Constantijn Franssen

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Constantijn Franssen is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Constantijn Franssen has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 6 papers in Oncology and 5 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Constantijn Franssen's work include Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (11 papers), Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity and mitigation (10 papers) and Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (5 papers). Constantijn Franssen is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (11 papers), Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity and mitigation (10 papers) and Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (5 papers). Constantijn Franssen collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Netherlands and Germany. Constantijn Franssen's co-authors include Walter J. Paulus, Nazha Hamdani, Carsten Tschöpe, Adelino Leite‐Moreira, Wolfgang A. Linke, H. Sophia Chen, Arantxa González, René J.P. Musters, Andreas Unger and H. Ibrahim Korkmaz and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Constantijn Franssen

27 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

Myocardial Microvascular Inflammatory Endothelial Activation in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

2015 411 citations Constantijn Franssen, H. Sophia Chen et al. JACC Heart Failure profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Constantijn Franssen Belgium	13	874	217	142	115	112	30	1.2k
Delyth Graham United Kingdom	18	293 0.3×	232 1.1×	73 0.5×	224 1.9×	89 0.8×	32	839
Okan Toka Germany	15	772 0.9×	1.2k 5.7×	51 0.4×	181 1.6×	124 1.1×	36	1.9k
Amanda J. Edgley Australia	18	373 0.4×	217 1.0×	19 0.1×	83 0.7×	34 0.3×	38	770
Nobuo Nyui Japan	15	638 0.7×	378 1.7×	29 0.2×	376 3.3×	45 0.4×	28	1.0k
Takaaki Senbonmatsu Japan	18	1.1k 1.2×	746 3.4×	27 0.2×	508 4.4×	35 0.3×	37	1.6k
Kousei Ohshima Japan	15	368 0.4×	300 1.4×	22 0.2×	164 1.4×	18 0.2×	31	867
Hiroo Imura Japan	14	391 0.4×	230 1.1×	32 0.2×	134 1.2×	39 0.3×	23	835
Florian Gembardt Germany	20	847 1.0×	599 2.8×	37 0.3×	549 4.8×	39 0.3×	39	1.5k
Shutong Shen China	15	212 0.2×	383 1.8×	125 0.9×	45 0.4×	44 0.4×	32	834
Mona Oppermann Germany	16	285 0.3×	477 2.2×	18 0.1×	196 1.7×	68 0.6×	26	899

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Constantijn Franssen

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Oeste, Clara L., Vincent Geldhof, Lieselot Croes, et al.. (2025). Cardiovascular toxicities in cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: multicenter study using natural language processing on Belgian hospital data. PubMed. 7. 100111–100111. 2 indexed citations

Teuwen, Laure-Anne, et al.. (2025). Endo- and myocarditis as a severe complication of immune-related adverse event treatment: a case report. European Heart Journal - Case Reports. 9(3). ytaf058–ytaf058.

Martinet, Wim, Guido R.Y. De Meyer, Stephen J. Hill, et al.. (2025). Acute vascular and cardiac effects of lenvatinib in mice. Cardio-Oncology. 11(1). 14–14. 1 indexed citations

Craenenbroeck, Emeline M. Van, et al.. (2024). Dexrazoxane prevents vascular toxicity in doxorubicin-treated mice. Cardio-Oncology. 10(1). 65–65. 6 indexed citations

Flinders, Bryn, Michiel Vandenbosch, Constantijn Franssen, et al.. (2024). Improved on-tissue detection of the anti-cancer agent doxorubicin by quantitative matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry imaging. Talanta. 271. 125667–125667. 6 indexed citations

Cillero‐Pastor, Berta, Leen Delrue, Ward Heggermont, et al.. (2024). Characterization of systolic and diastolic function, alongside proteomic profiling, in doxorubicin-induced cardiovascular toxicity in mice. Cardio-Oncology. 10(1). 40–40. 6 indexed citations

Alaerts, Maaike, Inge Goovaerts, Johan Saenen, et al.. (2024). Variants in structural cardiac genes in patients with cancer therapy-related cardiac dysfunction after anthracycline chemotherapy: a case control study. Cardio-Oncology. 10(1). 26–26. 3 indexed citations

Franssen, Constantijn, Andreas B. Gevaert, Pieter‐Jan Guns, et al.. (2024). Circulating MicroRNA as Biomarkers of Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity. JACC CardioOncology. 6(2). 183–199. 16 indexed citations

Franssen, Constantijn, Wim Martinet, Lynn Roth, et al.. (2023). Doxorubicin-induced cardiovascular toxicity: a longitudinal evaluation of functional and molecular markers. Cardiovascular Research. 119(15). 2579–2590. 21 indexed citations

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Meyer, Guido R.Y. De, et al.. (2023). Dexrazoxane does not mitigate early vascular toxicity induced by doxorubicin in mice. PLoS ONE. 18(11). e0294848–e0294848. 3 indexed citations

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Franssen, Constantijn, et al.. (2021). Clinical implications of isolated troponinemia following immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy. ESMO Open. 6(4). 100216–100216. 26 indexed citations

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Ierssel, Sabrina H. van, et al.. (2020). The Diagnostic Challenge of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). 266–270.

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Franssen, Constantijn, et al.. (2019). Exercise‐induced ventricular arrhythmia due to bilateral coronary to pulmonary artery fistulas. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 94(1). 112–116. 2 indexed citations

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Bokslag, Anouk, Constantijn Franssen, Igor Kovačević, et al.. (2018). Early-onset preeclampsia predisposes to preclinical diastolic left ventricular dysfunction in the fifth decade of life: An observational study. PLoS ONE. 13(6). e0198908–e0198908. 35 indexed citations

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Bokslag, Anouk, Pim W. Teunissen, Constantijn Franssen, et al.. (2017). Effect of early-onset preeclampsia on cardiovascular risk in the fifth decade of life. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 216(5). 523.e1–523.e7. 113 indexed citations

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Franssen, Constantijn & Arantxa González. (2016). The role of titin and extracellular matrix remodelling in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Netherlands Heart Journal. 24(4). 259–267. 47 indexed citations

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Bang, Claudia, Charalambos Antoniades, Alexios S. Antonopoulos, et al.. (2015). Intercellular Communication Lessons in Heart Failure. European Journal of Heart Failure. 17(11). 1091–1103. 44 indexed citations

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Franssen, Constantijn, H. Sophia Chen, Andreas Unger, et al.. (2015). Myocardial Microvascular Inflammatory Endothelial Activation in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction. JACC Heart Failure. 4(4). 312–324. 411 indexed citations breakdown →

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Franssen, Constantijn, Andreas Unger, H. Ibrahim Korkmaz, et al.. (2014). METABOLIC COMORBIDITIES ASSOCIATED WITH ENDOTHELIAL INFLAMMATION AND REDUCED NO-BIOAVALABILITY AS A NOVEL PARADIGM FOR HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 63(12). A970–A970. 2 indexed citations

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Heerebeek, Loek van, Constantijn Franssen, Nazha Hamdani, et al.. (2012). Molecular and Cellular Basis for Diastolic Dysfunction. Current Heart Failure Reports. 9(4). 293–302. 94 indexed citations

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