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Cited 10 times since 2003 (0.5 per year)
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European journal of echocardiography : the journal of the Working Group on Echocardiography of the European Society of Cardiology,
Volume 4, Issue 1, 1 1 2003, Pages 54-58
Radiofrequency catheter ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; guidance by intracardiac echocardiography and integration with other imaging techniques.
Jongbloed MR, Bax JJ, de Groot NM, Dirksen MS, Lamb HJ, de Roos A, van der Wall EE, Schalij MJ
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Cited 62 times since 2003 (2.8 per year)
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Gene therapy,
Volume 10, Issue 3, 1 1 2003, Pages 234-242
Cartilage degradation and invasion by rheumatoid synovial fibroblasts is inhibited by gene transfer of TIMP-1 and TIMP-3.
van der Laan WH, Quax PH, Seemayer CA, Huisman LG, Pieterman EJ, Grimbergen JM, Verheijen JH, Breedveld FC, Gay RE, Gay S, Huizinga TW, Pap T
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are believed to be pivotal enzymes in the invasion of articular cartilage by synovial tissue in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Here, we investigated the effects of gene transfer of tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) on the invasiveness of RA synovial fibroblasts (RASF) in vitro and in vivo. Adenoviral vectors (Ad) were used for gene transfer. The effects of AdTIMP-1 and AdTIMP-3 gene transfer on matrix invasion were investigated in vitro in a transwell s...
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Cited 10 times since 2003 (0.5 per year)
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The American journal of cardiology,
Volume 91, Issue 3, 1 1 2003, Pages 365-367
Usefulness of magnetic resonance imaging in diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia and agreement with electrocardiographic criteria.
Kayser HW, de Roos A, Schalij MJ, Bootsma M, Wellens HJ, Van der Wall EE
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Cited 6 times since 2003 (0.3 per year)
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IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering,
Volume 50, Issue 2, 1 1 2003, Pages 234-240
The trans-cardiac conductance method for on-line measurement of left ventricular volume: assessment of parallel conductance offset volume.
Staal EM, Steendijk P, Baan J
The trans-cardiac conductance (TCC) method provides on-line left ventricular (LV) volume signals by determining the electrical conductance of blood in the LV by means of central venous and epithoracic electrodes. Conductive structures outside the LV blood pool cause a "parallel conductance" offset term (Vp) that can be determined by bolus injections of hypertonic saline in the pulmonary artery (Vp(saline)), which cause a transient increase in blood conductivity. This study in anestheti...
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Cited 10 times since 2003 (0.5 per year)
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The American journal of cardiology,
Volume 91, Issue 3, 1 1 2003, Pages 264-268
Comparison of late outcome in patients with versus without angina pectoris having reversible perfusion abnormalities during dobutamine stress technetium-99m sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography.
Elhendy A, Schinkel AF, van Domburg RT, Bax JJ, Poldermans D
The aim of this study was to assess the prognostic significance of reversible perfusion abnormalities in patients without angina during dobutamine stress technetium-99m sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). The study comprised 224 patients (age 60 +/- 11 years, 144 men) with completely or partially reversible perfusion abnormalities during dobutamine stress sestamibi SPECT. Follow-up end points were hard cardiac events (cardiac death and nonfatal myocardial infarction). A...
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The international journal of cardiovascular imaging,
Volume 19, Issue 1, 1 1 2003, Pages 29-32
Dipyridamole stress echocardiography: to be included in the Guidelines or to be abandoned from the clinical arena?
van der Wall EE, Bax JJ
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Cited 35 times since 2003 (1.6 per year)
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The American journal of cardiology,
Volume 91, Issue 4, 1 1 2003, Pages 408-411
Incremental value of exercise technetium-99m tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography for the prediction of cardiac events.
Schinkel AF, Elhendy A, van Domburg RT, Bax JJ, Vourvouri EC, Bountioukos M, Rizzello V, Agricola E, Valkema R, Roelandt JR, Poldermans D
Technetium-99m (Tc-99m) tetrofosmin single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is a useful alternative to thallium-201 scintigraphy for the assessment of myocardial perfusion. This study assessed the incremental value of exercise Tc-99m tetrofosmin SPECT for the prediction of cardiac events in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease. Exercise Tc-99m tetrofosmin SPECT imaging was performed in 655 consecutive patients. Follow-up was successful in 648 patients (98.9%). Ten...
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Cited 10 times since 2003 (0.5 per year)
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Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine,
Volume 44, Issue 2, 1 1 2003, Pages 127-133
Dobutamine-induced contractile reserve in stunned, hibernating, and scarred myocardium in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy.
Schinkel AF, Bax JJ, van Domburg R, Elhendy A, Valkema R, Vourvouri EC, Sozzi FB, Roelandt JR, Poldermans D
Unlabelled: Because of damage to cardiomyocytes and the contractile apparatus, contractile reserve may be observed less frequently in hibernating than in stunned myocardium. The aim of this study was to assess the presence of contractile reserve in response to dobutamine infusion in a large group of patients with stunned and hibernating myocardium. Methods: A total of 198 consecutive patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy (left ventricular ejection fraction < or = 40%) underwent resting 2-dime...
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Cited 8 times since 2003 (0.4 per year)
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Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine,
Volume 44, Issue 2, 1 1 2003, Pages 140-145
Feasibility and image quality of dual-isotope SPECT using 18F-FDG and (99m)Tc-tetrofosmin after acipimox administration.
Kam BL, Valkema R, Poldermans D, Bax JJ, Reijs AE, Rambaldi R, Boersma E, Rietveld T, Roelandt JR, Krenning EP
Unlabelled: Currently, with the rapidly increasing number of patients with heart failure due to chronic coronary artery disease, the need for viability studies to guide treatment in these patients is increasing. The most accurate method for viability assessment is metabolic imaging with (18)F-FDG with PET or SPECT. To obtain excellent image quality in all patients, the (18)F-FDG studies should be performed during hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamping. However, this approach is time-consuming and...
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Cited 14 times since 2003 (0.6 per year)
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The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery,
Volume 125, Issue 2, 1 1 2003, Pages 231-237
Chronic and adjustable pulmonary artery banding.
Leeuwenburgh BP, Schoof PH, Steendijk P, Baan J, Mooi WJ, Helbing WA
Objective: Banding of the pulmonary artery might be required to prevent pulmonary vascular damage in patients with increased pulmonary artery flow and to retrain the left ventricle in preparation for an arterial switch operation in patients with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries. Readjustment of the pulmonary artery band might be required in the postoperative period. In this study we aimed to test the feasibility of a novel device for bidirectionally adjustable pulmonary...
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Cited 2 times since 2003 (0.1 per year)
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The international journal of cardiovascular imaging,
Volume 19, Issue 1, 1 1 2003, Pages 1-4
Discrimination between pericardial disease and myocardial disease using tissue Doppler imaging in a patient with right-sided heart failure and multiple myeloma.
van Houwelingen KG, Bax JJ, Jukema JW, van der Wall EE
We report a case of right-sided heart failure associated with multiple myeloma. Amyloidosis was proven by rectal biopsy. In this case we were able to demonstrate myocardial disease by using tissue Doppler echocardiography, even in the presence of cardiac tamponade.
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Cited 84 times since 2003 (3.8 per year)
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Human molecular genetics,
Volume 12, Issue 2, 1 1 2003, Pages 111-123
Haplotype analysis of the CETP gene: not TaqIB, but the closely linked -629C-->A polymorphism and a novel promoter variant are independently associated with CETP concentration.
Klerkx AH, Tanck MW, Kastelein JJ, Molhuizen HO, Jukema JW, Zwinderman AH, Kuivenhoven JA
The TaqIB polymorphism in intron 1 of the cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) gene is associated with plasma CETP concentration, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and coronary artery disease (CAD). These associations are generally thought to arise from linkage disequilibrium between TaqIB and (an)other functional polymorphism(s). To identify putative functional sites, we investigated phenotypic associations of TaqIB and four tightly linked polymorphisms (novel -2708G-->A and...
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Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation,
Volume 11, Issue 1, 1 1 2003, Pages 15-27
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy: new avenues for diagnosis and treatment.
van der Wall EE, Bootsma M, Wellens HJ, Bax JJ, de Roos A, Schalij MJ
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C) is a heart muscle disorder of unknown course that is characterised pathologically by fatty or fibrofatty replacement of the right ventricular myocardium and electrical instability. Clinical manifestations include structural and functional malformations of the right ventricle, electrocardiographic abnormalities, and presentation of ventricular tachycardias with left bundle branch pattern or sudden death. The disease is often famil...
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Cited 136 times since 2003 (6.1 per year)
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The American journal of cardiology,
Volume 91, Issue 1, 1 1 2003, Pages 94-97
Usefulness of myocardial tissue Doppler echocardiography to evaluate left ventricular dyssynchrony before and after biventricular pacing in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.
Bax JJ, Molhoek SG, van Erven L, Voogd PJ, Somer S, Boersma E, Steendijk P, Schalij MJ, Van der Wall EE
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Cited 172 times since 2003 (7.7 per year)
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Circulation,
Volume 107, Issue 1, 1 1 2003, Pages 62-67
Intravascular ultrasound guidance improves angiographic and clinical outcome of stent implantation for long coronary artery stenoses: final results of a randomized comparison with angiographic guidance (TULIP Study).
Oemrawsingh PV, Mintz GS, Schalij MJ, Zwinderman AH, Jukema JW, van der Wall EE, TULIP Study Thrombocyte activity evaluation and effects of Ultrasound guidance in Long Intracoronary stent Placement
Background: Long coronary lesions treated with stents have a poor outcome. This study compared the 6-month outcome of stent implantation for long lesions in patients randomized to intravascular ultrasound (IVUS; n=73) or angiographic guidance (n=71). Methods and results: Stenoses >20 mm in length and a reference diameter that permitted a stent diameter > or =3 mm were eligible. Primary end points were 6-month minimal lumen diameter (MLD) and the combined end point of death, myocardial infa...
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Cited 25 times since 2003 (1.1 per year)
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British journal of cancer,
Volume 88, Issue 2, 1 1 2003, Pages 314-319
Degree of tumour vascularity correlates with drug accumulation and tumour response upon TNF-alpha-based isolated hepatic perfusion.
van Etten B, de Vries MR, van IJken MG, Lans TE, Guetens G, Ambagtsheer G, van Tiel ST, de Boeck G, de Bruijn EA, Eggermont AM, ten Hagen TL
Isolated hepatic perfusion (IHP) with melphalan with or without tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) is currently performed in clinical trials in patients with hepatic metastases. Previous studies led to the hypothesis that the use of TNF-alpha in isolated limb perfusion causes specific destruction of tumour endothelial cells and thereby induces an increased permeability of tumour vasculature. However, whether TNF-alpha contributes to the therapeutic efficacy in IHP still remains unclear. In...
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Cited 111 times since 2003 (5 per year)
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Journal of vascular surgery,
Volume 37, Issue 1, 1 1 2003, Pages 149-155
Vein versus polytetrafluoroethylene in above-knee femoropopliteal bypass grafting: five-year results of a randomized controlled trial.
Klinkert P, Schepers A, Burger DH, van Bockel JH, Breslau PJ
Objective: Controversy still exists whether polytetrafluoroethylene is equivalent to vein as bypass graft material for the above-knee femoropopliteal bypass. Therefore, a prospective randomized trial was performed to compare vein with polytetrafluoroethylene for femoropopliteal bypasses with the distal anastomosis above the knee. Methods: Between January 1993 and December 1996, 151 above-knee femoropopliteal bypasses were performed. The indications for operation were severe claudication in 120 c...
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Cited 19 times since 2003 (0.9 per year)
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Vascular and endovascular surgery,
Volume 37, Issue 1, 1 1 2003, Pages 13-21
Validation of two risk models for perioperative mortality in patients undergoing elective abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery.
Kertai MD, Steyerberg EW, Boersma E, Bax JJ, Vergouwe Y, van Urk H, Habbema JD, Roelandt JR, Poldermans D
The authors validated 2 clinical risk models for perioperative mortality in patients scheduled for elective open abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery (AAA surgery). They studied 361 patients who underwent elective AAA surgery between 1991 and 1999 (validation population). Two clinical risk models were validated. The first was developed in 238 patients from Leiden University Hospital (Leiden risk model). The Leiden risk model was modified to provide predictions for the validation population based on...
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Cited 4 times since 2003 (0.2 per year)
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Mutation research,
Volume 534, Issue 1-2, 1 1 2003, Pages 197-199
Valproic acid and lamotrigine treatment during pregnancy. The risk of chromosomal abnormality.
Ozkinay F, Cogulu O, Gunduz C, Yilmaz D, Kultursay N
A baby born to an epileptic mother had dysmorphological features associated with 47,XXX karyotype. The mother had been treated with valproic acid (1800mg per day) and lamotrigine (100mg per day) throughout pregnancy. Dysmorphological features detected in baby were intrauterine growth retardation, hypertelorism, flattened nasal bridge, low set malformed auriculas, micrognathia, very small an bow-shaped mouth with thin upper lip, cleft palate, arachnodactyly, camptodactyly, secundum atrial septal...
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Cited 13 times since 2003 (0.6 per year)
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Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance,
Volume 5, Issue 2, 1 1 2003, Pages 365-386
Coronary magnetic resonance angiography: technical developments and clinical applications.
Dirksen MS, Lamb HJ, Doornbos J, Bax JJ, Jukema JW, de Roos A
Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) is a promising method for noninvasive coronary artery imaging. The interesting features of coronary MRA are its non-invasive nature, the absence of ionizing radiation, and the possibility of imaging the coronary arteries without exogenous contrast. Moreover, three-dimensional volume information and tomographic image planes in any direction can be obtained. The current review presents an overview of the recent technical developments of coronary MRA and the pot...
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