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Günter Breithardt

Günter Breithardt

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
127
Citations
83944
World Ranking
2777
National Ranking
141

Günter Breithardt 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 Günter Breithardt sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 954 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Günter Breithardt 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 Günter Breithardt sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 127 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Günter Breithardt is affiliated with the University of Münster in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on medicine with a significant emphasis on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Within this broad field, they have contributed notably to areas such as surgery, epidemiology, economics and econometrics, and internal medicine.

The scientist's research topics encompass Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, Cardiac Electrophysiology and Arrhythmias, Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders, Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases, Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management, and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors.

Frequent co-authors in their work include Paulus Kirchhof, Andreas Goette, A. John Camm, Karl Wegscheider, and Lars Eckardt.

Their publications have appeared often in key journals such as EP Europace, Circulation, European Heart Journal, Journal of the American Heart Association, and Clinical Research in Cardiology.

Among recent papers, notable works include:

  • Early Rhythm-Control Therapy in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation (2020) published in New England Journal of Medicine
  • Early Rhythm Control Therapy in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure (2021) published in Circulation
  • Systematic, early rhythm control strategy for atrial fibrillation in patients with or without symptoms: the EAST-AFNET 4 trial (2021) published in European Heart Journal
  • A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Apixaban With the Vitamin K Antagonist Phenprocoumon in Patients on Chronic Hemodialysis: The AXADIA-AFNET 8 Study (2022) published in Circulation
  • Early Rhythm Control in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and High Comorbidity Burden (2022) published in Circulation

Günter Breithardt is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Best Publications

  • Rivaroxaban versus Warfarin in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation

    Manesh R. Patel;Kenneth W. Mahaffey;Jyotsna Garg;Guohua Pan

  • Myocardial infarction redefined--a consensus document of The Joint European Society of Cardiology/American College of Cardiology Committee for the redefinition of myocardial infarction.

    Elliott Antman;Jean-Pierre Bassand;Werner Klein;Magnus Ohman

  • Myocardial infarction redefined - A consensus document of the Joint European Society of Cardiology/American College of Cardiology committee for the redefinition of myocardial infarction

    J. S. Alpert;E. Antman;F. Apple;P. W. Armstrong

  • Genetic basis and molecular mechanism for idiopathic ventricular fibrillation

    Qiuyun Chen;Glenn E. Kirsch;Danmei Zhang;Ramon Brugada

  • Genotype-Phenotype Correlation in the Long-QT Syndrome Gene-Specific Triggers for Life-Threatening Arrhythmias

    Peter J. Schwartz;Silvia G Priori;Carla Spazzolini;Arthur J Moss

  • Genotype-Phenotype Correlation in the Long-QT Syndrome

    Peter J. Schwartz;Silvia G. Priori;Carla Spazzolini;Arthur J. Moss

  • Early Rhythm-Control Therapy in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

    Paulus Kirchhof;A. John Camm;Andreas Goette;Axel Brandes

  • Sirolimus-eluting stents for treatment of patients with long atherosclerotic lesions in small coronary arteries: double-blind, randomised controlled trial (E-SIRIUS)

    Joachim Schofer;Michael Schlüter;Anthony H Gershlick;William Wijns

  • Atrial fibrillation management: a prospective survey in ESC Member Countries The Euro Heart Survey on Atrial Fibrillation

    Robby Nieuwlaat;Alessandro Capucci;A John Camm;S Bertil Olsson

  • Mutations in the desmosomal protein plakophilin-2 are common in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

    Brenda Gerull;Brenda Gerull;Arnd Heuser;Arnd Heuser;Thomas Wichter;Matthias Paul

  • Standards for analysis of ventricular late potentials using high-resolution or signal-averaged electrocardiography: A statement by a task force committee of the European Society of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, and the American College of Cardiology

    Günter Breithardt;Michael E. Cain;Nabil El-Sherif;Nancy C. Flowers

  • The potential for QT prolongation and pro-arrhythmia by non-anti-arrhythmic drugs: clinical and regulatory implications. Report on a Policy Conference of the European Society of Cardiology.

    W. Haverkamp;G. Breithardt;A. J. Camm;M. J. Janse

  • Response to Letter Regarding Article, “Renal Dysfunction as a Predictor of Stroke and Systemic Embolism in Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation: Validation of the R2CHADS2 Index in the ROCKET AF (Rivaroxaban Once-Daily, Oral, Direct Factor Xa Inhibition Compared With Vitamin K Antagonism for Prevention of Stroke and Embolism Trial in Atrial Fibrillation) and ATRIA (Anticoagulation and Risk Factors in Atrial Fibrillation) Study Cohorts”

    Jonathan P. Piccini;Susanna R. Stevens;YuChiao Chang;Daniel E. Singer

  • Outcome parameters for trials in atrial fibrillation: executive summary.

    Paulus Kirchhof;Angelo Auricchio;Jeroen Bax;Harry Crijns

  • KCNE1 mutations cause jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome.

    Eric Schulze-Bahr;Qing Wang;Horst Wedekind;Wilhelm Haverkamp

  • Long-Term Prognosis of Individuals With Right Precordial ST-Segment–Elevation Brugada Syndrome

    Lars Eckardt;Vincent Probst;Jeroen P.P. Smits;Eric Schulze Bahr

  • The Registry of the German Competence NETwork on Atrial Fibrillation: patient characteristics and initial management.

    Michael Nabauer;Andrea Gerth;Tobias Limbourg;Steffen Schneider

  • Atrial fibrillation in stroke-free patients is associated with memory impairment and hippocampal atrophy

    Stefan Knecht;Christian Oelschläger;Thomas Duning;Hubertus Lohmann

  • Efficacy and Safety of Rivaroxaban Compared With Warfarin Among Elderly Patients With Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation in the Rivaroxaban Once Daily, Oral, Direct Factor Xa Inhibition Compared With Vitamin K Antagonism for Prevention of Stroke and Embolism Trial in Atrial Fibrillation (ROCKET AF)

    Jonathan L. Halperin;Graeme J. Hankey;Daniel M. Wojdyla;Jonathan P. Piccini

  • Age- and Training-Dependent Development of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy in Heterozygous Plakoglobin-Deficient Mice

    Paulus Kirchhof;Larissa Fabritz;Melanie Zwiener;Henning Witt

Frequent Co-Authors

Paulus Kirchhof
Paulus Kirchhof University of Birmingham
Martin Borggrefe
Martin Borggrefe University of Münster
Manesh R. Patel
Manesh R. Patel Duke University
Graeme J. Hankey
Graeme J. Hankey University of Western Australia
Keith A.A. Fox
Keith A.A. Fox University of Edinburgh
Kenneth W. Mahaffey
Kenneth W. Mahaffey Stanford University
Jonathan L. Halperin
Jonathan L. Halperin Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Daniel E. Singer
Daniel E. Singer Harvard University
Jonathan P. Piccini
Jonathan P. Piccini Duke University
Richard C. Becker
Richard C. Becker University of Cincinnati

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