Evangelos Giannitsis

7.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
171 papers, 5.2k 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 171 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 132 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 78 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 40 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Evangelos Giannitsis's work include Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (73 papers), Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (61 papers) and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (25 papers). Evangelos Giannitsis is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (73 papers), Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (61 papers) and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (25 papers). Evangelos Giannitsis collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Evangelos Giannitsis's co-authors include Hugo A. Katus, Henning Steen, Grigorios Korosoglou, Tomas Jernberg, Stefan Agewall, Stephanie Lehrke, Sebastian J. Buss, Margit Müller-Bardorff, Uwe Wiegand and Volkhard Kurowski and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Circulation and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Evangelos Giannitsis

157 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Troponin elevation in coronary vs. non-coronary disease

2010 456 citations Evangelos Giannitsis, Hugo A. Katus et al. profile →
ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

2019 234 citations Evangelos Giannitsis, Hugo A. Katus et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Evangelos Giannitsis Germany	36	3.7k	1.8k	1.3k	660	419	171	5.2k
Ellen C. Keeley United States	28	4.1k 1.1×	1.9k 1.0×	2.3k 1.7×	485 0.7×	328 0.8×	104	5.9k
Federico Piscione Italy	36	3.9k 1.1×	2.1k 1.2×	2.3k 1.7×	576 0.9×	194 0.5×	211	5.7k
Jeroen J. Bax Netherlands	9	4.3k 1.2×	1.9k 1.0×	1.7k 1.3×	343 0.5×	205 0.5×	16	5.2k
Hein J. Verberne Netherlands	43	2.8k 0.7×	2.6k 1.4×	1.6k 1.2×	536 0.8×	132 0.3×	197	6.5k
Philip Haaf Switzerland	29	2.8k 0.8×	1.6k 0.9×	777 0.6×	412 0.6×	157 0.4×	114	3.9k
Alexander Battler Israel	42	3.9k 1.1×	1.6k 0.9×	2.4k 1.8×	610 0.9×	299 0.7×	237	6.2k
Yonathan Hasin Israel	35	3.5k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	1.6k 1.2×	666 1.0×	255 0.6×	151	5.1k
Jonathan D. Marmur United States	35	2.0k 0.6×	792 0.4×	1.8k 1.3×	644 1.0×	438 1.0×	148	4.4k
Masaharu Ishihara Japan	37	3.7k 1.0×	1.8k 1.0×	2.0k 1.5×	343 0.5×	156 0.4×	264	5.5k
Victor A. Umans Netherlands	28	2.8k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	1.5k 1.1×	793 1.2×	212 0.5×	146	4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Evangelos Giannitsis

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Fields of papers citing papers by Evangelos Giannitsis

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Evangelos Giannitsis

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Chen, Peng, Matthias Aurich, Sebastian Greiner, et al.. (2025). Peak myocardial work index: a novel nonproprietary approach for the assessment of global constructive myocardial work by strain echocardiography. The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging. 41(12). 2323–2332.

Merker, Sabine, et al.. (2025). Isolation, Characterization, and Proteomic Analysis of Plasma-Derived Extracellular Vesicles for Cardiovascular Biomarker Discovery. Journal of Visualized Experiments.

Wu, Xuekun, Marc R. Reboll, Elvira Mass, et al.. (2024). Cysteine-rich with EGF-like domains 2 (CRELD2) is an endoplasmic reticulum stress-inducible angiogenic growth factor promoting ischemic heart repair. PubMed. 3(2). 186–202. 3 indexed citations

Settelmeier, Stephan, Sebastian Steven, Felix Post, et al.. (2024). New categorization of chest pain: noncardiac is in, atypical is out!. Herz. 49(3). 181–184. 1 indexed citations

Salatzki, Janek, Andreas Ochs, Lukas D. Weberling, et al.. (2024). Absence of cardiac impairment in patients after severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 infection: A long-term follow-up study. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 26(2). 101124–101124. 4 indexed citations

Giannitsis, Evangelos, et al.. (2024). Circulating extracellular vesicles as biomarkers in the diagnosis, prognosis and therapy of cardiovascular diseases. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 11. 1425159–1425159. 6 indexed citations

Salatzki, Janek, Evangelos Giannitsis, Matthias Mueller‐Hennessen, et al.. (2023). Absence of visible infarction on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging despite the established diagnosis of myocardial infarction by 4th Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction. European Heart Journal Acute Cardiovascular Care. 13(1). 24–35. 2 indexed citations

Korf‐Klingebiel, Mortimer, Marc R. Reboll, Felix Polten, et al.. (2021). Myeloid-Derived Growth Factor Protects Against Pressure Overload–Induced Heart Failure by Preserving Sarco/Endoplasmic Reticulum Ca ²⁺ -ATPase Expression in Cardiomyocytes. Circulation. 144(15). 1227–1240. 40 indexed citations

Salatzki, Janek, Johannes Riffel, Kristóf Hirschberg, et al.. (2021). Presence of contractile impairment appears crucial for structural remodeling in idiopathic left bundle-branch block. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 23(1). 39–39. 3 indexed citations

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Salatzki, Janek, Isabelle Mohr, Andreas Ochs, et al.. (2021). The impact of Wilson disease on myocardial tissue and function: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance study. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 23(1). 84–84. 9 indexed citations

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Möckel, Martin, Rudolf A. de Boer, Anna Slagman, et al.. (2019). Improve Management of Acute Heart Failure with ProcAlCiTonin in EUrope: Results of the Randomized Clinical Trial IMPACT EU Biomarkers in Cardiology (BIC) 18. European Journal of Heart Failure. 22(2). 267–275. 17 indexed citations

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Darche, Fabrice F., Christian Baumgärtner, Moritz Biener, et al.. (2017). Comparative Accuracy of NT-proBNP and MR-proANP for the Diagnosis of Acute Heart Failure in Dyspnoeic Patients. ESC Heart Failure. 4(3). 232–240. 19 indexed citations

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Mair, Johannes, Bertil Lindahl, Evangelos Giannitsis, et al.. (2016). Will sacubitril-valsartan diminish the clinical utility of B-type natriuretic peptide testing in acute cardiac care?. European Heart Journal Acute Cardiovascular Care. 6(4). 321–328. 26 indexed citations

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Wallentin, Lars, Stefan James, Evangelos Giannitsis, et al.. (2012). Abstract 15929: Outcomes with Ticagrelor Versus Clopidogrel in Relation to High Sensitivity Troponin-T in Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients Managed with Early Invasive or Non-Invasive Treatment - A Substudy from the Prospective Randomized PLATelet Inhibition and Patient Outcomes (PLATO) Trial. Circulation. 126. 3 indexed citations

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Chorianopoulos, Emmanuel, et al.. (2010). Soluble TWEAK is markedly upregulated in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction and related to an adverse short-term outcome. Atherosclerosis. 211(1). 322–326. 49 indexed citations

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Hilbel, Thomas, et al.. (2009). Long-time experience with a dedicated database for a chest pain observation unit. 249–252. 1 indexed citations

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Giannitsis, Evangelos, H Baum, Thomas Bertsch, et al.. (2008). Multicentre evaluation of a new point-of-care test for the determination of CK-MB in whole blood. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM). 46(5). 1 indexed citations

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Brune, Kay, Hugo A. Katus, Joachim Moecks, et al.. (2008). N-Terminal Pro–B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Concentrations Predict the Risk of Cardiovascular Adverse Events from Antiinflammatory Drugs: A Pilot Trial. Clinical Chemistry. 54(7). 1149–1157. 11 indexed citations

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Steen, Henning, et al.. (2006). Cardiac Troponin T at 96 Hours After Acute Myocardial Infarction Correlates With Infarct Size and Cardiac Function. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 48(11). 2192–2194. 114 indexed citations

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Maass, Matthias, et al.. (2004). Time-Dependent Changes of hs-CRP Serum Concentration in Patients with Non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome. Herz. 29(8). 795–801. 18 indexed citations

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