Nico Westerhof

18.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
250 papers, 13.4k citations indexed

About

Nico Westerhof is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Nico Westerhof has authored 250 papers receiving a total of 13.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 193 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 86 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 50 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Nico Westerhof's work include Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (113 papers), Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments (70 papers) and Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention (68 papers). Nico Westerhof is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (113 papers), Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments (70 papers) and Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention (68 papers). Nico Westerhof collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Switzerland. Nico Westerhof's co-authors include Anton Vonk Noordegraaf, Berend E. Westerhof, Nikolaos Stergiopulos, Jan‐Willem Lankhaar, P. Sipkema, G. Elzinga, Pieter E. Postmus, J. Tim Marcus, Anco Boonstra and Harm Jan Bogaard and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Physiological Reviews and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Nico Westerhof

247 papers receiving 13.1k 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.

The arterial Windkessel

2008 786 citations Nico Westerhof, Berend E. Westerhof et al. profile →
Progressive Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Responding to Therapy

2011 601 citations Mariëlle C. van de Veerdonk, Taco Kind et al. profile →
The Relationship Between the Right Ventricle and its Load in Pulmonary Hypertension

2017 511 citations Anton Vonk Noordegraaf, Berend E. Westerhof et al. profile →
An artificial arterial system for pumping hearts.

1971 421 citations Nico Westerhof et al. profile →

Peers

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Michael F. O’Rourke Australia

Ingela Schnittger United States

Kunio Miyatake Japan

Alberto Avolio Australia

Bijoy K. Khandheria United States

Martin St. John Sutton United States

William C. Little United States

Robert S. Reneman Netherlands

Peter Hanrath Germany

Arnold P.G. Hoeks Netherlands

Michael F. O’Rourke Australia

Nico Westerhof

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4.6k ×1.6

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2.6k ×1.5

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Citations per year, relative to Nico Westerhof Nico Westerhof (= 1×) peers Michael F. O’Rourke

Countries citing papers authored by Nico Westerhof

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nico Westerhof

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nico Westerhof. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nico Westerhof based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Nico Westerhof. Nico Westerhof is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Westerhof, Berend E., et al.. (2020). Reflections Revisited, Reinterpretation Required. Artery Research. 26(2). 117–120. 1 indexed citations

Maksuti, Elira, Nico Westerhof, Berend E. Westerhof, Michael Broomé, & Nikolaos Stergiopulos. (2016). Contribution of the Arterial System and the Heart to Blood Pressure during Normal Aging – A Simulation Study. PLoS ONE. 11(6). e0157493–e0157493. 24 indexed citations

Spruijt, Onno A., Frances S. de Man, Herman Groepenhoff, et al.. (2015). The Effects of Exercise on Right Ventricular Contractility and Right Ventricular–Arterial Coupling in Pulmonary Hypertension. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 191(9). 1050–1057. 135 indexed citations

Ruiter, Gerrina, Emmy Manders, Chris Happé, et al.. (2015). Intravenous Iron Therapy in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Iron Deficiency. Pulmonary Circulation. 5(3). 466–472. 77 indexed citations

Ruiter, Gerrina, Pieter G. Raijmakers, Marc C. Huisman, et al.. (2013). Pulmonary 2‐Deoxy‐2‐[¹⁸F]‐Fluoro‐D‐Glucose Uptake is Low in Treated Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Pulmonary Circulation. 3(3). 647–653. 14 indexed citations

Kind, Taco, Gerrina Ruiter, Theo J. C. Faes, et al.. (2011). Estimation of right ventricular isovolumic pressure in experimental pulmonary hypertension from a single ejecting beat. European Respiratory Journal. 38(Suppl 55). p1520–p1520. 1 indexed citations

Westerhof, Nico, Gerrina Ruiter, Mark Lubberink, et al.. (2011). Systolic Pulmonary Artery Pressure and Heart Rate are Main Determinants of Oxygen Consumption in the Right Ventricular Myocardium of Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. European Journal of Heart Failure. 13(12). 1290–1295. 30 indexed citations

Groepenhoff, Herman, Nico Westerhof, Wouter Jacobs, et al.. (2010). Exercise Stroke Volume and Heart Rate Response Differ in Right and Left Heart Failure. European Journal of Heart Failure. 12(7). 716–720. 33 indexed citations

Man, Frances S. de, Hieronymus W. H. van Hees, M. Louis Handoko, et al.. (2010). Diaphragm Muscle Fiber Weakness in Pulmonary Hypertension. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 183(10). 1411–1418. 63 indexed citations

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Saouti, Nabil, Nico Westerhof, Frank Helderman, et al.. (2010). Right Ventricular Oscillatory Power Is a Constant Fraction of Total Power Irrespective of Pulmonary Artery Pressure. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 182(10). 1315–1320. 102 indexed citations

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Wolferen, S. A. van, Mariëlle C. van de Veerdonk, Gert-Jan Mauritz, et al.. (2010). Clinically Significant Change in Stroke Volume in Pulmonary Hypertension. CHEST Journal. 139(5). 1003–1009. 83 indexed citations

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Man, Frances S. de, M. Louis Handoko, Herman Groepenhoff, et al.. (2009). Effects of exercise training in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension. European Respiratory Journal. 34(3). 669–675. 159 indexed citations

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Eringa, Etto C., Coen D.A. Stehouwer, Andrew Clark, et al.. (2005). Physiological Concentrations of Insulin Induce Endothelin-Dependent Vasoconstriction of Skeletal Muscle Resistance Arteries in the Presence of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Dependence on c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 26(2). 274–280. 67 indexed citations

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Schram, Miranda T., Ronald M.A. Henry, Rob A.J.M. van Dijk, et al.. (2004). Increased central artery stiffness in impaired glucose and type 2 diabetes. Hypertension. 43(2). 1 indexed citations

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Snijder, MB, Marjolein Visser, Joost Dekker, et al.. (2004). Regional body composition as a determinant of arterial stiffness in the elderly. The Hoorn Study. International Journal of Obesity. 28. 5 indexed citations

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Segers, Patrick, Nikolaos Stergiopulos, & Nico Westerhof. (2000). Quantifying the contribution of cardiac and arterial remodeling to hypertension.. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 4 indexed citations

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Stergiopulos, Nikolaos & Nico Westerhof. (1999). Role of total arterial compliance and peripheral resistance in the determination of systolic and diastolic aortic pressure.. PubMed. 47(6). 641–7. 20 indexed citations

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Strackee, J. & Nico Westerhof. (1993). The Physics of heart and circulation. 22 indexed citations

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Gattullo, D, et al.. (1993). Ventricular distension and diastolic coronary blood flow in the anaesthetized dog. Basic Research in Cardiology. 88(4). 340–349. 7 indexed citations

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Rossum, Albert C. van, et al.. (1992). Global left ventricular perfusion: noninvasive measurement with cine MR imaging and phase velocity mapping of coronary venous outflow.. Radiology. 182(3). 685–691. 77 indexed citations

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