Willem Flameng

Research interests

Publications

• European multicentre experience with the sutureless Perceval valve: clinical and haemodynamic outcomes up to 5 years in over 700 patients

  European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery · 2015 · 10.1093/ejcts/ezv040

• A randomized assessment of an advanced tissue preservation technology in the juvenile sheep model

  Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 2014 · 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.09.062

• Effect of sutureless implantation of the Perceval S aortic valve bioprosthesis on intraoperative and early postoperative outcomes

  Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 2011 · 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2011.02.021

• Improved endothelialization and reduced thrombosis by coating a synthetic vascular graft with fibronectin and stem cell homing factor SDF-1α

  Acta Biomaterialia · 2011 · 10.1016/j.actbio.2011.09.016

• Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch Predicts Structural Valve Degeneration in Bioprosthetic Heart Valves

  Circulation · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.109.901272

• Durability of mitral valve repair in Barlow disease versus fibroelastic deficiency

  Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 2008 · 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.06.040

• Increased Cardiac Expression of Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1 and Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-2 Is Related to Cardiac Fibrosis and Dysfunction in the Chronic Pressure-Overloaded Human Heart

  Circulation · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.104.516963

• Recurrence of Mitral Valve Regurgitation After Mitral Valve Repair in Degenerative Valve Disease

  Circulation · 2003 · https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.0000058703.26715.9d

• Left ventricular support by Catheter-Mountedaxial flow pump reduces infarct size

  Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2003 · 10.1016/s0735-1097(03)00084-6

• Abrupt rate accelerations or premature beats cause life-threatening arrhythmias in mice with long-QT3 syndrome

  Nature Medicine · 2001 · 10.1038/nm0901-1021

• Impaired myocardial angiogenesis and ischemic cardiomyopathy in mice lacking the vascular endothelial growth factor isoforms VEGF164 and VEGF188

  Nature Medicine · 1999 · https://doi.org/10.1038/8379

• Chronic Myocardial Hibernation in Humans

  Circulation · 1997 · https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.95.7.1961

• Assessment of Myocardial Viability in Chronic Coronary Artery Disease Using Technetium-99m Sestamibi SPECT:

  Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 1997 · 10.1016/s0735-1097(96)00442-1

• Role of adenosine in the heart and circulation

  Cardiovascular Research · 1996 · 10.1016/s0008-6363(96)00140-x

• CHANGES IN ORGAN PERFUSION AFTER BRAIN DEATH IN THE RAT AND ITS RELATION TO CIRCULATING CATECHOLAMINES1

  Transplantation · 1996 · 10.1097/00007890-199608150-00005

• Only Hibernating Myocardium Invariably Shows Early Recovery After Coronary Revascularization

  Circulation · 1996 · 10.1161/01.cir.94.3.308

• Retrograde cerebral perfusion does not perfuse the brain in nonhuman primates

  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery · 1995 · 10.1016/0003-4975(95)00409-e

• Histological alterations in chronically hypoperfused myocardium. Correlation with PET findings.

  Circulation · 1994 · https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.90.2.735

• New Na(+)-H+ exchange inhibitor HOE 694 improves postischemic function and high-energy phosphate resynthesis and reduces Ca2+ overload in isolated perfused rabbit heart.

  Circulation · 1994 · 10.1161/01.cir.89.6.2787

• Structural correlates of regional myocardial dysfunction in patients with critical coronary artery stenosis: Chronic hibernation?

  Cardiovascular Pathology · 1993 · 10.1016/1054-8807(93)90030-6

• Ultrastructural correlates of left ventricular contraction abnormalities in patients with chronic ischemic heart disease: Determinants of reversible segmental asynergy postrevascularization surgery

  American Heart Journal · 1981 · 10.1016/0002-8703(81)90035-1

• Ultrastructural and cytochemical correlates of myocardial protection by cardiac hypothermia in man

  Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 1980 · 10.1016/s0022-5223(19)37950-4

• Quantification of collateral resistance in acute and chronic experimental coronary occlusion in the dog.

  Circulation Research · 1976 · 10.1161/01.res.39.3.371

Current projects

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