Heikki Swan

5.9k citations

97 papers · 3.9k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 33

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine top 0.5%
Molecular Biology top 2%
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience top 5%
Surgery
Biomedical Engineering

Co-authors: Kimmo Kontula Lauri Toivonen Matti Viitasalo Kirsi Piippo Päivi Laitinen Katriina Aalto‐Setälä Annukka M. Lahtinen Heidi Fodstad
Topics: Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (91 papers)Ion channel regulation and function (72 papers)Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (18 papers)
Cited by: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Molecular Biology Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Journals: New England Journal of Medicine Circulation Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Partner nations: Finland United States Italy

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Heikki Swan

93 papers receiving 3.8k citations

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Mutations of the Cardiac Ryanodine Receptor (RyR2) Gene in Familial Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia

2001 520 citations Kirsi Piippo, Heikki Swan et al. Circulation profile →

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1	International Multicenter Cohort Study on Beta-Blocker–Free Treatment Strategies for Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia Patients 2024 ·JACC. Clinical electrophysiology ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Christian van der Werf,(unknown),(unknown),Nico A. Blom,Shubhayan Sanatani,Heikki Swan,Vincent Probst,Prince J. Kannankeril,Jonathan R. Skinner,Ramón Brugada,Tomas Robyns,Martin Borggrefe,Wataru Shimizu,Janneke A.E. Kammeraad,Andrew D. Krahn,Arthur A.M. Wilde,Michael J. Ackerman	0
2	PO-01-134 AN INTERNATIONAL MULTICENTER COHORT STUDY ON BETA-BLOCKER FREE TREATMENT STRATEGIES FOR CATECHOLAMINERGIC POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA 2023 ·Heart Rhythm ·(unknown),(unknown),J. Martijn Bos,Christian van der Werf,(unknown),(unknown),Shubhayan Sanatani,Heikki Swan,Vincent Probst,Prince J. Kannankeril,Jonathan R. Skinner,Ramón Brugada,Tomas Robyns,Martin Borggrefe,Wataru Shimizu,Janneke A.E. Kammeraad,Arthur A.M. Wilde,Michael J. Ackerman	2
3	Genealogy and clinical course of catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia caused by the ryanodine receptor type 2 P2328S mutation 2020 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown),Annukka Marjamaa,(unknown),Matti Viitasalo,(unknown),Jaakko T. Leinonen,Elisabeth Widén,Lauri Toivonen,Kimmo Kontula,Heikki Swan	4
4	An actionable KCNH2 Long QT Syndrome variant detected by sequence and haplotype analysis in a population research cohort 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·Shona M. Kerr,Lucija Klarić,Mihail Halachev,Caroline Hayward,Thibaud Boutin,Alison Meynert,Colin A. Semple,(unknown),Heikki Swan,Javier Santoyo‐López,Véronique Vitart,Chris Haley,John Dean,Zosia Miedzybrodzka,Timothy J. Aitman,James F. Wilson	16
5	The genetics underlying idiopathic ventricular fibrillation: A special role for catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia? 2017 ·International Journal of Cardiology ·Jaakko T. Leinonen,Lia Crotti,(unknown),Silvia Castelletti,Nella Junna,Alice Ghidoni,(unknown),Carla Spazzolini,Federica Dagradi,Matti Viitasalo,Kimmo Kontula,Maria‐Christina Kotta,Elisabeth Widén,Heikki Swan,Peter J. Schwartz	29
6	Follow-Up of 316 Molecularly Defined Pediatric Long-QT Syndrome Patients Clinical Course, Treatments, and Side Effects 2015 ·STM:n Hallinnonalan avoin julkaisuarkisto (Julkari) ·(unknown),Annukka Marjamaa,Anita Hiippala,Juha-Matti Happonen,Aki S. Havulinna,Veikko Salomaa,Annukka M. Lahtinen,Taina Hintsa,Matti Viitasalo,Lauri Toivonen,Kimmo Kontula,Heikki Swan	0
7	Slowed depolarization and irregular repolarization in catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia: a study from cellular Ca²⁺transients and action potentials to clinical monophasic action potentials and electrocardiography 2015 ·EP Europace ·Jere Paavola,Heikki Väänänen,Kim Larsson,Kirsi Penttinen,Lauri Toivonen,Kimmo Kontula,Mika Laine,Katriina Aalto‐Setälä,Heikki Swan,Matti Viitasalo	17
8	Cloninger's temperament traits and inherited long QT syndrome 2011 ·Journal of Psychosomatic Research ·Ilmari Määttänen,Taina Hintsa,Lauri Toivonen,Heikki Swan,Laura Pulkki-Råbäck,Mirka Hintsanen,Kimmo Kontula,Liisa Keltikangas‐Järvinen	10
9	Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia 2010 ·European Journal of Pediatrics ·Kaisa Ylänen,Tuija Poutanen,Anita Hiippala,Heikki Swan,Matti Korppi	31
10	U-waves and T-wave peak to T-wave end intervals in patients with catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, effects of beta-blockers 2008 ·Heart Rhythm ·Matti Viitasalo,Lasse Oikarinen,Heikki Väänänen,Kimmo Kontula,Lauri Toivonen,Heikki Swan	22
11	The Common Long-QT Syndrome Mutation KCNQ1/A341V Causes Unusually Severe Clinical Manifestations in Patients With Different Ethnic Backgrounds 2007 ·Circulation ·Lia Crotti,Carla Spazzolini,Peter J. Schwartz,Wataru Shimizu,Isabelle Denjoy,Eric Schulze‐Bahr,E. V. Zaklyazminskaya,Heikki Swan,Michael J. Ackerman,Arthur J. Moss,Arthur A.M. Wilde,Minoru Horie,Paul A. Brink,Roberto Insolia,Gaetano Maria De Ferrari,Gabriele Crimi	112
12	Effects of Beta-Blocker Therapy on Ventricular Repolarization Documented by 24-h Electrocardiography in Patients With Type 1 Long-QT Syndrome 2006 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Matti Viitasalo,Lasse Oikarinen,Heikki Swan,Heikki Väänänen,(unknown),(unknown),Jouko Karjalainen,Lauri Toivonen	33
13	Female Predominance and Transmission Distortion in the Long-QT Syndrome 2006 ·New England Journal of Medicine ·Medea Imboden,Heikki Swan,Isabelle Denjoy,Irene M. van Langen,(unknown),Carlo Napolitano,Véronique Fressart,G Breithardt,Myriam Berthet,Silvia G. Priori,Bernard Hainque,Arthur A.M. Wilde,Eric Schulze‐Bahr,Josué Feingold,Pascale Guicheney	56
14	Molecular characterization of two founder mutations causing long QT syndrome and identification of compound heterozygous patients 2006 ·Annals of Medicine ·Heidi Fodstad,Saı̈d Bendahhou,Jean‐Sébastien Rougier,Päivi J. Laitinen-Forsblom,Jacques Barhanin,Hugues Abriel,Laurent Schild,Kimmo Kontula,Heikki Swan	32
15	Familial Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia—Intracellular Calcium Channel Disorder 2002 ·Cardiac Electrophysiology Review ·Heikki Swan,(unknown)	14
16	A founder mutation of the potassium channel KCNQ1 in long QT syndrome 2001 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Kirsi Piippo,Heikki Swan,Michael Pasternack,Hugh Chapman,Kristian Paavonen,Matti Viitasalo,Lauri Toivonen,Kimmo Kontula	93
17	Homozygosity for a HERG potassium channel mutation causes a severe form of long QT syndrome: identification of an apparent founder mutation in the Finns 2000 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Kirsi Piippo,Päivi Laitinen,Heikki Swan,Lauri Toivonen,Matti Viitasalo,Michael Pasternack,Kristian Paavonen,Hugh Chapman,Kenneth T. Wann,(unknown),Antti Sajantila,Kimmo Kontula	46
18	Sinus node function and ventricular repolarization during exercise stress test in long QT syndrome patients with KvLQT1 and HERG potassium channel defects 1999 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Heikki Swan,Matti Viitasalo,Kirsi Piippo,Päivi Laitinen,Kimmo Kontula,Lauri Toivonen	139
19	Molecular genetics of the long QT syndrome: Two novel mutations of the KVLQT1 gene and phenotypic expression of the mutant gene in a large kindred 1998 ·Human Mutation ·(unknown),Heikki Swan,Katariina Kainulainen,Lauri Toivonen,Matti Viitasalo,Kimmo Kontula	42
20	Linkage of the long QT syndrome to the short arm of chromosome 11: use of five highly polymorphic markers towards more detailed localization of the mutant gene 1995 ·Human Genetics ·Katariina Kainulainen,Heikki Swan,Helena E. Miettinen,Matti Viitasalo,Liisa Rovamo,Lauri Toivonen,Kimmo Kontula	1

About Heikki Swan

Heikki Swan is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology and Aging, having authored 97 papers that have together received 3.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (91 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (72 papers) and Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (3.4k citations), Molecular Biology (2.8k citations) and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (522 citations). Heikki Swan has collaborated with scholars based in Finland, United States and Italy. Frequent co-authors include Kimmo Kontula, Lauri Toivonen, Matti Viitasalo, Kirsi Piippo, Päivi Laitinen, Katriina Aalto‐Setälä, Annukka M. Lahtinen, Heidi Fodstad, Annukka Marjamaa and Päivi J. Laitinen-Forsblom. Their work appears in journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

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