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Dirk J. van Veldhuisen is affiliated with the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, with significant contributions in subfields such as pulmonary and respiratory medicine, physiology, nephrology, and endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism.

The scientist's work is heavily concentrated in the area of heart failure treatment and management, cardiovascular function and risk factors, atrial fibrillation management and outcomes, cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, cardiovascular disease and adiposity, cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, and nutrition and health in aging.

Dirk J. van Veldhuisen has an extensive publication record, with notable frequent publication venues including:

  • European Journal of Heart Failure
  • European Heart Journal
  • JACC Heart Failure
  • ESC Heart Failure
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by van Veldhuisen include:

  • Circulating plasma concentrations of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 in men and women with heart failure and effects of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone inhibitors, 2020, European Heart Journal
  • A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Pharmacological Treatment of Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction, 2021, JACC Heart Failure
  • Bariatric surgery and cardiovascular disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2022, European Heart Journal
  • Clinical presentation, management, and 6-month outcomes in women with peripartum cardiomyopathy: an ESC EORP registry, 2020, European Heart Journal
  • Angiotensin-Neprilysin Inhibition and Renal Outcomes in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction, 2020, Circulation

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, with notable co-authors including:

  • Adriaan A. Voors
  • Faïez Zannad
  • Marco Metra
  • John G.F. Cleland
  • Chim C. Lang

Van Veldhuisen's body of work comprises 529 publications within the broad field of medicine, with 322 focused on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their research spans various topics central to cardiovascular health and disease management, emphasizing empirical investigation and clinical insights.

Best Publications

  • ESC guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2008: the Task Force for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2008 of the European Society of Cardiology. Developed in collaboration with the Heart Failure Association of the ESC (HFA) and endorsed by the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM).

    Kenneth Dickstein;Alain Cohen-Solal;Gerasimos Filippatos;John J V McMurray

  • Eplerenone in Patients with Systolic Heart Failure and Mild Symptoms

    Faiez Zannad;John J. V. McMurray;Henry Krum;Dirk J. van Veldhuisen

  • 2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death: The Task Force for the Management of Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)Endorsed by: Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC).

    Silvia G. Priori;Carina Blomström-Lundqvist

  • Randomized trial to determine the effect of nebivolol on mortality and cardiovascular hospital admission in elderly patients with heart failure (SENIORS)

    Marcus D. Flather;Marcelo C. Shibata;Andrew J.S. Coats;Dirk J. Van Veldhuisen

  • Rosuvastatin in Older Patients with Systolic Heart Failure

    John Kjekshus;Eduard Apetrei;Vivencio Barrios;Michael Böhm

  • Angiotensin-Neprilysin inhibition in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

    Scott D. Solomon;John J.V. McMurray;Inder S. Anand;Junbo Ge

  • Urinary albumin excretion predicts cardiovascular and noncardiovascular mortality in general population

    Hans L. Hillege;Vaclav Fidler;Gilles F.H. Diercks;Wiek H. van Gilst

  • Targeted Anticytokine Therapy in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure: Results of the Randomized Etanercept Worldwide Evaluation (RENEWAL)

    Douglas L. Mann;John J.V. McMurray;Milton Packer;Karl Swedberg

  • Renal function, neurohormonal activation, and survival in patients with chronic heart failure

    Hans L. Hillege;Armand R. J. Girbes;Pieter J. de Kam;Frans Boomsma

  • Prognostic association of depression following myocardial infarction with mortality and cardiovascular events: a meta-analysis

    Joost P van Melle;Peter de Jonge;Titia A Spijkerman;Jan G P Tijssen

  • Lenient versus strict rate control in patients with atrial fibrillation.

    Isabelle C. Van Gelder;Hessel F. Groenveld;Ype S. Tuininga;A. Marco Alings

  • Beneficial effects of long-term intravenous iron therapy with ferric carboxymaltose in patients with symptomatic heart failure and iron deficiency

    Piotr Ponikowski;Dirk J. van Veldhuisen;Josep Comin-Colet;Georg Ertl

  • Renal Function as a Predictor of Outcome in a Broad Spectrum of Patients With Heart Failure

    Hans L. Hillege;Dorothea Nitsch;Marc A. Pfeffer;Karl Swedberg

  • Renal impairment, worsening renal function, and outcome in patients with heart failure: an updated meta-analysis.

    Kevin Damman;Mattia A. E. Valente;Adriaan A. Voors;Christopher M. O'Connor

  • Increased Central Venous Pressure Is Associated With Impaired Renal Function and Mortality in a Broad Spectrum of Patients With Cardiovascular Disease

    Kevin Damman;Vincent M. van Deursen;Gerjan Navis;Adriaan A. Voors

  • Identification of seven loci affecting mean telomere length and their association with disease

    Veryan Codd;Christopher P Nelson;Eva Albrecht;Massimo Mangino

  • Anemia and Mortality in Heart Failure Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Hessel F. Groenveld;James L. Januzzi;Kevin Damman;Jan van Wijngaarden

  • 2010 focused update of ESC Guidelines on device therapy in heart failure: an update of the 2008 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure and the 2007 ESC Guidelines for cardiac and resynchronization therapy. Developed with the special contribution of the Heart Failure Association and the European Heart Rhythm Association.

    Kenneth Dickstein;Panos E. Vardas;Angelo Auricchio;Jean-Claude Daubert

  • Current state of knowledge on aetiology, diagnosis, management, and therapy of peripartum cardiomyopathy: a position statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on peripartum cardiomyopathy

    Karen Sliwa;Denise Hilfiker-Kleiner;Mark C. Petrie;Alexandre Mebazaa

  • 2015 ESC Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death.

    Silvia G. Priori;Carina Blomström-Lundqvist;Andrea Mazzanti;Nico Blom

Frequent Co-Authors

Adriaan A. Voors
Adriaan A. Voors University Medical Center Groningen
Hans L. Hillege
Hans L. Hillege University Medical Center Groningen
Wiek H. van Gilst
Wiek H. van Gilst University Medical Center Groningen
Rudolf A. de Boer
Rudolf A. de Boer University Medical Center Groningen
Pim van der Harst
Pim van der Harst University Medical Center Utrecht
John G.F. Cleland
John G.F. Cleland University of Glasgow
Tiny Jaarsma
Tiny Jaarsma Linköping University
Kenneth Dickstein
Kenneth Dickstein University of Bergen
John J.V. McMurray
John J.V. McMurray University of Glasgow
Faiez Zannad
Faiez Zannad University of Lorraine

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