Present position and address

Eur Heart J. 1995 Oct;16(10):1307-8. No abstract available.

Grandin C, Wijns W, Melin JA, Bol A, Robert AR, Heyndrickx GR, Michel C, Vanoverschelde JL.

J Nucl Med. 1995 Sep;36(9):1543-52.
Structural and metabolic correlates of the reversibility of chronic left ventricular ischemic dysfunction in humans.

Depré C, Vanoverschelde JL, Melin JA, Borgers M, Bol A, Ausma J, Dion R, Wijns W.

Am J Physiol. 1995 Mar;268(3 Pt 2):H1265-75.
Noninvasive estimation of pulmonary arterial wedge pressure with Doppler transmitral flow velocity pattern in patients with known heart disease.

Vanoverschelde JL, Robert AR, Gerbaux A, Michel X, Hanet C, Wijns W.

Am J Cardiol. 1995 Feb 15;75(5):383-9.
Exercise gated planar myocardial perfusion imaging using technetium-99m sestamibi for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease: an alternative to exercise tomographic imaging.

Jamar F, Topcuoglu R, Cauwe F, De Coster P, Roelants V, Beckers C, Wijns W, Melin JA.

Eur J Nucl Med. 1995 Jan;22(1):40-8.
Neovascularization in human coronary atherosclerotic lesions.

Depré C, Havaux X, Wijns W.

Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1996 Nov;39(3):215-20.
Simultaneous coronary pressure and flow velocity measurements in humans. Feasibility, reproducibility, and hemodynamic dependence of coronary flow velocity reserve, hyperemic flow versus pressure slope index, and fractional flow reserve.

de Bruyne B, Bartunek J, Sys SU, Pijls NH, Heyndrickx GR, Wijns W.

Circulation. 1996 Oct 15;94(8):1842-9.
Interventional cardiology in Europe 1993. Working Group on Coronary Circulation of the European Society of Cardiology.

Meyer BJ, Meier B, Bonzel T, Fabian J, Heyndrickx G, Morice MC, Mühlberger V, Piscione F, Rothman M, Wijns W, van den Brand M.

Eur Heart J. 1996 Sep;17(9):1318-28.
Myocardial blood flow, glucose uptake, and recruitment of inotropic reserve in chronic left ventricular ischemic dysfunction. Implications for the pathophysiology of chronic myocardial hibernation.

Gerber BL, Vanoverschelde JL, Bol A, Michel C, Labar D, Wijns W, Melin JA.

Circulation. 1996 Aug 15;94(4):651-9.
Head-to-head comparison of exercise-redistribution-reinjection thallium single-photon emission computed tomography and low dose dobutamine echocardiography for prediction of reversibility of chronic left ventricular ischemic dysfunction.

Vanoverschelde JL, D'Hondt AM, Marwick T, Gerber BL, De Kock M, Dion R, Wijns W, Melin JA.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996 Aug;28(2):432-42.
Continued benefit of coronary stenting versus balloon angioplasty: one-year clinical follow-up of Benestent trial. Benestent Study Group.

Macaya C, Serruys PW, Ruygrok P, Suryapranata H, Mast G, Klugmann S, Urban P, den Heijer P, Koch K, Simon R, Morice MC, Crean P, Bonnier H, Wijns W, Danchin N, Bourdonnec C, Morel MA.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996 Feb;27(2):255-61.
Tachycardiomyopathy: mechanisms and clinical implications.

Fenelon G, Wijns W, Andries E, Brugada P.

Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 1996 Jan;19(1):95-106. Review. No abstract available.
The impact of myocardial blood flow quantitation with PET on the understanding of cardiac diseases.

Camici PG, Gropler RJ, Jones T, L'Abbate A, Maseri A, Melin JA, Merlet P, Parodi O, Schelbert HR, Schwaiger M, Wijns W.

Eur Heart J. 1996 Jan;17(1):25-34. Review. No abstract available.
Pathophysiological mechanisms of chronic reversible left ventricular dysfunction due to coronary artery disease (hibernating myocardium).

Camici PG, Wijns W, Borgers M, De Silva R, Ferrari R, Knuuti J, Lammertsma AA, Liedtke AJ, Paternostro G, Vatner SF.

Circulation. 1997 Nov 4;96(9):3205-14. Review. No abstract available.
Clinical and Angiographic Results with the Multi-Linkª Coronary Stent System Ñ The West European Stent Trial (WEST).

Emanuelsson H, Serruys PW, van Der Giessen WJ, Dawkins K, Rutsch W, Katus H, Morel MA, Veldhof S, Wijns W, Sigwart U.

J Invasive Cardiol. 1997 Nov;9(9):561-568.
Accuracy of currently available techniques for prediction of functional recovery after revascularization in patients with left ventricular dysfunction due to chronic coronary artery disease: comparison of pooled data.

Bax JJ, Wijns W, Cornel JH, Visser FC, Boersma E, Fioretti PM.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 1997 Nov 15;30(6):1451-60.
Recommendations on stent manufacture, implantation and utilization. Study Group of the Working Group on Coronary Circulation.

Balcon R, Beyar R, Chierchia S, De Scheerder I, Hugenholtz PG, Kiemeneij F, Meier B, Meyer J, Monassier JP, Wijns W.

Eur Heart J. 1997 Oct;18(10):1536-47. Review. No abstract available.
Pathology of unstable plaque: correlation with the clinical severity of acute coronary syndromes.

Depré C, Wijns W, Robert AM, Renkin JP, Havaux X.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 1997 Sep;30(3):694-702.
The value of quantitative myocardial perfusion imaging with positron emission tomography in coronary artery disease.

Wijns W, Camici PG.

Herz. 1997 Apr;22(2):87-95. Review.

Vanoverschelde JL, Wijns W, Borgers M, Heyndrickx G, Depré C, Flameng W, Melin JA.

Circulation. 1997 Apr 1;95(7):1961-71. Review. No abstract available.
BWGIC guidelines for training and quality control in adult interventional cardiology. Belgian Working Group of Invasive Cardiology.

Legrand V, Vrolix M, De Bruyne B, Wijns W, Heyndrickx G, De Scheerder I, Taeymans Y, Vrints C, Materne P, Benit E, Col J, Boland J, De Keyser JM, Lafontaine P, Renkin J.

Acta Cardiol. 1997;52(6):507-14. No abstract available.
Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose cardiac imaging using a modified scintillation camera.

Sandler MP, Bax JJ, Patton JA, Visser FC, Martin WH, Wijns W.

J Nucl Med. 1998 Dec;39(12):2035-43. Review.
Evaluation of two D-Dimer assays in the diagnosis of venous thromboembolism.

Wijns W, Daoud N, Droeshout I, Pradier O, Wautrecht JC, Golzarian J, Capel P.

Acta Clin Belg. 1998 Aug;53(4):270-4.

Depre C, Havaux X, Wijns W.

Am J Clin Pathol. 1998 Sep;110(3):378-84.
Hibernating myocardium.

Wijns W, Vatner SF, Camici PG.

N Engl J Med. 1998 Jul 16;339(3):173-81. Review. No abstract available.

Bech GJ, De Bruyne B, Bonnier HJ, Bartunek J, Wijns W, Peels K, Heyndrickx GR, Koolen JJ, Pijls NH.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 1998 Mar 15;31(4):841-7.
Interventional cardiology in Europe 1994. Working Group Coronary Circulation of the European Society of Cardiology.

Windecker S, Meyer BJ, Bonzel T, Fabian J, Heyndrickx G, Morice MC, Mühlberger V, Piscione F, Rothman M, Wijns W, van den Brand M, Meier B.

Eur Heart J. 1998 Jan;19(1):40-54.
Clinical and Angiographic Results with the Multi-Linkª Coronary Stent System Ñ The West European Stent Trial (WEST).

Emanuelsson H, Serruys PW, van Der Giessen WJ, Dawkins K, Rutsch W, Katus H, Morel MA, Veldhof S, Wijns W, Sigwart U.

J Invasive Cardiol. 1998 Apr;10 Suppl B:12B-19B.
Myocardial perfusion and oxygen consumption in reperfused noninfarcted dysfunctional myocardium after unstable angina: direct evidence for myocardial stunning in humans.

Gerber BL, Wijns W, Vanoverschelde JL, Heyndrickx GR, De Bruyne B, Bartunek J, Melin JA.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 1999 Dec;34(7):1939-46.
Fluorodeoxyglucose imaging to assess myocardial viability: PET, SPECT or gamma camera coincidence imaging?

Bax JJ, Wijns W.

J Nucl Med. 1999 Nov;40(11):1893-5. No abstract available.
Effects of dobutamine on coronary stenosis physiology and morphology: comparison with intracoronary adenosine.

Bartunek J, Wijns W, Heyndrickx GR, de Bruyne B.

Circulation. 1999 Jul 20;100(3):243-9.
Indications for intracoronary stent placement: the european view. Working Group on Coronary Circulation of the European Society of Cardiology.

Eeckhout E, Wijns W, Meier B, Goy JJ.

Eur Heart J. 1999 Jul;20(14):1014-9.
Interventional cardiology in Europe 1995. Working Group Coronary Circulation of the European Society of Cardiology.

Windecker S, Maier-Rudolph W, Bonzel T, Heyndrickx G, Lablanche JM, Morice MC, Mühlberger V, Neuhaus KL, Piscione F, van den Brand M, Wijns W, Meier B.

Eur Heart J. 1999 Apr;20(7):484-95. No abstract available.

Expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase in human coronary atherosclerotic plaque.

Depre C, Havaux X, Renkin J, Vanoverschelde JL, Wijns W.

Cardiovasc Res. 1999 Feb;41(2):465-72.
Carvedilol for prevention of restenosis after directional coronary atherectomy : final results of the European carvedilol atherectomy restenosis (EUROCARE) trial.

Serruys PW, Foley DP, Höfling B, Puel J, Glogar HD, Seabra-Gomes R, Goicolea J, Coste P, Rutsch W, Katus H, Bonnier H, Wijns W, Betriu A, Hauf-Zachariou U, van Swijndregt EM, Melkert R, Simon R.

Circulation. 2000 Apr 4;101(13):1512-8.
Morphological analysis of atherosclerotic plaque retrieved by coronary atherectomy.

Depré C, Ribichini F, Wijns W.

Semin Interv Cardiol. 2000 Dec;5(4):175-84. Review.
Methodological and clinical implications of the relocation of the minimal luminal diameter after intracoronary radiation therapy. Dose Finding Study Group.

Sabaté M, Costa MA, Kozuma K, Kay IP, van der Wiel CJ, Verin V, Wijns W, Serruys PW.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000 Nov 1;36(5):1536-41.
CRP: does it stand for C oronary R estenosis P rediction?

Wijns W, Ribichini F.

Eur Heart J. 2000 Jul;21(14):1121-3. Review. No abstract available.

Vanoverschelde JL, Depré C, Gerber BL, Borgers M, Wijns W, Robert A, Dion R, Melin JA.

Am J Cardiol. 2000 Jun 15;85(12):1432-9.
Multicenter evaluation of the phosphorylcholine-coated biodivYsio stent in short de novo coronary lesions: The SOPHOS study.

Boland JL, Corbeij HA, Van Der Giessen W, Seabra-Gomes R, Suryapranata H, Wijns W, Hanet C, Suttorp MJ, Buller C, Bonnier JJ, Colombo A, Van Birgelen C, Pieper M, Mangioni JA, Londero H, Carere RG, Hamm CW, Bonan R, Bartorelli A, Kyriakides ZS, Chauhan A, Rothman M, Grinfeld L, Oosterwijk C, Serruys PW, Cumberland DC.

Int J Cardiovasc Intervent. 2000 Dec;3(4):215-225.
Endoluminal beta-radiation therapy for the prevention of coronary restenosis after balloon angioplasty. The Dose-Finding Study Group.

Verin V, Popowski Y, de Bruyne B, Baumgart D, Sauerwein W, Lins M, Kovacs G, Thomas M, Calman F, Disco C, Serruys PW, Wijns W; Dose-Finding Study Group.

N Engl J Med. 2001 Jan 25;344(4):243-9.
Angiographic and clinical one-year follow-up of the Cordis tantalum coil stent in a multicenter international study demonstrating improved restenosis rates when compared to pooled PTCA and BENESTENT-I data: the European Antiplatelet Stent Investigation (EASI).

Rothman M, Serruys P, Grollier G, Hoorntje J, van Den Bos A, Wijns W, Gershlick A, Van Es G, Melkert R, Eijgelshoven M, Lenderink T, Richardson G, Dille-Amo C; European Antiplatelet Stent Investigation.

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2001 Feb;52(2):249-59.
Abnormal epicardial coronary resistance in patients with diffuse atherosclerosis but "Normal" coronary angiography.

De Bruyne B, Hersbach F, Pijls NH, Bartunek J, Bech JW, Heyndrickx GR, Gould KL, Wijns W.

Circulation. 2001 Nov 13;104(20):2401-6.
Clinical and quantitative coronary angiographic predictors of coronary restenosis: a comparative analysis from the balloon-to-stent era.

Mercado N, Boersma E, Wijns W, Gersh BJ, Morillo CA, de Valk V, van Es GA, Grobbee DE, Serruys PW.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2001 Sep;38(3):645-52.
Positron emission tomography using(18)F-fluoro-deoxyglucose and euglycaemic hyperinsulinaemic glucose clamp: optimal criteria for the prediction of recovery of post-ischaemic left ventricular dysfunction. Results from the European Community Concerted Action Multicenter study on use of(18)F-fluoro-deoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography for the Detection of Myocardial Viability.

Gerber BL, Ordoubadi FF, Wijns W, Vanoverschelde JL, Knuuti MJ, Janier M, Melon P, Blanksma PK, Bol A, Bax JJ, Melin JA, Camici PG.

Eur Heart J. 2001 Sep;22(18):1691-701.
The influence of stent length on clinical and angiographic outcome in patients undergoing elective stenting for native coronary artery lesions; final results of the Magic 5L Study.

Foley DP, Pieper M, Wijns W, Suryapranata H, Grollier G, Legrand V, de Scheerder I, Hanet C, Puel J, Mudra H, Bonnier HJ, Colombo A, Thomas M, Probst P, Morice M, Kleijne J, Serruys PW; MAGIC 5L investigators.

Eur Heart J. 2001 Sep;22(17):1585-93.
Fractional flow reserve in patients with prior myocardial infarction.

De Bruyne B, Pijls NH, Bartunek J, Kulecki K, Bech JW, De Winter H, Van Crombrugge P, Heyndrickx GR, Wijns W.

Circulation. 2001 Jul 10;104(2):157-62.
Fractional flow reserve to determine the appropriateness of angioplasty in moderate coronary stenosis: a randomized trial.

Bech GJ, De Bruyne B, Pijls NH, de Muinck ED, Hoorntje JC, Escaned J, Stella PR, Boersma E, Bartunek J, Koolen JJ, Wijns W.

Circulation. 2001 Jun 19;103(24):2928-34.
The European registry of cardiac catheter interventions 1996.

Maier W, Windecker S, Lablanche JM, Mühlberger V, Wijns W, Meier B; Working group Coronary Circulation of the European Society of Cardiology.

Eur Heart J. 2001 Mar;22(5):373-7. No abstract available.
Occurrence of the Asn45Ser mutation in the GPIX gene in a Belgian patient with Bernard Soulier syndrome.

Vanhoorelbeke K, Schlammadinger A, Delville JP, Handsaeme J, Vandecasteele G, Vauterin S, Pradier O, Wijns W, Deckmyn H.

Platelets. 2001 Mar;12(2):114-20.
Angiographic analysis of the angioplasty versus rotational atherectomy for the treatment of diffuse in-stent restenosis trial (ARTIST).

Dietz U, Rupprecht HJ, de Belder MA, Wijns W, Quarles van Ufford MA, Klues HG, vom Dahl J.

Am J Cardiol. 2002 Oct 15;90(8):843-7.
Angiographic findings of the multicenter Randomized Study With the Sirolimus-Eluting Bx Velocity Balloon-Expandable Stent (RAVEL): sirolimus-eluting stents inhibit restenosis irrespective of the vessel size.

Regar E, Serruys PW, Bode C, Holubarsch C, Guermonprez JL, Wijns W, Bartorelli A, Constantini C, Degertekin M, Tanabe K, Disco C, Wuelfert E, Morice MC; RAVEL Study Group.

Circulation. 2002 Oct 8;106(15):1949-56.
Can ACE Inhibitors Promote Detrimental Vascular Effects After Percutaneous Injury?

Ribichini F, Ferrero V, Wijns W, Matullo G, Piazza A, Uslenghi E.

Hypertension. 2002 Oct;40(4):e5-6; author reply e5-6. No abstract available.
Intracoronary beta-radiation to reduce restenosis after balloon angioplasty and stenting; the Beta Radiation In Europe (BRIE) study.

Serruys PW, Sianos G, van der Giessen W, Bonnier HJ, Urban P, Wijns W, Benit E, Vandormael M, Dörr R, Disco C, Debbas N, Silber S; BRIE study group.

Eur Heart J. 2002 Sep;23(17):1351-9.
Acute myocardial infarction: reperfusion treatment.

Ribichini F, Wijns W.

Heart. 2002 Sep;88(3):298-305. Review. No abstract available.
Intravascular ultrasound findings in the multicenter, randomized, double-blind RAVEL (RAndomized study with the sirolimus-eluting VElocity balloon-expandable stent in the treatment of patients with de novo native coronary artery Lesions) trial.

Serruys PW, Degertekin M, Tanabe K, Abizaid A, Sousa JE, Colombo A, Guagliumi G, Wijns W, Lindeboom WK, Ligthart J, de Feyter PJ, Morice MC; RAVEL Study Group.

Circulation. 2002 Aug 13;106(7):798-803.
Dose distributions for 90Y intravascular brachytherapy sources used with balloon catheters.

Piessens M, Reynaert N, Potempa J, Thierens H, Wijns W, Verbeke L.

Med Phys. 2002 Jul;29(7):1562-71.
Accuracy of PET in predicting functional recovery after revascularisation in patients with chronic ischaemic dysfunction: head-to-head comparison between blood flow, glucose utilisation and water-perfusable tissue fraction.

Bax JJ, Fath-Ordoubadi F, Boersma E, Wijns W, Camici PG.

Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2002 Jun;29(6):721-7. Epub 2002 Apr 10.
Haptoglobin phenotype and the risk of restenosis after coronary artery stent implantation.

Roguin A, Ribichini F, Ferrero V, Matullo G, Herer P, Wijns W, Levy AP.

Am J Cardiol. 2002 Apr 1;89(7):806-10.
The effect of completeness of revascularization on event-free survival at one year in the ARTS trial.

van den Brand MJ, Rensing BJ, Morel MA, Foley DP, de Valk V, Breeman A, Suryapranata H, Haalebos MM, Wijns W, Wellens F, Balcon R, Magee P, Ribeiro E, Buffolo E, Unger F, Serruys PW.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002 Feb 20;39(4):559-64.
Angiographical follow-up after radioactive "Cold Ends" stent implantation: a multicenter trial.

Wardeh AJ, Albiero R, Kay IP, Knook AH, Wijns W, Kozuma K, Nishida T, Ferrero V, Levendag PC, van Der Giessen WJ, Colombo A, Serruys PW.

Circulation. 2002 Feb 5;105(5):550-3.
A randomized comparison of the value of additional stenting after optimal balloon angioplasty for long coronary lesions: final results of the additional value of NIR stents for treatment of long coronary lesions (ADVANCE) study.

Serruys PW, Foley DP, Suttorp MJ, Rensing BJ, Suryapranata H, Materne P, van den Bos A, Benit E, Anzuini A, Rutsch W, Legrand V, Dawkins K, Cobaugh M, Bressers M, Backx B, Wijns W, Colombo A.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002 Feb 6;39(3):393-9.
The European Registry of Cardiac Catheter Interventions 1997.

Maier W, Camici P, Windecker S, Pfiffner D, Wijns W, Meier B; Working Group Coronary Circulation of the European Society of Cardiology.

Eur Heart J. 2002 Dec;23(24):1903-7. No abstract available.
Geographical miss and restenosis during catheter-based intracoronary beta-radiation for de novo lesions.

Sianos G, Wijns W, de Feyter PJ, van Domburg R, Serruys PW.

Cardiovasc Radiat Med. 2002 Jul-Dec;3(3-4):138-46.
[The immunology-hematology-transfusion department]

Goldman M, Andrien M, Delville JP, Dupont E, Kornreich A, Lambermont M, Ocmant A, Schandené L, Mascart F, Pradier O, Stordeur P, Toungouz M, Wijns W.

Rev Med Brux. 2002;23 Suppl 2:87-91. Review. French.
Management of acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation. The Task Force on the Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction of the European Society of Cardiology.

Van de Werf F, Ardissino D, Betriu A, Cokkinos DV, Falk E, Fox KA, Julian D, Lengyel M, Neumann FJ, Ruzyllo W, Thygesen C, Underwood SR, Vahanian A, Verheugt FW, Wijns W; Task Force on the Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction of the European Society of Cardiology.

Eur Heart J. 2003 Jan;24(1):28-66. No abstract available.
Effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition on restenosis after coronary stenting.

Ribichini F, Wijns W, Ferrero V, Matullo G, Camilla T, Feola M, Guarrera S, Vado A, Piazza A, Uslenghi E.

Am J Cardiol. 2003 Jan 15;91(2):154-8.
Direct stent implantation using the EXPRESS Coronary Stent System: results of a multi-center feasibility study.

Silber S, Grube E, Marco J, Grollier G, Morice MC, Serruys P, Cobaugh M, Wijns W.

J Interv Cardiol. 2003 Dec;16(6):491-7.
Geographical miss during centered intracoronary beta-radiation with 90Yttrium: incidence and implications for recurrence rates after vascular brachytherapy for de novo lesions.

Sianos G, Wijns W, de Feyter PJ, Serruys PW.

Int J Cardiovasc Intervent. 2003;5(4):181-9.
Effects of intravenous dobutamine on coronary vasomotion in humans.

Barbato E, Bartunek J, Wyffels E, Wijns W, Heyndrickx GR, De Bruyne B.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2003 Nov 5;42(9):1596-601.
Estrogen receptor-alpha polymorphisms and angiographic outcome after coronary artery stenting.

Ferrero V, Ribichini F, Matullo G, Guarrera S, Carturan S, Vado A, Vassanelli C, Piazza A, Uslenghi E, Wijns W.

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2003 Dec;23(12):2223-8. Epub 2003 Oct 16.
Sirolimus-eluting stents for treatment of patients with long atherosclerotic lesions in small coronary arteries: double-blind, randomised controlled trial (E-SIRIUS).

Schofer J, Schlüter M, Gershlick AH, Wijns W, Garcia E, Schampaert E, Breithardt G; E-SIRIUS Investigators.

Lancet. 2003 Oct 4;362(9390):1093-9.

Guidelines for percutaneous coronary intervention by the Belgian Working Group on Invasive Cardiology.

Legrand V, Wijns W, Vandenbranden F, Benit E, Boland J, Claeys M, De Scheerder I, Eemans T, Hanet C, Heyndrickx G, Lafontaine P, Materne P, Taeymans Y, Vrints C, Vrolix M; Belgian Working Group on Invasive Cardiology.

Acta Cardiol. 2003 Aug;58(4):341-8. No abstract available.
Clinical and angiographic acute and follow up results of intracoronary beta brachytherapy in saphenous vein bypass grafts: a subgroup analysis of the multicentre European registry of intraluminal coronary beta brachytherapy (RENO).

Schiele TM, Regar E, Silber S, Eeckhout E, Baumgart D, Wijns W, Colombo A, Rutsch W, Meerkin D, Gershlick A, Bonan R, Urban P; RENO Investigators.

Heart. 2003 Jun;89(6):640-4. Erratum in: Heart. 2003 Jul;89(7):792.
Intracoronary and intravenous adenosine 5'-triphosphate, adenosine, papaverine, and contrast medium to assess fractional flow reserve in humans.

De Bruyne B, Pijls NH, Barbato E, Bartunek J, Bech JW, Wijns W, Heyndrickx GR.

Circulation. 2003 Apr 15;107(14):1877-83. Epub 2003 Mar 31.
Images in cardiovascular medicine. Non-life-threatening leaflet escape.

Casselman F, Heyndrickx G, Wijns W, Hendrickx J, Vanermen H.

Circulation. 2003 Mar 25;107(11):e72. No abstract available.
Clinical and angiographic outcome of patients with mild coronary lesions treated with balloon angioplasty or coronary stenting. Implications for mechanical plaque sealing.

Mercado N, Maier W, Boersma E, Bucher C, de Valk V, O'Neill WW, Gersh BJ, Meier B, Serruys PW, Wijns W.

Eur Heart J. 2003 Mar;24(6):541-51.
Direct stenting.

Barbato E, Marco J, Wijns W.

Eur Heart J. 2003 Mar;24(5):394-403. Review.
DECOPI (DEsobstruction COronaire en Post-Infarctus): a randomized multi-centre trial of occluded artery angioplasty after acute myocardial infarction.

Steg PG, Thuaire C, Himbert D, Carrié D, Champagne S, Coisne D, Khalifé K, Cazaux P, Logeart D, Slama M, Spaulding C, Cohen A, Tirouvanziam A, Montély JM, Rodriguez RM, Garbarz E, Wijns W, Durand-Zaleski I, Porcher R, Brucker L, Chevret S, Chastang C; DECOPI Investigators.

Eur Heart J. 2004 Dec;25(24):2187-94.
Reperfusion treatment of ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction.

Ribichini F, Ferrero V, Wijns W.

Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2004 Sep-Oct;47(2):131-57. Review.
Alpha-adrenergic receptor blockade and hyperaemic response in patients with intermediate coronary stenoses.

Barbato E, Bartunek J, Aarnoudse W, Vanderheyden M, Staelens F, Wijns W, Heyndrickx GR, Pijls NH, De Bruyne B.

Eur Heart J. 2004 Nov;25(22):2034-9.
Angiographic and three-dimensional intravascular ultrasound analysis of combined intracoronary beta radiation and self-expanding stent implantation in human coronary arteries.

Ferrero V, Ribichini F, Heyndrickx GR, De Bruyne B, Piessens M, Carlier S, Büchi M, Matullo G, Vassanelli C, Wijns W.

Am J Cardiol. 2004 Nov 15;94(10):1237-42.
Long-term patency of internal mammary artery bypass grafts: relationship with preoperative severity of the native coronary artery stenosis.

Berger A, MacCarthy PA, Siebert U, Carlier S, Wijns W, Heyndrickx G, Bartunek J, Vanermen H, De Bruyne B.

Circulation. 2004 Sep 14;110(11 Suppl 1):II36-40.
Direct stenting versus direct stenting followed by centered beta-radiation with intravascular ultrasound-guided dosimetry and long-term anti-platelet treatment: results of a randomized trial: Beta-Radiation Investigation with Direct Stenting and Galileo in Europe (BRIDGE).

Serruys PW, Wijns W, Sianos G, de Scheerder I, van den Heuvel PA, Rutsch W, Glogar HD, Macaya C, Materne PH, Veldhof S, Vonhausen H, Otto-Terlouw PC, van der Giessen WJ.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2004 Aug 4;44(3):528-37.
[The e-Cypher registry: objectives and organization]

Urban P, Gerschlick AH, Guagliumi G, Guyon P, Lotan C, Schofer J, Seth A, Sousa JE, Wijns W; Investigateurs de e-Cypher.

Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris). 2004 May;53 Suppl 1:18s-21s. French. No abstract available.
Identification of hibernating myocardium by acoustic microscopy.

Ng DW, Sathish S, Khan A, Chandrasoma P, Wijns W, Chandraratna PA.

Ultrasound Med Biol. 2004 May;30(5):693-6.
Imaging techniques for the assessment of myocardial hibernation. Report of a Study Group of the European Society of Cardiology.

Underwood SR, Bax JJ, vom Dahl J, Henein MY, Knuuti J, van Rossum AC, Schwarz ER, Vanoverschelde JL, van der Wall EE, Wijns W; Study Group of the European Society of Cardiology.

Eur Heart J. 2004 May;25(10):815-36. Review. Erratum in: Eur Heart J. 2004 Dec;25(23):2176.
Tissue doppler imaging predicts recovery of left ventricular function after recanalization of an occluded coronary artery.

Penicka M, Bartunek J, Wijns W, De Wolf I, Heyndrickx GR, De Raedt H, Barbato E, De Bruyne B.

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