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  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Netherlands Leader Award
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  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2020 - Distinguished Fellowship Award, American College of Cardiology (ACC)

Overview

Jeroen J. Bax is affiliated with Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a specialization in cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Bax's work covers several subfields including radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, surgery, epidemiology, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The main topics of Bax's research include:

  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
  • Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research

Bax has contributed to numerous publications, frequently appearing in the following venues:

  • European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
  • The American Journal of Cardiology
  • JACC. Cardiovascular Imaging
  • European Heart Journal
  • Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Bax include:

  • Victoria Delgado (179 co-authored works)
  • Nina Ajmone Marsan (159 co-authored works)
  • Jonathon Leipsic (77 co-authored works)
  • Pieter van der Bijl (74 co-authored works)
  • Gianluca Pontone (72 co-authored works)

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Bax include:

  • 2020 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), 2020, European Heart Journal
  • Valve Academic Research Consortium 3: Updated Endpoint Definitions for Aortic Valve Clinical Research, 2021, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Valve Academic Research Consortium 3: updated endpoint definitions for aortic valve clinical research, 2020, European Heart Journal
  • Corrigendum to: 2020 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS): The Task Force for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Developed with the special contribution of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) of the ESC, 2021, European Heart Journal
  • Effect of MRI-Guided Fibrosis Ablation vs Conventional Catheter Ablation on Atrial Arrhythmia Recurrence in Patients With Persistent Atrial Fibrillation, 2022, JAMA

Bax received the Distinguished Fellowship Award from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) in 2020.

Best Publications

  • 2013 ESH/ESC Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension: The Task Force for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

    Giuseppe Mancia;Robert Fagard;Krzysztof Narkiewicz;Josep Redon

  • [2017 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease].

    Helmut Baumgartner;Volkmar Falk;Jeroen J. Bax;Michele De Bonis

  • 2020 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)

    Gerhard Hindricks;Tatjana Potpara;Nikolaos Dagres;Elena Arbelo

  • ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure 2012

    John J.V. McMurray;Stamatis Adamopoulos;Stefan D. Anker;Angelo Auricchio

  • 2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment elevation: Task Force for the Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes in Patients Presenting without Persistent ST-Segment Elevation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

    Marco Roffi;Carlo Patrono;Jean-Philippe Collet;Christian Mueller

  • [2015 ESC guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment elevation].

    Marco Roffi;Carlo Patrono;Jean-Philippe Collet;Christian Mueller

  • 2019 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of chronic coronary syndromes.

    Juhani Knuuti;William Wijns;Antti Saraste;Davide Capodanno

  • 2012 focused update of the ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation: An update of the 2010 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation * Developed with the special contribution of the European Heart Rhythm Association

    A. John Camm;Jeroen J. Bax;Robert Fagard

  • Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction (2018).

    Kristian Thygesen;Joseph S Alpert;Allan S Jaffe;Bernard R Chaitman

  • 2013 ESC guidelines on the management of stable coronary artery disease: the Task Force on the management of stable coronary artery disease of the European Society of Cardiology.

    Gilles Montalescot;Udo Sechtem;Stephan Achenbach;Felicita Andreotti

  • 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

  • 2012 focused update of the ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation

    A. John Camm;Gregory Y.H. Lip

  • 2013 ESC Guidelines on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy : The Task Force on cardiac pacing and resynchronization therapy of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Developed in collaboration with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)

    Michele Brignole;Angelo Auricchio;Gonzalo Baron-Esquivias;Pierre Bordachar

  • ESC Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment elevation: The Task Force for the management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment eleva...

    C. W. Hamm;J.-P. Bassand;S. Agewall;J. Bax

  • Universal definition of myocardial infarction.

    Kristian Thygesen;Joseph S. Alpert;Harvey D. White;Allan S. Jaffe

  • 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

  • Guidelines on the management of valvular heart disease The Task Force on the Management of Valvular Heart Disease of the European Society of Cardiology

    Alec Vahanian;Helmut Baumgartner;Jeroen Bax;Eric Butchart

  • Results of the Predictors of Response to CRT (PROSPECT) Trial

    Eugene S. Chung;Angel R. Leon;Luigi Tavazzi;Jing Ping Sun

  • Clinical Features and Outcomes of Takotsubo (Stress) Cardiomyopathy

    Christian Templin;Jelena R. Ghadri;Johanna Diekmann;L. Christian Napp

  • 2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment

    Marco Roffi;Carlo Patrono;Jean-Philippe Collet;Christian Mueller

Frequent Co-Authors

Victoria Delgado
Victoria Delgado Leiden University Medical Center
Martin J. Schalij
Martin J. Schalij Leiden University Medical Center
Nina Ajmone Marsan
Nina Ajmone Marsan Leiden University Medical Center
Don Poldermans
Don Poldermans Erasmus University Rotterdam
Albert de Roos
Albert de Roos Leiden University Medical Center
J. Wouter Jukema
J. Wouter Jukema Leiden University Medical Center
Ernst E. van der Wall
Ernst E. van der Wall University Medical Center Utrecht
Eric Boersma
Eric Boersma Erasmus University Rotterdam
Hildo J. Lamb
Hildo J. Lamb Leiden University Medical Center
Jonathon Leipsic
Jonathon Leipsic University of British Columbia

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