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List of works by Peter Ruygrok

5 French guide catheters for percutaneous coronary intervention: a feasibility study in 100 consecutive patients

scientific article published on 01 January 2001

A fatal case of ‘magic mushroom’ ingestion in a heart transplant recipient

scientific article published on 01 November 2012

A man with 3 lives: long-term follow-up following percutaneous closure of left ventricular pseudoaneurysm neck

scientific article published in April 2015

A prospective, multicenter trial of the VentrAssist left ventricular assist device for bridge to transplant: safety and efficacy

scientific article

A randomised comparison of an everolimus-eluting coronary stent with a paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent:the SPIRIT II trial.

scientific article published in November 2006

A randomized study of direct coronary stent delivery compared with stenting after predilatation: the NIR future trial. On behalf of the NIR Future Trial Investigators

scientific article published on August 2000

A review of a regional primary percutaneous coronary intervention service, with a focus on door to reperfusion times: the 2012 Auckland/Northland experience.

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Abdominal aortic calcification on vertebral morphometry images predicts incident myocardial infarction

scientific article published on 01 March 2010

Acute clinical and angiographic results with the new AVE Micro coronary stent in bailout management

scientific article published on July 15, 1995

Acute eosinophilic endomyocarditis: early diagnosis and localisation of the lesion by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

scientific article published on 05 January 2010

Ambulatory Inotropes as a Bridge to Heart Transplantation: A Safe Alternative to Mechanical Support?

scholarly article

An abnormal echo-bright structure seen in the ascending aorta: right coronary artery stent protrusion

scientific article published on 31 May 2012

Angiographic regression of cardiac allograft vasculopathy after introducing sirolimus immunosuppression.

scientific article published in November 2003

Aortic Valve Replacement With or Without Concurrent Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Octogenarians: Eight-Year Cohort Study

scientific article published on 6 July 2016

Aortic valve replacement in over 70- and over 80-year olds: 5-year cohort study

scientific article published on 25 October 2013

Aortic valve replacement in the elderly

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Aortocoronary artery dissection: a partial aortic root remodelling, aortic valve repair and coronary artery bypass.

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Association of a double orifice mitral valve with a bicuspid aortic valve in an explanted heart with dilated cardiomyopathy

scientific article published in January 2003

B-type natriuretic peptide forms within the heart, coronary sinus, and peripheral circulation in humans: evidence for degradation before secretion

scientific article published on 10 January 2014

B-type natriuretic peptide signal peptide circulates in human blood: evaluation as a potential biomarker of cardiac ischemia

scientific article

Bone Density in Heart or Lung Transplant Recipients-A Longitudinal Study

scientific article published on June 5, 2013

Cardiac allograft vasculopathy: the green lane hospital experience 1987-1998

scientific article published on 01 November 1999

Cardiac sarcoidosis: an elusive diagnosis

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

Cardiac transplantation and aortic coarctation repair in severe heart failure

scientific article published in December 2006

Changes in the organization of excitation-contraction coupling structures in failing human heart

scientific article

Changing donor and recipient demographics in a heart transplantation program: influence on early outcome

scientific article published on 01 June 2004

Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis Discussed by the Multidisciplinary "Heart Team" According to Treatment Allocation

scientific article published on 14 March 2019

Chronic extra-aortic balloon counterpulsation: First-in-human pilot study in end-stage heart failure

scientific article published on 01 December 2010

Clinical and Angiographic Factors Associated With Asymptomatic Restenosis After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

scientific article published on November 6, 2001

Clinical and angiographic predictors of restenosis after stent deployment in diabetic patients

scientific article published on 2 February 2004

Clinical follow-up 3 years after everolimus- and paclitaxel-eluting stents: a pooled analysis from the SPIRIT II (A Clinical Evaluation of the XIENCE V Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System in the Treatment of Patients With De Novo Native Coronar

scientific article published on December 2010

Clinical outcome 10 years after attempted percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in 856 patients

scientific article published in June 1996

Closure of a broncho-pleural fistula using an atrial septal defect occluder

scientific article

Combined heart and liver transplantation for familial amyloidosis

scientific article published on 01 January 2001

Comparing Performance of Risk Scores for Combined Aortic Valve Replacement and Coronary Bypass Grafting Surgery

scientific article

Comparison of Risk Scores for Prediction of Complications following Aortic Valve Replacement

scientific article published on 12 December 2014

Comparison of four contemporary risk models at predicting mortality after aortic valve replacement

scientific article published on 19 April 2014

Confocal Scanning Microscopy in Assessment of Cardiac Allograft Rejection--A Pilot Study

scientific article published on 01 October 2015

Continued benefit of coronary stenting versus balloon angioplasty: one-year clinical follow-up of Benestent trial. Benestent Study Group.

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Coronary angioplasty in New Zealand 1995-1998: a report from the National Coronary Angioplasty Registry

scientific article published on 01 September 2000

Coronary artery surgery in the elderly: long-term follow-up

scientific article published in October 1993

Coronary intervention with a heparin-coated stent and aspirin only

scientific article (publication date: August 2003)

Correction: Changes in the Organization of Excitation-Contraction Coupling Structures in Failing Human Heart.

scientific article published on 26 April 2011

Designing of trials: power calculations based on matching as a surrogate for randomization

scientific article published on 01 December 1994

Distal embolization during native vessel and vein graft coronary intervention with a vascular protection device: predictors of high-risk lesions

scientific article published in December 2007

Does angiography six months after coronary intervention influence management and outcome? Benestent II Investigators

scientific article published on 01 November 1999

Drug-eluting stents for coronary bifurcations: bench testing of provisional side-branch strategies

scientific article published in January 2006

Drug-eluting stents for coronary bifurcations: insights into the crush technique

scientific article published in November 2004

Effectiveness of manual pressure hemostasis following transfemoral coronary angiography in patients on therapeutic warfarin anticoagulation

scientific article published on 4 January 2006

Efficacy of everolimus eluting stent implantation in patients with calcified coronary culprit lesions: Two‐year angiographic and three‐year clinical results from the SPIRIT II study

scientific article published on November 1, 2010

Endomyocardial Biopsy at Auckland City Hospital: a 5 Year Audit – Safety and Clinical Utility

scholarly article

Eosinophilic myocarditis: characteristics, diagnostics and outcomes of a rare condition

scientific article published in September 2016

Evaluation of Previously Cannulated Radial Arteries as Patent Coronary Artery Bypass Conduits

scientific article

Evaluation of a novel sphygmomanometer, which estimates central aortic blood pressure from analysis of brachial artery suprasystolic pressure waves

scientific article published on September 1, 2012

Evolution in the management of postinfarct ventricular septal defects from surgical to percutaneous approach: a single-center experience

scientific article published on July 1, 2013

Exploring Parenthood in the New Zealand Heart Transplant Program

scientific article published on 06 June 2013

Extended follow up after isolated aortic valve replacement in the elderly

scientific article published in January 2003

Extraction of challenging intracoronary thrombi: multi-device strategies using guide catheters, distal vascular protection devices and aspiration catheters

scientific article published in September 2008

Extravasation of contrast into the myocardium and coronary vein during left ventricular cineangiography

scientific article published on 29 July 2012

Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy – Enhancing Detection Using Systematic Screening

scholarly article

Feasibility, safety, and efficacy of a novel polymeric pimecrolimus-eluting stent: traditional pre-clinical safety end points failed to predict 6-month clinical angiographic results

scientific article published in October 2009

First identification of circulating prepro-A-type natriuretic peptide (preproANP) signal peptide fragments in humans: initial assessment as cardiovascular biomarkers

scientific article published on 30 January 2012

Heart donation: the New Zealand experience, 1987-1996

scientific article published on June 12, 1998

Heart transplantation for recurrent Cutibacterium (Propionibacterium) acnes prosthetic heart valve endocarditis

scientific article published on 03 June 2020

Heart transplantation in Fontan patients across Australia and New Zealand.

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Heart transplantation in a patient with endomyocardial fibrosis due to hypereosinophilic syndrome

scientific article published on February 2007

Heart transplantation in pediatric and congenital heart disease: a single-center experience

scientific article published in April 2014

Heparin-coated Palmaz-Schatz stents in human coronary arteries. Early outcome of the Benestent-II Pilot Study

scientific article published on 01 February 1996

High-sensitivity troponin level pre-catheterization predicts adverse cardiovascular outcomes after primary angioplasty for ST-elevation myocardial infarction

scientific article published on 27 February 2014

Highly variable contractile performance correlates with myocyte content in trabeculae from failing human hearts.

scientific article published on 13 February 2018

Histology of in-stent restenosis in a transplanted heart

scientific article published in January 2004

Hybrid management of an unusual presentation of acute ischaemic ventricular septal defect

scientific article published on 07 November 2008

IMPACT Trial: angiographic and intravascular ultrasound observations of the first human experience with mycophenolic acid-eluting polymer stent system

scientific article

Images in cardiology. Myocardial Haemangioma: echocardiographic, MRI, and anatomical correlation

scientific article published on August 2000

Images in cardiovascular medicine. Percutaneous closure of a left ventricular free-wall rupture site

scientific article published in May 2006

Immediate and long-term clinical outcome of coronary angioplasty in patients aged 35 years or less

scientific article published on January 1995

Improving Detection of Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy by Systematic Screening

scholarly article

Increased collagen within the transverse tubules in human heart failure.

scientific article published in July 2017

Influence of plaque composition on mechanisms of percutaneous transluminal coronary balloon angioplasty assessed by ultrasound imaging

scientific article published on 01 March 1996

Initial clinical experience with the Coherex FlatStent™ and FlatStent™ EF PFO closure system for in‐tunnel PFO closure: Results of the Coherex‐EU study

scientific article published on November 27, 2013

Initial experience with a new femoral artery closure device following percutaneous coronary intervention with glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition

scientific article (publication date: October 2005)

Initial results of combined anterior mitral leaflet extension and myectomy in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

scientific article

Intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation in contemporary practice - where are we?

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Intracoronary stenting. From concept to custom

scientific article published on September 1996

Introduction of the multilink stent into routine angioplasty practice: Early angiographic and clinical outcome

scientific article published on 01 February 1998

Isolated aortic valve replacement in octogenarians before and after the introduction of trans-catheter aortic valve implantation

scientific article published on 25 October 2013

Long and short of optimal stent design

scientific article published on 30 October 2017

Long-Term Outcome of Patients from the Auckland Region with Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection

scholarly article published in 2018

Long-term clinical outcome after stent implantation in saphenous vein grafts

scientific article published on 01 July 1996

Loss of troponin-T labelling in endomyocardial biopsies of cardiac transplant patients is associated with increased rejection grading

scientific article published on 27 August 2020

Mapping system for coregistration of cardiac MRI and ex vivo tissue sampling

scientific article published on 19 September 2011

Mechanical Properties of Five Long Stents Compared

scientific article published on 01 April 1998

Medical Image. Lung heart bypass

scientific article published on 25 November 2005

Medical image. Transcatheter treatment of large coronary emboli

scientific article published on 12 October 2007

Meta-analysis of Randomised Trials of Percutaneous Closure or Medical Therapy for Cryptogenic Stroke

scholarly article published in 2018

Multidisciplinary management of metastatic melanoma to the inter-atrial septum

scientific article published on 21 May 2017

Myocardial calcification after orthotopic heart transplantation

scientific article published on 25 October 2013

Natural history of a systemic right ventricle

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

New devices in interventional cardiology: a European perspective

scientific article published on April 1, 1995

Next-generation endomyocardial biopsy: the potential of confocal and super-resolution microscopy

scientific article

One year clinical follow-up of the XIENCE V Everolimus-eluting stent system in the treatment of patients with de novo native coronary artery lesions: the SPIRIT II study.

scientific article published in November 2007

Optimal stent positioning in coronary arteries: partial balloon inflation to overcome cardiac cycle-related motion of the stent/delivery system

scientific article published on 01 January 2000

Optimized expansion of the Wallstent compared with the Palmaz-Schatz stent: on-line observations with two- and three-dimensional intracoronary ultrasound after angiographic guidance.

scientific article published in June 1996

Outcome following heart transplantation in Maori and Polynesian patients: a comparison with European New Zealanders

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Outcome following heart transplantation in New Zealand Maori

scientific article published on 11 December 2013

Outcomes of patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction in the era of second-generation drug eluting stents; five-year follow-up

scientific article published on 08 November 2019

Outcomes of simultaneous heart-kidney and lung-kidney transplantations: the Australian and New Zealand experience

scientific article published on 6 August 2015

Paravalvular leak after mechanical aortic valve replacement causing hemolytic anemia: closure with vascular plug

scientific article published on 7 August 2014

Patent Foramen Ovale Closure Versus Medical Therapy for Cryptogenic Stroke: Meta-Analysis of Randomised Trials

scientific article published on 12 March 2018

Patent foramen ovale closure in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea

scientific article published on August 1, 2013

Pediatric experience with the VentrAssist LVAD.

scientific article published in August 2008

Percutaneous MitraClip Versus Mitral Valve Surgery for Severe Mitral Regurgitation: Updated Meta-Analysis

scholarly article

Percutaneous closure of left ventricular free wall rupture with associated false aneurysm to prevent cardioembolic stroke

scientific article published on 11 September 2007

Percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale

scientific article

Percutaneous closure of post-myocardial infarction ventricular septal defects: a single centre experience

scientific article published on 3 December 2007

Percutaneous coronary intervention with bivalirudin anticoagulation, immediate sheath removal, and early ambulation: a feasibility study with implications for day-stay procedures

scientific article published in March 2002

Percutaneous transcatheter obliteration of aortic paravalvular leak.

scientific article published on 5 September 2008

Performance of contemporary surgical risk scores for mitral valve surgery

scientific article published on 15 February 2017

Performance of contemporary surgical risk scores for transcatheter aortic valve implantation: A meta-analysis

scientific article published on 16 January 2017

Pharmacogenetic testing for clopidogrel using the rapid INFINITI analyzer: a dose-escalation study

scientific article published in November 2009

Planned pregnancy in a heart transplant recipient

scientific article published on April 2004

Plasma B-type natriuretic peptide levels in cardiac donors

scientific article published on 4 February 2009

Polycythaemia vera presenting as ST-elevation myocardial infarction

scientific article published on 01 March 2005

Preliminary experience with the V-flex plus coronary stent: immediate and one-month clinical outcome

scientific article published on 01 August 1999

Preoperative atrial fibrillation predicts mortality and morbidity after aortic valve replacement

scientific article published on 5 May 2014

Prevention of contrast induced nephropathy during coronary angiography with a coronary sinus contrast removal system sited from the femoral vein

scientific article

Progressive pulmonary hypertension post atrial septal defect device closure-early symptomatic improvement may not predict outcome

scientific article published in December 2010

Pulmonary venous wedge pressure: a rare indication in a heart transplant candidate

scientific article published on 21 June 2013

Randomised comparison of implantation of heparin-coated stents with balloon angioplasty in selected patients with coronary artery disease (Benestent II)

scientific article published on August 29, 1998

Rapamycin in cardiovascular medicine

scientific article

Recanalization of Chronic Total Coronary Occlusions Using a Laser Guide Wire: A Pilot Study

scientific article published on September 1, 1997

Relationships between vascular calcification, calcium metabolism, bone density, and fractures

scientific article published on 16 July 2010

Removal of Contrast Media From the Coronary Sinus Attenuates Renal Injury After Coronary Angiography and Intervention

scientific article published on 01 August 2010

Response by Timothy Watson, Adele Pope, Niels van Pelt and Peter N. Ruygrok

scientific article published in December 2015

Return to work after heart transplantation: the New Zealand experience.

scientific article published on July 2013

Right ventricular morphology on catheter angiography: Variations and its implications for the diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on July 10, 2012

Routine cardiac catheterization and angioplasty in anticoagulated patients: does warfarin need to be discontinued?

scientific article published on 30 April 2013

ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Networks and Logistics: Rural and Urban

scholarly article

Safety and feasibility of patient transfer by helicopter for primary percutaneous coronary intervention

scientific article published on 21 September 2012

Sirolimus for Kaposi's sarcoma

scientific article published in June 2006

Sirolimus in de novo heart transplant recipients reduces acute rejection and prevents coronary artery disease at 2 years: a randomized clinical trial.

scientific article published on 19 July 2004

Six-month angiographic and 12-month clinical follow-up of MultiLink long (25 to 35 mm) stents for long coronary narrowings in patients with angina pectoris

scientific article published on 01 August 2002

Six-month clinical and angiographic outcome of the new, less shortening Wallstent in native coronary arteries

scientific article published on 01 June 1996

Socio-Economic Disparity is Not Linked to Outcome Following Heart Transplantation in New Zealand

scientific article published on 04 September 2019

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection in an adolescent man with systemic lupus erythematosus

scientific article published on 01 May 2007

Spontaneous dissection of native coronary arteries

scientific article published on February 2005

StarClose femoral arteriotomy closure device: an advance in arterial closure

scientific article

Stent deformation following simulated side-branch dilatation: a comparison of five stent designs

scientific article published on 01 June 1999

Stent deployment with distal vascular protection for the culprit vein graft stenosis in a patient with an acute infarct and cardiogenic shock

scientific article published in October 2002

Stent longitudinal flexibility: a comparison of 13 stent designs before and after balloon expansion

scientific article published on 01 May 2000

Stent strut thickness and restenosis

scientific article published on January 15, 2002

Survival after heart transplantation without regular immunosuppression

scientific article published on 01 March 1994

T-tubule disease: Relationship between t-tubule organization and regional contractile performance in human dilated cardiomyopathy

scientific article

The "crush" technique for coronary artery bifurcation stenting: insights from micro-computed tomographic imaging of bench deployments

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The Coherex FlatStent: an advance in patent foramen ovale closure

scientific article published in March 2010

The antiplatelet effect of higher loading and maintenance dose regimens of clopidogrel: the PRINC (Plavix Response in Coronary Intervention) trial

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The pharmacogenetics and pharmacodynamics of clopidogrel response: an analysis from the PRINC (Plavix Response in Coronary Intervention) trial

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The utility of a 'non-significant' coronary angiogram.

scientific article published on 25 August 2015

Total ambulatory management of patients undergoing coronary angiography and intervention: a pilot study

scientific article published on 20 February 2015

Transcatheter closure of a complex postmyocardial infarction ventricular septal defect after surgical patch dehiscence

scientific article published in February 2005

Transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale with radiofrequency: acute and intermediate term results in 144 patients

scientific article published on 01 February 2009

Transcatheter closure of secundum atrial septal defects with the Amplatzer septal occluder in adults and children-follow-up closure rates, degree of mitral regurgitation and evolution of arrhythmias

scientific article published on 14 April 2008

Transcatheter closure of secundum atrial septal defects: has fear of device erosion altered outcomes?

scientific article published on 12 January 2017

Transplant "twins": the experience of sharing transplanted thoracic organs from the same donor

scientific article published on June 2004

Transplantation: the final hurdle to longevity in patients with congenital heart disease

scientific article published on 12 January 2019

Transseptal fine needle aspiration of a large left atrial tumour

scientific article published on 4 August 2009

Transverse Tubule Structure is Related to Contractile Function in Human Heart Failure

scholarly article

Variant angina after successful coronary atherectomy

scientific article published on 01 December 1995

Vascular remodeling in coronary artery disease.

scientific article

VentrAssist left ventricular assist device: clinical trial results and Clinical Development Plan update

scientific article published on 6 September 2007

Very late changes in the dilated lesion following coronary balloon angioplasty: a 17 year serial quantitative angiographic study

scientific article published in May 2009

Vessel caliber and restenosis: a prospective clinical and angiographic study of NIR stent deployment in small and large coronary arteries in the same patient

scientific article published on 01 June 2003

Women fare no worse than men 10 years after attempted coronary angioplasty

scientific article published on September 1996