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Hector M. Garcia-Garcia is affiliated with the MedStar Washington Hospital Center in the United States. The scientific work centers mainly on the field of Medicine, with a total of 632 publications. Within this domain, their research is prominently situated in several subfields including Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Epidemiology.

The research topics covered by Garcia-Garcia include:

  • Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
  • Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Associated Phenomena

Their publication record features several recent papers with significant citation counts. These include:

  • "Optical coherence tomography in coronary atherosclerosis assessment and intervention," 2022, published in Nature Reviews Cardiology
  • "Drug-Coated Balloon for De Novo Coronary Artery Disease," 2020, published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "Angiography-derived index of microcirculatory resistance as a novel, pressure-wire-free tool to assess coronary microcirculation in ST elevation myocardial infarction," 2020, published in International Journal of Cardiac Imaging
  • "Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients With Symptomatic Severe Bicuspid Aortic Valve Stenosis," 2020, published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
  • "Feasibility of Coronary Access and Aortic Valve Reintervention in Low-Risk TAVR Patients," 2020, also in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

The venues where Garcia-Garcia frequently publishes include:

  • Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
  • JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions
  • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Collaboration plays a notable role in Garcia-Garcia's research activities. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Ron Waksman
  • Itsik Ben-Dor
  • Rebecca Torguson
  • Cheng Zhang
  • Toby Rogers

Best Publications

  • Consensus standards for acquisition, measurement, and reporting of intravascular optical coherence tomography studies: a report from the International Working Group for Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography Standardization and Validation.

    Guillermo J. Tearney;Evelyn Regar;Takashi Akasaka;Tom Adriaenssens

  • Anatomical and clinical characteristics to guide decision making between coronary artery bypass surgery and percutaneous coronary intervention for individual patients: development and validation of SYNTAX score II

    Vasim Farooq;David Van Klaveren;Ewout W. Steyerberg;Emanuele Meliga

  • A bioabsorbable everolimus-eluting coronary stent system (ABSORB): 2-year outcomes and results from multiple imaging methods

    Patrick W Serruys;John A Ormiston;Yoshinobu Onuma;Evelyn Regar

  • A bioabsorbable everolimus-eluting coronary stent system for patients with single de-novo coronary artery lesions (ABSORB): a prospective open-label trial

    John A Ormiston;Patrick W Serruys;Evelyn Regar;Dariusz Dudek

  • Evaluation of the Second Generation of a Bioresorbable Everolimus-Eluting Vascular Scaffold for the Treatment of De Novo Coronary Artery Stenosis: 12-Month Clinical and Imaging Outcomes

    Patrick W. Serruys;Yoshinobu Onuma;Dariusz Dudek;Pieter C. Smits

  • Standardized End Point Definitions for Coronary Intervention Trials: The Academic Research Consortium-2 Consensus Document

    Hector M. Garcia-Garcia;Eugène P. McFadden;Andrew Farb;Roxana Mehran

  • A bioresorbable everolimus-eluting scaffold versus a metallic everolimus-eluting stent for ischaemic heart disease caused by de-novo native coronary artery lesions (ABSORB II): an interim 1-year analysis of clinical and procedural secondary outcomes from a randomised controlled trial

    Patrick W Serruys;Bernard Chevalier;Dariusz Dudek;Angel Cequier

  • Effects of the Direct Lipoprotein-Associated Phospholipase A 2 Inhibitor Darapladib on Human Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque

    Patrick W. Serruys;Héctor M. García-García;Pawel Buszman;Paul Erne

  • In vivo intravascular ultrasound-derived thin-cap fibroatheroma detection using ultrasound radiofrequency data analysis.

    Gastón A. Rodriguez-Granillo;Héctor M. García-García;Eugène P. Mc Fadden;Marco Valgimigli

  • Intracoronary optical coherence tomography and histology at 1 month and 2, 3, and 4 years after implantation of everolimus-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffolds in a porcine coronary artery model: an attempt to decipher the human optical coherence tomography images in the ABSORB trial.

    Yoshinobu Onuma;Patrick W. Serruys;Laura E.L. Perkins;Takayuki Okamura

  • Safety and performance of the second-generation drug-eluting absorbable metal scaffold in patients with de-novo coronary artery lesions (BIOSOLVE-II): 6 month results of a prospective, multicentre, non-randomised, first-in-man trial

    Michael Haude;Hüseyin Ince;Alexandre Abizaid;Ralph Toelg

  • Evaluation of the Second Generation of a Bioresorbable Everolimus Drug-Eluting Vascular Scaffold for Treatment of De Novo Coronary Artery StenosisClinical Perspective

    Patrick W. Serruys;Yoshinobu Onuma;John A. Ormiston;Bernard de Bruyne

  • In vivo detection of high-risk coronary plaques by radiofrequency intravascular ultrasound and cardiovascular outcome: results of the ATHEROREMO-IVUS study.

    Jin M. Cheng;Hector M. Garcia-Garcia;Sanneke P.M. de Boer;Isabella Kardys

  • From metallic cages to transient bioresorbable scaffolds: change in paradigm of coronary revascularization in the upcoming decade?

    Patrick W Serruys;Hector M Garcia-Garcia;Yoshinobu Onuma

  • Optical coherence tomography patterns of stent restenosis

    Nieves Gonzalo;Patrick W. Serruys;Takayuki Okamura;Heleen M. van Beusekom

  • Feasibility of combined use of intravascular ultrasound radiofrequency data analysis and optical coherence tomography for detecting thin-cap fibroatheroma

    Takahiro Sawada;Junya Shite;Hector M. Garcia-Garcia;Toshiro Shinke

  • A New Tool for the Risk Stratification of Patients With Complex Coronary Artery Disease The Clinical SYNTAX Score

    Scot Garg;Giovanna Sarno;Hector M. Garcia-Garcia;Chrysafios Girasis

  • Mechanisms of Very Late Drug-Eluting Stent Thrombosis Assessed by Optical Coherence Tomography

    Masanori Taniwaki;Maria D. Radu;Serge Zaugg;Nicolas Amabile

  • Tissue characterisation using intravascular radiofrequency data analysis: recommendations for acquisition, analysis, interpretation and reporting.

    Héctor M García-García;Gary S Mintz;Amir Lerman;D Geoffrey Vince

  • Standardized End Point Definitions for Coronary Intervention Trials

    Hector M. Garcia-Garcia;Eugene P. McFadden;Andrew Farb;Roxana Mehran

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick W. Serruys
Patrick W. Serruys University of Galway
Yoshinobu Onuma
Yoshinobu Onuma University of Galway
Evelyn Regar
Evelyn Regar University of Zurich
Robert-Jan van Geuns
Robert-Jan van Geuns Radboud University
Stephan Windecker
Stephan Windecker University of Bern
Eric Boersma
Eric Boersma Erasmus University Rotterdam
Leif Thuesen
Leif Thuesen Aalborg University
Dariusz Dudek
Dariusz Dudek Jagiellonian University
Marco Valgimigli
Marco Valgimigli University of Bern
Ron Waksman
Ron Waksman MedStar Washington Hospital Center

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