2026 Lionel H. Opie: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	106	6496	10	848	44202

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D-Index

World Ranking

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Publications

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Medicine

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848

44202

Research.com Recognitions

2023 - Research.com Medicine in South Africa Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Medicine in South Africa Leader Award

Overview

Lionel H. Opie was affiliated with the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Their recent publication record primarily consists of editorial contributions published in the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology over the years 2021 to 2023.

Best Publications

2013 ESC guidelines on the management of stable coronary artery disease: the Task Force on the management of stable coronary artery disease of the European Society of Cardiology.

Gilles Montalescot;Udo Sechtem;Stephan Achenbach;Felicita Andreotti

5189
Citations
Controversies in ventricular remodelling.

Lionel H Opie;Patrick J Commerford;Bernard J Gersh;Marc A Pfeffer

1150
Citations
Heart Physiology: From Cell to Circulation

Lionel H. Opie

1035
Citations
Beta‐blockers for hypertension

Charles S Wiysonge;Hazel A Bradley;Jimmy Volmink;Bongani M Mayosi

827
Citations
Cardiovascular remodelling in coronary artery disease and heart failure

Gerd Heusch;Peter Libby;Bernard Gersh;Derek Yellon

818
Citations
Effects of glucose and fatty acids on myocardial ischaemia and arrhythmias

EmeritusM.F. Oliver;L.H. Opie

747
Citations
Reperfusion injury and its pharmacologic modification.

L H Opie

728
Citations
Metabolic Mechanisms in Heart Failure

Houman Ashrafian;Michael P. Frenneaux;Lionel H. Opie

680
Citations
Hypertension in Sub-Saharan African Populations

Lionel H. Opie;Yackoob K. Seedat

609
Citations
The Heart: Physiology, from Cell to Circulation

Lionel H. Opie

454
Citations
The red wine hypothesis: from concepts to protective signalling molecules

Lionel H Opie;Sandrine Lecour

439
Citations
Metabolism of free fatty acids, glucose and catecholamines in acute myocardial infarction. Relation to myocardial ischemia and infarct size.

Lionel H. Opie

438
Citations
The activities of fructose 1,6-diphosphatase, phosphofructokinase and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase in white muscle and red muscle

LH Opie;EA Newsholme

422
Citations
Cardiovascular disease prevention with a multidrug regimen in the developing world: a cost-effectiveness analysis.

Thomas A Gaziano;Lionel H Opie;Milton C Weinstein

375
Citations
Trimetazidine, a Metabolic Modulator, Has Cardiac and Extracardiac Benefits in Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Helena Tuunanen;Erik Engblom;Alexandru Naum;Kjell Någren

350
Citations
Equivalence of indapamide SR and enalapril on microalbuminuria reduction in hypertensive patients with type 2 diabetes: the NESTOR Study.

Michel Marre;Juan Garcia Puig;Franciszek Kokot;Margarita Fernandez

339
Citations
Ischaemic postconditioning protects against reperfusion injury via the SAFE pathway.

Lydia Lacerda;Sarin Somers;Lionel H. Opie;Sandrine Lecour

334
Citations
Free Fatty Acid Depletion Acutely Decreases Cardiac Work and Efficiency in Cardiomyopathic Heart Failure

Helena Tuunanen;Erik Engblom;Alexandru Naum;Kjell Någren

315
Citations
How strong is the evidence for use of beta-blockers as first-line therapy for hypertension? Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Hazel A Bradley;Charles Shey Wiysonge;Jimmy A Volmink;Bongani M Mayosi

308
Citations
Reduction of ischemic K+ loss and arrhythmias in rat hearts. Effect of glibenclamide, a sulfonylurea.

P F Kantor;W A Coetzee;E E Carmeliet;S C Dennis

308
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael N. Sack National Institutes of Health

Juhani Knuuti Turku University Hospital

Bernard J. Gersh Mayo Clinic

Derek M. Yellon University College London

Roxy Senior National Health Service

Eva Prescott University of Copenhagen

Gilles Montalescot Baim Institute for Clinical Research

Stephan Achenbach University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

Frank Ruschitzka University of Zurich

William A. Coetzee New York University

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