Piet Claus

14.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
316 papers, 10.0k citations indexed

About

Piet Claus is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Piet Claus has authored 316 papers receiving a total of 10.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 230 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 120 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 59 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Piet Claus's work include Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (161 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (92 papers) and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (56 papers). Piet Claus is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (161 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (92 papers) and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (56 papers). Piet Claus collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United States and Australia. Piet Claus's co-authors include Bart Bijnens, Jan D’hooge, George R. Sutherland, Frank Rademakers, André La Gerche, Eike Nagel, Gianni Pedrizzetti, Guido Claessen, Lieven Herbots and Hein Heidbüchel and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Circulation and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Piet Claus

302 papers receiving 9.7k 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.

Tissue Tracking Technology for Assessing Cardiac Mechanics

2015 321 citations Piet Claus et al. profile →
Principles of cardiovascular magnetic resonance feature tracking and echocardiographic speckle tracking for informed clinical use

2016 286 citations Piet Claus et al. profile →

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Fields of papers citing papers by Piet Claus

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Piet Claus

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation in patients with refractory ventricular tachycardia: a systematic review and meta-analysis 2025 ·Heart ·Eveline R. Goethals, (unknown), Robin De Roover, Kenneth Poels, Cédric Draulans, Eef Dries, Tom Depuydt, Patrick Berkovic, Gábor Vörös, Piet Claus, Steven Dymarkowski, J. Bogaert, Joris Ector, Bert Vandenberk	0
2	Recombinant human placental growth factor-2 in post-infarction left ventricular dysfunction: a randomized, placebo-controlled, preclinical study 2024 ·Basic Research in Cardiology ·(unknown), Péter Pokreisz, Piet Claus, Andrea Casazza, Hilde Gillijns, (unknown), (unknown), Ann Belmans, Geert Reyns, Désiré Collen, Stefan Janssens	1
3	Feature-based clustering of the left ventricular strain curve for cardiovascular risk stratification in the general population 2023 ·Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine ·(unknown), Nicholas Cauwenberghs, (unknown), (unknown), François Haddad, Piet Claus, Tatiana Kuznetsova	1
4	Regional beat-to-beat variability of repolarization increases during ischemia and predicts imminent arrhythmias in a pig model of myocardial infarction 2023 ·American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology ·Matthew Amoni, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sabine Van Huffel, Carolina Varon, Karin R. Sipido, Piet Claus, Rik Willems	2
5	Lifelong endurance exercise and its relation with coronary atherosclerosis 2023 ·European Heart Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), Piet Claus, Jan Bogaert, Steven Dymarkowski, Kaatje Goetschalckx, Olivier Ghekiere, Caroline M. Van De Heyning, Koen Van Herck, Bernard P. Paelinck, (unknown), André La Gerche, Lieven Herbots, Rik Willems, Hein Heidbüchel, Guido Claessen	71
6	The hemodynamic interplay between pulmonary ischemia-reperfusion injury and right ventricular function in lung transplantation: a translational porcine model 2023 ·American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology ·(unknown), Tom Verbelen, Anna E. Frick, Arno Vanstapel, (unknown), (unknown), Jan Van Slambrouck, Janne Kaes, Xin Jin, Walter Coudyzer, Stijn E. Verleden, Geert M. Verleden, Bart Vanaudenaerde, Dirk Van Raemdonck, Robin Vos, Laurens J. Ceulemans, Piet Claus, Arne Neyrinck	3
7	Heterogeneity of Repolarization and Cell-Cell Variability of Cardiomyocyte Remodeling Within the Myocardial Infarction Border Zone Contribute to Arrhythmia Susceptibility 2023 ·Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology ·Matthew Amoni, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Guillaume Gilbert, (unknown), Bernard Thienpont, Rik Willems, H. Llewelyn Roderick, Piet Claus, Karin R. Sipido	10
8	Electric Field-Based Spatial Analysis of Noncontact Unipolar Electrograms to Map Regional Activation-Repolarization Intervals 2023 ·JACC. Clinical electrophysiology ·(unknown), Matthew Amoni, (unknown), Karin R. Sipido, Rik Willems, Piet Claus	2
9	Exercise for the Prevention of Anthracycline-Induced Functional Disability and Cardiac Dysfunction: The BREXIT Study 2022 ·Circulation ·Stephen Foulkes, Erin J. Howden, Mark J. Haykowsky, Yoland Antill, Agus Salim, Sophie Nightingale, Sherene Loi, Piet Claus, Kristel Janssens, A Mitchell, Leah Wright, Ben Costello, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Robin M. Daly, Steve F. Fraser, André La Gerche	64
10	Use of 3D anatomical models in mock circulatory loops for cardiac medical device testing 2022 ·Artificial Organs ·(unknown), (unknown), Piet Claus, Jan D’hooge, Bart Meyns, Libera Fresiello	8
11	Impaired biventricular contractile reserve in patients with diastolic dysfunction: insights from exercise stress echocardiography 2022 ·European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging ·Mathias Claeys, Thibault Petit, André La Gerche, Lieven Herbots, Piet Claus, (unknown), Walter Droogné, Johan Van Cleemput, Jens‐Uwe Voigt, Marion Delcroix, Stefan Janssens, Rik Willems, Jan Verwerft, Guido Claessen	5
12	Adverse functional remodelling of the subpulmonary left ventricle in patients with a systemic right ventricle is associated with clinical outcome 2021 ·European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging ·(unknown), (unknown), Alexander Van De Bruaene, Pieter De Meester, (unknown), Els Troost, Philip Moons, Piet Claus, Filip Rega, Jan Bogaert, Werner Budts	12
13	Right ventricular strain rate during exercise accurately identifies male athletes with right ventricular arrhythmias 2019 ·European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging ·Mathias Claeys, Guido Claessen, Piet Claus, (unknown), (unknown), Jens‐Uwe Voigt, Rik Willems, Hein Heidbüchel, André La Gerche	16
14	Non-invasive myocardial performance mapping using 3D echocardiographic stress–strain loops 2019 ·Physics in Medicine and Biology ·João Pedrosa, Jürgen Duchenne, Sandro Queirós, (unknown), Olivier Gheysens, Piet Claus, Jens‐Uwe Voigt, Jan D’hooge	1
15	What is the papillary muscle contribution to LV function in dilated hearts 2016 ·European Heart Journal ·Jürgen Duchenne, Anna Turco, Piet Claus, Kathleen Vunckx, Johan Nuyts, Efstathios D. Pagourelias, Filip Rega, Olivier Gheysens, Jens‐Uwe Voigt	1
16	Pulmonary Vascular and Right Ventricular Reserve in Patients With Normalized Resting Hemodynamics After Pulmonary Endarterectomy 2015 ·Journal of the American Heart Association ·Guido Claessen, André La Gerche, Steven Dymarkowski, Piet Claus, Marion Delcroix, Hein Heidbüchel	77
17	Two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography: standardization efforts based on synthetic ultrasound data 2015 ·European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging ·Jan D’hooge, Daniel Barbosa, Hang Gao, Piet Claus, David Prater, Jamie Hamilton, Peter Lysyansky, Yasuhiko Abe, Yasuhiro Ito, Hélène Houle, Stefano Pedri, Rolf Baumann, James D. Thomas, Luigi P. Badano	64
18	Aluminium based components with enhanced characteristics through advanced squeeze casting process 2013 ·Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale ·Mario Rosso, Ildiko Peter, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Piet Claus	4
19	Quantifying myocardial deformation throughout the cardiac cycle - A comparison of ultrasound strain rate, grey-scale M-mode and magnetic resonance imaging 2003 ·Circulation ·Lieven Herbots, Frederik Maes, Jan D’hooge, Piet Claus, Steven Dymarkowski, Paul Mertens, Alex Maes, Jan Bogaert, Bart Bijnens, Frank Rademakers, GR Sutherland	1
20	Myocardial function defined by strain rate and strain during alterations in inotropic states and heart rate 2002 ·American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology ·Frank Weidemann, Fadi Jamal, George R. Sutherland, Piet Claus, Mirosław Kowalski, Liv Hatle, Ivan De Scheerder, Bart Bijnens, Frank Rademakers	334

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