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Jozef Bartunek

Jozef Bartunek

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Medicine

D-Index
88
Citations
31536
World Ranking
13062
National Ranking
155

Overview

Jozef Bartunek is affiliated with OLV Hospital in Belgium and has a significant research output primarily in the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Their work covers a variety of subfields including Surgery, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Biomedical Engineering, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The research topics they focus on include:

  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research

Jozef Bartunek has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, indicating active participation in research networks and large-scale studies. Notable frequent co-authors include:

  • Marc Vanderheyden
  • Emanuele Barbato
  • Emanuele Gallinoro
  • Bernard De Bruyne
  • Ward Heggermont

Their publications have appeared repeatedly in leading cardiovascular journals. The most frequent venues include:

  • European Heart Journal
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • ESC Heart Failure
  • Circulation
  • The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Among their recent papers are the following, which have appeared in high-impact journals:

  • 2023 Focused Update of the 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure (2023, European Heart Journal)
  • Mavacamten for treatment of symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (EXPLORER-HCM): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial (2020, The Lancet)
  • Dual Antiplatelet Therapy after PCI in Patients at High Bleeding Risk (2021, New England Journal of Medicine)
  • Microvascular Resistance Reserve for Assessment of Coronary Microvascular Function (2021, Journal of the American College of Cardiology)
  • Clinical Outcomes Following Coronary Bifurcation PCI Techniques (2020, JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions)

Best Publications

  • Measurement of Fractional Flow Reserve to Assess the Functional Severity of Coronary-Artery Stenoses

    Nico H.J. Pijls;Bernard de Bruyne;Kathinka Peels;Pepijn H. van der Voort

  • Mavacamten for treatment of symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (EXPLORER-HCM): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial

    Iacopo Olivotto;Artur Oreziak;Roberto Barriales-Villa;Theodore P. Abraham

  • Fractional Flow Reserve to Determine the Appropriateness of Angioplasty in Moderate Coronary Stenosis A Randomized Trial

    G. Jan Willem Bech;Bernard De Bruyne;Nico H.J. Pijls;Ebo D. de Muinck

  • Temporary scaffolding of coronary arteries with bioabsorbable magnesium stents: a prospective, non-randomised multicentre trial

    Raimund Erbel;Carlo Di Mario;Jozef Bartunek;Johann Bonnier

  • Impact of intracoronary cell therapy on left ventricular function in the setting of acute myocardial infarction: a collaborative systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled clinical trials.

    Michael J. Lipinski;Giuseppe G L Biondi-Zoccai;Antonio Abbate;Reena Khianey

  • Abnormal Epicardial Coronary Resistance in Patients With Diffuse Atherosclerosis but “Normal” Coronary Angiography

    Bernard De Bruyne;Ferry Hersbach;Nico H.J. Pijls;Jozef Bartunek

  • Simultaneous Coronary Pressure and Flow Velocity Measurements in Humans Feasibility, Reproducibility, and Hemodynamic Dependence of Coronary Flow Velocity Reserve, Hyperemic Flow Versus Pressure Slope Index, and Fractional Flow Reserve

    B. De Bruyne;J. Bartunek;S. U. Sys;N. H. J. Pijls

  • Intracoronary Injection of CD133-Positive Enriched Bone Marrow Progenitor Cells Promotes Cardiac Recovery After Recent Myocardial Infarction Feasibility and Safety

    Jozef Bartunek;Marc Vanderheyden;Bart Vandekerckhove;Samer Mansour

  • Improvement of Left Ventricular Function After Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Is Predicted by Tissue Doppler Imaging Echocardiography

    Martin Penicka;Jozef Bartunek;Bernard De Bruyne;Marc Vanderheyden

  • Cardiopoietic stem cell therapy in heart failure: the C-CURE (Cardiopoietic stem Cell therapy in heart failURE) multicenter randomized trial with lineage-specified biologics.

    Jozef Bartunek;Atta Behfar;Dariouch Dolatabadi;Marc Vanderheyden

  • Fractional Flow Reserve in Patients With Prior Myocardial Infarction

    Bernard de Bruyne;Nico H.J. Pijls;Jozef Bartunek;Kemal Kulecki

  • Long-Term Clinical Outcome After Fractional Flow Reserve–Guided Treatment in Patients With Angiographically Equivocal Left Main Coronary Artery Stenosis

    Michalis Hamilos;Olivier Muller;Thomas Cuisset;Argyrios Ntalianis

  • Intracoronary and Intravenous Adenosine 5′-Triphosphate, Adenosine, Papaverine, and Contrast Medium to Assess Fractional Flow Reserve in Humans

    Bernard De Bruyne;Nico H.J. Pijls;Emanuele Barbato;Jozef Bartunek

  • Coronary thermodilution to assess flow reserve : validation in humans

    Nico H.J. Pijls;Bernard De Bruyne;Leif Smith;Wilbert Aarnoudse

  • Dual Antiplatelet Therapy after PCI in Patients at High Bleeding Risk.

    Marco Valgimigli;Enrico Frigoli;Dik Heg;Jan Tijssen

  • Meta-Analysis of Cell-based CaRdiac stUdiEs (ACCRUE) in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction Based on Individual Patient Data

    Mariann Gyöngyösi;Wojciech Wojakowski;Patricia Lemarchand;Ketil Lunde

  • Gender differences in molecular remodeling in pressure overload hypertrophy.

    Ellen O Weinberg;Christiane D Thienelt;Sarah E Katz;Jozef Bartunek

  • Fractional flow reserve and myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with angiographic multivessel coronary artery disease.

    Narbeh Melikian;Pieter De Bondt;Pim Tonino;Olivier De Winter

  • Assessment of Renal Artery Stenosis Severity by Pressure Gradient Measurements

    Bernard De Bruyne;Ganesh Manoharan;Nico H.J. Pijls;Katia Verhamme

  • Interventional cardiology abstractFractional flow reserve to determine the appropriateness of angioplasty in moderate coronary stenosis: a randomized trial☆

    G.J.W Bech;B De Bruyne;N.H.J Pijls

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernard De Bruyne
Bernard De Bruyne Cardiovascular Center Aalst
William Wijns
William Wijns University of Galway
Emanuele Barbato
Emanuele Barbato University of Naples Federico II
Andre Terzic
Andre Terzic Mayo Clinic
Nico H.J. Pijls
Nico H.J. Pijls Eindhoven University of Technology
Robert Naeije
Robert Naeije Université Libre de Bruxelles
Bruno Trimarco
Bruno Trimarco University of Naples Federico II
Andreas M. Zeiher
Andreas M. Zeiher Goethe University Frankfurt
Timothy D. Henry
Timothy D. Henry Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Bernard J. Gersh
Bernard J. Gersh Mayo Clinic

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