Samuel Sossalla

9.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
202 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Samuel Sossalla is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Samuel Sossalla has authored 202 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 153 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 72 papers in Molecular Biology and 36 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Samuel Sossalla's work include Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (76 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (38 papers) and Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (38 papers). Samuel Sossalla is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (76 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (38 papers) and Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (38 papers). Samuel Sossalla collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Samuel Sossalla's co-authors include Lars S. Maier, Gerd Hasenfuß, Stefan Wagner, Steffen Pabel, Friedrich A. Schöndube, Jan D. Schmitto, Jan Gummert, Stefan Neef, Nazha Hamdani and Thomas H. Fischer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Samuel Sossalla

176 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Catheter Ablation in End-Stage Heart Failure with Atrial Fibrillation

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Samuel Sossalla Germany	35	3.3k	2.3k	655	653	402	202	4.8k
Ratnadeep Basu Canada	35	2.2k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	713 1.1×	697 1.1×	183 0.5×	52	4.1k
Harpreet Singh United States	33	1.2k 0.4×	1.6k 0.7×	673 1.0×	330 0.5×	334 0.8×	121	3.7k
Michael H. Gollob Canada	40	4.6k 1.4×	2.4k 1.1×	855 1.3×	206 0.3×	207 0.5×	134	6.3k
Martin Ungerer Germany	29	1.9k 0.6×	1.7k 0.8×	373 0.6×	225 0.3×	378 0.9×	83	3.7k
Antonius Baartscheer Netherlands	25	1.9k 0.6×	1.9k 0.8×	781 1.2×	1.2k 1.8×	368 0.9×	52	3.3k
Cees A. Schumacher Netherlands	26	1.6k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	756 1.2×	1.1k 1.7×	240 0.6×	46	3.0k
Frank Schweda Germany	39	1.4k 0.4×	1.9k 0.9×	464 0.7×	1.0k 1.5×	207 0.5×	111	4.2k
Susana Ravassa Spain	34	2.0k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	628 1.0×	425 0.7×	85 0.2×	90	3.4k
Victor G. Sharov United States	37	2.8k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	796 1.2×	437 0.7×	238 0.6×	85	4.8k
Thomas P. Cappola United States	45	4.6k 1.4×	3.0k 1.3×	1.3k 2.0×	990 1.5×	235 0.6×	110	8.1k

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Nef, Holger, Sandra Voss, Sven Reischauer, et al.. (2025). Antagonizing CCR2 With Propagermanium Leads to Altered Distribution of Macrophage Subsets and Favorable Tissue Remodeling After Myocardial Infarction in Mice. Cardiovascular Therapeutics. 2025(1). 8856808–8856808. 1 indexed citations

Klingenberg, Roland, Andreas Leiherer, Dobromir Dobrev, et al.. (2025). Ceramides in cardiovascular disease: emerging role as independent risk predictors and novel therapeutic targets. Cardiovascular Research. 121(9). 1345–1358. 2 indexed citations

Rieth, Andreas, Piet Borst, Steffen D. Kriechbaum, et al.. (2025). Abnormal Left Atrial Strain by CMR Is Associated With Left Heart Disease in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension. Circulation Heart Failure. 18(10). e013480–e013480.

Piayda, Kerstin, Stanislav Keranov, Mani Arsalan, et al.. (2024). Prognostic utility of mid-regional pro-adrenomedullin and growth differentiation factor 15 in patients undergoing transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Clinical Research in Cardiology. 114(11). 1508–1515. 1 indexed citations

Dörr, Oliver, Stanislav Keranov, Holger Nef, et al.. (2024). SPARCL1 and NT-proBNP as Biomarkers of Right Ventricular-to-Pulmonary Artery Uncoupling in Pulmonary Hypertension. ESC Heart Failure. 12(2). 1416–1426. 1 indexed citations

Dinov, Borislav, et al.. (2024). Cryoablation of ventricular tachycardia using ultra-low temperature technology: acute success and insights from the post-interventional CMR. EP Europace. 26(Supplement_1). 1 indexed citations

Tamargo, Juan, Stefan Agewall, Claudio Borghi, et al.. (2024). New pharmacological agents and novel cardiovascular pharmacotherapy strategies in 2023. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy. 10(3). 219–244. 6 indexed citations

Schach, Christian, Daniel Lavall, Ekrem Üçer, et al.. (2024). Time to Recovery from Systolic Dysfunction Correlates with Left Ventricular Fibrosis in Arrhythmia-Induced Cardiomyopathy. Life. 14(3). 330–330. 1 indexed citations

Fisser, Christoph, John S. Floras, Samuel Sossalla, et al.. (2024). Nocturnal Cardiac Arrhythmias in Heart Failure With Obstructive and Central Sleep Apnea. CHEST Journal. 166(6). 1546–1556. 5 indexed citations

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Haller, Paul M., Stefan Agewall, Claudio Borghi, et al.. (2024). Oral anticoagulation in patients with left ventricular thrombus: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy. 10(5). 444–453. 7 indexed citations

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Hartmann, Nico, et al.. (2023). Molecular and Functional Relevance of NaV1.8-Induced Atrial Arrhythmogenic Triggers in a Human SCN10A Knock-Out Stem Cell Model. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(12). 10189–10189. 6 indexed citations

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Renner, Kathrin, Alexander Nickel, Christoph Brochhausen, et al.. (2022). Tachycardiomyopathy entails a dysfunctional pattern of interrelated mitochondrial functions. Basic Research in Cardiology. 117(1). 45–45. 11 indexed citations

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Fisser, Christoph, T. Douglas Bradley, John S. Floras, et al.. (2022). Methodology for the nocturnal cardiac arrhythmia ancillary study of the ADVENT-HF trial in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and sleep-disordered breathing. IJC Heart & Vasculature. 41. 101057–101057. 2 indexed citations

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Zhazykbayeva, Saltanat, Steffen Pabel, Andreas Mügge, Samuel Sossalla, & Nazha Hamdani. (2020). The molecular mechanisms associated with the physiological responses to inflammation and oxidative stress in cardiovascular diseases. Biophysical Reviews. 12(4). 947–968. 55 indexed citations

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Brandenburg, Sören, Tobias Kohl, Gyuzel Yu. Mitronova, et al.. (2019). Junctophilin-2 expression rescues atrial dysfunction through polyadic junctional membrane complex biogenesis. JCI Insight. 4(12). 22 indexed citations

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Mohamed, Belal A., Nico Hartmann, Petros Tirilomis, et al.. (2018). Sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium leak contributes to arrhythmia but not to heart failure progression. Science Translational Medicine. 10(458). 27 indexed citations

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Fischer, Thomas H., Nataliya Dybkova, Jonas Herting, et al.. (2014). Ca2+/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II Equally Induces Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+ Leak in Human Ischaemic and Dilated Cardiomyopathy. European Journal of Heart Failure. 16(12). 1292–1300. 57 indexed citations

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Unsöld, Bernhard, Hanna Schotola, Claudius Jacobshagen, et al.. (2012). Age-Dependent Changes in Contractile Function and Passive Elastic Properties of Myocardium from Mice Lacking Muscle LIM Protein (MLP). European Journal of Heart Failure. 14(4). 430–437. 9 indexed citations

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Villari, Bruno, Samuel Sossalla, Quirino Ciampi, et al.. (2009). Persistent Diastolic Dysfunction Late After Valve Replacement in Severe Aortic Regurgitation. Circulation. 120(23). 2386–2392. 38 indexed citations

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Schillinger, Wolfgang, Samuel Sossalla, Nils Teucher, et al.. (2007). α1-Adrenergic Stress Induces Downregulation of Na+/Ca2+ Exchanger in Myocardial Preparations from Rabbits at Physiological Preload. European Journal of Heart Failure. 9(4). 329–335. 2 indexed citations

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