Rob Krams

Calcium sensitizer EMD 57033, but not the beta1-adrenoreceptor agonist dobutamine, increases mechanical efficiency in stunned myocardium.

Images in cardiovascular medicine. Focal in-stent restenosis near step-up: roles of low and oscillating shear stress?

High shear stress after successful balloon angioplasty is associated with restenosis and target lesion revascularization.

Shear stress, vascular remodeling and neointimal formation.

Augmentation of wall shear stress inhibits neointimal hyperplasia after stent implantation: inhibition through reduction of inflammation?

Inflammation and atherosclerosis: mechanisms underlying vulnerable plaque.

Extension of increased atherosclerotic wall thickness into high shear stress regions is associated with loss of compensatory remodeling.

Functional expression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase fused to green fluorescent protein in transgenic mice.

The effect of reduced blood-flow on the coronary wall temperature. Are significant lesions suitable for intravascular thermography?

Intravascular thermography: Immediate functional and morphological vascular findings.

Diastolic coronary vascular reserve: a new index to detect changes in the coronary microcirculation in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

The role of shear stress in atherosclerosis: action through gene expression and inflammation?

Letter regarding article by Korshunov and Berk, "Strain-dependent vascular remodeling: the 'Glagov phenomenon' is genetically determined".

Geometry guided data averaging enables the interpretation of shear stress related plaque development in human coronary arteries.

Shear stress affects the intracellular distribution of eNOS: direct demonstration by a novel in vivo technique.

Myocardial contractility does not determine the haemodynamic response during dialysis.

In vivo temperature heterogeneity is associated with plaque regions of increased MMP-9 activity.

Norepinephrine-induced vasoconstriction results in decreased blood volume in dialysis patients.

Three-dimensional palpography of human coronary arteries. Ex vivo validation and in-patient evaluation.

Atherosclerotic lesion size and vulnerability are determined by patterns of fluid shear stress.

Intravascular ultrasound tissue harmonic imaging in vivo.

Harmonic intravascular ultrasound imaging with a dual-frequency catheter.

Large variations in absolute wall shear stress levels within one species and between species.

Gelatinolytic activity in atherosclerotic plaques is highly localized and is associated with both macrophages and smooth muscle cells in vivo.

Shear stress-induced changes in atherosclerotic plaque composition are modulated by chemokines.

Assessment of unstable atherosclerosis in mice.

Endothelial primary cilia in areas of disturbed flow are at the base of atherosclerosis.

Effect of shear stress on vascular inflammation and plaque development.

Rapamycin modulates the eNOS vs. shear stress relationship.

Atherosclerosis: cell biology and lipoproteins - new developments in imaging of inflammation of the vulnerable plaque.

Increased endothelial mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase-1 expression suppresses proinflammatory activation at sites that are resistant to atherosclerosis.

Hemodynamic parameters regulating vascular inflammation and atherosclerosis: a brief update.

Large variations in absolute wall shear stress levels within one species and between species.

Atherosclerosis: cell biology and lipoproteins--shear stress and inflammation in plaque formation: new evidence.

Pulmonary artery size and function after Fontan operation at a young age.

Personalised imaging and biomechanical modelling of large vessels.

A primer on the immune system in the pathogenesis and treatment of atherosclerosis.

Donor pre-treatment with tacrolimus reduces transplant vasculopathy.

Activation of MMP8 and MMP13 by angiotensin II correlates to severe intra-plaque hemorrhages and collagen breakdown in atherosclerotic lesions with a vulnerable phenotype.

Activation of Nrf2 in endothelial cells protects arteries from exhibiting a proinflammatory state.

c-Jun N-terminal kinase primes endothelial cells at atheroprone sites for apoptosis.

MRI-determined carotid artery flow velocities and wall shear stress in a mouse model of vulnerable and stable atherosclerotic plaque.

Flow interactions with cells and tissues: cardiovascular flows and fluid-structure interactions. Sixth International Bio-Fluid Mechanics Symposium and Workshop, March 28-30, 2008, Pasadena, California.

Microcalcifications in atherosclerotic lesion of apolipoprotein E-deficient mouse.

Contrast enhancement by differently sized paramagnetic MRI contrast agents in mice with two phenotypes of atherosclerotic plaque.

Dexamethasone arterializes venous endothelial cells by inducing mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase-1: a novel antiinflammatory treatment for vein grafts?

Disturbed blood flow induces RelA expression via c-Jun N-terminal kinase 1: a novel mode of NF-κB regulation that promotes arterial inflammation.

Stabilisation of atherosclerotic plaques. Position paper of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Working Group on atherosclerosis and vascular biology.

Jailed side branches: fate of unapposed struts studied with 3D frequency-domain optical coherence tomography.

Final proximal post-dilatation is necessary after kissing balloon in bifurcation stenting.

Atherosclerotic Plaque Stability Is Affected by the Chemokine CXCL10 in Both Mice and Humans.

Kissing balloon or sequential dilation of the side branch and main vessel for provisional stenting of bifurcations: lessons from micro-computed tomography and computational simulations.