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Paul Steendijk is affiliated with Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands and specializes in medicine, with a primary focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their research portfolio spans various subfields including pulmonary and respiratory medicine, developmental and educational psychology, education, and surgery.

Their scientific work covers several main topics:

  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Educational Strategies and Epistemologies
  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
  • Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
  • Education and Critical Thinking Development

Steendijk's frequent collaborators include Alexander Schmeißer, Thomas Rauwolf, Thomas Groscheck, Ivan Tanev, and S Meissler, reflecting a collaborative approach in their research activities.

The researcher has published notably in venues such as the European Heart Journal, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, BMC Medical Education, JACC Advances, and the Journal of Applied Physiology. These publication venues highlight Steendijk's engagement with both clinical and educational scientific communities.

Recent publications demonstrate a focus on cardiovascular and pulmonary conditions and their physiological mechanisms. Examples include:

  • Pressure-volume loop validation of TAPSE/PASP for right ventricular arterial coupling in heart failure with pulmonary hypertension, published in 2020 in European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
  • Predictors and prognosis of right ventricular function in pulmonary hypertension due to heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, published in 2021 in ESC Heart Failure
  • CaMKII activity contributes to homeometric autoregulation of the heart: A novel mechanism for the Anrep effect, published in 2020 in The Journal of Physiology
  • What Were You Thinking? Medical Students' Metacognition and Perceptions of Self-Regulated Learning, published in 2021 in Teaching and Learning in Medicine
  • Hemodynamic Assessment in Takotsubo Syndrome, published in 2023 in Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Steendijk's research includes topics on the mechanics of cardiac function, particularly the right ventricular function in pulmonary hypertension, and extends to educational studies focusing on metacognition and self-regulated learning in medical education. This reflects a combination of clinical research and educational psychology within their scientific contributions.

Best Publications

  • Left ventricular dyssynchrony predicts response and prognosis after cardiac resynchronization therapy

    Jeroen J. Bax;Gabe B. Bleeker;Thomas H. Marwick;Sander G. Molhoek

  • Effect of posterolateral scar tissue on clinical and echocardiographic improvement after cardiac resynchronization therapy.

    Gabe B. Bleeker;Theodorus A.M. Kaandorp;Hildo J. Lamb;Eric Boersma

  • Utility of Doppler Echocardiography and Tissue Doppler Imaging in the Estimation of Diastolic Function in Heart Failure With Normal Ejection Fraction A Comparative Doppler-Conductance Catheterization Study

    Mario Kasner;Dirk Westermann;Paul Steendijk;Regina Gaub

  • Relationship between QRS duration and left ventricular dyssynchrony in patients with end-stage heart failure.

    Gabe B. Bleeker;Martin J. Schalij M.D.;Sander G. Molhoek;Harriette F. Verwey M.D.

  • Cardiac Inflammation Contributes to Changes in the Extracellular Matrix in Patients With Heart Failure and Normal Ejection Fraction

    Dirk Westermann;Diana Lindner;Mario Kasner;Christine Zietsch

  • Left ventricular dyssynchrony predicts benefit of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with end-stage heart failure before pacemaker implantation

    Jeroen J. Bax;Thomas H. Marwick;Sander G. Molhoek;Gabe B. Bleeker

  • Exenatide reduces infarct size and improves cardiac function in a porcine model of ischemia and reperfusion injury.

    Leo Timmers;José P.S. Henriques;Dominique P.V. de Kleijn;J. Hans DeVries

  • Role of left ventricular stiffness in heart failure with normal ejection fraction.

    Dirk Westermann;Mario Kasner;Paul Steendijk;Frank Spillmann

  • Impact of viability and scar tissue on response to cardiac resynchronization therapy in ischaemic heart failure patients

    Claudia Ypenburg;Martin J Schalij;Gabe B Bleeker;Paul Steendijk

  • Magnetic resonance imaging analysis of right ventricular pressure-volume loops - In vivo validation and clinical application in patients with pulmonary hypertension

    Titus Kuehne;Sevim Yilmaz;Paul Steendijk;Phillip Moore

  • Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction Is Characterized by Dynamic Impairment of Active Relaxation and Contraction of the Left Ventricle on Exercise and Associated With Myocardial Energy Deficiency

    Thanh T. Phan;Khalid Abozguia;Ganesh Nallur Shivu;Gnanadevan Mahadevan

  • Optimizing Hemodynamics in Heart Failure Patients by Systematic Screening of Left Ventricular Pacing Sites : The Lateral Left Ventricular Wall and the Coronary Sinus Are Rarely the Best Sites

    Nicolas Derval;Paul Steendijk;Lorne J. Gula;Antoine Deplagne

  • Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Patients With a Narrow QRS Complex

    Gabe B. Bleeker;Eduard R. Holman;Paul Steendijk;Eric Boersma

  • Usefulness of myocardial tissue Doppler echocardiography to evaluate left ventricular dyssynchrony before and after biventricular pacing in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.

    Jeroen J. Bax;Sander G. Molhoek;Lieselot van Erven;Paul J. Voogd

  • Assessing right ventricular function: the role of echocardiography and complementary technologies

    G. B. Bleeker;P. Steendijk;E. R. Holman;C.-M. Yu

  • Comparison of response to cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with sinus rhythm versus chronic atrial fibrillation

    Sander G. Molhoek;Jeroen J. Bax;Gabe B. Bleeker;Eric Boersma

  • Validation and reproducibility of aortic pulse wave velocity as assessed with velocity‐encoded MRI

    Heynric B. Grotenhuis;Jos J.M. Westenberg;Paul Steendijk;Rob J. van der Geest

  • QRS duration and shortening to predict clinical response to cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with end-stage heart failure.

    Sander G. Molhoek;Jeroen J. Bax;Eric Boersma;Lieselot Van Erven

  • Right Atrial and Ventricular Adaptation to Chronic Right Ventricular Pressure Overload

    Sydney L. Gaynor;Hersh S. Maniar;Jeffrey B. Bloch;Paul Steendijk

  • Hemodynamic effects of long-term cardiac resynchronization therapy: analysis by pressure-volume loops.

    Paul Steendijk;Sven A. Tulner;Jeroen J. Bax;Pranobe V. Oemrawsingh

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin J. Schalij
Martin J. Schalij Leiden University Medical Center
Jeroen J. Bax
Jeroen J. Bax Leiden University Medical Center
Burkert Pieske
Burkert Pieske Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Ernst E. van der Wall
Ernst E. van der Wall University Medical Center Utrecht
Frank van Bel
Frank van Bel Utrecht University
Albert de Roos
Albert de Roos Leiden University Medical Center
Eric Boersma
Eric Boersma Erasmus University Rotterdam
Carsten Tschöpe
Carsten Tschöpe Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Heinz-Peter Schultheiss
Heinz-Peter Schultheiss Charité - University Medicine Berlin
J. Wouter Jukema
J. Wouter Jukema Leiden University Medical Center

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