Ralf Erkens

693 total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 409 citations indexed

About

Ralf Erkens is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralf Erkens has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 409 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 8 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 6 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Ralf Erkens's work include Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (6 papers), Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (6 papers) and Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (5 papers). Ralf Erkens is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (6 papers), Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (6 papers) and Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (5 papers). Ralf Erkens collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Austria. Ralf Erkens's co-authors include Malte Kelm, Miriam M. Cortese‐Krott, Tatsiana Suvorava, Christian Jung, Christian M. Kramer, Bernhard Wernly, Maryna Masyuk, Raphael Romano Bruno, Georg Wolff and Shazia Afzal and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Free Radical Biology and Medicine and European Heart Journal.

In The Last Decade

Ralf Erkens

29 papers receiving 398 citations

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Virtual and augmented reality in critical care medicine: the patient’s, clinician’s, and researcher’s perspective

2022 112 citations Raphael Romano Bruno, Georg Wolff et al. Critical Care profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ralf Erkens Germany	9	102	99	87	86	59	31	409
Dorien Kiers Netherlands	13	112 1.1×	68 0.7×	125 1.4×	113 1.3×	107 1.8×	20	549
Ta‐Liang Chen Taiwan	8	88 0.9×	64 0.6×	90 1.0×	56 0.7×	27 0.5×	9	405
John S. Clemmer United States	14	51 0.5×	65 0.7×	62 0.7×	116 1.3×	49 0.8×	43	407
Sandrine Grosjean France	15	131 1.3×	113 1.1×	180 2.1×	143 1.7×	56 0.9×	21	611
Alan Vollmer United States	7	89 0.9×	141 1.4×	71 0.8×	173 2.0×	50 0.8×	9	486
Yao Qin China	12	114 1.1×	36 0.4×	39 0.4×	57 0.7×	59 1.0×	62	469
Yi‐Der Jiang Taiwan	14	131 1.3×	128 1.3×	47 0.5×	67 0.8×	106 1.8×	25	597
Wei-Kung Chen Taiwan	13	107 1.0×	66 0.7×	107 1.2×	63 0.7×	37 0.6×	17	504
Marco Simonini Italy	14	183 1.8×	66 0.7×	62 0.7×	166 1.9×	33 0.6×	43	568

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Quast, Christine, Verena Veulemans, Ralf Erkens, et al.. (2024). Roadmap fusion imaging in percutaneous coronary intervention reduces contrast medium exposure irrespective of investigator’s experience level. The Journal of invasive cardiology. 36(1). 1 indexed citations

Erkens, Ralf, Stefanie Becher, Mauro Siragusa, et al.. (2024). Inhibition of proline‐rich tyrosine kinase 2 restores cardioprotection by remote ischaemic preconditioning in type 2 diabetes. British Journal of Pharmacology. 181(21). 4174–4194. 2 indexed citations

Jung, Christian, et al.. (2024). Amiodarone Administration during Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Is Not Associated with Changes in Short-Term Mortality or Neurological Outcomes in Cardiac Arrest Patients with Shockable Rhythms. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 13(13). 3931–3931.

Wernly, Sarah, Georg Semmler, Maria Flamm, et al.. (2024). Association of cardiovascular health and educational status in a screening cohort. Central European Journal of Public Health. 32(1). 25–30. 1 indexed citations

Maier, Oliver, Georg Wolff, Maximilian Brockmeyer, et al.. (2024). A comparison of conventional and advanced 3D imaging techniques for percutaneous left atrial appendage closure. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 11. 1328906–1328906. 3 indexed citations

Bönner, Florian, Christian Jung, Amin Polzin, et al.. (2023). SYSTEMI - systemic organ communication in STEMI: design and rationale of a cohort study of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. 23(1). 232–232. 2 indexed citations

Quast, Christine, Karel Kostev, Malte Kelm, et al.. (2023). Elevated Initial Serum Phosphate Levels Predict Higher Mortality and Impaired Neurological Outcome in Cardiac Arrest Patients with Return of Spontaneous Circulation. Diagnostics. 13(3). 479–479. 6 indexed citations

Quast, Christine, Christian Heiß, Roberto Sansone, et al.. (2023). Cocoa flavanol supplementation preserves early and late radial artery function after transradial catheterization. Food & Function. 14(10). 4824–4835. 1 indexed citations

Wolff, Georg, Christine Quast, Daniel Scheiber, et al.. (2023). Lactate versus Phosphate as Biomarkers to Aid Mechanical Circulatory Support Decisions in Patients with Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest and Return of Spontaneous Circulation. Diagnostics. 13(9). 1523–1523. 2 indexed citations

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Jung, Christian, et al.. (2023). Haemoglobin levels as a predictor for the occurrence of future cardiovascular events in adults–Sex-dependent results from the EPIC trial. European Journal of Internal Medicine. 118. 118–124. 1 indexed citations

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Quast, Christine, Roberto Sansone, Christian Heiß, et al.. (2023). Cocoa flavanols improve peakVO₂ and exercise capacity in a randomized double blinded clinical trial in healthy elderly people. Food & Function. 14(16). 7562–7573. 2 indexed citations

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Erkens, Ralf, Oliver Maier, Georg Wolff, et al.. (2023). Left atrial appendage sizing for percutaneous closure in virtual reality—a feasibility study. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 10. 1188571–1188571. 7 indexed citations

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Piayda, Kerstin, Katharina Hellhammer, Verena Veulemans, et al.. (2022). Multi-Slice Computed Tomography Analysis in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement – Impact of Workflows on Measurement of Virtual Aortic Annulus and Valve Size. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 9. 877511–877511.

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Bruno, Raphael Romano, Georg Wolff, Bernhard Wernly, et al.. (2022). Virtual and augmented reality in critical care medicine: the patient’s, clinician’s, and researcher’s perspective. Critical Care. 26(1). 326–326. 112 indexed citations breakdown →

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Erkens, Ralf, et al.. (2021). Endothelium-dependent remote signaling in ischemia and reperfusion: Alterations in the cardiometabolic continuum. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 165. 265–281. 12 indexed citations

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Erkens, Ralf, Bernhard Wernly, Maryna Masyuk, et al.. (2019). Admission Body Temperature in Critically Ill Patients as an Independent Risk Predictor for Overall Outcome. Medical Principles and Practice. 29(4). 389–395. 18 indexed citations

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Bruno, Raphael Romano, Amir M. Nia, Georg Wolff, et al.. (2019). Early clinical experiences with a novel contrast volume reduction system during invasive coronary angiography. IJC Heart & Vasculature. 23. 100377–100377. 3 indexed citations

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Erkens, Ralf, Tatsiana Suvorava, Thomas R. Sutton, et al.. (2018). Nrf2 Deficiency Unmasks the Significance of Nitric Oxide Synthase Activity for Cardioprotection. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2018(1). 8309698–8309698. 31 indexed citations

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Erkens, Ralf, et al.. (2016). Modulation of Local and Systemic Heterocellular Communication by Mechanical Forces: A Role of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 26(16). 917–935. 39 indexed citations

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Erkens, Ralf, Christian M. Kramer, Wiebke Lückstädt, et al.. (2015). Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in Nrf2 knock out mice is associated with cardiac hypertrophy, decreased expression of SERCA2a, and preserved endothelial function. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 89. 906–917. 85 indexed citations

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