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Holger Thiele

Holger Thiele

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Medicine

D-Index
127
Citations
75991
World Ranking
2788
National Ranking
142

Overview

Holger Thiele is affiliated with Leipzig University in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their work spans over 1,700 publications in medicine, including 783 dedicated to cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Their research areas include subfields such as surgery, biomedical engineering, emergency medicine, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging. This multidisciplinary approach supports a broad investigation into cardiovascular health and treatment innovations.

Main topics addressed in their research comprise:

  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Holger Thiele include:

  • Steffen Desch
  • Philipp Lurz
  • Ingo Eitel
  • Mohamed Abdel-Wahab
  • Uwe Zeymer

The majority of their research has been disseminated through several prominent journals, including:

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

Selected recent publications by Holger Thiele include:

  • Extracorporeal Life Support in Infarct-Related Cardiogenic Shock, 2023, New England Journal of Medicine
  • 2023 ESC Guidelines for the Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes, 2023, European Heart Journal
  • SCAI SHOCK Stage Classification Expert Consensus Update: A Review and Incorporation of Validation Studies, 2022, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • 2020 ESC Guidelines for the Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes in Patients Presenting without Persistent ST-Segment Elevation, 2020, European Heart Journal
  • 2020 ESC Guidelines for the Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes in Patients Presenting without Persistent ST-Segment Elevation, 2021, Russian Journal of Cardiology

Best Publications

  • 2020 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment elevation

    Jean-Philippe Collet;Holger Thiele;Emanuele Barbato;Olivier Barthélémy

  • Intraaortic Balloon Support for Myocardial Infarction with Cardiogenic Shock

    Holger Thiele;Uwe Zeymer;Franz-Josef Neumann;Miroslaw Ferenc

  • Clinical Features and Outcomes of Takotsubo (Stress) Cardiomyopathy

    Christian Templin;Jelena R. Ghadri;Johanna Diekmann;L. Christian Napp

  • Fibrinolysis for Patients with Intermediate- Risk Pulmonary Embolism

    Guy Meyer;Eric Vicaut;Thierry Danays;Giancarlo Agnelli

  • Contemporary Management of Cardiogenic Shock: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

    Sean van Diepen;Jason N. Katz;Nancy M. Albert;Timothy D. Henry

  • Regular Physical Activity Improves Endothelial Function in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease by Increasing Phosphorylation of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase

    R. Hambrecht;V. Adams;S. Erbs;A. Linke

  • Antithrombotic Therapy after Acute Coronary Syndrome or PCI in Atrial Fibrillation

    R.D. Lopes;G. Heizer;R. Aronson;A.N. Vora

  • PCI Strategies in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction and Cardiogenic Shock

    Holger Thiele;Ibrahim Akin;Marcus Sandri;Georg Fuernau

  • Intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation in acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock (IABP-SHOCK II): final 12 month results of a randomised, open-label trial

    Holger Thiele;Uwe Zeymer;Franz-Josef Neumann;Miroslaw Ferenc

  • SCAI clinical expert consensus statement on the classification of cardiogenic shock: This document was endorsed by the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association (AHA), the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) in April 2019

    David A. Baran;Cindy L. Grines;Steven Bailey;Daniel Burkhoff

  • Randomized comparison of intra-aortic balloon support with a percutaneous left ventricular assist device in patients with revascularized acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock

    Holger Thiele;Peter Sick;Enno Boudriot;Klaus-Werner Diederich

  • Normal human left and right ventricular dimensions for MRI as assessed by turbo gradient echo and steady-state free precession imaging sequences.

    Khaled Alfakih;Sven Plein;Holger Thiele;Tim Jones

  • Clinical picture and risk prediction of short-term mortality in cardiogenic shock.

    Veli-Pekka Harjola;Johan Lassus;Alessandro Sionis;Lars Køber

  • Relationship Between Infarct Size and Outcomes Following Primary PCI: Patient-Level Analysis From 10 Randomized Trials

    Gregg W. Stone;Harry P. Selker;Holger Thiele;Manesh R. Patel

  • Randomized Comparison of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Sirolimus-Eluting Stents Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Unprotected Left Main Stem Stenosis

    Enno Boudriot;Holger Thiele;Thomas Walther;Christoph Liebetrau

  • Recessive mutations in DGKE cause atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome

    Mathieu Lemaire;Véronique Frémeaux-Bacchi;Franz Schaefer;Murim Choi

  • Mutations in GRIN2A cause idiopathic focal epilepsy with rolandic spikes

    Johannes R Lemke;Dennis Lal;Eva M Reinthaler;Isabelle Steiner

  • Management of cardiogenic shock complicating myocardial infarction: an update 2019

    Holger Thiele;E Magnus Ohman;Suzanne de Waha-Thiele;Uwe Zeymer

  • Management of cardiogenic shock

    Holger Thiele;E Magnus Ohman;Steffen Desch;Ingo Eitel

  • Impella Support for Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock.

    Benedikt Schrage;Karim Ibrahim;Tobias Loehn;Nikos Werner

Frequent Co-Authors

Ingo Eitel
Ingo Eitel University of Lübeck
Steffen Desch
Steffen Desch Leipzig University
Gerhard Schuler
Gerhard Schuler Leipzig University
Janine Altmüller
Janine Altmüller University of Cologne
Peter Nürnberg
Peter Nürnberg University of Cologne
Uwe Zeymer
Uwe Zeymer University of Göttingen
Michael A. Borger
Michael A. Borger Leipzig University
Axel Linke
Axel Linke TU Dresden
Rainer Hambrecht
Rainer Hambrecht University of Lübeck
Stephan Windecker
Stephan Windecker University of Bern

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