V.P.M. van Empel

Vajargah, K. K., Dib, M.-J., Tavolinejad, H., Zamani, P., Richards, A. M., Mann, D. L., Rietzschel, E., van Empel, V., Burgess, S., Cappola, T. P., & Chirinos, J. A. (2026). Proteome-Wide Genetic Investigation of Kidney Function in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction. JACC: Heart Failure, 14(3), Article 102771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2025.102771

Mourmans, S. G. J., Achten, A., Weerts, J., Scheepers, M., Barandiarán Aizpurua, A., Henkens, M., Uszko-Lencer, N., Brunner-La Rocca, H.-P., Knackstedt, C., & van Empel, V. P. M. (2026). The diagnostic yield of an elaborate workup for comorbidities in a real-life heart failure with preserved ejection fraction outpatient population. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 33(2), 276-285. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwaf429

Weerts, J., Aizpurua, A. B., Patel, R. B., van de Bovenkamp, A. A., Amin, H., Sanders-van Wijk, S., Mourmans, S. G. J., Achten, A., Handoko, M. L., Bayes-Genis, A., Brunner-La Rocca, H.-P., Shah, S. J., Knackstedt, C., & van Empel, V. P. M. (2025). A simplified approach for diagnosing heart failure with preserved ejection fraction by assessing the left atrium and natriuretic peptides. European journal of heart failure, 27(12), 2897-2902. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.3651

Li, X., Achten, A., Nassiri, S., Mourmans, S., van de Bovenkamp, A. A., Knackstedt, C., Handoko, M. L., Weerts, J., & van Empel, V. (2025). Sex-specific performance of clinical diagnostic algorithms for HFpEF across two independent cohorts. Netherlands Heart Journal, 33(12), 412-420. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12471-025-02000-y

Achten, A., Peeters, L., Verkoulen, G., Weerts, J., Knackstedt, C., Boerma, E.-J., van Empel, V., & Wijk, S. S. (2025). Time to screen: rationale and roadmap for HFpEF screening in individuals with obesity. Heart Failure Reviews, 30(6), 1207-1213. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10741-025-10540-z

Stroeks, S. L. V. M., Merlo, M., Mora-Ayestaran, N., Jason, M., Tayal, U., Wang, P., Cannatà, A., Sikking, M. A., Dal Ferro, M., Peiro, B., Willemars, M., Hellebrekers, D. M. E. I., van Leeuwen, R. E. W., Setti, M., Gonzalez-Lopez, E., Krapels, I. P. C., Pio Loco Detto Gava, C., van den Wijngaard, A., Henkens, M. T. H. M., ... Verdonschot, J. A. J. (2025). Sex Differences in Prognosis of Patients With Genetic Dilated Cardiomyopathy. Circulation-Heart Failure, 18(11), e012592. Article 012592. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.124.012592

Chua, A. P. A., Weerts, J., Achten, A., Nabeta, T., Sarrazyn, C., Lopez-Santi, P., Mourmans, S. G. J., Su, J. L., Bax, J. J., Knackstedt, C., van Empel, V. P. M., & Ajmone-Marsan, N. (2025). Left Atrial Strain Index in Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 38(11), 1099-1101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2025.07.008

Adamo, M., Pagnesi, M., Chioncel, O., Bayes-Genis, A., Abdelhamid, M., Antohi, E.-L., Bucciarelli-Ducci, C., Chieffo, A., Cosyns, B., Gilard, M., Grapsa, J., Gonzalez, A., Gustafsson, F., Iung, B., Joner, M., Karam, N., Lund, L. H., Maisano, F., Moura, B., ... Metra, M. (2025). Management of aortic stenosis and chronic heart failure: A clinical consensus statement of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) and the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) of the ESC. European journal of heart failure, 27(11), 2623-2633. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.70023

Gawalko, M., Habibi, Z., Verhaert, D. V. M., Engels, M., Weerts, J., Adriaans, B., Chaldoupi, S.-M., ter Bekke, R. M. A., Den Uijl, D. W., Luermans, J. G. L. M., Van Empel, V. P. M., Schotten, U., Vernooy, K., & Linz, D. (2025). Discordance between left atrial pressure and risk scores in assessment of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing catheter ablation. EP Europace, 27(10), Article euaf245. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaf245

Sikking, M., Wiethoff, I., Henkens, M., Evers, S., Stroeks, S., Venner, M., Weerts, J., Brunner-la Rocca, H.-P., Knackstedt, C., van Empel, V., Michels, M., Heymans, S., Hiligsmann, M., & Verdonschot, J. (2025). High societal costs and reduced health-related quality of life in inflammatory and systemic immune disease-associated dilated cardiomyopathies. Quality of Life Research, 34(10), 2901-2910. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-025-04027-5