for clinical, surgical, interventional and research purposes.

    Hector I Michelena;Alessandro Della Corte;Arturo Evangelista;Joseph J Maleszewski

  • Preoperative aortic root geometry and postoperative cusp configuration primarily determine long-term outcome after valve-preserving aortic root repair

    Takashi Kunihara;Diana Aicher;Svetlana Rodionycheva;Heinrich-Volker Groesdonk

  • Differences in CMV-specific T-cell levels and long-term susceptibility to CMV infection after kidney, heart and lung transplantation.

    Urban Sester;Barbara C Gärtner;Heinrike Wilkens;Bernhard Schwaab

  • RING plus STRING: papillary muscle repositioning as an adjunctive repair technique for ischemic mitral regurgitation

    Frank Langer;Hans-Joachim Schäfers

  • Guidelines on the Management of Valvular Heart disease (Version 2012)

    Alec Vahanian;Ottavio Alfieri;Felicita Andreotti;Manuel J. Antunes

Frequent Co-Authors

M.D. Menger
M.D. Menger Saarland University
Michael Böhm
Michael Böhm Saarland University
Ulrich Laufs
Ulrich Laufs Saarland University
Axel Haverich
Axel Haverich Hannover Medical School
Michael A. Borger
Michael A. Borger Leipzig University
Arturo Evangelista
Arturo Evangelista Autonomous University of Barcelona
Stephen P. Sanders
Stephen P. Sanders Boston Children's Hospital
Michael Bauer
Michael Bauer TU Dresden
Joseph E. Bavaria
Joseph E. Bavaria University of Pennsylvania

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