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49104
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7236
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Heinz-Peter Schultheiss 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 Heinz-Peter Schultheiss sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 719 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Heinz-Peter Schultheiss 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 Heinz-Peter Schultheiss sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 103 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Heinz-Peter Schultheiss is affiliated with Charité - University Medicine Berlin in Germany. Their scholarly work primarily focuses on medicine, with particular specialization in cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. The scientist's research portfolio includes 137 publications in medicine, with 72 specifically addressing cardiology and cardiovascular topics.

The scientist's research spans several subfields, including infectious diseases, surgery, molecular biology, and epidemiology. Their work covers a variety of main topics such as viral infections and immunology research, cardiomyopathy and myosin studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research, Parvovirus B19 infection studies, cardiovascular effects of exercise, cardiac fibrosis and remodeling, and eosinophilic disorders and syndromes.

Notable recent publications include:

  • Association of Cardiac Infection With SARS-CoV-2 in Confirmed COVID-19 Autopsy Cases, 2020, JAMA Cardiology
  • Management of Acute Myocarditis and Chronic Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy, 2020, Circulation Heart Failure
  • Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Human Retinal Biopsies of Deceased COVID-19 Patients, 2020, Ocular Immunology and Inflammation
  • Detection of viral SARS-CoV-2 genomes and histopathological changes in endomyocardial biopsies, 2020, ESC Heart Failure
  • Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA in endomyocardial biopsies of patients with clinically suspected myocarditis tested negative for COVID-19 in nasopharyngeal swab, 2020, Cardiovascular Research

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Heinz-Peter Schultheiss include:

  • Felicitas Escher
  • Ganna Aleshcheva
  • Christian Baumeier
  • Heiko Pietsch
  • C.-Thomas Bock

The scientist's work is published regularly in several journals notable within the cardiovascular research domain. Frequent publication venues include:

  • ESC Heart Failure
  • European Heart Journal
  • Cardiovascular Research
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • European Journal of Heart Failure

Best Publications

  • Current state of knowledge on aetiology, diagnosis, management, and therapy of myocarditis: a position statement of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases.

    Alida L. P. Caforio;Sabine Pankuweit;Eloisa Arbustini;Cristina Basso

  • Clinical Features and Outcomes of Takotsubo (Stress) Cardiomyopathy

    Christian Templin;Jelena R. Ghadri;Johanna Diekmann;L. Christian Napp

  • Angiotensin-(1-7) is an endogenous ligand for the G protein-coupled receptor Mas.

    Robson A. S. Santos;Ana C. Simoes e Silva;Christine Maric;Denise M. R. Silva

  • The Cardiac Mechanical Stretch Sensor Machinery Involves a Z Disc Complex that Is Defective in a Subset of Human Dilated Cardiomyopathy

    Ralph Knöll;Masahiko Hoshijima;Hal M. Hoffman;Veronika Person

  • High prevalence of viral genomes and multiple viral infections in the myocardium of adults with "idiopathic" left ventricular dysfunction.

    Uwe Kühl;Matthias Pauschinger;Michel Noutsias;Bettina Seeberg

  • Detection of viruses in myocardial tissues by polymerase chain reaction. evidence of adenovirus as a common cause of myocarditis in children and adults.

    Neil E. Bowles;Jiyuan Ni;Debra L. Kearney;Matthias Pauschinger

  • Utility of Doppler Echocardiography and Tissue Doppler Imaging in the Estimation of Diastolic Function in Heart Failure With Normal Ejection Fraction A Comparative Doppler-Conductance Catheterization Study

    Mario Kasner;Dirk Westermann;Paul Steendijk;Regina Gaub

  • Viral Persistence in the Myocardium Is Associated With Progressive Cardiac Dysfunction

    Uwe Kühl;Matthias Pauschinger;Bettina Seeberg;Dirk Lassner

  • Association of Cardiac Infection With SARS-CoV-2 in Confirmed COVID-19 Autopsy Cases.

    Diana Lindner;Antonia Fitzek;Hanna Bräuninger;Ganna Aleshcheva

  • Interferon-β Treatment Eliminates Cardiotropic Viruses and Improves Left Ventricular Function in Patients With Myocardial Persistence of Viral Genomes and Left Ventricular Dysfunction

    Uwe Kühl;Matthias Pauschinger;Peter Lothar Schwimmbeck;Bettina Seeberg

  • Distal Microcirculatory Protection During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Gregg W. Stone;John Webb;David A. Cox;Bruce R. Brodie

  • Cardiac Inflammation Contributes to Changes in the Extracellular Matrix in Patients With Heart Failure and Normal Ejection Fraction

    Dirk Westermann;Diana Lindner;Mario Kasner;Christine Zietsch

  • Cardiac Troponin T in Patients With Clinically Suspected Myocarditis

    Bernward Lauer;Christoph Niederau;Uwe Kühl;Mira Schannwell

  • Role of left ventricular stiffness in heart failure with normal ejection fraction.

    Dirk Westermann;Mario Kasner;Paul Steendijk;Frank Spillmann

  • G-protein-coupled receptor Mas is a physiological antagonist of the angiotensin II type 1 receptor

    Evi Kostenis;Graeme Milligan;Arthur Christopoulos;Carlos F. Sanchez-Ferrer

  • Management of Acute Myocarditis and Chronic Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy: An Expert Consensus Document.

    Enrico Ammirati;Maria Frigerio;Eric D. Adler;Cristina Basso

  • Big endothelin-1 and endothelin-1 plasma levels are correlated with the severity of primary pulmonary hypertension.

    Christoph Rubens;Ralf Ewert;Michael Halank;Roland Wensel

  • Diurnal, weekly and seasonal variation of sudden death. Population-based analysis of 24,061 consecutive cases.

    H R Arntz;S N Willich;C Schreiber;T Brüggemann

  • Expression of coxsackie adenovirus receptor and alphav-integrin does not correlate with adenovector targeting in vivo indicating anatomical vector barriers.

    H. Fechner;A. Haack;H. Wang;X. Wang

  • The role of NT-proBNP in the diagnostics of isolated diastolic dysfunction: correlation with echocardiographic and invasive measurements

    Carsten Tschöpe;Mario Kašner;Dirk Westermann;Regina Gaub

Frequent Co-Authors

Carsten Tschöpe
Carsten Tschöpe Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Thomas Walther
Thomas Walther University College Cork
Karin Klingel
Karin Klingel University of Tübingen
Carmen Scheibenbogen
Carmen Scheibenbogen Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Michael Bader
Michael Bader Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Burkert Pieske
Burkert Pieske Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Paul Steendijk
Paul Steendijk Leiden University Medical Center
Ulf Landmesser
Ulf Landmesser Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Hans-Dieter Volk
Hans-Dieter Volk Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Michael Roden
Michael Roden Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

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