Dimitris Tousoulis

34.3k total citations · 7 hit papers
811 papers, 20.5k citations indexed

About

Dimitris Tousoulis is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dimitris Tousoulis has authored 811 papers receiving a total of 20.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 514 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 185 papers in Surgery and 113 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Dimitris Tousoulis's work include Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention (92 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (90 papers) and Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity (89 papers). Dimitris Tousoulis is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention (92 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (90 papers) and Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity (89 papers). Dimitris Tousoulis collaborates with scholars based in Greece, United States and United Kingdom. Dimitris Tousoulis's co-authors include Christodoulos Stefanadis, Alexios S. Antonopoulos, Evangelos Oikonomou, Charalambos Antoniades, Gerasimos Siasos, Νικόλαος Παπαγεωργίου, Anna–Maria Kampoli, Panagiotis Theofilis, Georgia Vogiatzi and Costas Tsioufis and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Dimitris Tousoulis

774 papers receiving 20.1k 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 Role of Inflammation in Diabetes: Current Concepts and Future Perspectives

2019 942 citations Alexios S. Antonopoulos, Evangelos Oikonomou et al. profile →
The Role of Nitric Oxide on Endothelial Function

2011 763 citations Dimitris Tousoulis, Νικόλαος Παπαγεωργίου et al. Current Vascular Pharmacology profile →
Inflammatory Mechanisms Contributing to Endothelial Dysfunction

2021 360 citations Panagiotis Theofilis, Μarios Sagris et al. Biomedicines profile →
Inflammatory cytokines in atherosclerosis: current therapeutic approaches

2016 354 citations Dimitris Tousoulis et al. European Heart Journal profile →
Depression and coronary heart disease: 2018 position paper of the ESC working group on coronary pathophysiology and microcirculation

2019 258 citations Lina Badimón, Edina Cenko et al. European Heart Journal profile →
Atrial Fibrillation: Pathogenesis, Predisposing Factors, and Genetics

2021 184 citations Μarios Sagris, Panagiotis Theofilis et al. profile →
Perivascular adipose tissue as a source of therapeutic targets and clinical biomarkers

2023 94 citations Charalambos Antoniades, Dimitris Tousoulis et al. European Heart Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dimitris Tousoulis Greece	68	9.1k	3.9k	3.8k	3.4k	2.9k	811	20.5k
Raffaele De Caterina Italy	79	11.7k 1.3×	5.5k 1.4×	3.3k 0.9×	2.6k 0.8×	2.4k 0.8×	659	24.4k
Stefan Blankenberg Germany	77	10.7k 1.2×	5.1k 1.3×	3.7k 1.0×	1.7k 0.5×	4.1k 1.4×	671	22.0k
Malte Kelm Germany	79	9.3k 1.0×	4.2k 1.1×	3.8k 1.0×	7.5k 2.2×	2.0k 0.7×	829	25.0k
Rudolf A. de Boer Netherlands	79	11.3k 1.3×	3.3k 0.9×	5.3k 1.4×	2.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.5×	559	22.3k
Arshed A. Quyyumi United States	86	14.8k 1.6×	5.5k 1.4×	5.0k 1.3×	6.0k 1.8×	2.1k 0.7×	484	29.7k
Todd J. Anderson Canada	58	10.0k 1.1×	4.8k 1.2×	1.8k 0.5×	3.3k 1.0×	1.5k 0.5×	242	18.4k
Ton J. Rabelink Netherlands	81	6.9k 0.8×	4.9k 1.2×	7.1k 1.9×	5.1k 1.5×	1.9k 0.7×	542	25.9k
Hiromi Rakugi Japan	75	6.7k 0.7×	2.8k 0.7×	4.8k 1.3×	4.5k 1.3×	2.7k 1.0×	604	21.5k
Massimo Volpe Italy	72	11.7k 1.3×	2.9k 0.7×	4.6k 1.2×	2.7k 0.8×	2.2k 0.8×	844	21.5k
Jawahar L. Mehta United States	79	6.5k 0.7×	4.3k 1.1×	5.5k 1.5×	2.3k 0.7×	3.0k 1.1×	462	22.8k

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Theofilis, Panagiotis, Aggelos Papanikolaou, Paschalis Karakasis, et al.. (2025). Coronary atherosclerotic plaque modification: the present and the future. Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy. 23(3). 65–71. 1 indexed citations

Dimitroglou, Yannis, Στέργιος Σουλαϊδόπουλος, Εvangelos Cholongitas, et al.. (2025). Cardiac Remodeling and Arrhythmic Burden in Pre-Transplant Cirrhotic Patients: Pathophysiological Mechanisms and Management Strategies. Biomedicines. 13(4). 812–812. 1 indexed citations

Sagris, Μarios, Nikolaos Ktenopoulos, Panagiotis Theofilis, et al.. (2025). Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Direct Oral Anticoagulants and Warfarin in Morbidly Obese Patients (BMI \>40 kg/m2): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Current Vascular Pharmacology. 23(6). 404–414.

Theofilis, Panagiotis, Panayotis K. Vlachakis, Μarios Sagris, et al.. (2024). The Efficacy of Coronary Sinus Reducer in Patients with Refractory Angina: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine. 25(3). 82–82. 4 indexed citations

Oikonomou, Evangelos, Alexios S. Antonopoulos, Panagiotis Theofilis, et al.. (2024). Expression of Circulating miR-21 and -29 and their Association withMyocardial Fibrosis in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Current Medicinal Chemistry. 31(25). 3987–3996. 4 indexed citations

Theofilis, Panagiotis, et al.. (2023). Inflammasomes in Atherosclerosis—From Pathophysiology to Treatment. Pharmaceuticals. 16(9). 1211–1211. 10 indexed citations

Antonopoulos, Alexios S., et al.. (2023). Epicardial Adipose Tissue in Myocardial Disease: From Physiology to Heart Failure Phenotypes. Current Problems in Cardiology. 48(10). 101841–101841. 14 indexed citations

Lampsas, Stamatios, Evangelos Oikonomou, Panteleimon Pantelidis, et al.. (2023). Lipoprotein(a) in Atherosclerotic Diseases: From Pathophysiology to Diagnosis and Treatment. Molecules. 28(3). 969–969. 74 indexed citations

Sagris, Μarios, Aggelos Papanikolaou, Andreas Tzoumas, et al.. (2023). Efficacy of intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) in coronary stenosis with severe calcification: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 38 studies. European Heart Journal. 44(Supplement_2).

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Padró, Teresa, Olivia Manfrini, Raffaele Bugiardini, et al.. (2020). ESC Working Group on Coronary Pathophysiology and Microcirculation position paper on ‘coronary microvascular dysfunction in cardiovascular disease’. Cardiovascular Research. 116(4). 741–755. 170 indexed citations

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Aznaouridis, Konstantinos, George Lazaros, Dimitris Tousoulis, & Konstantinos Toutouzas. (2020). Neoplastic cardiac tamponade in a pregnant woman. European Heart Journal. 41(16). 1610–1610. 1 indexed citations

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Tousoulis, Dimitris. (2020). Heart failure: From novel pharmaceutical therapies to circulation support systems. Hellenic Journal of Cardiology. 61(6). 359–361. 1 indexed citations

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Andrikou, Ioannis, Costas Tsioufis, D. Konstantinidis, et al.. (2018). Renal resistive index in hypertensive patients. Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 20(12). 1739–1744. 23 indexed citations

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Παπαγεωργίου, Νικόλαος, Αlexandros Briasoulis, George Lazaros, Massimo Imazio, & Dimitris Tousoulis. (2016). Colchicine for prevention and treatment of cardiac diseases: A meta‐analysis. Cardiovascular Therapeutics. 35(1). 10–18. 63 indexed citations

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Tsioufis, Costas, Antonios Ziakas, Kyriakos Dimitriadis, et al.. (2016). Blood pressure response to catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation in severe resistant hypertension: data from the Greek Renal Denervation Registry. Clinical Research in Cardiology. 106(5). 322–330. 20 indexed citations

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Briasoulis, Αlexandros, Vikram Agarwal, Dimitris Tousoulis, & Christodoulos Stefanadis. (2013). Effects of antihypertensive treatment in patients over 65 years of age: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled studies. Heart. 100(4). 317–323. 55 indexed citations

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Antoniades, Charalambos, Constantinos Bakogiannis, Dimitris Tousoulis, et al.. (2011). Statin treatment improves vascular redox state through a tetrahydrobiopterin-mediated re-coupling of endothelial nitric oxide synthase, in human atherosclerosis. European Heart Journal. 32. 989–989. 1 indexed citations

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Antoniades, Charalambos, Marios Margaritis, Dimitris Tousoulis, et al.. (2010). Short-term preoperative treatment with atorvastatin improves myocardial redox state in patients undergoing elective CABG by affecting NADPH oxidase activity and NOS coupling. European Heart Journal. 31. 60–60. 1 indexed citations

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Tousoulis, Dimitris, Charalambos Antoniades, Elli Stefanadi, et al.. (2008). Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors Modify the Effect of β-Blockers on Long-Term Survival of Patients With End-Stage Heart Failure and Major Depression. Journal of Cardiac Failure. 14(6). 456–464. 24 indexed citations

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Trikas, Athanasios, et al.. (2006). Long-Term Effects of Levosimendan Infusion on Inflammatory Processes and sFas in Patients with Severe Heart Failure. European Journal of Heart Failure. 8(8). 804–809. 37 indexed citations

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