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Felix Zijlstra is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands and specializes in medicine with a primary focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their research contributions span various subfields including surgery, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's work predominantly covers topics related to coronary interventions and diagnostics, cardiac imaging and diagnostics, acute myocardial infarction research, cardiovascular function and risk factors, antiplatelet therapy and cardiovascular diseases, cardiac valve diseases and treatments, and atrial fibrillation management and outcomes.

Felix Zijlstra has published extensively in prominent journals with frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
  • JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
  • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
  • EuroIntervention

Notable recent papers include:

  • Validation of a three-dimensional quantitative coronary angiography-based software to calculate fractional flow reserve: the FAST study, 2020, EuroIntervention
  • Dynamic Myocardial Perfusion CT for the Detection of Hemodynamically Significant Coronary Artery Disease, 2021, JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging
  • Impact of Poststenting Fractional Flow Reserve on Long-Term Clinical Outcomes, 2021, Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions
  • Intravascular Ultrasound-Guided versus Coronary Angiography-Guided Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, 2022, International Journal of Cardiology
  • FFR-Guided PCI Optimization Directed by High-Definition IVUS Versus Standard of Care, 2022, JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

Felix Zijlstra collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Nicolas M. Van Mieghem
  • Roberto Diletti
  • Wijnand K. den Dekker
  • Joost Daemen
  • Jeroen Wilschut

Best Publications

  • A comparison of immediate coronary angioplasty with intravenous streptokinase in acute myocardial infarction.

    F. Zijlstra;M. J. De Boer;J. C. A. Hoorntje;S. Reiffers

  • Comparison of primary coronary angioplasty and intravenous thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction : A quantitative review

    W D Weaver;R J Simes;A Betriu;C L Grines

  • Thrombus Aspiration during Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

    Tone Svilaas;Pieter J. Vlaar;Iwan C. van der Horst;Gilles F. H. Diercks

  • Cardiac death and reinfarction after 1 year in the Thrombus Aspiration during Percutaneous coronary intervention in Acute myocardial infarction Study (TAPAS): a 1-year follow-up study

    Pieter J. Vlaar;Tone Svilaas;Iwan C. van der Horst;Gilles F. H. Diercks

  • Clinical value of 12-lead electrocardiogram after successful reperfusion therapy for acute myocardial infarction

    Arnoud Wj van't Hof;Aylee Liem;Menko-Jan de Boer;Felix Zijlstra

  • Symptom-onset-to-balloon time and mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated by primary angioplasty.

    Giuseppe De Luca;Harry Suryapranata;Felix Zijlstra;Arnoud W J van 't Hof

  • Percutaneous coronary intervention versus coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with three-vessel or left main coronary artery disease: 10-year follow-up of the multicentre randomised controlled SYNTAX trial.

    Daniel J F M Thuijs;A Pieter Kappetein;Patrick W Serruys;Friedrich-Wilhelm Mohr

  • Angiographic Assessment of Reperfusion in Acute Myocardial Infarction by Myocardial Blush Grade

    Jose P.S. Henriques;Felix Zijlstra;Arnoud W.J. van ‘t Hof;Menko-Jan de Boer

  • Culprit vessel only versus multivessel and staged percutaneous coronary intervention for multivessel disease in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a pairwise and network meta-analysis.

    Pieter J. Vlaar;Karim D. Mahmoud;David R. Holmes;Gert van Valkenhoef

  • Clinical characteristics and outcome of patients with early ( 4 h) presentation treated by primary coronary angioplasty or thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction.

    Felix Zijlstra;A. Patel;M. Jones;C. L. Grines

  • Clinical impact of thrombectomy in acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction: an individual patient-data pooled analysis of 11 trials

    Francesco Burzotta;Maria De Vita;Youlan L. Gu;Takaaki Isshiki

  • Reperfusion therapy in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction: a randomized comparison of primary angioplasty and thrombolytic therapy.

    Menko-Jan de Boer;Jan-Paul Ottervanger;Arnoud W J van 't Hof;Jan C A Hoorntje

  • Glucose-insulin-potassium infusion inpatients treated with primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction: The glucose-insulin-potassium study: a randomized trial☆

    Iwan C.C. van der Horst;Felix Zijlstra;Arnoud W.J. van 't Hof;Catharina Jacoba Maria Doggen

  • Left ventricular thrombus formation after acute myocardial infarction

    Ronak Delewi;Felix Zijlstra;Jan J Piek

  • Prognostic Assessment of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated With Primary Angioplasty Implications for Early Discharge

    Giuseppe De Luca;Harry Suryapranata;Arnoud W J van 't Hof;Menko-Jan de Boer

  • Adjunctive manual thrombectomy improves myocardial perfusion and mortality in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a meta-analysis of randomized trials

    Giuseppe De Luca;Dariusz Dudek;Gennaro Sardella;Paolo Marino

  • Prognostic Value of Microvascular Obstruction and Infarct Size, as Measured by CMR in STEMI Patients

    Matthijs van Kranenburg;Michael Magro;Holger Thiele;Suzanne de Waha

  • Familial sudden death is an important risk factor for primary ventricular fibrillation: a case-control study in acute myocardial infarction patients.

    Lukas R.C. Dekker;Connie R. Bezzina;José P.S. Henriques;Michael W. Tanck

  • Comparison of Primary Coronary Angioplasty and Intravenous Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Quantitative Review

    W. Douglas Weaver;R. John Simes;Amadeo Betriu;Cindy L. Grines

  • Long-Term Benefit of Primary Angioplasty as Compared with Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Myocardial Infarction

    Felix Zijlstra;Jan C.A. Hoorntje;Menko-Jan De Boer;Stoffer Reifers

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert-Jan van Geuns
Robert-Jan van Geuns Radboud University
Peter de Jaegere
Peter de Jaegere Erasmus University Rotterdam
Evelyn Regar
Evelyn Regar University of Zurich
Wiek H. van Gilst
Wiek H. van Gilst University Medical Center Groningen
Eric Boersma
Eric Boersma Erasmus University Rotterdam
Patrick W. Serruys
Patrick W. Serruys University of Galway
Freek W.A. Verheugt
Freek W.A. Verheugt University Medical Centre Mannheim
Matthijs Oudkerk
Matthijs Oudkerk University of Groningen
Jan J. Piek
Jan J. Piek University of Amsterdam
Cindy L. Grines
Cindy L. Grines Wayne State University

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