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Dirk Westermann

Active 2004–2025

260
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18,400
Citations
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Citations

Citations per year for Dirk Westermann2003: 1 citations2004: 2 citations2005: 7 citations2006: 18 citations2007: 26 citations2008: 62 citations2009: 86 citations2010: 104 citations2011: 99 citations2012: 105 citations2013: 83 citations2014: 129 citations2015: 83 citations2016: 95 citations2017: 130 citations2018: 118 citations2019: 467 citations2020: 729 citations2021: 877 citations2022: 733 citations2023: 586 citations2024: 975 citations2025: 528 citations2026: 26 citations

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Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 1,910 citing papers, 20.2% of this breakdownGermany: 967 citing papers, 10.2% of this breakdownChina: 745 citing papers, 7.9% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 632 citing papers, 6.7% of this breakdownItaly: 604 citing papers, 6.4% of this breakdownNetherlands: 352 citing papers, 3.7% of this breakdownCanada: 345 citing papers, 3.7% of this breakdownFrance: 298 citing papers, 3.2% of this breakdownSpain: 249 citing papers, 2.6% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 239 citing papers, 2.5% of this breakdownAustralia: 231 citing papers, 2.5% of this breakdownJapan: 206 citing papers, 2.2% of this breakdown
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Fields

  • Medicine66.7%
  • Engineering15.5%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.4%
  • Immunology and Microbiology2.1%
  • Computer Science0.7%
  • Neuroscience0.7%
  • Other1.9%

Topics

  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors6.3%
  • Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices4.9%
  • Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling3.8%
  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair3.8%
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research3.4%
  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management2.9%
  • Other74.9%

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  1. Inflammation and fibrosis in murine models of heart failure

    Authors: Lucas Bacmeister, Michael Schwarzl, Svenja Warnke, Bastian Stoffers, Stefan Blankenberg, Dirk Westermann, Diana Lindner - Basic Research in Cardiology 2019 cited by 385

  2. Left Ventricular Unloading Is Associated With Lower Mortality in Patients With Cardiogenic Shock Treated With Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

    Authors: Benedikt Schrage, Peter Moritz Becher, A. Bernhardt, Hiram G. Bezerra, Stefan Blankenberg, Stefan Brunner, Pascal Colson, Gaston Cudemus Deseda, Salim Dabboura, Dennis Eckner, Matthias Eden, Ingo Eitel, Derk Frank, Norbert Frey, Masaki Funamoto, Alina Goßling, Tobias Graf, Christian Hagl, Paulus Kirchhof, Danny Kupka, Ulf Landmesser, Jerry Lipinski, Mathew S. Lopes, Nicolas Majunke, Octavian Maniuc, Daniel McGrath, Sven Möbius‐Winkler, David A. Morrow, Marc Mourad, Curt Noel, Peter Nordbeck, Martin Orban, Federico Pappalardo, Sandeep M. Patel, Matthias Pauschinger, Vittorio Pazzanese, Hermann Reichenspurner, Marcus Sandri, P. Christian Schulze, Robert H. G. Schwinger, Jan-Malte Sinning, Adem Aksoy, Carsten Skurk, Lukasz Szczanowicz, Hölger Thiele, Franziska Tietz, Anubodh S. Varshney, Lukas Wechsler, Dirk Westermann - Circulation 2020 cited by 503

  3. Cardiac Inflammation Contributes to Changes in the Extracellular Matrix in Patients With Heart Failure and Normal Ejection Fraction

    Authors: Dirk Westermann, Diana Lindner, Mario Kašner, Christine Zietsch, Kostas Savvatis, Felicitas Escher, J. von Schlippenbach, Carsten Skurk, Paul Steendijk, Alexander Riad, Wolfgang Poller, Heinz‐Peter Schultheiss, Carsten Tschöpe - Circulation Heart Failure 2010 cited by 625

  4. Transcatheter or Surgical Treatment of Aortic-Valve Stenosis

    Authors: Stefan Blankenberg, Moritz Seiffert, Reinhard Vonthein, Helmut Baumgartner, Sabine Bleiziffer, Michael A. Borger, Yeong‐Hoon Choi, Peter Clemmensen, Jochen Cremer, Martin Czerny, Nina Diercks, Ingo Eitel, Stephan Ensminger, Derk Frank, Norbert Frey, Andreas Hagendorff, Christian Hagl, Christian W. Hamm, Utz Kappert, Matthias Karck, Won‐Keun Kim, Inke R. König, Markus Krane, Ulf Landmesser, Axel Linke, Lars S. Maier, Steffen Maßberg, Franz‐Josef Neumann, Hermann Reichenspurner, Tanja K. Rudolph, Çhristof Schmid, Hölger Thiele, Raphael Twerenbold, Thomas Walther, Dirk Westermann, Erion Xhepa, Andreas Ziegler, Volkmar Falk - New England Journal of Medicine 2024 cited by 226

  5. Association of Cardiac Infection With SARS-CoV-2 in Confirmed COVID-19 Autopsy Cases

    Authors: Diana Lindner, Antonia Fitzek, Hanna Bräuninger, Ganna Aleshcheva, Caroline Edler, K. Meißner, Katharina Scherschel, Paulus Kirchhof, Felicitas Escher, Heinz‐Peter Schultheiß, Stefan Blankenberg, Klaus Püschel, Dirk Westermann - JAMA Cardiology 2020 cited by 862

  6. Application of High-Sensitivity Troponin in Suspected Myocardial Infarction

    Authors: Franz–Josef Neumann, Raphael Twerenbold, Francisco Ojeda, Nils A. Sörensen, Andrew R. Chapman, Anoop Shah, Atul Anand, Jasper Boeddinghaus, Thomas Nestelberger, Patrick Badertscher, Arash Mokhtari, John W. Pickering, Richard W. Troughton, Jaimi Greenslade, William Parsonage, Matthias Mueller‐Hennessen, Tommaso Gori, Tomas Jernberg, Niall Morris, Christoph Liebetrau, Christian W. Hamm, Hugo A. Katus, Thomas Münzel, Ulf Landmesser, Veikko Salomaa, Licia Iacoviello, Maurizio Ferrario, Simona Giampaoli, Frank Kee, Barbara Thorand, Annette Peters, Rossana Borchini, Torben Jørgensen, Stefan Söderberg, Susana Sans, Hugh Tunstall‐Pedoe, Kari Kuulasmaa, Thomas Renné, Karl J. Lackner, Andrew Worster, Richard Body, Ulf Ekelund, Peter A. Kavsak, Till Keller, Bertil Lindahl, Philipp S. Wild, Evangelos Giannitsis, Martin Than, Louise Cullen, Nicholas L. Mills, Christian Mueller, Tanja Zeller, Dirk Westermann, Stefan Blankenberg - New England Journal of Medicine 2019 cited by 341

  7. Machine Learning to Predict the Likelihood of Acute Myocardial Infarction

    Authors: Martin Than, John W. Pickering, Yader Sandoval, Anoop Shah, Athanasios Tsanas, Fred S. Apple, Stefan Blankenberg, Louise Cullen, Christian Mueller, Franz–Josef Neumann, Raphael Twerenbold, Dirk Westermann, Agim Beshiri, Nicholas L. Mills, On behalf of the MI Collaborative, Peter M. George, Mark Richards, Richard W. Troughton, Sally Aldous, Andrew R. Chapman, Atul Anand, Jaimi Greenslade, William Parsonage, Jasper Boeddinghaus, Karin Wildi, Thomas Nestelberger, Patrick Badertscher, Shaoqing Du, Janel Huang, Stephen W. Smith, Nils A. Sörensen, Francisco Ojeda - Circulation 2019 cited by 233

  8. Management of Bleeding and Hemolysis During Percutaneous Microaxial Flow Pump Support

    Authors: Charlotte Van Edom, Mario Gramegna, Luca Baldetti, Alessandro Beneduce, Thomas Castelein, Dieter Dauwe, Pascal Frederiks, Gennaro Giustino, Marc Jacquemin, Stefan Janssens, Vasileios Panoulas, Janine Pöss, Alexander J. Rosenberg, Hannah Schaubroeck, Benedikt Schrage, Guido Tavazzi, Thomas Vanassche, Leen Vercaemst, Dirk Vlasselaers, Pascal Vranckx, Jan Bělohlávek, Diana A. Gorog, Kurt Huber, Alexandre Mebazaa, Bart Meyns, Federico Pappalardo, Anna Mara Scandroglio, Gregg W. Stone, Dirk Westermann, Alaide Chieffo, Susanna Price, Christophe Vandenbriele - JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions 2023 cited by 89

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

    Authors: Benedikt Schrage, Karim Ibrahim, Tobias Loehn, Nikos Werner, Jan-Malte Sinning, Federico Pappalardo, Marina Pieri, Carsten Skurk, Alexander Lauten, Ulf Landmesser, Ralf Westenfeld, Patrick Horn, Matthias Pauschinger, Dennis Eckner, Raphael Twerenbold, Peter Nordbeck, Tim Salinger, Peter Abel, Klaus Empen, Mathias Busch, Stephan B. Felix, Jan‐Thorben Sieweke, Jacob Eifer Møller, Nilesh Pareek, Jonathan Hill, Philip MacCarthy, Martin Bergmann, Josè P.S. Henriques, Sven Möbius‐Winkler, P. Christian Schulze, Taoufik Ouarrak, Uwe Zeymer, Steffen Schneider, Stefan Blankenberg, Hölger Thiele, Andreas Schäfer, Dirk Westermann - Circulation 2019 cited by 504

  10. Temporal Trends in Incidence, Causes, Use of Mechanical Circulatory Support and Mortality in Cardiogenic Shock

    Authors: Benedikt Schrage, Peter Moritz Becher, Alina Goßling, Gianluigi Savarese, Salim Dabboura, Isabell Yan, Benedikt N. Beer, Gerold Söffker, Moritz Seiffert, Stefan Kluge, Paulus Kirchhof, Stefan Blankenberg, Dirk Westermann - ESC Heart Failure 2021 cited by 145

  11. AugmentA: Patient-specific augmented atrial model generation tool

    Authors: Luca Azzolin, Martin Eichenlaub, Claudia Nagel, Deborah Nairn, Jorge Sánchez, Laura A. Unger, Thomas Arentz, Dirk Westermann, Olaf Dössel, Amir Jadidi, Axel Loewe - Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, Comput. Medical Imaging Graph. 2023 cited by 44

  12. Concomitant Implantation of Impella® on Top of Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation May Improve Survival of Patients with Cardiogenic Shock

    Authors: Federico Pappalardo, Christian Schulte, Marina Pieri, Benedikt Schrage, Rachele Contri, Gerold Soeffker, Teresa Greco, Rosalba Lembo, Kai Müllerleile, Antonio Colombo, Karsten Sydow, Michele De Bonis, Florian Wagner, Hermann Reichenspurner, Stefan Blankenberg, Alberto Zangrillo, Dirk Westermann - European Journal of Heart Failure 2016 cited by 520

  13. High-sensitivity assays for troponin in patients with cardiac disease

    Authors: Dirk Westermann, Franz‐Josef Neumann, Nils A. Sörensen, Stefan Blankenberg - Nature Reviews Cardiology 2017 cited by 221

  14. Timing of Active Left Ventricular Unloading in Patients on Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Therapy

    Authors: Benedikt Schrage, Jonas Sundermeyer, Stefan Blankenberg, Pascal Colson, Dennis Eckner, Matthias Eden, Ingo Eitel, Derk Frank, Norbert Frey, Tobias Graf, Paulus Kirchhof, Danny Kupka, Ulf Landmesser, Axel Linke, Nicolas Majunke, Norman Mangner, Octavian Maniuc, Johannes Mierke, Sven Möbius‐Winkler, David A. Morrow, Marc Mourad, Peter Nordbeck, Martin Orban, Federico Pappalardo, Sandeep M. Patel, Matthias Pauschinger, Vittorio Pazzanese, Darko Radakovic, P. Christian Schulze, Clemens Scherer, Robert H. G. Schwinger, Carsten Skurk, Hölger Thiele, Anubodh S. Varshney, Lukas Wechsler, Dirk Westermann - JACC Heart Failure 2023 cited by 99

  15. Recent and prospective developments in power system control centers: Adapting the digital twin technology for application in power system control centers

    Authors: Christoph Brosinsky, Dirk Westermann, R. Krebs - IEEE International Energy Conference (ENERGYCON) 2018 cited by 153

  16. Molecular consequences of SARS-CoV-2 liver tropism

    Authors: Nicola Wanner, Geoffroy Andrieux, Pau Badia-i-Mompel, Carolin Edler, Susanne Pfefferle, Maja T. Lindenmeyer, Christian Schmidt‐Lauber, Jan Czogalla, Milagros N. Wong, Yusuke Okabayashi, Fabian Braun, Marc Lütgehetmann, Elisabeth Meister, Shun Lu, Mercedes Noriega, Thomas Günther, Adam Grundhoff, Nicole Fischer, Hanna Bräuninger, Diana Lindner, Dirk Westermann, Fabian Haas, Kevin Roedl, Stefan Kluge, Marylyn M. Addo, Samuel Huber, Ansgar W. Lohse, Jochen Reiser, Benjamin Ondruschka, Jan Sperhake, Julio Sáez-Rodríguez, Melanie Boerries, Salim S. Hayek, Martin Aepfelbacher, Pietro Scaturro, Victor G. Puelles, Tobias B. Huber - Nature Metabolism 2022 cited by 161

  17. Early risk stratification in patients with cardiogenic shock irrespective of the underlying cause – the Cardiogenic Shock Score

    Authors: Benedikt N. Beer, Jacob C. Jentzer, Jessica Weimann, Salim Dabboura, Isabell Yan, Jonas Sundermeyer, Paulus Kirchhof, Stefan Blankenberg, Benedikt Schrage, Dirk Westermann - European Journal of Heart Failure 2022 cited by 88

  18. Percutaneous Transvalvular Microaxial Flow Pump Support in Cardiology

    Authors: Enzo Lüsebrink, Antonia Kellnar, Kathrin Krieg, Leonhard Binzenhöfer, Clemens Scherer, Sebastian Zimmer, Benedikt Schrage, Stephanie Fichtner, Tobias Petzold, Daniel Braun, Sven Peterß, Stefan Brunner, Christian Hagl, Dirk Westermann, Jörg Hausleiter, Steffen Maßberg, Hölger Thiele, Andreas Schäfer, Martin Orban - Circulation 2022 cited by 86

  19. Prospective Validation of the 0/1-h Algorithm for Early Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction

    Authors: Raphael Twerenbold, Franz–Josef Neumann, Nils A. Sörensen, Francisco Ojeda, Mahir Karakas, Jasper Boeddinghaus, Thomas Nestelberger, Patrick Badertscher, María Rubini Giménez, Christian Puelacher, Karin Wildi, Nikola Kozhuharov, Dominik Breitenbuecher, Ewelina Biskup, Jeanne du Fay de Lavallaz, Dayana Flores, Desirée Wussler, Òscar Miró, Francisco Javier Martín‐Sánchez, Beata Morawiec, Jiří Pařenica, Nicolas Geigy, Dagmar I. Keller, Tanja Zeller, Tobias Reichlin, Stefan Blankenberg, Dirk Westermann, Christian Mueller - Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2018 cited by 208

  20. Anticoagulation for Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device-Supported Cardiogenic Shock

    Authors: Christophe Vandenbriele, Deepa J. Arachchillage, Pascal Frederiks, Gennaro Giustino, Diana A. Gorog, Mario Gramegna, Stefan Janssens, Bart Meyns, Amin Polzin, Mara Scandroglio, Benedikt Schrage, Gregg W. Stone, Guido Tavazzi, Thomas Vanassche, Pascal Vranckx, Dirk Westermann, Susanna Price, Alaide Chieffo - Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2022 cited by 95

  21. Association Between the Acidemia, Lactic Acidosis, and Shock Severity With Outcomes in Patients With Cardiogenic Shock

    Authors: Jacob C. Jentzer, Benedikt Schrage, Parag C. Patel, Kianoush Kashani, Gregory W. Barsness, David R. Holmes, Stefan Blankenberg, Paulus Kirchhof, Dirk Westermann - Journal of the American Heart Association 2022 cited by 70

  22. Differences in atrial substrate localization using late gadolinium enhancement-magnetic resonance imaging, electrogram voltage, and conduction velocity: a cohort study using a consistent anatomical reference frame in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation

    Authors: Deborah Nairn, Martin Eichenlaub, Björn Müller‐Edenborn, Taiyuan Huang, Heiko Lehrmann, Claudia Nagel, Luca Azzolin, Giorgio Luongo, R. Ventura, Barbara Rubio Forcada, Anna Vallès Colomer, Dirk Westermann, Thomas Arentz, Olaf Dössel, Axel Loewe, Amir Jadidi - EP Europace 2023 cited by 35

  23. Association of High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin I Concentration With Cardiac Outcomes in Patients With Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome

    Authors: Andrew R. Chapman, Kuan Ken Lee, David McAllister, Louise Cullen, Jaimi Greenslade, William Parsonage, Andrew Worster, Peter A. Kavsak, Stefan Blankenberg, Franz–Josef Neumann, Nils A. Sörensen, Dirk Westermann, Madelon M. Buijs, Gerard Verdel, John W. Pickering, Martin Than, Raphael Twerenbold, Patrick Badertscher, Zaid Sabti, Christian Mueller, Atul Anand, Philip D Adamson, Fiona E. Strachan, Amy V. Ferry, Dennis Sandeman, Alasdair Gray, Richard Body, Brian Keevil, Edward Carlton, Kim Greaves, Frederick K. Korley, Thomas S. Metkus, Yader Sandoval, Fred S. Apple, David E. Newby, Anoop Shah, Nicholas L. Mills - JAMA 2017 cited by 249

  24. Impella and Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Cardiogenic Shock Complicating Acute Myocardial Infarction

    Authors: Margriet Bogerd, Sanne ten Berg, Elma Peters, Alexander P. J. Vlaar, Annemarie E. Engström, Luuk Otterspoor, Christian Jung, Dirk Westermann, Janine Pöss, Hölger Thiele, Benedikt Schrage, Josè P.S. Henriques - European Journal of Heart Failure 2023 cited by 67