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90
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42395
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Nico H.J. Pijls publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nico H.J. Pijls sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 375 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Nico H.J. Pijls D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nico H.J. Pijls sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 90 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Nico H.J. Pijls is affiliated with Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on fields related to medicine, with a particular concentration on radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, surgery, emergency medicine, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
  • Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications
  • Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy

Recent notable publications authored or co-authored by Nico H.J. Pijls comprise:

  • Microvascular Resistance Reserve for Assessment of Coronary Microvascular Function, 2021, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Prognostic Implications of Fractional Flow Reserve After Coronary Stenting, 2022, JAMA Network Open
  • Normal values of thermodilution-derived absolute coronary blood flow and microvascular resistance in humans, 2021, EuroIntervention
  • Basics of Coronary Thermodilution, 2021, JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
  • Thermodilution-derived volumetric resting coronary blood flow measurement in humans, 2021, EuroIntervention

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Bernard De Bruyne
  • Frederik M. Zimmermann
  • Danielle Keulards
  • Pim A.L. Tonino
  • Carlos Collet

Publication venues with multiple contributions from Nico H.J. Pijls include:

  • JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • EuroIntervention
  • European Heart Journal
  • International Journal of Cardiology

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

  • Fractional flow reserve-guided PCI versus medical therapy in stable coronary disease

    Bernard De Bruyne;Bindu Kalesan;Emanuele Barbato;Zsolt Piroth

  • Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of Functionally Nonsignificant Stenosis: 5-Year Follow-Up of the DEFER Study

    Nico H.J. Pijls;Pepijn van Schaardenburgh;Ganesh Manoharan;Eric Boersma

  • Experimental basis of determining maximum coronary, myocardial, and collateral blood flow by pressure measurements for assessing functional stenosis severity before and after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

    N. H. J. Pijls;J. A. M. Van Son;R. L. Kirkeeide;B. De Bruyne

  • Fractional Flow Reserve Versus Angiography for Guiding Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease: 2-Year Follow-Up of the FAME (Fractional Flow Reserve Versus Angiography for Multivessel Evaluation) Study

    Nico H.J. Pijls;William F. Fearon;Pim A.L. Tonino;Uwe Siebert;Uwe Siebert

  • Angiographic Versus Functional Severity of Coronary Artery Stenoses in the FAME Study: Fractional Flow Reserve Versus Angiography in Multivessel Evaluation

    Pim A.L. Tonino;William F. Fearon;Bernard De Bruyne;Keith G. Oldroyd

  • Fractional Flow Reserve–Guided PCI for Stable Coronary Artery Disease

    Bernard De Bruyne;William F. Fearon;Nico H.J. Pijls;Emanuele Barbato

  • Fractional flow reserve. A useful index to evaluate the influence of an epicardial coronary stenosis on myocardial blood flow.

    N. H. J. Pijls;B. Van Gelder;P. Van Der Voort;K. Peels

  • 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

  • Five-Year Outcomes with PCI Guided by Fractional Flow Reserve

    P. Xaplanteris;S. Fournier;N. H. J. Pijls;W. F. Fearon

  • Physiological Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Committee on Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiac Catheterization, Council on Clinical Cardiology

    Morton J. Kern;Amir Lerman;Jan Willen Bech;Bernard De Bruyne

  • 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

  • Prognostic value of fractional flow reserve: linking physiologic severity to clinical outcomes.

    Nils P. Johnson;Gábor G. Tóth;Dejian Lai;Hongjian Zhu

  • Fractional flow reserve versus angiography for guidance of PCI in patients with multivessel coronary artery disease (FAME): 5-year follow-up of a randomised controlled trial

    Lokien X van Nunen;Frederik M Zimmermann;Pim A L Tonino;Emanuele Barbato

  • Coronary flow reserve calculated from pressure measurements in humans. Validation with positron emission tomography.

    B De Bruyne;T Baudhuin;J A Melin;N H Pijls

  • Deferral vs. performance of percutaneous coronary intervention of functionally non-significant coronary stenosis: 15-year follow-up of the DEFER trial.

    Frederik M. Zimmermann;Angela Ferrara;Nils P. Johnson;Lokien X. Van Nunen

  • Fractional Flow Reserve in Patients With Prior Myocardial Infarction

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

  • Economic Evaluation of Fractional Flow Reserve–Guided Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With Multivessel Disease

    William F. Fearon;Bernhard Bornschein;Pim A.L. Tonino;Raffaella M. Gothe

  • 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 F. Fearon
William F. Fearon Stanford University
Emanuele Barbato
Emanuele Barbato University of Naples Federico II
Colin Berry
Colin Berry University of Glasgow
Keith G. Oldroyd
Keith G. Oldroyd Golden Jubilee National Hospital
William Wijns
William Wijns University of Galway
Jozef Bartunek
Jozef Bartunek OLV Hospital
Peter Jüni
Peter Jüni University of Oxford
Uwe Siebert
Uwe Siebert UMIT Tirol - Private University for Health Sciences and Health Technology
Bon-Kwon Koo
Bon-Kwon Koo Seoul National University Hospital

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