Dirk Westermann

21.3k citations
424 papers · 11.9k · 4 hit papers · h-index 56

Impact in

Papers in

    • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research 79
    • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors 52
    • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments 50
    • Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling 47
    • Viral Infections and Immunology Research 41
    • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair 55

Dirk Westermann

382 papers receiving 11.7k citations

Dirk Westermann's Hit Papers

Association of Cardiac Infection With SARS-CoV-2 in Confirmed COVID-19 Autopsy Cases 2020 · 563 citations
5630+5+10Years since publication100200300400500

Peers

Dirk Westermann
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  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7.6k
  • Emergency Medicine 1.0k
  • Surgery 2.7k
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1.2k
  • Cancer Research 696
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All Works

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Association of Cardiac Infection With SARS-CoV-2 in Confirmed COVID-19 Autopsy Cases
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2020563
2
Cardiac Inflammation Contributes to Changes in the Extracellular Matrix in Patients With Heart Failure and Normal Ejection Fraction
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2010484
3 2007452
4 2008347
5
Concomitant Implantation of Impella® on Top of Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation May Improve Survival of Patients with Cardiogenic Shock
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2016308
6
Inflammation and fibrosis in murine models of heart failure
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2019287
7 2011243
8 2007233
9 2005226
10 2007180
11 2005178
12 2004170
13 2009164
14 2015159
15 2014138
16 2017138
17 2006137
18 2007123
19 2010116
20 2007111

About Dirk Westermann

Dirk Westermann is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology, having authored 424 papers that have together received 11.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (79 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (69 papers), Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (55 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (52 papers), Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (50 papers), Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling (47 papers), Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices (47 papers) and Viral Infections and Immunology Research (41 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (7.6k citations), Emergency Medicine (1.0k citations), Surgery (2.7k citations), Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (1.2k citations) and Cancer Research (696 citations). Dirk Westermann has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Carsten Tschöpe, Stefan Blankenberg, Heinz‐Peter Schultheiss, Heinz‐Peter Schultheiß, Wolfgang Poller, Diana Lindner, Mario Kašner, Alexander Riad, Felicitas Escher and Matthias Pauschinger. Their work appears in journals such as Clinical Research in Cardiology, European Heart Journal, Journal of Clinical Medicine, Circulation and European Journal of Heart Failure.

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