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Netherlands
2023

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D-Index
140
Citations
67492
World Ranking
1707
National Ranking
62

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Hans L. Hillege is affiliated with the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on pharmacological treatment and management of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, with a particular emphasis on heart failure and related conditions.

The main fields of study covered in their work include:

  • Medicine

Within this broad area, the subfields of study are:

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Molecular Biology
  • Economics and Econometrics

Hans L. Hillege's research topics concentrate on several specific themes:

  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments
  • Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
  • Congenital Heart Disease Studies
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies

The scientist has contributed to numerous peer-reviewed papers, some of the recent ones include:

  • A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Pharmacological Treatment of Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction, 2021, JACC Heart Failure
  • Age dependent associations of risk factors with heart failure: pooled population based cohort study, 2021, BMJ
  • Albuminuria Testing in Hypertension and Diabetes: An Individual-Participant Data Meta-Analysis in a Global Consortium, 2021, Hypertension
  • The Genetic Epidemiology of Pediatric Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, 2020, The Journal of Pediatrics
  • Multimarker Analysis of Serially Measured GDF-15, NT-proBNP, ST2, GAL-3, cTnI, Creatinine, and Prognosis in Acute Heart Failure, 2022, Circulation Heart Failure

Hans L. Hillege frequently collaborates with several coauthors in their research work, including:

  • Douwe Postmus (12 coauthored publications)
  • Dirk J. van Veldhuisen (9 coauthored publications)
  • Eric Boersma (9 coauthored publications)
  • Chim C. Lang (9 coauthored publications)
  • Adriaan A. Voors (8 coauthored publications)

Their research findings are published across multiple academic journals and venues, notably:

  • European Journal of Heart Failure (3 publications)
  • European Heart Journal (3 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (3 publications)
  • JACC Heart Failure (2 publications)
  • The Journal of Pediatrics (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

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

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

  • 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

  • Cardio-renal syndromes: report from the consensus conference of the acute dialysis quality initiative.

    Claudio Ronco;Peter R. McCullough;Stefan D. Anker;Inder Anand

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

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

  • Factors influencing serum cystatin C levels other than renal function and the impact on renal function measurement

    Eric L. Knight;Jacobien C. Verhave;Donna Spiegelman;Hans L. Hillege

  • 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

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 18 new loci associated with serum urate concentrations

    Anna Köttgen;Anna Köttgen;Eva Albrecht;Alexander Teumer;Veronique Vitart

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

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

  • Microalbuminuria is common, also in a nondiabetic, nonhypertensive population, and an independent indicator of cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular morbidity

    H. L. Hillege;W. M. T. Janssen;A. A. A. Bak;G. F. H. Diercks

  • Predictive value of plasma galectin-3 levels in heart failure with reduced and preserved ejection fraction

    Rudolf A de Boer;Dirk J A Lok;Tiny Jaarsma;Peter O van der Meer

  • Effect of moderate or intensive disease management program on outcome in patients with heart failure: Coordinating Study Evaluating Outcomes of Advising and Counseling in Heart Failure (COACH).

    Tiny Jaarsma;Martje H. L. van der Wal;Ivonne Lesman-Leegte;Marie-Louise Luttik

  • Worsening Renal Function and Prognosis in Heart Failure: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Kevin Damman;Gerjan Navis;Adriaan A. Voors;Folkert W. Asselbergs

  • The prevalence of metabolic syndrome and metabolically healthy obesity in Europe: a collaborative analysis of ten large cohort studies.

    Jana V van Vliet-Ostaptchouk;Marja-Liisa Nuotio;Marja-Liisa Nuotio;Sandra N Slagter;Dany Doiron

  • Effects of Fosinopril and Pravastatin on Cardiovascular Events in Subjects With Microalbuminuria

    Folkert W. Asselbergs;Gilles F.H. Diercks;Hans L. Hillege;Ad J. van Boven

  • Incidence and epidemiology of new onset heart failure with preserved vs. reduced ejection fraction in a community-based cohort: 11-year follow-up of PREVEND

    Frank P. Brouwers;Rudolf A. de Boer;Pim van der Harst;Adriaan A. Voors

  • Prognostic value of galectin-3, a novel marker of fibrosis, in patients with chronic heart failure: data from the DEAL-HF study

    Dirk J. A. Lok;Peter Van Der Meer;Pieta W. Bruggink-André de la Porte;Erik Lipsic

  • Automating network meta-analysis.

    Gert van Valkenhoef;Guobing Lu;Bert de Brock;Hans Hillege

Frequent Co-Authors

Dirk J. van Veldhuisen
Dirk J. van Veldhuisen University Medical Center Groningen
Adriaan A. Voors
Adriaan A. Voors University Medical Center Groningen
Pim van der Harst
Pim van der Harst University Medical Center Utrecht
Ron T. Gansevoort
Ron T. Gansevoort University Medical Center Groningen
Wiek H. van Gilst
Wiek H. van Gilst University Medical Center Groningen
Stephan J. L. Bakker
Stephan J. L. Bakker University Medical Center Groningen
Gerjan Navis
Gerjan Navis University Medical Center Groningen
Tiny Jaarsma
Tiny Jaarsma Linköping University
John G.F. Cleland
John G.F. Cleland University of Glasgow

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