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, United Kingdom and Netherlands. 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 Karl‐Heinz Kück, Lars Eckardt 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 →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Stephan Willems	7.1k	664	313	310	253	362	7.7k
James E. Ip	7.6k 1.1×	1.2k 1.8×	519 1.7×	566 1.8×	344 1.4×	189	8.9k
Thorsten Lewalter	4.7k 0.7×	501 0.8×	566 1.8×	444 1.4×	164 0.6×	194	5.5k
David Spragg	5.4k 0.8×	447 0.7×	404 1.3×	842 2.7×	164 0.6×	166	6.1k
Christian Sticherling	4.4k 0.6×	460 0.7×	271 0.9×	185 0.6×	166 0.7×	301	5.0k
Matthew Wright	4.7k 0.7×	379 0.6×	434 1.4×	486 1.6×	168 0.7×	164	5.6k
Lucas V.A. Boersma	7.9k 1.1×	631 1.0×	298 1.0×	670 2.2×	230 0.9×	226	8.2k
Joris R. de Groot	5.2k 0.7×	507 0.8×	938 3.0×	285 0.9×	148 0.6×	219	5.8k
Edward P. Gerstenfeld	8.9k 1.3×	459 0.7×	176 0.6×	318 1.0×	128 0.5×	228	9.5k
Carlo Pappone	12.0k 1.7×	895 1.3×	1.7k 5.4×	509 1.6×	459 1.8×	245	13.0k
Antonio Berruezo	6.5k 0.9×	347 0.5×	334 1.1×	858 2.8×	129 0.5×	227	6.9k

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Goette, Andreas, Marc D. Lemoine, Katrin Borof, et al.. (2025). 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. EP Europace. 27(10). 1 indexed citations

Willems, Stephan, Mario Jularic, Jens Hartmann, et al.. (2025). Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation in Octogenarians—Outcome and Impact for Future Same Day Discharge Strategies. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 36(4). 832–841.

Reimers, Jacobus, Lukas Kaiser, Edda Bahlmann, et al.. (2024). Prognostic influence of mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation on survival in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest undergoing ECPR on VA-ECMO. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 10. 1266189–1266189. 2 indexed citations

Rillig, Andreas, Lars Eckardt, Katrin Borof, et al.. (2024). Safety and efficacy of long-term sodium channel blocker therapy for early rhythm control: the EAST-AFNET 4 trial. EP Europace. 26(6). 14 indexed citations

Rottner, Laura, Andreas Metzner, Matthias Hochadel, et al.. (2024). Ten‐Year Outcomes and Predictors of Mortality Following Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia. Journal of the American Heart Association. 14(1). e034814–e034814. 1 indexed citations

Gunawardene, Melanie, Jens Hartmann, Mario Jularic, et al.. (2023). PO-04-069 OUTCOME AND SAFETY OF PULSED FIELD ABLATION FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION. Heart Rhythm. 20(5). S518–S518. 1 indexed citations

Tigges, Eike, Timm Ubben, Nele Geßler, et al.. (2023). Tick Tock timing of permanent pacemaker implantation after transcatheter aortic valve replacement. A single center review. EP Europace. 25(Supplement_1).

Eckardt, Lars, Nele Geßler, Katharina Scherschel, et al.. (2023). Major in-hospital complications after catheter ablation of cardiac arrhythmias: individual case analysis of 43 031 procedures. EP Europace. 26(1). 23 indexed citations

Trummer, Georg, Christoph Benk, Tobias Wengenmayer, et al.. (2023). Treatment of Refractory Cardiac Arrest by Controlled Reperfusion of the Whole Body: A Multicenter, Prospective Observational Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 13(1). 56–56. 10 indexed citations

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Bürger, Heiko, Lukas Kaiser, Brigitte Osswald, et al.. (2023). Safety and Efficacy of Excimer Laser Powered Lead Extractions in Obese Patients: A GALLERY Subgroup Analysis. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(12). 4096–4096. 1 indexed citations

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Bohnen, Sebastian, et al.. (2022). Systemic thrombo-embolic events in a middle-aged male with Loeffler endocarditis without peripheral eosinophilia—a case report. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. 22(1). 541–541. 1 indexed citations

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Müller, Lisa, Timm Ubben, Yalın Yıldırım, et al.. (2021). Benefits of routine prophylactic femoral access during transvenous lead extraction. Heart Rhythm. 18(6). 970–976. 2 indexed citations

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Tigges, Eike, et al.. (2020). Short-term use of “ECMELLA” in the context of fulminant eosinophilic myocarditis with cardiogenic shock. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. 20(1). 519–519. 5 indexed citations

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Pecha, Simon, A. Bernhardt, Markus J. Barten, et al.. (2020). Transvenous lead extraction after heart transplantation: How to avoid abandoned lead fragments. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 31(4). 854–859. 2 indexed citations

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Dinshaw, Leon, Benjamin Schäffer, Mario Jularic, et al.. (2019). Long‐term efficacy and safety of radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices and transvenous leads. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 30(5). 679–687. 15 indexed citations

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Jungen, Christiane, Katharina Scherschel, Christian Eickholt, et al.. (2017). Disruption of cardiac cholinergic neurons enhances susceptibility to ventricular arrhythmias. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14155–14155. 69 indexed citations

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Pecha, Simon, et al.. (2017). Predictors of Long-term Success After Concomitant Surgical Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation. Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 29(3). 294–298. 7 indexed citations

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Schreiber, Doreen, Thomas Rostock, Arian Sultan, et al.. (2015). Five-Year Follow-Up After Catheter Ablation of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Using the Stepwise Approach and Prognostic Factors for Success. Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. 8(2). 308–317. 124 indexed citations

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Willems, Stephan, et al.. (2014). Universal Fluctuations in Very Short ECG Episodes. Acta Polytechnica Hungarica. 11(7). 9 indexed citations

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Schlüter, Michael, Christian Butter, Julia Köbe, et al.. (2012). Shock Efficacy of Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator for Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death. Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. 5(5). 913–919. 62 indexed citations

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