Frank Ruschitzka

160.7k total citations · 13 hit papers
384 papers, 21.4k citations indexed

About

Frank Ruschitzka is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Ruschitzka has authored 384 papers receiving a total of 21.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 267 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 78 papers in Surgery and 42 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Frank Ruschitzka's work include Heart Failure Treatment and Management (78 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (51 papers) and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (47 papers). Frank Ruschitzka is often cited by papers focused on Heart Failure Treatment and Management (78 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (51 papers) and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (47 papers). Frank Ruschitzka collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United States. Frank Ruschitzka's co-authors include Thomas F. Lüscher, Andrew J.S. Coats, Georg Noll, Gerasimos Filippatos, Alexandre Mebazaa, Frank Enseleit, Lukas E. Spieker, John G.F. Cleland, Giuseppe Rosano and Roberto Corti and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Frank Ruschitzka

358 papers receiving 20.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Corrigendum to: 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure: Developed by the Task Force for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) With the special contribution of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC.

2021 5.8k citations Andrew J.S. Coats, Giuseppe Rosano et al. profile →
Beneficial effects of long-term intravenous iron therapy with ferric carboxymaltose in patients with symptomatic heart failure and iron deficiency

2014 821 citations Piotr Ponikowski, Theresa A. McDonagh et al. European Heart Journal profile →
Current State of knowledge on Takotsubo Syndrome: A Position Statement from the Taskforce on Takotsubo Syndrome of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology

2015 723 citations Frank Ruschitzka, Gerasimos Filippatos et al. European Journal of Heart Failure profile →
The Use of Diuretics in Heart Failure with Congestion — A Position Statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology

2019 628 citations Wilfried Müllens, Alexandre Mebazaa et al. European Journal of Heart Failure profile →
Epidemiology and One-Year Outcomes in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure and Preserved, Mid-Range and Reduced Ejection Fraction: An Analysis of The ESC Heart Failure Long-Term Registry

2017 588 citations Ovidiu Chioncel, Petar Seferović et al. European Journal of Heart Failure profile →
Cardiac-Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure with a Narrow QRS Complex

2013 520 citations Frank Ruschitzka et al. profile →
Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology Practical Guidance on the Use of Natriuretic Peptide Concentrations

2019 464 citations Andrew J.S. Coats, Marco Metra et al. European Journal of Heart Failure profile →
Clinical Phenotypes and Outcome of Patients Hospitalized for Acute Heart Failure: The ESC Heart Failure Long-Term Registry

2017 321 citations Ovidiu Chioncel, Alexandre Mebazaa et al. European Journal of Heart Failure profile →
Contemporary Presentation and Management of Valvular Heart Disease

2019 312 citations Bernard Iung, Olaf Wendler et al. Circulation profile →
Effects of Ferric Carboxymaltose on Hospitalisations and Mortality Rates in Iron-Deficient Heart Failure Patients: An Individual Patient data Meta-Analysis

2017 291 citations Stefan D. Anker, Gerasimos Filippatos et al. European Journal of Heart Failure profile →
Evaluation of Kidney Function Throughout the Heart Failure Trajectory – A Position Statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology

2020 227 citations Wilfried Müllens, Marco Metra et al. European Journal of Heart Failure profile →
Inflammation in acute myocardial infarction: the good, the bad and the ugly

2023 148 citations Francesco Paneni, Peter Libby et al. European Heart Journal profile →
Impact of epicardial adipose tissue on cardiovascular haemodynamics, metabolic profile, and prognosis in heart failure

2021 143 citations Francesco Paneni, Alessandro Mengozzi et al. European Journal of Heart Failure profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Cardiac Implantable Electronic and Other Monitoring Devices in Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients. A Clinical Consensus Statement of the Heart Failure Association and the European Heart Rhythm Association of the ESC 2025 ·European Journal of Heart Failure ·Offer Amir, Stamatis Adamopoulos, Haran Burri, Antoni Bayés‐Genís, C. Leclercq, Maja Čikeš, Anastasia D. Egorova, Petr Peichl, Marat Fudim, Archana Rao, Finn Gustafsson, Sergio Richter, Matteo Pagnesi, Giuseppe M.C. Rosano, Frank Ruschitzka, Jens Cosedis Nielsen	2
2	Prediction of major arrhythmic outcomes in ischaemic cardiomyopathy: value of hibernating myocardium in positron emission tomography/computed tomography 2024 ·European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging ·Boldizsar Kovacs, (unknown), Frank Ruschitzka, Fırat Duru, Philipp A. Kaufmann, Ronny R. Buechel, Dominik C. Benz, Ardan M. Saguner	1
3	Clinically Undiagnosed Diseases in Autopsies: Frequency and Risk Factors 2024 ·Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine ·(unknown), Christoph A. Meier, Michael Reinehr, Frank Ruschitzka, Reto Schüpbach, Holger Moch, Zsuzsanna Varga	1
4	Comprehensive characterization of non-cardiac comorbidities in acute heart failure: an analysis of ESC-HFA EURObservational Research Programme Heart Failure Long-Term Registry 2023 ·European Journal of Preventive Cardiology ·Ovidiu Chioncel, Lina Benson, María G. Crespo‐Leiro, Stefan D. Anker, Andrew J.S. Coats, Gerasimos Filippatos, Theresa A. McDonagh, (unknown), Alexandre Mebazaa, Marco Metra, Massimo Piepoli, Marianna Adamo, Giuseppe Rosano, Frank Ruschitzka, Gianluigi Savarese, Petar Seferović, Maurizio Volterrani, Roberto Ferrari, Aldo P. Maggioni, Lars H. Lund	17
5	Long-Term Outcome After Upgrade to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis 2023 ·European Journal of Heart Failure ·Sander Trenson, Gábor Vörös, Pieter Martens, (unknown), (unknown), Jens‐Uwe Voigt, Matthias Dupont, Alexander Breitenstein, Jan Steffel, Rik Willems, Frank Ruschitzka, Wilfried Müllens, Stephan Winnik, Bert Vandenberk	4
6	Interleukin-6 plasma levels are elevated in patients with acute myocardial infarction and predict death or recurrent infarction within 1 year - a case-control study 2023 ·European Heart Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), Valentina A. Rossi, Dik Heg, Sarah Costantino, (unknown), (unknown), Stephan Windecker, François Mach, Bariş Gencer, Nicolas Rodondi, David Nanchen, Mitchell P. Levesque, Frank Ruschitzka, Christian M. Matter	0
7	Inflammation in acute myocardial infarction: the good, the bad and the ugly breakdown → 2023 ·European Heart Journal ·(unknown), Francesco Paneni, Peter Libby, Stefan Frantz, Barbara E. Stähli, Christian Templin, Alessandro Mengozzi, Yu-Jen Wang, Thomas M. Kündig, Lorenz Räber, Frank Ruschitzka, Christian M. Matter	148
8	Diffuse myocardial fibrosis precedes subclinical functional myocardial impairment and provides prognostic information in systemic sclerosis 2022 ·European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging ·Alexander Gotschy, Suzana Jordan, Christian T. Stoeck, Constantin von Deuster, (unknown), Mareike Gastl, Valery Vishnevskiy, Lukas Wissmann, Rucsandra Dobrotă, Carina Mihai, Mike Oliver Becker, Britta Maurer, Sebastian Kozerke, Frank Ruschitzka, Oliver Distler, Robert Manka	15
9	Changes in Exercise Capacity and Ventricular Function in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy: The Impact of Sports Restriction during Follow-Up 2022 ·Journal of Clinical Medicine ·Sarah Costa, (unknown), Alessio Gasperetti, Deniz Akdiş, Corinna Brunckhorst, (unknown), Felix C. Tanner, Frank Ruschitzka, Fırat Duru, Ardan M. Saguner	8
10	Characteristics, management, and outcomes of patients with multiple native valvular heart disease: a substudy of the EURObservational Research Programme Valvular Heart Disease II Survey 2022 ·European Heart Journal ·Christophe Tribouilloy, Yohann Bohbot, Maciej Kubala, Frank Ruschitzka, Bogdan A. Popescu, Olaf Wendler, Cécile Laroche, (unknown), Hüseyin İnce, Iveta Šimková, Alec Vahanian, Bernard Iung	21
11	Cardiorenal risk of celecoxib compared with naproxen or ibuprofen in arthritis patients: insights from the PRECISION trial 2022 ·European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy ·(unknown), Peter Libby, M. Elaine Husni, Qiuqing Wang, L Wiśniewski, Deborah Davey, Katherine E. Wolski, Feng Xia, Weihang Bao, Chris Walker, Frank Ruschitzka, Steven E. Nissen, Thomas F. Lüscher	22
12	Protective effects of SGLT-2 inhibitors across the cardiorenal continuum: two faces of the same coin 2021 ·European Journal of Preventive Cardiology ·Ricardo Fontes‐Carvalho, (unknown), Itamar Raz, Nikolaus Marx, Frank Ruschitzka, Francesco Cosentino	30
13	SARS-CoV-2 leads to a small vessel endotheliitis in the heart 2021 ·EBioMedicine ·(unknown), Annelies S. Zinkernagel, Srikanth Mairpady Shambat, Xiankun Zeng, Gieri Cathomas, Frank Ruschitzka, Reto A. Schuepbach, Holger Moch, Zsuzsanna Varga	82
14	Impact of Genetic Variant Reassessment on the Diagnosis of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy Based on the 2010 Task Force Criteria 2020 ·Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine ·Sarah Costa, Argelia Medeiros‐Domingo, Alessio Gasperetti, Deniz Akdiş, Wolfgang Berger, Cynthia A. James, Frank Ruschitzka, Corinna Brunckhorst, Fırat Duru, Ardan M. Saguner	15
15	Sirtuin 5 promotes arterial thrombosis by blunting the fibrinolytic system 2020 ·Cardiovascular Research ·Luca Liberale, Alexander Akhmedov, Nikolaos I. Vlachogiannis, Nicole R. Bonetti, Vanasa Nageswaran, Melroy Miranda, Yustina M. Puspitasari, (unknown), Sarah Costantino, Francesco Paneni, Jürg H. Beer, Frank Ruschitzka, Fabrizio Montecucco, Thomas F. Lüscher, Κimon Stamatelopoulos, Konstantinos Stellos, Giovanni G. Camici	23
16	Interleukin-1β Mediates Arterial Thrombus Formation via NET-Associated Tissue Factor 2019 ·Journal of Clinical Medicine ·Luca Liberale, Erik W. Holy, Alexander Akhmedov, Nicole R. Bonetti, Fabian Nietlispach, Christian M. Matter, François Mach, Fabrizio Montecucco, Jürg H. Beer, Francesco Paneni, Frank Ruschitzka, Peter Libby, Thomas F. Lüscher, Giovanni G. Camici	69
17	In-Hospital Worsening Heart Failure 2015 ·European Journal of Heart Failure ·Javed Butler, Mihai Gheorghiade, Anita A. Kelkar, Gregg C. Fonarow, Stefan D. Anker, Stephen J. Greene, L. Papadimitriou, Sean P. Collins, Frank Ruschitzka, Clyde W. Yancy, John R. Teerlink, Kirkwood F. Adams, Gad Cotter, Piotr Ponikowski, G. Michael Felker, Marco Metra, Gerasimos Filippatos	44
18	Systemic VEGF inhibition accelerates experimental atherosclerosis and disrupts endothelial homeostasis – implications for cardiovascular safety 2013 ·International Journal of Cardiology ·Stephan Winnik, Christine Lohmann, (unknown), Tobias von Lukowicz, Kira Kuschnerus, N Kraenkel, Chad E. Brokopp, Frank Enseleit, Stephan Michels, Frank Ruschitzka, Thomas F. Lüscher, Christian M. Matter	81
19	Dark Chocolate Improves Coronary Vasomotion and Reduces Platelet Reactivity 2007 ·Circulation ·Andreas J. Flammer, Frank Hermann, Isabella Sudano, Lukas E. Spieker, Matthias Hermann, Karen Cooper, Mauro Serafini, Thomas F. Lüscher, Frank Ruschitzka, Georg Noll, Roberto Corti	171
20	Calcium antagonists and endothelial function 1999 ·Journal of clinical and basic cardiology ·Frank Ruschitzka, G. Noll, Thomas F. Lüscher	0

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