Raphael Twerenbold

20.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
242 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Raphael Twerenbold is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Raphael Twerenbold has authored 242 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 164 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 78 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 51 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Raphael Twerenbold's work include Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (115 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (68 papers) and Heart Failure Treatment and Management (39 papers). Raphael Twerenbold is often cited by papers focused on Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (115 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (68 papers) and Heart Failure Treatment and Management (39 papers). Raphael Twerenbold collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and Spain. Raphael Twerenbold's co-authors include Christian Mueller, Tobias Reichlin, Philip Haaf, Claudia Stelzig, Katrin Winkler, Stefan Osswald, Tobias Breidthardt, Mihael Potocki, Miriam Reiter and Willibald Hochholzer and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Raphael Twerenbold

214 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

Early Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction with Sensitive C... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 250 500 750 1000
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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. Early Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction with Sensitive Cardiac Troponin Assays
    2009 1.2k citations Tobias Reichlin, Willibald Hochholzer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Raphael Twerenbold Switzerland 39 4.5k 2.2k 1.4k 640 568 242 6.6k
Stefan Osswald Switzerland 45 6.2k 1.4× 1.6k 0.7× 2.3k 1.6× 406 0.6× 610 1.1× 305 7.6k
Evangelos Giannitsis Germany 45 7.5k 1.7× 3.6k 1.6× 2.1k 1.4× 946 1.5× 549 1.0× 278 9.3k
Francesco Fedele Italy 40 4.2k 0.9× 1.1k 0.5× 1.3k 0.9× 545 0.9× 1.5k 2.6× 249 6.1k
Hein J. Verberne Netherlands 43 2.8k 0.6× 2.6k 1.2× 1.6k 1.1× 536 0.8× 703 1.2× 197 6.5k
Tobias Reichlin Switzerland 39 6.0k 1.3× 2.2k 1.0× 1.4k 0.9× 563 0.9× 567 1.0× 292 7.3k
Richard P. Steeds United Kingdom 48 4.1k 0.9× 1.1k 0.5× 1.3k 0.9× 589 0.9× 1.0k 1.8× 297 7.5k
Hussein R. Al‐Khalidi United States 40 4.4k 1.0× 2.0k 0.9× 1.7k 1.2× 544 0.8× 387 0.7× 136 6.6k
Hisham Dokainish United States 32 8.4k 1.9× 2.9k 1.3× 1.4k 1.0× 595 0.9× 1.2k 2.1× 87 9.8k
Ignatios Ikonomidis Greece 45 4.2k 0.9× 672 0.3× 1.3k 0.9× 846 1.3× 1.1k 2.0× 309 7.4k
Richard W. Troughton New Zealand 50 7.4k 1.6× 1.2k 0.5× 1.7k 1.2× 1.4k 2.2× 1.2k 2.2× 269 10.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Twerenbold, Raphael, et al.. (2025). Isolated avulsion fracture of the medial head of the gastrocnemius in a pediatric patient: A case report. Journal of Orthopaedic Reports. 4(2). 100590–100590.
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Sachse, Marco, Lenard Conradi, Hermann Reichenspurner, et al.. (2024). Troponindynamik nach herzchirurgischem Eingriff. Zeitschrift für Herz- Thorax- und Gefäßchirurgie. 38(3-4). 212–219. 1 indexed citations
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Aguilera‐Garcia, Domingo, Stefan Blankenberg, Holger Moch, et al.. (2024). Biostatistical Aspects of Whole Genome Sequencing Studies: Preprocessing and Quality Control. Biometrical Journal. 66(5). e202300278–e202300278. 2 indexed citations
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Lehmacher, Jonas, Nils A. Sörensen, Raphael Twerenbold, et al.. (2023). Diagnostic and prognostic value of the sex-specific 99th percentile of four high-sensitivity cardiac troponin assays in patients with suspected myocardial infarction. European Heart Journal Acute Cardiovascular Care. 13(1). 3–12. 3 indexed citations
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Haller, Paul M., Nils A. Sörensen, Alina Goßling, et al.. (2023). Rising and Falling High‐Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin in Diagnostic Algorithms for Patients With Suspected Myocardial Infarction. Journal of the American Heart Association. 12(10). e027166–e027166. 3 indexed citations
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Jensen, Märit, Tanja Zeller, Raphael Twerenbold, & Götz Thomalla. (2023). Circulating cardiac biomarkers, structural brain changes, and dementia: Emerging insights and perspectives. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 19(4). 1529–1548. 14 indexed citations
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Haller, Paul M., Nils A. Sörensen, Jonas Lehmacher, et al.. (2023). Long-term outcome of patients presenting with myocardial injury or myocardial infarction. Clinical Research in Cardiology. 114(6). 700–708. 5 indexed citations
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Petersen, Elina, Ines Schäfer, Raphael Twerenbold, et al.. (2023). Performance of an interferon-γ release assay-based test for cell-mediated immunity to SARS-CoV-2. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1069968–1069968. 2 indexed citations
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Twerenbold, Raphael, Brigitta Gahl, Friedrich Eckstein, et al.. (2023). Similar 5-Year Survival in Transfemoral and Transapical TAVI Patients: A Single-Center Experience. Bioengineering. 10(2). 156–156. 1 indexed citations
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Elliott, Perry, Martín Cowie, Jennifer Franke, et al.. (2020). Development, validation, and implementation of biomarker testing in cardiovascular medicine state-of-the-art: proceedings of the European Society of Cardiology—Cardiovascular Round Table. Cardiovascular Research. 117(5). 1248–1256. 13 indexed citations
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Sutter, Raoul, Lisa Hert, Gian Marco De Marchis, et al.. (2020). Serum Neurofilament Light Chain Levels in the Intensive Care Unit: Comparison between Severely Ill Patients with and without Coronavirus Disease 2019. Annals of Neurology. 89(3). 610–616. 54 indexed citations
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Twerenbold, Raphael, María Rubini Giménez, Thomas Nestelberger, et al.. (2019). Optimising the early rule-out and rule-in of myocardial infarction using biomarkers. Cardiovascular Medicine. 3 indexed citations
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Breidthardt, Tobias, Zaid Sabti, Ronny Ziller, et al.. (2017). Diagnostic and prognostic value of cystatin C in acute heart failure. Clinical Biochemistry. 50(18). 1007–1013. 26 indexed citations
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Breidthardt, Tobias, Zoraida Moreno Weidmann, Raphael Twerenbold, et al.. (2016). Impact of Haemoconcentration During Acute Heart Failure Therapy on Mortality and its Relationship with Worsening Renal Function. European Journal of Heart Failure. 19(2). 226–236. 48 indexed citations
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Reiter, Miriam, Raphael Twerenbold, Tobias Reichlin, et al.. (2013). Heart-type fatty acid-binding protein in the early diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. Heart. 99(10). 708–714. 63 indexed citations
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Haaf, Philip, Beatrice Drexler, Tobias Reichlin, et al.. (2012). High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin in the Distinction of Acute Myocardial Infarction From Acute Cardiac Noncoronary Artery Disease. Circulation. 126(1). 31–40. 101 indexed citations
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Meißner, Julia, Holger Nef, Mária Kovács, et al.. (2011). Endogenous stress response in Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy and acute myocardial infarction. European Journal of Clinical Investigation. 41(9). 964–970. 16 indexed citations
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Twerenbold, Raphael, et al.. (2003). Effects of different sodium concentrations in replacement fluids during prolonged exercise in women. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 37(4). 300–303. 80 indexed citations

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