Erik Wißner

8.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
106 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Erik Wißner is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Internal Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Erik Wißner has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 8 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 8 papers in Internal Medicine. Recurrent topics in Erik Wißner's work include Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (97 papers), Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (89 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (42 papers). Erik Wißner is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (97 papers), Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (89 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (42 papers). Erik Wißner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Russia. Erik Wißner's co-authors include Karl‐Heinz Kück, Feifan Ouyang, Roland Richard Tilz, Andreas Metzner, Shibu Mathew, Andreas Rillig, Peter Wohlmuth, Boris Schmidt, Christine Lemeš and Christian‐Hendrik Heeger and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Circulation and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Erik Wißner

101 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

Association of Atrial Tissue Fibrosis Identified by Delay... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2014 2010 2013 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Association of Atrial Tissue Fibrosis Identified by Delayed Enhancement MRI and Atrial Fibrillation Catheter Ablation
    2014 983 citations Erik Wißner et al. profile →
  2. Long-Term Results of Catheter Ablation in Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
    2010 522 citations Feifan Ouyang, Roland Richard Tilz et al. Circulation profile →
  3. Electrical Reconnection After Pulmonary Vein Isolation Is Contingent on Contact Force During Initial Treatment
    2013 347 citations Petr Neužil, Vivek Y. Reddy et al. Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Erik Wißner Germany 35 5.2k 413 358 241 131 106 5.4k
Roland Richard Tilz Germany 39 5.4k 1.0× 259 0.6× 423 1.2× 345 1.4× 142 1.1× 254 5.7k
Shinsuke Miyazaki Japan 33 4.0k 0.8× 280 0.7× 268 0.7× 232 1.0× 114 0.9× 292 4.3k
Andreas Metzner Germany 33 5.3k 1.0× 220 0.5× 600 1.7× 277 1.1× 117 0.9× 152 5.4k
Mattias Duytschaever Belgium 31 3.9k 0.7× 325 0.8× 124 0.3× 146 0.6× 54 0.4× 153 4.0k
Vincenzo Santinelli Italy 32 7.2k 1.4× 343 0.8× 174 0.5× 457 1.9× 124 0.9× 112 7.5k
Dietmar Bänsch Germany 29 5.1k 1.0× 293 0.7× 113 0.3× 380 1.6× 83 0.6× 79 5.3k
Giuseppe Augello Italy 21 4.3k 0.8× 172 0.4× 115 0.3× 366 1.5× 136 1.0× 42 4.7k
Boris Schmidt Germany 49 7.5k 1.4× 741 1.8× 551 1.5× 388 1.6× 153 1.2× 240 7.9k
Thomas Deneke Germany 34 4.7k 0.9× 594 1.4× 205 0.6× 565 2.3× 319 2.4× 188 5.2k
Yoshito Iesaka Japan 34 6.6k 1.3× 589 1.4× 484 1.4× 795 3.3× 455 3.5× 209 7.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wißner, Erik. (2020). Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Using the fourth-generation Cryoballoon Arctic Front Advance PRO. Future Cardiology. 17(1). 81–87. 2 indexed citations
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Wißner, Erik, et al.. (2019). Relationship between time‐to‐isolation and freeze duration: Computational modeling of dosing for Arctic Front Advance and Arctic Front Advance Pro cryoballoons. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 30(11). 2274–2282. 11 indexed citations
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Heeger, Christian‐Hendrik, Erik Wißner, Andreas Rillig, et al.. (2018). Time-to-effect guided pulmonary vein isolation utilizing the third-generation versus second generation cryoballoon: One year clinical success. Cardiology Journal. 26(4). 368–374. 16 indexed citations
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Wißner, Erik, et al.. (2017). Mapping of ventricular arrhythmias using a novel noninvasive epicardial and endocardial electrophysiology system. Journal of Electrocardiology. 51(1). 92–98. 19 indexed citations
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Heeger, Christian‐Hendrik, Erik Wißner, Peter Wohlmuth, et al.. (2016). Bonus-freeze: benefit or risk? Two-year outcome and procedural comparison of a “bonus-freeze” and “no bonus-freeze” protocol using the second-generation cryoballoon for pulmonary vein isolation. Clinical Research in Cardiology. 105(9). 774–782. 45 indexed citations
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Lin, Tina, Andreas Rillig, Andreas Metzner, et al.. (2015). Focal impulse and rotor modulation using the novel 64-electrode basket catheter: electrogram characteristics of human rotors. EP Europace. 17(12). 1791–1797. 14 indexed citations
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Wißner, Erik, Christian‐Hendrik Heeger, Hanno Grahn, et al.. (2015). One-year clinical success of a ‘no-bonus’ freeze protocol using the second-generation 28 mm cryoballoon for pulmonary vein isolation. EP Europace. 17(8). 1236–1240. 68 indexed citations
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Kautzner, Josef, Petr Neužil, Hendrik Lambert, et al.. (2015). EFFICAS II: optimization of catheter contact force improves outcome of pulmonary vein isolation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. EP Europace. 17(8). 1229–1235. 283 indexed citations
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Ouyang, Feifan, Shibu Mathew, Shulin Wu, et al.. (2014). Ventricular Arrhythmias Arising From the Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Below the Aortic Sinus Cusps. Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. 7(3). 445–455. 62 indexed citations
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Tilz, Roland Richard, Hisaki Makimoto, Tina Lin, et al.. (2014). Electrical isolation of a substrate after myocardial infarction: a novel ablation strategy for unmappable ventricular tachycardias--feasibility and clinical outcome. EP Europace. 16(7). 1040–1052. 39 indexed citations
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Li, Xuping, Erik Wißner, Masashi Kamioka, et al.. (2013). Safety and feasibility of transseptal puncture for atrial fibrillation ablation in patients with atrial septal defect closure devices. Heart Rhythm. 11(2). 330–335. 33 indexed citations
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Wißner, Erik, Andreas Metzner, B. A. Schoonderwoerd, et al.. (2012). Long‐Term Outcome After Catheter Ablation for Left Posterior Fascicular Ventricular Tachycardia Without Development of Left Posterior Fascicular Block. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 23(11). 1179–1184. 18 indexed citations
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Neužil, Petr, Dan Wichterle, Robert Čihák, et al.. (2011). Abstract 18101: EFFICAS I Results - Are Low Contact Force Parameters Predictors for Gap Formation after Pulmonary Vein Isolation by Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation?. Circulation. 124(suppl_21). 1 indexed citations
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Metzner, Andreas, Boris Schmidt, Alexander Fuernkranz, et al.. (2011). Esophageal temperature change and esophageal thermal lesions after pulmonary vein isolation using the novel endoscopic ablation system. Heart Rhythm. 8(6). 815–820. 29 indexed citations
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Konstantinidou, Melanie, Buelent Koektuerk, Erik Wißner, et al.. (2011). Catheter ablation of right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia: a simplified remote-controlled approach. EP Europace. 13(5). 696–700. 26 indexed citations
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Tilz, Roland Richard, Andreas Rillig, Erik Wißner, D. Kivelitz, & Feifan Ouyang. (2010). Successful robotic pulmonary vein isolation in adverse anatomy: dextrocardia with situs solitus, D-loop ventricles, and normally related great arteries. European Heart Journal. 32(6). 774–774. 6 indexed citations
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Wißner, Erik, L. Ridgway Scott, Komandoor Srivathsan, & Gregory T. Altemose. (2008). Exertional sudden cardiac death in a young athlete with anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the opposite sinus. EP Europace. 10(8). 1022–1023. 3 indexed citations
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Wißner, Erik, F. David Fortuin, Luis R. Scott, & Gregory T. Altemose. (2008). Reversible pacemaker dysfunction in a patient with transient cardiac apical ballooning syndrome: a case report. EP Europace. 10(9). 1105–1107. 6 indexed citations
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Bogun, Frank, et al.. (2004). Misdiagnosis of atrial fibrillation and its clinical consequences. The American Journal of Medicine. 117(9). 636–642. 115 indexed citations

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