Helmut Pürerfellner

17.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
125 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Helmut Pürerfellner is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Helmut Pürerfellner has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 17 papers in Surgery and 4 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Helmut Pürerfellner's work include Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (101 papers), Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (89 papers) and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (55 papers). Helmut Pürerfellner is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (101 papers), Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (89 papers) and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (55 papers). Helmut Pürerfellner collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and United States. Helmut Pürerfellner's co-authors include Martin Martinek, Josef Aichinger, Evgeny Pokushalov, Hans‐Joachim Nesser, Ľuboš Urban, Hans Joachim Nesser, Gerhard Hindricks, Douglas A. Hettrick, Paul Ziegler and Reece Holbrook and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American College of Cardiology, European Heart Journal and The American Journal of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Helmut Pürerfellner

111 papers receiving 3.2k citations

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Low-Voltage Myocardium-Guided Ablation Trial of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

2022 126 citations Martin Martinek, Helmut Pürerfellner et al. profile →
Safety and effectiveness of the first balloon-in-basket pulsed field ablation system for the treatment of atrial fibrillation: VOLT CE Mark Study 6-month results

2025 14 citations Roland Richard Tilz, Jonathan M. Kalman et al. EP Europace profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Impact of ablation energy on mortality after oesophageal fistula and injury complicating atrial fibrillation ablation procedures: results from a worldwide FDA database, the POTTER-AF 2 study 2025 ·European Heart Journal Open ·Roland Richard Tilz, S S Popescu, Helmut Pürerfellner, (unknown), Kun Xiang, (unknown), Christian‐Hendrik Heeger, Julia Vogler, Harikrishna Tandri, Fabrizio Assis, Ghanshyam Shantha, José Luís Merino, John N. Catanzaro	0
2	Management of patients with atrial tachycardia: a clinical consensus statement of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) of the ESC, endorsed by the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS), the Latin American Heart Rhythm Society (LAHRS), and the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC) 2025 ·EP Europace ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Thomas A. Dewland, Fabrizio Drago, Lars Eckardt, (unknown), (unknown), Carina Hardy, (unknown), Jonathan M. Kalman, (unknown), Claire Martin, Helmut Pürerfellner, Masateru Takigawa, (unknown), Katja Zeppenfeld	1
3	Access and reimbursement of ambulatory cardiac monitoring across Europe 2025 ·European Heart Journal - Digital Health ·Giuseppe Boriani, Johannes Brachmann, Thorsten Lewalter, David J. Wright, Patrick Badertscher, Chris P Gale, José Luís Merino, Helmut Pürerfellner, Gregory Y.H. Lip	0
4	Catheter Ablation of Premature Ventricular Contractions from Right Ventricular Outflow Tract: Concept and Application of Very-High-Power, Very-Short-Duration as a First-Line Ablation Strategy 2025 ·Journal of Clinical Medicine ·Shaojie Chen, Ramin Ebrahimi, Piotr Futyma, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Márcio Galindo Kiuchi, Martin Martinek, Helmut Pürerfellner	0
5	EHRA perspective on the digital data revolution in arrhythmia management: insights from the association’s annual summit 2025 ·EP Europace ·Vassil Traykov, Helmut Pürerfellner, Haran Burri, Csaba Földesi, Douglas S. Scherr, David Duncker, Elena Arbelo, Giovanni Luca Botto, Giuseppe Boriani, Hein Heidbüchel, Katarzyna Małaczyńska-Rajpold, Michał M. Farkowski, Nikolaos Dagres, Piotr Szymański, Radu Huculeci, Rubén Casado-Arroyo, Serge Bovéda, José Luís Merino	2
6	Dual energy for pulmonary vein isolation using focal ablation technology integrated with a three-dimensional mapping system: SmartfIRE 12-month results 2025 ·EP Europace ·Tom De Potter, Douglas S. Scherr, Helmut Pürerfellner, Gediminas Račkauskas, Jim Hansen, Johan Vijgen, Thomas Phlips, Sébastien Knecht, Gábor Széplaki, Hugo Van Herendael, Mads Brix Kronborg, Benjamin Berte, Martin H. Ruwald, Γεώργιος Κόλλιας, Peter Lukáč, Tuantuan Tan, Mattias Duytschaever	0
7	PO-06-181 IMPACT OF ABLATION ENERGY ON MORTALITY AFTER ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA AND INJURY COMPLICATING ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATION PROCEDURES - RESULTS FROM A WORLDWIDE FDA DATABASE- THE POTTER-AF 2 STUDY 2024 ·Heart Rhythm ·Roland Richard Tilz, S S Popescu, Helmut Pürerfellner, Karl‐Heinz Kück, Kun Xiang, (unknown), (unknown), Julia Vogler, Harikrishna Tandri, Fabrizio Assis, José Luís Merino, John N. Catanzaro	2
8	Underreporting of complications following AF ablation: Comparison of the manufacturer and user facility device experience FDA database and a voluntary invitation-based registry: The POTTER-AF 3 study 2024 ·Heart Rhythm ·Roland Richard Tilz, Helmut Pürerfellner, (unknown), José Luís Merino, Vanessa Schmidt, Julia Vogler, Kun Xiang, (unknown), Christian‐Hendrik Heeger, Harikrishna Tandri, Fabrizio Assis, Daniel Steven, Christian Veltmann, John N. Catanzaro, S S Popescu	4
9	3D Map Combined with Transthoracic Echocardiography for Ablation of Premature Ventricular Contractions/Ventricular Arrhythmia from Papillary Muscle: A Technical Report 2024 ·Journal of Clinical Medicine ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ramin Ebrahimi, Marcus Dörr, Márcio Galindo Kiuchi, Piotr Futyma, Martin Martinek, Helmut Pürerfellner, Christian Templin, Shaojie Chen	0
10	Pre- and post-procedural cardiac imaging (computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging) in electrophysiology: a clinical consensus statement of the European Heart Rhythm Association and European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging of the European Society of Cardiology 2024 ·EP Europace ·Thomas Deneke, Valentina Kutyifa, Gerhard Hindricks, Philipp Sommer, Katja Zeppenfeld, Corrado Carbucicchio, Helmut Pürerfellner, Frank R. Heinzel, Vassil Traykov, Marta Riva, Gianluca Pontone, Lukas Lehmkuhl, Kristina H. Haugaa, Andrea Sarkozy, Alessia Gimelli, Claudio Tondo, Sabine Ernst, Matthias Antz, (unknown)	19
11	Predictors of Success for Pulmonary Vein Isolation With Pulsed-field Ablation Using a Variable-loop Catheter With 3D Mapping Integration: Complete 12-month Outcomes From inspIRE 2024 ·Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology ·Tom De Potter, Massimo Grimaldi, Mattias Duytschaever, Ante Anić, Johan Vijgen, Petr Neužil, Hugo Van Herendael, Atul Verma, Allan C. Skanes, Douglas S. Scherr, Helmut Pürerfellner, Gediminas Račkauskas, Pierre Jaı̈s, Vivek Y. Reddy, (unknown)	23
12	Length of hospital stay for elective electrophysiological procedures: a survey from the European Heart Rhythm Association 2023 ·EP Europace ·Giuseppe Boriani, Jacopo Francesco Imberti, Francisco Leyva, Rubén Casado-Arroyo, K. R. Julian Chun, Frieder Braunschweig, Maura M. Zylla, David Duncker, Michał M. Farkowski, Helmut Pürerfellner, José Luís Merino	16
13	Bipolar ablation of ventricular arrhythmias: Step‐by‐step 2023 ·Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology ·Piotr Futyma, Shaojie Chen, Andrés Enríquez, Helmut Pürerfellner, Pasquale Santangeli	7
14	Silent cerebral lesions following catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation: a state-of-the-art review 2023 ·EP Europace ·Peter Calvert, Γεώργιος Κόλλιας, Helmut Pürerfellner, Calambur Narasimhan, José Osorio, Gregory Y.H. Lip, Dhiraj Gupta	23
15	Progress in atrial fibrillation ablation during 25 years of Europace journal 2023 ·EP Europace ·Lucas V.A. Boersma, Jason G. Andrade, Timothy R. Betts, Mattias Duytschaever, Helmut Pürerfellner, Francesco Santoro, Stylianos Tzeis, Atul Verma	62
16	Management of ventricular tachycardia in patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy: contemporary armamentarium 2021 ·EP Europace ·(unknown), Christiane Jungen, (unknown), Katharina Scherschel, Stephan Willems, Helmut Pürerfellner, Shaojie Chen, Lars Eckardt, Christian Meyer	15
17	Rhythm control for patients with atrial fibrillation complicated with heart failure in the contemporary era of catheter ablation: a stratified pooled analysis of randomized data 2019 ·European Heart Journal ·Shaojie Chen, Helmut Pürerfellner, Christian Meyer, (unknown), Alexandra Schratter, Zhiyu Ling, Shaowen Liu, Yuehui Yin, Martin Martinek, Márcio Galindo Kiuchi, Boris Schmidt, K. R. Julian Chun	93
18	P1-72 2006 ·Heart Rhythm ·Carsten W. Israel, Giuseppe Boriani, Johan Brandt, Anne M. Gillis, (unknown), Todd Sheldon, Helmut Pürerfellner, Stefan H. Hohnloser	1
19	Langzeitergebnisse der ostialen Pulmonalvenenisolation bei paroxysmalem Vorhofflimmern 2005 ·Journal für Kardiologie (Krause & Pachernegg GmbH) ·Helmut Pürerfellner, Josef Aichinger, (unknown), Martin Martinek, (unknown)	1
20	Segmentale ostiale Katheterablation der Pulmonalvenen bei paroxysmalem Vorhofflimmern: Ergebnisse nach einjähriger Erfahrung 2002 ·Journal für Kardiologie (Krause & Pachernegg GmbH) ·Helmut Pürerfellner, Josef Aichinger, (unknown)	4

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