Gerd Heusch

45.8k total citations · 13 hit papers
538 papers, 30.8k citations indexed

About

Gerd Heusch is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerd Heusch has authored 538 papers receiving a total of 30.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 300 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 208 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 172 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Gerd Heusch's work include Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion (208 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (161 papers) and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (125 papers). Gerd Heusch is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion (208 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (161 papers) and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (125 papers). Gerd Heusch collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Spain. Gerd Heusch's co-authors include Rainer Schulz, Petra Kleinbongard, Andreas Skyschally, Kerstin Boengler, Bernard J. Gersh, Raimund Erbel, Derek M. Yellon, Derek J. Hausenloy, Hans Erik Bøtker and Brian D. Guth and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Circulation and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Gerd Heusch

527 papers receiving 30.2k 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.

  1. Myocardial ischaemia–reperfusion injury and cardioprotection in perspective
    2020 809 citations Gerd Heusch profile →
  2. Molecular Basis of Cardioprotection
    2015 638 citations Gerd Heusch Circulation Research profile →
  3. Cardiovascular remodelling in coronary artery disease and heart failure
    2014 571 citations Gerd Heusch, Bernard J. Gersh et al. profile →
  4. Opening of Mitochondrial KATPChannels Triggers the Preconditioned State by Generating Free Radicals
    2000 552 citations Gerd Heusch et al. Circulation Research profile →
  5. The pathophysiology of acute myocardial infarction and strategies of protection beyond reperfusion: a continual challenge
    2016 530 citations Gerd Heusch, Bernard J. Gersh European Heart Journal profile →
  6. Multitarget Strategies to Reduce Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury
    2019 521 citations Sean M. Davidson, Péter Ferdinandy et al. profile →
  7. Remote Ischemic Conditioning
    2015 467 citations Gerd Heusch, Hans Erik Bøtker et al. profile →
  8. Interaction of Risk Factors, Comorbidities, and Comedications with Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury and Cardioprotection by Preconditioning, Postconditioning, and Remote Conditioning
    2014 462 citations Péter Ferdinandy, Derek J. Hausenloy et al. Pharmacological Reviews profile →
  9. Cardioprotection: chances and challenges of its translation to the clinic
    2012 399 citations Gerd Heusch profile →
  10. Guidelines for experimental models of myocardial ischemia and infarction
    2018 366 citations Gerd Heusch et al. profile →
  11. Cardioprotective and prognostic effects of remote ischaemic preconditioning in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery: a single-centre randomised, double-blind, controlled trial
    2013 359 citations Matthias Thielmann, Eva Kottenberg et al. profile →
  12. Myocardial ischemia/reperfusion: Translational pathophysiology of ischemic heart disease
    2024 93 citations Gerd Heusch profile →
  13. The spleen in ischaemic heart disease
    2025 18 citations Gerd Heusch, Petra Kleinbongard profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gerd Heusch Germany 94 14.2k 12.6k 7.9k 6.6k 4.9k 538 30.8k
Derek J. Hausenloy United Kingdom 84 9.4k 0.7× 14.9k 1.2× 10.0k 1.3× 6.9k 1.0× 3.1k 0.6× 336 29.8k
Roberto Bolli United States 98 10.4k 0.7× 13.0k 1.0× 12.0k 1.5× 5.7k 0.9× 3.4k 0.7× 416 32.7k
Derek M. Yellon United Kingdom 108 12.0k 0.8× 23.5k 1.9× 14.6k 1.9× 11.7k 1.8× 2.7k 0.6× 507 42.5k
Rainer Schulz Germany 78 8.1k 0.6× 8.0k 0.6× 7.8k 1.0× 3.9k 0.6× 2.2k 0.5× 399 22.4k
Robert B. Jennings United States 53 9.3k 0.7× 11.2k 0.9× 4.6k 0.6× 5.1k 0.8× 4.9k 1.0× 134 21.4k
James M. Downey United States 74 5.6k 0.4× 13.3k 1.1× 4.4k 0.6× 7.6k 1.1× 1.5k 0.3× 272 19.0k
David C. Warltier United States 81 7.0k 0.5× 5.7k 0.5× 2.2k 0.3× 3.5k 0.5× 1.8k 0.4× 387 20.4k
Masafumi Kitakaze Japan 74 8.2k 0.6× 3.8k 0.3× 6.1k 0.8× 1.7k 0.3× 1.7k 0.4× 474 19.4k
Masatsugu Hori Japan 91 11.3k 0.8× 3.1k 0.2× 10.7k 1.4× 1.2k 0.2× 3.9k 0.8× 537 33.2k
K A Reimer United States 34 5.8k 0.4× 8.2k 0.7× 2.5k 0.3× 4.1k 0.6× 3.1k 0.6× 61 13.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dharmakumar, Rohan, Michael Fishbein, Gerd Heusch, et al.. (2025). Reperfused Myocardial Infarction. JACC Advances. 4(2). 101528–101528. 5 indexed citations
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Kleinbongard, Petra, Carlos Galán‐Arriola, Lina Badimón, et al.. (2024). The IMproving Preclinical Assessment of Cardioprotective Therapies (IMPACT): multicenter pig study on the effect of ischemic preconditioning. Basic Research in Cardiology. 119(6). 893–909. 4 indexed citations
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Kleinbongard, Petra, Helmut Raphael Lieder, Andreas Skyschally, & Gerd Heusch. (2023). No robust reduction of infarct size and no-reflow by metoprolol pretreatment in adult Göttingen minipigs. Basic Research in Cardiology. 118(1). 23–23. 9 indexed citations
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Desch, Steffen, Gerd Heusch, Tienush Rassaf, et al.. (2023). Reperfusion Injury: How Can We Reduce It by Pre-, Per-, and Postconditioning. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 13(1). 159–159. 8 indexed citations
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Ferdinandy, Péter, Ioanna Andreadou, Gary F. Baxter, et al.. (2022). Interaction of Cardiovascular Nonmodifiable Risk Factors, Comorbidities and Comedications With Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury and Cardioprotection by Pharmacological Treatments and Ischemic Conditioning. Pharmacological Reviews. 75(1). 159–216. 81 indexed citations
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Bøtker, Hans Erik, Héctor A. Cabrera-Fuentes, Marisol Ruiz‐Meana, Gerd Heusch, & Michel Ovize. (2020). Translational issues for mitoprotective agents as adjunct to reperfusion therapy in patients with ST‐segment elevation myocardial infarction. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 24(5). 2717–2729. 46 indexed citations
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Totzeck, Matthias, Martin Schüler, Martin Stuschke, Gerd Heusch, & Tienush Rassaf. (2019). Cardio-oncology - strategies for management of cancer-therapy related cardiovascular disease. International Journal of Cardiology. 280. 163–175. 128 indexed citations
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Totzeck, Matthias, Raluca Mincu, Gerd Heusch, & Tienush Rassaf. (2019). Heart Failure from Cancer Therapy: Can we Prevent It?. ESC Heart Failure. 6(4). 856–862. 33 indexed citations
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Heusch, Gerd & Bernard J. Gersh. (2016). The pathophysiology of acute myocardial infarction and strategies of protection beyond reperfusion: a continual challenge. European Heart Journal. 38(11). ehw224–ehw224. 530 indexed citations breakdown →
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Breuckmann, Frank, David R. Burt, Raimund Erbel, et al.. (2015). Chest Pain Centers. Critical Pathways in Cardiology A Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine. 14(2). 67–73. 24 indexed citations
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Rassaf, Tienush, Matthias Totzeck, Ulrike B. Hendgen‐Cotta, et al.. (2014). Circulating Nitrite Contributes to Cardioprotection by Remote Ischemic Preconditioning. Circulation Research. 114(10). 1601–1610. 272 indexed citations
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Thielmann, Matthias, Eva Kottenberg, Judith Musiolik, et al.. (2012). Abstract 14034: Prognostic Benefit from Remote Ischemic Preconditioning in 300 Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Circulation. 126. 4 indexed citations
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Heusch, Gerd, Petra Kleinbongard, Andreas Skyschally, et al.. (2011). The coronary circulation in cardioprotection: more than just one confounder. Cardiovascular Research. 94(2). 237–245. 64 indexed citations
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Thielmann, Matthias, Eva Kottenberg, Kerstin Boengler, et al.. (2010). Remote ischemic preconditioning reduces myocardial injury after coronary artery bypass surgery with crystalloid cardioplegic arrest. Basic Research in Cardiology. 105(5). 657–664. 175 indexed citations
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Skyschally, Andreas, Patrick van Caster, Kerstin Boengler, et al.. (2008). Ischemic Postconditioning in Pigs. Circulation Research. 104(1). 15–18. 225 indexed citations
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Rodríguez‐Sinovas, Antonio, Kerstin Boengler, Alberto Cabestrero, et al.. (2006). Translocation of Connexin 43 to the Inner Mitochondrial Membrane of Cardiomyocytes Through the Heat Shock Protein 90–Dependent TOM Pathway and Its Importance for Cardioprotection. Circulation Research. 99(1). 93–101. 208 indexed citations
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Post, Heiner & Gerd Heusch. (2002). Ischemic preconditioning. Experimental facts and clinical perspective.. PubMed. 50(6). 569–605. 22 indexed citations
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Schulz, Rainer & Gerd Heusch. (2001). Balance and imbalance of regional myocardial contractile function and blood flow. Zeitschrift für Kardiologie. 90(12). 964–969. 6 indexed citations
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Heusch, Gerd & Rainer Schulz. (1996). New Paradigms of Coronary Artery Disease. Steinkopff eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Grobecker, H., Gerd Heusch, & B. E. Strauer. (1993). Angiotensin and the Heart. Steinkopff eBooks. 11 indexed citations

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