Stephan Willems

22.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
362 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Stephan Willems is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephan Willems has authored 362 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 339 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 41 papers in Surgery and 15 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Stephan Willems's work include Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (280 papers), Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (236 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (147 papers). Stephan Willems is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (280 papers), Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (236 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (147 papers). Stephan Willems collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Stephan Willems's co-authors include Daniel Steven, Boris Hoffmann, Thomas Rostock, Rodolfo Ventura, Thomas Meinertz, Karl‐Heinz Kück, Helge Servatius, Lars Eckardt, Arian Sultan and Imke Drewitz and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Stephan Willems

339 papers receiving 7.5k citations

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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 of stable ventricular tachycardia before defibrillator implantation in patients with coronary heart disease (VTACH): a multicentre randomised controlled trial

2010 490 citations Lars Eckardt, Stephan Willems et al. profile →
Uninterrupted Dabigatran versus Warfarin for Ablation in Atrial Fibrillation

2017 267 citations Stephan Willems et al. profile →
Cryoballoon ablation vs. antiarrhythmic drugs: first-line therapy for patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

2021 144 citations Christian Meyer, Stephan Willems et al. EP Europace profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Prevalence and severity of atrial cardiomyopathy in patients with recently diagnosed atrial fibrillation and stroke risk factors and its association with early rhythm control: a secondary analysis of EAST-AFNET 4 2025 ·EP Europace ·Andreas Goette, Marc D. Lemoine, Katrin Borof, Ulrich Schotten, Günter Breithardt, A. John Camm, Harry J.G.M. Crijns, Lars Eckardt, Andreas Metzner, Stephan Willems, Antonia Zapf, Renate B. Schnabel, Larissa Fabritz, Paulus Kirchhof	1
2	Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation in Octogenarians—Outcome and Impact for Future Same Day Discharge Strategies 2025 ·Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology ·(unknown), Stephan Willems, Mario Jularic, Jens Hartmann, (unknown), Jannis Dickow, (unknown), Philipp Bengel, Peter Wohlmuth, Andreas Metzner, Nele Geßler, Melanie Gunawardene	0
3	Safety and Outcomes of Catheter Ablation for Consecutive Atrial Tachycardia in Elderly Patients After Previous Cardiac Interventions 2025 ·Journal of Clinical Medicine ·(unknown), (unknown), Katharina Scherschel, (unknown), Melanie Gunawardene, Andreas Metzner, Stephan Willems, Christian Meyer	2
4	Prognostic influence of mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation on survival in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest undergoing ECPR on VA-ECMO 2024 ·Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine ·(unknown), (unknown), Jacobus Reimers, Lukas Kaiser, Edda Bahlmann, H. van der Schalk, Peter Wohlmuth, Nele Geßler, (unknown), (unknown), Berthold Bein, (unknown), Stephan Willems, Samer Hakmi, Eike Tigges	2
5	Safety and efficacy of long-term sodium channel blocker therapy for early rhythm control: the EAST-AFNET 4 trial 2024 ·EP Europace ·Andreas Rillig, Lars Eckardt, Katrin Borof, A. John Camm, Harry J.G.M. Crijns, Andreas Goette, Günter Breithardt, Marc D. Lemoine, Andreas Metzner, Laura Rottner, Ulrich Schotten, Eik Vettorazzi, Karl Wegscheider, Antonia Zapf, Hein Heidbüchel, Stephan Willems, Larissa Fabritz, Renate B. Schnabel, Christina Magnussen, Paulus Kirchhof	14
6	PO-04-069 OUTCOME AND SAFETY OF PULSED FIELD ABLATION FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 2023 ·Heart Rhythm ·Melanie Gunawardene, Jens Hartmann, Mario Jularic, Ruken Ö. Akbulak, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nele Geßler, Stephan Willems	1
7	Safety and Efficacy of Excimer Laser Powered Lead Extractions in Obese Patients: A GALLERY Subgroup Analysis 2023 ·Journal of Clinical Medicine ·(unknown), (unknown), Heiko Bürger, Lukas Kaiser, Brigitte Osswald, (unknown), Herbert Nägele, Michael Knaut, Hermann Reichenspurner, Nele Geßler, Stephan Willems, Christian Butter, Simon Pecha, Samer Hakmi	1
8	Laser lead extraction in octo‐ and nonagenarians. A subgroup analysis from the GALLERY registry 2023 ·Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology ·Simon Pecha, (unknown), Heiko Bürger, Brigitte Osswald, (unknown), Michael Knaut, Hermann Reichenspurner, Stephan Willems, Christian Butter, Samer Hakmi, (unknown)	1
9	Treatment of Refractory Cardiac Arrest by Controlled Reperfusion of the Whole Body: A Multicenter, Prospective Observational Study 2023 ·Journal of Clinical Medicine ·Georg Trummer, Christoph Benk, (unknown), Tobias Wengenmayer, Alexander Supady, Dawid L. Staudacher, Domagoj Damjanović, Dirk Lunz, (unknown), Hug Aubin, Artur Lichtenberg, Martin W. Dünser, (unknown), Dinís Dos Reis Miranda, Robert J. van Thiel, Jan Gummert, Thomas Kirschning, Eike Tigges, Stephan Willems, Friedhelm Beyersdorf, (unknown)	10
10	Systemic thrombo-embolic events in a middle-aged male with Loeffler endocarditis without peripheral eosinophilia—a case report 2022 ·BMC Cardiovascular Disorders ·(unknown), Sebastian Bohnen, (unknown), H. van der Schalk, (unknown), Stephan Willems, Karin Klingel, Dietmar Kivelitz, (unknown)	1
11	Repolarization indicates electrical instability in ventricular arrhythmia originating from papillary muscle 2022 ·EP Europace ·Paula Münkler, Niklas Klatt, Katharina Scherschel, Paweł Kuklik, Christiane Jungen, Ersin Çavuş, Christian Eickholt, Jan Christoph, Marc D. Lemoine, Torsten Christ, Stephan Willems, René Riedel, Paulus Kirchhof, Christian Meyer	3
12	Management of ventricular tachycardia in patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy: contemporary armamentarium 2021 ·EP Europace ·(unknown), Christiane Jungen, (unknown), Katharina Scherschel, Stephan Willems, Helmut Pürerfellner, Shaojie Chen, Lars Eckardt, Christian Meyer	15
13	Short-term use of “ECMELLA” in the context of fulminant eosinophilic myocarditis with cardiogenic shock 2020 ·BMC Cardiovascular Disorders ·(unknown), (unknown), Eike Tigges, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Stephan Willems, Karin Klingel, Dietmar Kivelitz, (unknown)	5
14	Impact of the ablation technique on release of the neuronal injury marker S100B during pulmonary vein isolation 2020 ·EP Europace ·Katharina Scherschel, (unknown), Christiane Jungen, Paula Münkler, Stephan Willems, (unknown), Niklas Klatt, Christian Eickholt, Christian Meyer	8
15	Long‐term efficacy and safety of radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices and transvenous leads 2019 ·Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology ·Leon Dinshaw, Benjamin Schäffer, (unknown), Mario Jularic, Jens Hartmann, Niklas Klatt, Jannis Dickow, Melanie Gunawardene, Paula Münkler, Samer Hakmi, Simon Pecha, Arian Sultan, Jakob Lüker, Hans O. Pinnschmidt, Boris Hoffmann, Nils Gosau, Christian Eickholt, Stephan Willems, Daniel Steven, Christian Meyer	15
16	Predictors of Long-term Success After Concomitant Surgical Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation 2017 ·Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery ·Simon Pecha, (unknown), Samer Hakmi, Stephan Willems, Hermann Reichenspurner, (unknown)	7
17	Disruption of cardiac cholinergic neurons enhances susceptibility to ventricular arrhythmias 2017 ·Nature Communications ·Christiane Jungen, Katharina Scherschel, Christian Eickholt, Paweł Kuklik, Niklas Klatt, Nadja I. Bork, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), János Mester, Nikolaj Klöcker, Marieke W. Veldkamp, Udo Schumacher, Stephan Willems, Viacheslav O. Nikolaev, Christian Meyer	69
18	Five-Year Follow-Up After Catheter Ablation of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Using the Stepwise Approach and Prognostic Factors for Success 2015 ·Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology ·Doreen Schreiber, Thomas Rostock, (unknown), Arian Sultan, Helge Servatius, Boris Hoffmann, Jakob Lüker, (unknown), Benjamin Schäffer, Karl Wegscheider, Susanne Lezius, Stephan Willems, Daniel Steven	124
19	Universal Fluctuations in Very Short ECG Episodes 2014 ·Acta Polytechnica Hungarica ·(unknown), Stephan Willems, Boris Hoffmann, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	9
20	Shock Efficacy of Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator for Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death 2012 ·Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology ·(unknown), (unknown), Michael Schlüter, Christian Butter, Julia Köbe, Martin Seifert, Nils Gosau, Boris Hoffmann, Matthias Hoffmann, Eik Vettorazzi, (unknown), Karl Wegscheider, Hermann Reichenspurner, Lars Eckardt, Daniel Steven, Stephan Willems	62

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