Tobias Opthof

10.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
149 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Tobias Opthof is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Tobias Opthof has authored 149 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 108 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 65 papers in Molecular Biology and 26 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Tobias Opthof's work include Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (92 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (48 papers) and Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (24 papers). Tobias Opthof is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (92 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (48 papers) and Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (24 papers). Tobias Opthof collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Japan and United States. Tobias Opthof's co-authors include Ruben Coronel, Michiel J. Janse, Loet Leydesdorff, Marcel A. G. van der Heyden, Jacques M.T. de Bakker, Habo J. Jongsma, Francien J. G. Wilms-Schopman, Arthur A.M. Wilde, Jessica Vermeulen and Itsuo Kodama and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Tobias Opthof

148 papers receiving 7.4k citations

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Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells to Cardiomyocytes

2003 789 citations Marcel A. G. van der Heyden, Tobias Opthof et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tobias Opthof

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Mechanism of ventricular premature beats elicited by left stellate ganglion stimulation during acute ischaemia of the anterior left ventricle 2020 ·Cardiovascular Research ·Bastiaan J. Boukens, Michael J. Dacey, Veronique M.F. Meijborg, Michiel J. Janse, Joseph Hadaya, Peter Hanna, Mohammed Amer Swid, Tobias Opthof, Jeffrey L. Ardell, Kalyanam Shivkumar, Ruben Coronel	6
2	Cardiac activation–repolarization patterns and ion channel expression mapping in intact isolated normal human hearts 2016 ·Heart Rhythm ·Tobias Opthof, Carol Ann Remme, Esther Jorge, Francisco J. Noriega, Rob F. Wiegerinck, (unknown), Leander Beekman, Jesús Álvarez‐García, (unknown), Ruben Coronel, Juan Cinca	40
3	The Association of Abnormal Ventricular Wall Motion and Increased Dispersion of Repolarization in Humans is Independent of the Presence of Myocardial Infarction 2012 ·Frontiers in Physiology ·Tobias Opthof, Peter Sutton, Ruben Coronel, Susan Wright, Panny Kallis, Peter Taggart	13
4	Repolarization gradients in the intact heart: Transmural or apico-basal? 2012 ·Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology ·Michiel J. Janse, Ruben Coronel, Tobias Opthof, Eugene A. Sosunov, Evgeny P. Anyukhovsky, Michael R. Rosen	66
5	Postrepolarization refractoriness in acute ischemia and after antiarrhythmic drug administration: Action potential duration is not always an index of the refractory period 2012 ·Heart Rhythm ·Ruben Coronel, Michiel J. Janse, Tobias Opthof, Arthur A.M. Wilde, Peter Taggart	35
6	Bepridil Facilitates Early Termination of Spiral-Wave Reentry in Two-Dimensional Cardiac Muscle Through an Increase of Intercellular Electrical Coupling 2010 ·Journal of Pharmacological Sciences ·Hiroki Takanari, Haruo Honjo, Yoshio Takemoto, Tomoyuki Suzuki, (unknown), Masafumi Harada, Yusuke Okuno, Takashi Ashihara, Tobias Opthof, Ichiro Sakuma, Kaichiro Kamiya, Itsuo Kodama	8
7	Left atrial pressure reduction for mitral stenosis reverses left atrial direction-dependent conduction abnormalities 2009 ·Cardiovascular Research ·Ruben Coronel, (unknown), Lucas V.A. Boersma, E. F. D. Wever, Leopoldo Bon, Pascal F.H.M. van Dessel, André C. Linnenbank, Wiek H. van Gilst, (unknown), Tobias Opthof, Norbert M. van Hemel	23
8	Comment: Assessment of scientific quality is complicated 2009 ·Netherlands Heart Journal ·Tobias Opthof, Arthur A.M. Wilde	3
9	There is no transmural heterogeneity in an index of action potential duration in the canine left ventricle 2009 ·Heart Rhythm ·Frederik Voss, Tobias Opthof, (unknown), Alexander Bauer, Hugo A. Katus, Ruediger Becker	22
10	Ventricular repolarization: An overview of (patho)physiology, sympathetic effects and genetic aspects 2005 ·Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology ·Chantal E. Conrath, Tobias Opthof	81
11	Molecular aspects of adrenergic modulation of cardiac L-type Ca channels 2004 ·Cardiovascular Research ·Marcel A. G. van der Heyden, Tessa J.M. Wijnhoven, Tobias Opthof	89
12	Ca_v3.2 subunit underlies the functional T-type Ca²⁺ channel in murine hearts during the embryonic period 2004 ·American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology ·Noriko Niwa, Kenji Yasui, Tobias Opthof, Haruki Takemura, Atsuya Shimizu, Mitsuru Horiba, Jong‐Kook Lee, Haruo Honjo, Kaichiro Kamiya, Itsuo Kodama	80
13	Electrotonic cancellation of transmural electrical gradients in the left ventricle in man 2003 ·Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology ·Peter Taggart, Peter Sutton, Tobias Opthof, Ruben Coronel, Panny Kallis	49
14	Gap Junctions in the Sinoatrial Node: 1994 ·Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology ·Tobias Opthof	14
15	IK1 blockade is unlikely to be a useful antiarrhythmic mechanism 1994 ·Cardiovascular Research ·Tobias Opthof	11
16	Effect of transmural vagal stimulation on electrotonic current spread in the rabbit sinoatrial node 1992 ·Cardiovascular Research ·(unknown), Lennart N. Bouman, Tobias Opthof, Feliksas F. Bukauskas, Habo J. Jongsma	7
17	Mutual electronic interaction between the rabbit sinoatrial and atrioventricular node. 1990 ·Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology ·Juan Sanchis, Tobias Opthof, Arthur A.M. Wilde, Michiel J. Janse	2
18	Ventricular tachyrdia in the infarcted, Langendorff-perfused human heart: Role of the arrangement of surviving cardiac fibers 1990 ·Journal of the American College of Cardiology ·(unknown), Ruben Coronel, Sara Tasseron, Arthur A.M. Wilde, Tobias Opthof, M. J. Janse, Frans J.L. van Capelle, A E Becker, G Jambroes	173
19	Functional morphology of the mammalian sinuatrial node 1987 ·European Heart Journal ·Tobias Opthof, B. De Jonge, Habo J. Jongsma, Lennart N. Bouman	40
20	Functional morphology of the pig sinoatrial node 1987 ·Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology ·Tobias Opthof, B. De Jonge, Habo J. Jongsma, Lennart N. Bouman	32

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