Stavros Konstantinides

50.2k total citations · 14 hit papers
452 papers, 18.3k citations indexed

About

Stavros Konstantinides is a scholar working on Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stavros Konstantinides has authored 452 papers receiving a total of 18.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 288 papers in Internal Medicine, 233 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 118 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Stavros Konstantinides's work include Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management (288 papers), Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (111 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (101 papers). Stavros Konstantinides is often cited by papers focused on Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management (288 papers), Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (111 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (101 papers). Stavros Konstantinides collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Greece and Switzerland. Stavros Konstantinides's co-authors include Mareike Lankeit, Annette Geibel, Katrin Schäfer, Wolfgang Kasper, Manfred Olschewski, Stefano Barco, David J. Loskutoff, Gerd Hasenfuß, Frederikus A. Klok and Fritz Heinrich and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Stavros Konstantinides

418 papers receiving 17.8k citations

Hit Papers

Thrombosis 1997 2026 2006 2016 2014 1997 2002 2014 2014 200 400 600
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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. Thrombosis
    2014 744 citations Stavros Konstantinides et al. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology profile →
  2. Management Strategies and Determinants of Outcome in Acute Major Pulmonary Embolism: Results of a Multicenter Registry
    1997 702 citations Stavros Konstantinides, Manfred Olschewski et al. profile →
  3. Heparin plus Alteplase Compared with Heparin Alone in Patients with Submassive Pulmonary Embolism
    2002 649 citations Stavros Konstantinides et al. profile →
  4. Systemic thrombolytic therapy for acute pulmonary embolism: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    2014 356 citations Stavros Konstantinides, Olivier Sanchez et al. European Heart Journal profile →
  5. Thrombosis: a major contributor to the global disease burden
    2014 344 citations Beverley J. Hunt, Stavros Konstantinides et al. profile →
  6. Trends in thrombolytic treatment and outcomes of acute pulmonary embolism in Germany
    2019 303 citations Karsten Keller, Lukas Hobohm et al. European Heart Journal profile →
  7. The post-PE syndrome: a new concept for chronic complications of pulmonary embolism
    2014 271 citations Frederikus A. Klok, Mareike Lankeit et al. profile →
  8. Diagnosis and management of acute deep vein thrombosis: a joint consensus document from the European Society of Cardiology working groups of aorta and peripheral vascular diseases and pulmonary circulation and right ventricular function
    2017 252 citations Lucia Mazzolai, Victor Aboyans et al. European Heart Journal profile →
  9. Trends in mortality related to pulmonary embolism in the European Region, 2000–15: analysis of vital registration data from the WHO Mortality Database
    2019 213 citations Stefano Barco, Luca Valerio et al. profile →
  10. The 2019 ESC Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism
    2019 202 citations Stavros Konstantinides et al. European Heart Journal profile →
  11. Percutaneous treatment options for acute pulmonary embolism: a clinical consensus statement by the ESC Working Group on Pulmonary Circulation and Right Ventricular Function and the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions
    2022 111 citations Piotr Pruszczyk, Nils Kucher et al. profile →
  12. Ultrasound-facilitated, catheter-directed thrombolysis vs anticoagulation alone for acute intermediate-high-risk pulmonary embolism: Rationale and design of the HI-PEITHO study
    2022 108 citations Frederikus A. Klok, Fionnuala Ní Áinle et al. American Heart Journal profile →
  13. Interventional therapies for pulmonary embolism
    2023 53 citations Stavros Konstantinides et al. profile →
  14. Prospective Multicenter International Registry of Ultrasound-Facilitated Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis in Intermediate-High and High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism (KNOCOUT PE)
    2024 27 citations Nils Kucher, Stavros Konstantinides et al. profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stavros Konstantinides Germany 68 11.4k 9.4k 4.7k 2.8k 2.7k 452 18.3k
Giancarlo Agnelli Italy 63 11.6k 1.0× 9.3k 1.0× 3.4k 0.7× 2.3k 0.8× 3.5k 1.3× 335 16.4k
Frederikus A. Klok Netherlands 52 8.9k 0.8× 5.3k 0.6× 2.1k 0.4× 2.4k 0.9× 2.0k 0.7× 372 14.5k
Menno V. Huisman Netherlands 76 20.0k 1.8× 15.5k 1.7× 3.3k 0.7× 3.2k 1.2× 5.8k 2.2× 469 29.6k
Walter Ageno Italy 67 13.7k 1.2× 11.4k 1.2× 2.8k 0.6× 1.8k 0.6× 4.0k 1.5× 557 20.5k
Gary E. Raskob United States 58 13.3k 1.2× 11.1k 1.2× 1.8k 0.4× 2.9k 1.0× 4.8k 1.8× 170 19.6k
Henri Bounameaux Switzerland 58 17.4k 1.5× 11.4k 1.2× 2.5k 0.5× 1.6k 0.6× 5.6k 2.1× 222 20.9k
Philip S. Wells Canada 63 14.9k 1.3× 10.4k 1.1× 2.0k 0.4× 1.5k 0.5× 5.6k 2.1× 299 19.7k
Grégoire Le Gal France 60 10.2k 0.9× 6.3k 0.7× 1.7k 0.4× 1.1k 0.4× 3.2k 1.2× 409 13.7k
Francesco Dentali Italy 37 7.9k 0.7× 7.1k 0.8× 1.4k 0.3× 1.1k 0.4× 3.6k 1.3× 194 13.4k
Marc Rodger Canada 62 9.9k 0.9× 6.6k 0.7× 1.2k 0.3× 967 0.3× 3.3k 1.2× 271 14.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stavros Konstantinides

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All Works

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Hahad, Omar, Volker H. Schmitt, Matthias Michal, et al.. (2025). Earplug use during sleep and its association with cardiovascular disease – Results from a large sample of the general population. IJC Heart & Vasculature. 57. 101642–101642.
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Farmakis, Ioannis T., Konstantinos Christodoulou, Lukas Hobohm, Stavros Konstantinides, & Luca Valerio. (2024). Lipid lowering for prevention of venous thromboembolism: a network meta-analysis. European Heart Journal. 45(35). 3219–3227. 18 indexed citations
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Farmakis, Ioannis T., Klaus Kaier, Lukas Hobohm, et al.. (2024). Healthcare resource utilisation and associated costs after low-risk pulmonary embolism: pre-specified analysis of the Home Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism (HoT-PE) study. Clinical Research in Cardiology. 114(2). 168–176. 3 indexed citations
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Cimini, Ludovica Anna, Stefano Barco, Waleed Ghanima, et al.. (2024). Pulmonary perfusion defects or residual vascular obstruction and persistent symptoms after pulmonary embolism: a systematic review and meta-analysis. ERJ Open Research. 10(4). 1010–2023. 4 indexed citations
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mann, Esther M. Hoff, Karl J. Lackner, Thomas Münzel, et al.. (2024). Change of Intraocular Pressure Over 5 Years and its Relationship to Cardiovascular Parameters: Results From the Gutenberg Health Study. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 65(1). 12–12. 3 indexed citations
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Cate, Vincent ten, Michael Lenz, Andreas Schulz, et al.. (2023). Unsupervised clustering of venous thromboembolism patients by clinical features at presentation identifies novel endotypes that improve prognostic stratification. Thrombosis Research. 227. 71–81. 4 indexed citations
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Farmakis, Ioannis T., Stefano Barco, Anna C. Mavromanoli, et al.. (2022). Cost‐of‐Illness Analysis of Long‐Term Health Care Resource Use and Disease Burden in Patients With Pulmonary Embolism: Insights From the PREFER in VTE Registry. Journal of the American Heart Association. 11(20). e027514–e027514. 23 indexed citations
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Fedeli, Ugo, Luca Valerio, Frederikus A. Klok, et al.. (2021). Splanchnic vein thrombosis-related mortality in the Veneto region (Italy), 2008–2019: Retrospective analysis of epidemiological data. Thrombosis Research. 209. 41–46. 5 indexed citations
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Boon, Gudula J.A.M., Wilbert B. van den Hout, Stefano Barco, et al.. (2021). A model for estimating the health economic impact of earlier diagnosis of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. ERJ Open Research. 7(3). 719–2020. 13 indexed citations
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Hobohm, Lukas, Karsten Keller, Luca Valerio, et al.. (2020). Fatality Rates and Use of Systemic Thrombolysis in Pregnant Women with Pulmonary Embolism. ESC Heart Failure. 7(5). 2365–2372. 18 indexed citations
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Trinchero, Alice, Luuk J.J. Scheres, Jürgen H. Prochaska, et al.. (2018). Sex-specific differences in the distal versus proximal presenting location of acute deep vein thrombosis. Thrombosis Research. 172. 74–79. 18 indexed citations
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Wärntges, Simone & Stavros Konstantinides. (2015). Progress in the management of acute pulmonary embolism. Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine. 21(5). 417–424. 4 indexed citations
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Lankeit, Mareike, David Jiménez, Maciej Kostrubiec, et al.. (2014). Validation of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide cut-off values for risk stratification of pulmonary embolism. European Respiratory Journal. 43(6). 1669–1677. 104 indexed citations
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Jiménez, David, Victor F. Tapson, Beau Briese, et al.. (2014). Derivation and Validation of Multimarker Prognostication for Normotensive Patients with Acute Symptomatic Pulmonary Embolism. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 189(6). 718–726. 137 indexed citations
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Lankeit, Mareike, David Jiménez, Maciej Kostrubiec, et al.. (2011). Predictive Value of the High-Sensitivity Troponin T Assay and the Simplified Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index in Hemodynamically Stable Patients With Acute Pulmonary Embolism. Circulation. 124(24). 2716–2724. 175 indexed citations
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Leifheit‐Nestler, Maren, Marco R. Schroeter, I‐Fen Cheng, et al.. (2009). Leptin Enhances the Potency of Circulating Angiogenic Cells Via Src Kinase and Integrin αvβ5. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 30(2). 200–206. 61 indexed citations
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Lankeit, Mareike, Tibor Kempf, Claudia Dellas, et al.. (2008). Growth Differentiation Factor-15 for Prognostic Assessment of Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 177(9). 1018–1025. 135 indexed citations

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