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A. Balk — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 34
Works: 208
Citations: 4,918

Most-cited papers

Noninvasive home telemonitoring for patients with heart failure at high risk of recurrent admission and death: the Trans-European Network-Home-Care Management System (TEN-HMS) study.
J. Cleland, A. Louis, A. Rigby, U. Janssens +1 more
2005Journal of the American College of Cardiology743 citations Open access
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Differential Effect of Calcineurin Inhibitors, Anti-CD25 Antibodies and Rapamycin on the Induction of FOXP3 in Human T Cells
C. Baan, B. J. van der Mast, M. Klepper, W. Mol +4 more
2005Transplantation231 citations Open access
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Under-utilization of evidence-based drug treatment in patients with heart failure is only partially explained by dissimilarity to patients enrolled in landmark trials: a report from the Euro Heart Survey on Heart Failure.
M. Lenzen, E. Boersma, W. S. Reimer, A. Balk +6 more
2005European Heart Journal206 citations Open access
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Management of chronic heart failure guided by individual N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide targets: results of the PRIMA (Can PRo-brain-natriuretic peptide guided therapy of chronic heart failure IMprove heart fAilure morbidity and mortality?) study.
L. Eurlings, P. V. van Pol, Wouter E. M. Kok, S. V. van Wijk +9 more
2010Journal of the American College of Cardiology204 citations Open access
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Human Heart, Spleen, and Perirenal Fat-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Have Immunomodulatory Capacities
M. Hoogduijn, M. Crop, A. Peeters, G. V. van Osch +4 more
2007Stem Cells and Development191 citations
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Hepatitis E Virus Infection among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients, the Netherlands
S. Pas, Robert A. de Man, C. Mulders, A. Balk +5 more
2012Emerging Infectious Diseases156 citations Open access
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Histopathologic findings in explanted heart tissue from patients with end-stage idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
N. de Leeuw, D. Ruiter, A. Balk, N. de Jonge +2 more
2001Transplant International126 citations Open access
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Susceptibility of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Tacrolimus, Mycophenolic Acid, and Rapamycin
M. Hoogduijn, M. Crop, S. Korevaar, A. Peeters +5 more
2008Transplantation110 citations Open access
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Does aerobic training lead to a more active lifestyle and improved quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure?
R. V. D. van den Berg-Emons, A. Balk, H. Bussmann, H. Stam
2004European Journal of Heart Failure110 citations Open access
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Four-year follow-up of treatment with intramyocardial skeletal myoblasts injection in patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy.
C. E. Veltman, O. Soliman, M. Geleijnse, W. Vletter +8 more
2008European Heart Journal70 citations Open access
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Renal failure after clinical heart transplantation is associated with the TGF-beta 1 codon 10 gene polymorphism.
C. Baan, A. Balk, Cécile T. J. Holweg, I. V. van Riemsdijk +4 more
2000The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation68 citations
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Clinical implications of chronic hepatitis E virus infection in heart transplant recipients.
L. Koning, S. Pas, Robert A. de Man, A. Balk +4 more
2013The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation63 citations Open access
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THE TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR-&bgr;1 CODON 10 GENE POLYMORPHISM AND ACCELERATED GRAFT VASCULAR DISEASE AFTER CLINICAL HEART TRANSPLANTATION
C. Holweg, C. Baan, A. Balk, H. Niesters +3 more
2001Transplantation62 citations Open access
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Peripheral blood dendritic cells in human end-stage heart failure and the early post-transplant period: evidence for systemic Th1 immune responses.
P. Athanassopoulos, L. Vaessen, A. Maat, A. Balk +2 more
2004European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery54 citations
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Guidelines for heart transplantation
N. de Jonge, J. Kirkels, C. Klöpping, J. Lahpor +12 more
2008Netherlands Heart Journal52 citations Open access
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Prediction of mortality in heart transplant recipients by stress technetium-99m tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion imaging.
A. Elhendy, R. van Domburg, P. Vantrimpont, D. Poldermans +6 more
2002American Journal of Cardiology51 citations
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Level of Activities Associated With Mobility During Everyday Life in Patients With Chronic Congestive Heart Failure as Measured With an "Activity Monitor".
H. R. van den Berg-Emons, J. Bussmann, A. Balk, D. Keijzer-Oster +1 more
2001Physical Therapy49 citations Open access
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Type D personality is associated with impaired health-related quality of life 7 years following heart transplantation.
S. Pedersen, Pieter G Holkamp, K. Caliskan, R. van Domburg +2 more
2006Journal of Psychosomatic Research48 citations Open access
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The Impact of Transforming Growth Factor-&bgr;1 Gene Polymorphism on End-Stage Renal Failure After Heart Transplantation
J. van de Wetering, C. Weimar, A. Balk, J. Roodnat +4 more
2006Transplantation42 citations Open access
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Identifying patients at risk of death or hospitalisation due to worsening heart failure using decision tree analysis: evidence from the Trans-European Network-Home-Care Management System (TEN-HMS) study.
Ju-Fen Zhang, K. Goode, A. Rigby, A. Balk +1 more
2013International Journal of Cardiology40 citations
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Level of activities associated with mobility during everyday life in patients with chronic congestive heart failure as measured with an "activity monitor".
H. R. van den Berg-Emons, J. Bussmann, A. Balk, D. Keijzer-Oster +1 more
2001Physical Therapy35 citations
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Factors associated with the level of movement-related everyday activity and quality of life in people with chronic heart failure.
R. V. D. van den Berg-Emons, J. Bussmann, A. Balk, H. Stam
2005Physical Therapy34 citations
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Frequency of asymptomatic disease among family members with noncompaction cardiomyopathy.
K. Caliskan, M. Michels, M. Geleijnse, R. van Domburg +3 more
2012American Journal of Cardiology28 citations
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Performance of the Seattle Heart Failure Model in implantable defibrillator patients treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy.
Tim Smith, W. Levy, B. Schaer, A. Balk +3 more
2012American Journal of Cardiology27 citations
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Impaired circulating dendritic cell reconstitution identifies rejecting recipients after clinical heart transplantation independent of rejection therapy.
P. Athanassopoulos, L. Vaessen, A. Balk, J. Takkenberg +3 more
2005European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery23 citations Open access
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Blood dendritic cell levels and phenotypic characteristics in relation to etiology of end-stage heart failure: implications for dilated cardiomyopathy.
P. Athanassopoulos, A. Balk, L. Vaessen, K. Caliskan +3 more
2009International Journal of Cardiology21 citations
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Abdominal aortic aneurysms after heart transplantation.
P. Vantrimpont, B. M. van Dalen, I. C. van Riemsdijk-van Overbeeke, A. Maat +1 more
2004The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation21 citations
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Prediction of appropriate defibrillator therapy in heart failure patients treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy.
O. Soliman, D. Theuns, B. M. van Dalen, W. Vletter +5 more
2010American Journal of Cardiology20 citations
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Toxoplasma gondii Serostatus Is Not Associated With Impaired Long-Term Survival after Heart Transplantation
J. V. van Hellemond, R. van Domburg, K. Caliskan, O. Birim +1 more
2013Transplantation19 citations Open access
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Differential intragraft cytokine messenger RNA profiles during rejection and repair of clinical heart transplants. A longitudinal study
Hester A. Groot-Kruseman, W. Mol, H. Niesters, A. Maat +4 more
2003Transplant International18 citations
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Functional heme oxygenase-1 promoter polymorphism in relation to heart failure and cardiac transplantation.
C. Holweg, A. Balk, A. Uitterlinden, H. Niesters +3 more
2005The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation17 citations
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Intrapatient Variability in Tacrolimus Exposure Does Not Predict The Development of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy After Heart Transplant.
N. Shuker, R. Bouamar, D. Hesselink, T. van Gelder +4 more
2017Experimental and Clinical Transplantation16 citations
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Recipient gene polymorphisms in the Th-1 cytokines IL-2 and IFN-gamma in relation to acute rejection and graft vascular disease after clinical heart transplantation.
Cécile T. J. Holweg, A. Peeters, A. Balk, A. Uitterlinden +4 more
2003Transplant Immunology16 citations
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Recurrent and founder mutations in the Netherlands: mutation p.K217del in troponin T2, causing dilated cardiomyopathy
E. Otten, R. H. L. Deprez, M. Weiss, M. van Slegtenhorst +9 more
2010Netherlands Heart Journal15 citations Open access
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Intragraft heme oxygenase-1 and coronary artery disease after heart transplantation.
C. Holweg, A. Balk, J. Snaathorst, S. van den Engel +5 more
2004Transplant Immunology15 citations Open access
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Intragraft interleukin 2 mRNA expression during acute cellular rejection and left ventricular total wall thickness after heart transplantation
H. D. de Groot-Kruseman, C. Baan, E. M. Hagman, W. Mol +5 more
2002Heart15 citations Open access
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Effect of HLA-DR matching on acute rejection after clinical heart transplantation might be influenced by an IL-2 gene polymorphism
C. Holweg, A. Peeters, A. Balk, A. Uitterlinden +4 more
2002Transplantation13 citations Open access
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Altered chemokine receptor profile on circulating leukocytes in human heart failure
P. Athanassopoulos, L. Vaessen, A. Balk, W. Weimar +2 more
2006Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics12 citations
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Weaning from inotropic support and concomitant beta‐blocker therapy in severely ill heart failure patients: take the time in order to improve prognosis
A. Constantinescu, K. Caliskan, O. Manintveld, R. van Domburg +2 more
2014European Journal of Heart Failure11 citations Open access
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Ten-year follow-up of recipients of a kidney or heart transplant who received induction therapy with a monoclonal antibody against the interleukin-2 receptor.
M. Wabbijn, A. Balk, R. van Domburg, P. Vantrimpont +4 more
2004Experimental and Clinical Transplantation11 citations
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Amiodarone therapy before heart transplantation as a predictor of thyroid dysfunction after transplantation.
R. Siccama, A. Balk, W. D. de Herder, R. van Domburg +2 more
2003The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation10 citations
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The relative importance of cyclosporine exposure in heart, kidney or liver transplant recipients on maintenance therapy
D. Hesselink, T. Dam, H. Metselaar, A. Balk +4 more
2004Transplant International9 citations
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[Heart transplantation in the 21st century in Netherlands: improved survival in the last decade].
L. Zijlstra, A. Constantinescu, O. Manintveld, O. Birim +5 more
2015Nederlandsch tijdschrift voor geneeskunde8 citations
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Cytokine profiles as marker for graft vascular disease after clinical heart transplantation.
N. V. van Besouw, C. Baan, C. Holweg, H. D. de Groot-Kruseman +3 more
2000Annals of Transplantation8 citations
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Cardiac allograft vasculopathy in Dutch heart transplant recipients
G. Galli, K. Caliskan, A. Balk, R. van Domburg +4 more
2016Netherlands Heart Journal7 citations Open access
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275 Personalized tele‐guidance of heart failure patients. Effects of the MOTIVA interactive health care platform on hospital admissions, quality of life, knowledge of disease and self‐care. A pilot study
A. Balk, C. Leenders, W. Davidse, C. Westerteicher +1 more
20077 citations
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Impact of heart transplantation on the safety and feasibility of the dobutamine stress test.
A. Elhendy, R. van Domburg, P. Vantrimpont, F. Sozzi +5 more
2001The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation7 citations
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Patient acceptance and satisfaction of home-telemonitoring in the management of heart failure: TEN-HMS study
A. Louis, A. Balk, U. Janssens, C. Westerteicher +1 more
20036 citations Open access
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Dronedarone in patients with atrial fibrillation
N. D. de Groot, Charles J. H. J. Kirchhof, I. V. van Gelder, J. Meeder +3 more
2010Netherlands Heart Journal5 citations Open access
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Development of the Rotterdam Quality of Life Questionnaire for Heart Transplant Recipients.
J. de Jeu, Susanne S. Pedersen, A. Balk, R. van Domburg +2 more
2003Netherlands Heart Journal5 citations
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