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Nico Westerhof is affiliated with VU University Medical Center in the Netherlands. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine as well as Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments
  • Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy
  • Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control

Westerhof has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • Early return of reflected waves increases right ventricular wall stress in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, 2020, American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology
  • Reflections Revisited, Reinterpretation Required, 2020, Artery Research
  • P137 Reflections Revisited: Reinterpretation Required, 2020, Artery Research

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Berend E. Westerhof
  • Masafumi Fukumitsu
  • Dieuwertje Ruigrok
  • Natalia J. Braams
  • Joanne A. Groeneveldt

Westerhof's publications have appeared predominantly in the journals Artery Research and the American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, with multiple publications in these venues.

Best Publications

  • The arterial Windkessel

    Nico Westerhof;Jan-Willem Lankhaar;Berend E. Westerhof

  • Progressive right ventricular dysfunction in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension responding to therapy.

    Mariëlle C. van de Veerdonk;Taco Kind;J. Tim Marcus;Gert-Jan Mauritz

  • The Relationship Between the Right Ventricle and its Load in Pulmonary Hypertension.

    Anton Vonk Noordegraaf;Berend E. Westerhof;Nico Westerhof

  • Arterial stiffness increases with deteriorating glucose tolerance status: the Hoorn Study.

    Ronald M.A. Henry;Piet J. Kostense;Annemieke M.W. Spijkerman;Jacqueline M. Dekker

  • Increased central artery stiffness in impaired glucose metabolism and type 2 diabetes: the Hoorn Study.

    Miranda T. Schram;Ronald M.A Henry;Rob A.J.M van Dijk;Piet J. Kostense

  • Total arterial inertance as the fourth element of the windkessel model

    Nikos Stergiopulos;Berend E. Westerhof;Nico Westerhof

  • Noninvasively Assessed Pulmonary Artery Stiffness Predicts Mortality in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

    C. Tji-Joong Gan;Jan-Willem Lankhaar;Nico Westerhof;J. Tim Marcus

  • Haemodynamic basis for the development of left ventricular failure in systolic hypertension and for its logical therapy.

    Nico Westerhof;Michael O'Rourke

  • Right ventricular diastolic impairment in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

    Silvia Rain;M Louis Handoko;Pia Trip;C Tji-Joong Gan

  • Impaired left ventricular filling due to right-to-left ventricular interaction in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.

    C Tji-Joong Gan;Jan-Willem Lankhaar;J Tim Marcus;Nico Westerhof

  • Quantification of right ventricular afterload in patients with and without pulmonary hypertension.

    Jan-Willem Lankhaar;Nicolaas Westerhof;Theo J.C. Faes;Koen M. J. Marques

  • Pulmonary vascular resistance and compliance stay inversely related during treatment of pulmonary hypertension

    Jan-Willem Lankhaar;Nico Westerhof;Theo J C Faes;C Tji-Joong Gan

  • Quantification of wave reflection in the human aorta from pressure alone: a proof of principle

    Berend E. Westerhof;Ilja Guelen;Nico Westerhof;John M. Karemaker

  • Cross-Talk Between Cardiac Muscle and Coronary Vasculature

    Nico Westerhof;Christa Boer;Regis R. Lamberts;Pieter Sipkema

  • Nitric oxide and cardiac function.

    R. Rastaldo;P. Pagliaro;S. Cappello;C. Penna

  • Right coronary artery flow impairment in patients with pulmonary hypertension

    Serge A van Wolferen;J Tim Marcus;Nico Westerhof;Marieke D Spreeuwenberg

  • Effects of exercise training in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension

    F S de Man;M L Handoko;H Groepenhoff;A J van 't Hul

  • Use of pulse pressure method for estimating total arterial compliance in vivo

    N Stergiopulos;Patrick Segers;N Westerhof

  • Bisoprolol Delays Progression Towards Right Heart Failure in Experimental Pulmonary Hypertension

    Frances S. de Man;M. Louis Handoko;Joris J.M. van Ballegoij;Ingrid Schalij

  • The arterial load in pulmonary hypertension

    N. Saouti;N. Westerhof;P.E. Postmus;A. Vonk-Noordegraaf

Frequent Co-Authors

Anton Vonk-Noordegraaf
Anton Vonk-Noordegraaf Amsterdam University Medical Centers
Patrick Segers
Patrick Segers Ghent University
Pieter E. Postmus
Pieter E. Postmus Leiden University Medical Center
Coen D.A. Stehouwer
Coen D.A. Stehouwer Maastricht University
Adriaan A. Lammertsma
Adriaan A. Lammertsma VU University Medical Center
Pascal Verdonck
Pascal Verdonck Ghent University
Jacqueline M. Dekker
Jacqueline M. Dekker VU University Medical Center
Lex M. Bouter
Lex M. Bouter Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Marc Humbert
Marc Humbert University of Paris-Saclay
Walter Paulus
Walter Paulus University of Göttingen

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