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Christian Funck-Brentano

Christian Funck-Brentano

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Medicine

D-Index
80
Citations
137525
World Ranking
16840
National Ranking
557

Overview

Christian Funck-Brentano is affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France and has contributed extensively to medical research, particularly in the fields of cardiology and pharmacology. Their research output comprises over 100 publications in medicine, with significant focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, molecular biology, pharmacology, oncology, and infectious diseases.

The scientist's work centers around detailed investigations into cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, antibiotics pharmacokinetics and efficacy, COVID-19 clinical research studies, drug-induced ocular toxicity, systemic lupus erythematosus, receptor mechanisms and signaling, and ion channel regulation and function.

Christian Funck-Brentano has published in a variety of leading scientific journals. Notable frequent publication venues include:

  • Therapies
  • Circulation
  • Archives of cardiovascular diseases
  • European Heart Journal
  • The Lancet

Their recent influential papers include:

  • "Uses of pharmacovigilance databases: An overview," 2020, Therapies
  • "Systematic analysis of drug-associated myocarditis reported in the World Health Organization pharmacovigilance database," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Cardiovascular Toxicities Associated With Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin," 2020, Circulation
  • "Identification of anticancer drugs associated with atrial fibrillation: analysis of the WHO pharmacovigilance database," 2020, European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy
  • "Anticancer drug-induced life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias: a World Health Organization pharmacovigilance study," 2021, European Heart Journal

Christian Funck-Brentano frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Joe-Elie Salem
  • Dan M. Roden
  • Noël Zahr
  • Paul Gougis
  • Edi Prifti

Their research contributions span analysis of pharmacovigilance databases to understand drug safety and toxicity profiles, especially concerning cardiovascular effects. This includes studies on myocarditis, arrhythmias, and toxicities related to widely used medications such as hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin, as well as anticancer therapies.

Best Publications

  • 2013 ESH/ESC Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension: The Task Force for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

    Giuseppe Mancia;Robert Fagard;Krzysztof Narkiewicz;Josep Redon

  • Third universal definition of myocardial infarction

    Kristian Thygesen;Joseph S. Alpert;Allan S. Jaffe;Maarten L. Simoons

  • 2007 Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension

    Giuseppe Mancia;Guy De Backer;Anna Dominiczak;Renata Cifkova

  • ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2012

    John J.V. McMurray;Stamatis Adamopoulos;Stefan D. Anker;Angelo Auricchio

  • 2019 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of chronic coronary syndromes.

    Juhani Knuuti;William Wijns;Antti Saraste;Davide Capodanno

  • 2012 focused update of the ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation: An update of the 2010 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation * Developed with the special contribution of the European Heart Rhythm Association

    A. John Camm;Jeroen J. Bax;Robert Fagard

  • 2013 ESC guidelines on the management of stable coronary artery disease: the Task Force on the management of stable coronary artery disease of the European Society of Cardiology.

    Gilles Montalescot;Udo Sechtem;Stephan Achenbach;Felicita Andreotti

  • ESC guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2008: the Task Force for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2008 of the European Society of Cardiology. Developed in collaboration with the Heart Failure Association of the ESC (HFA) and endorsed by the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM).

    Kenneth Dickstein;Alain Cohen-Solal;Gerasimos Filippatos;John J V McMurray

  • Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism: The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

    Adam Torbicki;Arnaud Perrier;Stavros Konstantinides;Giancarlo Agnelli

  • 2012 focused update of the ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation

    A. John Camm;Gregory Y.H. Lip

  • ESC Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment elevation: The Task Force for the management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment eleva...

    C. W. Hamm;J.-P. Bassand;S. Agewall;J. Bax

  • Universal definition of myocardial infarction.

    Kristian Thygesen;Joseph S. Alpert;Harvey D. White;Allan S. Jaffe

  • Management of acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting with persistent ST-segment elevation: the Task Force on the Management of ST-Segment Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction of the European Society of Cardiology.

    Frans Van de Werf;Jeroen Bax;Amadeo Betriu;Carina Blomstrom-Lundqvist

  • ESC Guidelines for the management of grown-up congenital heart disease (new version 2010).

    Helmut Baumgartner;Philipp Bonhoeffer;Natasja M. S. De Groot;Fokko de Haan

  • Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation

    A. John Camm;Paulus Kirchhof;Gregory Y H Lip;Ulrich Schotten

  • 2014 ESC/ESA Guidelines on non-cardiac surgery: cardiovascular assessment and management: The Joint Task Force on non-cardiac surgery: cardiovascular assessment and management of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA).

    Steen Dalby Kristensen;Juhani Knuuti;Antti Saraste;Stefan Anker

  • Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension

    Marius M. Hoeper;Marc Humbert;Adam Torbicki;Jean-Luc Vachiery

  • ESC Guidelines on the management of cardiovascular diseases during pregnancy: the Task Force on the Management of Cardiovascular Diseases during Pregnancy of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

    Vera Regitz-Zagrosek;Carina Blomstrom Lundqvist;Claudio Borghi;Renata Cifkova

  • Cytochrome P450 2C19 polymorphism in young patients treated with clopidogrel after myocardial infarction: a cohort study

    Jean-Philippe Collet;Jean-Sébastien Hulot;Anna Pena;Eric Villard

  • Guidelines on the Management of Valvular Heart disease (Version 2012)

    Alec Vahanian;Ottavio Alfieri;Felicita Andreotti;Manuel J. Antunes

Frequent Co-Authors

Michal Tendera
Michal Tendera Medical University of Silesia
Alec Vahanian
Alec Vahanian Université Paris Cité
Jeroen J. Bax
Jeroen J. Bax Leiden University Medical Center
Gerasimos Filippatos
Gerasimos Filippatos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Petr Widimsky
Petr Widimsky Charles University
Bogdan A. Popescu
Bogdan A. Popescu Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Dan M. Roden
Dan M. Roden Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Steen Dalby Kristensen
Steen Dalby Kristensen Aarhus University Hospital
José Luis Zamorano
José Luis Zamorano Hospital Ramon y Cajal

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