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Hein Heidbuchel

Hein Heidbuchel

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112
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World Ranking
5035
National Ranking
52

Overview

Hein Heidbuchel is affiliated with the University of Antwerp in Belgium. Their work spans over 665 publications in the field of Medicine, focusing primarily on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, with additional contributions in Surgery, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Biomedical Engineering, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The main research topics addressed by Heidbuchel include:

  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
  • Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research

Their frequent co-authors reflect collaborations across multiple researchers, including:

  • Lien Desteghe
  • André La Gerche
  • Guido Claessen
  • Tatjana Potpara
  • Andrea Sarkozy

Heidbuchel's publications have appeared predominantly in these venues:

  • EP Europace
  • European Heart Journal
  • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
  • Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Heart Rhythm

A selection of recent papers includes:

  • 2020 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), 2020, European Heart Journal
  • 2022 ESC Guidelines for the management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death, 2022, European Heart Journal
  • Early Rhythm-Control Therapy in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • 2020 ESC Guidelines on sports cardiology and exercise in patients with cardiovascular disease, 2020, European Heart Journal
  • 2021 European Heart Rhythm Association Practical Guide on the Use of Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation, 2021, EP Europace

Best Publications

  • 2016 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with EACTS

    Paulus Kirchhof;Stefano Benussi;Dipak Kotecha;Anders Ahlsson

  • 2016 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with EACTS

    Paulus Kirchhof;Stefano Benussi;Dipak Kotecha;Anders Ahlsson

  • 2016 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with EACTS: The Task Force for the management of atrial fibrillation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Developed with the special contribution of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) of the ESC. Endorsed by the European Stroke Organisation (ESO)

    Kirchhof P;Benussi S;Kotecha D;Ahlsson A

  • Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation The Task Force for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

    A. John Camm;Paulus Kirchhof;Irene Savelieva

  • 2012 HRS/EHRA/ECAS expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: Recommendations for patient selection, procedural techniques, patient management and follow-up, definitions, endpoints, and research trial design

    Hugh Calkins;Karl Heinz Kuck;Riccardo Cappato;Josep Brugada

  • 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 atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with EACTS

    Paulus Kirchhof;Stefano Bernussi;Dipak Kotecha;Hein Heidbuchel

  • The 2018 European Heart Rhythm Association Practical Guide on the use of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants in patients with atrial fibrillation.

    Steffel J;Verhamme P;Potpara Ts;Albaladejo P

  • Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation

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

  • Updated European Heart Rhythm Association Practical Guide on the use of non-vitamin K antagonist anticoagulants in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation.

    Hein Heidbuchel;Peter Verhamme;Marco Alings;Matthias Antz

  • Cardiovascular pre-participation screening of young competitive athletes for prevention of sudden death: proposal for a common European protocol Consensus Statement of the Study Group of Sport Cardiology of the Working Group of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology and the Working Group of Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases of the European Society of Cardiology

    Domenico Corrado;Antonio Pelliccia;Hans Halvor Bjørnstad;Luc Vanhees

  • Recommendations for competitive sports participation in athletes with cardiovascular disease : a consensus document from the study group of sports cardiology of the working group of cardiac rehabilitation and exercise physiology and the working group of myocardial and pericardial diseases of the european society of cardiology

    Antonio Pelliccia;Robert Fagard;Hans Halvor Bjørnstad;Aris Anastassakis

  • 2020 ESC Guidelines on sports cardiology and exercise in patients with cardiovascular disease.

    Antonio Pelliccia;Sanjay Sharma;Sabiha Gati;Maria Bäck

  • European Heart Rhythm Association Practical Guide on the use of new oral anticoagulants in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation

    Hein Heidbuchel;Peter Verhamme;Marco Alings;Matthias Antz

  • Recommendations for interpretation of 12-lead electrocardiogram in the athlete

    Domenico Corrado;Antonio Pelliccia;Hein Heidbuchel;Sanjay Sharma

  • Corrigendum to: ‘Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation’ [European Heart Journal (2010) 31, 2369–2429 and EP-Europace (2010) 12, 1360–1420]

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

  • Exercise-induced right ventricular dysfunction and structural remodelling in endurance athletes

    André La Gerche;André La Gerche;Andrew T. Burns;Don J. Mooney;Warrick J. Inder

  • 2021 European Heart Rhythm Association Practical Guide on the Use of Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

    Jan Steffel;Ronan Collins;Matthias Antz;Pieter Cornu

  • 2016 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with EACTS: The Task Force for the management of atrial fibrillation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)Developed with the special contribution of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) of the ESCEndorsed by the European Stroke Organisation (ESO)

    Paulus Kirchhof;Stefano Benussi;Dipak Kotecha;Anders Ahlsson

  • Periprocedural Bleeding and Thromboembolic Events With Dabigatran Compared With Warfarin Results From the Randomized Evaluation of Long-Term Anticoagulation Therapy (RE-LY) Randomized Trial

    Jeff S. Healey;John Eikelboom;James Douketis;Lars Wallentin

Frequent Co-Authors

Paulus Kirchhof
Paulus Kirchhof University of Birmingham
Jan Bogaert
Jan Bogaert KU Leuven
Gregory Y.H. Lip
Gregory Y.H. Lip University of Liverpool
Antonio Pelliccia
Antonio Pelliccia Italian National Olympic Committee
Domenico Corrado
Domenico Corrado University of Padua
Frederik Maes
Frederik Maes KU Leuven
Sanjay Sharma
Sanjay Sharma St George's, University of London
Gerhard Hindricks
Gerhard Hindricks Leipzig University
Marc Gewillig
Marc Gewillig KU Leuven

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