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Cited 10 times since 2018 (1.5 per year)
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European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery,
Volume 54, Issue 3, 1 1 2018, Pages 585-592
Aortopexy for the treatment of tracheobronchomalacia in 100 children: a 10-year single-centre experience.
Rijnberg FM, Butler CR, Bieli C, Kumar S, Nouraei R, Asto J, McKavanagh E, de Coppi P, Muthialu N, Elliott MJ, Hewitt RJ
Objectives: Our study describes and analyses the results from aortopexy for the treatment of airway malacia in children. Methods: Demographic data, characteristics and preoperative, operative and outcome details, including the need for reintervention, were collected for children undergoing aortopexy between 2006 and 2016. Results: One hundred patients [median age 8.2 months, interquartile range (IQR) 3.3-26.0 months] underwent aortopexy. Sixty-four (64%) patients had tracheomalacia (TM) only, 24...
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International journal of cardiology,
Volume 274, 1 1 2018, Pages 331-336
Borderline Q-waves in individuals without overt cardiovascular disease: Relations with adiposity, subclinical atherosclerosis and vascular stiffness.
Elffers TW, Trompet S, de Mutsert R, Maan AC, Lamb HJ, Macfarlane PW, Rosendaal FR, Jukema JW
Background: Characteristics and risk factors associated with electrocardiographic borderline Q-waves are not fully elucidated, especially in individuals without overt cardiovascular disease (CVD). Also, the relation of isolated and non-isolated borderline Q-waves with subclinical atherosclerosis and vascular stiffness is unknown. Methods and results: We included 5746 Netherlands Epidemiology of Obesity study participants without overt CVD. Participants were divided in three groups: no Q-waves (9...
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European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging,
Volume 19, Issue 9, 1 1 2018, Pages 975-976
The effect of blood pressure on left atrial size and function assessed by 3-dimensional echocardiography.
Abou R, Delgado V
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Cited 16 times since 2018 (2.5 per year)
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Current biology : CB,
Volume 28, Issue 17, 30 5 2018, Pages 2800-2805.e4
Payoff- and Sex-Biased Social Learning Interact in a Wild Primate Population.
Bono AEJ, Whiten A, van Schaik C, Krützen M, Eichenberger F, Schnider A, van de Waal E
Social learning in animals is now well documented, but few studies have determined the contexts shaping when social learning is deployed. Theoretical studies predict copying of conspecifics gaining higher payoffs [1-4], a bias demonstrated in primates only in captivity [5]. In the wild, research has shown selective attention toward the philopatric sex, a group's stable core [6]. Here, we report the first rigorous experimental test of the existence of a payoff bias in wild primates and its i...
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Cited 20 times since 2018 (3.1 per year)
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European journal of pharmaceutical sciences : official journal of the European Federation for Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Volume 124, 30 5 2018, Pages 217-227
Proteomics of human liver membrane transporters: a focus on fetuses and newborn infants.
van Groen BD, van de Steeg E, Mooij MG, van Lipzig MMH, de Koning BAE, Verdijk RM, Wortelboer HM, Gaedigk R, Bi C, Leeder JS, van Schaik RHN, van Rosmalen J, Tibboel D, Vaes WH, de Wildt SN
Background: Hepatic membrane transporters are involved in the transport of many endogenous and exogenous compounds, including drugs. We aimed to study the relation of age with absolute transporter protein expression in a cohort of 62 mainly fetus and newborn samples. Methods: Protein expressions of BCRP, BSEP, GLUT1, MCT1, MDR1, MRP1, MRP2, MRP3, NTCP, OCT1, OATP1B1, OATP1B3, OATP2B1 and ATP1A1 were quantified with LC-MS/MS in isolated crude membrane fractions of snap-frozen post-mortem fetal an...
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Cited 140 times since 2018 (21.4 per year)
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BMJ (Clinical research ed.),
Volume 362, 29 5 2018, Pages k3225
Assessment of the genetic and clinical determinants of fracture risk: genome wide association and mendelian randomisation study.
Trajanoska K, Morris JA, Oei L, Zheng HF, Evans DM, Kiel DP, Ohlsson C, Richards JB, Rivadeneira F, GEFOS/GENOMOS consortium and the 23andMe research team
Objectives: To identify the genetic determinants of fracture risk and assess the role of 15 clinical risk factors on osteoporotic fracture risk. Design: Meta-analysis of genome wide association studies (GWAS) and a two-sample mendelian randomisation approach. Setting: 25 cohorts from Europe, United States, east Asia, and Australia with genome wide genotyping and fracture data. Participants: A discovery set of 37 857 fracture cases and 227 116 controls; with replication in up to 147 200 fracture...
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Cited 18 times since 2018 (2.8 per year)
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JACC. Clinical electrophysiology,
Volume 4, Issue 9, 29 5 2018, Pages 1123-1140
Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy.
Zeppenfeld K
Catheter ablation is being increasingly performed as adjunctive treatment to prevent recurrent implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapies in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy and ventricular tachycardia (VT). In the context of VT ablation, nonischemic cardiomyopathy usually refers to dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) as one morphological phenotype. Over the past decades, progress has been made to better characterize distinct subtypes and to differentiate between causes of DCM, which has...
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Cited 3 times since 2018 (0.5 per year)
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Frontiers in neuroscience,
Volume 12, 29 5 2018, Pages 593
Breaking Liebig's Law: An Advanced Multipurpose Neuromorphic Engine.
Wang R, van Schaik A
We present a massively-parallel scalable multi-purpose neuromorphic engine. All existing neuromorphic hardware systems suffer from Liebig's law (that the performance of the system is limited by the component in shortest supply) as they have fixed numbers of dedicated neurons and synapses for specific types of plasticity. For any application, it is always the availability of one of these components that limits the size of the model, leaving the others unused. To overcome this problem, our en...
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Cited 2 times since 2018 (0.3 per year)
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The Journal of cardiovascular surgery,
Volume 60, Issue 1, 29 5 2018, Pages 111-118
Excessive leaflet tissue in mitral valve repair for isolated posterior leaflet prolapse-leaflet resection or shortening neochords? A propensity score adjusted comparison.
Tomšič A, Hiemstra YL, van Brakel TJ, Versteegh MI, Ajmone Marsan N, Klautz RJ, Palmen M
Background: Chordal replacement techniques are progressively used to treat posterior mitral valve leaflet (PMVL) prolapse while leaflet resection remains commonly in use to address excessive leaflet tissue. For excessive tissue in height, shortening neochords can be used alternatively. Use of chordal replacement techniques has been suggested to result in lower diastolic transvalvular gradients, higher freedom from reoperation and improved left ventricular function. Methods: From 1/2005 to 12/201...
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Cited 2 times since 2018 (0.3 per year)
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JACC. Clinical electrophysiology,
Volume 4, Issue 10, 29 5 2018, Pages 1308-1318
Noninvasive Identification of Ventricular Tachycardia-Related Anatomical Isthmuses in Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot: What Is the Role of the 12-Lead Ventricular Tachycardia Electrocardiogram.
Brouwer C, Kapel GFL, Jongbloed MRM, Schalij MJ, de Riva Silva M, Zeppenfeld K
Objectives: This study sought to evaluate the relation between 12-lead ventricular tachycardia (VT) electrocardiography (ECG) and VT-related anatomical isthmuses (AIs) in repaired tetralogy of Fallot (rTOF). Background: Slow-conducting AIs are the dominant VT substrate in rTOF. Whether an AI is considered critical relies on pace mapping (PM) guided by the VT ECG. Methods: VT ECGs, electroanatomical mapping data and PM results were analyzed in 25 rTOF patients (group 1) (age 57 ± 13 years). Selec...
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Cited 97 times since 2018 (14.8 per year)
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Journal of the American College of Cardiology,
Volume 72, Issue 18, 27 4 2018, Pages 2152-2163
Pathology of Peripheral Artery Disease in Patients With Critical Limb Ischemia.
Narula N, Dannenberg AJ, Olin JW, Bhatt DL, Johnson KW, Nadkarni G, Min J, Torii S, Poojary P, Anand SS, Bax JJ, Yusuf S, Virmani R, Narula J
Background: Critical limb ischemia (CLI) is the most serious complication of peripheral artery disease (PAD). Objectives: The purpose of this study was to characterize pathology of PAD in below- and above-knee amputation specimens in patients presenting with CLI. Methods: Peripheral arteries from 95 patients (121 amputation specimens) were examined; 75 patients had presented with CLI, and the remaining 20 had amputations performed for other reasons. The pathological characteristics were separate...
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Cited 1407 times since 2018 (215 per year)
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Journal of the American College of Cardiology,
Volume 72, Issue 18, 25 4 2018, Pages 2231-2264
Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction (2018).
Thygesen K, Alpert JS, Jaffe AS, Chaitman BR, Bax JJ, Morrow DA, White HD, Executive Group on behalf of the Joint European Society of Cardiology (ESC)/American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA)/World Heart Federation (WHF) Task Force for the Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction
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Cited 139 times since 2018 (21.2 per year)
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Global heart,
Volume 13, Issue 4, 25 4 2018, Pages 305-338
Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction (2018).
Thygesen K, Alpert JS, Jaffe AS, Chaitman BR, Bax JJ, Morrow DA, White HD, Executive Group on behalf of the Joint European Society of Cardiology (ESC)/American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA)/World Heart Federation (WHF) Task Force for the Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction
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Cited 17 times since 2018 (2.6 per year)
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International journal of cardiology,
Volume 276, 24 4 2018, Pages 230-235
Intermodality variation of aortic dimensions: How, where and when to measure the ascending aorta.
Bons LR, Duijnhouwer AL, Boccalini S, van den Hoven AT, van der Vlugt MJ, Chelu RG, McGhie JS, Kardys I, van den Bosch AE, Siebelink HJ, Nieman K, Hirsch A, Broberg CS, Budde RPJ, Roos-Hesselink JW
Background: No established reference-standard technique is available for ascending aortic diameter measurements. The aim of this study was to determine agreement between modalities and techniques. Methods: In patients with aortic pathology transthoracic echocardiography, computed tomography angiography (CTA) and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) were performed. Aortic diameters were measured at the sinus of Valsalva (SoV), sinotubular junction (STJ) and tubular ascending aorta (TAA) during mi...
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Cited 1 times since 2018 (0.2 per year)
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The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology,
Volume 6, Issue 10, 23 4 2018, Pages 757-759
Preoperative hyperglycaemia and risk of myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery.
Ng ACT, Bax JJ
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Cited 5 times since 2018 (0.8 per year)
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European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery,
Volume 56, Issue 5, 23 4 2018, Pages 652-661
Failure to Rescue - a Closer Look at Mortality Rates Has No Added Value for Hospital Comparisons but Is Useful for Team Quality Assessment in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Surgery in The Netherlands.
Lijftogt N, Karthaus EG, Vahl A, van Zwet EW, van der Willik EM, Tollenaar RAEM, Hamming JF, Wouters MWJM, Dutch Society of Vascular Surgery, Steering Committee of the Dutch Surgical Aneurysm Audit, Dutch Institute for Clinical Auditing
Objectives: Failure to rescue (FTR) is a composite quality indicator, defined as the proportion of deceased patients following major complications. The aims of this study were to compare FTR with mortality for hospital comparisons in abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) surgery in The Netherlands and investigate hospital volume and associated factors. Methods: Patients prospectively registered between 2013 and 2015 in the Dutch Surgical Aneurysm Audit (DSAA) were analysed. FTR was analysed for AAA pa...
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World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery,
Volume 9, Issue 6, 22 4 2018, Pages 638-644
Long-Term Outcome of Direct Relief of Subaortic Stenosis in Single Ventricle Patients.
Rijnberg FM, Sojak V, Blom NA, Hazekamp MG
Background: Single ventricle patients with unrestrictive pulmonary blood flow and (potential) subaortic stenosis are challenging to manage and optimal surgical strategy is unknown. Direct relief of subaortic stenosis by enlargement of the ventricular septal defect and/or subaortic chamber has generally been replaced by a Damus-Kaye-Stansel or Norwood procedure due to concerns of iatrogenic heart block, reobstruction, or ventricular dysfunction. Studies reporting long-term outcome after the direc...
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Cited 19 times since 2018 (2.9 per year)
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Frontiers in physiology,
Volume 9, 22 4 2018, Pages 1136
Circulating Small Non-coding RNAs as Biomarkers for Recovery After Exhaustive or Repetitive Exercise.
Håkansson KEJ, Sollie O, Simons KH, Quax PHA, Jensen J, Nossent AY
Circulating microRNAs have proven to be reliable biomarkers, due to their high stability, both in vivo in the circulation, and ex vivo during sample preparation and storage. Small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) are a different type of small non-coding RNAs that can also be reliably measured in plasma, but have only been studied sporadically. In this study, we aimed to identify RNA-biomarkers that can distinguish between different exercise regimes and that entail clues about muscle repair and recovery...
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Cited 12 times since 2018 (1.8 per year)
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Sleep medicine,
Volume 52, 22 4 2018, Pages 51-57
The association between multiple sleep-related characteristics and the metabolic syndrome in the general population: the New Hoorn study.
van der Pal KC, Koopman ADM, Lakerveld J, van der Heijden AA, Elders PJ, Beulens JW, Rutters F
Background: Previous studies have investigated the association between sleep duration, insomnia, day-time napping and metabolic syndrome individually, but never conjointly. In addition, the association with sleep medication use has yet to be investigated. We aimed to examine the associations between these sleep-related characteristics and the metabolic syndrome, individually and conjointly, in a population-based cohort. Material and methods: We used cross-sectional data of 1679 participants from...
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Cited 11 times since 2018 (1.7 per year)
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The American journal of cardiology,
Volume 122, Issue 10, 21 3 2018, Pages 1732-1737
Prevalence and Prognostic Implications of Mitral and Aortic Valve Calcium in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease.
Hensen LCR, Mahdiui ME, van Rosendael AR, Smit JM, Jukema JW, Bax JJ, Delgado V
Calcium in the cardiac valves can be observed in patients with severe chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, the prevalence and prognostic implications of left-sided cardiac valve calcium in patients with stage 2 and 3 CKD (estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of 60 to 89 and 30 to 59 ml/min/1.73 m² respectively) is unknown. The present study investigates the prevalence of mitral and aortic valve calcium in patients with stage 2 and 3 CKD and evaluates its association with all-cause morta...
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