Thomas Wichter

17.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
147 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Thomas Wichter is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Wichter has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 124 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 30 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and 29 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Thomas Wichter's work include Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (51 papers), Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise (49 papers) and Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (31 papers). Thomas Wichter is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (51 papers), Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise (49 papers) and Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (31 papers). Thomas Wichter collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Thomas Wichter's co-authors include Günter Breithardt, Matthias Paul, Martin Borggrefe, Matthias Grude, Eric Schulze‐Bahr, Lars Eckardt, Wilhelm Haverkamp, Christian Bruch, Roman Fischbach and Walter Heindel and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Nature Genetics and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Wichter

143 papers receiving 6.6k 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.

Mutations in the desmosomal protein plakophilin-2 are common in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Wichter Germany	48	5.6k	1.3k	1.2k	1.1k	670	147	6.9k
Paolo Spirito Italy	53	11.8k 2.1×	1.2k 0.9×	480 0.4×	1.4k 1.3×	396 0.6×	111	12.6k
Martina Perazzolo Marra Italy	35	4.5k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	569 0.5×	247 0.2×	177 0.3×	176	4.9k
Matthias Paul Germany	28	2.5k 0.4×	681 0.5×	606 0.5×	471 0.4×	299 0.4×	95	3.2k
Michael D. Taylor United States	33	1.8k 0.3×	531 0.4×	98 0.1×	861 0.8×	523 0.8×	168	3.8k
John R. Lesser United States	43	8.0k 1.4×	2.8k 2.1×	45 0.0×	462 0.4×	622 0.9×	192	9.4k
Kohtaro Abe Japan	27	1.5k 0.3×	286 0.2×	129 0.1×	746 0.7×	2.0k 3.0×	112	3.4k
Saroja Bharati United States	35	2.7k 0.5×	256 0.2×	57 0.0×	368 0.3×	1.2k 1.8×	170	4.2k
Subha V. Raman United States	34	2.2k 0.4×	1.3k 1.0×	20 0.0×	841 0.8×	587 0.9×	133	3.7k
S. David Rockoff United States	22	915 0.2×	208 0.2×	201 0.2×	161 0.1×	453 0.7×	57	1.9k
Timothy J. Mosher United States	37	513 0.1×	1.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	144 0.1×	176 0.3×	83	5.3k

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Hedderich, Dennis M., Matthias Paul, Christoph Schülke, et al.. (2014). Biventricular myocardial strain analysis in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) using cardiovascular magnetic resonance feature tracking. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 16(1). 75–75. 66 indexed citations

Paul, Matthias, Jörg Stypmann, Joachim Gerß, et al.. (2011). Safety of Endomyocardial Biopsy in Patients With Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy. JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 4(10). 1142–1148. 21 indexed citations

Bruch, Christian, Igor Klem, Günter Breithardt, Thomas Wichter, & Rainer Gradaus. (2007). Diagnostic Usefulness and Prognostic Implications of the Mitral E/E′ Ratio in Patients With Heart Failure and Severe Secondary Mitral Regurgitation. The American Journal of Cardiology. 100(5). 860–865. 56 indexed citations

Paul, Matthias, Eric Schulze‐Bahr, Thomas Wichter, et al.. (2007). Role of programmed ventricular stimulation in patients with Brugada syndrome: a meta-analysis of worldwide published data. European Heart Journal. 28(17). 2126–2133. 109 indexed citations

Bruch, Christian, Holger Reinecke, Markus Rothenburger, et al.. (2006). Prevalence and prognostic impact of comorbidities in patients with severe aortic valve stenosis. Clinical Research in Cardiology. 96(1). 23–29. 11 indexed citations

Bruch, Christian, Joerg Stypmann, Matthias Grude, et al.. (2006). Left Bundle Branch Block in Chronic Heart Failure–Impact on Diastolic Function, Filling Pressures, and B-type Natriuretic Peptide Levels. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 19(1). 95–101. 11 indexed citations

Bruch, Christian, Markus Rothenburger, Michael Gotzmann, et al.. (2006). Risk Stratification in Chronic Heart Failure: Independent and Incremental Prognostic Value of Echocardiography and Brain Natriuretic Peptide and its N-terminal Fragment. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 19(5). 522–528. 27 indexed citations

Bruch, Christian, Michael Gotzmann, Jörg Stypmann, et al.. (2005). Electrocardiography and Doppler echocardiography for risk stratification in patients with chronic heart failure. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 45(7). 1072–1075. 44 indexed citations

Wichter, Thomas, Matthias Paul, Lars Eckardt, & G. Breithardt. (2004). Arrhythmien aus dem rechten Ventrikel. Der Internist. 45(10). 1125–1135. 3 indexed citations

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Bruch, Christian, J. Stypmann, Rainer Gradaus, G. Breithardt, & Thomas Wichter. (2004). Stroke volume and mitral annular velocities. Zeitschrift für Kardiologie. 93(10). 799–806. 7 indexed citations

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Schulze‐Bahr, Eric, Lars Eckardt, G�nter Breithardt, et al.. (2003). Sodium channel gene (SCN5A) mutations in 44 index patients with Brugada syndrome: Different incidences in familial and sporadic disease. Human Mutation. 21(6). 651–652. 162 indexed citations

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Paul, Matthias, et al.. (2003). Genetics of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy - status quo and future perspectives. Zeitschrift für Kardiologie. 92(2). 128–136. 17 indexed citations

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Paul, Matthias, et al.. (2002). Electrocardiographic findings in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy and idiopathic ventricular tachycardia: potential role for risk stratification?. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 39. 136–136. 2 indexed citations

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Corrado, Domenico, et al.. (2000). Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy: Need for an international registry (Reprinted from Circulation Online, March 21, pg E101, 2000). UCL Discovery (University College London). 1 indexed citations

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Gradaus, Rainer, Markus Lentschig, & Thomas Wichter. (1999). Atypical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with a calcified apical thrombus. Zeitschrift für Kardiologie. 88(4). 290–290. 1 indexed citations

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Haverkamp, Wilhelm, et al.. (1997). Efficacy and Safety of d,l-Sotalol in Patients With Ventricular Tachycardia and in Survivors of Cardiac Arrest. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 30(2). 487–495. 60 indexed citations

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Martínez‐Rubio, Antoni, Martin Borggrefe, Mohammad Shenasa, et al.. (1995). Are there gender differences in patients with coronary artery disease presenting with spontaneous sustained ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation?. Clinical Cardiology. 18(3). 161–166. 5 indexed citations

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Schwammenthal, Ehud, et al.. (1994). Detection of regional left ventricular asynchrony in obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by magnetic resonance imaging. American Heart Journal. 127(3). 600–606. 21 indexed citations

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Auffermann, W, et al.. (1993). Arrhythmogenic right ventricular disease: MR imaging vs angiography.. American Journal of Roentgenology. 161(3). 549–555. 97 indexed citations

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Breithardt, G., et al.. (1993). The signal-averaged ECG: Time-domain analysis. European Heart Journal. 14(suppl E). 27–32. 8 indexed citations

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