Present position and address

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007 Dec 18;50(25):2431-3. No abstract available.

Sarno G, Lerman A, Bae JH, Schukro C, Glogar D, Margolis PM, Goethals M, Verstreken S, Bartunek J, Koenig A, Wijns W, Vanderheyden M.

Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2008 Dec 2. [Epub ahead of print]
[Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes]

Bassand JP, Hamm CW, Ardissino D, Boersma E, Budaj A, Fernandez-Aviles F, Fox KA, Hasdai D, Ohman EM, Wallentin L, Wijns W; Grupo de Trabalho para o Diagnóstico e Tratamento de Síndromes Coronárias Agudas sem Elevação do Segmento ST da European Society of Cardiology.

Rev Port Cardiol. 2008 Sep;27(9):1063-143. Portuguese. No abstract available.
Meeting Report * ESC Forum on Drug Eluting Stents * European Heart House, Nice, 27-28 September 2007.

Authors/writing members, Daemen J, Simoons ML, Wijns W, Bagust A, Bos G, Bowen JM, Braunwald E, Camenzind E, Chevalier B, Dimario C, Fajadet J, Gitt A, Guagliumi G, Hillege HL, James S, Jüni P, Kastrati A, Kloth S, Kristensen SD, Krucoff M, Legrand V, Pfisterer M, Rothman M, Serruys PW, Silber S, Steg PG, Tariah I, Wallentin L, Windecker SW; Participants in the Forum, Aimonetti A, Allocco D, Baczynska A, Bagust A, Berenger M, Bos G, Boam A, Bowen JM, Braunwald E, Calle JP, Camenzind E, Campo G, Carlier S, Chevalier B, Daemen J, de Schepper J, Di Bisceglie G, Dimario C, Dobbels H, Fajadet J, Farb A, Ghislain JC, Gitt A, Guagliumi G, Hellbardt S, Hillege HL, Ten Hoedt R, Isaia C, James S, de Jong P, Jüni P, Kastrati A, Klasen E, Kloth S, Kristensen SD, Krucoff M, Legrand V, Lekehal M, Lenarz L, Ni Mhullain F, Nagai H, Patteet A, Paunovic D, Pfisterer M, Potgieter A, Purdy I, Raveau-Landon C, Rothman M, Serruys PW, Silber S, Simoons ML, Steg PG, Tariah I, Ternstrom S, Van Wuytswinkel J, Waliszewski M, Wallentin L, Wijns W, Windecker SW.

Eur Heart J. 2008 Nov 26. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.
Usefulness of proteinuria as a prognostic marker of mortality and cardiovascular events among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (data from the Evaluation of Oral Xemilofiban in Controlling Thrombotic Events [EXCITE] trial).

Mercado N, Brugts JJ, Ix JH, Shlipak MG, Dixon SR, Gersh BJ, Lemos PA, Guarneri M, Teirstein PS, Wijns W, Serruys PW, Boersma E, O'Neill WW.

Am J Cardiol. 2008 Nov 1;102(9):1151-5. Epub 2008 Aug 9.
Impact of atherosclerotic plaque composition on coronary microembolization during percutaneous coronary interventions.

Böse D, von Birgelen C, Zhou XY, Schmermund A, Philipp S, Sack S, Konorza T, Möhlenkamp S, Leineweber K, Kleinbongard P, Wijns W, Heusch G, Erbel R.

Basic Res Cardiol. 2008 Nov;103(6):587-97. Epub 2008 Sep 11.
Effects of the direct lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A(2) inhibitor darapladib on human coronary atherosclerotic plaque.

Serruys PW, García-García HM, Buszman P, Erne P, Verheye S, Aschermann M, Duckers H, Bleie O, Dudek D, Bøtker HE, von Birgelen C, D'Amico D, Hutchinson T, Zambanini A, Mastik F, van Es GA, van der Steen AF, Vince DG, Ganz P, Hamm CW, Wijns W, Zalewski A; Integrated Biomarker and Imaging Study-2 Investigators.

Circulation. 2008 Sep 9;118(11):1172-82. Epub 2008 Sep 1.
Biolimus-eluting stent with biodegradable polymer versus sirolimus-eluting stent with durable polymer for coronary revascularisation (LEADERS): a randomised non-inferiority trial.

Windecker S, Serruys PW, Wandel S, Buszman P, Trznadel S, Linke A, Lenk K, Ischinger T, Klauss V, Eberli F, Corti R, Wijns W, Morice MC, di Mario C, Davies S, van Geuns RJ, Eerdmans P, van Es GA, Meier B, Jüni P.

Lancet. 2008 Sep 27;372(9644):1163-73. Epub 2008 Aug 31.
Evaluation of plaque characteristics in acute coronary syndromes: non-invasive assessment with multi-slice computed tomography and invasive evaluation with intravascular ultrasound radiofrequency data analysis.

Pundziute G, Schuijf JD, Jukema JW, Decramer I, Sarno G, Vanhoenacker PK, Boersma E, Reiber JH, Schalij MJ, Wijns W, Bax JJ.

Eur Heart J. 2008 Oct;29(19):2373-81. Epub 2008 Aug 5.
Multidetector computed tomography angiography for assessment of in-stent restenosis: meta-analysis of diagnostic performance.

Vanhoenacker PK, Decramer I, Bladt O, Sarno G, Van Hul E, Wijns W, Dwamena BA.

BMC Med Imaging. 2008 Jul 31;8:14.
Clinical and angiographic outcomes in diabetic patients following single or multivessel stenting in the COSTAR II randomized trial.

Kereiakes DJ, Petersen JL, Batchelor WB, Fitzgerald PJ, Mehran R, Lansky A, Tsujino I, Schofer J, Dubois C, Verheye S, Cristea E, Garg J, Wijns W, Krucoff MW.

J Invasive Cardiol. 2008 Jul;20(7):335-41.
Relation of low response to clopidogrel assessed with point-of-care assay to periprocedural myonecrosis in patients undergoing elective coronary stenting for stable angina pectoris.

Cuisset T, Hamilos M, Sarma J, Sarno G, Wyffels E, Vanderheyden M, Barbato E, Bartunek J, De Bruyne B, Wijns W.

Am J Cardiol. 2008 Jun 15;101(12):1700-3. Epub 2008 Apr 18.
Differential effects of drug-eluting stents on local endothelium-dependent coronary vasomotion.

Hamilos MI, Ostojic M, Beleslin B, Sagic D, Mangovski L, Stojkovic S, Nedeljkovic M, Orlic D, Milosavljevic B, Topic D, Karanovic N, Wijns W; NOBORI CORE Investigators.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Jun 3;51(22):2123-9.
Quantification of coronary plaque by 64-slice computed tomography: a comparison with quantitative intracoronary ultrasound.

Otsuka M, Bruining N, Van Pelt NC, Mollet NR, Ligthart JM, Vourvouri E, Hamers R, De Jaegere P, Wijns W, Van Domburg RT, Stone GW, Veldhof S, Verheye S, Dudek D, Serruys PW, Krestin GP, De Feyter PJ.

Invest Radiol. 2008 May;43(5):314-21.
A novel bioresorbable polymer paclitaxel-eluting stent for the treatment of single and multivessel coronary disease: primary results of the COSTAR (Cobalt Chromium Stent With Antiproliferative for Restenosis) II study.

Krucoff MW, Kereiakes DJ, Petersen JL, Mehran R, Hasselblad V, Lansky AJ, Fitzgerald PJ, Garg J, Turco MA, Simonton CA 3rd, Verheye S, Dubois CL, Gammon R, Batchelor WB, O'Shaughnessy CD, Hermiller JB Jr, Schofer J, Buchbinder M, Wijns W; COSTAR II Investigators Group.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Apr 22;51(16):1543-52.
[Universal definition of the myocardial infarction.]

Thygesen K, Alpert JS, White HD.

Kardiol Pol. 2008 Jan;66(1):47-62. Polish. No abstract available.
Direct stenting for stable angina pectoris is associated with reduced periprocedural microcirculatory injury compared with stenting after pre-dilation.

Cuisset T, Hamilos M, Melikian N, Wyffels E, Sarma J, Sarno G, Barbato E, Bartunek J, Wijns W, De Bruyne B.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Mar 18;51(11):1060-5.
Endomyocardial upregulation of beta1 adrenoreceptor gene expression and myocardial contractile reserve following cardiac resynchronization therapy.

Vanderheyden M, Mullens W, Delrue L, Goethals M, Verstreken S, Wijns W, de Bruyne B, Bartunek J.

J Card Fail. 2008 Mar;14(2):172-8.
Clinical imaging for prevention: directed strategies for improved detection of presymptomatic patients with undetected atherosclerosis--Part I: Clinical imaging for prevention.

Shaw LJ, Berman DS, Blumenthal RS, Budoff MJ, Faber TL, Goraya T, Halliburton SS, Hecht H, Kiat H, Koenig W, Malik S, Merhige M, Nasir K, Min JK, O'Keefe J, Polk DM, Raggi P, Rosenblatt JA, Schwartz RG, Taylor AJ, Thomas GS, Wijns W.

J Nucl Cardiol. 2008 Jan-Feb;15(1):e6-19. Review. No abstract available.
Drug-eluting stents: a critique.

Melikian N, Wijns W.

Heart. 2008 Feb;94(2):145-52. Review.
Myocardial gene expression in heart failure patients treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy responders versus nonresponders.

Vanderheyden M, Mullens W, Delrue L, Goethals M, de Bruyne B, Wijns W, Geelen P, Verstreken S, Wellens F, Bartunek J.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Jan 15;51(2):129-36.
Effects of sublingual nitroglycerin on coronary lumen diameter and number of visualized septal branches on 64-MDCT angiography.

Decramer I, Vanhoenacker PK, Sarno G, Van Hoe L, Bladt O, Wijns W, Parizel PM.

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2008 Jan;190(1):219-25.
Long-term histological and immunohistochemical findings in human venous aorto-coronary bypass grafts.

Ribichini F, Pugno F, Ferrero V, Wijns W, Vacca G, Vassanelli C, Virmani R.