Eva Gerdts

27.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
285 papers, 9.4k citations indexed

About

Eva Gerdts is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Eva Gerdts has authored 285 papers receiving a total of 9.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 248 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 80 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 28 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Eva Gerdts's work include Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (153 papers), Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (95 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (80 papers). Eva Gerdts is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (153 papers), Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (95 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (80 papers). Eva Gerdts collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United States and Denmark. Eva Gerdts's co-authors include Kristian Wachtell, Kurt Boman, Richard B. Devereux, Dana Cramariuc, Markku S. Nieminen, Giovanni de Simone, Vasilios Papademetriou, Vera Regitz‐Zagrosek, Richard B. Devereux and Anne B. Rossebø and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Eva Gerdts

265 papers receiving 9.1k 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.

Intensive Lipid Lowering with Simvastatin and Ezetimibe in Aortic Stenosis

2008 1.1k citations Anne B. Rossebø, Terje R. Pedersen et al. profile →
Angiotensin II receptor blockade reduces new-onset atrial fibrillation and subsequent stroke compared to atenolol

2005 570 citations Kristian Wachtell, Eva Gerdts et al. profile →
Sex differences in cardiometabolic disorders

2019 325 citations Eva Gerdts et al. profile →
Sex differences in arterial hypertension

2022 118 citations Eva Gerdts, Rosa María Bruno et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Eva Gerdts	7.9k	2.1k	1.4k	1.2k	1.2k	285	9.4k
Kristian Wachtell	10.4k 1.3×	2.1k 1.0×	1.9k 1.3×	1.6k 1.3×	1.2k 1.0×	271	12.3k
Michael Hecht Olsen	5.7k 0.7×	762 0.4×	970 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	775 0.7×	266	8.0k
Greg C. Flaker	9.0k 1.1×	1.2k 0.5×	2.5k 1.8×	1.0k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	79	10.5k
Antonio Fernández‐Ortíz	7.6k 1.0×	2.0k 0.9×	5.0k 3.5×	1.2k 1.0×	842 0.7×	360	11.1k
Vittorio Palmieri	5.2k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	672 0.5×	855 0.7×	498 0.4×	155	6.1k
Katsumi Miyauchi	2.9k 0.4×	1.1k 0.5×	2.8k 2.0×	960 0.8×	634 0.5×	303	6.2k
Jong‐Won Ha	5.8k 0.7×	2.0k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	281 0.2×	1.3k 1.1×	403	7.4k
Michelle J. Keyes	4.0k 0.5×	534 0.2×	1.4k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	789 0.7×	57	6.9k
Barry L. Sharaf	6.2k 0.8×	3.7k 1.7×	2.7k 1.9×	757 0.6×	624 0.5×	124	8.6k
Sunao Kojima	2.8k 0.4×	987 0.5×	1.4k 1.0×	576 0.5×	684 0.6×	232	5.4k

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Wilsgaard, Tom, Jocasta Ball, Maja‐Lisa Løchen, et al.. (2025). Heart Failure in Atrial Fibrillation Subtypes in Women and Men in the Tromsø Study. JACC Advances. 4(2). 101556–101556. 1 indexed citations

Midtbø, Helga, et al.. (2025). Associations of short-term blood pressure variability with presence and progression of organ damage over five years in ischaemic stroke survivors: the Norwegian Stroke in the Young Study. Blood Pressure. 34(1). 2521523–2521523.

Kjær, Vibeke N., Knut Liestøl, Marit D. Solbu, et al.. (2025). Characteristics of adherent and non-adherent patients with hypertension in a Norwegian cross-sectional study. Exploration of Medicine.

Midtbø, Helga, et al.. (2025). Sex-specific associations between blood pressure in early midlife and arterial stiffness 27 years later: the Hordaland Health Study. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 1 indexed citations

Øyen, Jannike, Anne Lise Brantsæter, Lene Secher Myrmel, et al.. (2025). Maternal intake of dietary protein from plant and animal sources and development of pharmacologically treated hypertension within 10 years after pregnancy. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 32(16). 1637–1648.

Midtbø, Helga, et al.. (2025). Stronger Association Between Blood Pressure and Arterial Stiffness in Older Women than Men: The Hordaland Health Study. High Blood Pressure & Cardiovascular Prevention. 32(3). 353–361.

Gerdts, Eva, et al.. (2024). Factors associated with change in arterial stiffness in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: the JointHeart study. Blood Pressure. 33(1). 2353167–2353167. 1 indexed citations

Gerdts, Eva, et al.. (2023). Myocardial Work in Middle-Aged Adults with Overweight and Obesity: Associations with Sex and Central Arterial Stiffness. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(17). 5676–5676. 2 indexed citations

Bidel, Zeinab, Milad Nazarzadeh, Dexter Canoy, et al.. (2023). Sex-Specific Effects of Blood Pressure Lowering Pharmacotherapy for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: An Individual Participant-Level Data Meta-Analysis. Hypertension. 80(11). 2293–2302. 11 indexed citations

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Gerdts, Eva, et al.. (2023). Arterial Stiffness in Overweight and Obesity: Association with Sex, Age, and Blood Pressure. High Blood Pressure & Cardiovascular Prevention. 30(5). 435–443. 13 indexed citations

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Ikdahl, Eirik, Sella Aarrestad Provan, Inger Jorid Berg, et al.. (2023). Cardiovascular organ damage in relation to hypertension status in patients with ankylosing spondylitis. Blood Pressure. 32(1). 2205956–2205956. 3 indexed citations

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Gerdts, Eva, Arve Ulvik, Grethe S. Tell, et al.. (2022). Inflammation, sex, blood pressure changes and hypertension in midlife: the Hordaland Health Study. Journal of Human Hypertension. 37(8). 718–725. 8 indexed citations

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Midtbø, Helga, Eva Gerdts, Per Magne Ueland, et al.. (2022). Biomarkers of inflammation and left ventricular remodelling in psoriasis patients treated with infliximab. International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology. 36. 1190331227–1190331227. 4 indexed citations

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Gerdts, Eva, Jocasta Ball, Bjarne K. Jacobsen, et al.. (2022). Sex-specific time trends in incident atrial fibrillation and the contribution of risk factors: the Tromsø Study 1994–2016. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 30(1). 72–81. 9 indexed citations

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Parati, Gianfranco, Alexandra Gonçalves, David G. Soergel, et al.. (2022). New perspectives for hypertension management: progress in methodological and technological developments. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 30(1). 48–60. 22 indexed citations

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Ball, Jocasta, Maja‐Lisa Løchen, Tom Wilsgaard, et al.. (2021). Sex-Specific Associations between Blood Pressure and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation Subtypes in the Tromsø Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 10(7). 1514–1514. 9 indexed citations

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Tell, Grethe S., et al.. (2021). Stage 1 hypertension, sex, and acute coronary syndromes during midlife: the Hordaland Health Study. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 29(1). 147–154. 30 indexed citations

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Bahlmann, Edda, Eva Gerdts, Dana Cramariuc, et al.. (2013). Prognostic Value of Energy Loss Index in Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis. Circulation. 127(10). 1149–1156. 90 indexed citations

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Rossebø, Anne B., Christa Gohlke-Bärwolf, Kurt Boman, et al.. (2010). Risk factors for unexpected sudden death in patients with non-symptomatic aortic stenosis (the SEAS study). Lund University Publications (Lund University). 2 indexed citations

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Gerdts, Eva, et al.. (2009). Abstract 5533: Gender Differences in Outcome During Antihypertensive Therapy in Relation to Regression of Electrocardiographic Left Ventricular Hypertrophy: The LIFE Study. Circulation. 120(suppl_18).

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