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Christian Torp-Pedersen

Christian Torp-Pedersen

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Medicine

D-Index
156
Citations
112930
World Ranking
905
National Ranking
15

Christian Torp-Pedersen publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christian Torp-Pedersen sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 1,832 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Christian Torp-Pedersen D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christian Torp-Pedersen sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 156 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Christian Torp-Pedersen is affiliated with Aalborg University in Denmark and has a substantial body of research primarily within the field of Medicine.

The scientist's main area of study is Medicine, with a pronounced focus on several subfields including Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery, and Epidemiology.

Their research covers a range of topics, including:

  • Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias

Christian Torp-Pedersen has contributed to numerous publications, including these recent papers:

  • 2020 ESC Guidelines for the management of adult congenital heart disease, 2020, European Heart Journal
  • Associations of health literacy with socioeconomic position, health risk behavior, and health status: a large national population-based survey among Danish adults, 2020, BMC Public Health
  • Risk of COVID-19 in health-care workers in Denmark: an observational cohort study, 2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Effectiveness of Adding a Mask Recommendation to Other Public Health Measures to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Danish Mask Wearers, 2020, Annals of Internal Medicine
  • Association of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor or Angiotensin Receptor Blocker Use With COVID-19 Diagnosis and Mortality, 2020, JAMA

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Gunnar Gislason
  • Lars Køber
  • Kristian Kragholm
  • Emil Loldrup Fosbøl
  • Morten Schou

Christian Torp-Pedersen's work has been published in several prominent journals and venues, with multiple publications in:

  • European Heart Journal
  • Journal of the American Heart Association
  • Resuscitation
  • European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes
  • European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy

Best Publications

  • Comparison of carvedilol and metoprolol on clinical outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure in the Carvedilol Or Metoprolol European Trial (COMET): randomised controlled trial

    Philip A. Poole-Wilson;Karl Swedberg;John G.F. Cleland;Andrea Di Lenarda

  • A clinical trial of the angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitor trandolapril in patients with left ventricular dysfunction after myocardial infarction. Trandolapril Cardiac Evaluation (TRACE) Study Group.

    Køber L;Torp-Pedersen C;Carlsen Je;Bagger H

  • Rivaroxaban with or without Aspirin in Stable Cardiovascular Disease

    John W. Eikelboom;Stuart J. Connolly;Jackie Bosch;Gilles R. Dagenais

  • Long-term ACE-inhibitor therapy in patients with heart failure or left-ventricular dysfunction: A systematic overview of data from individual patients

    Marcus D. Flather;Salim Yusuf;Lars Køber;Marc Pfeffer

  • Prognostic value of aortic pulse wave velocity as index of arterial stiffness in the general population.

    Tine Willum Hansen;Jan A. Staessen;Christian Torp-Pedersen;Susanne Rasmussen

  • Determinants of pulse wave velocity in healthy people and in the presence of cardiovascular risk factors: 'establishing normal and reference values'.

    Francesco U. S. Mattace-Raso;Albert Hofman;Germaine C. Verwoert;Jacqueline C. M. Witteman

  • Defibrillator Implantation in Patients with Nonischemic Systolic Heart Failure

    Lars Køber;Jens J. Thune;Jens J. Thune;Jens C. Nielsen;Jens C. Nielsen;Jens Haarbo;Jens Haarbo

  • Validation of risk stratification schemes for predicting stroke and thromboembolism in patients with atrial fibrillation: nationwide cohort study

    Jonas Bjerring Olesen;Gregory Y H Lip;Morten Lock Hansen;Peter Riis Hansen

  • 2020 ESC Guidelines for the management of adult congenital heart disease.

    Helmut Baumgartner;Julie De Backer;Sonya V Babu-Narayan;Werner Budts

  • Effect of dronedarone on cardiovascular events in atrial fibrillation.

    Stefan H. Hohnloser;Martin van Eickels;Christophe Gaudin;Richard L. Page

  • Dofetilide in patients with congestive heart failure and left ventricular dysfunction. Danish Investigations of Arrhythmia and Mortality on Dofetilide Study Group.

    C Torp-Pedersen;M Møller;P E Bloch-Thomsen;L Køber

  • Association of National Initiatives to Improve Cardiac Arrest Management With Rates of Bystander Intervention and Patient Survival After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

    Mads Wissenberg;Freddy K. Lippert;Fredrik Folke;Peter Weeke

  • Effect of Sibutramine on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Overweight and Obese Subjects

    W. Philip T. James;Ian D. Caterson;Walmir Coutinho;Nick Finer

  • Increased Mortality after Dronedarone Therapy for Severe Heart Failure

    Lars Køber;Christian Torp-Pedersen;John J.V. McMurray;Ole Gøtzsche

  • Stroke and Bleeding in Atrial Fibrillation with Chronic Kidney Disease

    Jonas Bjerring Olesen;Gregory Y H Lip;Anne-Lise Kamper;Kristine Hommel

  • Risk of bleeding with single, dual, or triple therapy with warfarin, aspirin, and clopidogrel in patients with atrial fibrillation.

    Morten L. Hansen;Rikke Sørensen;Mette T. Clausen;Marie Louise Fog-Petersen

  • Prognostic accuracy of day versus night ambulatory blood pressure: a cohort study

    José Boggia;Yan Li;Lutgarde Thijs;Tine W Hansen

  • Trandolapril Reduces the Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation After Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients With Left Ventricular Dysfunction

    Ole Dyg Pedersen;Henning Bagger;Lars Køber;Christian Torp-Pedersen

  • Prognostic relevance of atrial fibrillation in patients with chronic heart failure on long-term treatment with beta-blockers: results from COMET

    Karl Swedberg;Lars G. Olsson;Andrew Charlesworth;John Cleland

  • Intense Metabolic Control by Means of Insulin in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus and Acute Myocardial Infarction (DIGAMI 2): Effects on Mortality and Morbidity

    K. Malmberg;L. Rydén;H. Wedel

Frequent Co-Authors

Gunnar H. Gislason
Gunnar H. Gislason Copenhagen University Hospital
Lars Køber
Lars Køber Copenhagen University Hospital
Peter Riis Hansen
Peter Riis Hansen University of Copenhagen
Gregory Y.H. Lip
Gregory Y.H. Lip University of Liverpool
Henrik E. Poulsen
Henrik E. Poulsen University of Copenhagen
Christian Hassager
Christian Hassager University of Copenhagen
Takayoshi Ohkubo
Takayoshi Ohkubo Teikyo University
John G.F. Cleland
John G.F. Cleland University of Glasgow
Lars Lind
Lars Lind Uppsala University

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