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Andel CJ van, Pistecky PV, Borst C. Mechanical properties of porcine and human coronary and in-ternal mammary arteries: implications for coronary anastomotic connectors. Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:58-64. Pubmed Fulltext
Andel CJ van, Pistecky PV, Gründeman PF, Buijsrogge MP, Borst C. Permanent wall stretching in porcine coronary and internal mammary arteries. Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:805-809. Pubmed Fulltext
Bentzon J, Pasterkamp G, Falk E. Expansive remodeling is a response of the plaque-related vessel wall in aortic roots in apoE-deficient mice: an experiment of nature. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2003; 23:257-262. Pubmed Fulltext
Borst C, Eikelaar JH, Meijer R, Boven WJ van, Klein P, Gründeman PF. High-frequency epicardial ultrasound in OPCAB using a minitransducer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003;126:304-305.
Budde RP, Meijer R, Dessing TC, Bakker PF, Boven WJ van, Gründeman PF. Endoscopic robot-assisted on-line localization and assessment of the lad and visualization of ima-lad anastomosis by epicardial 13 mhz ultrasound. Heart Surgery Forum 2003; 6(supp 1);S25-S25.
Buijsrogge MP, Verlaan CW, Gründeman PF, Borst C. Briefly occlusive coronary anastomosis using adhesive. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003;125:385-390. Pubmed Fullext
Eefting FD, Nathoe HM, Dijk D van, Jansen EWL, Lahpor JR, Stella PR, Suyker WJ, Diephuis JC, Suryapranata H, Ernst JM, Borst C, Buskens E, Grobbee DE, Jaegere PP de. Randomized comparison between stenting and off-pump bypass surgery in patients referred for angioplasty. Circulation 2003;108: 2870-2876. Pubmed Fulltext
Goumans MJ, Lebrin F, Valdimarsdottir G. Controlling the angiogenic switch: a balance between two distinct TGF-b receptor signaling pathways. Trends Cardiovasc Med 2003;13:301-307. Pubmed Fulltext
Gründeman PF, Budde RP, Mansvelt Beck HJ, Boven WJ van, Borst C. Endoscopic exposure and stabilization of posterior and inferior branches using the Endo-Starfish cardiac positioner and the Endo-Octopus stabilizer for closed-chest beating heart multivessel CABG: hemodynamic changes in the pig. Circulation;108 (suppl II); II-34-II-38.
Kleijn DP de, Pasterkamp, G. Toll-like receptors in cardiovascular diseases. Cardiovasc Res 2003;60:58-67. Pubmed Fulltext
Naghavi M, Libby P, Falk E, Casscells SW, Litovsky S, Rumberger J, Badimon JJ, Stefanadis C, Moreno P, Pasterkamp G, Fayad Z, Stone PH, Waxman S, Raggi P, Madjid M, Zarrabi A, Burke A, Yuan C, Fitzgerald PJ, Siscvick DS, Korte CL de, Aikawa M, Juhani Airaksinen KE, Assmann G, Becker CR, Chesebro JH, Farb A, Galis ZS, Jackson C, Jang IK, Koenig W, Lodder RA, March K, Demirovic J, Navab M, Priori SG, Rekhter MD, Bahr R, Grundy SM, Mehran R, Colombo A, Boerwinkle E, Ballantyne C, Insull W Jr., Schwartz RS, Vogel R, Serruys PW, Hansson GK, Faxon DP, Kaul S, Drexler H, Greenland P, Muller JE, Virmani R, Ridker PM, Zipes DP, Shah PK, Willerson JT. From vulnerable plaque to vulnerable patient: a call for new definitions and risk assessment strategies: Part I. Circulation 2003;108:1664-1672. Pubmed Fulltext
Naghavi M, Libby P, Falk E, Casscells SW, Litovsky S, Rumberger J, Badimon JJ, Stefanadis C, Moreno P, Pasterkamp G, Fayad Z, Stone PH, Waxman S, Raggi P, Madjid M, Zarrabi A, Burke A, Yuan C, Fitzgerald PJ, Siscvick DS, Korte CL de, Aikawa M, Airaksinen KE, Assmann G, Becker CR, Chesebro JH, Farb A, Galis ZS, Jackson C, Jang IK, Koenig W, Lodder RA, March K, Demirovic J, Navab M, Priori SG, Rekhter MD, Bahr R, Grundy SM, Mehran R, Colombo A, Boerwinkle E, Ballantyne C, Insull WJr, Schwartz RS, Vogel R, Serruys PW, Hansson GK, Faxon DP, Kaul S, Drexler H, Greenland P, Muller JE, Virmani R, Ridker PM, Zipes DP, Shah PK, Willerson JT. From vulnerable plaque to vulnerable patient: a call for new definitions and risk assessment strategies: Part II. Circulation 2003;108:1772-1778. Pubmed Fulltext
Nathoe HM, Dijk D van, Jansen EW, Suyker WJ, Diephuis JC, Boven WJ van, Brutel de la Rivière A, Borst C, Kalkman CJ, Grobbee DE, Buskens E, Jaegere PP de. A comparison of on-pump and off-pump coronary bypass surgery in low-risk patients. N Engl J Med 2003;348:394-402. Pubmed Fulltext
Nili N, Cheema AN, Giordano FJ, Barolet AW, Babaei S, Hickey R, Eskandarian MR, Smeets MB, Butany J, Pasterkamp G, Strauss BH. Decorin inhibition of PDGF-stimulated vascular smooth muscle cell function: potential mechanism for inhibition of intimal hyperplasia after balloon angioplasty. Am J Pathol 2003;163:869-878. Pubmed Fulltext
Poll SW van de, Kastelijn K, Bakker Schut TC, Strijder CF, Pasterkamp G, Puppels GJ, Laarse A van der. On-line detection of cholesterol and calcification by catheter based Raman spectroscopy in human atherosclerotic plaque ex vivo. Heart 2003;89:1078-1082. Pubmed Fulltext
Rotmans JI, Velema E, Verhagen HJ, Blankensteijn JD, Kastelein JJ, Kleijn DP de, Yo M, Pasterkamp G, Stroes ES. Rapid, arteriovenous graft failure due to intimal hyperplasia: A porcine, bilateral carotid AV-graft model. J Surg Res 2003;113:161-171. Pubmed Fulltext
Schaar JA, Korte CL de, Mastik F, Strijder CF, Pasterkamp G, Boersma E, Serruys PW, Steen AF van der. Characterizing vulnerable plaque features with intravascular elastography. Circulation 2003;108:2636-2641.
Scheltes JS, Andel CJ van, Pistecky PV, Borst C. Coronary anastomotic devices: Blood-exposed non-intimal surface and coronary wall stress. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003;126:191-199.
Sierevogel MJ, Pasterkamp G, Kleijn DP de, Strauss BH. Matrix metalloproteinases: a therapeutic target in cardiovascular disease. Curr Pharmaceut Des 2003;9:1033-1040 Pubmed
Sluijter JP, Smeets MB, Velema E, Pasterkamp G, Kleijn DP de. Increased collagen turn-over is only partly associated with collagen fiber deposition in the arterial response to injury. Cardiovasc Res 2003;61: 186-195.
Sluijter JP, Smeets MB, Pasterkamp G, Kleijn DP de. Methods in molecular cardiology: Quantitative real-time PCR. Neth Heart J 2003;11:401-404.
Smeets MB, Sluijter JP, Donners MM, Velema E, Heeneman S, Pasterkamp G, Kleijn DP de. Increased arterial expression of a novel glycosylated haptoglobin isoform after balloon dilation. Cardiovasc Res 2003;58:689-695. Pubmed Fulltext
Smeets MB, Fontijn J, Kavelaars AM, Pasterkamp G, Kleijn DP de. The acute phase protein haptoglobin is locally expressed in arthritic and oncological tissues. Int J Exp Pathol 2003;84:69-74. Pubmed Fulltext
Vink A, Pasterkamp G. How vulnerable is the definition of 'the vulnerable plaque'? J Intervent Cardiol 2003;16:115-122. Pubmed Fulltext
Bookchapter
Pasterkamp G, Falk E. What pathologists want from vascular ultrasound. In Y. Saijo & A.F.W. van der Steen (Eds.), Monograph "Vascular Ultrasound". (pp. 28-43). Springer Verlag.
Thesis
C.J. van Andel. Coronary Anastomosis Arteries in Pig and Man. Mechanical Properties and Finite Element Modeling. Utrecht University . May 27, 2003. Promotor: C. Borst. Co-promotor: P.V. Pistecky, P.F. Gründeman.
M.P. Buijsrogge. Facilitated Coronary Bypass Anastomosis. An Experimental Study in the Pig. University Utrecht . February 18, 2003. Promotor: C. Borst. Co-promotor: P.F. Gründeman .
J.S. Scheltes. Development of Vessel Connectors for Coronary Bypass Surgery. Technical University Delft . February 11, 2003. Promotor: P.A. Wieringa. C. Borst.
M.B. Smeets. Arterial Haptoglobin. Expression, Regulation and Function. University Utrecht . January 28, 2003. Promotor: C. Borst. Co-promotor: D.P.V. de Kleijn, G. Pasterkamp