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2023

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Medicine

D-Index
122
Citations
121017
World Ranking
3389
National Ranking
125

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2001 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Maarten L. Simoons is affiliated with Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on cardiovascular health, health systems, and pharmaceutical impacts. Their research spans several interconnected subfields including surgery, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, economics and econometrics, pharmacology, and endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism.

The scientist's work addresses key topics such as lipoproteins and cardiovascular health, health systems with economic evaluations and quality of life assessments, and the pharmaceutical industry's role in healthcare. Other focal topics include antiplatelet therapy and cardiovascular diseases, diabetes-related cardiovascular risks, and meta-analyses and systematic reviews.

Among recent publications, the following papers demonstrate the range of their research interests and contributions:

  • Relation of Lipoprotein(a) Levels to Incident Type 2 Diabetes and Modification by Alirocumab Treatment, 2021, Diabetes Care
  • Scientific integrity: what a journal can and cannot do, 2020, European Heart Journal
  • Relation of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein, and Lipoprotein(a) Each to Future Cardiovascular Events and Death After Acute Coronary Syndrome on High-Intensity Statin Therapy: An Analysis of the Placebo Arm of ODYSSEY OUTCOMES, 2025, Circulation
  • Comparison of antipsychotic drug use among Dutch Youth before and after implementation of the Youth Act (2010-2019), 2022, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Temporal Evolution of Serum Concentrations of High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin During 1 Year After Acute Coronary Syndrome Admission, 2020, Journal of the American Heart Association

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Gregory G. Schwartz
  • Michael Szarek
  • Vera Bittner
  • Deepak L. Bhatt
  • Rafael Díaz

Common publication venues for Maarten L. Simoons are:

  • European Heart Journal
  • Diabetes Care
  • Circulation
  • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Journal of the American Heart Association

Their body of work has earned recognition, including membership in the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2001.

Best Publications

  • Third universal definition of myocardial infarction

    Kristian Thygesen;Joseph S. Alpert;Allan S. Jaffe;Maarten L. Simoons

  • 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

  • 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

  • Universal definition of myocardial infarction.

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

  • European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice. Third Joint Task Force of European and Other Societies on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice.

    Guy De Backer;Ettore Ambrosioni;Knut Borch-Johnsen;Carlos Brotons

  • Myocardial infarction redefined - A consensus document of the Joint European Society of Cardiology/American College of Cardiology committee for the redefinition of myocardial infarction

    J. S. Alpert;E. Antman;F. Apple;P. W. Armstrong

  • Early thrombolytic treatment in acute myocardial infarction: reappraisal of the golden hour.

    Eric Boersma;Arthur Cp Maas;Jaap W Deckers;Maarten L Simoons

  • Dabigatran versus Warfarin in Patients with Mechanical Heart Valves

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

  • Management of acute coronary syndromes in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment elevation

    Micheal E. Bertrand;Maarten L. Simoons;Keith A.A. Fox;Lars C. Wallentin

  • Predictors of 30-Day Mortality in the Era of Reperfusion for Acute Myocardial Infarction Results From an International Trial of 41 021 Patients

    Kerry L. Lee;Lynn H. Woodlief;Eric J. Topol;W. Douglas Weaver

  • 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

  • Myeloperoxidase Serum Levels Predict Risk in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes

    Stephan Baldus;Christopher Heeschen;Thomas Meinertz;Andreas M. Zeiher

  • Predictors of outcome in patients with acute coronary syndromes without persistent ST-segment elevation. Results from an international trial of 9461 patients. The PURSUIT Investigators.

    Eric Boersma;Karen S. Pieper;Ewout W. Steyerberg;Robert G. Wilcox

  • A clinical trial comparing primary coronary angioplasty with tissue plasminogen activator for acute myocardial infarction

    Maarten Simoons;Stephen Ellis

  • Soluble CD40 Ligand in Acute Coronary Syndromes

    Christopher Heeschen;Stefanie Dimmeler;Christian W. Hamm;Marcel J. van den Brand

  • The prevalence of abnormal glucose regulation in patients with coronary artery disease across Europe. The Euro Heart Survey on diabetes and the heart.

    Małgorzata Bartnik;Lars Rydén;Roberto Ferrari;Klas Malmberg

  • A comparison of recombinant Hirudin with Heparin for the treatment of acute coronary syndromes. The Global Use of Strategies to Open Occluded Coronary Arteries (GUSTO) IIb Investigators

    Maarten Simoons

  • A prospective survey of the characteristics, treatments and outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes in Europe and the Mediterranean basin. The Euro Heart Survey of Acute Coronary Syndromes (Euro Heart Survey ACS)

    D Hasdai;S Behar;L Wallentin;N Danchin

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert M. Califf
Robert M. Califf Duke University
Eric J. Topol
Eric J. Topol Scripps Research Institute
Eric Boersma
Eric Boersma Erasmus University Rotterdam
Paul W. Armstrong
Paul W. Armstrong University of Alberta
Jaap W. Deckers
Jaap W. Deckers Erasmus University Rotterdam
Robert A. Harrington
Robert A. Harrington Cornell University
Ron T. van Domburg
Ron T. van Domburg Erasmus University Rotterdam
Lars Wallentin
Lars Wallentin Uppsala University
Roberto Ferrari
Roberto Ferrari University of Ferrara
Harvey D. White
Harvey D. White Auckland City Hospital

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