Dr L.J.M. Smits

Nies, K. P. H., Ramaekers, B., Bierens, J., Auer, D. P., Schindler, A., Saam, T., Bos, D., de Jong, P. A., Nederkoorn, P. J., de Borst, G. J., van Oostenbrugge, R. J., Joore, M. A., Kooi, M. E., & Smits, L. J. M. (2026). Risk-based selection for carotid revascularisation using the IMPROVE score versus standard care in symptomatic carotid artery disease: a model-based cost-effectiveness analysis using pooled-data. BMJ Open, 16(5), Article e114391. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-114391

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

Possenti, I., Scala, M., Girvalaki, C., Mocanu, K., Radu-Loghin, C., Odone, A., Smits, L., Vardavas, C., Droulias, A., Gallus, S., & Lugo, A. (2026). Attitudes toward tobacco and nicotine control policies in Italy: insights from a 2024 national survey. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, Article ntag041. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntag041

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., Kuijpers, J., Pinckaers, F. M. E., Saba, L., Smits, L. J. M., van Oostenbrugge, R. J., Flohr, T., Kooi, M. E., & Postma, A. A. (2026). Spectral Photon-Counting Detector CT for Comprehensive Evaluation of Carotid Plaque and Stenosis. Investigative Radiology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/RLI.0000000000001291

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