Thorsten Lewalter

16.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
194 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

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Thorsten Lewalter is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Thorsten Lewalter has authored 194 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 175 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 18 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 16 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Thorsten Lewalter's work include Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (133 papers), Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (127 papers) and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (65 papers). Thorsten Lewalter is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (133 papers), Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes (127 papers) and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (65 papers). Thorsten Lewalter collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and United States. Thorsten Lewalter's co-authors include Berndt Lüderitz, Lars Eckardt, Andreas Goette, Johannes Brachmann, Jan W. Schrickel, Klaus Tiemann, Gerhard Hindricks, Marco Valgimigli, Pascal Vranckx and Jan G.P. Tijssen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Thorsten Lewalter

185 papers receiving 5.4k citations

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Implant-based multiparameter telemonitoring of patients with heart failure (IN-TIME): a randomised controlled trial

2014 473 citations Miloš Táborský, Burghard Schumacher et al. profile →
Edoxaban-based versus vitamin K antagonist-based antithrombotic regimen after successful coronary stenting in patients with atrial fibrillation (ENTRUST-AF PCI): a randomised, open-label, phase 3b trial

2019 383 citations Lars Eckardt, Thorsten Lewalter et al. profile →
EHRA/EAPCI expert consensus statement on catheter-based left atrial appendage occlusion – an update

2020 211 citations A. John Camm, Gregory Y.H. Lip et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thorsten Lewalter Germany	37	4.7k	566	501	444	374	194	5.5k
Charles A. Henrikson United States	37	4.0k 0.8×	504 0.9×	690 1.4×	456 1.0×	190 0.5×	120	4.7k
David Spragg United States	43	5.4k 1.1×	404 0.7×	447 0.9×	842 1.9×	201 0.5×	166	6.1k
Christian Sticherling Switzerland	35	4.4k 0.9×	271 0.5×	460 0.9×	185 0.4×	200 0.5×	301	5.0k
James E. Ip United States	32	7.6k 1.6×	519 0.9×	1.2k 2.3×	566 1.3×	149 0.4×	189	8.9k
Sanghamitra Mohanty United States	34	4.0k 0.8×	317 0.6×	265 0.5×	383 0.9×	146 0.4×	236	4.9k
Usha B. Tedrow United States	44	5.7k 1.2×	578 1.0×	531 1.1×	438 1.0×	98 0.3×	212	6.7k
Jean Champagne Canada	31	3.7k 0.8×	281 0.5×	449 0.9×	323 0.7×	131 0.4×	108	4.0k
Alan Cheng United States	41	5.0k 1.1×	337 0.6×	733 1.5×	697 1.6×	146 0.4×	145	6.1k
Laurent Macle Canada	47	10.4k 2.2×	174 0.3×	569 1.1×	406 0.9×	491 1.3×	200	10.7k
Gerhard Hindricks Germany	40	5.3k 1.1×	216 0.4×	744 1.5×	616 1.4×	149 0.4×	260	6.0k

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Boriani, Giuseppe, Johannes Brachmann, Thorsten Lewalter, et al.. (2025). Access and reimbursement of ambulatory cardiac monitoring across Europe. European Heart Journal - Digital Health. 6(6). 1282–1292.

Saksena, Sanjeev, April Slee, Andrea Natale, et al.. (2023). Atrial Fibrillation can adversely impact Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction by its association with Heart Failure Progression and Mortality: A Post-Hoc Propensity Score–Matched Analysis of the TOPCAT Americas Trial. EP Europace. 25(5). 15 indexed citations

Jilek, Clemens, et al.. (2023). Rechtsatriales isthmusabhängiges Vorhofflattern. Herzschrittmachertherapie + Elektrophysiologie. 34(4). 291–297. 1 indexed citations

Skurk, Carsten, Karl Georg Häusler, Matthias Endres, Thorsten Lewalter, & Ulf Landmesser. (2022). Perkutaner Vorhofohrverschluss nach Schlaganfall. Nervenheilkunde. 41(6). 417–425.

Ledwoch, Jakob, İbrahim Akın, Hüseyin İnce, et al.. (2021). Anticoagulation versus antiplatelet therapy after percutaneous left atrial appendage closure—subanalysis from the multicenter LAARGE registry. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology. 64(2). 489–496. 5 indexed citations

Brachmann, Johannes, Thorsten Lewalter, İbrahim Akın, et al.. (2020). Comparison in Patients < 75 Years of Age - Versus – Those > 75 Years on One-year-Events With Atrial Fibrillation and Left Atrial Appendage Occluder (From the Prospective Multicenter German LAARGE Registry). The American Journal of Cardiology. 136. 81–86. 9 indexed citations

Tay, Edgar, Dennis Wang, Teguh Santoso, et al.. (2020). Left atrial appendage occlusion for ischemic stroke prevention in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation: clinical expert opinion and consensus statement for the Asian-Pacific region. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology. 61(2). 269–281. 4 indexed citations

Eichenlaub, Martin, et al.. (2018). REduction of THRomboembolic EVents during Ablation using the laserballoon: The RETHREVA registry. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 29(3). 365–374. 2 indexed citations

Laar, Charlotte van, Niels Verberkmoes, Hendrik W. van Es, et al.. (2018). Thoracoscopic Left Atrial Appendage Clipping. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology. 4(7). 893–901. 38 indexed citations

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Zylla, Maura M., Johannes Brachmann, Thorsten Lewalter, et al.. (2016). Sex-related outcome of atrial fibrillation ablation: Insights from the German Ablation Registry. Heart Rhythm. 13(9). 1837–1844. 62 indexed citations

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Müller, Axel, Andreas Goette, Christian Perings, et al.. (2013). Potential Role of Telemedical Service Centers in Managing Remote Monitoring Data Transmitted Daily by Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices: Results of the Early Detection of Cardiovascular Events in Device Patients with Heart Failure (detecT-Pilot) Study. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health. 19(6). 460–466. 8 indexed citations

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Glotzer, Taya V., Giuseppe Boriani, Massimo Santini, et al.. (2013). DEVICE DETECTED ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND RISK FOR STROKE: AN ANALYSIS OF MORE THAN 10,000 PATIENTS FROM THE SOS AF PROJECT (STROKE PREVENTION STRATEGIES BASED ON ATRIAL FIBRILLATION INFORMATION FROM IMPLANTED DEVICES). Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 61(10). E246–E246. 5 indexed citations

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Steg, Philippe Gabríel, Samir Alam, Chern‐En Chiang, et al.. (2012). 225 Symptoms, functional status, and quality of life in patients with controlled and uncontrolled atrial fibrillation. Data from the cross-sectional REALISE-AF registry. Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases Supplements. 4(1). 71–72. 3 indexed citations

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Arya, Arash, Michael S. Block, Josef Kautzner, et al.. (2008). Influence of Home Monitoring on the Clinical Status of Heart Failure Patients: Design and Rationale of the IN-TIME Study. European Journal of Heart Failure. 10(11). 1143–1148. 34 indexed citations

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Kreuzberg, Maria M., Jan W. Schrickel, Alexander Ghanem, et al.. (2006). Connexin30.2 containing gap junction channels decelerate impulse propagation through the atrioventricular node. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(15). 5959–5964. 91 indexed citations

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Linhart, Markus & Thorsten Lewalter. (2006). Elektrische und pharmakologische Frühkardioversion von Vorhofflimmern. Herzschrittmachertherapie + Elektrophysiologie. 17(2). 81–88. 4 indexed citations

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Lewalter, Thorsten, Alexander Yang, D. Pfeiffer, et al.. (2006). Individualized Selection of Pacing Algorithms for the Prevention of Recurrent Atrial Fibrillation: Results from the VIP Registry. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology. 29(2). 124–134. 28 indexed citations

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Lewalter, Thorsten, et al.. (2000). New missense mutation (G626V) in the predicted selectivity filter of the HERG channel associated with familial long QT syndrome. Human Mutation. 15(6). 584–584. 1 indexed citations

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Schumacher, Burghard, et al.. (1998). Acute and Long‐Term Effects of Consecutive Radiofrequency Applications on Conduction Properties of the Subeustachian Isthmus in Type I Atrial Flutter. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 9(2). 152–163. 64 indexed citations

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Lewalter, Thorsten, Dean MacCarter, Torsten T. Bauer, et al.. (1994). Heart rate during exercise: What is the optimal goal of rate adaptive pacemaker therapy?. American Heart Journal. 127(4). 1026–1030. 7 indexed citations

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