Dr L.J.M. Smits

Bierens, J., Postma - Jacobi, L., Frehe, K., Wagemans, B., Bos, D., de Jong, P. A., Nederkoorn, P. J., Mess, W., Kopczak, A., Schindler, A., Saam, T., Saba, L., Smits, L., van Oostenbrugge, R. J., & Kooi, E. (2026). Comparison of MRI- and CTA-Based Plaque-RADS to Predict Stroke and TIA in Symptomatic Carotid Disease. JACC-Cardiovascular Imaging, 19(5), 656-658. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2025.10.009

Bierens, J., Jerkovic, N., Postma, A. A., Bos, D., de Jong, P. A., Nederkoorn, P. J., Mess, W. H., Saba, L., Smits, L. J. M., van Oostenbrugge, R. J., & Kooi, M. E. (2026). Carotid perivascular adipose tissue attenuation predicts stroke and TIA in symptomatic carotid artery disease patients. Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography, 20(2), 140-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcct.2025.12.009

Possenti, I., Miotti, S., Gallus, S., Bagnardi, V., Garavello, W., Specchia, C., Smits, L., Odone, A., & Lugo, A. (2026). Smoking and oral and pharyngeal cancer: a meta-analysis. Oncology Reviews, 19, Article 1672607. https://doi.org/10.3389/or.2025.1672607

Bierens, J., Ament, S. M. C., Truijman, M. T. B., de Borst, G. J., Nederkoorn, P. J., Bos, D., Joore, M. A., Postma, A. A., Kooi, M. E., van Oostenbrugge, R. J., Smits, L. J. M., & IMPROVE Investigators (2026). 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. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 71(1), 5-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2025.08.022

Scala, M., Possenti, I., Lugo, A., Odone, A., Smits, L., & Gallus, S. (2025). Prevalence and patterns of electronic cigarette and heated tobacco product use among Italian adults in 2024: A cross-sectional study. Tobacco prevention & cessation, 11, Article 57. https://doi.org/10.18332/tpc/213721

Possenti, I., Scala, M., Odone, A., Smits, L. J. M., Gallus, S., & Lugo, A. (2025). Prevalence of cigarette smoking and secondhand smoke exposure in Italy in 2024. Tumori, 111(6), 478-486. https://doi.org/10.1177/03008916251378261

Scala, M., Lugo, A., Odone, A., Smits, L. J., & Gallus, S. (2025). Adverse events associated with dual and poly use of conventional cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, and heated tobacco: A cross-sectional study of Italian adults. Tobacco prevention & cessation, 11, Article 53. https://doi.org/10.18332/tpc/210416

Bierens, J., Speetjens, I., Van Oostenbrugge, R. J., Smits, L. J. M., Kooi, M. E., & Truijman, M. T. B. (2025). Systematic Review of the Discrepancies Between Guideline Recommendations on Carotid Revascularization in Patients with Symptomatic Carotid Artery Disease. Stroke: vascular and interventional neurology, 5(6), Article e001844. https://doi.org/10.1161/SVIN.125.001844

Arshi, B., Cowley, L. E., Rijnhart, E., Reeve, K., Smits, L. J., & Wynants, L. (2025). External validation, impact assessment and clinical utilization of clinical prediction models: a prospective cohort study. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 186, 111902. Article 111902. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2025.111902