Dr. L.F. Tops

Dr. L.F. (Laurens) Tops is cardioloog met als aandachtsgebied de beeldvorming van het hart. 

De opleiding tot cardioloog volgde hij in het Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum. 

In 2010 promoveerde hij cum laude op het proefschrift "Multimodality imaging to guide cardiac interventional procedures". In dit proefschrift wordt beschreven hoe verschillende beeldvormende technieken (CT scan, echocardiografie) nieuwe interventieprocedures (zoals katheterablatie procedures en percutane hartklepimplantaties) kunnen vergemakkelijken. Een deel van het onderzoek deed hij aan Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, USA). 

Top-cited publications

267 times cited (±17/year) Source: EuropePMC

European heart journal, Volume 29, Issue 4, 15 3 2007, Pages 531-556 Cardiac computed tomography: indications, applications, limitations, and training requirements: report of a Writing Group deployed by the Working Group Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT of the European Society of Cardiology and the European Council of Nuclear Cardiology. Schroeder S, Achenbach S, Bengel F, Burgstahler C, Cademartiri F, de Feyter P, George R, Kaufmann P, Kopp AF, Knuuti J, Ropers D, Schuijf J, Tops LF, Bax JJ, Working Group Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac CT, European Society of Cardiology, European Council of Nuclear Cardiology. Abstract


241 times cited (±16/year) Source: EuropePMC

JACC. Cardiovascular imaging, Volume 1, Issue 3, 1 1 2008, Pages 321-330 Noninvasive evaluation of the aortic root with multislice computed tomography implications for transcatheter aortic valve replacement. Tops LF, Wood DA, Delgado V, Schuijf JD, Mayo JR, Pasupati S, Lamers FP, van der Wall EE, Schalij MJ, Webb JG, Bax JJ. Abstract


240 times cited (±16/year) Source: EuropePMC

Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Volume 51, Issue 20, 1 1 2008, Pages 1944-1952 Assessment of left ventricular dyssynchrony by speckle tracking strain imaging comparison between longitudinal, circumferential, and radial strain in cardiac resynchronization therapy. Delgado V, Ypenburg C, van Bommel RJ, Tops LF, Mollema SA, Marsan NA, Bleeker GB, Schalij MJ, Bax JJ. Abstract


Most recent publications

27 Feb 2023

European journal of heart failure, 27 4 2023 Inotropic therapy in patients with advanced heart failure. A clinical consensus statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology. Gustafsson F, Damman K, Nalbantgil S, Van Laake LW, Tops LF, Thum T, Adamopoulos S, Bonios M, Coats AJ, Crespo-Leiro MG, Mehra MR, Filippatos G, Hill L, Metra M, Jankowska E, de Jonge N, Kaye D, Masetti M, Parissis J, Milicic D, Seferovic P, Rosano G, Ben Gal T. Abstract


01 Feb 2023

Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation, 1 1 2023 Left ventricular assist device implantation and clinical outcomes in the Netherlands. Damman K, Caliskan K, Birim O, Kuijpers M, Otterspoor LC, Yazdanbakhsh A, Palmen M, Ramjankhan FZ, Tops LF, van Laake LW, Working Group on Mechanical Circulatory Support of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons. Abstract


23 Nov 2022

European journal of heart failure, Volume 25, Issue 2, 23 4 2022, Pages 213-222 Sequencing and titrating approach of therapy in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction following the 2021 European Society of Cardiology guidelines: an international cardiology survey. Fauvel C, Bonnet G, Mullens W, Giraldo CIS, Mežnar AZ, Barasa A, Tokmakova M, Shchendrygina A, Costa FM, Mapelli M, Zemrak F, Tops LF, Jakus N, Sultan A, Bahouth F, Hadjseyd CE, Salvat M, Anselmino M, Messroghli D, Weberndörfer V, Giverts I, Bochaton T, Courand PY, Berthelot E, Legallois D, Beauvais F, Bauer F, Lamblin N, Damy T, Girerd N, Sebbag L, Pezel T, Cohen-Solal A, Rosano G, Roubille F, Mewton N. Abstract