Iréne Lang

81.3k total citations · 9 hit papers
527 papers, 20.4k citations indexed

About

Iréne Lang is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Iréne Lang has authored 527 papers receiving a total of 20.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 293 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 262 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 103 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Iréne Lang's work include Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments (232 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (68 papers) and Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy (63 papers). Iréne Lang is often cited by papers focused on Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments (232 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (68 papers) and Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy (63 papers). Iréne Lang collaborates with scholars based in Austria, United States and Germany. Iréne Lang's co-authors include Diana Bonderman, Gerald Maurer, Walter Klepetko, Johannes Jakowitsch, Nika Skoro‐Sajer, Jolanta M. Siller‐Matula, Gérald Simonneau, Eckhard Mayer, Bernd Jilma and Thomas Binder and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Iréne Lang

490 papers receiving 19.9k citations

Hit Papers

Cellular and molecular pathobiology of pulmonary arterial... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2004 2000 2015 2011 2014 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. Cellular and molecular pathobiology of pulmonary arterial hypertension
    2004 1.2k citations Iréne Lang et al. profile →
  2. Predictors of Outcome in Severe, Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis
    2000 898 citations Iréne Lang et al. profile →
  3. Selexipag for the Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
    2015 706 citations Iréne Lang, Victor F. Tapson et al. profile →
  4. Surgical management and outcome of patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: Results from an international prospective registry
    2011 479 citations Walter Klepetko, Marion Delcroix et al. profile →
  5. Coronary Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Burden and Deoxyribonuclease Activity in ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome Are Predictors of ST-Segment Resolution and Infarct Size
    2014 391 citations Andreas Mangold, Thomas Scherz et al. profile →
  6. Pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease
    2018 355 citations Stephan Rosenkranz, Iréne Lang et al. profile →
  7. Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
    2013 355 citations Nick H. Kim, Marion Delcroix et al. profile →
  8. Ultrasound-facilitated, catheter-directed thrombolysis vs anticoagulation alone for acute intermediate-high-risk pulmonary embolism: Rationale and design of the HI-PEITHO study
    2022 108 citations Frederikus A. Klok, Fionnuala Ní Áinle et al. profile →
  9. Interventional therapies for pulmonary embolism
    2023 53 citations Iréne Lang, Stephan Rosenkranz et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Iréne Lang Austria 74 12.3k 11.7k 3.3k 3.3k 2.4k 527 20.4k
Adam Torbicki Poland 50 10.6k 0.9× 9.7k 0.8× 1.7k 0.5× 3.0k 0.9× 1.7k 0.7× 263 15.3k
Lewis J. Rubin United States 89 22.0k 1.8× 31.7k 2.7× 4.3k 1.3× 1.2k 0.4× 6.1k 2.5× 332 37.9k
Olivier Sitbon France 84 14.8k 1.2× 24.9k 2.1× 3.5k 1.0× 961 0.3× 5.4k 2.2× 460 27.7k
Nazzareno Galiè Italy 76 17.4k 1.4× 24.2k 2.1× 2.6k 0.8× 906 0.3× 4.7k 1.9× 409 27.7k
David Montani France 67 6.7k 0.5× 13.8k 1.2× 2.1k 0.6× 637 0.2× 2.6k 1.1× 397 16.6k
Vallerie V. McLaughlin United States 64 13.5k 1.1× 19.4k 1.7× 2.1k 0.6× 658 0.2× 3.7k 1.5× 273 21.5k
David B. Badesch United States 62 15.2k 1.2× 23.3k 2.0× 3.0k 0.9× 556 0.2× 4.5k 1.8× 180 25.9k
Juan J. Badimón United States 70 8.7k 0.7× 4.6k 0.4× 8.3k 2.5× 1.8k 0.5× 529 0.2× 305 21.3k
Michael D. McGoon United States 70 18.2k 1.5× 22.6k 1.9× 4.3k 1.3× 682 0.2× 3.8k 1.6× 176 28.5k
Robyn J. Barst United States 82 21.2k 1.7× 30.6k 2.6× 4.0k 1.2× 582 0.2× 6.6k 2.7× 250 34.2k

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All Works

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Mann, C., Theresa-Marie Dachs, Christina Kronberger, et al.. (2025). The Prognostic Implication of Late Gadolinium Enhancement Quantification and Syncope in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 14(5). 1781–1781. 1 indexed citations
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Jaïs, Xavier, Victor F. Tapson, Timothy M. Fernandes, et al.. (2025). Diagnosis of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 44(7). S1–S7.
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Zweiker, David, Iréne Lang, Sabine Perl, et al.. (2024). Renal sympathetic denervation 2024 in Austria: recommendations from the Austrian Society of Hypertension. Wiener klinische Wochenschrift. 136(S14). 559–569.
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Sharma, Smriti, et al.. (2024). Nucleic acid liquid biopsies in cardiovascular disease: Cell-free DNA liquid biopsies in cardiovascular disease. Atherosclerosis. 398. 118583–118583. 12 indexed citations
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Hengstenberg, Christian, Martin Unverdorben, Helge Möllmann, et al.. (2024). Risk Factors of Ischemic Stroke in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation from the Randomized ENVISAGE-TAVI AF Trial. The American Journal of Cardiology. 227. 98–104. 1 indexed citations
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Rexhaj, Emrush, Sarah Bär, Rodrigo Soria, et al.. (2024). Effects of alirocumab on endothelial function and coronary atherosclerosis in myocardial infarction: A PACMAN-AMI randomized clinical trial substudy. Atherosclerosis. 392. 117504–117504. 8 indexed citations
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Ondracek, Anna S., Max Lenz, Andreas Mangold, et al.. (2022). Physical Exercise Promotes DNase Activity Enhancing the Capacity to Degrade Neutrophil Extracellular Traps. Biomedicines. 10(11). 2849–2849. 9 indexed citations
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Laggner, Maria, Felicitas Oberndorfer, Bahar Golabi, et al.. (2022). EGR1 Is Implicated in Right Ventricular Cardiac Remodeling Associated with Pulmonary Hypertension. Biology. 11(5). 677–677. 9 indexed citations
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Benza, Raymond L., David Langleben, Anna R. Hemnes, et al.. (2022). Riociguat and the right ventricle in pulmonary arterial hypertension and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. European Respiratory Review. 31(166). 220061–220061. 10 indexed citations
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Grilz, Ella, Florian Posch, Stephan Nopp, et al.. (2021). Relative risk of arterial and venous thromboembolism in persons with cancer vs. persons without cancer—a nationwide analysis. European Heart Journal. 42(23). 2299–2307. 83 indexed citations
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Mangold, Andreas, Anna S. Ondracek, Thomas M. Hofbauer, et al.. (2021). Culprit site extracellular DNA and microvascular obstruction in ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Cardiovascular Research. 118(8). 2006–2017. 27 indexed citations
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Winter, Max‐Paul, Philipp E. Bartko, Carolina Donà, et al.. (2020). Adaptive development of concomitant secondary mitral and tricuspid regurgitation after transcatheter aortic valve replacement. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging. 22(9). 1045–1053. 16 indexed citations
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Sharma, Smriti, Thomas M. Hofbauer, Anna S. Ondracek, et al.. (2020). Neutrophil extracellular traps promote fibrous vascular occlusions in chronic thrombosis. Blood. 137(8). 1104–1116. 110 indexed citations
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Grilz, Ella, Lisa‐Marie Mauracher, Florian Posch, et al.. (2019). Citrullinated histone H3, a biomarker for neutrophil extracellular trap formation, predicts the risk of mortality in patients with cancer. British Journal of Haematology. 186(2). 311–320. 99 indexed citations
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Renda, Giulia, Giuseppe Patti, Iréne Lang, et al.. (2019). Thrombotic and hemorrhagic burden in women: Gender-related issues in the response to antithrombotic therapies. International Journal of Cardiology. 286. 198–207. 21 indexed citations
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Siller‐Matula, Jolanta M., Ladislav Pecen, Giuseppe Patti, et al.. (2018). Heart failure subtypes and thromboembolic risk in patients with atrial fibrillation: The PREFER in AF - HF substudy. International Journal of Cardiology. 265. 141–147. 30 indexed citations
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Mohammad, Moman A., Iréne Lang, Michael Hölzer, et al.. (2017). Proteomics in Hypothermia as Adjunctive Therapy in Patients with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A CHILL-MI Substudy. Therapeutic Hypothermia and Temperature Management. 7(3). 152–161. 8 indexed citations
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Choi, Jin‐Oh, Richard C. Daly, Grace Lin, et al.. (2015). Impact of Surgical Ventricular Reconstruction on Sphericity Index in Patients with Ischaemic Cardiomyopathy: Follow-Up from the STICH Trial. European Journal of Heart Failure. 17(4). 453–463. 19 indexed citations
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Lang, Iréne, et al.. (1994). Expression of type 1 plasminogen activator inhibitor in chronic pulmonary thromboemboli.. Circulation. 89(6). 2715–2721. 81 indexed citations

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