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Jesper Hastrup Svendsen

Jesper Hastrup Svendsen

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Citations
23219
World Ranking
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National Ranking
191

Overview

Jesper Hastrup Svendsen is affiliated with Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark. Their research primarily spans the field of medicine, with a strong focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. The scientist's work includes subfields such as radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, surgery, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, and genetics.

Their research topics highlight specialization in:

  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
  • Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics

Jesper Hastrup Svendsen has contributed extensively to research articles published in several prominent venues, including:

  • European Heart Journal
  • EP Europace
  • Heart Rhythm
  • Circulation
  • European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging

Recent influential papers include:

  • 2024 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), 2024, European Heart Journal
  • 2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy, 2021, EP Europace
  • Implantable loop recorder detection of atrial fibrillation to prevent stroke (The LOOP Study): a randomised controlled trial, 2021, The Lancet
  • A Randomized Trial of His Pacing Versus Biventricular Pacing in Symptomatic HF Patients With Left Bundle Branch Block (His-Alternative), 2021, JACC. Clinical electrophysiology
  • Early diagnosis and better rhythm management to improve outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation: the 8th AFNET/EHRA consensus conference, 2022, EP Europace

The scientist has frequently collaborated with other researchers, notably:

  • Søren Zöga Diederichsen
  • Lars Køber
  • Axel Brandes
  • Claus Graff
  • Ketil Haugan

Best Publications

  • 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

  • 2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapyDeveloped by the Task Force on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) With the special contribution of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)

    Michael Glikson;Jens Cosedis Nielsen;Mads Brix Kronborg;Yoav Michowitz

  • Multi-Ethnic Genome-wide Association Study for Atrial Fibrillation

    Carolina Roselli;Mark D. Chaffin;Lu Chen Weng;Lu Chen Weng;Stefanie Aeschbacher

  • Screening for Atrial Fibrillation: A Report of the AF-SCREEN International Collaboration

    Ben Freedman;John Camm;Hugh Calkins;Jeffrey S Healey

  • Inflammation in the genesis and perpetuation of atrial fibrillation

    Mads D.M. Engelmann;Jesper Hastrup Svendsen

  • Nationwide study of sudden cardiac death in persons aged 1–35 years

    Bo Gregers Winkel;Anders Gaarsdal Holst;Juliane Theilade;Ingrid Bayer Kristensen

  • Implantable loop recorder detection of atrial fibrillation to prevent stroke (The LOOP Study): a randomised controlled trial

    Jesper H Svendsen;Jesper H Svendsen;Søren Z Diederichsen;Søren Højberg;Derk W Krieger

  • A comparison of single-lead atrial pacing with dual-chamber pacing in sick sinus syndrome

    Jens Cosedis Nielsen;Poul Erik B. Thomsen;Søren Højberg;Mogens Møller

  • Strain echocardiography improves risk prediction of ventricular arrhythmias after myocardial infarction.

    Kristina H. Haugaa;Bjørnar L. Grenne;Christian H. Eek;Mads Ersbøll

  • Incidence and etiology of sports-related sudden cardiac death in Denmark—Implications for preparticipation screening

    Anders Gaarsdal Holst;Bo Gregers Winkel;Bo Gregers Winkel;Juliane Theilade;Juliane Theilade;Ingrid Bayer Kristensen

  • Device-detected subclinical atrial tachyarrhythmias: definition, implications and management-an European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) consensus document, endorsed by Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS) and Sociedad Latinoamericana de Estimulación Cardíaca y Electrofisiología (SOLEACE).

    Bulent Gorenek;Jeroen Bax;Giuseppe Boriani;Shih-Ann Chen

  • Searching for Atrial Fibrillation Poststroke: A White Paper of the AF-SCREEN International Collaboration

    Renate B. Schnabel;Karl Georg Haeusler;Jeffrey S. Healey;Ben Freedman

  • New population-based exome data are questioning the pathogenicity of previously cardiomyopathy-associated genetic variants.

    Charlotte Andreasen;Jonas B Nielsen;Lena Refsgaard;Anders G Holst

  • Integrating Genetic, Transcriptional, and Functional Analyses to Identify 5 Novel Genes for Atrial Fibrillation

    Moritz F. Sinner;Nathan R. Tucker;Kathryn L. Lunetta;Kouichi Ozaki

  • Risk of atrial fibrillation and stroke in rheumatoid arthritis: Danish nationwide cohort study

    Jesper Lindhardsen;Ole Ahlehoff;Gunnar Hilmar Gislason;Ole Rintek Madsen

  • P-wave duration and the risk of atrial fibrillation: Results from the Copenhagen ECG Study.

    Jonas B Nielsen;Jonas B Nielsen;Jørgen T Kühl;Adrian Pietersen;Claus Graff

  • Familial aggregation of Atrial Fibrillation – a study in Danish Twins

    Ingrid Elisabeth Christophersen;Lasse Steen Ravn;Esben Budtz-Joergensen;Aksel Skytthe

  • Lesion Dimensions During Temperature-Controlled Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Left Ventricular Porcine Myocardium Impact of Ablation Site, Electrode Size, and Convective Cooling

    Helen Høgh Petersen;Xu Chen;Adrian Pietersen;Jesper Hastrup Svendsen

  • Gain of function in IKs secondary to a mutation in KCNE5 associated with atrial fibrillation

    Lasse S. Ravn;Yoshiyasu Aizawa;Guido D. Pollevick;Jacob Hofman-Bang;Jacob Hofman-Bang

  • Genetic variation in KCNA5: impact on the atrial-specific potassium current IKur in patients with lone atrial fibrillation

    Ingrid E. Christophersen;Ingrid E. Christophersen;Morten S. Olesen;Morten S. Olesen;Bo Liang;Martin N. Andersen

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars Køber
Lars Køber Copenhagen University Hospital
Gregory Y.H. Lip
Gregory Y.H. Lip University of Liverpool
Kristina H. Haugaa
Kristina H. Haugaa University of Oslo
Thor Edvardsen
Thor Edvardsen Oslo University Hospital
Michael Christiansen
Michael Christiansen Statens Serum Institut
Christian Torp-Pedersen
Christian Torp-Pedersen Aalborg University
Jens Cosedis Nielsen
Jens Cosedis Nielsen Aarhus University Hospital
Peter Riis Hansen
Peter Riis Hansen University of Copenhagen
Gunnar H. Gislason
Gunnar H. Gislason Copenhagen University Hospital
Christian Hassager
Christian Hassager University of Copenhagen

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