Publications
- 2014
- Altara, R., Manca, M., Hessel, M. H. M., Janssen, B. J., Struijker-Boudier, H. H. A., Hermans, R. J. J., & Blankesteijn, M. (2014). Improving membrane based multiplex immunoassays for semi-quantitative detection of multiple cytokines in a single sample. BMC Biotechnology, 14, Article 63. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6750-14-63
- Martins, P. A. D. C., Leptidis, S., & De Windt, L. J. (2014). Nuclear Calcium Transients Hermes Propylaios in the Heart. Circulation, 130(3), 221-223. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.010675
- van Empel, V. P. M., Kaye, D. M., & Borlaug, B. A. (2014). Effects of Healthy Aging on the Cardiopulmonary Hemodynamic Response to Exercise. American Journal of Cardiology, 114(1), 131-135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2014.04.011
- Prahst, C., Kasaai, B., Moraes, F., Jahnsen, E. D., Larrivee, B., Villegas, D., Pardanaud, L., Pibouin-Fragner, L., Zhang, F., Zaun, H. C., Eichmann, A., & Jones, E. A. V. (2014). The H2.0-like homeobox transcription factor modulates yolk sac vascular remodeling in mouse embryos. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, 34(7), 1468-76. https://doi.org/10.1161/ATVBAHA.114.303626
- Murdoch, C. E., Chaubey, S., Zeng, L., Yu, B., Ivetic, A., Walker, S. J., Vanhoutte, D., Heymans, S., Grieve, D. J., Cave, A. C., Brewer, A. C., Zhang, M., & Shah, A. M. (2014). Endothelial NADPH Oxidase-2 Promotes Interstitial Cardiac Fibrosis and Diastolic Dysfunction Through Proinflammatory Effects and Endothelial-Mesenchymal Transition. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 63(24), 2734-2741. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2014.02.572
- Troughton, R. W., Frampton, C. M., Brunner-La Rocca, H.-P., Pfisterer, M., Eurlings, L. W. M., Erntell, H., Persson, H., O'Connor, C. M., Moertl, D., Karlstrom, P., Dahlstrom, U., Gaggin, H. K., Januzzi, J. L., Berger, R., Richards, A. M., Pinto, Y. M., & Nicholls, M. G. (2014). Effect of B-type natriuretic peptide-guided treatment of chronic heart failure on total mortality and hospitalization: an individual patient meta-analysis. European Heart Journal, 35(23), 1559-1567. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehu090
- Foulquier, S., Boehm, M., Schmieder, R., Sleight, P., Teo, K., Yusuf, S., Schumacher, H., & Unger, T. (2014). Impact of telmisartan on cardiovascular outcome in hypertensive patients at high risk: a Telmisartan Randomised AssessmeNt Study in ACE iNtolerant subjects with cardiovascular Disease subanalysis. Journal of Hypertension, 32(6), 1334-1341. https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000000154
- Peters, T., & Schroen, B. (2014). Missing links in cardiology: long non-coding RNAs enter the arena. Pflugers Archiv-European Journal of Physiology, 466(6), 1177-1187. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00424-014-1479-1
- Bekkers, S. C. A. M., & Brunner-La Rocca, H. P. (2014). Elderly primary care hypertension patients-who to refer for echocardiography?Netherlands Heart Journal, 22(5), 231-233. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12471-014-0550-z
- Leite-Moreira, A. F., Lourenco, A. P., Balligand, J.-L., Bauersachs, J., Clerk, A., De Windt, L. J., Heymans, S., Hilfiker-Kleiner, D., Hirsch, E., Iaccarino, G., Kaminski, K. A., Knoell, R., Mayr, M., Tarone, G., Thum, T., & Tocchetti, C. G. (2014). ESC Working Group on Myocardial Function Position Paper: how to study the right ventricle in experimental models. European journal of heart failure, 16(5), 509-518. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.66
- Tarone, G., Balligand, J.-L., Bauersachs, J., Clerk, A., De Windt, L., Heymans, S., Hilfiker-Kleiner, D., Hirsch, E., Iaccarino, G., Knoell, R., Leite-Moreira, A. F., Lourenco, A. P., Mayr, M., Thum, T., & Tocchetti, C. G. (2014). Targeting myocardial remodelling to develop novel therapies for heart failure A position paper from the Working Group on Myocardial Function of the European Society of Cardiology. European journal of heart failure, 16(5), 494-508. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.62
- Poels, E. M., Bitsch, N., Slenter, J. M., Kooi, M. E., de Theije, C. C., De Windt, L. J., van Empel, V. P., & da Costa Martins, P. A. (2014). Supplementing exposure to hypoxia with a copper depleted diet does not exacerbate right ventricular remodeling in mice. PLOS ONE, 9(4), Article 92983. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0092983
- Kriemler, S., Buergi, F., Wick, C., Wick, B., Keller, M., Wiget, U., Schindler, C., Kaufmann, B. A., Kohler, M., Bloch, K., & Brunner-La Rocca, H.-P. (2014). Prevalence of Acute Mountain Sickness at 3500 m Within and Between Families: A Prospective Cohort Study. High Altitude Medicine & Biology, 15(1), 28-38. https://doi.org/10.1089/ham.2013.1073
- Daskalopoulos, E. P., Hermans, K. C. M., & Blankesteijn, M. (2014). Cardiac (myo)fibroblast: Novel Strategies for its Targeting Following Myocardial Infarction. Current Pharmaceutical Design, 20(12), 1987-2002. https://doi.org/10.2174/13816128113199990452
- Beaumont, J., Lopez, B., Hermida, N., Schroen, B., Jose, G. S., Heymans, S., Valencia, F., Jose Gomez-Doblas, J., De Teresa, E., Diez, J., & Gonzalez, A. (2014). microRNA-122 down-regulation may play a role in severe myocardial fibrosis in human aortic stenosis through TGF-beta(1) up-regulation. Clinical Science, 126(7-8), 497-506. https://doi.org/10.1042/CS20130538
- Hendriks, J. M. L., Vrijhoef, H. J. M., Crijns, H. J. G. M., & Brunner-La Rocca, H. P. (2014). The effect of a nurse-led integrated chronic care approach on quality of life in patients with atrial fibrillation. EP Europace, 16(4), 491-499. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eut286
- Sanders-van Wijk, S., van Empel, V., Knackstedt, C., & Brunner-La Rocca, H.-P. (2014). Heart failure and COPD: Time to SHIFT?International Journal of Cardiology, 172(2), 293-294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.12.285
- Roncarati, R., Anselmi, C. V., Losi, M. A., Papa, L., Cavarretta, E., Martins, P. D. C., Contaldi, C., Jotti, G. S., Franzone, A., Galastri, L., Latronico, M. V. G., Imbriaco, M., Esposito, G., De Windt, L., Betocchi, S., & Condorelli, G. (2014). Circulating miR-29a, Among Other Up-Regulated MicroRNAs, Is the Only Biomarker for Both Hypertrophy and Fibrosis in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 63(9), 920-927. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2013.09.041
- Papageorgiou, A.-P., & Heymans, S. (2014). Peroxidasin-like protein: expanding the horizons of matrix biology. Cardiovascular Research, 101(3), 342-343. https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvu017
- Peeters, J. M. P. W. U., Sanders-van Wijk, S., Bektas, S., Knackstedt, C., Rickenbacher, P., Nietlispach, F., Handschin, R., Maeder, M. T., Muzzarelli, S. F., Pfisterer, M. E., & Brunner-La Rocca, H. P. (2014). Biomarkers in outpatient heart failure management; Are they correlated to and do they influence clinical judgment?Netherlands Heart Journal, 22(3), 115-121. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12471-013-0503-y
- van Empel, V. P. M., Lee, J., Williams, T. J., & Kaye, D. M. (2014). Iron deficiency in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension. Heart Lung and Circulation, 23(3), 287-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2013.08.007
- Rienks, M., Papageorgiou, A.-P., Frangogiannis, N. G., & Heymans, S. (2014). Myocardial Extracellular Matrix An Ever-Changing and Diverse Entity. Circulation Research, 114(5), 872-888. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.114.302533
- Meyer, U., Schindler, C., Zahner, L., Ernst, D., Hebestreit, H., van Mechelen, W., Rocca, H.-P. B.-L., Probst-Hensch, N., Puder, J. J., & Kriemler, S. (2014). Long-Term Effect of a School-Based Physical Activity Program (KISS) on Fitness and Adiposity in Children: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial. PLOS ONE, 9(2), Article e87929. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0087929
- Namsolleck, P., Recarti, C., Foulquier, S., Steckelings, U. M., & Unger, T. (2014). AT(2) Receptor and Tissue Injury: Therapeutic Implications. Current Hypertension Reports, 16(2), Article 416. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11906-013-0416-6
- Hazebroek, M. R., Everaerts, K., & Heymans, S. (2014). Diagnostic approach of myocarditis: strike the golden mean. Netherlands Heart Journal, 22(2), 80-84. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12471-013-0499-3
- Van Empel, V. P. M., Kaufmann, B. A., Bernheim, A. M., Goetschalckx, K., Min, S. Y., Muzzarelli, S., Pfisterer, M. E., Kiencke, S., Maeder, M. T., & Brunner-La Rocca, H.-P. (2014). Interaction Between Pulmonary Hypertension and Diastolic Dysfunction in an Elderly Heart Failure Population. Journal of Cardiac Failure, 20(2), 98-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2013.12.010
- Burkard, T., Pfister, O., Rickli, H., Follath, F., Hack, D., Zaker, R., Pittl, U., Handschin, R., Pfisterer, M., & Brunner-La Rocca, H. .-P. (2014). Prognostic impact of systemic inflammatory diseases in elderly patients with congestive heart failure. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 107(2), 131-138. https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hct205
- Napp, A., Joosten, S., Stunder, D., Knackstedt, C., Zink, M., Bellmann, B., Marx, N., Schauerte, P., & Silny, J. (2014). Electromagnetic Interference With Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators at Power Frequency An In Vivo Study. Circulation, 129(4), 441-450. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.003081
- Hazebroek, M. R., van Paassen, P., Weerwind, P. W., Cooper, L. T. . J., Uriel, N., Caliskan, K., de Vries, B., Maessen, J. G., Autschbach, R., Heymans, S., & Donker, D. W. (2014). A passionate endurance cyclist ultimately survives sudden death in right ventricular giant cell myocarditis. International Journal of Cardiology, 170(3), E74-E75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.11.028
- Sanders-van Wijk, S., Maeder, M. T., Nietlispach, F., Rickli, H., Estlinbaum, W., Erne, P., Rickenbacher, P., Peter, M., Pfisterer, M. P., & Brunner-La Rocca, H.-P. (2014). Long-Term Results of Intensified, N-Terminal-Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide-Guided Versus Symptom-Guided Treatment in Elderly Patients With Heart Failure Five-Year Follow-Up From TIME-CHF. Circulation-Heart Failure, 7(1), 131-139. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.113.000527
- Hohl, M., Ardehali, H., Azuaje, F. J., Breckenridge, R. A., Doehner, W., Eaton, P., Ehret, G. B., Fujita, T., Gaetani, R., Giacca, M., Hasenfuss, G., Heymans, S., Leite-Moreira, A. F., Linke, W. A., Linz, D., Lyon, A., Mamas, M. A., Oresic, M., Papp, Z., ... Maack, C. (2014). Meeting highlights from the 2013 European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure Association Winter Meeting on Translational Heart Failure Research. European journal of heart failure, 16(1), 6-14. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.10
- Mafi Rad, M., Blaauw, Y., Debie, L., Brunner-La Rocca, H., & Vernooy, K. (2014). Evaluation of Left Ventricular Endocardial Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in a Non-responder with Ventricular Arrhythmias. Indian pacing and electrophysiology journal, 14(1), 32-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0972-6292(16)30713-6
- van Dongen, M., van Kraaij, D., Schalla, S., Brunner-La Rocca, H., & Driessen, R. (2014). Severe mitral regurgitation caused by eosinophilic endocarditis. Journal of Cardiology Cases, 10(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jccase.2014.05.012
- van Buchem, M. A., Biessels, G. J., la Rocca, H. P. B., de Craen, A. J. M., van der Flier, W. M., Ikram, M. A., Kappelle, L. J., Koudstaal, P. J., Mooijaart, S. P., Niessen, W., van Oostenbrugge, R., de Roos, A., van Rossum, A. C., & Daemen, M. J. A. P. (2014). The Heart-Brain Connection: A Multidisciplinary Approach Targeting a Missing Link in the Pathophysiology of Vascular Cognitive Impairment. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 42, S443-S451. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-141542
- 2013
- Arends, S. J., Damoiseaux, J. G., Duijvestijn, A. M., Debrus-Palmans, L., Vroomen, M., Boomars, K. A., Brunner-La Rocca, H. P., Reutelingsperger, C. P., Tervaert, J. W., & van Paassen, P. (2013). Immunoglobulin G anti-endothelial cell antibodies: inducers of endothelial cell apoptosis in pulmonary arterial hypertension?Clinical and Experimental Immunology, 174(3), 433-440. https://doi.org/10.1111/cei.12166
- Dirkx, E., da Costa Martins, P. A., & De Windt, L. J. (2013). Regulation of fetal gene expression in heart failure. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Molecular Basis of Disease, 1832(12), 2414-2424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbadis.2013.07.023
- Dirkx, E., Gladka, M. M., Philippen, L. E., Armand, A.-S., Kinet, V., Leptidis, S., el Azzouzi, H., Salic, K., Bourajjaj, M., da Silva, G. J. J., Olieslagers, S., van der Nagel, R., de Weger, R., Bitsch, N., Kisters, N., Seyen, S., Morikawa, Y., Chanoine, C., Heymans, S., ... De Windt, L. J. (2013). Nfat and miR-25 cooperate to reactivate the transcription factor Hand2 in heart failure. Nature Cell Biology, 15(11), 1282-1293. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb2866
- Maeder, M. T., Rickenbacher, P., Rickli, H., Abbuehl, H., Gutmann, M., Erne, P., Vuilliomenet, A., Peter, M., Pfisterer, M., & Brunner-La Rocca, H.-P. (2013). N-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide-guided management in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction: findings from the Trial of Intensified versus standard Medical therapy in Elderly patients with Congestive Heart Failure (TIME-CHF). European journal of heart failure, 15(10), 1148-1156. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjhf/hft076
- Heymans, S., Corsten, M. F., Verhesen, W., Carai, P., van Leeuwen, R. E., Custers, K., Peters, T., Hazebroek, M., Stoger, L., Wijnands, E., Janssen, B. J., Creemers, E. E., Pinto, Y. M., Grimm, D., Schurmann, N., Vigorito, E., Thum, T., Stassen, F. R., Yin, X., ... Schroen, B. L. (2013). Macrophage MicroRNA-155 Promotes Cardiac Hypertrophy and Failure. Circulation, 128(13), 1420-1432. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.001357
- Cooper, S., Jonak, P., Chouinard-Pelletier, G., Coulombe, S., Jones, E., & Leask, R. L. (2013). Permeabilization of adhered cells using an inert gas jet. Journal of visualized experiment, (79), Article e50612. https://doi.org/10.3791/50612
- El Azzouzi, H., Leptidis, S., Dirkx, E., Hoeks, J., van Bree, B., van de Brand, K., McClellan, E. A., Poels, E., Sluimer, J. C., van den Hoogenhof, M. M., Armand, A. S., Yin, X., Langley, S., Bourajjaj, M., Olieslagers, S., Krishnan, J., Vooijs, M., Kurihara, H., Stubbs, A., ... De Windt, L. J. (2013). The Hypoxia-Inducible MicroRNA Cluster miR-199a similar to 214 Targets Myocardial PPAR delta and Impairs Mitochondrial Fatty Acid Oxidation. Cell Metabolism, 18(3), 341-354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2013.08.009
- Caforio, A. L. P., Pankuweit, S., Arbustini, E., Basso, C., Gimeno-Blanes, J., Felix, S. B., Fu, M., Helio, T., Heymans, S., Jahns, R., Klingel, K., Linhart, A., Maisch, B., McKenna, W., Mogensen, J., Pinto, Y. M., Ristic, A., Schultheiss, H.-P., Seggewiss, H., ... Elliott, P. M. (2013). Current state of knowledge on aetiology, diagnosis, management, and therapy of myocarditis: a position statement of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases. European Heart Journal, 34(33), 2636-2648. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/eht210
- Witjas-Paalberends, E. R., Piroddi, N., Stam, K., van Dijk, S. J., Oliviera, V. S., Ferrara, C., Scellini, B., Hazebroek, M., ten Cate, F. J., van Slegtenhorst, M., dos Remedios, C., Niessen, H. W. M., Tesi, C., Stienen, G. J. M., Heymans, S., Michels, M., Poggesi, C., & van der Velden, J. (2013). Mutations in MYH7 reduce the force generating capacity of sarcomeres in human familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Cardiovascular Research, 99(3), 432-441. https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvt119
- Van Aelst, L. N. L., & Heymans, S. (2013). MicroRNAs as Biomarkers for Ischemic Heart Disease. Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research, 6(4), 458-470. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12265-013-9466-z
- Sanders-van Wijk, S., Muzzarelli, S., Neuhaus, M., Kiencke, S., Maeder, M., Estlinbaum, W., Tobler, D., Mayer, K., Erne, P., Pfisterer, M. E., & Brunner-La Rocca, H.-P. (2013). Safety and tolerability of intensified, N-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide-guided compared with standard medical therapy in elderly patients with congestive heart failure: results from TIME-CHF. European journal of heart failure, 15(8), 910-918. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjhf/hft079
- Vanhoutte, D., van Almen, G. C., Van Aelst, L. N. L., Van Cleemput, J., Droogne, W., Jin, Y., Van de Werf, F., Carmeliet, P., Vanhaecke, J., Papageorgiou, A.-P., & Heymans, S. (2013). Matricellular proteins and matrix metalloproteinases mark the inflammatory and fibrotic response in human cardiac allograft rejection. European Heart Journal, 34(25), 1930-1941. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehs375



