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van Garsse, L., Gelsomino, S., Cheriex, E., Luca, F., Rao, C. M., Parise, O., Gensini, G. F., & Maessen, J. (2012). Tethering Symmetry Reflects Advanced Left Ventricular Mechanical Dyssynchrony in Patients With Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation Undergoing Restrictive Mitral Valve Repair. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 94(5), 1418-1428. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.05.099

Boxma, P. Y., van den Berg, E., Geleijnse, J. M., Laverman, G. D., Schurgers, L. J., Vermeer, C., Kema, I. P., Muskiet, F. A., Navis, G., Bakker, S. J. L., & de Borst, M. H. (2012). Vitamin K Intake and Plasma Desphospho-Uncarboxylated Matrix Gla-Protein Levels in Kidney Transplant Recipients. PLOS ONE, 7(10), Article e47991. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0047991

Kusters, D. H. M., Tegtmeier, J., Schurgers, L. J., & Reutelingsperger, C. P. M. (2012). Molecular Imaging to Identify the Vulnerable Plaque-From Basic Research to Clinical Practice. Molecular Imaging and Biology, 14(5), 523-533. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11307-012-0586-7

Knapen, M. H. J., Schurgers, L. J., Shearer, M. J., Newman, P., Theuwissen, E., & Vermeer, C. (2012). Association of vitamin K status with adiponectin and body composition in healthy subjects: uncarboxylated osteocalcin is not associated with fat mass and body weight. British Journal of Nutrition, 108(6), 1017-1024. https://doi.org/10.1017/S000711451100626X

Lau, D. H., Maesen, B., Zeemering, S., Verheule, S., Crijns, H. J., & Schotten, U. (2012). Stability of Complex Fractionated Atrial Electrograms: A Systematic Review. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, 23(9), 980-987. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8167.2012.02335.x

Cranenburg, E. C. M., Schurgers, L. J., Uiterwijk, H. H., Beulens, J. W. J., Dalmeijer, G. W., Westerhuis, R., Magdeleyns, E. J., Herfs, M., Vermeer, C., & Laverman, G. D. (2012). Vitamin K intake and status are low in hemodialysis patients. Kidney International, 82(5), 605-610. https://doi.org/10.1038/ki.2012.191

Schurgers, L. J., Joosen, I. A., Laufer, E. M., Chatrou, M. L. L., Herfs, M., Winkens, M. H. M., Westenfeld, R., Veulemans, V., Krueger, T., Shanahan, C. M., Jahnen-Dechent, W., Biessen, E., Narula, J., Vermeer, C., Hofstra, L., & Reutelingsperger, C. P. (2012). Vitamin K-Antagonists Accelerate Atherosclerotic Calcification and Induce a Vulnerable Plaque Phenotype. PLOS ONE, 7(8), Article e43229. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043229

Hellenthal, F., Pulinx, B., Welten, R., Teijink, J. A. W., van Dieijen-Visser, M. P., Wodzig, W., & Schurink, G. W. H. (2012). Circulating biomarkers and abdominal aortic aneurysm size. Journal of Surgical Research, 176(2), 672-678. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2011.09.040

Shadid, N., Ceulen, R., Nelemans, P., Dirksen, C., Veraart, J., Schurink, G. W., van Neer, P., Kley, J. V., de Haan, E., & Sommer, A. (2012). Randomized clinical trial of ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy versus surgery for the incompetent great saphenous vein. British Journal of Surgery, 99(8), 1062-1071. https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.8781

La Meir, M., Gelsomino, S., Lorusso, R., Luca, F., Pison, L., Parise, O., Wellens, F., Gensini, G. F., & Maessen, J. (2012). The hybrid approach for the surgical treatment of lone atrial fibrillation: One-year results employing a monopolar radiofrequency source. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 7(1), 71. https://doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-7-71

van den Akker, N. M. S., Caolo, V., & Molin, D. G. M. (2012). Cellular decisions in cardiac outflow tract and coronary development: An act by VEGF and NOTCH. Differentiation, 84(1), 62-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diff.2012.04.002

Chatrou, M. L. L., Winckers, K., Hackeng, T. M., Reutelingsperger, C. P. M., & Schurgers, L. J. (2012). Vascular calcification: The price to pay for anticoagulation therapy with vitamin K-antagonists. Blood Reviews, 26(4), 155-166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.blre.2012.03.002

Hanssen, S. J. P., van de Poll, M. C. G., Houben, A. J., Vermeulen Windsant, I. C., Snoeijs, M. G., Bekers, O., Buurman, W. A., & Jacobs, M. J. H. M. (2012). Hemolysis compromises nitric oxide-dependent vasodilatory responses in patients undergoing major cardiovascular surgery.Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, 60(4), 255-261. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0031-1299571

Gelsomino, S., La Meir, M., Luca, F., Lorusso, R., Crudeli, E., Vasquez, L., Gensini, G. F., & Maessen, J. (2012). Treatment of lone atrial fibrillation: a look at the past, a view of the present and a glance at the future. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 41(6), 1284-1294. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezr222

Rahimi, N., Molin, D. G., Cleij, T. J., van Zandvoort, M. A., & Post, M. J. (2012). Electrosensitive Polyacrylic Acid/Fibrin Hydrogel Facilitates Cell Seeding and Alignment. Biomacromolecules, 13(5), 1448-1457. https://doi.org/10.1021/bm300161r

Gelsomino, S., Maessen, J. G., van der Veen, F., Livi, U., Renzulli, A., Luca, F., Carella, R., Crudeli, E., Rubino, A., Rostagno, C., Russo, C., Borghetti, V., Beghi, C., De Bonis, M., Gensini, G. F., & Lorusso, R. (2012). Emergency Surgery for Native Mitral Valve Endocarditis: The Impact of Septic and Cardiogenic Shock. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 93(5), 1469-1476. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.11.025

Vermeulen Windsant, I. C., Hellenthal, F. A., Derikx, J. P. M., Prins, M. H., Buurman, W. A., Jacobs, M. J. H. M., & Schurink, G. W. H. (2012). Circulating Intestinal Fatty Acid-Binding Protein as an Early Marker of Intestinal Necrosis After Aortic Surgery: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study. Annals of Surgery, 255(4), 796-803. https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0b013e31824b1e16

van Garsse, L., Gelsomino, S., Luca, F., Lorusso, R., Rao, C. M., Stefano, P., & Maessen, J. (2012). Importance of anterior leaflet tethering in predicting recurrence of ischemic mitral regurgitation after restrictive annuloplasty. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 143(4), S54-S59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.09.061

van den Akker, N. M. S., Kolk, F. F., Jeukens, F., Verbruggen, S., Gagliardi, M., Dullens, S., Heschel, I., Post, M. J., Molin, D. G. M., & Waltenberger, J. (2012). Vascular Potency of Sus Scrofa Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells: A Progenitor Source of Medial but Not Endothelial Cells. Tissue Engineering - Part A: Research advances, 18(7-8), 828-839. https://doi.org/10.1089/ten.tea.2011.0284

Wind, J., Snoeijs, M. G., Brugman, C. A., Vervelde, J., Zwaveling, J. H., van Mook, W. N., & van Heurn, L. W. E. (2012). Prediction of time of death after withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment in potential donors after cardiac death*. Critical Care Medicine, 40(3), 766-769. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0b013e318232e2e7

Westenfeld, R., Krueger, T., Schlieper, G., Cranenburg, E. C. M., Magdeleyns, E. J. P., Heidenreich, S., Holzmann, S., Vermeer, C., Jahnen-Dechent, W., Ketteler, M., Floege, J., & Schurgers, L. J. (2012). Effect of Vitamin K-2 Supplementation on Functional Vitamin K Deficiency in Hemodialysis Patients: A Randomized Trial. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 59(2), 186-195. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2011.10.041

Hellenthal, F. A. M. V. I., Ten Bosch, J. A., Pulinx, B., Wodzig, W. K. W. H., de Haan, M. W., Prins, M. H., Welten, R. J. T. J., Teijink, J. A. W., & Schurink, G. W. H. (2012). Plasma levels of matrix metalloproteinase-9: A possible diagnostic marker of successful endovascular aneurysm repair. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 43(2), 171-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2011.10.014

Maesen, B., Nijs, J., Maessen, J., Allessie, M., & Schotten, U. (2012). Post-operative atrial fibrillation: a maze of mechanisms. EP Europace, 14(2), 159-174. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur208

Pulinx, B., Hellental, F. A., Hamulyak, K., van Dieijen-Visser, M. P., Schurink, G. W., & Wodzig, K. W. H. (2012). Response to Letter to Editor re "Differential Protein Expression in Serum of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Patients - A Proteomic Approach". European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 43(2), 239-240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2011.11.024

Jacobs, M., Schurink, G. .-W., Kalder, J., Jalaie, H., & Greiner, A. (2012). Technical challenges and anatomic anomalies encountered during aortic surgery. Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 53(1), 53-66.

Lorusso, R., Gelsomino, S., Luca, F., De Cicco, G., Bille, G., Carella, R., Villa, E., Troise, G., Vigano, M., Banfi, C., Gazzaruso, C., Gagliardotto, P., Menicanti, L., Formica, F., Paolini, G., Benussi, S., Alfieri, O., Pastore, M., Ferrarese, S., ... Giustina, A. (2012). Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Is Associated With Faster Degeneration of Bioprosthetic Valve Results From a Propensity Score-Matched Italian Multicenter Study. Circulation, 125(4), 604-614. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.025064

Hageman, D., Kooman, J. P., Lance, M. D., van Heurn, L. W. E., & Snoeijs, M. G. (2012). Acute nierschade. Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, 156(50), A5057. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23231871

Brouwers, L., Snoeijs, M. G., & Brink, P. R. G. (2012). [Pelvic injuries caused by bucking horses].Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, 156(14), A4559.

Snoeijs, M. G., Wind, T., & van Heurn, L. W. E. (2012). Protocols for uncontrolled donation after circulatory death. Lancet, 380(9846), 974-5; author reply 975. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61533-5

Gelsomino, S., van Garsse, L., Luca, F., Lorusso, R., Cheriex, E., Rao, C. M., Caciolli, S., Vizzardi, E., Crudeli, E., Stefano, P., Gensini, G. F., & Maessen, J. (2011). Impact of Preoperative Anterior Leaflet Tethering on the Recurrence of Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation and the Lack of Left Ventricular Reverse Remodeling after Restrictive Annuloplasty. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 24(12), 1365-1375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2011.09.015

Hosgood, S. A., Barlow, A. D., Yates, P. J., Snoeijs, M. G., van Heurn, L. W. E., & Nicholson, M. L. (2011). A pilot study assessing the feasibility of a short period of normothermic preservation in an experimental model of non heart beating donor kidneys.Journal of Surgical Research, 171(1), 283-290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2010.01.027

Vanakker, O. M., Leroy, B. P., Schurgers, L. J., Vermeer, C., Coucke, P. J., & De Paepe, A. (2011). Atypical Presentation of Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum With Abdominal Cutis Laxa: Evidence for a Spectrum of Ectopic Calcification Disorders?American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, 155A(11), 2855-2859. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.34264

Gelsomino, S., Lorusso, R., Livi, U., Masullo, G., Luca, F., Maessen, J., & Gensini, G. F. (2011). Cost and cost-effectiveness of cardiac surgery in elderly patients. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 142(5), 1062-1073. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.02.013

Pulinx, B., Hellenthal, F. A. M. V. I., Hamulyak, K., van Dieijen-Visser, M. P., Schurink, G. W. H., & Wodzig, W. K. W. H. (2011). Differential Protein Expression in Serum of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Patients - A Proteomic Approach. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 42(5), 563-570. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2011.07.019

Chatrou, M. L. L., Reutelingsperger, C. P., & Schurgers, L. J. (2011). Role of vitamin K-dependent proteins in the arterial vessel wall. Hämostaseologie, 31(4), 251-257. https://doi.org/10.5482/ha-1157

Gorgels, T. G. M. F., Waarsing, J. H., Herfs, M., Versteeg, D., Schoensiegel, F., Sato, T., Schlingemann, R. O., Ivandic, B., Vermeer, C., Schurgers, L. J., & Bergen, A. A. B. (2011). Vitamin K supplementation increases vitamin K tissue levels but fails to counteract ectopic calcification in a mouse model for pseudoxanthoma elasticum. Journal of Molecular Medicine, 89(11), 1125-1135. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00109-011-0782-y

Van Garsse, L. A. F. M., Gelsomino, S., van Ommen, V., Luca, F., & Maessen, J. (2011). Emergency Transthoracic Transapical Mitral Valve-in-Valve Implantation. Journal of Interventional Cardiology, 24(5), 474-476. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8183.2011.00637.x

Weijs, B., Blaauw, Y., Rennenberg, R. J. M. W., Schurgers, L. J., Timmermans, C. C. M. M., Pison, L., Nieuwlaat, R., Hofstra, L., Kroon, A. A., Wildberger, J., & Crijns, H. J. G. M. (2011). Patients using vitamin K antagonists show increased levels of coronary calcification: an observational study in low-risk atrial fibrillation patients. European Heart Journal, 32(20), 2555-2562. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehr226

Ueland, T., Dahl, C. P., Gullestad, L., Aakhus, S., Broch, K., Skardal, R., Vermeer, C., Aukrust, P., & Schurgers, L. J. (2011). Circulating levels of non-phosphorylated undercarboxylated matrix Gla protein are associated with disease severity in patients with chronic heart failure. Clinical Science, 121(3-4), 119-127. https://doi.org/10.1042/CS20100589

La Meir, M., Gelsomino, S., Luca, F., Pison, L., Chambille, P., Parise, O., Crijns, H. J., & Maessen, J. G. (2011). Time-Related Prevalence of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After Stand-Alone Minimally Invasive Radiofrequency Ablation. Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 26(4), 453-459. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8191.2011.01272.x

Kapustin, A. N., Davies, J. D., Reynolds, J. L., McNair, R., Jones, G. T., Sidibe, A., Schurgers, L. J., Skepper, J. N., Proudfoot, D., Mayr, M., & Shanahan, C. M. (2011). Calcium Regulates Key Components of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell-Derived Matrix Vesicles to Enhance Mineralization. Circulation Research, 109(1), E1-U41. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.110.238808

Cranenburg, E. C. M., van Spaendonck-Zwarts, K. Y., Bonafe, L., Crettol, L. M., Rodiger, L. A., Dikkers, F. G., van Essen, A. J., Superti-Furga, A., Alexandrakis, E., Vermeer, C., Schurgers, L. J., & Laverman, G. D. (2011). Circulating matrix gamma-carboxyglutamate protein (MGP) species are refractory to vitamin K treatment in a new case of Keutel syndrome. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 9(6), 1225-1235. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1538-7836.2011.04263.x

Roijers, R. B., Debernardi, N., Cleutjens, J. P. M., Schurgers, L. J., Mutsaers, P. H. A., & van der Vusse, G. J. (2011). Microcalcifications in Early Intimal Lesions of Atherosclerotic Human Coronary Arteries. American Journal of Pathology, 178(6), 2879-2887. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpath.2011.02.004

Snoeijs, M. G., Hoogland, P. E. R., Boonen, B. T. C., Coffman, T. M., Peutz-Kootstra, C. J., Buurman, W. A., & van Heurn, L. W. E. (2011). Thromboxane receptor signalling in renal ischemia reperfusion injury.Free Radical Research, 45(6), 699-706. https://doi.org/10.3109/10715762.2011.571686

Noordzij, M., Cranenburg, E. M., Engelsman, L. F., Hermans, M. M. H., Boeschoten, E. W., Brandenburg, V. M., Bos, W. J., Kooman, J. P., Dekker, F. W., Ketteler, M., Schurgers, L. J., Krediet, R. T., & Korevaar, J. C. (2011). Progression of aortic calcification is associated with disorders of mineral metabolism and mortality in chronic dialysis patients. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 26(5), 1662-1669. https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfq582

Caolo, V., Schulten, H. M., Zhuang, Z. W., Murakami, M., Wagenaar, A., Verbruggen, S., Molin, D. G. M., & Post, M. J. (2011). Soluble Jagged-1 Inhibits Neointima Formation by Attenuating Notch-Herp2 Signaling. Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, 31(5), 1059-U270. https://doi.org/10.1161/ATVBAHA.110.217935

Bauwens, M., De Saint-Hubert, M., Devos, E., Deckers, N., Reutelingsperger, C. P. M., Mortelmans, L., Himmelreich, U., Mottaghy, F. M., & Verbruggen, A. M. (2011). Site-specific Ga-68-labeled Annexin A5 as a PET imaging agent for apoptosis. Nuclear Medicine and Biology, 38(3), 381-392. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucmedbio.2010.09.008

van Breugel, N. H., Bidar, E., Essers, B. A., Nieman, F. H., Accord, R. E., Severens, J. L., Vrakking, R., & Maessen, J. G. (2011). Cost-effectiveness of ablation surgery in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing cardiac surgery. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, 12(3), 394-398. https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2010.249482

Eckstein, J., Maesen, B., Linz, D., Zeemering, S., van Hunnik, A., Verheule, S., Allessie, M., & Schotten, U. (2011). Time course and mechanisms of endo-epicardial electrical dissociation during atrial fibrillation in the goat. Cardiovascular Research, 89(4), 816-824. https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvq336