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D-Index
71
Citations
18997
World Ranking
19984
National Ranking
9955

Overview

Kurt Amplatz was affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. The available data does not detail specific fields of study, main topics of work, or subfields related to their research activity.

There are no records of recent papers, including titles, publication years, or venues. Similarly, information regarding frequent co-authors, publication venues, and book publications has not been documented.

No awards or recognitions have been recorded in the accessible data. The profile indicates that Kurt Amplatz is deceased.

Best Publications

  • Effect of partial ileal bypass surgery on mortality and morbidity from coronary heart disease in patients with hypercholesterolemia. Report of the Program on the Surgical Control of the Hyperlipidemias (POSCH)

    Henry Buchwald;Richard L. Varco;John P. Matts;John M. Long

  • Left retrograde cardioangiography in acquired cardiac disease: Technic, indications and interpretations in 700 cases∗

    Robert D. Sellers;Morris J. Levy;Kurt Amplatz;C.Walton Lillehei

  • The mechanism of balloon angioplasty.

    W. R. Castaneda-Zuniga;A. Formanek;S Murthy Tadavarthy;Z. Vlodaver

  • Snare-type probe

    Kurt Amplatz;Frank Kotula;Rudy A. Mazzocchi

  • Balloon dilation angioplasty of aortic coarctations in infants and children.

    J. E. Lock;John L Bass;K. Amplatz;B. P. Fuhrman

  • Nonsurgical placement of arterial endoprostheses: a new technique using nitinol wire.

    A Cragg;G Lund;J Rysavy;F Castaneda

  • TERMINATION OF LEFT SUPERIOR VENA CAVA IN LEFT ATRIUM, ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT, AND ABSENCE OF CORONARY SINUS; A DEVELOPMENTAL COMPLEX.

    Gunay Raghib;Herbert D. Ruttenberg;Ray C. Anderson;Kurt Amplatz

  • Transvenous Closure of Secundum Atrial Septal Defects Preliminary Results With a New Self-Expanding Nitinol Prosthesis in a Swine Model

    Melhem J. A. Sharafuddin;Xiaoping Gu;Jack L. Titus;Myra Urness

  • POLYVINYL ALCOHOL (IVALON)—A NEW EMBOLIC MATERIAL

    S. M Tadavarthy;James H Moller;K. Amplatz

  • Aortico-Left Ventricular Tunnel

    Morris J. Levy;C. Walton Lillehei;Ray C. Anderson;Kurt Amplatz

  • Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy: Extraction of Renal and Ureteral Calculi from 100 Patients

    Ralph V. Clayman;Vilanur Surya;Robert P. Miller;Wilfrido R. Castaneda-Zuniga

  • Nitinol gooseneck snare for removal of foreign bodies: experimental study and clinical evaluation.

    Joseph W. Yedlicka;John E. Carlson;David W. Hunter;Wilfrido R. Castañeda-Zúñiga

  • Changes in Sequential Coronary Arteriograms and Subsequent Coronary Events

    Henry Buchwald;John P. Matts;Laurie L. Fitch;Christian T. Campos

  • Arterial Thrombus Formation During Clinical Percutaneous Catheterization

    Gustave Formanek;Robert S. Frech;Kurt Amplatz

  • Balloon dilatation of excised aortic coarctations.

    J. E. Lock;W. R. Castaneda-Zuniga;John L Bass;John E Foker

  • Device and method for fluoroscope-monitored percutaneous puncture treatment

    Kurt Amplatz;Frank Kotula

  • Coil embolization of congenital thoracic vascular anomalies in infants and children.

    B P Fuhrman;J L Bass;W Castaneda-Zuniga;K Amplatz

  • Percutaneous removal of renal and ureteral calculi: experience with 400 cases

    P.K. Reddy;J.C. Hulbert;P.H. Lange;R.V. Clayman

  • Percutaneous Techniques for the Management of Caliceal Diverticula Containing Calculi

    John C. Hulbert;Pratap K. Reddy;David W. Hunter;Wilfredo Castaneda-Zuniga

  • Medical introducer and valve assembly

    Kurt Amplatz;Frank Kotula

Frequent Co-Authors

Jesse E. Edwards
Jesse E. Edwards University of Minnesota
Paul H. Lange
Paul H. Lange University of Washington
Richard D. Moore
Richard D. Moore Johns Hopkins University
David J. Hunter
David J. Hunter Harvard University
James E. Lock
James E. Lock Stanford University
Paul D. Adams
Paul D. Adams Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Ralph V. Clayman
Ralph V. Clayman University of California, Irvine
Robert I. White
Robert I. White Yale University
Richard K. Sibley
Richard K. Sibley Stanford University
James G. White
James G. White University of Minnesota

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