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Ralf Westenfeld

Copenhagen University Hospital · DE
Area of research
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine · Surgery
Research interest
Research interests include Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair, and Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes.
h-index
52
citations
11,592
works
494
NIH funding
primary concept
Medicine
email

Recent publications

Long-Term Outcomes of the DanGer Shock Trial
New England Journal of Medicine 2025cited by 23position: middledoi
Microaxial Flow Pump Use and Renal Outcomes in Infarct-Related Cardiogenic Shock: A Secondary Analysis of the DanGer Shock Trial
Circulation 2024cited by 43position: middledoi
Microaxial Flow Pump Hemodynamic and Metabolic Effects in Infarct-Related Cardiogenic Shock
JAMA Cardiology 2024cited by 32position: lastdoi
Prevalence, mechanisms, and prognostic impact of dynamic mitral regurgitation assessed by isometric handgrip exercise.
2024cited by 8position: contributordoi
Impaired mitochondrial ketone body oxidation in insulin resistant states
2024cited by 0position: contributordoi
Clinical Course of Patients in Cardiogenic Shock Stratified by Phenotype
JACC Heart Failure 2023cited by 60position: middledoi
Exercise-Induced Left Atrial Hypertension in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
JACC Heart Failure 2023cited by 44position: middledoi
Supervised Exercise Training in Patients with Advanced Heart Failure and Left Ventricular Assist Device: A Multicentre Randomized Controlled Trial (Ex-VAD Trial)
European Journal of Heart Failure 2023cited by 18position: middledoi
Simple and safe digitoxin dosing in heart failure based on data from the DIGIT-HF trial
Clinical Research in Cardiology 2023cited by 18position: middledoi
Heparin dosing in patients with Impella-supported cardiogenic shock
International Journal of Cardiology 2023cited by 9position: middledoi
Preoperative Levosimendan therapy reduces postoperative right ventricular failure in patients undergoing left ventricular assist device implantation.
2023cited by 1position: contributordoi
Early Postoperative Neurologic Events Are Associated With Worse Outcome and Fatal Midterm Survival After Adult Heart Transplantation.
2023cited by 1position: contributordoi
Intramyocardial Inflammation after COVID-19 Vaccination: An Endomyocardial Biopsy-Proven Case Series
International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2022cited by 69position: middledoi
Early Outcomes of 2 Mitral Valve Transcatheter Leaflet Approximation Devices
JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions 2022cited by 27position: middledoi
Incidence of Acute Kidney Injury Is Lower in High-Risk Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Supported with Impella Compared to ECMO.
2022cited by 8position: contributordoi
Intracerebral bleeding in donors is associated with reduced short-term to midterm survival of heart transplant recipients.
2022cited by 5position: contributordoi
COVID-19 pandemic deteriorates aftercare attendance in heart transplant recipients independently of perceived impact on social life.
2022cited by 0position: contributordoi
Full-length transcriptomic analysis in murine and human heart reveals diversity of PGC-1α promoters and isoforms regulated distinctly in myocardial ischemia and obesity
2022cited by 0position: contributordoi
Impella Mechanical Circulatory Support for Takotsubo Syndrome With Shock: A Retrospective Multicenter Analysis
Cardiovascular revascularization medicine 2021cited by 48position: middledoi
Computed tomography derived predictors of permanent pacemaker implantation after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: A meta-analysis.
2021cited by 20position: contributordoi
Moderate acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination in patients pre- and post-heart transplantation: Experiences from a German Transplant Centre.
2021cited by 9position: contributordoi
Right ventricular dysfunction assessed by cardiovascular magnetic resonance is associated with poor outcome in patients undergoing transcatheter mitral valve repair.
2021cited by 5position: contributordoi
Interventionelle LV-Modulation in der Herzinsuffizienztherapie
Aktuelle Kardiologie 2021cited by 0position: contributordoi
Influence of Timing and Predicted Risk on Mortality in Impella-Treated Infarct-Related Cardiogenic Shock Patients
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine 2020cited by 38position: middledoi
German Multicenter Experience With a New Leaflet-Based Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair System for Mitral Regurgitation
JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions 2020cited by 33position: middledoi
Impella support and acute kidney injury during high-risk percutaneous coronary intervention: The Global cVAD Renal Protection Study.
2020cited by 33position: contributordoi
Novel insights on outcome in horizontal aorta with self-expandable new-generation transcatheter aortic valve replacement devices.
2020cited by 18position: contributordoi
Evaluation of Myocardial Gene Expression Profiling for Superior Diagnosis of Idiopathic Giant-Cell Myocarditis and Clinical Feasibility in a Large Cohort of Patients with Acute Cardiac Decompensation
Journal of Clinical Medicine 2020cited by 12position: middledoi
Patients with severe aortic stenosis and coexisting pulmonary hypertension treated by transapical transcatheter aortic valve replacement-Is there a need for increased attention?
2020cited by 3position: contributordoi
Impact of tricuspid valve insufficiency on the performance of left ventricular assist devices.
2020cited by 2position: contributordoi

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Frequent collaborators

· 17 papers (2020–2024)Johann Bauersachs · Duke University Hospital10 papers (2014–2023)Malte Kelm · Friedrich Schiller University Jena8 papers (2019–2024)Denise Hilfiker‐Kleiner · Medizinische Hochschule Hannover6 papers (2014–2018)Udo Boeken · Düsseldorf University Hospital6 papers (2021–2024)Johannes Schwab · Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz6 papers (2015–2023)Dominik Berliner · Medizinische Hochschule Hannover5 papers (2015–2023)Artur Lichtenberg · Düsseldorf University Hospital5 papers (2020–2024)Daniel Oehler · Public Library of Science5 papers (2021–2023)Andreas Schäfer · Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans5 papers (2018–2024)Christian Veltmann · Krankenhaus St. Joseph-Stift Bremen4 papers (2014–2023)Philipp Ehlermann · Heidelberg University4 papers (2015–2018)Jacob Eifer Møller · University of Southern Denmark4 papers (2019–2024)Hug Aubin · Düsseldorf University Hospital4 papers (2022–2024)Amin Polzin · Henkel (Germany)4 papers (2020–2024)Raphael Romano Bruno · University of Chieti-Pescara4 papers (2021–2023)Michael Böhm · University of Stuttgart4 papers (2017–2023)Daniel Burkhoff · Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey3 papers (2020–2023)Stefan Störk · Universitätsklinikum Würzburg3 papers (2019–2023)Jens Vogel‐Claussen · Medizinische Hochschule Hannover3 papers (2015–2018)