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Frans Van de Werf

Frans Van de Werf

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Medicine

D-Index
132
Citations
101727
World Ranking
2265
National Ranking
25

Overview

Frans Van de Werf is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their scholarly work spans a range of topics including acute myocardial infarction research, cardiac imaging and diagnostics, coronary interventions and diagnostics, health systems and economic evaluations, antiplatelet therapy, heart failure treatment, and acute ischemic stroke management.

The scientist's research output includes publications primarily in the area of cardiology, with notable representation in peer-reviewed journals such as the European Heart Journal, Circulation, and American Heart Journal. They have published seven papers in the European Heart Journal, four in Circulation, three in the American Heart Journal, two in the European Heart Journal Acute Cardiovascular Care, and six through UNC Libraries.

Some recent publications authored or co-authored by Frans Van de Werf include:

  • STREAM-2: Half-Dose Tenecteplase or Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Older Patients With ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Randomized, Open-Label Trial, 2023, Circulation
  • Polypill Strategy in Secondary Cardiovascular Prevention, 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in patients with cardiogenic shock: rationale and design of the randomised, multicentre, open-label EURO SHOCK trial, 2021, EuroIntervention
  • Implementing the new European Regulations on medical devices-clinical responsibilities for evidence-based practice: a report from the Regulatory Affairs Committee of the European Society of Cardiology, 2020, European Heart Journal
  • Impact of Complete Revascularization in the ISCHEMIA Trial, 2023, Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Frans Van de Werf include:

  • Aldo P. Maggioni
  • Andrzej Budaj
  • Nicolas Danchin
  • Bernard Iung
  • Héctor Bueno

Frans Van de Werf's work is categorized mainly within medicine, with 87 publications overall. Specific subfields include cardiology and cardiovascular medicine (50 publications), surgery (12 publications), radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging (9 publications), economics and econometrics (8 publications), and epidemiology (5 publications).

Their research topics address various clinical and therapeutic aspects such as acute myocardial infarction, cardiac imaging, coronary interventions, health system evaluations, antiplatelet therapy, heart failure management, and ischemic stroke care, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach within cardiovascular and related medical sciences.

Best Publications

  • Myocardial infarction redefined--a consensus document of The Joint European Society of Cardiology/American College of Cardiology Committee for the redefinition of myocardial infarction.

    Elliott Antman;Jean-Pierre Bassand;Werner Klein;Magnus Ohman

  • An international randomized trial comparing four thrombolytic strategies for acute myocardial infarction.

    Maarten Simoons;Eric Topol;Robert Califf;Frans van de Werf

  • Management of acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting with persistent ST-segment elevation: the Task Force on the Management of ST-Segment Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction of the European Society of Cardiology.

    Frans Van de Werf;Jeroen Bax;Amadeo Betriu;Carina Blomstrom-Lundqvist

  • Valsartan, Captopril, or Both in Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Heart Failure, Left Ventricular Dysfunction, or Both

    Marc A. Pfeffer;John J.V. McMurray;Eric J. Velazquez;Jean-Lucien Rouleau

  • 2017 ESC focused update on dual antiplatelet therapy in coronary artery disease developed in collaboration with EACTS: The Task Force for dual antiplatelet therapy in coronary artery disease of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS).

    Marco Valgimigli;Héctor Bueno;Robert A Byrne;Jean-Philippe Collet

  • Effect of Sitagliptin on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes

    Jennifer B Green;M. Angelyn Bethel;Paul W Armstrong;John B Buse

  • Predictors of hospital mortality in the global registry of acute coronary events.

    Christopher B. Granger;Robert J. Goldberg;Omar Dabbous;Karen S. Pieper

  • Plasma HDL cholesterol and risk of myocardial infarction: A mendelian randomisation study

    Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Marju Orho-Melander;Ruth Frikke-Schmidt

  • 2017 ESC focused update on dual antiplatelet therapy in coronary artery disease developed in collaboration with EACTS

    Marco Valgimigli;Héctor Bueno;Robert A. Byrne;Jean-Philippe Collet

  • Management of acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation. The Task Force on the Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction of the European Society of Cardiology.

    Frans Van de Werf;Diego Ardissino;Amadeo Betriu;Dennis V. Cokkinos

  • A validated prediction model for all forms of acute coronary syndrome:estimating the risk of 6-month postdischarge death in an international registry

    Kim A Eagle;Michael J Lim;Omar H Dabbous;Karen S Pieper

  • Prediction of risk of death and myocardial infarction in the six months after presentation with acute coronary syndrome: prospective multinational observational study (GRACE)

    Keith A A Fox;Omar H Dabbous;Robert J Goldberg;Karen S Pieper

  • Autologous bone marrow-derived stem-cell transfer in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: double-blind, randomised controlled trial.

    Stefan Janssens;Christophe Dubois;Jan Bogaert;Koen Theunissen

  • Dabigatran versus Warfarin in Patients with Mechanical Heart Valves

    John W. Eikelboom;Stuart J. Connolly;Martina Brueckmann;Christopher B. Granger

  • Platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors in acute coronary syndromes: a meta-analysis of all major randomised clinical trials

    Eric Boersma;Robert A Harrington;David J Moliterno;Harvey White

  • Acute coronary care in the elderly, part I: Non-ST-segment-elevation acute coronary syndromes: a scientific statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology: in collaboration with the Society of Geriatric Cardiology.

    Karen P. Alexander;L. Kristin Newby;Christopher P. Cannon;Paul W. Armstrong

  • Fibrinolysis or Primary PCI in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

    Paul W. Armstrong;Anthony H. Gershlick;Patrick Goldstein;Robert Wilcox

  • Evolving therapies for myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury.

    Borja Ibáñez;Borja Ibáñez;Gerd Heusch;Michel Ovize;Frans Van de Werf

  • American College of Cardiology key data elements and definitions for measuring the clinical management and outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes. A report of the American College of Cardiology Task Force on Clinical Data Standards (Acute Coronary Syndromes Writing Committee).

    Christopher P Cannon;Alexander Battler;Ralph G Brindis;Jafna L Cox

  • Abciximab Facilitates the Rate and Extent of Thrombolysis Results of the Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) 14 Trial

    Elliott M. Antman;Robert P. Giugliano;C. Michael Gibson;Carolyn H. McCabe

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul W. Armstrong
Paul W. Armstrong University of Alberta
Christopher B. Granger
Christopher B. Granger Duke University
Harvey D. White
Harvey D. White Auckland City Hospital
Robert A. Harrington
Robert A. Harrington Cornell University
Robert M. Califf
Robert M. Califf Duke University
Kenneth W. Mahaffey
Kenneth W. Mahaffey Stanford University
L. Kristin Newby
L. Kristin Newby Duke University
Lars Wallentin
Lars Wallentin Uppsala University
Desire Collen
Desire Collen KU Leuven
Bart Bijnens
Bart Bijnens University of Barcelona

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