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Karl-Heinz Kuck

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Medicine
Germany
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
135
Citations
99356
World Ranking
2019
National Ranking
99

Karl-Heinz Kuck publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 1,237 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Karl-Heinz Kuck 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 Karl-Heinz Kuck sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 135 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Karl-Heinz Kuck is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany and has an extensive publication record primarily in the field of Medicine, with a focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Their research covers topics related to cardiac arrhythmias, atrial fibrillation management, and cardiac electrophysiology.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
  • Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management

Their frequent publication venues are diverse and focus on cardiovascular research:

  • EP Europace
  • Heart Rhythm
  • Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
  • European Heart Journal
  • Clinical Research in Cardiology

Karl-Heinz Kuck has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Roland Richard Tilz
  • Christian-Hendrik Heeger
  • Charlotte Eitel
  • Julia Vogler
  • S S Popescu

Among the recent papers they have authored or co-authored are:

  • "Catheter ablation or medical therapy to delay progression of atrial fibrillation: the randomized controlled atrial fibrillation progression trial (ATTEST)", 2020, published in EP Europace
  • "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
  • "Pulsed Field Ablation for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: PULSED AF Pivotal Trial", 2023, published in Circulation
  • "Preventive or Deferred Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia in Patients With Ischemic Cardiomyopathy and Implantable Defibrillator (BERLIN VT)", 2020, published in Circulation

The scope of their contributions lies largely in clinical and interventional cardiology, focusing on rhythm control therapies, ablation techniques, and outcome studies relevant to atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia.

Karl-Heinz Kuck's research encompasses subfields such as Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery, Internal Medicine, Epidemiology, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

Best Publications

  • 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 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

  • 2017 HRS / EHRA / ECAS / APHRS / SOLAECE expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation

    Hugh Calkins;Gerhard Hindricks;Riccardo Cappato;Young Hoon Kim

  • HRS/EHRA/ECAS Expert Consensus Statement on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Recommendations for Personnel, Policy, Procedures and Follow-Up. A report of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) Task Force on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation. Developed in partnership with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)

    Hugh Calkins;Josep Brugada;Douglas L. Packer;Riccardo Cappato

  • 2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death: The Task Force for the Management of Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)Endorsed by: Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC).

    Silvia G. Priori;Carina Blomström-Lundqvist

  • Clinical Features and Outcomes of Takotsubo (Stress) Cardiomyopathy

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

  • Cryoballoon or Radiofrequency Ablation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

    Karl Heinz Kuck;Josep Brugada;Alexander Fürnkranz;Andreas Metzner

  • Randomized comparison of antiarrhythmic drug therapy with implantable defibrillators in patients resuscitated from cardiac arrest : the Cardiac Arrest Study Hamburg (CASH).

    Karl Heinz Kuck;Riccardo Cappato;Jürgen Siebels;Rudolf Rüppel

  • HRS/EHRA/ECAS expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation: Recommendations for personnel, policy, procedures and follow-up. A report of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) Task Force on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation

    Hugh Calkins;Josep Brugada;Douglas L. Packer;Ricardo Cappato

  • Prophylactic Use of an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator After Acute Myocardial Infarction

    Stefan H. Hohnloser;Karl Heinz Kuck;Paul Dorian;Robin S. Roberts

  • Rhythm or rate control in atrial fibrillation-pharmacological intervention in atrial fibrillation (PIAF): a randomised trial

    S Hohnloser;K.H Kuck;J Lilienthal

  • Early Rhythm-Control Therapy in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

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

  • Effect of Catheter Ablation vs Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy on Mortality, Stroke, Bleeding, and Cardiac Arrest Among Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: The CABANA Randomized Clinical Trial

    Douglas L. Packer;Daniel B. Mark;Richard A. Robb;Kristi H. Monahan

  • EHRA/HRS Expert Consensus on Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias: developed in a partnership with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), a Registered Branch of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), and the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS); in collaboration with the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA).

    Etienne M. Aliot;William G. Stevenson;Jesus Ma Almendral-Garrote;Frank Bogun

  • Complete Isolation of Left Atrium Surrounding the Pulmonary Veins New Insights From the Double-Lasso Technique in Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

    Feifan Ouyang;Dietmar Bänsch;Sabine Ernst;Anselm Schaumann

  • Recovered Pulmonary Vein Conduction as a Dominant Factor for Recurrent Atrial Tachyarrhythmias After Complete Circular Isolation of the Pulmonary Veins Lessons From Double Lasso Technique

    Feifan Ouyang;Matthias Antz;Sabine Ernst;Hitoshi Hachiya

  • 2019 ESC Guidelines for themanagement of patients with supraventricular tachycardia

    Josep Brugada;Demosthenes G Katritsis;Elena Arbelo;Fernando Arribas

  • Catheter ablation of stable ventricular tachycardia before defibrillator implantation in patients with coronary heart disease (VTACH): a multicentre randomised controlled trial

    Karl-Heinz Kuck;Anselm Schaumann;Lars Eckardt;Stephan Willems

  • Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death in Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy The Cardiomyopathy Trial (CAT)

    Dietmar Bänsch;Matthias Antz;Sigrid Boczor;Marius Volkmer

  • 2015 ESC Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death.

    Silvia G. Priori;Carina Blomström-Lundqvist;Andrea Mazzanti;Nico Blom

Frequent Co-Authors

Christoph A. Nienaber
Christoph A. Nienaber National Institutes of Health
Francesco Maisano
Francesco Maisano University of Zurich
Gerhard Hindricks
Gerhard Hindricks Leipzig University
Stephan Baldus
Stephan Baldus University of Cologne
Thomas Meinertz
Thomas Meinertz Universität Hamburg
Horst Sievert
Horst Sievert Cardiovascular Center Frankfurt
Alec Vahanian
Alec Vahanian Université Paris Cité
Christian W. Hamm
Christian W. Hamm University of Giessen
Paulus Kirchhof
Paulus Kirchhof University of Birmingham
Joachim Schofer
Joachim Schofer Universität Hamburg

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