Spyridon Deftereos

8.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
162 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Spyridon Deftereos is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Spyridon Deftereos has authored 162 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 120 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 27 papers in Molecular Biology and 23 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Spyridon Deftereos's work include Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (68 papers), Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (47 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (37 papers). Spyridon Deftereos is often cited by papers focused on Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (68 papers), Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (47 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (37 papers). Spyridon Deftereos collaborates with scholars based in Greece, United States and Italy. Spyridon Deftereos's co-authors include Γεώργιος Γιαννόπουλος, Christodoulos Stefanadis, Michael Cleman, Vasiliki Panagopoulou, Georgios Bouras, Konstantinos Raisakis, Christos Angelidis, Charalampos Kossyvakis, Vlasios Pyrgakis and Andreas Kaoukis 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

Spyridon Deftereos

155 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

Colchicine in Cardiovascular Disease: In-Depth Review 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 50 100 150
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  1. Colchicine in Cardiovascular Disease: In-Depth Review
    2022 171 citations Spyridon Deftereos, Frans Beerkens et al. Circulation profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Spyridon Deftereos Greece 30 2.1k 903 561 419 366 162 3.6k
Takanori Arimoto Japan 35 2.1k 1.0× 779 0.9× 595 1.1× 445 1.1× 341 0.9× 181 3.8k
Plinio Cirillo Italy 34 1.5k 0.7× 790 0.9× 831 1.5× 510 1.2× 387 1.1× 162 3.6k
Celestino Sardu Italy 48 1.9k 0.9× 1.4k 1.5× 956 1.7× 753 1.8× 285 0.8× 132 5.6k
François Roubille France 27 1.4k 0.7× 523 0.6× 520 0.9× 346 0.8× 262 0.7× 215 2.9k
Anne Grete Semb Norway 37 1.4k 0.7× 715 0.8× 831 1.5× 454 1.1× 1.0k 2.8× 146 4.7k
Panagiotis Korantzopoulos Greece 37 3.4k 1.6× 618 0.7× 641 1.1× 418 1.0× 120 0.3× 202 4.8k
Bernhard R. Winkelmann Germany 38 1.4k 0.7× 755 0.8× 1.0k 1.8× 774 1.8× 453 1.2× 107 4.0k
Tatsuya Maruhashi Japan 30 1.4k 0.6× 605 0.7× 738 1.3× 282 0.7× 167 0.5× 146 3.1k
Atsuyuki Wada Japan 29 4.1k 1.9× 739 0.8× 717 1.3× 471 1.1× 300 0.8× 77 5.1k
Jill Kalman United States 16 2.1k 1.0× 836 0.9× 389 0.7× 320 0.8× 350 1.0× 30 3.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Anagnostopoulos, Ioannis, Dimitrios A. Vrachatis, Sotiria G. Giotaki, et al.. (2025). Wearable Devices for Quantifying Atrial Fibrillation Burden: A Systematic Review and Bayesian Meta-Analysis. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease. 12(4). 122–122.
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Vrachatis, Dimitrios A., Konstantinos A. Papathanasiou, Dimitrios Kazantzis, et al.. (2025). Cryoballoon Pulmonary Vein Isolation in Obese Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Compared to Non-Obese Counterparts: A Meta-Analysis. Biomedicines. 13(2). 298–298.
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Palaiodimou, Lina, Aikaterini Theodorou, Polychronis Dilaveris, et al.. (2024). Performance of Different Risk Scores for the Detection of Atrial Fibrillation Among Patients With Cryptogenic Stroke. Stroke. 55(2). 454–462. 5 indexed citations
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Papathanasiou, Konstantinos A., Dimitrios A. Vrachatis, Charalampos Kossyvakis, et al.. (2024). Impact of Body Mass Index on the Outcomes of Cryoballoon Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 14(6). 2463–2474. 1 indexed citations
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Anagnostopoulos, Ioannis, Charalampos Kossyvakis, Nikolaos Schizas, et al.. (2023). Atrial strain and occult atrial fibrillation in cryptogenic stroke patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Research in Cardiology. 112(11). 1600–1609. 5 indexed citations
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Anagnostopoulos, Ioannis, et al.. (2023). Epicardial Adipose Tissue and Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence following Catheter Ablation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(19). 6369–6369. 12 indexed citations
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Anagnostopoulos, Ioannis, Charalampos Kossyvakis, Sotiria G. Giotaki, et al.. (2022). Different venous approaches for implantation of cardiac electronic devices. A network meta‐analysis. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 45(6). 717–725. 2 indexed citations
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Deftereos, Spyridon, Frans Beerkens, Binita Shah, et al.. (2022). Colchicine in Cardiovascular Disease: In-Depth Review. Circulation. 145(1). 61–78. 171 indexed citations breakdown →
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Γιαννόπουλος, Γεώργιος, et al.. (2022). Alcohol Consumption and the Risk of Incident Atrial Fibrillation: A Meta-Analysis. Diagnostics. 12(2). 479–479. 11 indexed citations
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Apostolos, Anastasiοs, Maria Drakopoulou, Stamatios Gregoriou, et al.. (2021). Nickel Hypersensitivity to Atrial Septal Occluders: Smoke Without Fire?. Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology. 62(3). 476–483. 15 indexed citations
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Papakonstantinou, Nikolaos A., Panagiotis Dedeilias, Ioannis Vasileiadis, et al.. (2021). Dantrolene Induces Mitigation of Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by Ryanodine Receptor Inhibition. Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 34(1). 123–132. 4 indexed citations
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Anagnostopoulos, Ioannis, Charalampos Kossyvakis, Nikolaos Schizas, et al.. (2021). The prognostic role of late gadolinium enhancement on cardiac magnetic resonance in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy and reduced ejection fraction, implanted with cardioverter defibrillators for primary prevention. A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology. 63(3). 523–530. 1 indexed citations
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Leopoulou, Marianna, Evangelos Oikonomou, George Latsios, et al.. (2020). Acute Coronary Syndrome with Non-ruptured Plaques (NONRUPLA): Novel Ideas and Perspectives. Current Atherosclerosis Reports. 22(6). 21–21. 4 indexed citations
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Deftereos, Spyridon, Dimitrios A. Vrachatis, Christos Angelidis, et al.. (2018). The Role of Colchicine in Treating Postoperative and Post-catheter Ablation Atrial Fibrillation. Clinical Therapeutics. 41(1). 21–29. 18 indexed citations
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Vrachatis, Dimitrios A., et al.. (2018). The Role of Calcium Handling Mechanisms in Reperfusion Injury. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 24(34). 4077–4089. 45 indexed citations
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Vavuranakis, Manolis, Manolis Vavuranakis, Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas, et al.. (2017). Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapy in Structural Heart Disease Interventions Beyond TAVI. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 23(9). 1328–1333. 1 indexed citations
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Γιαννόπουλος, Γεώργιος, Charalampos Kossyvakis, Christos Angelidis, et al.. (2016). Coincidental ganglionated plexus modification during radiofrequency pulmonary vein isolation and post-ablation arrhythmia recurrence. EP Europace. euw309–euw309. 11 indexed citations
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Deftereos, Spyridon, Georgios Bouras, Γεώργιος Γιαννόπουλος, et al.. (2012). Novel Oral Anticoagulants in the Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndromes: Is there any Room for New Anticoagulants?. Current Clinical Pharmacology. 7(3). 195–208. 3 indexed citations
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Deftereos, Spyridon, Γεώργιος Γιαννόπουλος, Charalambos Kossyvakis, et al.. (2012). Colchicine for Prevention of Early Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence After Pulmonary Vein Isolation. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 60(18). 1790–1796. 188 indexed citations
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Deftereos, Spyridon, et al.. (2011). Role of grey-scale intravascular ultrasound and ChromaFlo in deciding on treatment approach for spontaneous coronary dissection in a young woman.. PubMed. 52(4). 364–6. 5 indexed citations

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