Thomas Zerm

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Thomas Zerm is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Biomedical Engineering and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Zerm has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 1 paper in Biomedical Engineering and 0 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Thomas Zerm's work include Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (15 papers), Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (13 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (9 papers). Thomas Zerm is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (15 papers), Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (13 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (9 papers). Thomas Zerm collaborates with scholars based in Germany and Switzerland. Thomas Zerm's co-authors include Roland Richard Tilz, Feifan Ouyang, Melanie Konstantinidou, Andreas Metzner, Erik Wißner, Boris Schmidt, Alexander Fuernkranz, Karl‐Heinz Kück, Julian Chun and Bülent Köktürk and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and European Heart Journal.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Zerm

16 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Long-Term Results of Catheter Ablation in Paroxysmal Atri... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Long-Term Results of Catheter Ablation in Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
    2010 522 citations Feifan Ouyang, Roland Richard Tilz et al. Circulation profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas Zerm Germany 10 1.1k 90 53 31 27 16 1.1k
Alexander Fuernkranz Germany 17 1.1k 1.0× 75 0.8× 45 0.8× 46 1.5× 30 1.1× 23 1.1k
Melanie Konstantinidou Germany 13 1.2k 1.1× 110 1.2× 87 1.6× 41 1.3× 43 1.6× 18 1.2k
Sebastian Deiß Germany 16 1.1k 1.0× 157 1.7× 38 0.7× 54 1.7× 23 0.9× 24 1.1k
Buelent Koektuerk Germany 12 800 0.7× 80 0.9× 54 1.0× 35 1.1× 27 1.0× 28 837
Lucio Capulzini Belgium 19 817 0.8× 60 0.7× 71 1.3× 36 1.2× 19 0.7× 45 867
Verena Semmler Germany 15 620 0.6× 40 0.4× 55 1.0× 47 1.5× 40 1.5× 54 670
Daniel P. Melby United States 11 710 0.7× 23 0.3× 62 1.2× 25 0.8× 34 1.3× 22 751
Shigeki Kusa Japan 19 768 0.7× 59 0.7× 34 0.6× 25 0.8× 16 0.6× 57 791
Karin Nentwich Germany 16 835 0.8× 37 0.4× 51 1.0× 63 2.0× 15 0.6× 59 868
Steve W.K. Lai United States 9 1.6k 1.5× 78 0.9× 36 0.7× 96 3.1× 14 0.5× 11 1.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Zerm

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Thomas Zerm. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Thomas Zerm based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Thomas Zerm. Thomas Zerm is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Imnadze, Guram & Thomas Zerm. (2019). Prevention of ventricular fibrillation through de‐networking of the Purkinje system. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 42(10). 1285–1290. 14 indexed citations
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Imnadze, Guram, et al.. (2016). Epicardial ablation of ventricular tachycardia using pericardioscopy through submammary minimal thoracotomy. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. 22(4). 498–500. 2 indexed citations
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Konstantinidou, Melanie, Buelent Koektuerk, Erik Wißner, et al.. (2011). Catheter ablation of right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia: a simplified remote-controlled approach. EP Europace. 13(5). 696–700. 26 indexed citations
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Tilz, Roland Richard, K. R. Julian Chun, Boris Schmidt, et al.. (2010). Catheter Ablation of Long‐Standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: A Lesson from Circumferential Pulmonary Vein Isolation. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 21(10). 1085–1093. 88 indexed citations
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Metzner, Andreas, Kars Neven, Alexander Fuernkranz, et al.. (2010). Long-term clinical outcome following pulmonary vein isolation with high-intensity focused ultrasound balloon catheters in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. EP Europace. 12(2). 188–193. 26 indexed citations
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Ouyang, Feifan, Roland Richard Tilz, Julian Chun, et al.. (2010). Long-Term Results of Catheter Ablation in Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation. Circulation. 122(23). 2368–2377. 522 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chun, K. R. Julian, Erik Wißner, Buelent Koektuerk, et al.. (2010). Remote-Controlled Magnetic Pulmonary Vein Isolation Using a New Irrigated-Tip Catheter in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation. Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. 3(5). 458–464. 48 indexed citations
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Chun, K. R. Julian, Alexander Fürnkranz, Boris Schmidt, et al.. (2009). Right ventricular rapid pacing in catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: a novel application for cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation. Clinical Research in Cardiology. 98(8). 493–500. 7 indexed citations
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Chun, K. R. Julian, Alexander Fürnkranz, Andreas Metzner, et al.. (2009). Cryoballoon Pulmonary Vein Isolation with Real‐Time Recordings from the Pulmonary Veins. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 20(11). 1203–1210. 54 indexed citations
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Tilz, Roland Richard, Boris Schmidt, K. R. Julian Chun, et al.. (2008). Abstract 2253: Left Atrial Appendage Function And Clinical Outcome After Electrical Isolation Of Left Atrial Appendage In Patients Undergoing Atrial Fibrillation Ablation. Circulation. 118. 3 indexed citations
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Chun, K. R. Julian, Boris Schmidt, Andreas Metzner, et al.. (2008). The 'single big cryoballoon' technique for acute pulmonary vein isolation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: a prospective observational single centre study. European Heart Journal. 30(6). 699–709. 265 indexed citations
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Tilz, Roland Richard, Seiki Takatsuki, Julian Chun, et al.. (2008). Inducibility of atrial tachyarrhythmias after circumferential pulmonary vein isolation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: clinical predictor and outcome during follow-up. EP Europace. 10(8). 949–954. 18 indexed citations
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Eberhardt, Frank, et al.. (2007). Incidence and Significance of Far‐Field R Wave Sensing in a VDD‐Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 30(3). 395–403. 5 indexed citations
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Chun, K. R. Julian, Matthias Antz, Feifan Ouyang, et al.. (2007). Abstract 3226: The “Single-Big-Cryo-Balloon” Technique for Pulmonary Vein Isolation - A New Ice Age?. Circulation. 116(suppl_16). 2 indexed citations
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Pruvot, Étienne, et al.. (2007). Propagation velocity kinetics and repolarization alternans in a free-behaving sheep model of pacing-induced atrial fibrillation. EP Europace. 9(Supplement 6). vi83–vi88. 10 indexed citations
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Schuchert, Andreas, et al.. (2003). Comparison of patients with and without atrial fibrillation after implantation of a dual-chamber defibrillator using a defibrillation lead with free-floating atrial bipole. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 41(6). 115–115. 1 indexed citations

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