Heli Tolppanen

3.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
36 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Heli Tolppanen is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Biomedical Engineering and Emergency Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Heli Tolppanen has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 17 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 12 papers in Emergency Medicine. Recurrent topics in Heli Tolppanen's work include Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (17 papers), Heart Failure Treatment and Management (14 papers) and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (11 papers). Heli Tolppanen is often cited by papers focused on Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (17 papers), Heart Failure Treatment and Management (14 papers) and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (11 papers). Heli Tolppanen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Spain and France. Heli Tolppanen's co-authors include Alexandre Mebazaa, Priya Soma‐Pillay, Catherine Nelson‐Piercy, Johan Lassus, Tuukka Tarvasmäki, Alessandro Sionís, John Parissis, José Silva‐Cardoso, Marek Banaszewski and Jindřich Špinar and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Heli Tolppanen

35 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Physiological changes in pregnancy

2016 861 citations Priya Soma‐Pillay, Catherine Nelson‐Piercy et al. Cardiovascular journal of South Africa profile →
Clinical Picture and Risk Prediction of Short-Term Mortality in Cardiogenic Shock

2015 494 citations Veli‐Pekka Harjola, Johan Lassus et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heli Tolppanen Finland	17	701	673	575	552	373	36	2.1k
Charles L. Schleien United States	31	256 0.4×	394 0.6×	721 1.3×	1.3k 2.4×	101 0.3×	86	2.6k
Håvard Dalen Norway	32	2.4k 3.4×	134 0.2×	681 1.2×	105 0.2×	163 0.4×	178	3.6k
Malachy O. Columb United Kingdom	38	1.2k 1.8×	121 0.2×	3.6k 6.2×	369 0.7×	324 0.9×	166	4.8k
Alexander Avian Austria	34	933 1.3×	434 0.6×	861 1.5×	231 0.4×	70 0.2×	197	3.8k
Edoardo De Robertis Italy	25	279 0.4×	85 0.1×	358 0.6×	317 0.6×	153 0.4×	142	2.2k
Ulf Näslund Sweden	25	1.1k 1.6×	93 0.1×	333 0.6×	134 0.2×	94 0.3×	99	2.0k
Stephen A. Stayer United States	25	417 0.6×	282 0.4×	861 1.5×	213 0.4×	37 0.1×	56	2.3k
Per Olofsson Sweden	25	282 0.4×	163 0.2×	177 0.3×	152 0.3×	650 1.7×	87	2.0k
Michael A. Sloan United States	31	1.3k 1.8×	97 0.1×	894 1.6×	211 0.4×	165 0.4×	52	3.9k
Tiberiu Ezri Israel	29	636 0.9×	95 0.1×	1.2k 2.2×	249 0.5×	81 0.2×	140	2.8k

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Oghabian, Ali, Per Harald Jonson, Mridul Johari, et al.. (2025). OBSCN undergoes extensive alternative splicing during human cardiac and skeletal muscle development. Skeletal Muscle. 15(1). 5–5. 2 indexed citations

Tolppanen, Heli, Mercedes Rivas‐Lasarte, Tuukka Tarvasmäki, et al.. (2025). Validation of a Biomarker-Based Mortality Score for Cardiogenic Shock Patients: Comparison with a Clinical Risk Score. ESC Heart Failure. 12(3). 2157–2165. 1 indexed citations

Tolppanen, Heli, et al.. (2025). Complications with Left Bundle Branch Area Pacing: The Flip Side of the Coin. Heart International. 19(1). 26–30.

Simonen, Piia, Heli Tolppanen, Otto Hartman, et al.. (2023). The effect of hydroxychloroquine on cholesterol metabolism in statin treated patients after myocardial infarction. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 53. 26–32. 3 indexed citations

Lassus, Johan, Tuukka Tarvasmäki, Jordi Sans‐Roselló, et al.. (2022). Soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor improves early risk stratification in cardiogenic shock. European Heart Journal Acute Cardiovascular Care. 11(10). 731–738–731–738. 4 indexed citations

Tarvasmäki, Tuukka, Veli‐Pekka Harjola, Kari Pulkki, et al.. (2021). Predictive value of plasma proenkephalin and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin in acute kidney injury and mortality in cardiogenic shock. Annals of Intensive Care. 11(1). 25–25. 18 indexed citations

Coats, Andrew J.S. & Heli Tolppanen. (2021). Drug Treatment of Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction: Defining the Role of Vericiguat. Drugs. 81(14). 1599–1604. 12 indexed citations

Tolppanen, Heli, Tuukka Tarvasmäki, Johan Lassus, et al.. (2020). Association of miR-21-5p, miR-122-5p, and miR-320a-3p with 90-Day Mortality in Cardiogenic Shock. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(21). 7925–7925. 14 indexed citations

Tarvasmäki, Tuukka, Johan Lassus, Alessandro Sionís, et al.. (2020). Kinetics of procalcitonin, C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 in cardiogenic shock – Insights from the CardShock study. International Journal of Cardiology. 322. 191–196. 22 indexed citations

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Tarvasmäki, Tuukka, Veli‐Pekka Harjola, John Parissis, et al.. (2019). Hypoalbuminemia is a frequent marker of increased mortality in cardiogenic shock. PLoS ONE. 14(5). e0217006–e0217006. 46 indexed citations

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Sionís, Alessandro, Mercedes Rivas‐Lasarte, Alexandre Mebazaa, et al.. (2019). Current Use and Impact on 30-Day Mortality of Pulmonary Artery Catheter in Cardiogenic Shock Patients: Results From the CardShock Study. Journal of Intensive Care Medicine. 35(12). 1426–1433. 44 indexed citations

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Tolppanen, Heli, Tuukka Tarvasmäki, Johan Lassus, et al.. (2018). Circulating Levels of MicroRNA 423-5p are Associated with 90 day Mortality in Cardiogenic Shock. ESC Heart Failure. 6(1). 98–102. 14 indexed citations

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Tolppanen, Heli, Mercedes Rivas‐Lasarte, Johan Lassus, et al.. (2017). Adrenomedullin: a marker of impaired hemodynamics, organ dysfunction, and poor prognosis in cardiogenic shock. Annals of Intensive Care. 7(1). 6–6. 60 indexed citations

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Tolppanen, Heli, Mercedes Rivas‐Lasarte, Johan Lassus, et al.. (2017). Combined Measurement of Soluble ST2 and Amino-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Provides Early Assessment of Severity in Cardiogenic Shock Complicating Acute Coronary Syndrome. Critical Care Medicine. 45(7). e666–e673. 29 indexed citations

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Soma‐Pillay, Priya, Catherine Nelson‐Piercy, Heli Tolppanen, & Alexandre Mebazaa. (2016). Physiological changes in pregnancy. Cardiovascular journal of South Africa. 27(2). 89–94. 861 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tolppanen, Heli, et al.. (2016). COMBINED NT-PROBNP AND ST2 MEASUREMENT HAS POWERFUL PROGNOSTIC VALUE IN CARDIOGENIC SHOCK CAUSED BY ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 67(13). 492–492. 1 indexed citations

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Lassus, Johan, Tuukka Tarvasmäki, Alessandro Sionís, et al.. (2016). Use of noninvasive and invasive mechanical ventilation in cardiogenic shock: A prospective multicenter study. International Journal of Cardiology. 230. 191–197. 25 indexed citations

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Teixeira, Antônio R. L., Mattia Arrigo, Heli Tolppanen, et al.. (2016). Management of acute heart failure in elderly patients. Archives of cardiovascular diseases. 109(6-7). 422–430. 31 indexed citations

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Tolppanen, Heli, Krista Siirilä‐Waris, Veli‐Pekka Harjola, et al.. (2015). Ventricular Conduction Abnormalities as Predictors of Long-term Survival in Acute de novo and Decompensated Chronic Heart Failure. ESC Heart Failure. 3(1). 35–43. 14 indexed citations

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Tarvasmäki, Tuukka, Veli‐Pekka Harjola, Markku S. Nieminen, et al.. (2014). Acute Heart Failure With and Without Concomitant Acute Coronary Syndromes: Patient Characteristics, Management, and Survival. Journal of Cardiac Failure. 20(10). 723–730. 25 indexed citations

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