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CJ Vrints

Observed names: C Vrints, C. Vrints, CJ. Vrints

Observed institutions: University of Antwerp, Antwerp University Hospital

OpenAlex ID: A5110138003

Claeys MJ, Bosmans JM, Hendrix J, Vrints CJ. Reliability of fractional flow reserve measurements in patients with associated microvascular dysfunction: Importance of flow on translesional pressure gradient. Cathet Cardiovasc Intervent 2001;54:427–434

2002 · MJ Claey, JM Bosmans, et al. · Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions · 16

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Assessment of Left Ventricular Function in a Randomised Study of Intravenous Anisoylated Plasminogen Streptokinase Activator Complex versus Heparin in Acute Myocardial Infarction Preliminary Results of the European Multicentre Study (Belgian Centres) Y. Taeymans and P. Materne (on behalf of the Belgian Group of the European Multicentre Study (EMS)l)

1987 · R Bernard, Eddy Van Thiel, et al. · 4

Effects of Hypercholesterolemia on Coronary Vascular Reactivity

2015 · C. Vrints, T. J. Verbeuren, et al. · KARGER eBooks · 3

Endothelial dysfunction in acute brain injury and the development of cerebral ischemia

2015 · S Van Ierssel, VM Conraads, et al. · Critical Care · 3

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Multislice cardiac computer tomography is useful in the detection of coronary artery disease in patients with intermediate Framingham risk score

2004 · Bharati Shivalkar, Ö. Özsarlak, et al. · European Heart Journal · 2

Poster Session 6Assessment of morphology and functionP1222Multimodality imaging for left atrial appendage occluder sizingP1223Longitudinal left atrial strain is a main predictor for long term prognosis on atrial fibrillation after CABG operation patientsP1224Comparison of 2D and 3D left ventricular volumes measurements: results from the SKIPOGH II studyP1225Adjusting for thoracic circumference is superior to body surface area in the assessment of neonatal cardiac dimensions in foetal growth abnormalityP1226Maximal vortex suction pressure: an equivocal marker for optimization of atrio-ventricular delayP1227Volume-time curve of cardiac magnetic resonance assessed left ventricular dysfunction in coronary artery disease patients with type 2 diabetes mellitusP1228Thickness matters, but not in the same way for all strain parametersP1229Digging deeper in postoperative modifications of right ventricular function: impact of pericardial approach and cardioplegiaP1230Left atrial function evaluated by 2D-speckle tracking echocardiography in diabetes mellitus populationP1231The influence of arterial hypertension duration on left ventricular diastolic parameters in patients with well regulated arterial blood pressureP1232Investigation of factors affecting left ventricular diastolic dysfunction determined using mitral annulus velocityP1233High regulatory T-lymphocytes after ST-elevation myocardial infarction relate with adverse left ventricular remodelling assessed by 3D-echocardiographyP1234Prevalence of paradoxical low flow/low gradient severe aortic stenosis measure with 3 dimensional transesophageal echocardiographyP1235Coronary microvascular and diastolic dysfunctions after aortic valve replacement: comparison between mechanical and biological prosthesesP1236Normal-flow, low gradient aortic stenosis is common in a population of patients with severe aortic valve stenosis undergoing aortic valve replacementP1237Analysis of validity and reproducibility of calcium burden visual estimation by echocardiographyP12383D full automatic software in the evaluation of aortic stenosis severity in TAVI patients. Preliminary resultsP1239Differential impact of net atrioventricular compliance on clinical outcomes in patients with mitral stenosis according to cardiac rhythmP1240Aortic regurgitation affects the intima-media thickness of the right and left common carotid artery differentlyP1241Global longitudinal strain: an hallmark of cardiac damage in mitral valve regurgitation. Experience from the european registry of mitral regurgitationP1242Echocardiographic characterisation of Barlow's disease versus fibroelastic deficiencyP1243Echocardiographic screening for rheumatic heart disease in a ugandan orphanage - feasibility and outcomesP1244Alterations in right ventricular mechanics upon follow-up period in patients with persistent ischemic mitral regurgitation after inferoposterior myocardial infarctionP1245Ten-years conventional mitral surgery in patients with mitral regurgitation and left ventricular dysfunction: clinical and echocardiographic outcomes

2016 · R. Wassmuth, K. Hristova, et al. · European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging · 1

Poster session 2Morphogenetic mechanisms290MiR-133 regulates retinoic acid pathway during early cardiac chamber specification291Bmp2 regulates atrial differentiation through miR-130 during early heart looping formationDevelopmental genetics294Association of deletion allele of insertion/deletion polymorphism in alpha 2B adrenoceptor gene and hypertension with or without type 2 diabetes mellitus295Association of G1359A polymorphism of the endocannabinoid type 1 receptor (CNR1) with coronary artery disease (CAD) with type 2 diabetes mellitusCell growth, differentiation and stem cells - Vascular298Gamma-secretase inhibitor prevents proliferation and migration of ductus arteriosus smooth muscle cells: a role of Notch signaling in postnatal closure of ductus arteriosus299Mesenchymal stromal-like cells (MLCs) derived from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells: a promising therapeutic option to promote neovascularization300Sonic Hedgehog promotes mesenchymal stem cell differentiation to vascular smooth muscle cells in cardiovacsular disease301Proinflammatory cytokine secretion and epigenetic modification in endothelial cells treated LPS-GinfivalisCell death and apoptosis - Vascular304Mitophagy acts as a safeguard mechanism against human vascular smooth muscle cell apoptosis induced by atherogenic lipidsTranscriptional control and RNA species - Vascular307MicroRNA-34a role in vascular calcification308Local delivery of a miR-146a inhibitor utilizing a clinically applicable approach attenuates neointima formation after vascular injury309Long noncoding RNA landscape of hypoxic endothelial cells310Specific circulating microRNAs levels associate with hypertension, hyperglycemia and dysfunctional HDL in acute coronary syndrome patientsCytokines and cellular inflammation - Vascular313Phosphodiesterase5A up-regulation in vascular endothelium under pro-inflammatory conditions: a newly disclosed anti-inflammatory activity for the omega-3polyunsaturated aatty acid docosahexaenoic acid314Cardiovascular risk modifying with extra-low dose anticytokine drugs in rhematoid arthritis315Conversion of human M-CSF macrophages into foam cells reduces their proinflammatory responses to classical M1-polarizing activation316Lymphocytic myocarditis coincides with increased plaque inflammation and plaque hemorrhage in coronary arteries, facilitating myocardial infarction317Serum osteoprotegerin level predictsdeclined numerous of circulating endothelial- derived and mononuclear-derived progenitor cells in patients with metabolic syndromeGrowth factors and neurohormones - Vascular320Effect of gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) on vascular inflammationSignal transduction - Heart323A new synthetic peptide regulates hypertrophy in vitro through means of the inhibition of nfkb324Inducible fibroblast-specific knockout of p38 alpha map kinase is cardioprotective in a mouse model of isoproterenol-induced cardiac hypertrophy325Regulation of beta-adrenoceptor-evoked inotropic responses by inhibitory G protein, adenylyl cyclase isoforms 5 and 6 and phosphodiesterases326Binding to RGS3 and stimulation of M2 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors modulates the substrate specificity of p190RhoGAP in cardiac myocytes327Cardiac regulation of post-translational modifications, parylation and deacetylation in LMNA dilated cardiomyopathy mouse model328Beta-adrenergic regulation of the b56delta/pp2a holoenzyme in cardiac myocytes through b56delta phosphorylation at serine 573Nitric oxide and reactive oxygen species - Vascular331Oxidative stress-induced miR-200c disrupts the regulatory loop among SIRT1, FOXO1 and eNOS332Antioxidant therapy prevents oxidative stress-induced endothelial dysfunction and Enhances Wound Healing333Morphological and biochemical characterization of red blood cell in coronary artery diseaseCytoskeleton and mechanotransduction - Heart336Novel myosin activator, JSH compounds, increased myocardial contractility without chronotropic effect in ratsExtracellular matrix and fibrosis - Vascular339Ablation of Toll-like receptor 9 causes cardiac rupture after myocardial infarction by attenuating proliferation and differentiation of cardiac fibroblasts340Altered vascular remodeling in the mouse hind limb ischemia model in Factor VII activating protease (FSAP) deficiencyVasculogenesis, angiogenesis and arteriogenesis343Pro-angiogenic effects of proly-hydroxylase inhibitors and their potential for use in a novel strategy of therapeutic angiogenesis for coronary total occlusion344Nrf2 drives angiogenesis in transcription-independent manner: new function of the master regulator of oxidative stress response345Angiogenic gene therapy, despite efficient vascular growth, is not able to improve muscle function in normoxic or chronically ischemic rabbit hindlimbs -role of capillary arterialization and shunting346Effect of PAR-1 inhibition on collateral vessel growth in the murine hind limb model347Quaking is a key regulator of endothelial cell differentiation, neovascu

2016 · V Garcia-Martinez, C Lopez Sanchez, et al. · Cardiovascular Research · 1

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HIT Poster session 1P154Preclinical diastolic dysfunction is related to impaired endothelial function in patients with chronic kidney diseaseP155Early detection of left atrial and left ventricular abnormalities in hypertensive and obese womenP156Right ventricle preserved systolic function irrespective of right ventricular hypertrophy and disease severity in anderson fabry diseaseP157Left atrial volume and function in patients undergoing percutaneous mitral valve repairP158Impact of left ventricular dysfunction on outcomes of patients undergoing direct TAVI with a self-expanding bioprosthesisP159Anatomic Doppler spectrum – retrospective spectral tissue Doppler from ultra high frame rate tissue Doppler imaging for evaluation of tissue deformationP160Phasic dynamics of ischaemic mitral regurgitation after primary coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction: serial echocardiographic assessment from emergency room to long-term follow-upP161Reproducibility of 3DE RV volumes - novel insights at a regional levelP162Pulmonary vascular capacitance as assessed by echocardiography in pulmonary arterial hypertensionP163Three-dimensional endocardial area strain: a novel parameter for quantitative assessment of global left ventricular systolic functionP164Role of exercise hemodynamics assessed by echocardiography on symptom reduction after MitraClipP165Early identification of ventricular dysfunction in patients with juvenile systemic sclerosisP166Heart failure with and without preserved ejection fraction - the role of biomarkers in the aspect of global longitudinal strainP167Complex systolic deformation of aortic root: insights from two dimensional speckle tracking imageP168Volumetric and deformational imaging usind 2d strain and 3d echocardiography in patients with pulmonary hypertensionP169Influence of pressure load and right ventricular morphology and function on tricuspid regurgitation in pulmonary arterial hypertensionP170Left ventricular myocardial diastolic deformation analysis by 2D speckle tracking echocardiography and relationship with conventional diastolic parameters in chronic aortic regurgitationP171Extracellular volume, and not native T1 time, distinguishes diffuse fibrosis in dilated or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at 3TP172Left atrial strain is significantly reduced in arterial hypertensionP173Symptomatic severe secondary mitral regurgitation: LV enddiastolic diameter (LVEDD) as preferable parameter for risk stratificationP174Left ventricular mechanics in isolated left bundle branch block at rest and when exercising: exploration of the concept of conductive cardiomyopathyP175Assessment of myocardial scar by 2D contrast echocardiographyP176Chronic pericarditis - expression of a rare disease: Erdheim Chester diseaseP177Aortic arch mechanics with two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography to estimate the left ventricular remodelling in hypertensive patientsP178Strain analysis by tissue doppler imaging: comparison of conventional manual measurement with a semi-automated approachP179Distribution of extravascular lung water in heart failure patients assessed by lung ultrasoudP180Surrogate markers for obstructive coronary artery diseaseP181LA deformation and LV longitudinal strain by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography as predictors of postoperative AF development after aortic valve replacement in ASP182Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in type 2 diabetic patients with non alcoholic fatty liver diseaseP183Myocardial strain by speckle-tracking and evaluation of 3D ejection fraction in drug-induced cardiotoxicity's approach in breast cancer

2015 · AB Gevaert, A Borizanova, et al. · European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging · 1

Mobilisation of endothelial progenitor cells after acute exercise in young and healthy volunteers

2006 · E Van Craenenbroeck, D Van Bockstaele, et al. · European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation · 1

Safety and Tolerance Data from the Belgian Multicentre Study of Anisoylated Plasminogen Streptokinase Acti vator Complex versus Heparin in Acute Myocardial

1987 · R Bernard, Eddy Van Thiel, et al. · 1

Poster session 5The imaging examinationP1097Correlation between visual and quantitative assessment of left ventricle: intra- and inter-observer agreementP1099Incremental prognostic value of late gadolinium-enhanced by cardiac magnetic resonance in patients with heart failureAnatomy and physiology of the heart and great vesselsP1100Left ventricular geometry and diastolic performance in erectile dysfunction patients; a topic of differential arterial stiffness influenceAssessment of diameters, volumes and massP1101Impact of the percutaneous closure of atrial septal defect on the right heart "remodeling"P1102Left Ventricular Mass Indexation in Infants, Children and Adolescents: a Simplified Approach for the Identification of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Clinical PracticeP1103Impact of trabecules while quantifying cardiac magnetic resonance exams in patients with systemic right ventricleP1104Detection of subclinical atherosclerosis by carotid intima-media thickness: correlation with leukocytes telomere shorteningAssessments of haemodynamicsP1105Flow redirection towards the left ventricular outflow tract: vortex formation is not affected by variations in atrio-ventricular delayAssessment of systolic functionP1106Reproducibility and feasibility of cardiac MRI feature tracking in Fabry diseaseP1107Normal left ventricular strain values by two-dimensional strain echocardiography; result of normal (normal echocardiographic dimensions and functions in korean people) studyP1108Test-retest repeatability of global strain following st-elevation myocardial infarction - a comparison of tagging and feature trackingP1109Cardiotoxicity induced by tyrosine kinase inhibitors in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST)P1110Finite strain ellipses for the analysis of left ventricular principal strain directions using 3d speckle tracking echocardiographyP1111Antihypertensive therapy reduces time to peak longitudinal strainP1112Right ventricular systolic function as a marker of prognosis after inferior myocardial infarction - 5-year follow-upP1113Is artery pulmonary dilatation related with right but also early left ventricle dysfunction in pulmonary artery hypertension?P1114Right ventricular mechanics changes according to pressure overload increasing, a 2D-speckle tracking echocardiographic evaluationAssessment of diastolic functionP1115Paired comparison of left atrial strain from P-wave to P-wave and R-wave to R-waveP1116Diagnostic role of Tissue Doppler Imaging echocardiographic criteria in obese heart failure with preserved ejection fraction patientsP1117Evaluation of diastolic function of right ventricle in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertensionP1118Severity and predictors of diastolic dysfunction in a non-hypertensive non-ischemic cohort of Egyptian patients with documented systemic autoimmune disease; pilot reportP1119correlation between ST segment shift and cardiac diastolic function in patients with acute myocardial infarctionIschemic heart diseaseP1120Computed tomography coronary angiography verSus sTRess cArdiac magneTic rEsonance for the manaGement of sYmptomatic revascularized patients: a cost effectiveness study (STRATEGY study)P1121Utility of transmural myocardial mechanic for early infarct size prediction after primary percutaneous coronary intervention in STEMI patientsP1122Progressive Improvements of the echocardiographic deformation parameters in ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction after five years follow-upP1123Long-term prognostic value of left ventricular dyssynchrony as assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance feature-tracking imaging after a first st-segment elevation myocardial infarctionP1124Differences in mitral annulus remodeling in acute anterior ST elevation and acute inferior ST elevation myocardial infarctionP1125Reduction of microvascular injury using a novel theragnostic ultrasound strategy: a first in men feasibility and safety studyP1126Impact of focused echocardiography in clinical decision of patient presented with st elevation myocardial infarction underwent primary angioplastyHeart valve DiseasesP1127Aortic valve area calculation in aortic stenosis: a comparison among conventional and 3D-transesophageal echocardiography and computed tomographyP1128Myocardial fibrosis and microRNA-21 expression in patients with severe aortic valve stenosis and preserved ejection fraction: a 2D speckle tracking echocardiography, tissutal and plasmatic studyP1129Quantification of calcium amount in a new experimental model: a comparison between calibrated integrated backscatter of ultrasound and computed tomographyP1130Altered diffusion capacity in aortic stenosis: role of the right heartP1131Osteoprotegerin predicts all-cause mortality in calcific aortic stenosis patients with preserved left ventricle ejection fraction in long term observationP1132Mitral regurgitation as a risk factor for pulmonary hypertension in patients with aortic stenosisP1133The relationship between the level of plasma B-type n

2015 · S Colunga Blanco, C Gonzalez Matos, et al. · European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging

P596The complexity of coronary artery disease influences number and function of stem cells in the bone marrow

2014 · E Nollet, D De Bock, et al. · Cardiovascular Research

Transforming growth factor-beta2 and thoracic aortic aneurysm

2013 · Enes Abdović, Hikmet Yorgun, et al.

Announcements

2008 · P. Michielsen, J.J. Martin, et al. · European Neurology

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The Selvester QRS score for estimating residual viability post acute myocardial infarction: a comparative study with dobutamine stress echocardiography

2000 · MJ Claeys, L Vande Kerckhove, et al. · Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University)

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Citation count: 34

H-index: 3

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