Carsten Skurk is an expert in Cardiology at Charité - University Medicine Berlin (Germany). As of October 2026, ScienceLeadR ranks Carsten Skurk in the top 1% of experts worldwide for Heart Arrest and Myocardial Ischemia. Carsten Skurk has authored 294 publications, the most recent in 2026, and is an investigator in 22 clinical trials, 6 of them ongoing. SLR score: 1,392 (community average: 125). How the SLR is computed.

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Cardiology

Subspecialties: Critical Care - Public Health - Biostatistics

Full career – Last 3 years

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Publications and Clinical Studies

Publications – Clinical Studies

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Organizations

Career arc: 2005 - 2026

Source: PubMed

Charité - University Medicine Berlin

Publications Synthesis

Sources: PubMed, OpenAlex

Number : 294

Citations

Citations: 14 642 1st author: 20 Last author: 45 Unique author: 0


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Latest Publications

5 most recent indexed articles

Source: Pubmed

Title Journal Year Citations
Complexity of coronary artery disease in infarct-related cardiogenic shock and multivessel disease: a substudy of the DanGer Shock trial.
PMID 42837204 — mortality, coronary artery disease, shock, cardiogenic, arteries, cardiac surgical procedures
EuroIntervention20261
Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Closure: The CHAMPION-like vs CLOSURE-like Patient Phenotype Framework.
PMID 42831529 — mortality, atrial appendage, hemorrhage, stroke, phenotype, therapeutics, frailty
Europace20260
Pericardio-peritoneal communication following emergency subxiphoid pericardiocentesis in acute complex percutaneous coronary intervention: a case report.
PMID 42819949 — drainage, stents, pericardiocentesis, pericardial effusion, emergencies, communication, percutaneous coronary intervention, cardiac tamponade, arteries, atrial fibrillation, signs and symptoms, echocardiography, dissection, catheters
Eur Heart J Case Rep20260
Hospital Costs of Microaxial Flow Pump Therapy in Cardiogenic Shock: A DanGer Shock Trial Analysis.
PMID 42671369 — health care costs, hospital costs, shock, cardiogenic, cardiology, therapeutics
J Am Coll Cardiol20261
Pre-Implant Angiography and Vascular Complications During Microaxial Flow Pump Support.
PMID 42663362 — shock, cardiogenic, angiography
JACC Cardiovasc Interv20260

Clinical Studies 22

Sources: ClinicalTrials, EU CTIS

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Principal Investigator: 3 Study Director: 3

By phase:

N/A 16
Phase 4 4
Phase 1/Phase 2 1
Phase 2/Phase 3 1

By status:

Completed 8
Recruiting 7
Unknown 4
Active not recruiting 1
Not yet recruiting 1
Suspended 1

By type:

Interventional 15
Observational 7

By Monocentric/Multicentric:

monocentric 8
multicentric2to4 5
multicentric5to9 0
multicentricup10 9

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Ongoing Clinical Trials

6 ongoing trials started since 2021, where this expert is an investigator

Source: ClinicalTrials

Study Phase Status Start
A Randomized Controlled Study of the NEURESCUE Device as an Adjunct to Advanced Cardiac Life Support
NCT06793033 — resuscitation, blood, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, heart, femoral artery, aorta, arteries, cerebrovascular circulation, heart arrest, airway management, therapeutics, ventilation, advanced cardiac life support, blood circulation, balloon occlusion, catheters
N/ARecruiting2025
IntraRenal HEmoDynamics to IntegraTE CA AKI Risk and Monitor NephroprotectiIoN by ImpElla Support
NCT06599424 — kidney diseases, coronary artery disease, kidney, arteries, renal insufficiency, hemodynamics, renal insufficiency, chronic
N/ARecruiting2023
The Fourth Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Study
NCT05963698 — atrial appendage, embolism, ischemic stroke, stroke, atrial fibrillation
N/ARecruiting2023
Left Ventricular Unloading to Improve Outcome in Cardiogenic Shock Patients on VA ECMO
NCT05577195 — shock, cardiogenic, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, multiple chronic conditions, membranes
N/ARecruiting2022
Evaluation of eCPR Survivors
NCT05339854 — quality of life, resuscitation, myocardial infarction, shock, cardiogenic, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, heart, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, heart arrest, therapeutics, membranes
N/ANot yet recruiting2023

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