Dan Atar

92.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
386 papers, 15.0k citations indexed

About

Dan Atar is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Dan Atar has authored 386 papers receiving a total of 15.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 243 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 94 papers in Surgery and 66 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Dan Atar's work include Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (77 papers), Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (67 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (65 papers). Dan Atar is often cited by papers focused on Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (77 papers), Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (67 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (65 papers). Dan Atar collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United States and Denmark. Dan Atar's co-authors include Stefan Agewall, Jonathan De Blois, Paulus Kirchhof, Justin A. Ezekowitz, Paul W. Armstrong, Tord Kjellström, Gerhard Hindricks, Wallace B. Lehman, Thomas G. von Lueder and Wei Dong Gao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Circulation and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Dan Atar

376 papers receiving 14.6k 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.

2016 ESC Guidelines for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation Developed in Collaboration With EACTS

2016 1.5k citations Dan Atar et al. profile →
The Effects of Climate Change on Cardiac Health

2015 1.2k citations Stefan Agewall, Justin A. Ezekowitz et al. profile →
ESC working group position paper on myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries

2016 564 citations Stefan Agewall, Raffaele De Caterina et al. profile →
2012 Focused Update of the ESC Guidelines for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation

2012 553 citations Raffaele De Caterina, Dan Atar et al. profile →
Noncardiac Comorbidities in Heart Failure With Reduced Versus Preserved Ejection Fraction

2014 394 citations Robert J. Mentz, Thomas G. von Lueder et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
Long-Term Evolocumab in Patients With Established Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

2022 211 citations Michelle L. O’Donoghue, Robert P. Giugliano et al. Circulation profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Dan Atar	10.0k	2.5k	1.9k	1.6k	1.5k	386	15.0k
Jeffrey S. Berger	6.5k 0.6×	4.7k 1.9×	1.2k 0.7×	1.9k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	360	15.8k
Geoffrey H. Tofler	6.9k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	784 0.4×	521 0.3×	1.6k 1.1×	199	13.6k
Justin A. Ezekowitz	11.3k 1.1×	1.6k 0.6×	821 0.4×	502 0.3×	1.2k 0.8×	415	15.8k
Stefan Agewall	6.1k 0.6×	2.8k 1.1×	2.0k 1.1×	376 0.2×	804 0.5×	228	10.9k
Renate B. Schnabel	8.6k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	566 0.4×	1.9k 1.3×	294	12.8k
Gorm Boje Jensen	6.3k 0.6×	2.6k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	645 0.4×	2.3k 1.5×	281	15.1k
Elaine Hoffman	4.5k 0.5×	1.9k 0.8×	601 0.3×	1.3k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	64	10.6k
Susan R. Heckbert	10.0k 1.0×	2.5k 1.0×	1.8k 0.9×	1.0k 0.6×	3.2k 2.2×	479	21.7k
John A. Ambrose	6.7k 0.7×	5.0k 2.0×	3.4k 1.8×	673 0.4×	872 0.6×	186	11.3k
Mohammad H. Forouzanfar	5.5k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	727 0.4×	680 0.4×	4.4k 3.0×	79	16.4k

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Kelly, Peter J., Michelle L. O’Donoghue, Jeong‐Gun Park, et al.. (2025). Efficacy and Safety of Very Low Achieved LDL Cholesterol in Patients With Previous Ischemic Stroke. Circulation. 153(2). 86–93. 1 indexed citations

Ni, Wenli, Massimo Stafoggia, Siqi Zhang, et al.. (2025). Short-term exposure to ambient temperature variability and myocardial infarction hospital admissions: A nationwide case-crossover study in Sweden. PLoS Medicine. 22(5). e1004607–e1004607. 1 indexed citations

Gleditsch, Jostein, et al.. (2024). Imaging features for the identification of atrial fibrillation in cryptogenic stroke patients. Journal of Neurology. 271(8). 5343–5356.

Seljeflot, Ingebjørg, et al.. (2024). Platelet activity, coagulation, and fibrinolysis in long-term users of anabolic-androgenic steroids compared to strength-trained athletes. Thrombosis Research. 238. 60–66. 1 indexed citations

Ni, Wenli, Massimo Stafoggia, Siqi Zhang, et al.. (2024). Short-Term Effects of Lower Air Temperature and Cold Spells on Myocardial Infarction Hospitalizations in Sweden. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 84(13). 1149–1159. 5 indexed citations

Gigante, Bruna, Juan Tamargo, Stefan Agewall, et al.. (2024). Update on antithrombotic therapy and body mass: a clinical consensus statement of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy and the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Thrombosis. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy. 10(7). 614–645. 3 indexed citations

Jortveit, Jarle, Trygve Berge, Johan Engdahl, et al.. (2024). The NORwegian atrial fibrillation self-SCREENing (NORSCREEN) trial: rationale and design of a randomized controlled trial. EP Europace. 26(10). 2 indexed citations

O’Donoghue, Michelle L., Robert P. Giugliano, Stephen D. Wiviott, et al.. (2022). Long-Term Evolocumab in Patients With Established Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease. Circulation. 146(15). 1109–1119. 211 indexed citations breakdown →

Atar, Dan, et al.. (2021). Comparison of a single high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T measurement with the HEART score for rapid rule-out of acute myocardial infarction in a primary care emergency setting: a cohort study. BMJ Open. 11(2). e046024–e046024. 8 indexed citations

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Lerman, Amir, et al.. (2021). Why Not Dipyridamole: a Review of Current Guidelines and Re-evaluation of Utility in the Modern Era. Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy. 36(3). 525–532. 20 indexed citations

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Grenne, Bjørnar, Trygve Berge, Jostein Grimsmo, et al.. (2021). Diagnostic Accuracy and Usability of the ECG247 Smart Heart Sensor Compared to Conventional Holter Technology. Journal of Healthcare Engineering. 2021. 1–8. 12 indexed citations

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Caterina, Raffaele De, Giuseppe Patti, John D. Horowitz, et al.. (2020). Heterogeneity of diabetes as a risk factor for major adverse cardiovascular events in anticoagulated patients with atrial fibrillation: an analysis of the ARISTOTLE trial. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy. 8(3). 227–235. 5 indexed citations

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Vallersnes, Odd Martin, et al.. (2020). Pre-hospital One-Hour Troponin in a Low-Prevalence Population of Acute Coronary Syndrome: OUT-ACS study. Open Heart. 7(2). e001296–e001296. 9 indexed citations

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Fröhlich, Hanna, Tobias Täger, Kevin Goode, et al.. (2019). Epidemiology and long-term outcome in outpatients with chronic heart failure in Northwestern Europe. Heart. 105(16). 1252–1259. 25 indexed citations

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Dickstein, Kenneth, Alain Cohen‐Solal, Gerasimos Filippatos, et al.. (2016). ESC GUIDELINES FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ACUTE AND CHRONIC HEART FAILURE 2008 (ENDING). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Lueder, Thomas G. von, Nicolas Girerd, Dan Atar, et al.. (2015). Serum Uric Acid is Associated with Mortality and Heart Failure Hospitalizations in Patients with Complicated Myocardial Infarction: Findings from the High-Risk Myocardial Infarction Database Initiative. European Journal of Heart Failure. 17(11). 1144–1151. 80 indexed citations

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Mentz, Robert J., Adrian F. Hernandez, Amanda Stebbins, et al.. (2012). Predictors of Early Dyspnoea Relief in Acute Heart Failure and the Association with 30-Day Outcomes: Findings from ASCEND-HF. European Journal of Heart Failure. 15(4). 456–464. 34 indexed citations

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Felker, G. Michael, Vic Hasselblad, W.H. Wilson Tang, et al.. (2012). Troponin I in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Insights from the ASCEND-HF Study. European Journal of Heart Failure. 14(11). 1257–1264. 87 indexed citations

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Jensen, Jesper K., Lars Korsholm, Poul Flemming Høilund‐Carlsen, et al.. (2007). The relation between electrocardiographic ST-T changes and NT-proBNP in patients with acute ischemic stroke. Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal. 41(5). 294–298. 7 indexed citations

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Galatius, Søren, Finn Gustafsson, Caroline Kistorp, et al.. (2003). [Establishment of a nurse-led heart failure clinic. Design and baseline data from the first two years].. PubMed. 165(7). 686–90. 2 indexed citations

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