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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Medicine in Ireland Leader Award

Overview

William Wijns is affiliated with the National University of Ireland, Galway in Ireland. Their research primarily covers the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their work encompasses several main topics in cardiovascular health and interventions, including:

  • Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Aortic aneurysm repair treatments

Frequently publishing in specialized cardiovascular journals, Wijns has contributed to the following venues with notable frequency:

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

Recent publications include:

  • 2020 ESC Guidelines on sports cardiology and exercise in patients with cardiovascular disease, 2020, European Heart Journal
  • 2024 ESC Guidelines for the management of chronic coronary syndromes, 2024, European Heart Journal
  • Association of hypertension and antihypertensive treatment with COVID-19 mortality: a retrospective observational study, 2020, European Heart Journal
  • Optical coherence tomography in coronary atherosclerosis assessment and intervention, 2022, Nature Reviews Cardiology
  • Optical Coherence Tomography-Guided versus Angiography-Guided PCI, 2023, New England Journal of Medicine

Wijns collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including Shengxian Tu, Patrick W. Serruys, Yoshinobu Onuma, Daixin Ding, and Osama Soliman, indicating a diverse professional network within cardiovascular research.

Best Publications

  • 2013 ESH/ESC Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension: The Task Force for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

    Giuseppe Mancia;Robert Fagard;Krzysztof Narkiewicz;Josep Redon

  • 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

  • 2019 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of chronic coronary syndromes.

    Juhani Knuuti;William Wijns;Antti Saraste;Davide Capodanno

  • 2014 ESC/EACTS guidelines on myocardial revascularization.

    Stephan Windecker;Philippe Kolh;Fernando Alfonso;Jean-Philippe Collet

  • 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

  • Guidelines on myocardial revascularization: The Task Force on Myocardial Revascularization of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)

    William Wijns;Philippe Kolh;Nicolas Danchin;Volkmar Falk

  • 2013 ESC Guidelines on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy : The Task Force on cardiac pacing and resynchronization therapy of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Developed in collaboration with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)

    Michele Brignole;Angelo Auricchio;Gonzalo Baron-Esquivias;Pierre Bordachar

  • ESC Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment elevation: The Task Force for the management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment eleva...

    C. W. Hamm;J.-P. Bassand;S. Agewall;J. Bax

  • 2014 ESC/EACTS Guidelines on myocardial revascularization: The Task Force on Myocardial Revascularization of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS)Developed with the special contribution of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI).

    Stephan Windecker;Philippe Kolh;Fernando Alfonso;Jean-Philippe Collet

  • Universal definition of myocardial infarction.

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

  • 2014 ESC Guidelines on the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism

    Stavros V. Konstantinides;Adam Torbicki;David Fitzmaurice;J. Simon

  • 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

  • Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes

    J.P. Bassand;C.W. Hamm;D. Ardissino;E. Boersma

  • Guidelines for percutaneous coronary interventions. The Task Force for Percutaneous Coronary Interventions of the European Society of Cardiology.

    Sigmund Silber;Per Albertsson;Francisco F. Avilés;Paolo G. Camici

  • Management of acute myocardial infarction in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation. The Task Force on the Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction of the European Society of Cardiology.

    Frans Van de Werf;Diego Ardissino;Amadeo Betriu;Dennis V. Cokkinos

  • 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

  • ESC Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment elevation

    Christian W. Hamm;Jean-Pierre Bassand;Stefan Agewall;Jeroen Bax

  • Sirolimus-eluting stents for treatment of patients with long atherosclerotic lesions in small coronary arteries: double-blind, randomised controlled trial (E-SIRIUS)

    Joachim Schofer;Michael Schlüter;Anthony H Gershlick;William Wijns

  • 2020 ESC Guidelines on sports cardiology and exercise in patients with cardiovascular disease.

    Antonio Pelliccia;Sanjay Sharma;Sabiha Gati;Maria Bäck

Frequent Co-Authors

Emanuele Barbato
Emanuele Barbato University of Naples Federico II
Patrick W. Serruys
Patrick W. Serruys University of Galway
Bernard De Bruyne
Bernard De Bruyne Cardiovascular Center Aalst
Jozef Bartunek
Jozef Bartunek OLV Hospital
Stephan Windecker
Stephan Windecker University of Bern
Carlo Di Mario
Carlo Di Mario University of Florence
Peter Jüni
Peter Jüni University of Oxford
Jeroen J. Bax
Jeroen J. Bax Leiden University Medical Center
Marco Valgimigli
Marco Valgimigli University of Bern
Eric Boersma
Eric Boersma Erasmus University Rotterdam

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