Günter Breithardt

42.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
415 papers, 25.3k citations indexed

About

Günter Breithardt is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Günter Breithardt has authored 415 papers receiving a total of 25.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 370 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 63 papers in Surgery and 50 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Günter Breithardt's work include Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (197 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (189 papers) and Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (142 papers). Günter Breithardt is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (197 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (189 papers) and Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (142 papers). Günter Breithardt collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Günter Breithardt's co-authors include Martin Borggrefe, Keith A.A. Fox, Daniel E. Singer, Manesh R. Patel, Kenneth W. Mahaffey, Jonathan L. Halperin, Christopher C. Nessel, Graeme J. Hankey, Jonathan P. Piccini and Richard C. Becker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Günter Breithardt

409 papers receiving 24.4k 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.

Rivaroxaban versus Warfarin in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation

2011 6.6k citations Manesh R. Patel, Kenneth W. Mahaffey et al. profile →
Genetic basis and molecular mechanism for idiopathic ventricular fibrillation

1998 1.2k citations Martin Borggrefe, Günter Breithardt et al. profile →
Atrial fibrillation management: a prospective survey in ESC Member Countries

2005 586 citations Günter Breithardt, Harry J.G.M. Crijns et al. European Heart Journal profile →
Efficacy and Safety of Rivaroxaban Compared With Warfarin Among Elderly Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation in the Rivaroxaban Once Daily, Oral, Direct Factor Xa Inhibition Compared With Vitamin K Antagonism for Prevention of Stroke and Embolism Trial in Atrial Fibrillation (ROCKET AF)

2014 321 citations Jonathan L. Halperin, Graeme J. Hankey et al. Circulation profile →
Early Rhythm Control Therapy in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure

2021 141 citations Andreas Rillig, Christina Magnussen et al. Circulation profile →
A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Apixaban With the Vitamin K Antagonist Phenprocoumon in Patients on Chronic Hemodialysis: The AXADIA-AFNET 8 Study

2022 101 citations Günter Breithardt, Karl Georg Hæusler et al. Circulation profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Günter Breithardt

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Günter Breithardt's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Günter Breithardt with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Günter Breithardt more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Günter Breithardt

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Günter Breithardt. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Günter Breithardt. The network helps show where Günter Breithardt may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Günter Breithardt

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Günter Breithardt. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Günter Breithardt based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Günter Breithardt. Günter Breithardt is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Prevalence and severity of atrial cardiomyopathy in patients with recently diagnosed atrial fibrillation and stroke risk factors and its association with early rhythm control: a secondary analysis of EAST-AFNET 4 2025 ·EP Europace ·Andreas Goette, Marc D. Lemoine, Katrin Borof, Ulrich Schotten, Günter Breithardt, A. John Camm, Harry J.G.M. Crijns, Lars Eckardt, Andreas Metzner, Stephan Willems, Antonia Zapf, Renate B. Schnabel, Larissa Fabritz, Paulus Kirchhof	1
2	Risks and benefits of sharing patient information on social media: a digital dilemma 2024 ·European Heart Journal - Digital Health ·Robert M.A. van der Boon, A. John Camm, Cecília Aguiar, (unknown), Günter Breithardt, Héctor Bueno, Inga Drossart, Nils Hoppe, (unknown), Ricardo Ladeiras‐Lopes, (unknown), Peter Lanzer, Rafael Vidal-Pérez, Nico Bruining	11
3	Safety and efficacy of long-term sodium channel blocker therapy for early rhythm control: the EAST-AFNET 4 trial 2024 ·EP Europace ·Andreas Rillig, Lars Eckardt, Katrin Borof, A. John Camm, Harry J.G.M. Crijns, Andreas Goette, Günter Breithardt, Marc D. Lemoine, Andreas Metzner, Laura Rottner, Ulrich Schotten, Eik Vettorazzi, Karl Wegscheider, Antonia Zapf, Hein Heidbüchel, Stephan Willems, Larissa Fabritz, Renate B. Schnabel, Christina Magnussen, Paulus Kirchhof	14
4	Assessment of Days Alive Out of Hospital as a Possible End Point in Trials of Stroke Prevention for Atrial Fibrillation: A ROCKET AF Analysis 2024 ·Journal of the American Heart Association ·Josephine Harrington, Anne S. Hellkamp, Kenneth W. Mahaffey, Günter Breithardt, Jonathan L. Halperin, Graeme J. Hankey, Richard C. Becker, Christopher C. Nessel, Scott D. Berkowitz, Keith A.A. Fox, Daniel E. Singer, Shaun G. Goodman, Manesh R. Patel, Jonathan P. Piccini	1
5	Prognostic markers of all-cause mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation: data from the prospective long-term registry of the German Atrial Fibrillation NETwork (AFNET) 2021 ·EP Europace ·Michael Näbauer, M. Oeff, Andrea Gerth, Karl Wegscheider, Anika Buchholz, Karl Georg Hæusler, Peter Hanrath, Thomas Meinertz, Ursula Ravens, (unknown), Ulrich Tebbe, Eik Vettorazzi, Paulus Kirchhof, Günter Breithardt, Gerhard Steinbeck, (unknown)	17
6	Rationale and design of the RE-LATED AF—AFNET 7 trial: REsolution of Left atrial-Appendage Thrombus—Effects of Dabigatran in patients with Atrial Fibrillation 2015 ·Clinical Research in Cardiology ·Marion Ferner, Daniel Wachtlin, Torsten Konrad, Oliver Deuster, Thomas Meinertz, Stephan von Bardeleben, Thomas Münzel, (unknown), Günter Breithardt, Thomas Rostock	33
7	Efficacy and Safety of Rivaroxaban in Patients With Heart Failure and Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation 2013 ·Circulation Heart Failure ·Sean van Diepen, Anne S. Hellkamp, Manesh R. Patel, Richard C. Becker, Günter Breithardt, Werner Hacke, Jonathan L. Halperin, Graeme J. Hankey, Christopher C. Nessel, Daniel E. Singer, Scott D. Berkowitz, Robert M. Califf, Keith A.A. Fox, Kenneth W. Mahaffey	83
8	Renal Dysfunction as a Predictor of Stroke and Systemic Embolism in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation 2012 ·Circulation ·Jonathan P. Piccini, Susanna R. Stevens, Yuchiao Chang, Daniel E. Singer, Yuliya Lokhnygina, Alan S. Go, Manesh R. Patel, Kenneth W. Mahaffey, Jonathan L. Halperin, Günter Breithardt, Graeme J. Hankey, Werner Hacke, Richard C. Becker, Christopher C. Nessel, Keith A.A. Fox, Robert M. Califf	375
9	A New Mechanism Preventing Proarrhythmia in Chronic Heart Failure: Rapid Phase-III Repolarization Explains the Low Proarrhythmic Potential of Amiodarone in Contrast to Sotalol in a Model of Pacing-Induced Heart Failure 2011 ·European Journal of Heart Failure ·Gerrit Frommeyer, Peter Milberg, (unknown), Jörg Stypmann, Matthias Koopmann, Martin Lücke, Nani Osada, Günter Breithardt, Michael Fehr, Lars Eckardt	61
10	European Perspectives 2010 ·Circulation ·Lars Eckardt, Günter Breithardt, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2
11	Stress and high heart rate provoke ventricular tachycardia in mice expressing triadin 2007 ·Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology ·Paulus Kirchhof, Ján Klimas, Larissa Fabritz, Melanie Zwiener, Larry R. Jones, Michael Schäfers, Sven Hermann, Peter Boknı́k, Wilhelm Schmitz, Günter Breithardt, Uwe Kirchhefer, Joachim Neumann	17
12	Electrical Alternans In Long QT Syndrome Resembling a Brugada Syndrome Pattern 2003 ·Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology ·Eric Schulze‐Bahr, (unknown), Lars Eckardt, Wilhelm Haverkamp, Günter Breithardt, Martin Borggrefe	3
13	Torsade de pointes induced by ajmaline 2001 ·Zeitschrift für Kardiologie ·Wilhelm Haverkamp, Gerold Mönnig, Paulus Kirchhof, Lars Eckardt, Martin Borggrefe, Günter Breithardt	8
14	From molecule to men : molecular basis of congenital cardiovascular disorders 2000 ·Springer eBooks ·Manfred Zehender, Günter Breithardt	4
15	Impact of local donor and regionalization on a German transplantation center 1999 ·Transplant International ·Christopher H. Schmid, Mario C. Deng, Rainer Gradaus, S. Kley, Günter Breithardt, Hans H. Scheld, (unknown)	3
16	Sequence‐Specific Antiproliferative Effects of Antisense and End‐Capping‐Modified Antisense Oligodeoxynucleotides Targeted against the 5′‐Terminus of Basic‐Fibroblast‐Growth‐Factor mRNA in Coronary Smooth Muscle Cells 1997 ·European Journal of Biochemistry ·Annette Schmidt, Jürgen Sindermann, Anusch Peyman, Eugen Uhlmann, David W. Will, Joachim G. Müller, Günter Breithardt, Eckhart Buddecke	4
17	Heparin-Induced Overexpression of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor, Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor, and Cell-Associated Proteoheparan Sulfate in Cultured Coronary Smooth Muscle Cells 1996 ·Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology ·Adriane Skaletz‐Rorowski, Annette Schmidt, Günter Breithardt, Eckhart Buddecke	22
18	Growth status-dependent changes of bFGF compartmentalization and heparan sulfate structure in arterial smooth muscle cells. 1995 ·PubMed ·Annette Schmidt, Adriane Skaletz‐Rorowski, Günter Breithardt, Eckhart Buddecke	19
19	Guidelines for the use of implantable cardioverter defribrillators 1992 ·European Heart Journal ·Günter Breithardt, A. John Camm, R. Wayne Campbell, P Coumel, M. J. Janse, L Kappenberger, H Klein, Karl‐Heinz Kück, Berndt Lüderitz, Nina Rehnqvist, Peter J. Schwartz, P Touboul, (unknown), H. J. J. Wellens	28
20	Standards for analysis of ventricular late potentials using high resolution or signal-averaged electrocardiography 1991 ·European Heart Journal ·Günter Breithardt, M E Cain, Nabil El‐Sherif, Nancy C. Flowers, Vinzenz Hombach, Mark Janse, Michael B. Simson, Gerhard Steinbeck	293

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact