Andreas J. Flammer

16.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
136 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Andreas J. Flammer is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Andreas J. Flammer has authored 136 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 34 papers in Surgery and 20 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Andreas J. Flammer's work include Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention (26 papers), Heart Failure Treatment and Management (18 papers) and Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (18 papers). Andreas J. Flammer is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention (26 papers), Heart Failure Treatment and Management (18 papers) and Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (18 papers). Andreas J. Flammer collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Italy. Andreas J. Flammer's co-authors include Thomas F. Lüscher, Amir Lerman, Lilach O. Lerman, R. Jay Widmer, Frank Ruschitzka, Josef Flammer, Katarzyna Konieczka, Stefano Taddei, Matthias Hermann and Isabella Sudano and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, PLoS ONE and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Andreas J. Flammer

126 papers receiving 5.9k 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.

The Assessment of Endothelial Function

2012 876 citations Andreas J. Flammer, Thomas F. Lüscher et al. Circulation profile →
The Mediterranean Diet, its Components, and Cardiovascular Disease

2014 619 citations Andreas J. Flammer, Lilach O. Lerman et al. profile →
Impact of epicardial adipose tissue on cardiovascular haemodynamics, metabolic profile, and prognosis in heart failure

2021 143 citations Francesco Paneni, Andreas J. Flammer et al. European Journal of Heart Failure profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Andreas J. Flammer Switzerland	36	2.3k	966	941	921	849	136	6.1k
Evangelos Oikonomou Greece	40	2.5k 1.1×	845 0.9×	1.2k 1.3×	489 0.5×	1.5k 1.7×	343	6.7k
Isabella Sudano Switzerland	38	3.1k 1.4×	1.5k 1.5×	866 0.9×	462 0.5×	483 0.6×	133	5.7k
Gerasimos Siasos Greece	48	3.0k 1.3×	937 1.0×	1.6k 1.7×	621 0.7×	1.9k 2.3×	414	8.1k
Andries J. Smit Netherlands	51	2.9k 1.3×	1.0k 1.1×	1.2k 1.3×	316 0.3×	829 1.0×	205	8.9k
Harri Rissanen Finland	38	2.0k 0.9×	712 0.7×	820 0.9×	240 0.3×	1.2k 1.4×	119	7.0k
John Lekakis Greece	50	4.6k 2.0×	762 0.8×	1.5k 1.6×	665 0.7×	908 1.1×	248	8.2k
Alexios S. Antonopoulos Greece	40	3.0k 1.3×	1.3k 1.4×	1.6k 1.7×	615 0.7×	1.3k 1.6×	198	7.0k
Francesco Cipollone Italy	50	1.6k 0.7×	854 0.9×	1.5k 1.6×	283 0.3×	1.6k 1.9×	194	8.1k
Marco Matteo Ciccone Italy	39	2.3k 1.0×	748 0.8×	993 1.1×	423 0.5×	558 0.7×	291	5.6k
Jaw‐Wen Chen Taiwan	51	2.8k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	1.6k 1.7×	469 0.5×	3.1k 3.6×	291	9.4k

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Trenson, Sander, Peter C. Kahr, Bert Vandenberk, et al.. (2025). Long-Term Nonprogression Is a Form of Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy. JACC Advances. 4(8). 101909–101909.

Benz, Dominik C., et al.. (2025). How to perform and interpret cardiac amyloidosis radionuclide imaging (CARI). Journal of Nuclear Cardiology. 51. 102448–102448.

Benz, Dominik C., et al.. (2024). Cardiac amyloidosis. Swiss Medical Weekly. 154(11). 4186–4186.

Camilli, Massimiliano, Valentina A. Rossi, Antonio Cannatà, et al.. (2024). Iron Deficiency and Supplementation in Patients with Heart Failure: Results from the IRON-HF International Survey. European Journal of Heart Failure. 27(1). 140–147. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Zhongli, Yanjia Chen, Ya-Hui Lin, et al.. (2024). Prognostic value of plasma big endothelin-1 in patients with light chain cardiac amyloidosis. Heart. 110(18). 1124–1132.

Nägele, Matthias P., et al.. (2024). Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors in left ventricular assist device and heart transplant recipients: a mini-review. Heart Failure Reviews. 30(2). 327–335. 2 indexed citations

Dauw, Jeroen, Mateusz Sokolski, Jennifer T Middleton, et al.. (2022). Ambulatory Haemodynamic-Guided Management Reduces Heart Failure Hospitalizations in a Multicentre European Heart Failure Cohort. ESC Heart Failure. 9(6). 3858–3867. 11 indexed citations

Nägele, Matthias P. & Andreas J. Flammer. (2022). Heart Failure After Right Ventricular Myocardial Infarction. Current Heart Failure Reports. 19(6). 375–385. 14 indexed citations

Díaz-Cañestro, Candela, Yustina M. Puspitasari, Luca Liberale, et al.. (2021). MMP-2 knockdown blunts age-dependent carotid stiffness by decreasing elastin degradation and augmenting eNOS activation. Cardiovascular Research. 118(10). 2385–2396. 20 indexed citations

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Naegele, Matthias, et al.. (2021). Improvement of retinal microvascular function after initiation of lipid-lowering therapy with PCSK9 inhibitors – an observational study. European Heart Journal. 42(Supplement_1). 2 indexed citations

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Barthelmes, Jens, Matthias P. Nägele, Valeria Ludovici, et al.. (2019). Retinal Microvascular Dysfunction in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease with and without Heart Failure: A Continuum ?. European Journal of Heart Failure. 21(8). 988–997. 21 indexed citations

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Mohaçsi, Paul, Micha T. Maeder, Andreas J. Flammer, et al.. (2018). Positionspapier «Herzinsuffizienz-Curriculum» der Arbeitsgruppe Herzinsuffizienz der SGK. Cardiovascular Medicine. 21(1). 26–32. 3 indexed citations

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Brouwers, Sofie, et al.. (2018). Cardiac amyloidosis. Cardiovascular Medicine. 1 indexed citations

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Barthelmes, Jens, Matthias P. Nägele, Valeria Ludovici, et al.. (2017). Endothelial dysfunction in cardiovascular disease and Flammer syndrome—similarities and differences. The EPMA Journal. 8(2). 99–109. 66 indexed citations

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Ludovici, Valeria, Jens Barthelmes, Matthias P. Nägele, et al.. (2017). Cocoa, Blood Pressure, and Vascular Function. Frontiers in Nutrition. 4. 36–36. 76 indexed citations

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Montero, David & Andreas J. Flammer. (2017). Exercise Intolerance in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Time to Scrutinize Diuretic Therapy?. European Journal of Heart Failure. 19(8). 971–973. 11 indexed citations

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Konieczka, Katarzyna, et al.. (2013). Refractoriness to the Effect of Endothelin-1 in Porcine Ciliary Arteries. Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 29(5). 488–492. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Jing, Andreas J. Flammer, Martin Reriani, et al.. (2012). High Leukocyte Count Is Associated With Peripheral Vascular Dysfunction in Individuals With Low Cardiovascular Risk. Circulation Journal. 77(3). 780–785. 10 indexed citations

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Flammer, Andreas J., Bruno Ledergerber, Matthias Hermann, et al.. (2008). Effect of atazanavir versus other protease inhibitor-containing antiretroviral therapy on endothelial function in HIV-infected persons: randomised controlled trial. Heart. 95(5). 385–390. 37 indexed citations

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Flammer, Andreas J., Frank Hermann, Isabella Sudano, et al.. (2007). Dark Chocolate Improves Coronary Vasomotion and Reduces Platelet Reactivity. Circulation. 116(21). 2376–2382. 171 indexed citations

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