Christopher Piorkowski

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Christopher Piorkowski is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Piorkowski has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 7 papers in Surgery and 4 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Christopher Piorkowski's work include Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (39 papers), Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (38 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (16 papers). Christopher Piorkowski is often cited by papers focused on Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (39 papers), Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (38 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (16 papers). Christopher Piorkowski collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Greece and United Kingdom. Christopher Piorkowski's co-authors include Gerhard Hindricks, Hans Kottkamp, Hildegard Tanner, Jin‐Hong Gerds‐Li, Richard Kobza, Susanne Scheinert, Andrej Schmidt, Dierk Scheinert, G. Biamino and Matthias Ülrich and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Piorkowski

46 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Prevalence and clinical impact of stent fractures after f... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 200 400 600
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  1. Prevalence and clinical impact of stent fractures after femoropopliteal stenting
    2005 662 citations Dierk Scheinert, Susanne Scheinert et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christopher Piorkowski Germany 21 2.0k 774 627 151 132 48 2.7k
Pasi P. Karjalainen Finland 20 1.1k 0.5× 575 0.7× 191 0.3× 176 1.2× 242 1.8× 60 1.4k
Wail Nammas Finland 17 616 0.3× 462 0.6× 218 0.3× 194 1.3× 38 0.3× 121 900
Martin Löwe United Kingdom 28 1.9k 1.0× 386 0.5× 389 0.6× 155 1.0× 142 1.1× 118 2.4k
José Ramón López-Mínguez Spain 20 1.3k 0.7× 874 1.1× 428 0.7× 501 3.3× 45 0.3× 73 1.8k
Sukhjinder Nijjer United Kingdom 23 1.1k 0.6× 1.4k 1.8× 307 0.5× 1.1k 7.3× 49 0.4× 86 1.8k
Heinrich Wieneke Germany 22 884 0.4× 661 0.9× 239 0.4× 497 3.3× 21 0.2× 89 1.5k
Srijoy Mahapatra United States 26 2.3k 1.1× 338 0.4× 429 0.7× 154 1.0× 50 0.4× 57 2.5k
Sheridan N. Meyers United States 22 752 0.4× 683 0.9× 199 0.3× 513 3.4× 46 0.3× 48 1.2k
Thomas Dresing United States 25 2.4k 1.2× 282 0.4× 115 0.2× 139 0.9× 97 0.7× 65 2.6k
Ashok Seth India 19 1.3k 0.7× 1.4k 1.9× 459 0.7× 594 3.9× 29 0.2× 84 1.8k

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All Works

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Kornej, Jelena, Katja Schumacher, Samira Zeynalova, et al.. (2019). Time-dependent prediction of arrhythmia recurrences during long-term follow-up in patients undergoing catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: The Leipzig Heart Center AF Ablation Registry. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 7112–7112. 13 indexed citations
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Sanders, Prashanthan, Christopher Piorkowski, Johannes A. Kragten, et al.. (2019). Safety of in-hospital insertable cardiac monitor procedures performed outside the traditional settings: results from the Reveal LINQ in-office 2 international study. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. 19(1). 132–132. 7 indexed citations
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Hindricks, Gerhard, Christian Elsner, Christopher Piorkowski, et al.. (2013). Quarterly vs. yearly clinical follow-up of remotely monitored recipients of prophylactic implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: results of the REFORM trial. European Heart Journal. 35(2). 98–105. 56 indexed citations
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Kosiuk, Jędrzej, Piotr Buchta, Thomas Gaspar, et al.. (2013). Prevalence and predictors of worsened left ventricular diastolic dysfunction after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. International Journal of Cardiology. 168(4). 3613–3615. 6 indexed citations
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Israel, Carsten W., Dietmar Bänsch, D. Böcker, et al.. (2012). Empfehlungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Kardiologie (Arbeitsgruppe Rhythmologie) zum Umgang mit Patienten mit ICD-Elektroden Riata® und Riata ST® der Firma St. Jude Medical. Herzschrittmachertherapie + Elektrophysiologie. 23(2). 107–115. 14 indexed citations
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Husser, Daniela, Volker Adams, Christopher Piorkowski, Gerhard Hindricks, & Andreas Bollmann. (2010). Chromosome 4q25 Variants and Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence After Catheter Ablation. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 55(8). 747–753. 150 indexed citations
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Esato, Masahiro, Christopher Piorkowski, Philipp Sommer, et al.. (2009). OE-106 Computed Tomography Model-based Substrate Modification of Atrium for Atrial Fibrillation Catheter Ablation(OE18,Atrial Fibrillation/Supraventricular Arrhythmia: Treatment (A),Oral Presentation (English),The 73rd Annual Scientific Meeting of The Japanese Circulation Society). Japanese Circulation Journal-english Edition. 73. 201. 8 indexed citations
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Eitel, Charlotte, Gerhard Hindricks, & Christopher Piorkowski. (2009). Vorhofflimmern: Neue Aspekte für Diagnostik und Follow-up. Herzschrittmachertherapie + Elektrophysiologie. 20(4). 173–178.
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Eitel, Charlotte, Gerhard Hindricks, & Christopher Piorkowski. (2009). Vorhofflimmern. Herzschrittmachertherapie + Elektrophysiologie. 20(4). 173–178.
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Dagres, Nikolaos, Gerhard Hindricks, Hans Kottkamp, et al.. (2009). Complications of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation in a High‐Volume Center in 1,000 Procedures: Still Cause for Concern?. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 20(9). 1014–1019. 199 indexed citations
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Halm, Ulrich, Thomas Gaspar, Markus Zachäus, et al.. (2009). Thermal Esophageal Lesions After Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Left Atrial Arrhythmias. The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 105(3). 551–556. 127 indexed citations
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Piorkowski, Christopher, Hans Kottkamp, Jin‐Hong Gerds‐Li, et al.. (2008). Steerable Sheath Catheter Navigation for Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: A Case‐Control Study. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 31(7). 863–873. 37 indexed citations
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Guillem, María S., Andreu M. Climent, Francisco Castells, et al.. (2008). Noninvasive Mapping of Human Atrial Fibrillation. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 20(5). 507–513. 38 indexed citations
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Arya, Arash, et al.. (2008). Ablation of atrial fibrillation. Herzschrittmachertherapie + Elektrophysiologie. 19(2). 68–72. 2 indexed citations
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Scheinert, Dierk, Susanne Scheinert, Christopher Piorkowski, et al.. (2005). Prevalence and clinical impact of stent fractures after femoropopliteal stenting. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 45(2). 312–315. 662 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tanner, Hildegard, Gerhard Hindricks, Richard Kobza, et al.. (2005). Trigger Activity More Than Three Years After Left Atrial Linear Ablation Without Pulmonary Vein Isolation in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 46(2). 338–343. 18 indexed citations
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Piorkowski, Christopher, Hans Kottkamp, Hildegard Tanner, et al.. (2005). Value of Different Follow‐Up Strategies to Assess the Efficacy of Circumferential Pulmonary Vein Ablation for the Curative Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 16(12). 1286–1292. 74 indexed citations
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Kottkamp, Hans, Hildegard Tanner, Richard Kobza, et al.. (2004). Time courses and quantitative analysis of atrial fibrillation episode number and duration after circular plus linear left atrial lesions. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 44(4). 869–877. 139 indexed citations
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Kottkamp, Hans, Hildegard Tanner, Richard Kobza, et al.. (2004). Time courses and quantitative analysis of atrial fibrillation episode number and duration after circular plus linear left atrial lesionsTrigger elimination or substrate modification: Early or delayed cure?. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 44(4). 869–877. 67 indexed citations
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Kobza, Richard, Hans Kottkamp, Anja Dorszewski, et al.. (2004). Stable Secondary Arrhythmias Late After Intraoperative Radiofrequency Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation:. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 15(11). 1246–1249. 11 indexed citations

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