Publications

  • List of publications

    1. Nies KPH, Ramaekers B, Bierens J, Auer DP, Schindler A, Saam T, Bos D, de Jong PA, Nederkoorn PJ, de Borst GJ, van Oostenbrugge RJ, Joore MA, Kooi ME, Smits LJM. Model-based cost-effectiveness of the IMPROVE risk score for revascularization selection in symptomatic carotid disease. Res Sq. 2025. Access here Note: this is a preprint.
       

    2. Bierens J, Postma AA, Frehe K, Wagemans BAJM, Bos D, de Jong PA, Nederkoorn PJ, Mess WH, Kopczak A, Schindler A, Saam T, Saba L, Smits LJM, van Oostenbrugge RJ, Kooi ME. Comparison of MRI- and CTA-Based Plaque-RADS to Predict Stroke and TIA in Symptomatic Carotid Disease. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2025. Access here
       

    3. Bierens J, Ament SMC, Truijman MTB, de Borst GJ, Nederkoorn PJ, Bos D, Joore MA, Postma AA, Kooi ME, van Oostenbrugge RJ, Smits LJM. Plaque Magnetic Resonance Imaging Based Decision Rule for the Selection of Symptomatic Patients for Carotid Revascularisation: Clinician Perspectives on Acceptability and Implementation Barriers in the Netherlands. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2025. Access here
       

    4. Bierens J, Speetjens I, van Oostenbrugge RJ, Smits LJM, Kooi ME, Truijman MTB. Systematic Review of the Discrepancies Between Guideline Recommendations on Carotid Revascularization in Patients with Symptomatic Carotid Artery Disease. Stroke Vasc Interv Neurol. 2025. Access here
       

    5. Nies KPH, Smits LJM, van Kuijk SMJ, Hosseini AA, van Dam-Nolen DHK, Kwee RM, Kurosaki Y, Rupert I, Nederkoorn PJ, de Jong PA, Bos D, Yamagata S, Auer DP, Schindler A, Saam T, van Oostenbrugge RJ, Kooi ME. Individualized MRI-Based Stroke Prediction Score Using Plaque Vulnerability for Symptomatic Carotid Artery Disease Patients (IMPROVE). Stroke. 2025. Access here
       

    6. Saba L, Cau R, Vergallo R, Kooi ME, Staub D, Faa G, Congiu T, Ntaios G, Wasserman BA, Benson J, Nardi V, Kawakami R, Lanzino G, Virmani R, Libby P. Carotid artery atherosclerosis: mechanisms of instability and clinical implications. Eur Heart J. 2025. Access here
       

    7. Saba L, Cau R, Murgia A, Nicolaides AN, Wintermark M, Castillo M, Staub D, Kakkos SK, Yang Q, Paraskevas KI, Yuan C, Edjlali M, Sanfilippo R, Hendrikse J, Johansson E, Mossa-Basha M, Balu N, Dichgans M, Saloner D, Bos D, Jager HR, Naylor R, Faa G, Suri JS, Costello J, Auer DP, Mcnally JS, Bonati LH, Nardi V, van der Lugt A, Griffin M, Wasserman BA, Kooi ME, Gillard J, Lanzino G, Mikhailidis DP, Mandell DM, Benson JC, van Dam-Nolen DHK, Kopczak A, Song JW, Gupta A, DeMarco JK, Chaturvedi S, Virmani R, Hatsukami TS, Brown M, Moody AR, Libby P, Schindler A, Saam T. Carotid Plaque-RADS: A Novel Stroke Risk Classification System. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2024. Access here
       

    8. van Dam-Nolen DHK, Truijman MTB, van der Kolk AG, Liem MI, Schreuder FHBM, Boersma E, Daemen MJAP, Mess WH, van Oostenbrugge RJ, van der Steen AFW, Bos D, Koudstaal PJ, Nederkoorn PJ, Hendrikse J, van der Lugt A, Kooi ME. Carotid Plaque Characteristics Predict Recurrent Ischemic Stroke and TIA: The PARISK (Plaque At RISK) Study. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2022. Access here
       

    9. Nies KPH, Smits LJM, Kassem M, Nederkoorn PJ, van Oostenbrugge RJ, Kooi ME. Emerging Role of Carotid MRI for Personalized Ischemic Stroke Risk Prediction in Patients With Carotid Artery Stenosis. Front Neurol. 2021. Access here
       

    10. Schindler A, Schinner R, Altaf N, Hosseini AA, Simpson RJ, Esposito-Bauer L, Singh N, Kwee RM, Kurosaki Y, Yamagata S, Yoshida K, Miyamoto S, Maggisano R, Moody AR, Poppert H, Kooi ME, Auer DP, Bonati LH, Saam T. Prediction of Stroke Risk by Detection of Hemorrhage in Carotid Plaques: Meta-Analysis of Individual Patient Data. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020. Access here