Thomas Bertsch

10.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
296 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Thomas Bertsch is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Bertsch has authored 296 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 53 papers in Epidemiology and 43 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Thomas Bertsch's work include Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (32 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (30 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (30 papers). Thomas Bertsch is often cited by papers focused on Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (32 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (30 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (30 papers). Thomas Bertsch collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Mexico and United States. Thomas Bertsch's co-authors include Klaus Faßbender, Cornel Sieber, Ursula Hoffmann, Klaus von Bergmann, Dieter Lütjohann, Sandra Kühl, Mark Stroick, Siegfried Lang, Tobias Hartmann and Konrad Beyreuther and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Bertsch

278 papers receiving 6.1k 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.

Simvastatin strongly reduces levels of Alzheimer's disease β-amyloid peptides Aβ42 and Aβ40 in vitro and in vivo

2001 923 citations Klaus Faßbender, Thomas Bertsch et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Bertsch Germany	41	1.5k	1.4k	1.3k	1.2k	1.1k	296	6.3k
Jan T. Kielstein Germany	55	2.0k 1.3×	1.4k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	1.5k 1.2×	2.6k 2.3×	278	10.2k
Michele Buemi Italy	49	938 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	827 0.7×	275	8.6k
Roy Sherwood United Kingdom	41	666 0.4×	1.3k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	723 0.6×	198	5.6k
Zhengyuan Xia China	50	1.2k 0.8×	897 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	3.2k 2.6×	1.5k 1.3×	275	8.9k
A. Edo Meinders Netherlands	44	1.3k 0.8×	935 0.7×	3.1k 2.4×	775 0.6×	1.4k 1.2×	123	8.7k
Michael Wolzt Austria	60	2.9k 1.9×	1.9k 1.4×	1.6k 1.3×	2.0k 1.6×	3.1k 2.7×	374	11.9k
Qi Qian United States	36	672 0.4×	1.8k 1.3×	1.7k 1.3×	2.0k 1.6×	909 0.8×	100	8.2k
Kai Zacharowski Germany	51	670 0.4×	1.2k 0.9×	1.7k 1.4×	1.3k 1.0×	1.4k 1.3×	456	9.5k
J. B. L. Hoekstra Netherlands	45	969 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	2.0k 1.5×	1.3k 1.1×	807 0.7×	151	7.8k
Bruno Vergès France	47	910 0.6×	2.4k 1.8×	2.1k 1.6×	1.4k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	295	8.0k

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Bertsch, Thomas, et al.. (2025). Prognostic impact of left ventricular dilatation in heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction. European Journal of Internal Medicine. 144. 106510–106510.

Siqueiros‐Márquez, Lourdes, Magdalena Zamora, Juan Pablo Robles, et al.. (2025). Vasoinhibin is Generated by the Renin-angiotensin System. Endocrinology. 166(3). 1 indexed citations

Marischen, Lothar, et al.. (2025). Two Are Better than One: The Bi-Specific Antibody Mosunetuzumab Reveals an Improved Immune Response of Vγ9Vδ2 T Cells Targeting CD20 in Malignant B Cells in Comparison to the Mono-Specific Antibody Obinutuzumab. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(3). 1262–1262. 2 indexed citations

Schupp, Tobias, Kathrin Weidner, Alexander Schmitt, et al.. (2024). Effect of anaemia and iron deficiency in heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction. European Journal of Clinical Investigation. 54(8). e14205–e14205. 1 indexed citations

Schupp, Tobias, Thomas Bertsch, Alexander Schmitt, et al.. (2024). Effect of heart failure pharmacotherapies in patients with heart failure with mildly reduced ejection fraction. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 31(11). 1347–1360. 8 indexed citations

Tyczynski, Bartosz, Matthias Thielmann, Erik Bagaev, et al.. (2023). Effect of intraoperative haemoadsorption therapy on cardiac surgery for active infective endocarditis with confirmedStaphylococcus aureusbacteraemia. Interdisciplinary CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery. 36(1). 13 indexed citations

Rusnak, Jonas, Tobias Schupp, Kathrin Weidner, et al.. (2023). Differences in Outcome of Patients with Cardiogenic Shock Associated with In-Hospital or Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(5). 2064–2064. 2 indexed citations

Schupp, Tobias, Michael Behnes, İbrahim Akın, & Thomas Bertsch. (2023). Blood Derived Biomarkers in the Sepsis-3 Era. Clinical Laboratory. 69(05/2023).

Schupp, Tobias, Jonas Rusnak, Thomas Bertsch, et al.. (2023). Prognosis of cardiogenic shock with and without acute myocardial infarction: results from a prospective, monocentric registry. Clinical Research in Cardiology. 113(4). 626–641. 6 indexed citations

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Pollari, Francesco, Wolfgang Hitzl, Ferdinand Vogt, et al.. (2023). A Machine Learning Model for the Accurate Prediction of 1-Year Survival in TAVI Patients: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(17). 5481–5481. 3 indexed citations

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Schupp, Tobias, Jonas Rusnak, Kathrin Weidner, et al.. (2023). C-Reactive Protein and White Blood Cell Count in Cardiogenic Shock. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(3). 965–965. 13 indexed citations

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Siqueiros‐Márquez, Lourdes, Ludivina Robles‐Osorio, Thomas Bertsch, et al.. (2022). Sulpiride‐induced hyperprolactinaemia increases retinal vasoinhibin and protects against diabetic retinopathy in rats. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 34(4). e13091–e13091. 11 indexed citations

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Pollari, Francesco, et al.. (2022). A New Definition of Thrombocytopenia Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Incidence, Outcome, and Predictors. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease. 9(11). 388–388. 1 indexed citations

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Faßbender, Klaus, Martin Lesmeister, Silke Walter, et al.. (2021). Impact of mobile stroke units. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 92(8). 815–822. 34 indexed citations

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Weidner, Kathrin, Tobias Schupp, Maximilian Kittel, et al.. (2021). Effect of Anemia on the Prognosis of Patients with Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias. The American Journal of Cardiology. 154. 54–62. 2 indexed citations

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Kemmler, Wolfgang, Simon von Stengel, Matthias Kohl, et al.. (2020). <p>Safety of a Combined WB-EMS and High-Protein Diet Intervention in Sarcopenic Obese Elderly Men</p>. Clinical Interventions in Aging. Volume 15. 953–967. 14 indexed citations

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Fousse, Mathias, Stefan A. Helwig, Silke Walter, et al.. (2020). Effects of a Feedback-Demanding Stroke Clock on Acute Stroke Management. Stroke. 51(10). 2895–2900. 11 indexed citations

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Rusnak, Jonas, Michael Behnes, Ursula Hoffmann, et al.. (2017). High Sensitivity Troponins Discriminate Different Morphologies of Coronary Artery Plaques Being Assessed by Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography. Disease Markers. 2017. 1–9. 2 indexed citations

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Bahrmann, Philipp, et al.. (2012). Early detection of non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction in geriatric patients by a new high-sensitive cardiac troponin T assay. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. 24(3). 290–294. 5 indexed citations

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Heppner, Hans-Jürgen, Jürgen M. Bauer, Cornel Sieber, & Thomas Bertsch. (2010). Laboratory Aspects Relating to the Detection and Prevention of Frailty. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4 indexed citations

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