Alexander Riad

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Alexander Riad is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Riad has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 11 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Alexander Riad's work include Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling (11 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (10 papers) and Viral Infections and Immunology Research (8 papers). Alexander Riad is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling (11 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (10 papers) and Viral Infections and Immunology Research (8 papers). Alexander Riad collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Netherlands. Alexander Riad's co-authors include Carsten Tschöpe, Dirk Westermann, Heinz‐Peter Schultheiss, Heinz‐Peter Schultheiß, Felicitas Escher, Matthias Pauschinger, Wolfgang Poller, Paul Steendijk, Mario Kašner and Frank Spillmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Circulation and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Riad

39 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

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

2010 484 citations Dirk Westermann, Diana Lindner et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Alexander Riad	2.0k	730	414	334	323	39	2.9k
Susana Ravassa	2.0k 1.0×	1.2k 1.6×	628 1.5×	238 0.7×	296 0.9×	90	3.4k
Paolo Spallarossa	1.5k 0.8×	684 0.9×	277 0.7×	770 2.3×	248 0.8×	99	2.9k
Ramón Querejeta	3.1k 1.5×	776 1.1×	698 1.7×	329 1.0×	248 0.8×	43	3.9k
Florian Blaschke	1.4k 0.7×	1.0k 1.4×	608 1.5×	216 0.6×	342 1.1×	108	3.4k
Shozo Kusachi	1.5k 0.7×	827 1.1×	617 1.5×	165 0.5×	177 0.5×	167	3.0k
Richard D. Patten	2.0k 1.0×	1.2k 1.6×	517 1.2×	411 1.2×	112 0.3×	53	3.8k
Julian D. Widder	1.5k 0.8×	768 1.1×	685 1.7×	173 0.5×	230 0.7×	49	2.9k
Junichi Matsubara	1.0k 0.5×	603 0.8×	633 1.5×	584 1.7×	260 0.8×	117	2.7k
Kristof Graf	899 0.4×	1.4k 2.0×	602 1.5×	327 1.0×	533 1.7×	81	3.5k
Yun-He Liu	1.1k 0.6×	594 0.8×	201 0.5×	204 0.6×	313 1.0×	23	1.9k

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Kümmel, Andreas, Stefan Groß, Anne Strohbach, et al.. (2022). High-Mobility Group Box Protein 1 Is an Independent Prognostic Marker for All-Cause Mortality in Patients With Dilated Cardiomyopathy. The American Journal of Cardiology. 178. 119–123. 2 indexed citations

Riad, Alexander, Stefan Groß, Kerstin Weitmann, et al.. (2018). MD-2 is a new predictive biomarker in dilated cardiomyopathy and exerts direct effects in isolated cardiomyocytes. International Journal of Cardiology. 270. 278–286. 8 indexed citations

Groß, Stefan, Lars G. Eckerle, Mathias Busch, et al.. (2015). The soluble guanylate cyclase stimulator riociguat and the soluble guanylate cyclase activator cinaciguat exert no direct effects on contractility and relaxation of cardiac myocytes from normal rats. European Journal of Pharmacology. 767. 1–9. 14 indexed citations

Kuon, E., Kerstin Weitmann, Wolfgang Hoffmann, et al.. (2014). Efficacy of a Minicourse in Radiation-Reducing Techniques in Invasive Cardiology. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 7(4). 382–390. 26 indexed citations

Kuon, E., Kerstin Weitmann, Wolfgang Hoffmann, et al.. (2014). Multicenter Long-Term Validation of a Minicourse in Radiation-Reducing Techniques in the Catheterization Laboratory. The American Journal of Cardiology. 115(3). 367–373. 9 indexed citations

Riad, Alexander, Henriette E. Meyer zu Schwabedissen, Kerstin Weitmann, et al.. (2012). Variants of Toll-like Receptor 4 Predict Cardiac Recovery in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(32). 27236–27243. 18 indexed citations

Budde, Thomas, Sandra Bien, Alexander Riad, et al.. (2011). Acute Exposure to Doxorubicin Results in Increased Cardiac P-glycoprotein Expression. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 100(9). 3951–3958. 18 indexed citations

Koch, Matthias, Konstantinos Savvatis, Sameer A. Dhayat, et al.. (2009). Immunosuppression with an interleukin-2 fusion protein leads to improved LV function in experimental ischemic cardiomyopathy. International Immunopharmacology. 10(2). 207–212. 19 indexed citations

Westermann, Dirk, Alexander Riad, U Richter, et al.. (2009). Enhancement of the endothelial NO synthase attenuates experimental diastolic heart failure. Basic Research in Cardiology. 104(5). 499–509. 63 indexed citations

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Riad, Alexander, Sandra Bien, Dirk Westermann, et al.. (2009). Pretreatment with Statin Attenuates the Cardiotoxicity of Doxorubicin in Mice. Cancer Research. 69(2). 695–699. 164 indexed citations

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Westermann, Dirk, Mario Kašner, Paul Steendijk, et al.. (2008). Role of Left Ventricular Stiffness in Heart Failure With Normal Ejection Fraction. Circulation. 117(16). 2051–2060. 347 indexed citations

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Riad, Alexander, Sandra Bien, Matthias Gratz, et al.. (2008). Toll-Like Receptor-4 Deficiency Attenuates Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiomyopathy in Mice. European Journal of Heart Failure. 10(3). 233–243. 148 indexed citations

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Fliegner, Daniela, Dirk Westermann, Alexander Riad, et al.. (2008). Up-Regulation of PPARγ in Myocardial Infarction. European Journal of Heart Failure. 10(1). 30–38. 24 indexed citations

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Riad, Alexander, Sebastian Jäger, Meike Sobirey, et al.. (2008). Toll-Like Receptor-4 Modulates Survival by Induction of Left Ventricular Remodeling after Myocardial Infarction in Mice. The Journal of Immunology. 180(10). 6954–6961. 102 indexed citations

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Antoniak, Silvio, Alexander Riad, Maria Rohde, et al.. (2008). Viral myocarditis and coagulopathy: Increased tissue factor expression and plasma thrombogenicity. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 45(1). 118–126. 37 indexed citations

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Riad, Alexander, Jing Du, Dirk Westermann, et al.. (2007). Low-dose treatment with atorvastatin leads to anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory effects in diabetes mellitus. European Journal of Pharmacology. 569(3). 204–211. 47 indexed citations

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Riad, Alexander, Daniel Unger, Jing Du, et al.. (2006). Chronic inhibition of p38MAPK improves cardiac and endothelial function in experimental diabetes mellitus. European Journal of Pharmacology. 554(1). 40–45. 26 indexed citations

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Riad, Alexander, Jia L. Zhuo, Heinz‐Peter Schultheiß, & Carsten Tschöpe. (2006). The role of the renal kallikrein–kinin system in diabetic nephropathy. Current Opinion in Nephrology & Hypertension. 16(1). 22–26. 36 indexed citations

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Westermann, Dirk, Björn C. Knollmann, Paul Steendijk, et al.. (2005). Diltiazem Treatment Prevents Diastolic Heart Failure in Mice with Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. European Journal of Heart Failure. 8(2). 115–121. 66 indexed citations

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Dorenkamp, Marc, Alexander Riad, Frank Spillmann, et al.. (2005). Protection against oxidative stress in diabetic rats: Role of angiotensin AT1 receptor and beta 1-adrenoceptor antagonism. European Journal of Pharmacology. 520(1-3). 179–187. 32 indexed citations

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