Sven Knecht

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
134 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Sven Knecht is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Internal Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Sven Knecht has authored 134 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 119 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 11 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 6 papers in Internal Medicine. Recurrent topics in Sven Knecht's work include Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (100 papers), Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (85 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (44 papers). Sven Knecht is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (100 papers), Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (85 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (44 papers). Sven Knecht collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Chile and United States. Sven Knecht's co-authors include Christian Sticherling, Michael Kühne, Stefan Osswald, Matthias Zehnder, Wendelin J. Stark, Tobias J. Brunner, Beat Schaer, E. Stüssi, Tobias Reichlin and Patrick Badertscher and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Sven Knecht

118 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Clinical Validation of 5 Direct-to-Consumer Wearable Smart Devices to Detect Atrial Fibrillation

2023 77 citations Sven Knecht, Jeanne du Fay de Lavallaz et al. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology profile →
Pulsed Field or Cryoballoon Ablation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

2025 40 citations Tobias Reichlin, Thomas Kueffer et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sven Knecht Switzerland	21	1.0k	312	296	293	240	134	1.9k
Jimoh Olubanwo Agbaje Belgium	21	33 0.0×	144 0.5×	539 1.8×	368 1.3×	307 1.3×	48	1.2k
R. A. White United States	18	441 0.4×	188 0.6×	78 0.3×	22 0.1×	543 2.3×	36	1.4k
E. Jorge‐Herrero Spain	17	274 0.3×	269 0.9×	25 0.1×	46 0.2×	545 2.3×	31	863
Kevin C. Baker United States	26	94 0.1×	335 1.1×	33 0.1×	20 0.1×	1.4k 6.0×	104	2.1k
Kazuomi Sugamoto Japan	36	83 0.1×	472 1.5×	64 0.2×	18 0.1×	2.6k 10.7×	148	3.2k
Clifford M. Les United States	22	38 0.0×	332 1.1×	42 0.1×	24 0.1×	630 2.6×	45	1.4k
Andy L. Olivares Spain	13	222 0.2×	432 1.4×	29 0.1×	7 0.0×	264 1.1×	24	846
Hans-Peter Wendel Germany	16	101 0.1×	300 1.0×	39 0.1×	24 0.1×	376 1.6×	42	846
Jafar Vossoughi United States	13	119 0.1×	227 0.7×	80 0.3×	45 0.2×	249 1.0×	52	690
Susanne Jung Germany	18	33 0.0×	114 0.4×	328 1.1×	247 0.8×	175 0.7×	65	975

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Krisai, Philipp, Sven Knecht, Nicolas Schaerli, et al.. (2025). Comparison of Two Different Pulsed Field Ablation Systems: The Dual Pulse System Study. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 36(11). 2955–2962. 1 indexed citations

Badertscher, Patrick, Jeanne du Fay de Lavallaz, Tobias Reichlin, et al.. (2025). Pulsed-field ablation vs. thermal ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. EP Europace. 27(8). 2 indexed citations

Serban, Teodor, Philipp Krisai, Sven Knecht, et al.. (2025). Inconclusive Single-Lead ECGs From Smart-Devices. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology. 11(9). 2003–2011.

Badertscher, Patrick, Sven Knecht, Teodor Serban, et al.. (2024). Clinical validation of the 2021 European Society of Cardiology guidelines on preexisting right bundle branch block in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Heart Rhythm. 22(10). 2625–2634.

Badertscher, Patrick, Sven Knecht, Philipp Krisai, et al.. (2024). Pulsed field ablation for atrial fibrillation with a novel simplified protocol: The PFA dose study. Heart Rhythm. 22(6). 1375–1383. 5 indexed citations

Kueffer, Thomas, Sven Knecht, Patrick Badertscher, et al.. (2024). Impact of shortening the blanking period to 8 weeks after PVI: Insights from COMPARE-CRYO using continuous rhythm monitoring. Heart Rhythm. 22(11). 2801–2809. 2 indexed citations

Knecht, Sven, Philipp Krisai, Stefan Osswald, et al.. (2024). Incidence of acute pericarditis after pulsed-field ablation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation. EP Europace. 26(7). 4 indexed citations

Badertscher, Patrick, Teodor Serban, Philipp Krisai, et al.. (2024). Role of 3D electro-anatomical mapping on procedural characteristics and outcomes in pulsed-field ablation for atrial fibrillation. EP Europace. 26(4). 10 indexed citations

Kueffer, Thomas, Sven Knecht, Antonio Madaffari, et al.. (2023). Comparison of the PolarX and the Arctic Front cryoballoon for pulmonary vein isolation in patients with symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (COMPARE CRYO) – Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials. 134. 107341–107341. 3 indexed citations

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Küffer, Thomas, Babken Asatryan, Patrick Badertscher, et al.. (2023). Validation of a clinical model for predicting left versus right ventricular outflow tract origin of idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 46(10). 1186–1196. 1 indexed citations

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Knecht, Sven, et al.. (2023). Technical characterization of the single-lead electrocardiogram signal from four different smartwatches and its clinical implications. EP Europace. 25(Supplement_1). 1 indexed citations

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Badertscher, Patrick, Sven Knecht, Philipp Krisai, et al.. (2023). Efficacy and safety of pulmonary vein isolation with pulsed field ablation vs. novel cryoballoon ablation system for atrial fibrillation. EP Europace. 25(12). 29 indexed citations

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Schlageter, Vincent, Patrick Badertscher, Philipp Krisai, et al.. (2023). A single-beat algorithm to discriminate farfield from nearfield bipolar voltage electrograms from the pulmonary veins. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology. 66(9). 2047–2054. 2 indexed citations

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Kennedy, Alan R., Teodor Serban, Sven Knecht, et al.. (2023). Reducing the burden of inconclusive smart device single-lead ECG tracings via a novel artificial intelligence algorithm. PubMed. 5(1). 29–35. 4 indexed citations

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Serban, Teodor, Sorin Lazar, Philipp Krisai, et al.. (2023). Durability of pulmonary vein isolation for atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis and systematic review. EP Europace. 25(11). 17 indexed citations

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Badertscher, Patrick, Sven Knecht, Raban Jeger, et al.. (2022). Value of Periprocedural Electrophysiology Testing During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Risk Stratification of Patients With New‐Onset Left Bundle‐Branch Block. Journal of the American Heart Association. 11(15). e026239–e026239. 10 indexed citations

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Knecht, Sven, Patrick Badertscher, Philipp Krisai, et al.. (2022). Role of empirical isolation of the superior vena cava in patients with recurrence of atrial fibrillation after pulmonary vein isolation—a multi-center analysis. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology. 66(2). 435–443. 15 indexed citations

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Badertscher, Patrick, Antonio Madaffari, Stefanie Aeschbacher, et al.. (2021). Non-invasive predictors for infranodal conduction delay in patients with left bundle branch block after TAVR. Clinical Research in Cardiology. 110(12). 1967–1976. 1 indexed citations

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Madaffari, Antonio, et al.. (2020). Ventricular tachycardia catheter ablation after repaired tetralogy of Fallot: how to overcome an electrical short circuit. EP Europace. 22(11). 1687–1687. 3 indexed citations

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Knecht, Sven, Philipp Brantner, Philippe C. Cattin, et al.. (2018). State‐of‐the‐art multimodality approach to assist ablations in complex anatomies—From 3D printing to virtual reality. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 42(1). 101–103. 8 indexed citations

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