Béla Merkely - Selected Publications#

Pfeffer MA, Claggett B, Lewis EF, Granger CB, Køber L, Maggioni AP, Mann DL, McMurray JJV, Rouleau JL, Solomon SD, Steg PG, Berwanger O, Cikes M, De Pasquale CG, East C, Fernandez A, Jering K, Landmesser U, Mehran R, Merkely B, Vaghaiwalla Mody F, Petrie MC, Petrov I, Schou M, Senni M, Sim D, van der Meer P, Lefkowitz M, Zhou Y, Gong J, Braunwald E; PARADISE-MI Investigators and Committees:
Angiotensin Receptor-Neprilysin Inhibition in Acute Myocardial Infarction.
NEJM 2021; 385(20): 1845-1855. *IF: 91,253.

Anker SD, Butler J, Filippatos G, Ferreira JP, Bocchi E, Böhm M, Brunner-La Rocca HP, Choi DJ, Chopra V, Chuquiure-Valenzuela E, Giannetti N, Gomez-Mesa JE, Janssens S, Januzzi JL, Gonzalez-Juanatey JR, Merkely B, Nicholls SJ, Perrone SV, Piña IL, Ponikowski P, Senni M, Sim D, Spinar J, Squire I, Taddei S, Tsutsui H, Verma S, Vinereanu D, Zhang J, Carson P, Lam CSP, Marx N, Zeller C, Sattar N, Jamal W, Schnaidt S, Schnee JM, Brueckmann M, Pocock SJ, Zannad F, Packer M; EMPEROR-Preserved Trial Investigators:
Empagliflozin in Heart Failure with a Preserved Ejection Fraction.
NEJM 2021; 385: 1451-1461. *IF: 91,245.

Fülöp GÁ*, Oláh A*, Csipo T*, Kovács Á, Pórszász R, Veress R, Horváth B, Nagy L, Bódi B, Fagyas M, Helgadottir SL, Bánhegyi V, Juhász B, Bombicz M, Priksz D, Nanasi P Jr, Merkely B, Édes I, Csanádi Z, Papp Z, Radovits T*, Tóth A*:
Omecamtiv mecarbil evokes diastolic dysfunction and leads to periodic electromechanical alternans.
Basic Res Cardiol 2021; 116(1): 24. *IF: 17,165.

Sayour AA, Celeng C, Oláh A, Ruppert M, Merkely B, Radovits T:
Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors reduce myocardial infarct size in preclinical animal models of myocardial ischaemia-reperfusion injury: a meta-analysis.
Diabetologia 2021; 64(4): 737-748. *IF: 10,122.

Merkely B, Szabó AJ, Kosztin A, Berényi E, Sebestyén A, Lengyel C, Merkely G, Karády J, Várkonyi I, Papp C, Miseta A, Betlehem J, Burián K, Csóka I, Vásárhelyi B, Ludwig E, Prinz G, Sinkó J, Hankó B, Varga P, Fülöp GÁ, Mag K, Vokó Z; HUNgarian COronaVirus-19 Epidemiological Research (H-UNCOVER) investigators:
Novel coronavirus epidemic in the Hungarian population, a cross-sectional nationwide survey to support the exit policy in Hungary.
Geroscience 2020; 42(4): 1063-1074. IF: 7,713.

Zabel M, Willems R, Lubinski A, Bauer A, Brugada J, Conen D, Flevari P, Hasenfuß G, Svetlosak M, Huikuri HV, Malik M, Pavlović N, Schmidt G, Sritharan R, Schlögl S, Szavits-Nossan J, Traykov V, Tuinenburg AE, Willich SN, Harden M, Friede T, Svendsen JH, Sticherling C, Merkely B; EU-CERT-ICD Study Investigators:
Clinical effectiveness of primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: results of the EU-CERT-ICD controlled multicentre cohort study.
Eur Heart J 2020; 41(36): 3437-3447. IF: 29,983.

Tokodi M*, Schwertner WR*, Kovács A, Tősér Z, Staub L, Sárkány A, Lakatos BK, Behon A, Boros AM, Perge P, Kutyifa V, Széplaki G, Gellér L, Merkely B*, Kosztin A*:
Machine learning-based mortality prediction of patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy: the SEMMELWEIS-CRT score.
Eur Heart J 2020; 41(18): 1747-1756. IF: 29,983.

Marrouche NF, Brachmann J, Andresen D, Siebels J, Boersma L, Jordaens L, Merkely B, Pokushalov E, Sanders P, Proff J, Schunkert H, Christ H, Vogt J, Bänsch D; CASTLE-AF Investigators:
Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation with Heart Failure.
NEJM 2018; 378(5): 417-427. IF: 70,670.

Merkely B; Kosztin A; Róka A; Gellér L; Zima E; Kovács A; Boros AM; Klein H; Wranicz JK; Hindricks G; Clemens M; Duray G; Moass AJ; Goldenberg I*; Kutyifa V*:
Rationale and design of the BUDAPEST-CRT Upgrade Study: a prospective, randomized, multicentre clinical trial.
Europace 2017; 19(9): 1549-1555. IF: 5,231.

Mátyás C, Németh BT, Oláh A, Török M, Ruppert M, Kellermayer D, Barta BA, Szabó G, Kökény G, Horváth EM, Bódi B, Papp Z, Merkely B, Radovits T:
Prevention of the development of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction by the phosphodiesterase-5A inhibitor vardenafil in rats with type 2 diabetes.
Eur J Heart Fail 2017; 19(3): 326-336. IF: 10,683.