Patrick Badertscher

6.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
117 papers, 840 citations indexed

About

Patrick Badertscher is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick Badertscher has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 840 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 17 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 10 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Patrick Badertscher's work include Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (68 papers), Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (64 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (35 papers). Patrick Badertscher is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (68 papers), Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (64 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (35 papers). Patrick Badertscher collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Chile and United States. Patrick Badertscher's co-authors include Christian Mueller, Christian Sticherling, Michael Kühne, Sven Knecht, Thomas Nestelberger, Jasper Boeddinghaus, Raphael Twerenbold, María Rubini Giménez, Stefan Osswald and Karin Wildi and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of Internal Medicine, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Patrick Badertscher

100 papers receiving 822 citations

Hit Papers

Clinical Validation of 5 Direct-to-Consumer Wearable Smar... 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 25 50 75
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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.

  1. Clinical Validation of 5 Direct-to-Consumer Wearable Smart Devices to Detect Atrial Fibrillation
    2023 77 citations Sven Knecht, Jeanne du Fay de Lavallaz et al. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Patrick Badertscher Switzerland 16 703 188 95 57 53 117 840
Carsten Lennerz Germany 15 679 1.0× 62 0.3× 79 0.8× 49 0.9× 38 0.7× 76 777
Waddah Maskoun United States 10 656 0.9× 121 0.6× 133 1.4× 20 0.4× 21 0.4× 27 781
Luis R. Scott United States 13 750 1.1× 126 0.7× 103 1.1× 43 0.8× 42 0.8× 55 868
Matthew K. Burrage United Kingdom 14 418 0.6× 306 1.6× 99 1.0× 53 0.9× 58 1.1× 42 579
Esra Gücük İpek United States 19 820 1.2× 335 1.8× 68 0.7× 29 0.5× 29 0.5× 39 945
Borislav Dinov Germany 22 1.5k 2.2× 88 0.5× 115 1.2× 48 0.8× 50 0.9× 100 1.6k
Jonathan Peng United States 5 682 1.0× 167 0.9× 44 0.5× 14 0.2× 52 1.0× 7 721
Vanessa Sciacca Germany 13 632 0.9× 63 0.3× 35 0.4× 27 0.5× 36 0.7× 74 706
Ashok J. Shah France 24 1.9k 2.7× 112 0.6× 85 0.9× 30 0.5× 115 2.2× 90 2.0k
Ulrike Wetzel Germany 18 1.3k 1.8× 69 0.4× 114 1.2× 31 0.5× 76 1.4× 38 1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patrick Badertscher

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All Works

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Krisai, Philipp, Sven Knecht, Nicolas Schaerli, et al.. (2025). Comparison of Two Different Pulsed Field Ablation Systems: The Dual Pulse System Study. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 36(11). 2955–2962. 1 indexed citations
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Badertscher, Patrick, Jeanne du Fay de Lavallaz, Tobias Reichlin, et al.. (2025). Pulsed-field ablation vs. thermal ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. EP Europace. 27(8). 2 indexed citations
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Badertscher, Patrick, Sven Knecht, Philipp Krisai, et al.. (2024). Pulsed field ablation for atrial fibrillation with a novel simplified protocol: The PFA dose study. Heart Rhythm. 22(6). 1375–1383. 5 indexed citations
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Kueffer, Thomas, Sven Knecht, Patrick Badertscher, et al.. (2024). Impact of shortening the blanking period to 8 weeks after PVI: Insights from COMPARE-CRYO using continuous rhythm monitoring. Heart Rhythm. 22(11). 2801–2809. 2 indexed citations
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Knecht, Sven, Philipp Krisai, Stefan Osswald, et al.. (2024). Incidence of acute pericarditis after pulsed-field ablation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation. EP Europace. 26(7). 4 indexed citations
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Badertscher, Patrick, Teodor Serban, Philipp Krisai, et al.. (2024). Role of 3D electro-anatomical mapping on procedural characteristics and outcomes in pulsed-field ablation for atrial fibrillation. EP Europace. 26(4). 10 indexed citations
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Reichlin, Tobias, Thomas Kueffer, Sven Knecht, et al.. (2024). PolarX vs Arctic Front for Cryoballoon Ablation of Paroxysmal AF. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology. 10(7). 1367–1376. 8 indexed citations
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Küffer, Thomas, Babken Asatryan, Patrick Badertscher, et al.. (2023). Validation of a clinical model for predicting left versus right ventricular outflow tract origin of idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 46(10). 1186–1196. 1 indexed citations
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Badertscher, Patrick, Sven Knecht, Philipp Krisai, et al.. (2023). Efficacy and safety of pulmonary vein isolation with pulsed field ablation vs. novel cryoballoon ablation system for atrial fibrillation. EP Europace. 25(12). 29 indexed citations
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Schlageter, Vincent, Patrick Badertscher, Philipp Krisai, et al.. (2023). A single-beat algorithm to discriminate farfield from nearfield bipolar voltage electrograms from the pulmonary veins. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology. 66(9). 2047–2054. 2 indexed citations
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Kennedy, Alan R., Teodor Serban, Sven Knecht, et al.. (2023). Reducing the burden of inconclusive smart device single-lead ECG tracings via a novel artificial intelligence algorithm. PubMed. 5(1). 29–35. 4 indexed citations
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Serban, Teodor, Sorin Lazar, Philipp Krisai, et al.. (2023). Durability of pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis and systematic review. EP Europace. 25(11). 17 indexed citations
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Serfózó, Péter, Robin Sandkühler, Patrick Badertscher, et al.. (2023). An augmented reality–based method to assess precordial electrocardiogram leads: a feasibility trial. European Heart Journal - Digital Health. 4(5). 420–427. 3 indexed citations
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Badertscher, Patrick, Sven Knecht, Raban Jeger, et al.. (2022). Value of Periprocedural Electrophysiology Testing During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Risk Stratification of Patients With New‐Onset Left Bundle‐Branch Block. Journal of the American Heart Association. 11(15). e026239–e026239. 10 indexed citations
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Knecht, Sven, Patrick Badertscher, Philipp Krisai, et al.. (2022). Role of empirical isolation of the superior vena cava in patients with recurrence of atrial fibrillation after pulmonary vein isolation—a multi-center analysis. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology. 66(2). 435–443. 15 indexed citations
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Knecht, Sven, Christian Sticherling, Laurent Roten, et al.. (2022). Efficacy and safety of a novel cryoballoon ablation system: multicentre comparison of 1-year outcome. EP Europace. 24(12). 1926–1932. 16 indexed citations
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Badertscher, Patrick, Antonio Madaffari, Stefanie Aeschbacher, et al.. (2021). Non-invasive predictors for infranodal conduction delay in patients with left bundle branch block after TAVR. Clinical Research in Cardiology. 110(12). 1967–1976. 1 indexed citations

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