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2026

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Medicine

D-Index
135
Citations
62252
World Ranking
2080
National Ranking
102

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Gerd Heusch is affiliated with the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on medical sciences, particularly within the subfields of pathology and forensic medicine, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, emergency medicine, developmental neuroscience, and radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging.

Their scholarly output includes significant contributions to topics such as cardiac ischemia and reperfusion, cardiac arrest and resuscitation, anesthesia and neurotoxicity research, cardiac imaging and diagnostics, cardiovascular function and risk factors, cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, and vagus nerve stimulation research.

Among recent publications, Gerd Heusch has authored several papers including:

  • Myocardial ischaemia-reperfusion injury and cardioprotection in perspective (2020, Nature Reviews Cardiology)
  • Myocardial ischemia/reperfusion: Translational pathophysiology of ischemic heart disease (2024, Med)
  • Myocardial stunning and hibernation revisited (2021, Nature Reviews Cardiology)

They have also collaborated on research featured in other venues, such as the paper by Petra Kleinbongard titled "A fresh look at coronary microembolization" (2021, Nature Reviews Cardiology) and the work "IMproving Preclinical Assessment of Cardioprotective Therapies (IMPACT) criteria: guidelines of the EU-CARDIOPROTECTION COST Action" led by Sandrine Lecour (2021, Basic Research in Cardiology).

Frequent co-authors in Gerd Heusch's publications include Petra Kleinbongard, Helmut Raphael Lieder, Andreas Skyschally, Ioanna Andreadou, and Hans Erik Bøtker. Their publication record shows multiple contributions to journals such as European Heart Journal, Basic Research in Cardiology, The FASEB Journal, Nature Reviews Cardiology, and Cardiovascular Research.

Major publication venues for their work include:

  • European Heart Journal
  • Basic Research in Cardiology
  • The FASEB Journal
  • Nature Reviews Cardiology
  • Cardiovascular Research

Their main fields of study consist of Medicine, with more specialized focus distributed among pathology and forensic medicine, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, emergency medicine, developmental neuroscience, and radiology-related disciplines. The topics explored reflect comprehensive engagement with aspects of cardiac health, emergency interventions, and neurotoxicology in clinical and experimental frameworks.

Best Publications

  • A Cathepsin D-Cleaved 16 kDa Form of Prolactin Mediates Postpartum Cardiomyopathy

    Denise Hilfiker-Kleiner;Karol Kaminski;Edith Podewski;Tomasz Bonda

  • Evolving therapies for myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury.

    Borja Ibáñez;Borja Ibáñez;Gerd Heusch;Michel Ovize;Frans Van de Werf

  • Opening of mitochondrial K(ATP) channels triggers the preconditioned state by generating free radicals.

    Tilley Pain;Xi Ming Yang;Stuart D. Critz;Yankun Yue

  • Molecular Basis of Cardioprotection: Signal Transduction in Ischemic Pre-, Post-, and Remote Conditioning

    Gerd Heusch

  • Cardiovascular remodelling in coronary artery disease and heart failure

    Gerd Heusch;Peter Libby;Bernard Gersh;Derek Yellon

  • Myocardial ischaemia-reperfusion injury and cardioprotection in perspective.

    Gerd Heusch

  • Postconditioning and protection from reperfusion injury: where do we stand? Position paper from the Working Group of Cellular Biology of the Heart of the European Society of Cardiology

    Michel Ovize;Gary F. Baxter;Fabio Di Lisa;Péter Ferdinandy

  • Plasma nitrite reflects constitutive nitric oxide synthase activity in mammals.

    Petra Kleinbongard;André Dejam;Thomas Lauer;Tienush Rassaf;Tienush Rassaf

  • The pathophysiology of acute myocardial infarction and strategies of protection beyond reperfusion: a continual challenge

    Gerd Heusch;Bernard J Gersh

  • Remote Ischemic Conditioning

    Gerd Heusch;Hans Erik Bøtker;Karin Przyklenk;Andrew Redington

  • Interaction of Risk Factors, Comorbidities, and Comedications with Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury and Cardioprotection by Preconditioning, Postconditioning, and Remote Conditioning

    Peter Ferdinandy;Derek J. Hausenloy;Gerd Heusch;Gary Francis Baxter

  • Nitric oxide in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury.

    Rainer Schulz;Malte Kelm;Gerd Heusch

  • Cardioprotection: chances and challenges of its translation to the clinic

    Gerd Heusch

  • Cardioprotective and prognostic effects of remote ischaemic preconditioning in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery: a single-centre randomised, double-blind, controlled trial

    Matthias Thielmann;Eva Kottenberg;Petra Kleinbongard;Daniel Wendt

  • Multitarget Strategies to Reduce Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury: JACC Review Topic of the Week.

    Sean M. Davidson;Péter Ferdinandy;Ioanna Andreadou;Hans Erik Bøtker

  • High-Density Lipoproteins and Their Constituent, Sphingosine-1-Phosphate, Directly Protect the Heart Against Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury In Vivo via the S1P3 Lysophospholipid Receptor

    Gregor Theilmeier;Christoph Schmidt;Jörg Herrmann;Petra Keul

  • Running: the risk of coronary events : Prevalence and prognostic relevance of coronary atherosclerosis in marathon runners.

    Stefan Möhlenkamp;Nils Lehmann;Frank Breuckmann;Martina Bröcker-Preuss

  • Cardioprotection Nitric Oxide, Protein Kinases, and Mitochondria

    Gerd Heusch;Kerstin Boengler;Rainer Schulz

  • TNFα in atherosclerosis, myocardial ischemia/reperfusion and heart failure

    Petra Kleinbongard;Gerd Heusch;Rainer Schulz

  • Coronary microembolization: from bedside to bench and back to bedside.

    Gerd Heusch;Petra Kleinbongard;Dirk Böse;Bodo Levkau

Frequent Co-Authors

Rainer Schulz
Rainer Schulz University of Giessen
Raimund Erbel
Raimund Erbel University of Duisburg-Essen
Michael Haude
Michael Haude Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
David Garcia-Dorado
David Garcia-Dorado Autonomous University of Barcelona
Fernando Alfonso
Fernando Alfonso Hospital Universitario de La Princesa
Derek M. Yellon
Derek M. Yellon University College London
James M. Downey
James M. Downey University of South Alabama
Luc Pierard
Luc Pierard University of Liège
Derek J. Hausenloy
Derek J. Hausenloy National University of Singapore
Jan J. Piek
Jan J. Piek University of Amsterdam

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