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MLDS grant Sabine Daemen

MLDS grant Sabine Daemen

15 November 2024

Dr Sabine Daemen (Dept of Internal Medicine) received a Career Development Grant (160k) from the Dutch Digestive Foundation (MLDS).

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Our new Division Leaders

Our new Division Leaders

3 October 2024

As of 1 October 2024, Casper Schalkwijk and Joost Lumens have been appointed as Division Leaders Vessels and Heart. Judith Sluimer will success Hugo ten Cate as Division Leader Blood in March 2025.

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Bram Kroon

Professor

Bram Kroon is Pprofessor of Vascular Medicine and Chair of the section of Vascular Medicine of the Department of Internal Medicine at the Maastricht UMC+, and since 2013 Principal Investigator for 'vascular complications of diabetes and hypertension' with a special focus on hypertension and arterial stiffening at CARIM. Bram (A.A.) Kroon (born Geleen, 1959) obtained an MD at the Radboud University in Nijmegen (1984). He was registered as internist in 1990 and obtained a PhD in 1996 (Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen). In 2010, he accepted the position as Chair of the section of Vascular Medicine, a subdivision of the Department of Internal Medicine. In 2016, he was appointed Professor of Vascular Medicine. Nationwide, he holds the Chair of educational board for Vascular Medicine specialists and is member of the Concilium Medicinae Internae since 2015. He is a board member of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) Working Group of Intervention Treatment of Hypertension and a member of the ESH Working Group of Hypertension and the Kidney.

Bram-kroon

Department of Internal Medicine
P. Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht 
PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht
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  • 2024
    • Mokhtar, S. B. A., Viljoen, J., van der Kallen, C. J. H., Berendschot, T. T. J. M., Dagnelie, P. C., Albers, J. D., Soeterboek, J., Scarpa, F., Colonna, A., van der Heide, F. C. T., van Greevenbroek, M. M. J., Bosm, H., Kroon, A. A., Nuijts, R. M. M. A., Gijs, M., Lakerveld, J., Malik, R. A., Webers, C. A. B., Stehouwer, C. D. A., & Koster, A. (2024). Greater exposure to PM<inf>2.5</inf> and PM<inf>10</inf> was associated with lower corneal nerve measures: the Maastricht study - a cross-sectional study. Environmental Health, 23(1), Article 70. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-024-01110-1
    • van den Kerkhof, M., de Jong, J. J. A., Voorter, P. H. M., Postma, A., Kroon, A. A., van Oostenbrugge, R. J., Jansen, J. F. A., & Backes, W. H. (2024). Blood-Brain Barrier Integrity Decreases With Higher Blood Pressure: A 7T DCE-MRI Study. Hypertension, 81(10), 2162-2172. https://doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.123.22617
    • Zhao, X., Schalkwijk, C., Kroon, A., Schram, M. T., Stehouwer, C., & Houben, A. (2024). Different Measures of Hyperglycemia Are Negatively Associated With Skin Microvascular Flowmotion: The Maastricht Study. Microcirculation, 31(7), Article e12882. https://doi.org/10.1111/micc.12882
    • Veldhuizen, G. P., Alnazer, R. M., Kroon, A. A., Spaanderman, M. E. A., & de Leeuw, P. W. (2024). Variable effect of the post-partum menstrual cycle on aldosterone and renin in women with recent preeclampsia. Journal of Human Hypertension, 38(9), 649-654. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41371-024-00926-1
    • Lear, R., Metcalf, B., Hillsdon, M., Bond, B., Koster, A., Vandercappellen, E., de Galan, B., Berendschot, T. T. J. M., Houben, A., Kooman, J., Kroon, A. A., Bosma, H., Eussen, S. J. P. M., & Pulsford, R. (2024). Associations of between- and within-day patterns of physical activity accumulation with arterial stiffness and indices of microvascular health—Evidence from The Maastricht study. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 34(5), Article e14649. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.14649
    • Elschot, E. P., Backes, W. H., van den Kerkhof, M., Postma, A. A., Kroon, A. A., & Jansen, J. F. A. (2024). Cerebral Microvascular Perfusion Assessed in Elderly Adults by Spin-Echo Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast MRI at 7 Tesla. Tomography, 10(1), 181-192. https://doi.org/10.3390/tomography10010014
    • Bloch, M. J., Kirtane, A. J., Azizi, M., Mahfoud, F., Basile, J., Daemen, J., Saxena, M., Thackeray, L., McGuire, M., Claude, L., Schmieder, R. E., Kröpil, P., Stegbauer, J., Rump, C., Uder, M., Ott, C., Lucic, J., Ewen, S., Böhm, M., ... RADIANCE-HTN Investigators (2024). 36-month durability of ultrasound renal denervation for hypertension resistant to combination therapy in RADIANCE-HTN TRIO. Hypertension Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41440-024-01854-w
    • Peeters, L. E. J., Kappers, M. H. W., Hesselink, D. A., van der Net, J. B., Hartong, S. C. C., van de Laar, R., Ezzahti, M., van de Ven, P. J. G., van der Meer, I. M., de Bruijne, E. L. E., Kroon, A. A., Indhirajanti-Tomasoa, S., van der Linde, N. A. J., Bahmany, S., Boersma, E., Massey, E. K., van Dijk, L., van Gelder, T., Koch, B. C. P., & Versmissen, J. (2024). Antihypertensive drug concentration measurement combined with personalized feedback in resistant hypertension: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Hypertension, 42(1), 169-178. https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000003585
    • van der Heide, F. C. T., Steens, I. L. M., Limmen, B., Mokhtar, S., van Boxtel, M. P. J., Schram, M. T., Köhler, S., Kroon, A. A., van der Kallen, C. J. H., Dagnelie, P. C., van Dongen, M. C. J. M., Eussen, S. J. P. M., Berendschot, T. T. J. M., Webers, C. A. B., van Greevenbroek, M. M. J., Koster, A., van Sloten, T. T., Jansen, J. F. A., Backes, W. H., & Stehouwer, C. D. A. (2024). Thinner inner retinal layers are associated with lower cognitive performance, lower brain volume, and altered white matter network structure-The Maastricht Study. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 20(1), 316-329. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.13442
    • van der Heide, F. C. T., Khawaja, A., Berendschot, T. T. J. M., Littlejohns, T. J., Kuźma, E., Luben, R., Patel, P. J., Foster, P. J., Webers, C., Kroon, B., van der Kallen, C., van Dongen, M., Eussen, S., Schalkwijk, C., Bosma, H., Koehler, S., Schram, M., Blokland, G., Linden, D., ... Stehouwer, C. D. A. (2024). Associations of inner retinal layers with risk of incident dementia: An individual participant data analysis of four prospective cohort studies. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 20(1), 211-220. Article 13167. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.13167
  • 2023
    • Mokhtar, S. B. A., van der Heide, F. C. T., Oyaert, K. A. M., van der Kallen, C. J. H., Berendschot, T. T. J. M., Scarpa, F., Colonna, A., de Galan, B. E., van Greevenbroek, M. M. J., Dagnelie, P. C., Schalkwijk, C. G., Nuijts, R. M. M. A., Schaper, N. C., Kroon, A. A., Schram, M. T., Webers, C. A. B., & Stehouwer, C. D. A. (2023). (Pre)diabetes and a higher level of glycaemic measures are continuously associated with corneal neurodegeneration assessed by corneal confocal microscopy: the Maastricht Study. Diabetologia, 66(11), 2030-2041. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-023-05986-5
    • Hooijschuur, M. C. E., Janssen, E. B. N. J., Mulder, E. G., Kroon, A. A., Meijers, J. M. J., Brugts, J. J., Van Bussel, B. C. T., Van Kuijk, S. M. J., Spaanderman, M. E. A., & Ghossein-Doha, C. (2023). Prediction model for hypertension in first decade after pre-eclampsia in initially normotensive women. Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 62(4), 531-539. https://doi.org/10.1002/uog.26284
    • Alnazer, R. M., Veldhuizen, G. P., de Leeuw, P. W., & Kroon, A. A. (2023). Reply to 'Could we be missing something when calculating the aldosterone-to-renin ratio?'. Journal of Hypertension, 41(9), 1500. https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000003474
    • van den Kerkhof, M., van der Thiel, M. M., van Oostenbrugge, R. J., Postma, A. A., Kroon, A. A., Backes, W. H., & Jansen, J. F. (2023). Impaired damping of cerebral blood flow velocity pulsatility is associated with the number of perivascular spaces as measured with 7T MRI. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 43(6), 937-946. https://doi.org/10.1177/0271678X231153374
    • Rinaldi, E., van der Heide, F. C. T., Bonora, E., Trombetta, M., Zusi, C., Kroon, A. A., Schram, M. T., van der Kallen, C. J. H., Wesselius, A., Bonadonna, R., Mari, A., Schalkwijk, C. G., van Greevenbroek, M. M. J., & Stehouwer, C. D. A. (2023). Lower heart rate variability, an index of worse autonomic function, is associated with worse beta cell response to a glycemic load in vivo-The Maastricht Study. Cardiovascular Diabetology, 22(1), Article 105. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12933-023-01837-0
    • Vandercappellen, E. J., Koster, A., Savelberg, H. H. C. M., Eussen, S. J. P. M., Dagnelie, P. C., Schram, M. T., van Greevenbroek, M. M. J., Wesselius, A., Kooman, J. P., Kroon, A. A., Henry, R. M. A., & Stehouwer, C. D. A. (2023). Accelerometer-derived physical activity and sedentary time and cardiac biomarkers: The Maastricht Study. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 10(1), Article 1081713. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1081713
    • van den Kerkhof, M., van der Thiel, M. M., Postma, A. A., van Oostenbrugge, R. J., Kroon, A. A., Jansen, J. F. A., & Backes, W. H. (2023). Hypertension Correlates With Stronger Blood Flow Pulsatility in Small Perforating Cerebral Arteries Assessed With 7 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Hypertension, 80(4), 802-810. https://doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.122.19866
    • Alnazer, R. M., Veldhuizen, G. P., de Leeuw, P. W., & Kroon, A. A. (2023). The effect of age, sex and BMI on the aldosterone-to-renin ratio in essential hypertensive individuals. Journal of Hypertension, 41(4), 618-623. https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000003377
    • DeJong, N. R., Jansen, J. F. A., van Boxtel, M. P. J., Schram, M. T., Stehouwer, C. D. A., Dagnelie, P. C., van der Kallen, C. J. H., Kroon, A. A., Wesselius, A., Koster, A., Backes, W. H., & Kohler, S. (2023). Cognitive resilience depends on white matter connectivity: The Maastricht Study. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 19(4), 1164-1174. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.12758
    • Veldhuizen, G. P., Alnazer, R. M., de Leeuw, P. W., & Kroon, A. A. (2023). The Effects of Verapamil, Hydralazine, and Doxazosin on Renin, Aldosterone, and the Ratio Thereof. Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy, 37(2), 283-289. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10557-021-07262-3
    • van der Heide, F. C. T., Eussen, S. J. P. M., Houben, A. J. H. M., Henry, R. M. A., Kroon, A. A., van der Kallen, C. J. H., Dagnelie, P. C., van Dongen, M. C. J. M., Berendschot, T. T. J. M., Schouten, J. S. A. G., Webers, C. A. B., van Greevenbroek, M. M. J., Wesselius, A., Schalkwijk, C. G., Koster, A., Jansen, J. F. A., Backes, W. H., Beulens, J. W. J., & Stehouwer, C. D. A. (2023). Alcohol consumption and microvascular dysfunction: a J-shaped association: The Maastricht Study. Cardiovascular Diabetology, 22(1), Article 67. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12933-023-01783-x
    • van Gennip, A. C. E., Schram, M., Kohler, S., Kroon, A. A., Koster, A., Eussen, S. J. P. M., de Galan, B. E., van Sloten, T. T., & Stehouwer, C. D. A. (2023). Association of type 2 diabetes according to the number of risk factors within the recommended range with incidence of major depression and clinically relevant depressive symptoms: a prospective analysis. The Lancet Healthy Longevity, 4(2), e63-e71. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2666-7568(22)00291-4
    • Zhou, T. L., Reulen, J. P. H., Van Der Staaij, H., Stehouwer, C. D. A., Van Greevenbroek, M., Henry, R. M. A., & Kroon, A. A. (2023). Cardiovagal baroreflex sensitivity, blood pressure and blood pressure variability - the Maastricht study. Journal of Hypertension, 41(2), 254-261. https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000003323
    • Nguyen, B. O., Weberndorfer, V., Crijns, H. J. G. M., Geelhoed, B., Ten Cate, H., Spronk, H., Kroon, A., De With, R., Al-Jazairi, M., Maass, A. H., Blaauw, Y., Tieleman, R. G., Hemels, M. E. W., Luermans, J., de Groot, J., Allaart, C. P., Elvan, A., De Melis, M., Scheerder, C., ... Rienstra, M. (2023). Prevalence and determinants of atrial fibrillation progression in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Heart, 109(3), 186-194. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2022-321027
    • Zhou, T. L., Schutten, M. T. J., Kroon, A. A., Henry, R. M. A., Houben, A. J. H. M., van der Kallen, C. J. H., van Greevenbroek, M. M. J., de Leeuw, P. W., & Stehouwer, C. D. A. (2023). Urinary Sodium Excretion and Salt Intake Are Not Associated With Blood Pressure Variability in a White General Population. Journal of the American Heart Association, 12(1), Article e026578. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.122.026578
    • Monereo-Sánchez, J., Jansen, J. F. A., Köhler, S., van Boxtel, M. P. J., Backes, W. H., Stehouwer, C. D. A., Kroon, A. A., Kooman, J. P., Schalkwijk, C. G., Linden, D. E. J., & Schram, M. T. (2023). The association of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes with hippocampal subfields volume: The Maastricht study. NeuroImage: Clinical, 39, Article 103455. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2023.103455
    • Zeijen, V. J. M., Kroon, A. A., van den Born, B. H., Blankestijn, P. J., Meijvis, S. C. A., Nap, A., Lipsic, E., Elvan, A., Versmissen, J., van Geuns, R. J., Voskuil, M., Tonino, P. A. L., Spiering, W., Deinum, J., & Daemen, J. (2023). The position of renal denervation in treatment of hypertension: an expert consensus statement. Netherlands Heart Journal, 31(1), 3-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12471-022-01717-4
    • van der Heide, F. C. T., Mokhtar, S., Khanna, A., Said, M., Henry, R. M. A., Kroon, A. A., Dagnelie, P. C., Eussen, S. J. P. M., Berendschot, T. T. J. M., Schouten, J. S. A. G., Schram, M. T., van der Kallen, C. J. H., van Greevenbroek, M. M. J., Wesselius, A., Savelberg, H. H. C. M., Schaper, N. C., Webers, C. A. B., & Stehouwer, C. D. A. (2023). Retinal Functional and Structural Neural Indices: Potential Biomarkers for the Monitoring of Cerebral Neurodegeneration: The Maastricht Study. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 93(4), 1471-1483. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-230104
  • 2022
    • Veldhuizen, G. P., Alnazer, R. M., Kroon, A. A., & de Leeuw, P. W. (2022). Variability of aldosterone, renin and the aldosterone-to-renin ratio in hypertensive patients without primary aldosteronism. Journal of Hypertension, 40, 2256-2262. https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000003257
    • Jin, S., Reesink, K. D., Kroon, A. A., de Galan, B., van der Kallen, C. J. H., Wesselius, A., Schalkwijk, C. G., Stehouwer, C. D. A., & van Greevenbroek, M. M. J. (2022). Complement factors D and C3 cross-sectionally associate with arterial stiffness, but not independently of metabolic risk factors: The Maastricht Study. Journal of Hypertension, 40(11), 2161-2170. https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000003237
    • van der Heide, F. C. T., Foreman, Y. D., Franken, I. W. M., Henry, R. M. A., Kroon, A. A., Dagnelie, P. C., Eussen, S. J. P. M., Berendschot, T. T. J. M., Schouten, J. S. A. G., Webers, C. A. B., Schram, M. T., van der Kallen, C. J. H., van Greevenbroek, M. M. J., Wesselius, A., Schalkwijk, C. G., Schaper, N. C., Brouwers, M. C. G. J., & Stehouwer, C. D. A. (2022). (Pre)diabetes, glycemia, and daily glucose variability are associated with retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in The Maastricht Study. Scientific Reports, 12(1), Article 17750. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22748-2
    • Dimakakos, E., Gomatou, G., Catalano, M., Olinic, D. M., Spyropoulos, A. C., Falanga, A., Maraveyas, A., Liew, A., Schulman, S., Belch, J., Gerotziafas, G., Marschang, P., Cosmi, B., Spaak, J., Syrigos, K., Antic, D., Blinc, A., Boc, V., Boccardo, F., ... CANCER-COVID-19 THROMBOSIS COLLABORATIVE GROUP (2022). Thromboembolic Disease in Patients With Cancer and COVID-19: Risk Factors, Prevention and Practical Thromboprophylaxis Recommendations–State-of-the-Art. Anticancer Research, 42(7), 3261-3274. Article 15815. https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.15815
    • Sharma, S., Katz, R., Ginsberg, C., Bullen, A., Vallon, V., Thomson, S., Moe, O. W., Hoofnagle, A. N., de Leeuw, P. W., Kroon, A. A., Houben, A. J. H. M., & Ix, J. H. (2022). Renal Clearance of Fibroblast Growth Factor-23 (FGF23) and its Fragments in Humans. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 37(6), 1170-1178. https://doi.org/10.1002/jbmr.4553
    • Wautrecht, J.-C., Olinic, D.-M., Catalano, M., Baines, C., Belch, J., Blinc, A., Buschmann, I., Celovska, D., Colgan, M.-P., Dimakakos, E., Heiss, C., Kolossvary, E., Kozak, M., Kroon, B., Mazzolai, L., Marakomichelakis, G., Pecsvarady, Z., Pias Canedo, M. A., Quere, I., ... Willfort-Ehringer, A. (2022). UEMS Training Requirements for Angiology/Vascular Medicine: European Standards of Postgraduate Medica 2 Specialist Training (2022 Updated Version). International Angiology, 41(3), 258-274. https://doi.org/10.23736/S0392-9590.22.04893-3
    • Vandercappellen, E. J., Koster, A., Savelberg, H. H. C. M., Eussen, S. J. P. M., Dagnelie, P. C., Schaper, N. C., Schram, M. T., van der Kallen, C. J. H., van Greevenbroek, M. M. J., Wesselius, A., Schalkwijk, C. G., Kroon, A. A., Henry, R. M. A., & Stehouwer, C. D. A. (2022). Sedentary behaviour and physical activity are associated with biomarkers of endothelial dysfunction and low-grade inflammation-relevance for (pre)diabetes: The Maastricht Study. Diabetologia, 65(5), 777-789. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-022-05651-3
    • Zeijen, V. J. M., Lafeber, M., Versmissen, J., Kroon, A. A., Boersma, E., & Daemen, J. (2022). Adequacy of blood pressure control in high-risk hypertensive patients: The DEGREE study. International Journal of Cardiology, 352, 137-143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2022.02.014
    • Hoogeveen, R. M., Hanssen, N. M. J., Brouwer, J. R., Mosterd, A., Tack, C. J., Kroon, A. A., De Borst, G. J., Ten Berg, J., Van Trier, T., Van Lennep, J. R., Liem, A., Serne, E., Visseren, F. L. J., Cornel, J. H., Peters, R. J. G., Jukema, J. W., Stroes, E. S. G., & PANORAMA working group (2022). The challenge of choosing in cardiovascular risk management. Netherlands Heart Journal, 30(1), 47-57. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12471-021-01599-y
  • 2021
    • Schmieder, R. E., Mahfoud, F., Mancia, G., Azizi, M., Boehm, M., Dimitriadis, K., Kario, K., Kroon, A. A., Lobo, M. D., Ott, C., Pathak, A., Persu, A., Scalise, F., Schlaich, M., Kreutz, R., Tsioufis, C., & ESH Working Group on Device-Based Treatment of Hypertension (2021). European Society of Hypertension position paper on renal denervation 2021. Journal of Hypertension, 39(9), 1733-1741. https://doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000002933
    • De Clerck, E. E. B., Schouten, J. S. A. G., Berendschot, T. T. J. M., Goezinne, F., Liesenborghs, I., Dagnelie, P. C., Schaper, N. C., Kroon, A. A., Henry, R. M. A., Reesink, K. D., Schram, M. T., Stehouwer, C. D. A., & Webers, C. A. B. (2021). Vascular risk factors for optical coherence tomography-detected macular cysts: The Maastricht Study. Acta Ophthalmologica, 99(6), e860-e868. https://doi.org/10.1111/aos.14677
    • van der Heide, F. C. T., Zhou, T. L., Henry, R. M. A., Houben, A. J. H. M., Kroon, A. A., Dagnelie, P. C., van Dongen, M. C. J. M., Eussen, S. J. P. M., Berendschot, T. T. J. M., Schouten, J. S. A. G., Webers, C. A. B., Schram, M. T., van Greevenbroek, M. M. J., Wesselius, A., Schalkwijk, C. G., Koster, A., Savelberg, H. H. C. M., Schaper, N. C., Reesink, K. D., & Stehouwer, C. D. A. (2021). Carotid stiffness is associated with retinal microvascular dysfunction- The Maastricht Study. Microcirculation, 28(6), Article e12702. https://doi.org/10.1111/micc.12702
    • Foreman, Y. D., van Doorn, W. P. T. M., Schaper, N. C., van Greevenbroek, M. M. J., van der Kallen, C. J. H., Henry, R. M. A., Koster, A., Eussen, S. J. P. M., Wesselius, A., Reesink, K. D., Schram, M. T., Dagnelie, P. C., Kroon, A. A., Brouwers, M. C. G. J., & Stehouwer, C. D. A. (2021). Greater daily glucose variability and lower time in range assessed with continuous glucose monitoring are associated with greater aortic stiffness: The Maastricht Study. Diabetologia, 64(8), 1880-1892. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-021-05474-8
    • Veugen, M. G. J., Linssen, P. B. C., Henry, R. M. A., Koster, A., Kroon, A. A., Stehouwer, C. D. A., & Brunner-La Rocca, H.-P. (2021). Measures of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function and Cardiorespiratory Fitness According to Glucose Metabolism Status: The Maastricht Study. Journal of the American Heart Association, 10(13), Article 020387. https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.120.020387
    • Linkens, A. M. A., Eussen, S. J. M. P., Houben, A. J. H. M., Kroon, A. A., Schram, M. T., Reesink, K. D., Dagnelie, P. C., Henry, R. M. A., van Greevenbroek, M., Wesselius, A., Stehouwer, C. D. A., & Schalkwijk, C. G. (2021). Habitual Intake of Dietary Advanced Glycation End Products Is Not Associated with Arterial Stiffness of the Aorta and Carotid Artery in Adults: The Maastricht Study. Journal of Nutrition, 151(7), 1886-1893. https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxab097
    • Azizi, M., Sanghvi, K., Saxena, M., Gosse, P., Reilly, J. P., Levy, T., Rump, L. C., Persu, A., Basile, J., Bloch, M. J., Daemen, J., Lobo, M. D., Mahfoud, F., Schmieder, R. E., Sharp, A. S. P., Weber, M. A., Sapoval, M., Fong, P., Pathak, A., ... de Haan, C. (2021). Ultrasound renal denervation for hypertension resistant to a triple medication pill (RADIANCE-HTN TRIO): a randomised, multicentre, single-blind, sham-controlled trial. Lancet, 397(10293), 2476-2486. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(21)00788-1
    • van den Kerkhof, M., Voorter, P. H. M., Canjels, L. P. W., de Jong, J. J. A., van Oostenbrugge, R. J., Kroon, A. A., Jansen, J. F. A., & Backes, W. H. (2021). Time-efficient measurement of subtle blood-brain barrier leakage using a T-1 mapping MRI protocol at 7 T. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 85(5), 2761-2770. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.28629
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