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Cited 49 times since 2009 (3 per year)
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Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland,
Volume 12, Issue 3, 27 4 2009, Pages 179-186
Colonic diverticulitis: a prospective analysis of diagnostic accuracy and clinical decision-making.
Toorenvliet BR, Bakker RF, Breslau PJ, Merkus JW, Hamming JF
Objective: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of clinical evaluation and cross-sectional imaging modalities such as ultrasound and computed tomography for patients with suspected colonic diverticulitis and to determine the value of these examinations in clinical decision-making. Method: A prospective analysis was conducted of 802 consecutive patients that presented with abdominal pain at the emergency department. Initial clinical diagnoses and management proposals were compared to the final dia...
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Cited 59 times since 2009 (3.6 per year)
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Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging,
Volume 2, Issue 2, 26 4 2009, Pages 100-106
Prevalence of coronary artery disease assessed by multislice computed tomography coronary angiography in patients with paroxysmal or persistent atrial fibrillation.
Nucifora G, Schuijf JD, Tops LF, van Werkhoven JM, Kajander S, Jukema JW, Schreur JH, Heijenbrok MW, Trines SA, Gaemperli O, Turta O, Kaufmann PA, Knuuti J, Schalij MJ, Bax JJ
Background: Although atrial fibrillation (AF) has been linked to underlying coronary artery disease (CAD), data supporting this association have been based on ECG and clinical history for the definition of CAD rather than direct visualization of atherosclerosis. Methods and results: The prevalence of CAD among patients with paroxysmal or persistent AF and without history of CAD was evaluated using multislice computed tomography. Multislice computed tomography was performed in 150 patients with A...
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Cited 43 times since 2009 (2.6 per year)
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The American journal of cardiology,
Volume 103, Issue 6, 24 4 2009, Pages 779-784
Usefulness of peak troponin-T to predict infarct size and long-term outcome in patients with first acute myocardial infarction after primary percutaneous coronary intervention.
Hassan AK, Bergheanu SC, Hasan-Ali H, Liem SS, van der Laarse A, Wolterbeek R, Atsma DE, Schalij MJ, Jukema JW
In acute myocardial infarction cardiac troponin-T (cTnT) is the preferred biomarker to detect myocardial necrosis. Our aim was to investigate the prognostic value of peak plasma cTnT in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated by primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Patients were eligible if ST-elevation myocardial infarction symptoms started
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Cited 5 times since 2009 (0.3 per year)
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Journal of child neurology,
Volume 24, Issue 5, 23 4 2009, Pages 600-602
Paroxysmal tonic upgaze presenting as a clinical isolated syndrome.
Senbil N, Yilmaz D, Yüksel D, Gürer Y
We report a 3.5-year-old boy with sudden onset of episodic upward deviation of the eyes that led to diagnosis of paroxysmal tonic upgaze. Cranial magnetic resonance imaging showed right-hand side dominant bilateral hyperintense lesions in the mesencephalon and the thalamus on T2-weighted images. These lesions suggested a demyelinating pathology. Corticosteroid treatment was started. The episodes of upward eye deviation and the lesions on magnetic resonance imaging completely resolved after 3 day...
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Cited 13 times since 2009 (0.8 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 11, Issue 5, 22 4 2009, Pages 607-611
Requirement for coronary sinus lead interventions and effectiveness of endovascular replacement during long-term follow-up after implantation of a resynchronization device.
Borleffs CJ, van Bommel RJ, Molhoek SG, de Leeuw JG, Schalij MJ, van Erven L
Aims: The aim of this study was to assess the requirement for coronary sinus (CS) lead intervention after cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) and to evaluate the effectiveness of endovascular replacement. Methods and results: All patients receiving a CRT device with CS lead in the Leiden University Medical Center in the period from 1999 to 2007 were prospectively evaluated and followed. Five hundred and seventy-seven patients were successfully implanted with a CRT device. Nine (1.6%) patient...
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Cited 43 times since 2009 (2.6 per year)
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Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology,
Volume 29, Issue 5, 22 4 2009, Pages 657-664
Critical role of tissue kallikrein in vessel formation and maturation: implications for therapeutic revascularization.
Stone OA, Richer C, Emanueli C, van Weel V, Quax PH, Katare R, Kraenkel N, Campagnolo P, Barcelos LS, Siragusa M, Sala-Newby GB, Baldessari D, Mione M, Vincent MP, Benest AV, Al Haj Zen A, Gonzalez J, Bates DO, Alhenc-Gelas F, Madeddu P
Objective: Human Tissue Kallikrein (hKLK1) overexpression promotes an enduring neovascularization of ischemic tissue, yet the cellular mechanisms of hKLK1-induced arteriogenesis remain unknown. Furthermore, no previous study has compared the angiogenic potency of hKLK1, with its loss of function polymorphic variant, rs5515 (R53H), which possesses reduced kinin-forming activity. Methods and results: Here, we demonstrate that tissue kallikrein knockout mice (KLK1-/-) show impaired muscle neovascul...
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Cited 1 times since 2009 (0.1 per year)
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The international journal of cardiovascular imaging,
Volume 25, Issue 3, 22 4 2009, Pages 339-342
CT angiography; no collateral damage.
van der Wall EE, Schuijf JD, Jukema JW, Schalij MJ, Bax JJ
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Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology,
Volume 16, Issue 3, 22 4 2009, Pages 440-446
Highlights of the 2008 scientific sessions of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology : Boston, Massachusetts, 10-14 September 2008.
Russell RR, Abbott BG, Arrighi JA, Bengel FM, Case JA, Faber TL, Holly TA, Mieres JH, Miller TD, Shaw LJ, Wackers FJ, Bax JJ
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Cited 170 times since 2009 (10.3 per year)
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European heart journal,
Volume 31, Issue 10, 21 3 2009, Pages 1172-1180
Late stent malapposition risk is higher after drug-eluting stent compared with bare-metal stent implantation and associates with late stent thrombosis.
Hassan AK, Bergheanu SC, Stijnen T, van der Hoeven BL, Snoep JD, Plevier JW, Schalij MJ, Wouter Jukema J
Aims: Late stent malapposition (LSM) may be acquired (LASM) or persistent. LSM may play a role in patients who develop late stent thrombosis (ST). Our objective was to compare the risk of LASM in bare metal stents (BMS) with drug-eluting stents (DES) and to investigate the possible association of both acquired and persistent LSM with (very) late ST. Methods and results: We searched PubMed and relevant sources from January 2002 to December 2007. Inclusion criteria were: (a) intra-vascular ultraso...
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Cited 28 times since 2009 (1.7 per year)
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The Cochrane database of systematic reviews,
Issue 1, 21 3 2009, Pages CD001797
Intravenous immunoglobulin for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy.
Eftimov F, Winer JB, Vermeulen M, de Haan R, van Schaik IN
Background: Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) causes progressive or relapsing weakness and numbness of the limbs, developing over at least two months. Uncontrolled studies suggest that intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) helps. Objectives: To review systematically the evidence from randomised controlled trials concerning the efficacy and safety of IVIg in CIDP. Search strategy: We searched the Cochrane Neuromuscular Trials Register, MEDLINE, EMBASE and ISI from Janua...
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Cited 13 times since 2009 (0.8 per year)
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Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology,
Volume 16, Issue 1, 20 3 2009, Pages 10-19
The additive prognostic value of perfusion and functional data assessed by quantitative gated SPECT in women.
America YG, Bax JJ, Boersma E, Stokkel M, van der Wall EE
Background: The aim of this study was to assess the prognostic value of technetium-99m tetrofosmin gated SPECT imaging in women using quantitative gated single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging. Methods: We followed 453 consecutive female patients. Average follow-up was 1.33 years (max. 2.55). Hard endpoints were cardiac death, acute myocardial infarction, or documented ventricular fibrillation. Event-free survival curves were obtained. Optimal cutoff values for left ventricula...
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Cited 17 times since 2009 (1 per year)
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Applied and environmental microbiology,
Volume 75, Issue 6, 16 3 2009, Pages 1525-1533
Bacteroidales diversity in ring-billed gulls (Laurus delawarensis) residing at Lake Michigan beaches.
Jeter SN, McDermott CM, Bower PA, Kinzelman JL, Bootsma MJ, Goetz GW, McLellan SL
This study investigated the occurrence and diversity of Bacteroidales fecal bacteria in gulls residing in the Great Lakes region. Members of this bacterial order have been widely employed as human and bovine host-specific markers of fecal pollution; however, few studies have focused on gulls, which can be a major source of fecal indicator bacteria and pathogens at beaches. We found a low but consistent occurrence of Bacteroidales in gulls at five beaches in three different counties spanning the...
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Cited 1 times since 2009 (0.1 per year)
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The international journal of cardiovascular imaging,
Volume 25, Issue 3, 15 3 2009, Pages 315-318
CT angiography; useful in non-selected outpatients?
van der Wall EE, Schuijf JD, Schalij MJ, Jukema JW, Bax JJ
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Cited 113 times since 2009 (6.8 per year)
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European heart journal,
Volume 30, Issue 3, 15 3 2009, Pages 266-277
Epigenetic histone acetylation modifiers in vascular remodelling: new targets for therapy in cardiovascular disease.
Pons D, de Vries FR, van den Elsen PJ, Heijmans BT, Quax PH, Jukema JW
Significant progress has been made in the clinical management of a variety of cardiovascular diseases. Nevertheless, the therapeutic efficacy of the current treatment modalities for atherosclerosis and restenosis is not fully sufficient in a large proportion of patients. One of the major contributing factors is the clinical and biological heterogeneity of these still life-threatening diseases, which involve processes that we do not fully understand at the moment. Over the past decades, it has be...
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Cited 3 times since 2009 (0.2 per year)
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Nuklearmedizin. Nuclear medicine,
Volume 48, Issue 2, 14 2 2009, Pages 71-78
[Position paper nuclear cardiology: update 2008].
Schäfers M, Bengel F, Büll U, Burchert W, Kies P, Kluge R, Krause BJ, Lindner O, Nienaber C, Nowak B, Schäfer W, Schober O, Schwaiger M, Silber S, Vom Dahl J, Zimmermann R
Nuclear cardiology is well established in clinical diagnostic algorithms for many years. This is an update 2008 of the first common position paper of the German Association of Nuclear Medicine and the German Association of Cardiology, Heart and Circulation Research published in 2001 aiming at an overview of state-of-the-art scintigraphic methods.
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Cited 98 times since 2009 (5.9 per year)
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The Lancet. Neurology,
Volume 8, Issue 2, 10 2 2009, Pages 158-164
Randomised controlled trial of methotrexate for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (RMC trial): a pilot, multicentre study.
RMC Trial Group
Background: Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) responds to treatment with corticosteroids, intravenous immunoglobulin, and plasma exchange. We aimed to test whether the standard immunosuppressive drug methotrexate was of use in treatment of CIDP. Methods: In a pilot, multicentre, randomised, double-blind, controlled trial we compared oral methotrexate 7.5 mg weekly for 4 weeks, then 10 mg weekly for 4 weeks, and finally 15 mg weekly for 32 weeks (40 weeks' tota...
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Cited 1 times since 2009 (0.1 per year)
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Tissue & cell,
Volume 41, Issue 3, 7 1 2009, Pages 214-221
Ultrastructural features and elemental distribution in eggshell during pre and post hatching periods in the green turtle, Chelonia mydas at Ras Al-Hadd, Oman.
Al-Bahry SN, Mahmoud IY, Al-Amri IS, Ba-Omar TA, Melgheit KO, Al-Kindi AY
Eggshells were randomly collected from turtle nests immediately after oviposition and at the end of incubation to examine the ultrastructural features using scanning JSM-5600LV microscopy. Three layers were recognized; an outer calcareous, a middle multistrata and an inner membrane. The calcareous layer had loose nodular units varying in shape and size without interlocking attachments. In freshly laid eggs, each nodular unit had spicules arranged in folded stacks. The spicules became unfolded du...
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Cited 18 times since 2009 (1.1 per year)
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European journal of pediatrics,
Volume 168, Issue 9, 6 1 2009, Pages 1101-1106
Improved general health of international adoptees, but immunization status still insufficient.
van Schaik R, Wolfs TF, Geelen SP
We studied the demographic and clinical data from 495 adopted children seen between January 2002 and January 2007 to evaluate the medical condition and immunization status of international adoptees. The data of children from Chinese origin (53.5%) were compared to children arriving from other countries. Medical problems requiring treatment were present in 42.8% of the children. Parasitic gastrointestinal infection (22.0%) and skin abnormalities (22.4%) were diagnosed most often. Hepatitis B (1.2...
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The Annals of thoracic surgery,
Volume 87, Issue 1, 1 1 2009, Pages 155-156
Invited commentary.
Braun J
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Cited 27 times since 2009 (1.6 per year)
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Pediatric research,
Volume 65, Issue 1, 1 1 2009, Pages 27-32
Pulmonary vein, dorsal atrial wall and atrial septum abnormalities in podoplanin knockout mice with disturbed posterior heart field contribution.
Douglas YL, Mahtab EA, Jongbloed MR, Uhrin P, Zaujec J, Binder BR, Schalij MJ, Poelmann RE, Deruiter MC, Gittenberger-de Groot AC
The developing sinus venosus myocardium, derived from the posterior heart field, contributes to the atrial septum, the posterior atrial wall, the sino-atrial node, and myocardium lining the pulmonary and cardinal veins, all expressing podoplanin, a coelomic and myocardial marker. We compared development and differentiation of the myocardium and vascular wall of the pulmonary veins (PV), left atrial dorsal wall, and atrial septum in wild type with podoplanin knockout mouse embryos (E10.5-E18.5) b...
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