Sofie Brouwers

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 472 citations indexed

About

Sofie Brouwers is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sofie Brouwers has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 472 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 4 papers in Surgery and 4 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Sofie Brouwers's work include Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (10 papers), Renin-Angiotensin System Studies (4 papers) and Sodium Intake and Health (3 papers). Sofie Brouwers is often cited by papers focused on Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (10 papers), Renin-Angiotensin System Studies (4 papers) and Sodium Intake and Health (3 papers). Sofie Brouwers collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Italy and Switzerland. Sofie Brouwers's co-authors include Alain Dupont, Isabella Sudano, Yoshihiro Kokubo, Ilse Smolders, Richard D. Wainford, Ann Massie, Véronique Cornelissen, Claudio Ceconi, Felix Mahfoud and Giovanni de Simone and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Neuroscience and Hypertension.

In The Last Decade

Sofie Brouwers

22 papers receiving 468 citations

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Sex differences in arterial hypertension

2022 118 citations Eva Gerdts, Isabella Sudano et al. European Heart Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sofie Brouwers Belgium	9	273	105	96	67	39	25	472
Marten E. van den Berg Netherlands	14	392 1.4×	66 0.6×	82 0.9×	50 0.7×	69 1.8×	18	665
Ioannis Andrikou Greece	12	330 1.2×	120 1.1×	42 0.4×	98 1.5×	55 1.4×	55	540
György Ábrahám Hungary	12	234 0.9×	102 1.0×	67 0.7×	63 0.9×	27 0.7×	37	450
Sayaka Ishigaki Japan	12	147 0.5×	80 0.8×	57 0.6×	41 0.6×	56 1.4×	44	458
Krystyna Widecka Poland	13	165 0.6×	98 0.9×	69 0.7×	62 0.9×	48 1.2×	62	480
Frida Liane Plavnik Brazil	13	256 0.9×	79 0.8×	44 0.5×	51 0.8×	28 0.7×	41	403
Gamze Aslan Türkiye	11	130 0.5×	53 0.5×	88 0.9×	92 1.4×	59 1.5×	19	496
Katarzyna Stolarz Poland	15	346 1.3×	148 1.4×	79 0.8×	65 1.0×	59 1.5×	27	510
Yasuki Nanjo Japan	9	188 0.7×	132 1.3×	42 0.4×	52 0.8×	20 0.5×	13	420

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sofie Brouwers

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Bilo, Grzegorz, Sofie Brouwers, Αναστάσιος Κόλλιας, et al.. (2025). Bridging the gap between hypertension guidelines and real-life practice: strategies and technological tools for improving long-term population blood pressure control. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

Taylor, R., Sofie Brouwers, Joost Daemen, et al.. (2025). Cost-Effectiveness of Ultrasound Renal Denervation for Resistant Hypertension in Belgium, France and The Netherlands. PharmacoEconomics - Open. 9(4). 585–595.

Bacquer, Dirk De, Antoine Bondue, Sofie Brouwers, et al.. (2025). Prevalence, awareness and therapeutic control of hypertension in Belgium: an opportunistic screening of nearly 6,000 participants during the May Measurement Month campaigns 2017–23. Blood Pressure. 34(1). 2501956–2501956. 3 indexed citations

Brouwers, Sofie, et al.. (2024). Catheter‐Based Renal Denervation for Resistant Arterial Hypertension: 10‐Year Real‐World Follow‐Up Data. Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 26(12). 1521–1527. 2 indexed citations

Backer, Tine De, Sofie Brouwers, P. Delmotte, et al.. (2024). PREVALENCE, AWARENESS AND THERAPEUTIC CONTROL OF HYPERTENSION IN BELGIUM: AN OPPORTUNISTIC SCREENING OF NEARLY 6,000 PARTICIPANTS DURING THE MAY MEASUREMENT MONTH CAMPAIGNS 2017-23. Journal of Hypertension. 42(Suppl 1). e167–e167. 1 indexed citations

Sakai, Koshiro, Takuya Mizukami, Hirofumi Ohashi, et al.. (2024). Impact of vessel volume on thermodilution measurements in patients with coronary microvascular dysfunction. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 103(6). 885–896. 2 indexed citations

Brouwers, Sofie, Adriano Aguzzi, Thomas Fehr, et al.. (2024). Historic characteristics and mortality of patients in the Swiss Amyloidosis Registry. Swiss Medical Weekly. 154(2). 3485–3485. 2 indexed citations

Pardaens, Sofie, et al.. (2023). Influence of cardiac rehabilitation on blood pressure in patients with coronary artery disease. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 30(Supplement_1). 3 indexed citations

Bermpeis, Konstantinos, Hirofumi Ohashi, Dario Tino Bertolone, et al.. (2022). First-in-Man Robotic-Assisted Renal Denervation. JACC Case Reports. 4(23). 101669–101669. 3 indexed citations

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Gerdts, Eva, Isabella Sudano, Sofie Brouwers, et al.. (2022). Sex differences in arterial hypertension. European Heart Journal. 43(46). 4777–4788. 118 indexed citations breakdown →

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Brouwers, Sofie, et al.. (2021). Arterial hypertension. The Lancet. 398(10296). 249–261. 133 indexed citations

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Collet, Carlos, Edoardo Conte, Saima Mushtaq, et al.. (2020). Reviewing imaging modalities for the assessment of plaque erosion. Atherosclerosis. 318. 52–59. 14 indexed citations

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Manz, Markus G., Christine Waibel, Clemens B. Caspar, et al.. (2019). Daratumumab for relapsed or refractory AL amyloidosis with high plasma cell burden. Hematological Oncology. 37(5). 595–600. 24 indexed citations

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Brouwers, Sofie, et al.. (2018). Cardiac amyloidosis. Cardiovascular Medicine. 1 indexed citations

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Brouwers, Sofie, et al.. (2017). Hypotensive Response to Angiotensin II Type 2 Receptor Stimulation in the Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla Requires Functional GABA-A Receptors. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 11. 346–346. 9 indexed citations

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Geyter, Deborah De, et al.. (2017). Post-stroke treatment with 17β-estradiol exerts neuroprotective effects in both normotensive and hypertensive rats. Neuroscience. 348. 335–345. 5 indexed citations

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Brouwers, Sofie, Ilse Smolders, Richard D. Wainford, & Alain Dupont. (2015). Hypotensive and sympathoinhibitory responses to selective central AT2 receptor stimulation in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Clinical Science. 129(1). 81–92. 28 indexed citations

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Faul, John L., Danny Schoors, Sofie Brouwers, et al.. (2014). Creation of an iliac arteriovenous shunt lowers blood pressure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with hypertension. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 59(4). 1078–1083. 30 indexed citations

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Brouwers, Sofie, Ilse Smolders, Ann Massie, & Alain Dupont. (2013). Angiotensin II Type 2 Receptor–Mediated and Nitric Oxide–Dependent Renal Vasodilator Response to Compound 21 Unmasked by Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibition in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats In Vivo. Hypertension. 62(5). 920–926. 30 indexed citations

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Dupont, Alain & Sofie Brouwers. (2010). Brain angiotensin peptides regulate sympathetic tone and blood pressure. Journal of Hypertension. 28(8). 1599–1610. 53 indexed citations

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