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Cited 9 times since 2010 (0.6 per year)
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PloS one,
Volume 5, Issue 6, 3 1 2010, Pages e10954
Rapid and sensitive lentivirus vector-based conditional gene expression assay to monitor and quantify cell fusion activity.
Gonçalves MA, Janssen JM, Holkers M, de Vries AA
Cell-to-cell fusion is involved in multiple fundamental biological processes. Prominent examples include osteoclast and giant cell formation, fertilization and skeletal myogenesis which involve macrophage, sperm-egg and myoblast fusion, respectively. Indeed, the importance of cell fusion is underscored by the wide range of homeostatic as well as pathologic processes in which it plays a key role. Therefore, rapid and sensitive systems to trace and measure cell fusion events in various experimenta...
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Cited 9 times since 2010 (0.6 per year)
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American heart journal,
Volume 159, Issue 6, 1 1 2010, Pages 1108-1115
Risk factors and outcome of new-onset cardiac arrhythmias in vascular surgery patients.
Winkel TA, Schouten O, Hoeks SE, Flu WJ, Hampton D, Kirchhof P, van Kuijk JP, Lindemans J, Verhagen HJ, Bax JJ, Poldermans D
Background: The pathophysiology of new-onset cardiac arrhythmias is complex and may bring about severe cardiovascular complications. The relevance of perioperative arrhythmias during vascular surgery has not been investigated. The aim of this study was to assess risk factors and prognosis of new-onset arrhythmias during vascular surgery. Methods: A total of 513 vascular surgery patients, without a history of arrhythmias, were included. Cardiac risk factors, inflammatory status, and left ventricu...
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Cited 179 times since 2010 (12.1 per year)
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Journal of the American College of Cardiology,
Volume 55, Issue 24, 1 1 2010, Pages 2769-2777
Cardiac sympathetic denervation assessed with 123-iodine metaiodobenzylguanidine imaging predicts ventricular arrhythmias in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator patients.
Boogers MJ, Borleffs CJ, Henneman MM, van Bommel RJ, van Ramshorst J, Boersma E, Dibbets-Schneider P, Stokkel MP, van der Wall EE, Schalij MJ, Bax JJ
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether 123-iodine metaiodobenzylguanidine (123-I MIBG) imaging predicts ventricular arrhythmias causing appropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy (primary end point) and the composite of appropriate ICD therapy or cardiac death (secondary end point). Background: Although cardiac sympathetic denervation is associated with ventricular arrhythmias, limited data are available on the predictive value of sympathetic nerve im...
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Cited 1 times since 2010 (0.1 per year)
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Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology,
Volume 17, Issue 3, 1 1 2010, Pages 354-358
Should mechanical dyssynchrony be assessed in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators?
Boogers MJ, Schalij MJ, Bax JJ
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Cited 4 times since 2010 (0.3 per year)
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The international journal of cardiovascular imaging,
Volume 26, Issue 5, 1 1 2010, Pages 537-540
Echocardiography in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy; a useful approach?
van der Wall EE, Holman ER, Scholte AJ, Bax JJ
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Cited 225 times since 2010 (15.2 per year)
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Archives of internal medicine,
Volume 170, Issue 12, 1 1 2010, Pages 1024-1031
Statins and all-cause mortality in high-risk primary prevention: a meta-analysis of 11 randomized controlled trials involving 65,229 participants.
Ray KK, Seshasai SR, Erqou S, Sever P, Jukema JW, Ford I, Sattar N
Background: Statins have been shown to reduce the risk of all-cause mortality among individuals with clinical history of coronary heart disease. However, it remains uncertain whether statins have similar mortality benefit in a high-risk primary prevention setting. Notably, all systematic reviews to date included trials that in part incorporated participants with prior cardiovascular disease (CVD) at baseline. Our objective was to reliably determine if statin therapy reduces all-cause mortality a...
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Cited 7 times since 2010 (0.5 per year)
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The Journal of cardiovascular surgery,
Volume 51, Issue 3, 1 1 2010, Pages 391-398
A comparison of the Doppler-derived maximal systolic acceleration versus the ankle-brachial pressure index or detecting and quantifying peripheral arterial occlusive disease in diabetic patients.
Van Tongeren RB, Bastiaansen AJ, Van Wissen RC, Le Cessie S, Hamming JF, Van Bockel JH
Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic accuracy of the Doppler derived maximal systolic acceleration (ACCmax) as a novel technique for evaluating peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD) in patients with diabetes mellitus, who are known for a falsely elevated ankle-brachial index (ABI). Methods: In this retrospective analysis ACCmax was measured at ankle level in a series of 163 consecutive patients referred to the vascular laboratory for initial assessment of PAOD. Patients...
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Cited 6 times since 2010 (0.4 per year)
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Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology,
Volume 12, Issue 6, 1 1 2010, Pages 766-767
Imaging modalities for measurements of left atrial volume in patients with atrial fibrillation: what do we choose?
de Groot NM, Schalij MJ
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Cited 53 times since 2010 (3.6 per year)
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Investigative radiology,
Volume 45, Issue 6, 1 1 2010, Pages 331-340
Diagnostic accuracy of 320-row multidetector computed tomography coronary angiography to noninvasively assess in-stent restenosis.
de Graaf FR, Schuijf JD, van Velzen JE, Boogers MJ, Kroft LJ, de Roos A, Reiber JH, Sieders A, Spanó F, Jukema JW, Schalij MJ, van der Wall EE, Bax JJ
Objectives: Percutaneous coronary intervention with stent implantation is routinely performed to treat patients with obstructive coronary artery disease. However, thus far, noninvasive assessment of in-stent restenosis has been challenging. Recently, 320-row multidetector computed tomography coronary angiography (CTA) was introduced, allowing volumetric image acquisition of the heart in a single heart beat or gantry rotation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of 32...
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Cited 1 times since 2010 (0.1 per year)
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Minerva cardioangiologica,
Volume 58, Issue 3, 1 1 2010, Pages 313-332
Echocardiography and non-invasive imaging in cardiac resynchronization therapy.
Delgado V, Mooyaart EA, Ct Ng A, Auger D, Bertini M, van Bommel RJ, Yiu KH, Ewe SH, Witkowski TG, Ajmone Marsan N, Schuijf JD, van der Wall EE, Schalij MJ, Bax JJ
The beneficial effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) on morbidity and mortality in advanced heart failure patients have been extensively demonstrated. However, previous single- and multicenter studies demonstrated that approximately 30-40% of CRT patients do not show significant clinical improvement or LV reverse remodeling despite fulfilling current inclusion criteria. In search of novel indices that may help to improve the selection of responders to CRT, non-invasive multimodality...
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Cited 72 times since 2010 (4.9 per year)
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Anesthesiology,
Volume 112, Issue 6, 1 1 2010, Pages 1316-1324
Prognostic implications of asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction in patients undergoing vascular surgery.
Flu WJ, van Kuijk JP, Hoeks SE, Kuiper R, Schouten O, Goei D, Elhendy A, Verhagen HJ, Thomson IR, Bax JJ, Fleisher LA, Poldermans D
Background: The prognostic value of heart failure symptoms on postoperative outcome is well acknowledged in perioperative guidelines. The prognostic value of asymptomatic left ventricular (LV) dysfunction remains unknown. This study evaluated the prognostic implications of asymptomatic LV dysfunction in vascular surgery patients assessed with routine echocardiography. Methods: Echocardiography was performed preoperatively in 1,005 consecutive vascular surgery patients. Systolic LV dysfunction wa...
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Cited 6 times since 2010 (0.4 per year)
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European journal of cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation : official journal of the European Society of Cardiology, Working Groups on Epidemiology & Prevention and Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology,
Volume 17, Issue 3, 1 1 2010, Pages 321-328
A decline in walking distance predicts long-term outcome in patients with known or suspected peripheral artery disease.
de Liefde II, van Domburg RT, Bax JJ, Klein J, Verhagen HJ, Poldermans D
Aim: To assess the predictive value of a decline in total walking distance and ankle brachial index (ABI) on all-cause mortality and cardiac death in patients with known or suspected peripheral artery disease. Methods: Two hundred and sixty-one patients, who performed single-stage treadmill walking test twice to evaluate their peripheral artery disease, were enrolled in an observational study. Patients who underwent surgery during follow-up were excluded. Delta total walking distance and delta r...
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Cited 5 times since 2010 (0.3 per year)
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Case reports in medicine,
Volume 2010, 31 5 2010, Pages 206860
Acute appendicitis together with chylous ascites: is it a coincidence?
Akbulut S, Yilmaz D, Bakir S, Cucuk E, Tas M
Acute chylous ascites is a rarely seen clinical picture, therefore, examination findings are often confused with acute appendicitis. To the best of our knowledge, there is no publication to date showing the occurrence of them together. This study presents the treatment plan for a 25-year-old male patient with both acute chylous ascites and appendicitis. Surgical findings were retrocaecal appendicitis, evident lymphangiectasia in the proximal segment of jejunum, and approximately 3 lt of chylous...
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Cited 14 times since 2010 (0.9 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 11, Issue 10, 31 5 2010, Pages 809-813
Impaired left ventricular systolic and diastolic functions in patients with early grade pulmonary sarcoidosis.
Aydin Kaderli A, Gullulu S, Coskun F, Yilmaz D, Uzaslan E
Aims: Cardiac sarcoidosis is symptomatic in only 5% of patients, and it is an independent predictor of mortality and carries a very poor prognosis. In our study, we aimed to assess left ventricle (LV) systolic and diastolic functions with tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) in patients with early grade pulmonary sarcoidosis. Methods and results: The study population included 55 patients with Grade I-II sarcoidosis (41 females, 14 males, mean age: 47.9 ± 10.1) and 22 healthy subjects. LV lateral and sep...
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Cited 8 times since 2010 (0.5 per year)
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European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging,
Volume 37, Issue 9, 26 4 2010, Pages 1736-1744
The consequences of a new software package for the quantification of gated-SPECT myocardial perfusion studies.
van der Veen BJ, Scholte AJ, Dibbets-Schneider P, Stokkel MP
Purpose: Semiquantitative analysis of myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) has reduced inter- and intraobserver variability, and enables researchers to compare parameters in the same patient over time, or between groups of patients. There are several software packages available that are designed to process MPS data and quantify parameters. In this study the performances of two systems, quantitative gated SPECT (QGS) and 4D-MSPECT, in the processing of clinical patient data and phantom data we...
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Cited 79 times since 2010 (5.3 per year)
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Chest,
Volume 138, Issue 6, 21 3 2010, Pages 1432-1440
Quality of life in long-term survivors of acute pulmonary embolism.
Klok FA, van Kralingen KW, van Dijk AP, Heyning FH, Vliegen HW, Kaptein AA, Huisman MV
Background: To our knowledge, studies evaluating the quality of life (QoL) in patients with a history of acute pulmonary embolism (PE) are not available, even though QoL is a key outcome component of medical care and a predictor of disease-specific prognosis. Methods: As part of a large follow-up study, the Short Form 36 (SF-36) was presented to consecutive patients who had survived one or more episodes of acute PE. The results of all nine subscales of the SF-36 were compared with sex- and age-a...
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Cited 38 times since 2010 (2.6 per year)
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American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology,
Volume 299, Issue 2, 21 3 2010, Pages H364-71
Integrated analysis of atrioventricular interactions in tetralogy of Fallot.
Riesenkampff E, Mengelkamp L, Mueller M, Kropf S, Abdul-Khaliq H, Sarikouch S, Beerbaum P, Hetzer R, Steendijk P, Berger F, Kuehne T
The atria play an important role in cardiac performance. We evaluated their function and the atrioventricular interaction in operated patients with tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). Twenty patients who had undergone surgical repair of TOF and seven controls were investigated. Patients had residual pulmonary but no major tricuspid valve insufficiency. Atrial and ventricular strain rates were obtained by echocardiographic speckle tracking. Cine MRI-derived volumetric analysis provided atrial and ventricu...
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Cited 60 times since 2010 (4 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 11, Issue 9, 19 3 2010, Pages 743-751
Global strain rate imaging for the estimation of diastolic function in HFNEF compared with pressure-volume loop analysis.
Kasner M, Gaub R, Sinning D, Westermann D, Steendijk P, Hoffmann W, Schultheiss HP, Tschöpe C
Aims: Strain rate imaging provides direct information on intrinsic myocardial function and may improve the diagnostic of diastolic dysfunction in heart failure with normal ejection fraction (HFNEF). We therefore correlated global strain with pressure-volume (PV) loop analysis and compared it with flow and tissue Doppler measurements. Methods and results: Longitudinal two-dimensional strain rate and flow and tissue Doppler (TDI) indices were measured simultaneously and correlated with diastolic i...
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The international journal of cardiovascular imaging,
Volume 27, Issue 7, 17 3 2010, Pages 943-945
Evaluation of pulmonary arterial hypertension: invasive or noninvasive?
van der Laarse A, Steendijk P, van der Wall EE
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Cited 31 times since 2010 (2.1 per year)
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Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging,
Volume 3, Issue 4, 17 3 2010, Pages 433-442
Reduced left ventricular torsion early after myocardial infarction is related to left ventricular remodeling.
Nucifora G, Marsan NA, Bertini M, Delgado V, Siebelink HM, van Werkhoven JM, Scholte AJ, Schalij MJ, van der Wall EE, Holman ER, Bax JJ
Background: Left ventricular (LV) torsion is emerging as a sensitive parameter of LV systolic myocardial performance. The aim of the present study was to explore the effects of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) on LV torsion and to determine the value of LV torsion early after AMI in predicting LV remodeling at 6-month follow-up. Methods and results: A total of 120 patients with a first ST-segment elevation AMI (mean+/-SD age, 59+/-10 years; 73% male) were included. All patients underwent primar...
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