– Prevalence of extracranial carotid occlusive disease. Non-invasive study.
J. Fernandes e Fernandes, L. Mendes Pedro, J.P. Freire, A. Correia, M. Mendes Pedro, A. Damião, R. Pereira, J. Pintado Alves, C. Martins
Acta Médica Portuguesa 1992;5(1):5-10 PMID: 1570756
(FI: 1.141 / Q3)

– Computer-assisted carotid plaque analysis: characteristics of plaques associated with cerebrovascular symptoms and cerebral infarction.
L.M. Pedro, M.M. Pedro, I. Gonçalves, T.F. Carneiro, C. Balsinha, R. Fernandes e Fernandes and J. Fernandes e Fernandes
European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery 2000;19(2):118-123
doi.org/10.1053/ejvs.1999.0952
(FI: 7.069 / Q1)

– Ultrasonographic risk score of carotid plaques.
L.M. Pedro, J. Fernandes e Fernandes, M.M. Pedro, I. Gonçalves, N.V. Dias, R. Fernandes e Fernandes, T.F. Carneiro, C. Balsinha
European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery 2002;24(6):492-498
doi.org/10.1053/ejvs.2002.1766
(FI: 7.069 / Q1)

– Changes related to age and cerebrovascular symptoms in the extracellular matrix of human carotid plaques. 
I. Gonçalves, J. Moses, N. Dias, L. M. Pedro, J. Fernandes e Fernandes, J. Nilsson, M. Ares.
Stroke 2003;34(3): 616-622.
doi: 10.1161/01.STR.0000058157.69113.F6
(FI: 7.914 / Q1)

– Echolucency of carotid plaques correlates with plaque cellularity. 
I. Gonçalves, J. Moses, L. Mendes Pedro, N. Dias, J. Fernandes e Fernandes, J. Nilsson, M. Ares
European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery 2003; 26(1): 32-38.
doi.org/10.1053/ejvs.2002.1907
(FI: 7.069 / Q1)

– The Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis and Risk of Stroke (ACSRS) study. Aims and results of quality control.
Nicolaides A, Sabetai M, Kakkos SK, Dhanjil S, Tegos T, Stevens JM, Thomas DJ, Francis S, Griffin M, Geroulakos G, Ioannidou E, Kyriacou E; ACSRS Study Group.
Collaborators (Lisbon: J. Fernandes e Fernandes and L. Pedro)
International Angiology 2003;22(3):263-72 PMID: 14612853
(FI: 2.789 / Q2)

– Elastin and calcium rather than collagen or lipid content are associa­ted with the echogenicity of human carotid plaques.
I.Gonçalves, M.W. Lindholm, L.M. Pedro, N.V. Dias, J. Fernandes e Fernandes, G.N. Fredrikson, J. Nilsson, J. Moses, M. P. Ares
Stroke 2004;35(12):2795-2800
doi: 10.1161/01.STR.0000147038.12073.59
(FI: 7.914 / Q1)

– Severity of asymptomatic carotid stenosis and risk of ipsilateral hemispheric ischaemic events: results from the ACSRS study.
Nicolaides AN, Kakkos SK, Griffin M, Sabetai M, Dhanjil S, Tegos T, Thomas DJ, Giannoukas A, Geroulakos G, Georgiou N, Francis S, Ioannidou E, Doré CJ; Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis and Risk of Stroke (ACSRS) Study Group (Lisbon: J. Fernandes e Fernandes and L. Pedro).
European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery 2005;30(3): 275-84.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2005.04.031
(FI: 7.069 / Q1)

– Effect of image normalization on carotid plaque classification and the risk of ipsilateral hemispheric ischemic events: results from the asymptomatic carotid stenosis and risk of stroke study.
Nicolaides AN, Kakkos SK, Griffin M, Sabetai M, Dhanjil S, Thomas DJ, Geroulakos G, Georgiou N, Francis S, Ioannidou E, Doré CJ; Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis and Risk of Stroke (ACSRS) Study Group (Lisbon: J. Fernandes e Fernandes and L. Pedro).
Vascular 2005;13(4):211-21.
doi: 10.1258/rsmvasc.13.4.211.
(FI: 1.285 / Q2)

– Factors associated with mortality in patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis: results from the ACSRS Study.
Kakkos SK, Nicolaides A, Griffin M, Sabetai M, Dhanjil S, Thomas DJ, Sonecha T, Salmasi AM, Geroulakos G, Georgiou N, Francis S, Ioannidou E, Dore CJ; Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis and Risk of Stroke (ACSRS) Study Group (Lisbon: J. Fernandes e Fernandes and L. Pedro).
International Angiology 2005;24(3):221-230. PMID: 16158030
(FI: 2.789 / Q2)

– A 3-D ultrasound-based framework to characterize the echo morphology of carotid plaques.
José C. Seabra, Luís M. Pedro, J. Fernandes e Fernandes, João M. Sanches,
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 2009;56(5):1442-1453
doi: 10.1109/TBME.2009.2013964.
(FI: 4.538 / Q1)

– Silent embolic infarcts on computed tomography brain scans and risk of ipsilateral hemispheric events in patients with asymptomatic internal carotid artery stenosis.
Kakkos SK, Sabetai M, Tegos T, Stevens J, Thomas D, Griffin M, Geroulakos G, Nicolaides AN; Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis and Risk of Stroke (ACSRS) Study Group (Lisbon: J. Fernandes e Fernandes and L. Pedro).
Journal of Vascular Surgery 2009;49(4):902-909.
doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2008.10.059
(FI: 4.268 / Q1)

– Asymptomatic internal carotid artery stenosis and cerebrovascular risk stratification
Andrew N. Nicolaides, Stavros K. Kakkos, Efthyvoulos Kyriacou, Maura Griffin, Michael Sabetai, Dafydd J. Thomas, Thomas Tegos, George Geroulakos, Nicos Labropoulos, Caroline J. Doré, Tim P. Morris, Ross Naylor, Anne L. Abbott for the Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis and Risk of Stroke (ACSRS) Study Group (Lisbon: J. Fernandes e Fernandes and L. Pedro).
Journal of Vascular Surgery 2010;52(6):1486-1496.
doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2010.02.265
(FI: 4.268 / Q1)

–The size of juxtaluminal hypoechoic area in ultrasound images of asymptomatic carotid plaques predicts the occurrence of stroke.
Stavros K. Kakkos, Maura B. Griffin, Andrew N. Nicolaides, Efthyvoulos Kyriacou, Michael M. Sabetai, Thomas Tegos, Gregory C. Makris, Dafydd J. Thomas, George Geroulakos, for the Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis and Risk of Stroke (ACSRS) Study Group (Lisbon: J. Fernandes e Fernandes and L. Pedro)
Journal of Vascular Surgery 2013;57:609-18.
doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2012.09.045
(FI: 4.268 / Q1)

– Asymptomatic Carotid Disease: A New Tool for Assessing Neurological Risk.
Luís M. Pedro, João M. Sanches, José Seabra, Jasjit S. Suri, José Fernandes e Fernandes
Echocardiography 2014;31(3):353-361
doi.org/10.1111/echo.12348
(FI: 1.724 / Q3)

– Predictors and clinical significance of progression or regression of asymptomatic carotid stenosis.
Stavros K. Kakkos, Andrew N. Nicolaides, Ioanna Charalambous, Daffyd Thomas, Argyrios Giannopoulos, A. Ross Naylor, George Geroulakos, Anne Abbott for the Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis and Risk of Stroke (ACSRS) Study Group (Lisbon: J. Fernandes e Fernandes and L. Pedro)
Journal of Vascular Surgery 2014;59:956-67.
doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2013.10.073
(FI: 4.268 / Q1)

– An Ultrasonographic Risk Score for Detecting Symptomatic Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaques.
David Afonso, José Seabra, Luís M. Pedro, J. Fernandes e Fernandes e João Sanches
IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics 2015;19(4):1505-1513 doi:10.1109/JBHI.2014.2359236
(FI: 5.772 / Q1)

– Aortic dissection repair using the STABILISE technique associated to arch procedures. Report of two cases. 
Alice Lopes, Ryan Gouveia Melo, Miguel L. Gomes, Pedro Garrido, Nádia Junqueira, Gonçalo Sobrinho, Ruy Fernandes e Fernandes, João Leitão, Ângelo Nobre, Luís M. Pedro
EJVES Short Reports 2019;42:26-30
doi: 10.1016/j.ejvssr.2019.01.003
(Sem FI / Q3)

– Clinical outcomes of aortic arch hybrid repair in a real-world single-center experience.
Tony R. Soares, Ryan Melo, Pedro Amorim, Augusto Ministro, Gonçalo Sobrinho, Luís Silvestre, Ruy Fernandes e Fernandes, Carlos Martins, José Fernandes e Fernandes and Luís Mendes Pedro
Journal of Vascular Surgery 2020;72:813-21.
doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2019.11.033
(FI: 4.268 / Q1)

– Is stenting for aterosclerotic renal stenosis an effective technique?
Mariana Moutinho, Luís Mendes Pedro, Diana Silva e J. Fernandes e Fernandes
Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia 2019;38(12):859-867
doi: 10.1016/j.repc.2019.06.006
(FI: 1.374 / Q3)

– Clinical aspects and present challenges of the seat belt aorta. 
Ryan Gouveia e Melo, Pedro Amorim, Tony Ramos Soares, Ruy Fernandes e Fernandes, Augusto Ministro, Pedro Garrido, José Fernandes e Fernandes and Luís Mendes Pedro.
Journal of Vascular Surgery 2020;72:995-1004
doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2019.11.038
(FI: 4.268 / Q1)

– Synchronous and metachronous thoracic aortic aneurysms in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms: a systematic review and meta-analysis.<br\ style=”box-sizing: border-box;”>
Ryan Gouveia e Melo, Gonçalo Silva Duarte, Alice Lopes, Mariana Alves, Daniel Caldeira, Ruy Fernandes e Fernandes and Luís Mendes Pedro
Journal of the American Heart Association 2020;9:e017468 
doi: 10.1161/JAHA.120.017468
(FI: 5.501 / Q1)

– Incidence and prevalence of thoracic aortic aneurysms: a systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based studies.
Ryan Gouveia e Melo, Gonçalo Silva Duarte, Alice Lopes, Mariana Alves, Daniel Caldeira, Ruy Fernandes and Luís Mendes Pedro
Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2021
doi.org/10.1053/j.semtcvs.2021.02.029
(FI: 2.006 / Q2)

– Microbial evolution of vascular graft infections in a tertiary hospital based on on positive graft cultures.
Ryan Gouveia e Melo, Beatriz Martins, Diogo Mendes Pedro, Carla Mimoso Santos, António Duarte, Ruy Fernandes e Fernandesa, Pedro Garrido and Luís Mendes Pedro.
Journal of Vascular Surgery 2021;74(1):276-284
doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2020.12.071
(FI: 4.268 / Q1)

– A systematic review and meta-analysis of the incidence of acute aortic dissections in population-based studies.
Ryan Gouveia e Melo, Mariana Mourão, Daniel Caldeira, Mariana Alves, Alice Lopes, António Duarte, Ruy Fernandes e Fernandes and Luís Mendes Pedro
Journal of Vascular Surgery, 2022; 75 (2): 709-720
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2021.08.080
(FI: 4.268 / Q1)

– Lessons learned from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in a Vascular Surgery department and preparation for future outbreaks.
António Duarte, Ryan Gouveia e Melo, Alice Lopes, João Pedro Rato, João Valente and Luís Mendes Pedro
Annals of Vascular Surgery 2021;73: 97–106
doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.avsg.2021.01.060
(FI: 1.466 / Q2)

–  Mid-term results of orthotopic branched endovascular aortic arch repair.
Martin Czerny, Tim Berger, Stoyan Kondov, Matthias Siepe, Bertrand Saint Lebes, Olivier Meyrignac, Fatima Mokrane, Herve Rousseau, Mario Lescan, Christian Schlensak, Constatijn Hazenberg, Trijntje Bloemert-Tuin, Sue Braithwaite, Joost van Herwaarde, Alexander Hyhlik-Dürr, Luís Mendes Pedro, Toru Kuratani, Stephen Cheng, Robin Heijmen, Emma von dr Weijde, Piotr Szopiński, Bartosz Rylski
European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery 2021;60(3):662-668
doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezab160
(FI: 4.191 / Q1)

– Incidence of acute aortic dissections in patients with out of hospital cardiac arrest: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. 
Ryan Gouveia e Melo, Carolina Machado, Daniel Caldeira, Mariana Alves, Alice Lopes, Maria Serrano, Ruy Fernandes e Fernandes, Luís Mendes Pedro
IJC Heart & Vasculature 2022;38:100934
doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcha.2021.100934
(Sem FI / Q2)