Evangelos Giannitsis

14.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
278 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

About

Evangelos Giannitsis is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Evangelos Giannitsis has authored 278 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 236 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 118 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 65 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Evangelos Giannitsis's work include Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (163 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (117 papers) and Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (44 papers). Evangelos Giannitsis is often cited by papers focused on Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (163 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (117 papers) and Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (44 papers). Evangelos Giannitsis collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Evangelos Giannitsis's co-authors include Hugo A. Katus, Kerstin Kurz, Allan S. Jaffe, Klaus Hallermayer, Jochen Jarausch, Kurt Huber, Mehrshad Vafaie, Johannes Mair, Mario Plebani and Stefan Blankenberg and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Circulation and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Evangelos Giannitsis

267 papers receiving 9.0k citations

Hit Papers

Analytical Validation of a High-Sensitivity Cardiac Tropo... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 2012 2010 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. Analytical Validation of a High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T Assay
    2009 838 citations Evangelos Giannitsis, Allan S. Jaffe et al. profile →
  2. How to use high-sensitivity cardiac troponins in acute cardiac care
    2012 523 citations Johannes Mair, Evangelos Giannitsis et al. European Heart Journal profile →
  3. Recommendations for the use of cardiac troponin measurement in acute cardiac care
    2010 457 citations Kristian Thygesen, Johannes Mair et al. European Heart Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Evangelos Giannitsis Germany 45 7.5k 3.6k 2.1k 946 744 278 9.3k
Michael C. Kontos United States 41 8.5k 1.1× 3.5k 1.0× 2.6k 1.3× 814 0.9× 676 0.9× 185 10.7k
Raphael Twerenbold Switzerland 39 4.5k 0.6× 2.2k 0.6× 1.4k 0.7× 640 0.7× 315 0.4× 242 6.6k
Andrew T. Yan Canada 45 5.4k 0.7× 2.1k 0.6× 1.8k 0.9× 536 0.6× 221 0.3× 298 7.4k
Juan Sanchís Spain 43 5.2k 0.7× 1.7k 0.5× 1.7k 0.8× 381 0.4× 269 0.4× 414 7.3k
Evangelos Giannitsis Germany 36 3.7k 0.5× 1.8k 0.5× 1.3k 0.6× 660 0.7× 419 0.6× 171 5.2k
Rosemary F. Kelly United States 29 5.0k 0.7× 1.7k 0.5× 2.8k 1.4× 365 0.4× 475 0.6× 131 7.3k
C. Michael Gibson United States 53 11.8k 1.6× 3.9k 1.1× 6.8k 3.3× 483 0.5× 2.2k 2.9× 220 15.1k
Giuseppe Patti Italy 40 5.4k 0.7× 1.0k 0.3× 3.6k 1.7× 566 0.6× 971 1.3× 293 7.6k
George W. Vetrovec United States 51 4.8k 0.6× 2.6k 0.7× 5.0k 2.4× 1.3k 1.4× 220 0.3× 221 9.3k
Mariano Valdés Spain 45 5.6k 0.7× 661 0.2× 1.7k 0.8× 675 0.7× 1.2k 1.6× 296 7.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Evangelos Giannitsis

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All Works

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Hund, Hauke, et al.. (2025). Outcomes and Disease Management in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation ≥80 Years: Data From a Consecutive 11‐Year Real‐World Registry. Journal of the American Heart Association. 14(4). e036832–e036832.
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Giannitsis, Evangelos, Norbert Frey, & Hugo A. Katus. (2025). High-sensitivity troponin and incident dementia: more evidence of connected heart and brain health. European Heart Journal. 47(3). 370–372.
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Fabris, Enrico, et al.. (2024). Prehospital tirofiban increases the rate of disrupted myocardial infarction in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: insights from the On-TIME 2 trial. European Heart Journal Acute Cardiovascular Care. 13(8). 595–601. 1 indexed citations
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Eggers, Kai M., Gorav Batra, Bertil Lindahl, et al.. (2024). Temporal biomarker concentration patterns during the early course of acute coronary syndrome. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM). 62(6). 1167–1176. 3 indexed citations
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Yıldırım, Mustafa, Hauke Hund, Moritz Biener, et al.. (2024). Design, Rationale and Initial Findings From HERA‐FIB on 10 222 Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Presenting to an Emergency Department Over An 11‐Year Period. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(9). e033396–e033396. 3 indexed citations
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Lee, Kuan Ken, Dimitrios Doudesis, Johannes Mair, et al.. (2024). Clinical decision support using machine learning and natriuretic peptides for the diagnosis of acute heart failure. European Heart Journal Acute Cardiovascular Care. 13(6). 515–516. 2 indexed citations
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Täger, Tobias, Matthias Mueller‐Hennessen, Markus Weiler, et al.. (2024). Interpretation of Elevated Baseline Concentrations and Serial Changes of High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T in Confirmed Muscular Dystrophies. ESC Heart Failure. 11(6). 3732–3741. 1 indexed citations
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Haehling, Stephan von, Alina Goßling, Franz‐Josef Neumann, et al.. (2023). Role of Copeptin and hs-cTnT to Discriminate AHF from Uncomplicated NSTE-ACS with Baseline Elevated hs-cTnT—A Derivation and External Validation Study. Cells. 12(7). 1062–1062. 1 indexed citations
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Yı́ldı́rı́m, Mustafa, Matthias Mueller‐Hennessen, Moritz Biener, et al.. (2023). Real‐World Evidence on Disparities on the Initiation of Ticagrelor Versus Prasugrel in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome. Journal of the American Heart Association. 12(16). e030879–e030879. 3 indexed citations
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Hjort, Marcus, Kai M. Eggers, Tatevik Ghukasyan Lakic, et al.. (2022). Biomarker Concentrations and Their Temporal Changes in Patients With Myocardial Infarction and Nonobstructive Compared With Obstructive Coronary Arteries: Results From the PLATO Trial. Journal of the American Heart Association. 12(1). e027466–e027466. 18 indexed citations
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Azar, Rabih R., Antoine Sarkis, & Evangelos Giannitsis. (2020). A Practical Approach for the Use of High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin Assays in the Evaluation of Patients With Chest Pain. The American Journal of Cardiology. 139. 1–7. 6 indexed citations
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Giannitsis, Evangelos, Christian Mueller, & Hugo A. Katus. (2019). Skeletal myopathies as a non-cardiac cause of elevations of cardiac troponin concentrations. Diagnosis. 6(3). 189–201. 22 indexed citations
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Täger, Tobias, Evangelos Giannitsis, Hanna Fröhlich, et al.. (2019). Long-term biological variation of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T using minimal important differences and reference change values in stable outpatients with cardiovascular disease. Clinical Biochemistry. 67. 7–11. 6 indexed citations
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Mueller‐Hennessen, Matthias & Evangelos Giannitsis. (2016). Do we need to consider age and gender for accurate diagnosis of myocardial infarction?. Diagnosis. 3(4). 175–181. 6 indexed citations
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Hausfater, Pierre, Sabine Blaschke, Evangelos Giannitsis, et al.. (2016). 101 Clinical Performance of a Novel Point-of-Care Technology for Bedside Measurement of Cardiac Troponin-I. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 68(4). S41–S41.
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Thygesen, Kristian, Johannes Mair, Hugo A. Katus, et al.. (2010). Recommendations for the use of cardiac troponin measurement in acute cardiac care. European Heart Journal. 31(18). 2197–2204. 457 indexed citations breakdown →
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Neizel, Mirja, Grigorios Korosoglou, Dirk Loßnitzer, et al.. (2010). Impact of Systolic and Diastolic Deformation Indexes Assessed by Strain-Encoded Imaging to Predict Persistent Severe Myocardial Dysfunction in Patients After Acute Myocardial Infarction at Follow-Up. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 56(13). 1056–1062. 41 indexed citations
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Sommerer, Claudia, Evangelos Giannitsis, Vedat Schwenger, & Martin Zeier. (2007). Cardiac Biomarkers in Haemodialysis Patients: The Prognostic Value of Amino-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide and Cardiac Troponin T. Nephron Clinical Practice. 107(3). c77–c81. 18 indexed citations
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Giannitsis, Evangelos, Katus Ha, Stephanie Lehrke, Gert Richardt, & Uwe Wiegand. (2000). Comparison of direct PCI and front-loaded tissue plasminogen activator for the treatment of patients with right ventricular infarction - a matched-pairs analysis on 174 patients. Journal of clinical and basic cardiology. 3(2). 103–106. 1 indexed citations
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Brandes, Axel, et al.. (1993). [Focal meningoencephalitis as initial manifestation of Actinobacillus actinomycetem comitans endocarditis].. PubMed. 88(2). 88–90.

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