Prashanthan Sanders

69.9k total citations · 21 hit papers
692 papers, 34.8k citations indexed

About

Prashanthan Sanders is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Prashanthan Sanders has authored 692 papers receiving a total of 34.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 618 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 75 papers in Surgery and 55 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Prashanthan Sanders's work include Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (423 papers), Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (366 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (222 papers). Prashanthan Sanders is often cited by papers focused on Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (423 papers), Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (366 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (222 papers). Prashanthan Sanders collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and France. Prashanthan Sanders's co-authors include Dennis H. Lau, Jonathan M. Kalman, Pierre Jaı̈s, Mélèze Hocini, Rajiv Mahajan, Jacques Clémenty, Michel Haı̈ssaguerre, Anthony G. Brooks, Melissa E. Middeldorp and Yoshihide Takahashi and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Prashanthan Sanders

655 papers receiving 34.0k citations

Hit Papers

Obesity and Cardiovascula... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2021 2015 2018 2005 2015 500 1000 1.5k
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. Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
    2021 2.0k citations Prashanthan Sanders et al. profile →
  2. Approaches to Catheter Ablation for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
    2015 1.5k citations Atul Verma, Prashanthan Sanders et al. profile →
  3. Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation with Heart Failure
    2018 1.5k citations Prashanthan Sanders et al. profile →
  4. Spectral Analysis Identifies Sites of High-Frequency Activity Maintaining Atrial Fibrillation in Humans
    2005 617 citations Prashanthan Sanders et al. profile →
  5. Long-Term Effect of Goal-Directed Weight Management in an Atrial Fibrillation Cohort
    2015 594 citations Rajeev K. Pathak, Melissa E. Middeldorp et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  6. Aggressive Risk Factor Reduction Study for Atrial Fibrillation and Implications for the Outcome of Ablation
    2014 591 citations Rajeev K. Pathak, Melissa E. Middeldorp et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  7. Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation in Congestive Heart Failure
    2004 576 citations Prashanthan Sanders et al. profile →
  8. Long‐term Outcomes of Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis
    2013 545 citations Anand N. Ganesan, N. Shipp et al. Journal of the American Heart Association profile →
  9. Catheter Ablation of Long‐Lasting Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: Clinical Outcome and Mechanisms of Subsequent Arrhythmias
    2005 535 citations Prashanthan Sanders et al. profile →
  10. Technique and Results of Linear Ablation at the Mitral Isthmus
    2004 523 citations Prashanthan Sanders et al. profile →
  11. Effect of Weight Reduction and Cardiometabolic Risk Factor Management on Symptom Burden and Severity in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
    2013 498 citations Melissa E. Middeldorp, Dennis H. Lau et al. profile →
  12. Modifiable Risk Factors and Atrial Fibrillation
    2017 391 citations Dennis H. Lau, Jonathan M. Kalman et al. profile →
  13. Epidemiology of Sudden Cardiac Death: Global and Regional Perspectives
    2018 333 citations Christopher X. Wong, Dennis H. Lau et al. profile →
  14. Impact of CARDIOrespiratory FITness on Arrhythmia Recurrence in Obese Individuals With Atrial Fibrillation
    2015 330 citations Rajeev K. Pathak, Adrian D. Elliott et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  15. Obesity and Atrial Fibrillation Prevalence, Pathogenesis, and Prognosis
    2017 330 citations Dennis H. Lau, Prashanthan Sanders et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  16. Electrophysiological, Electroanatomical, and Structural Remodeling of the Atria as Consequences of Sustained Obesity
    2015 305 citations Rajiv Mahajan, Dennis H. Lau et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
  17. Lifestyle and Risk Factor Modification for Reduction of Atrial Fibrillation: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
    2020 299 citations Prashanthan Sanders et al. profile →
  18. Pulsed Field Ablation for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: PULSED AF Pivotal Trial
    2023 277 citations Atul Verma, Prashanthan Sanders et al. profile →
  19. Associations of Obstructive Sleep Apnea With Atrial Fibrillation and Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Treatment
    2018 246 citations Dominik Linz, Jonathan M. Kalman et al. profile →
  20. Epidemiology and modifiable risk factors for atrial fibrillation
    2023 185 citations Adrian D. Elliott, Melissa E. Middeldorp et al. profile →
  21. Safety and effectiveness of the first balloon-in-basket pulsed field ablation system for the treatment of atrial fibrillation: VOLT CE Mark Study 6-month results
    2025 14 citations Prashanthan Sanders, Jonathan M. Kalman et al. EP Europace profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Prashanthan Sanders Australia 90 30.4k 3.1k 2.3k 2.1k 1.5k 692 34.8k
William G. Stevenson United States 80 32.6k 1.1× 3.2k 1.0× 1.8k 0.8× 2.7k 1.3× 2.0k 1.3× 471 35.8k
Juhani Airaksinen Finland 62 11.0k 0.4× 3.1k 1.0× 1.0k 0.4× 1.8k 0.9× 1.1k 0.7× 474 14.6k
Elsayed Z. Soliman United States 67 14.9k 0.5× 1.4k 0.4× 826 0.4× 2.2k 1.1× 2.1k 1.4× 628 18.9k
Alan S. Maisel United States 74 16.6k 0.5× 3.4k 1.1× 1.5k 0.7× 1.6k 0.8× 2.9k 1.9× 423 23.2k
Frank Ruschitzka Switzerland 61 14.8k 0.5× 3.8k 1.2× 1.6k 0.7× 2.2k 1.0× 1.5k 1.0× 384 21.4k
Julio A. Chirinos United States 59 9.1k 0.3× 1.9k 0.6× 1.5k 0.7× 1.5k 0.7× 1.8k 1.1× 255 14.0k
Ernst Rietzschel Belgium 46 19.8k 0.7× 4.4k 1.4× 1.9k 0.8× 5.5k 2.7× 3.0k 1.9× 125 25.4k
Massimo Piepoli Italy 74 16.6k 0.5× 2.3k 0.7× 1.9k 0.9× 1.6k 0.8× 1.6k 1.0× 349 21.6k
Jonathan M. Kalman Australia 78 22.2k 0.7× 1.9k 0.6× 1.1k 0.5× 1.6k 0.8× 1.0k 0.7× 439 24.0k
Pentti M. Rautaharju United States 58 13.9k 0.5× 2.0k 0.6× 939 0.4× 2.3k 1.1× 1.3k 0.9× 188 18.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Abbas, Mohamed, G. N. C. Kenny, Melissa E. Middeldorp, et al.. (2025). The association of age and left atrial dysfunction in patients with atrial fibrillation. Heart Rhythm. 22(12). e1137–e1145.
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Mishima, Ricardo S., Kadhim Kadhim, Mehrdad Emami, et al.. (2024). Utility and Validity of the HFA-PEFF and H2FPEF Scores in Patients With Symptomatic Atrial Fibrillation. JACC Heart Failure. 12(6). 1015–1025. 3 indexed citations
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Gawałko, Monika, Melissa E. Middeldorp, Arnela Saljic, et al.. (2024). Diet and risk of atrial fibrillation: a systematic review. European Heart Journal. 45(40). 4259–4274. 5 indexed citations
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Wijesuriya, Nadeev, Vishal Mehta, Sandra Howell, et al.. (2024). Left ventricular electrical delay predicts volumetric response to leadless cardiac resynchronization therapy. Heart Rhythm. 22(2). 357–364.
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Malik, Varun, et al.. (2023). Sympathetic Denervation Abolishes Recurrent Ventricular Fibrillation and Intractable Coronary Spasm. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology. 10(5). 1017–1020. 3 indexed citations
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Elliott, Adrian D., Jonathan Ariyaratnam, Erin J. Howden, André La Gerche, & Prashanthan Sanders. (2023). Influence of exercise training on the left atrium: implications for atrial fibrillation, heart failure, and stroke. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 325(4). H822–H836. 13 indexed citations
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Singh, Jagmeet P., Mary Norine Walsh, Spencer H. Kubo, et al.. (2021). Modified design of stimulation of the left ventricular endocardium for cardiac resynchronization therapy in nonresponders, previously untreatable and high-risk upgrade patients (SOLVE-CRT) trial. American Heart Journal. 235. 158–162. 8 indexed citations
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O’Shea, Catherine, Melissa E. Middeldorp, Gijo Thomas, et al.. (2021). Atrial fibrillation burden during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. EP Europace. 23(9). 1493–1501. 21 indexed citations
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Elliott, Adrian D., Dominik Linz, Ricardo S. Mishima, et al.. (2020). Association between physical activity and risk of incident arrhythmias in 402 406 individuals: evidence from the UK Biobank cohort. European Heart Journal. 41(15). 1479–1486. 112 indexed citations
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Middeldorp, Melissa E., et al.. (2020). Risk Factor Management Before and After Atrial Fibrillation Ablation. Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics. 12(2). 141–154. 6 indexed citations
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McGavigan, Andrew D., Shivshankar Thanigaimani, Jonathan M. Kalman, et al.. (2018). Temporal stability and specificity of high bipolar electrogram entropy regions in sustained atrial fibrillation: Implications for mapping. Journal of Electrocardiology. 53. 18–27. 5 indexed citations
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Verma, Atul, Andrew C.T. Ha, Paulus Kirchhof, et al.. (2017). The Optimal Anti-Coagulation for Enhanced-Risk Patients Post–Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation (OCEAN) trial. American Heart Journal. 197. 124–132. 42 indexed citations
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Steele, Peter M., Stephen G. Worthley, S. Willoughby, et al.. (2017). Noninvasive Assessment of Cardiopulmonary Reserve: Toward Early Detection of Pulmonary Vascular Disease. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 195(3). 398–401. 3 indexed citations
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Pathak, Rajeev K., Melissa E. Middeldorp, Megan Meredith, et al.. (2015). Long-Term Effect of Goal-Directed Weight Management in an Atrial Fibrillation Cohort. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 65(20). 2159–2169. 594 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ganesan, Anand N., N. Shipp, Anthony G. Brooks, et al.. (2013). Long‐term Outcomes of Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis. Journal of the American Heart Association. 2(2). e004549–e004549. 545 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kabir, Muammar, H. Dimitri, Prashanthan Sanders, et al.. (2011). Quantification of cardio-respiratory interactions in patients with mild obstructive sleep apnea syndrome using joint symbolic dynamics. Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide). 41–44. 1 indexed citations
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Lau, Dennis H., M. Alasady, Anthony G. Brooks, & Prashanthan Sanders. (2010). New-onset atrial fibrillation and acute coronary syndrome. Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy. 8(7). 941–948. 34 indexed citations
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Stiles, Martin K., Christopher X. Wong, Bobby John, et al.. (2010). Characterization of Atrial Remodeling Studied Remote from Episodes of Typical Atrial Flutter. The American Journal of Cardiology. 106(4). 528–534. 18 indexed citations
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Wong, Christopher X., Michelle T. Sun, Anthony G. Brooks, et al.. (2009). Impact of research presentations at the annual scientific sessions of the Heart Rhythm Society. Heart Rhythm. 6(9). 1345–1348. 7 indexed citations

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