Christian von Heymann

7.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
143 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Christian von Heymann is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian von Heymann has authored 143 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 44 papers in Surgery and 40 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. Recurrent topics in Christian von Heymann's work include Blood transfusion and management (34 papers), Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation (33 papers) and Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (28 papers). Christian von Heymann is often cited by papers focused on Blood transfusion and management (34 papers), Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation (33 papers) and Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (28 papers). Christian von Heymann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Christian von Heymann's co-authors include Claudia Spies, Michael Sander, Marco Ranucci, Wolfgang Konertz, Wolfgang H. Hartl, Jan Wernerman, K. Georg Kreymann, Marc Moritz Berger, P. Jolliet and Greet Van den Berghe and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Christian von Heymann

135 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

ESPEN Guidelines on Enteral Nutrition: Intensive care

2006 865 citations Christian von Heymann, Claudia Spies et al. profile →
2017 EACTS/EACTA Guidelines on patient blood management for adult cardiac surgery

2017 301 citations Duilio Pagano, Milan Milojevic et al. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery profile →
2017 EACTS/EACTA Guidelines on patient blood management for adult cardiac surgery

2017 280 citations Christa Boer, Michaël I. Meesters et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christian von Heymann Germany	34	1.7k	1.5k	1.4k	1.3k	787	143	4.8k
Giuseppe Pagliarello Canada	17	957 0.6×	1.8k 1.2×	471 0.3×	2.8k 2.2×	826 1.0×	34	4.9k
Yves Ozier France	35	2.7k 1.6×	2.6k 1.8×	822 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	782 1.0×	144	6.1k
Craig French Australia	27	643 0.4×	714 0.5×	434 0.3×	390 0.3×	262 0.3×	98	4.0k
Gregory A. Nuttall United States	35	1.9k 1.1×	931 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	481 0.6×	118	4.0k
Sibu P. Saha United States	24	1.5k 0.9×	911 0.6×	887 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	444 0.6×	108	3.4k
Klaus Görlinger Germany	39	1.2k 0.7×	2.8k 1.9×	751 0.5×	1.6k 1.3×	925 1.2×	117	4.5k
Bryan A. Cotton United States	64	4.6k 2.7×	9.6k 6.5×	889 0.6×	2.3k 1.8×	671 0.9×	303	14.0k
David J. Ciesla United States	33	1.3k 0.8×	817 0.6×	309 0.2×	573 0.5×	163 0.2×	83	3.6k
Axel Hofmann Australia	32	981 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	453 0.3×	2.8k 2.2×	1.2k 1.5×	70	4.3k
Kevin Teoh Canada	32	1.6k 0.9×	478 0.3×	2.5k 1.8×	571 0.4×	237 0.3×	76	4.1k

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Birschmann, Ingvild, Simone Lindau, Stavros Konstantinides, et al.. (2025). Anticoagulant Management After Emergency Surgery or Major Bleeding in Anticoagulated Patients—Results of the Prospective RADOA Registry. Pharmaceuticals. 18(2). 170–170.

Breel, Jennifer S., Jimmy Schenk, Susanne Eberl, et al.. (2024). Comparison of ROTEM® Delta and ROTEM® Sigma transfusion algorithm performance in thoracic aortic surgery: a single-centre prospective observational cohort study. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 134(2). 317–327. 2 indexed citations

Herrmann, Eva, Ingvild Birschmann, Simone Lindau, et al.. (2024). Clinical Course and Management of Patients with Emergency Surgery Treated with Direct Oral Anticoagulants or Vitamin K Antagonists—Results of the German Prospective RADOA-Registry. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 13(1). 272–272. 2 indexed citations

Schlembach, Dietmar, Thorsten Annecke, Thierry Girard, et al.. (2023). Peripartum Haemorrhage, Diagnosis and Therapy. Guideline of the DGGG, OEGGG and SGGG (S2k, AWMF Registry No. 015-063, August 2022). Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde. 83(12). 1446–1490. 6 indexed citations

Chen, Cathy, Manish Saxena, Christian von Heymann, et al.. (2023). Edoxaban use in the context of dental procedures: analysis from the EMIT-AF/VTE database. BDJ Open. 9(1). 38–38.

Schiefenhövel, Fridtjof, Akira-Sebastian Poncette, Edward M. Boyle, et al.. (2022). Pleural effusions are associated with adverse outcomes after cardiac surgery: a propensity-matched analysis. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 17(1). 298–298. 6 indexed citations

Heymann, Christian von, Felix Balzer, Alexander Obbarius, et al.. (2020). Postpunktioneller Kopfschmerz nach rückenmarknahen Anästhesieverfahren: Inzidenz und Risikofaktoren. Der Anaesthesist. 69(12). 878–885. 6 indexed citations

Ostermann, Helmut & Christian von Heymann. (2019). Prothrombin complex concentrate for vitamin K antagonist reversal in acute bleeding settings: efficacy and safety. Expert Review of Hematology. 12(7). 525–540. 4 indexed citations

Colonna, Paolo, Christian von Heymann, Amparo Santamaría, Yasuyuki Matsushita, & Martin Unverdorben. (2018). Edoxaban Management in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures (EMIT‐AF/VTE)—Trial design. Clinical Cardiology. 41(9). 1123–1129. 8 indexed citations

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Pagano, Duilio, Milan Milojevic, Michaël I. Meesters, et al.. (2017). 2017 EACTS/EACTA Guidelines on patient blood management for adult cardiac surgery. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 53(1). 79–111. 301 indexed citations breakdown →

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Heymann, Christian von, et al.. (2017). Caesarean delivery during dual antiplatelet therapy after acute myocardial infarction and stenting. Case Reports in Perinatal Medicine. 6(2). 1 indexed citations

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Kaufner, Lutz, Katharina Weizsäcker, Michael Sander, et al.. (2016). Neuraxial anesthesia for pain control after cesarean section: a prospective randomized trial comparing three different neuraxial techniques in clinical practice.. PubMed. 82(5). 514–24. 20 indexed citations

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Heymann, Christian von, Christoph Rosenthal, Lutz Kaufner, & Michael Sander. (2016). Management of direct oral anticoagulants-associated bleeding in the trauma patient. Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology. 29(2). 220–228. 11 indexed citations

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Richtig, Georg, et al.. (2015). Cannabis consumption before surgery may be associated with increased tolerance of anesthetic drugs: A case report. International Journal of Case Reports and Images. 6(7). 436–436. 21 indexed citations

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Gill, Ravi, Alain Vuylsteke, Peter Skov Olsen, et al.. (2009). Safety and Efficacy of Recombinant Activated Factor VII. Circulation. 120(1). 21–27. 183 indexed citations

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Christensen, Michael Cronquist, et al.. (2009). Costs of excessive postoperative hemorrhage in cardiac surgery. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 138(3). 687–693. 120 indexed citations

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Sander, Michael, Claudia Spies, Sabine Bühner, et al.. (2009). Profound haemodilution during normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass influences neither gastrointestinal permeability nor cytokine release in coronary artery bypass graft surgery. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 103(4). 511–517. 9 indexed citations

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Sander, Michael, Claudia Spies, Herko Grubitzsch, et al.. (2007). Prediction of volume response under open-chest conditions during coronary artery bypass surgery. Critical Care. 11(6). 31 indexed citations

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Heymann, Christian von, Michael Sander, Bruce D. Spiess, et al.. (2006). The impact of an hematocrit of 20% during normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass for elective low risk coronary artery bypass graft surgery on oxygen delivery and clinical outcome – a randomized controlled study [ISRCTN35655335]. Critical Care. 10(2). R58–R58. 46 indexed citations

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Kastrup, Marc, Christian von Heymann, Holger Hotz, et al.. (2002). Recombinant factor VIIa after aortic valve replacement in a patient with osteogenesis imperfecta. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 74(3). 910–912. 41 indexed citations

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