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Yolanda van der Graaf

Yolanda van der Graaf

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Medicine

D-Index
101
Citations
34699
World Ranking
8033
National Ranking
312

Overview

Yolanda van der Graaf is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands and focuses their research on intersecting fields of medicine, economics, and health systems. Their work spans multiple subfields, including economics and econometrics, epidemiology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, immunology, and family practice.

Their recent publications demonstrate a particular interest in the economic evaluation of healthcare interventions and disease mechanisms related to cardiovascular diseases and metabolic disorders. Prominent topics addressed in their research include:

  • Health systems, economic evaluations, and quality of life
  • Adipokines, inflammation, and metabolic diseases
  • Cardiovascular disease and adiposity
  • Biomarkers in disease mechanisms
  • Medication adherence and compliance
  • Healthcare cost, quality, and practices
  • Pharmaceutical economics and policy

Their key published papers include:

  • Low-grade inflammation as a risk factor for cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes, 2021, Cardiovascular Diabetology
  • Communicating personalised statin therapy-effects as 10-year CVD-risk or CVD-free life-expectancy: does it improve decisional conflict? Three-armed, blinded, randomised controlled trial, 2021, BMJ Open
  • Would treatment decisions about secondary prevention of CVD based on estimated lifetime benefit rather than 10-year risk reduction be cost-effective?, 2020, Diagnostic and Prognostic Research

Van der Graaf has collaborated extensively with a range of researchers. Frequent co-authors include Frank L.J. Visseren, Gert J. de Borst, Jannick A N Dorresteijn, Shahnam Sharif, and Maarten J. Cramer. These collaborations reflect interdisciplinary engagement spanning clinical, epidemiological, and economic aspects of cardiovascular and metabolic health research.

The scientist has published in various peer-reviewed venues, with multiple articles appearing in Cardiovascular Diabetology, BMJ Open, and Diagnostic and Prognostic Research, indicating a balanced focus on clinical and economic dimensions of cardiovascular health.

Best Publications

  • The interleukin-6 receptor as a target for prevention of coronary heart disease: a mendelian randomisation analysis.

    D I Swerdlow;M V Holmes;K B Kuchenbaecker

  • Vertebroplasty versus conservative treatment in acute osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (Vertos II): an open-label randomised trial

    Caroline A. H. Klazen;Paul N. M. Lohle;Jolanda de Vries;Frits H. Jansen

  • Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms by Embolization with Coils: A Systematic Review

    Eva H. Brilstra;Gabriel J. E. Rinkel;Yolanda van der Graaf;Willem Jan J. van Rooij

  • Duplex Ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance Angiography Compared With Digital Subtraction Angiography in Carotid Artery Stenosis A Systematic Review

    Paul J. Nederkoorn;Yolanda van der Graaf;M.G. Myriam Hunink

  • Age at menopause, cause-specific mortality and total life expectancy.

    Marlies E Ossewaarde;Michiel L Bots;André L M Verbeek;Petra H M Peeters

  • Randomised comparison of primary stent placement versus primary angioplasty followed by selective stent placement in patients with iliac-artery occlusive disease

    Eric Tetteroo;Yolanda van der Graaf;Johanna L Bosch;Andries D van Engelen

  • The Metabolic Syndrome is associated with advanced vascular damage in patients with coronary heart disease, stroke, peripheral arterial disease or abdominal aortic aneurysm

    Jobien K. Olijhoek;Yolanda van der Graaf;Jan-Dirk Banga;Ale Algra

  • Recommendations for the Management of Intracranial Haemorrhage – Part I: Spontaneous Intracerebral Haemorrhage

    Wakoh Takahashi;Tomohide Ohnuki;Michiru Ide;Shigeharu Takagi

  • Oral contraceptives and the risk of myocardial infarction

    Bea C. Tanis;Maurice A. A. J. Van Den Bosch;Jeanet M. Kemmeren;Volkert Manger Cats

  • Quantification of epicardial and peri-coronary fat using cardiac computed tomography; reproducibility and relation with obesity and metabolic syndrome in patients suspected of coronary artery disease.

    Petra M. Gorter;Petra M. Gorter;Anne S.R. van Lindert;Alexander M. de Vos;Matthijs F.L. Meijs

  • The outcomes of ovarian cancer treatment are better when provided by gynecologic oncologists and in specialized hospitals: a systematic review.

    Flora Vernooij;Peter Heintz;Els Witteveen;Yolanda van der Graaf

  • Relation of epicardial and pericoronary fat to coronary atherosclerosis and coronary artery calcium in patients undergoing coronary angiography.

    Petra M. Gorter;Alexander M. de Vos;Yolanda van der Graaf;Pieter R. Stella

  • Risk of Arterial Thrombosis in Relation to Oral Contraceptives (RATIO) Study: Oral Contraceptives and the Risk of Ischemic Stroke

    Jeanet M. Kemmeren;Bea C. Tanis;Maurice A.A.J. van den Bosch;Edward L.E.M. Bollen

  • Risk Factors for Deformational Plagiocephaly at Birth and at 7 Weeks of Age: A Prospective Cohort Study

    Leo A. van Vlimmeren;Yolanda van der Graaf;Magda M. Boere-Boonekamp;Monique P. L'Hoir

  • Asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis and the risk of new vascular events in patients with manifest arterial disease: the SMART study.

    Bertine M.B. Goessens;Frank L.J. Visseren;L. Jaap Kappelle;Ale Algra

  • Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in patients with coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, peripheral arterial disease or abdominal aortic aneurysm.

    Petra M Gorter;Jobien K Olijhoek;Yolanda van der Graaf;Ale Algra

  • Preoperative Diagnosis of Carotid Artery Stenosis Accuracy of Noninvasive Testing

    Paul J. Nederkoorn;Willem P.Th.M. Mali;Bert C. Eikelboom;Otto E.H. Elgersma

  • Endogenous Estrogen Exposure and Cardiovascular Mortality Risk in Postmenopausal Women

    Miriam J. J. de Kleijn;Yvonne T. van der Schouw;André L. M. Verbeek;Petra H. M. Peeters

  • The Risk of New Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures in the Year after Percutaneous Vertebroplasty

    Maurits H.J. Voormolen;Paul N.M. Lohle;Job R. Juttmann;Yolanda van der Graaf

  • Is the association between flow-mediated dilation and cardiovascular risk limited to low-risk populations?

    Daniel R. Witte;Jan Westerink;Eelco J. de Koning;Yolanda van der Graaf

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank L.J. Visseren
Frank L.J. Visseren Utrecht University
Willem P.Th.M. Mali
Willem P.Th.M. Mali Utrecht University
Diederick E. Grobbee
Diederick E. Grobbee Utrecht University
Ale Algra
Ale Algra Leiden University
L. Jaap Kappelle
L. Jaap Kappelle Utrecht University
Michiel L. Bots
Michiel L. Bots Utrecht University
Pieter A. Doevendans
Pieter A. Doevendans Utrecht University
Geert Jan Biessels
Geert Jan Biessels Utrecht University
Yvonne T. van der Schouw
Yvonne T. van der Schouw Utrecht University

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