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List of works by Willem J van der Giessen

"Full metal jacket" (stented length > or =64 mm) using drug-eluting stents for de novo coronary artery lesions

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1155-99 Similar clinical outcomes for sirolimus-eluting stent implantation and coronary brachytherapy for the treatment of in-stent restenosis

A new intracoronary measurement catheter, MetriCath, compared to intravascular ultrasound and quantitative coronary angiography in a stented porcine coronary model

scientific article published in September 2002

An optical coherence tomography study of a biodegradable vs. durable polymer-coated limus-eluting stent: a LEADERS trial sub-study

scientific article published on 4 November 2009

Clinical and angiographic outcomes after overdilatation of undersized sirolimus-eluting stents with largely oversized balloons: an observational study

scientific article published in April 2004

Clinical outcomes for sirolimus-eluting stent implantation and vascular brachytherapy for the treatment of in-stent restenosis

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Clinical, angiographic, and procedural predictors of angiographic restenosis after sirolimus-eluting stent implantation in complex patients: an evaluation from the Rapamycin-Eluting Stent Evaluated At Rotterdam Cardiology Hospital (RESEARCH) study

scientific article published in March 2004

Comparison of early outcome of percutaneous coronary intervention for unprotected left main coronary artery disease in the drug-eluting stent era with versus without intravascular ultrasonic guidance

scientific article published in March 2005

Comparison of short- (one month) and long- (twelve months) term outcomes of sirolimus- versus paclitaxel-eluting stents in 293 consecutive patients with diabetes mellitus (from the RESEARCH and T-SEARCH registries).

scientific article published in August 2005

Comparison of six-year clinical outcome of sirolimus- and paclitaxel-eluting stents to bare-metal stents in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: an analysis of the RESEARCH (rapamycin-eluting stent evaluated at Rotterdam cardiol

scientific article published on 01 August 2011

Distal left main coronary disease is a major predictor of outcome in patients undergoing percutaneous intervention in the drug-eluting stent era: an integrated clinical and angiographic analysis based on the Rapamycin-Eluting Stent Evaluated At Rott

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Drug-eluting stent implantation for chronic total occlusions: comparison between the Sirolimus- and Paclitaxel-eluting stent

scientific article published in August 2005

Effects of primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction on early and late infarct size and left ventricular wall characteristics

scientific article published on 9 December 2005

Endothelial progenitor cell capture by stents coated with antibody against CD34: the HEALING-FIM (Healthy Endothelial Accelerated Lining Inhibits Neointimal Growth-First In Man) Registry

scientific article published in May 2005

Evaluating the 'all-comers' design: a comparison of participants in two 'all-comers' PCI trials with non-participants

article by Sanneke P M de Boer et al published September 2011 in European Heart Journal

First clinical experience with the R Stent: a new highly flexible stainless steel tube intracoronary stent

scientific article published in January 1999

First direct in vivo comparison of two commercially available three-dimensional quantitative coronary angiography systems

scientific article published in January 2008

First-in-man evaluation of intravascular optical frequency domain imaging (OFDI) of Terumo: a comparison with intravascular ultrasound and quantitative coronary angiography

scientific article published on 01 April 2011

First-in-man prospective evaluation of temporal changes in coronary plaque composition by in vivo intravascular ultrasound radiofrequency data analysis: an Integrated Biomarker and Imaging Study (IBIS) substudy.

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Immediate and one-year outcome of percutaneous intervention of saphenous vein graft disease with paclitaxel-eluting stents

scientific article published in August 2005

Impact of renal insufficiency on safety and efficacy of drug-eluting stents compared to bare-metal stents at 6 years

scientific article published on 17 April 2012

Intracoronary optical coherence tomography and histology at 1 month and 2, 3, and 4 years after implantation of everolimus-eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffolds in a porcine coronary artery model: an attempt to decipher the human optical coherenc

scientific article published on 25 October 2010

Intramyocardial injection of skeletal myoblasts: long-term follow-up with pressure–volume loops

article by Paul Steendijk et al published March 2006 in Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine

Intravascular ultrasound evaluation after sirolimus eluting stent implantation for de novo and in-stent restenosis lesions

scientific article published in January 2004

Long-term outcomes after stenting of bifurcation lesions with the "crush" technique: predictors of an adverse outcome

scientific article published on 24 April 2006

Long-term tissue coverage of a biodegradable polylactide polymer-coated biolimus-eluting stent: comparative sequential assessment with optical coherence tomography until complete resorption of the polymer

scientific article published on 07 October 2011

MAHOROBA, first-in-man study: 6-month results of a biodegradable polymer sustained release tacrolimus-eluting stent in de novo coronary stenoses.

scientific article published on 30 April 2009

Multislice spiral computed tomography for the evaluation of stent patency after left main coronary artery stenting: a comparison with conventional coronary angiography and intravascular ultrasound

scientific article published on 7 August 2006

Noninvasive detection of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis coupled with assessment of changes in plaque characteristics using novel invasive imaging modalities: the Integrated Biomarker and Imaging Study (IBIS).

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Percutaneous therapy of bifurcation lesions with drug-eluting stent implantation: the Culotte technique revisited

scientific article published in January 2005

Post-sirolimus-eluting stent restenosis treated with repeat percutaneous intervention: late angiographic and clinical outcomes

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Rationale and methods of the integrated biomarker and imaging study (IBIS): combining invasive and non-invasive imaging with biomarkers to detect subclinical atherosclerosis and assess coronary lesion biology

scientific article published on August 2005

Recovery of left ventricular function after primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction

scientific article published on 16 February 2005

Sensitivity and specificity of QCA in detecting coronary arterial remodeling after intracoronary brachytherapy: a comparison to serial volumetric three-dimensional intravascular ultrasound analysis. Can we detect positive remodeling by luminography?

scientific article published on 01 November 2003

Short- and long-term clinical outcome after drug-eluting stent implantation for the percutaneous treatment of left main coronary artery disease: insights from the Rapamycin-Eluting and Taxus Stent Evaluated At Rotterdam Cardiology Hospital registrie

scientific article published in March 2005

Significant reduction in restenosis after the use of sirolimus-eluting stents in the treatment of chronic total occlusions

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Single-vessel versus bifurcation stenting for the treatment of distal left main coronary artery disease in the drug-eluting stenting era. Clinical and angiographic insights into the Rapamycin-Eluting Stent Evaluated at Rotterdam Cardiology Hospital (

scientific article published on 01 November 2006

Sirolimus-eluting stent implantation in ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction: a clinical and angiographic study

scientific article published on 13 October 2003

The ability of high dose rosuvastatin to improve plaque composition in non-intervened coronary arteries: rationale and design of the Integrated Biomarker and Imaging Study-3 (IBIS-3)

scientific article published on June 20, 2012

The black hole: echolucent tissue observed following intracoronary radiation

scientific article published in January 2003

The unrestricted use of paclitaxel- versus sirolimus-eluting stents for coronary artery disease in an unselected population: one-year results of the Taxus-Stent Evaluated at Rotterdam Cardiology Hospital (T-SEARCH) registry

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The unrestricted use of sirolimus- and paclitaxel-eluting stents results in better clinical outcomes during 6-year follow-up than bare-metal stents: an analysis of the RESEARCH (Rapamycin-Eluting Stent Evaluated At Rotterdam Cardiology Hospital) and

scientific article published on October 2010

Tissue coverage of a hydrophilic polymer-coated zotarolimus-eluting stent vs. a fluoropolymer-coated everolimus-eluting stent at 13-month follow-up: an optical coherence tomography substudy from the RESOLUTE All Comers trial

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Treatment of de novo bifurcation lesions: comparison of Sirolimus- and Paclitaxel-eluting stents.

scientific article published in May 2005

Unrestricted utilization of sirolimus-eluting stents compared with conventional bare stent implantation in the "real world": the Rapamycin-Eluting Stent Evaluated At Rotterdam Cardiology Hospital (RESEARCH) registry

scientific article published on 22 December 2003

Value of the SYNTAX score in patients treated by primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction: The MI SYNTAXscore study

scientific article published in April 2011

Very long sirolimus-eluting stent implantation for de novo coronary lesions

scientific article published in April 2004