Helle Kanstrup

511 total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 283 citations indexed

About

Helle Kanstrup is a scholar working on Surgery, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Helle Kanstrup has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 283 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Surgery, 11 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 10 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Helle Kanstrup's work include Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health (17 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (11 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (6 papers). Helle Kanstrup is often cited by papers focused on Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health (17 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (11 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (6 papers). Helle Kanstrup collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United States and Canada. Helle Kanstrup's co-authors include Martin Bødtker Mortensen, Henrik Toft Sørensen, Bjarne Linde Nørgaard, Hans Erik Bøtker, Jesper Møller Jensen, Michael J. Blaha, Omar Dzaye, Michael Mæng, Flemming Hald Steffensen and Ron Blankstein and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism and European Heart Journal.

In The Last Decade

Helle Kanstrup

26 papers receiving 278 citations

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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.

Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Is Predominantly Associated With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Events in Patients With Evidence of Coronary Atherosclerosis: The Western Denmark Heart Registry

2023 75 citations Martin Bødtker Mortensen, Omar Dzaye et al. Circulation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Helle Kanstrup Denmark	10	131	110	95	48	39	30	283
Apurva Motivala United States	10	92 0.7×	231 2.1×	90 0.9×	29 0.6×	28 0.7×	17	383
Iosif Koutagiar Greece	9	127 1.0×	214 1.9×	53 0.6×	28 0.6×	33 0.8×	27	365
Stéphane Rinfret Canada	8	294 2.2×	220 2.0×	133 1.4×	56 1.2×	41 1.1×	9	395
Fabio Maria Turazza Italy	12	148 1.1×	260 2.4×	89 0.9×	13 0.3×	28 0.7×	43	423
J. Péricles Esteves Brazil	11	141 1.1×	206 1.9×	58 0.6×	47 1.0×	22 0.6×	30	405
Wanda Y. Wu United States	8	75 0.6×	174 1.6×	45 0.5×	17 0.4×	13 0.3×	16	257
Toru Takii Japan	6	80 0.6×	166 1.5×	54 0.6×	13 0.3×	12 0.3×	11	245
Yuejin Yang China	11	75 0.6×	202 1.8×	73 0.8×	21 0.4×	12 0.3×	21	302
André Paixão United States	9	95 0.7×	169 1.5×	142 1.5×	43 0.9×	19 0.5×	25	294
Yoon-Nyun Kim South Korea	9	208 1.6×	193 1.8×	149 1.6×	18 0.4×	12 0.3×	14	306

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Jensen, Jesper Møller, Helle Kanstrup, Niels Peter Rønnow Sand, et al.. (2025). Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and cardiovascular risk in the absence of calcifications on computed tomography: the Western Denmark Heart Registry. European Heart Journal. 46(46). 5062–5072. 1 indexed citations

Zwisler, Ann‐Dorthe, et al.. (2025). Patients’ acceptability of a patient-reported outcome measure in cardiac rehabilitation (the PRO-Heart-DK)—a mixed methods study using the Theoretical Framework of Acceptability. Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes. 9(1). 35–35.

Laustsen, Sussie, Martin Busk, Simon Winther, et al.. (2025). Rationale and design of VICAD-RISK study: Visualization of coronary artery disease for modification of risk factors. American Heart Journal. 287. 16–23. 1 indexed citations

Mortensen, Martin Bødtker, Niels Peter Rønnow Sand, Martin Busk, et al.. (2024). Interscan reproducibility of computed tomography derived coronary plaque volume measurements. Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography. 18(6). 583–592. 2 indexed citations

Kanstrup, Helle, et al.. (2024). Familial hypercholesterolaemia. Ugeskrift for Læger. 186(42). 1–9.

Borregaard, Britt, et al.. (2024). Challenges and benefits of using the HeartDiet food frequency questionnaire in cardiac rehabilitation practice. Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. 34(8). 1968–1975. 1 indexed citations

Mortensen, Michael Bau, Martin Busk, Erik Lerkevang Grove, et al.. (2024). Interscan reproducibility of computed tomography derived coronary plaque volume measurements using a semi-automated analysis software. European Heart Journal. 45(Supplement_1).

Mortensen, Martin Bødtker, Omar Dzaye, Hans Erik Bøtker, et al.. (2023). Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Is Predominantly Associated With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Events in Patients With Evidence of Coronary Atherosclerosis: The Western Denmark Heart Registry. Circulation. 147(14). 1053–1063. 75 indexed citations breakdown →

Nordestgaard, Børge G., Helle Kanstrup, Kristian Korsgaard Thomsen, et al.. (2023). High Lipoprotein(a) May Explain One-Quarter of Clinical Familial Hypercholesterolemia Diagnoses in Danish Lipid Clinics. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 109(3). 659–667. 3 indexed citations

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Bork, Christian Sørensen, Helle Kanstrup, Kristian Korsgaard Thomsen, et al.. (2023). Genetic testing increases the likelihood of a diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolaemia among people referred to lipid clinics: Danish national study. Atherosclerosis. 373. 10–16. 3 indexed citations

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Mortensen, Martin Bødtker, Omar Dzaye, Flemming Hald Steffensen, et al.. (2021). Interplay of Risk Factors and Coronary Artery Calcium for CHD Risk in Young Patients. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging. 14(12). 2387–2396. 19 indexed citations

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Mortensen, Martin Bødtker, Flemming Hald Steffensen, Hans Erik Bøtker, et al.. (2020). Heterogenous Distribution of Risk for Cardiovascular Disease Events in Patients With Stable Ischemic Heart Disease. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging. 14(2). 442–450. 4 indexed citations

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Mortensen, Martin Bødtker, Flemming Hald Steffensen, Hans Erik Bøtker, et al.. (2020). CAD Severity on Cardiac CTA Identifies Patients With Most Benefit of Treating LDL-Cholesterol to ACC/AHA and ESC/EAS Targets. JACC. Cardiovascular imaging. 13(9). 1961–1972. 13 indexed citations

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Adelborg, Kasper, et al.. (2020). Association between lipid fractions and age of first myocardial infarction. Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal. 54(6). 346–351. 1 indexed citations

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Mortensen, Martin Bødtker, et al.. (2015). Statin use prior to first myocardial infarction in contemporary patients: Inefficient and not gender equitable. Preventive Medicine. 83. 63–69. 10 indexed citations

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Kanstrup, Helle, et al.. (2014). Does care sharing early after acute coronary syndrome between hospital, general practice and municipality improve attendance and outcome?. 1 indexed citations

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Mortensen, Martin Bødtker, Kim Sivesgaard, Helle Kanstrup, et al.. (2013). Traditional SCORE-based health check fails to identify individuals who develop acute myocardial infarction.. PubMed. 60(5). A4629–A4629. 10 indexed citations

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Kanstrup, Helle, Jens Flensted Lassen, Lene Heickendorff, T. Lauritzen, & Mogens Lytken Larsen. (2004). Quality of lipid‐lowering therapy in patients with ischaemic heart disease: a register‐based study in 3477 patients. Journal of Internal Medicine. 255(3). 367–372. 12 indexed citations

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Kanstrup, Helle, Jens Refsgaard, Marianne Engberg, et al.. (2002). Cholesterol reduction following health screening in general practice. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care. 20(4). 219–223. 13 indexed citations

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Husted, Steen & Helle Kanstrup. (1998). Thrombotic complications in coronary angioplasty — ionic versus non-ionic lowosmolar contrast media. Acta Radiologica. 39(4). 340–343. 10 indexed citations

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