Alexander Fuernkranz

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

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Alexander Fuernkranz is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Internal Medicine and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Fuernkranz has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 3 papers in Internal Medicine and 1 paper in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. Recurrent topics in Alexander Fuernkranz's work include Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (22 papers), Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (21 papers) and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (10 papers). Alexander Fuernkranz is often cited by papers focused on Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (22 papers), Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (21 papers) and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (10 papers). Alexander Fuernkranz collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Italy and Poland. Alexander Fuernkranz's co-authors include Boris Schmidt, Feifan Ouyang, Roland Richard Tilz, Erik Wißner, Karl‐Heinz Kück, Melanie Konstantinidou, Andreas Metzner, Kars Neven, Thomas Zerm and K. R. Julian Chun and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, European Heart Journal and Heart Rhythm.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Fuernkranz

22 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Long-Term Results of Catheter Ablation in Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

2010 522 citations Feifan Ouyang, Roland Richard Tilz et al. Circulation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexander Fuernkranz Germany	17	1.1k	75	46	45	30	23	1.1k
Karin Nentwich Germany	16	835 0.8×	37 0.5×	63 1.4×	51 1.1×	15 0.5×	59	868
Takamitsu Takagi Japan	18	852 0.8×	100 1.3×	111 2.4×	133 3.0×	29 1.0×	64	925
Milad El Haddad Belgium	18	1.5k 1.3×	68 0.9×	57 1.2×	65 1.4×	16 0.5×	64	1.5k
Britta Schulte‐Hahn Germany	13	795 0.7×	123 1.6×	18 0.4×	27 0.6×	23 0.8×	17	820
Shin‐ichi Tanigawa Japan	16	746 0.7×	54 0.7×	53 1.2×	49 1.1×	17 0.6×	53	777
Sebastian Deiß Germany	16	1.1k 1.0×	157 2.1×	54 1.2×	38 0.8×	23 0.8×	24	1.1k
Tilman Maurer Germany	21	1.2k 1.1×	109 1.5×	56 1.2×	52 1.2×	14 0.5×	83	1.2k
Peggy Jacon France	11	514 0.5×	29 0.4×	74 1.6×	70 1.6×	15 0.5×	33	559
Bruno Reißmann Germany	23	1.8k 1.6×	229 3.1×	61 1.3×	68 1.5×	21 0.7×	107	1.8k
Aude Yulzari Czechia	4	1.1k 1.0×	38 0.5×	35 0.8×	50 1.1×	35 1.2×	6	1.2k

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Wolff, Georg, Yan Lin, Athanasios Karathanos, et al.. (2017). 2920Implantable cardioverter/defibrillators for primary prevention in dilated cardiomyopathy post-DANISH: an updated meta-analysis and systematic review of randomized controlled trials. European Heart Journal. 38(suppl_1).

Bordignon, Stefano, Laura Perrotta, Daniela Dugo, et al.. (2017). Electrical isolation of the left atrial appendage by Maze‐like catheter substrate modification: A reproducible strategy for pulmonary vein isolation nonresponders?. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 28(9). 1006–1014. 24 indexed citations

Perrotta, Laura, Athanasios Konstantinou, Stefano Bordignon, et al.. (2016). What Is the Acute Antral Lesion Size After Pulmonary Vein Isolation Using Different Balloon Ablation Technologies?. Circulation Journal. 81(2). 172–179. 27 indexed citations

Bordignon, Stefano, Alexander Fuernkranz, Laura Perrotta, et al.. (2015). Visually guided pulmonary vein isolation in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation. EP Europace. 18(4). 538–542. 13 indexed citations

Schmidt, Boris, Stefano Bordignon, Alexander Fuernkranz, et al.. (2015). Decennial Analysis of Interventional Left Atrial Appendage Closure. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 26(8). 840–844. 3 indexed citations

Bordignon, Stefano, Melanie Gunawardene, Britta Schulte‐Hahn, et al.. (2013). Endoscopic ablation systems. Expert Review of Medical Devices. 10(2). 177–183. 21 indexed citations

Bordignon, Stefano, K. R. Julian Chun, Melanie Gunawardene, et al.. (2013). Comparison of Balloon Catheter Ablation Technologies for Pulmonary Vein Isolation: The Laser Versus Cryo Study. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 24(9). 987–994. 51 indexed citations

Yoshiga, Yasuhiro, Shibu Mathew, Erik Wißner, et al.. (2012). Correlation between substrate location and ablation strategy in patients with ventricular tachycardia late after myocardial infarction. Heart Rhythm. 9(8). 1192–1199. 19 indexed citations

Wißner, Erik, Andreas Metzner, B. A. Schoonderwoerd, et al.. (2012). Long‐Term Outcome After Catheter Ablation for Left Posterior Fascicular Ventricular Tachycardia Without Development of Left Posterior Fascicular Block. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 23(11). 1179–1184. 18 indexed citations

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Metzner, Andreas, Boris Schmidt, Alexander Fuernkranz, et al.. (2011). Esophageal temperature change and esophageal thermal lesions after pulmonary vein isolation using the novel endoscopic ablation system. Heart Rhythm. 8(6). 815–820. 29 indexed citations

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Kivelitz, D., Boris Schmidt, Alexander Fuernkranz, et al.. (2011). Impact of pulmonary vein anatomy assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging on endoscopic pulmonary vein isolation in consecutive patients. EP Europace. 14(4). 474–480. 18 indexed citations

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Konstantinidou, Melanie, Erik Wißner, K. R. Julian Chun, et al.. (2011). Luminal esophageal temperature rise and esophageal lesion formation following remote-controlled magnetic pulmonary vein isolation. Heart Rhythm. 8(12). 1875–1880. 11 indexed citations

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Metzner, Andreas, Boris Schmidt, Alexander Fuernkranz, et al.. (2011). One-year clinical outcome after pulmonary vein isolation using the novel endoscopic ablation system in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Heart Rhythm. 8(7). 988–993. 34 indexed citations

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Tilz, Roland Richard, K. R. Julian Chun, Boris Schmidt, et al.. (2010). Catheter Ablation of Long‐Standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: A Lesson from Circumferential Pulmonary Vein Isolation. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 21(10). 1085–1093. 88 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Boris, Andreas Metzner, K. R. Julian Chun, et al.. (2010). Feasibility of Circumferential Pulmonary Vein Isolation Using a Novel Endoscopic Ablation System. Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. 3(5). 481–488. 50 indexed citations

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Tilz, Roland Richard, K. R. Julian Chun, Andreas Metzner, et al.. (2010). Unexpected High Incidence of Esophageal Injury Following Pulmonary Vein Isolation Using Robotic Navigation. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 21(8). 853–858. 67 indexed citations

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Metzner, Andreas, Kars Neven, Alexander Fuernkranz, et al.. (2010). Long-term clinical outcome following pulmonary vein isolation with high-intensity focused ultrasound balloon catheters in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. EP Europace. 12(2). 188–193. 26 indexed citations

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Chun, K. R. Julian, Erik Wißner, Buelent Koektuerk, et al.. (2010). Remote-Controlled Magnetic Pulmonary Vein Isolation Using a New Irrigated-Tip Catheter in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation. Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. 3(5). 458–464. 48 indexed citations

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Schmidt, Boris, K. R. Julian Chun, Andreas Metzner, et al.. (2009). Pulmonary vein isolation with high-intensity focused ultrasound: results from the HIFU 12F study. EP Europace. 11(10). 1281–1288. 29 indexed citations

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Tilz, Roland Richard, Boris Schmidt, K. R. Julian Chun, et al.. (2008). Abstract 2253: Left Atrial Appendage Function And Clinical Outcome After Electrical Isolation Of Left Atrial Appendage In Patients Undergoing Atrial Fibrillation Ablation. Circulation. 118. 3 indexed citations

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