Sébastien Knecht

11.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
139 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Sébastien Knecht is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Internal Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Sébastien Knecht has authored 139 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 136 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 7 papers in Internal Medicine and 5 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Sébastien Knecht's work include Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (129 papers), Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (114 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (79 papers). Sébastien Knecht is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (129 papers), Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (114 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (79 papers). Sébastien Knecht collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, France and United Kingdom. Sébastien Knecht's co-authors include Pierre Jaı̈s, Mattias Duytschaever, Mélèze Hocini, Frédéric Sacher, Matthew Wright, Isabelle Nault, René Tavernier, Michel Haı̈ssaguerre, Milad El Haddad and Seiichiro Matsuo and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Sébastien Knecht

125 papers receiving 4.4k 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 for Atrial Fibrillation

2011 533 citations Mélèze Hocini, Frédéric Sacher et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →
Improving procedural and one-year outcome after contact force-guided pulmonary vein isolation: the role of interlesion distance, ablation index, and contact force variability in the ‘CLOSE’-protocol

2018 239 citations Thomas Phlips, Philippe Taghji et al. EP Europace profile →
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, Helmut Pürerfellner et al. EP Europace profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Dual energy for pulmonary vein isolation using focal ablation technology integrated with a three-dimensional mapping system: SmartfIRE 12-month results 2025 ·EP Europace ·Tom De Potter, Douglas S. Scherr, Helmut Pürerfellner, Gediminas Račkauskas, Jim Hansen, Johan Vijgen, Thomas Phlips, Sébastien Knecht, Gábor Széplaki, Hugo Van Herendael, Mads Brix Kronborg, Benjamin Berte, Martin H. Ruwald, Γεώργιος Κόλλιας, Peter Lukáč, Tuantuan Tan, Mattias Duytschaever	0
2	Venous Ethanol Ablation as the Sole Treatment for Intramural Ventricular Arrhythmias 2025 ·JACC. Clinical electrophysiology ·Mustapha Amin, Maarten De Smet, Adi Lador, Apoor Patel, Paul Schürmann, Amish S. Dave, René Tavernier, Sébastien Knecht, Mattias Duytschaever, Jean‐Benoît le Polain de Waroux, Miguel Valderrábano	0
3	Validation of a machine learning algorithm to identify pulmonary vein isolation during ablation procedures for the treatment of atrial fibrillation: results of the PVISION study 2024 ·EP Europace ·Jan De Pooter, Liesbeth Timmers, Serge Bovéda, Stéphane Combes, Sébastien Knecht, Alexandre Almorad, Carlo de Asmundis, Mattias Duytschaever	2
4	Atrial Tachyarrhythmias With Ultra-Rapid Ventricular Response and Sudden Death in Patients Without Structural Heart Disease 2024 ·JACC. Clinical electrophysiology ·Maarten De Smet, Benjamin De Becker, (unknown), Jean‐Benoît le Polain de Waroux, Sébastien Knecht, Mattias Duytschaever, René Tavernier	1
5	Vein of Marshall Ethanol Infusion for AF Ablation; A Review 2024 ·Journal of Clinical Medicine ·Louisa O’Neill, Benjamin De Becker, Maarten De Smet, (unknown), René Tavernier, Mattias Duytschaever, Jean‐Benoît le Polain de Waroux, Sébastien Knecht	5
6	Procedural performance and outcome after pulsed field ablation for pulmonary vein isolation: comparison with a reference radiofrequency database 2024 ·European Heart Journal Open ·Benjamin De Becker, Milad El Haddad, Maarten De Smet, (unknown), René Tavernier, Jean‐Benoît le Polain de Waroux, Sébastien Knecht, Mattias Duytschaever	4
7	No Effect of Continued Antiarrhythmic Drug Treatment on Top of Optimized Pulmonary Vein Isolation in Patients With Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: Results From the POWDER-AF2 Trial 2023 ·Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology ·Anthony Demolder, Louisa O’Neill, Milad El Haddad, Douglas S. Scherr, Johan Vijgen, Michael Wolf, Benjamin Berte, Felipe Bisbal, Arne Johannessen, Máximo Rivero‐Ayerza, Tom De Potter, Benjamin De Becker, Jean‐Benoît le Polain de Waroux, Sébastien Knecht, René Tavernier, Mattias Duytschaever	4
8	Safety of very high-power short-duration radiofrequency ablation for pulmonary vein isolation: a two-centre report with emphasis on silent oesophageal injury 2021 ·EP Europace ·Philipp Halbfaß, Jean‐Yves Wielandts, Sébastien Knecht, Jean‐Benoît le Polain de Waroux, René Tavernier, (unknown), Kai Sonne, Karin Nentwich, Elena Ene, (unknown), (unknown), Lukas Lehmkuhl, (unknown), Ulrich Lüsebrink, Mattias Duytschaever, Thomas Deneke	46
9	Quality of life and healthcare utilisation improvements after atrial fibrillation ablation 2021 ·Heart ·Dhiraj Gupta, Johan Vijgen, Tom De Potter, Douglas S. Scherr, Hugo Van Herendael, Sébastien Knecht, Richard Kobza, Benjamin Berte, (unknown), Jean‐Paul Albenque, Gábor Széplaki, Y. J. Stevenhagen, Philippe Taghji, Matthew Wright, Mattias Duytschaever	24
10	Evaluation of Directed Graph-Mapping in Complex Atrial Tachycardias 2021 ·JACC. Clinical electrophysiology ·(unknown), Teresa Strisciuglio, Giuseppe Di Lorenzo, (unknown), Jan Goedgebeur, (unknown), Christophe Ley, Alexander V. Panfilov, Jan De Pooter, Yves Vandekerckhove, René Tavernier, Mattias Duytschaever, Sébastien Knecht, Nele Vandersickel	12
11	Performance and Safety of Temperature- and Flow-Controlled Radiofrequency Ablation in Ablation Index–Guided Pulmonary Vein Isolation 2021 ·JACC. Clinical electrophysiology ·Alexandre Almorad, Jean‐Yves Wielandts, Milad El Haddad, Sébastien Knecht, René Tavernier, Richard Kobza, Thomas Phlips, Johan Vijgen, Benjamin Berte, Mattias Duytschaever	9
12	Efficacy of advanced pace-mapping technology for idiopathic premature ventricular complexes ablation 2018 ·Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology ·(unknown), Teresa Strisciuglio, Manav Sohal, Michael Wolf, (unknown), Audrey M. Neyrinck, Philippe Taghji, Caroline Lepièce, Alexandre Almorad, Yves Vandekerckhove, René Tavernier, Mattias Duytschaever, Sébastien Knecht	7
13	Clinical assessment and comparison of annotation algorithms in high‐density mapping of regular atrial tachycardias 2017 ·Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology ·Jan De Pooter, Milad El Haddad, Michael Wolf, Thomas Phlips, Frédéric Van Heuverswyn, Liesbeth Timmers, René Tavernier, Sébastien Knecht, Yves Vandekerckhove, Mattias Duytschaever	12
14	Multicentre evaluation of non-invasive biatrial mapping for persistent atrial fibrillation ablation: the AFACART study 2017 ·EP Europace ·Sébastien Knecht, Manav Sohal, Isabel Deisenhofer, Jean-Paul Albenque, Thomas Arentz, Thomas Neumann, B Cauchemez, Mattias Duytschaever, Khaled Ramoul, Thierry William Verbeet, (unknown), Amir Jadidi, Stéphane Combes, René Tavernier, Yves Vandekerckhove, Sabine Ernst, Douglas L. Packer, Thomas Rostock	78
15	Tachycardia Transition During Ablation of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation 2010 ·Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology ·Leonardo Arantès, George J. Klein, Pierre Jaı̈s, Kang‐Teng Lim, Seiichiro Matsuo, Sébastien Knecht, Mélèze Hocini, Mark O’Neill, Jacques Clémenty, Michel Haı̈ssaguerre	4
16	Disparate Evolution of Right and Left Atrial Rate During Ablation of Long-Lasting Persistent Atrial Fibrillation 2010 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Mélèze Hocini, Isabelle Nault, Matthew Wright, George D. Veenhuyzen, Sanjiv M. Narayan, Pierre Jaı̈s, Kang‐Teng Lim, Sébastien Knecht, Seiichiro Matsuo, Andreï Forclaz, Shinsuke Miyazaki, Amir Jadidi, Mark O’Neill, Frédéric Sacher, Jacques Clémenty, Michel Haïssaguerre	100
17	Complicated Forms of Tachycardia‐Mediated Cardiomyopathy Associated with Idiopathic Left Ventricular Tachycardia 2010 ·Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology ·José A. Castro‐Rodríguez, Thierry William Verbeet, Marielle Morissens, Oliver Lomas, (unknown), Sophie Malekzadeh‐Milani, Dominique Biarent, (unknown), (unknown), Pierre Decoodt, Sébastien Knecht	2
18	Characterization of Electrograms Associated With Termination of Chronic Atrial Fibrillation by Catheter Ablation 2008 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·Yoshihide Takahashi, Mark O’Neill, Mélèze Hocini, Rémi Dubois, Seiichiro Matsuo, Sébastien Knecht, Srijoy Mahapatra, Kang‐Teng Lim, Pierre Jaı̈s, Anders Jönsson, Frédéric Sacher, Prashanthan Sanders, Thomas Rostock, Pierre Bordachar, Jacques Clémenty, George J. Klein, Michel Haı̈ssaguerre	167
19	Focal Arrhythmia Confined Within the Coronary Sinus and Maintaining Atrial Fibrillation 2007 ·Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology ·Sébastien Knecht, Mark O’Neill, Seiichiro Matsuo, Kang‐Teng Lim, Leonardo Arantès, Nicolas Derval, (unknown), Mélèze Hocini, Pierre Jaı̈s, Jacques Clémenty, Michel Haı̈ssaguerre	19
20	Relationship between perimitral and peritricuspid conduction times 2007 ·Heart Rhythm ·Sébastien Knecht, Matthew Wright, Frédéric Sacher, Kang‐Teng Lim, Seiichiro Matsuo, Mark O’Neill, Mélèze Hocini, Pierre Jaı̈s, Jacques Clémenty, Michel Haı̈ssaguerre	14

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