Nico A. Blom

17.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
273 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Nico A. Blom is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Epidemiology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Nico A. Blom has authored 273 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 187 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 159 papers in Epidemiology and 81 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Nico A. Blom's work include Congenital Heart Disease Studies (154 papers), Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (91 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (49 papers). Nico A. Blom is often cited by papers focused on Congenital Heart Disease Studies (154 papers), Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (91 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (49 papers). Nico A. Blom collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and United Kingdom. Nico A. Blom's co-authors include Arthur A.M. Wilde, Arend D.J. ten Harkel, Jaap Ottenkamp, Mark G. Hazekamp, Martin J. Schalij, Arno A.W. Roest, Peter J. Schwartz, Josép Brugada, Adriana C. Gittenberger–de Groot and Silvia G. Priori and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Nico A. Blom

260 papers receiving 7.1k 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.

HRS/EHRA/APHRS Expert Consensus Statement on the Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Inherited Primary Arrhythmia Syndromes

2013 1.2k citations Arthur A.M. Wilde, Nico A. Blom et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nico A. Blom Netherlands	41	5.4k	2.8k	1.7k	1.7k	1.4k	273	7.3k
Erwin Oechslin Canada	48	6.9k 1.3×	3.9k 1.4×	1.4k 0.8×	2.3k 1.3×	2.6k 1.9×	187	9.1k
Robert M. Hamilton Canada	42	4.8k 0.9×	1.3k 0.5×	836 0.5×	649 0.4×	1.3k 0.9×	151	6.3k
Bettina F. Cuneo United States	31	2.2k 0.4×	2.3k 0.8×	824 0.5×	879 0.5×	1.0k 0.7×	122	4.1k
Joseph K. Perloff United States	50	5.6k 1.0×	3.2k 1.2×	1.3k 0.7×	2.8k 1.6×	2.1k 1.5×	210	8.5k
Emmanuel Touzé France	48	1.5k 0.3×	2.8k 1.0×	407 0.2×	3.3k 1.9×	900 0.7×	199	7.2k
Edward P. Walsh United States	60	10.6k 2.0×	7.5k 2.7×	448 0.3×	3.8k 2.2×	4.0k 2.9×	209	13.6k
Wayne Tworetzky United States	42	2.8k 0.5×	5.2k 1.9×	757 0.4×	2.4k 1.4×	2.7k 1.9×	123	6.3k
Charles S. Kleinman United States	48	3.1k 0.6×	4.5k 1.6×	514 0.3×	2.8k 1.6×	2.2k 1.6×	130	7.3k
Michael D. Taylor United States	33	1.8k 0.3×	596 0.2×	861 0.5×	523 0.3×	1.2k 0.9×	168	3.8k
Maurice Lev United States	43	5.1k 1.0×	3.2k 1.1×	633 0.4×	2.2k 1.3×	2.6k 1.9×	261	7.7k

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Jonas, Kim, Elona Toska, Fareed Abdullah, et al.. (2025). “I will take PrEP because that’s what will help me not to get infected with HIV”: barriers to and facilitators of pre-exposure prophylaxis and condom use among adolescent girls and young women enrolled in a school-based HIV prevention program in South Africa. Frontiers in Public Health. 13. 1616261–1616261.

Hulst, Annelies E. van der, Arjan Malekzadeh, Nico A. Blom, et al.. (2025). Cardiorespiratory fitness in children with surgically corrected congenital heart disease: A meta-analysis and meta-regression. Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine. 35(7). 417–426.

Jongbloed, Monique R.M., Mark G. Hazekamp, Jean‐Benoît Thambo, et al.. (2024). Three-dimensional cardiac magnetic resonance allows the identification of slow-conducting anatomical isthmuses in tetralogy of Fallot. European Heart Journal. 45(23). 2079–2094. 6 indexed citations

Koopmann, Tamara T., Jeffrey M. Vinocur, Nico A. Blom, et al.. (2024). Reduced kinase function in two ultra‐rare TNNI3K variants in families with congenital junctional ectopic tachycardia. Clinical Genetics. 106(1). 37–46. 2 indexed citations

Gibson, Harry W., et al.. (2024). Prognosis and clinical management of asymptomatic family members with RYR2-mediated catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia: a review. Cardiology in the Young. 34(6). 1182–1189.

Kaski, Juan Pablo, Janneke A.E. Kammeraad, Nico A. Blom, et al.. (2023). Indications and management of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy in childhood hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Cardiology in the Young. 33(5). 681–698. 8 indexed citations

Straver, Bart, Lukas Rammeloo, Nathan D. Hahurij, et al.. (2023). Balloon atrial septostomy for transposition of the great arteries: Safety and experience with the Z‐5 balloon catheter. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 103(2). 308–316. 1 indexed citations

Neumann, Benjamin, Arja S. Vink, B J M Hermans, et al.. (2023). Manual vs. automatic assessment of the QT-interval and corrected QT. EP Europace. 25(9). 10 indexed citations

Vink, Arja S., B J M Hermans, Veronique M.F. Meijborg, et al.. (2023). Diagnostic Accuracy of the Standing Test in Adults Suspected for Congenital Long‐QT Syndrome. Journal of the American Heart Association. 12(14). e026419–e026419. 3 indexed citations

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Blom, Nico A., J. Gert van Dijk, Robert Reijntjes, et al.. (2022). Orthostatic stress response in pediatric Fontan patients and the effect of ACE inhibition. PLoS ONE. 17(9). e0273940–e0273940. 2 indexed citations

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Silvetti, Massimo Stefano, Luc Bruyndonckx, Alice Maltret, et al.. (2022). The SIDECAR project: S-IcD registry in European paediatriC and young Adult patients with congenital heaRt defects. EP Europace. 25(2). 460–468. 15 indexed citations

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Baart, Sara J., Roel L.F. van der Palen, Hein Putter, et al.. (2021). Joint Modeling of Longitudinal Markers and Time-to-Event Outcomes: An Application and Tutorial in Patients After Surgical Repair of Transposition of the Great Arteries. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 14(11). e007593–e007593. 13 indexed citations

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Palen, Roel L.F. van der, Nico A. Blom, Irene M. Kuipers, et al.. (2021). Long-term outcome after the arterial switch operation: 43 years of experience. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 59(5). 968–977. 26 indexed citations

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Blom, Nico A., Irene M. Kuipers, Lukas Rammeloo, et al.. (2021). 3-Month Enalapril Treatment in Pediatric Fontan Patients With Moderate to Good Systolic Ventricular Function. The American Journal of Cardiology. 163. 98–103. 9 indexed citations

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Palen, Roel L.F. van der, Lucia J.M. Kroft, Mark G. Hazekamp, et al.. (2020). Wall shear stress in the thoracic aorta at rest and with dobutamine stress after arterial switch operation. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 59(4). 814–822. 5 indexed citations

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Palen, Roel L.F. van der, Teun van der Bom, Roula Tsonaka, et al.. (2019). Progression of aortic root dilatation and aortic valve regurgitation after the arterial switch operation. Heart. 105(22). 1732–1740. 43 indexed citations

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Sedmera, David, et al.. (2018). Apoptosis and epicardial contributions act as complementary factors in remodeling of the atrioventricular canal myocardium and atrioventricular conduction patterns in the embryonic chick heart. Developmental Dynamics. 247(9). 1033–1042. 8 indexed citations

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Velzen, C. L. van, Eva Pajkrt, Sally‐Ann B. Clur, et al.. (2016). Pregnancy complications in singleton pregnancies with isolated fetal heart defects. Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 95(11). 1273–1280. 8 indexed citations

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Romeih, Soha, Maarten Groenink, Arno A.W. Roest, et al.. (2011). Exercise capacity and cardiac reserve in children and adolescents with corrected pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum after univentricular palliation and biventricular repair. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 143(3). 569–575. 16 indexed citations

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Blom, Nico A., et al.. (2010). CTY volume 20 issue S2 Cover and Front matter. Cardiology in the Young. 20(S2). f1–f34. 1 indexed citations

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