Papers
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Total Citations
713
H-Index
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About
Giora Weisz is a pioneering interventional cardiologist whose career has been defined by a singular transformative mission: bringing robotic technology into the catheterization laboratory. As one of the foremost architects of robotic-assisted percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), Weisz has systematically built the evidence base for a field that was largely theoretical when he began. His landmark 2011 first-in-human evaluation of a novel robotic coronary angioplasty system (157 citations) marked a watershed moment, followed swiftly by the influential PRECISE study establishing safety and feasibility in broader populations (302 citations). Through rigorous multi-center trials, Weisz tackled critical concerns head-on — demonstrating that robotic PCI does not increase patient radiation exposure, reduces operator occupational hazards, and even improves procedural precision by minimizing longitudinal geographic miss. His work quantifying the learning curve for robotic systems provided practical guidance for adopting institutions worldwide. Collectively accumulating over 700 citations, his body of research has reshaped how interventional cardiologists think about ergonomics, precision, and the future of coronary revascularization, making him an indispensable voice in the ongoing evolution of endovascular robotics.
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Top Papers
- 1Safety and Feasibility of Robotic Percutaneous Coronary Intervention302 citations · 2013
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- 3Robotic-Enhanced PCI Compared to the Traditional Manual Approach.61 citations · 2014
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- 5Complex robotic‐enhanced percutaneous coronary intervention42 citations · 2013
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- 7Robotic-Assisted Angioplasty: Current Status and Future Possibilities31 citations · 2012
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