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Cited 22 times since 2006 (1.2 per year)
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Acta cardiologica,
Volume 61, Issue 3, 1 1 2006, Pages 327-331
Apolipoprotein-E polymorphism and response to pravastatin in men with coronary artery disease (REGRESS).
Maitland-van der Zee AH, Jukema JW, Zwinderman AH, Hallman DM, De Boer A, Kastelein JJ, De Knijff P
Objective: [corrected] The influence ofApoE polymorphism on the efficacy of statins in lowering plasma lipids and lipoproteins and improving angiographic parameters was assessed. Methods: ApoE genotypes were studied in a group (n = 815) of well-characterised male coronary artery disease (CAD) patients who participated in the lipid-lowering regression study 'Regression Growth Evaluation Statin Study (REGRESS)'. Results: There was a significant interaction between treatment (placebo/prav...
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Cited 20 times since 2006 (1.1 per year)
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Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology,
Volume 17, Issue 6, 1 1 2006, Pages 586-593
Serial reevaluation for ARVD/C is indicated in patients presenting with left bundle branch block ventricular tachycardia and minor ECG abnormalities.
Kiès P, Bootsma M, Bax JJ, Zeppenfeld K, van Erven L, Wijffels MC, van der Wall EE, Schalij MJ
Introduction: Diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C) is based on a set of criteria proposed by the International Task Force (TF) for Cardiomyopathies in 1994. To fulfill these criteria, presence of both electrocardiographic and anatomical abnormalities must be assessed with ECG and imaging techniques, respectively. This may be difficult in patients with early/mild forms of the disease as detectable structural abnormalities may still be absent. We evaluate...
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Cited 14 times since 2006 (0.7 per year)
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Current drug discovery technologies,
Volume 3, Issue 2, 1 1 2006, Pages 135-144
Selective targeting of liposomes to macrophages using a ligand with high affinity for the macrophage scavenger receptor class A.
Rensen PC, Gras JC, Lindfors EK, van Dijk KW, Jukema JW, van Berkel TJ, Biessen EA
Macrophages play an important role in inflammatory processes and are crucially involved in the onset and progression of atherosclerosis and tumorigenesis. Therefore, macrophages are regarded as an excellent target for therapeutic intervention. Since the scavenger receptor class A (SRA) is highly expressed on macrophages, we developed in the present study an SRA-specific particulate drug carrier by providing phosphatidylcholine liposomes with a targeting ligand for SRA. To enable firm association...
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Cited 34 times since 2006 (1.8 per year)
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Heart (British Cardiac Society),
Volume 92, Issue 12, 1 1 2006, Pages 1779-1783
Comprehensive cardiac assessment with multislice computed tomography: evaluation of left ventricular function and perfusion in addition to coronary anatomy in patients with previous myocardial infarction.
Henneman MM, Schuijf JD, Jukema JW, Lamb HJ, de Roos A, Dibbets P, Stokkel MP, van der Wall EE, Bax JJ
Objective: To evaluate a comprehensive multislice computed tomography (MSCT) protocol in patients with previous infarction, including assessment of coronary artery stenoses, left ventricular (LV) function and perfusion. Patients and methods: 16-slice MSCT was performed in 21 patients with previous infarction; from the MSCT data, coronary artery stenoses, (regional and global) LV function and perfusion were assessed. Invasive coronary angiography and gated single-photon emission computed tomograp...
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Cited 23 times since 2006 (1.2 per year)
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American heart journal,
Volume 151, Issue 6, 1 1 2006, Pages 1323.e7-12
The impact of hypertension on systolic and diastolic left ventricular function. A tissue Doppler echocardiographic study.
Bountioukos M, Schinkel AF, Bax JJ, Lampropoulos S, Poldermans D
Background: The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of hypertension on systolic function and diastolic function using 2-dimensional echocardiography, conventional Doppler imaging of the transmitral inflow, and tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) of the mitral annulus. Methods: From an outpatient clinic population, 414 consecutive patients underwent 2-dimensional echocardiography, conventional Doppler imaging of the transmitral inflow, and TDI of the septal, lateral, inferior, and posterior wa...
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Nature clinical practice. Cardiovascular medicine,
Volume 3, Issue 6, 1 1 2006, Pages 304-305
Can dobutamine stress echocardiography predict patient outcome after acute myocardial infarction?
Bax JJ, Poldermans D
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Cited 28 times since 2006 (1.5 per year)
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AJR. American journal of roentgenology,
Volume 186, Issue 6 Suppl 2, 1 1 2006, Pages S366-70
MDCT assessment of right ventricular systolic function.
Doğan H, Kroft LJ, Bax JJ, Schuijf JD, van der Geest RJ, Doornbos J, de Roos A
Objective: The objective of our study was to validate using MDCT for the assessment of right ventricular (RV) function. MDCT with retrospective ECG gating was performed in 15 patients being evaluated for suspected cardiovascular disease. Echocardiography was performed for comparison. The MDCT images were reconstructed at 20 phase points over the cardiac cycle. The end-diastolic and end-systolic volumes of both ventricles were measured. Stroke volumes and ejection fractions were calculated from t...
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Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation,
Volume 14, Issue 6, 1 1 2006, Pages 232-238
From the waste paper basket: total AV block?
Wijnmaalen AP, van den Berg TM, Delemarre BJ
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Cited 171 times since 2006 (9.1 per year)
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Human gene therapy,
Volume 17, Issue 6, 1 1 2006, Pages 683-691
Treatment with intramuscular vascular endothelial growth factor gene compared with placebo for patients with diabetes mellitus and critical limb ischemia: a double-blind randomized trial.
Kusumanto YH, van Weel V, Mulder NH, Smit AJ, van den Dungen JJ, Hooymans JM, Sluiter WJ, Tio RA, Quax PH, Gans RO, Dullaart RP, Hospers GA
Despite advances in revascularization techniques, limb salvage and relief of pain cannot be achieved in many diabetic patients with diffuse peripheral vascular disease. Our objective was to determine the effect of intramuscular administration of phVEGF165 (vascular endothelial growth factor gene-carrying plasmid) on critical limb ischemia (CLI) compared with placebo (0.9% NaCl). A double-blind, placebo-controlled study was performed in 54 adult diabetic patients with CLI. The primary end point w...
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Cited 48 times since 2006 (2.6 per year)
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The American journal of pathology,
Volume 168, Issue 6, 1 1 2006, Pages 2027-2035
TR3 nuclear orphan receptor prevents cyclic stretch-induced proliferation of venous smooth muscle cells.
de Waard V, Arkenbout EK, Vos M, Mocking AI, Niessen HW, Stooker W, de Mol BA, Quax PH, Bakker EN, VanBavel E, Pannekoek H, de Vries CJ
In coronary artery bypass surgery, the patency of arterial grafts is higher than that of venous grafts because of vein-graft disease, which involves excessive proliferation of venous smooth muscle cells (SMCs) and subsequent accelerated atherosclerosis. We studied the function of TR3 nuclear orphan receptor (TR3) in the early response of SMCs to mechanical strain, a major initiator of vein-graft disease. We demonstrate that TR3 expression is induced in human saphenous vein segments exposed ex vi...
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Cited 97 times since 2006 (5.2 per year)
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American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology,
Volume 291, Issue 5, 26 4 2006, Pages H2424-30
Characterization of right ventricular function after monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension in the intact rat.
Hessel MH, Steendijk P, den Adel B, Schutte CI, van der Laarse A
We characterized hemodynamics and systolic and diastolic right ventricular (RV) function in relation to structural changes in the rat model of monocrotaline (MCT)-induced pulmonary hypertension. Rats were treated with MCT at 30 mg/kg body wt (MCT30, n = 15) and 80 mg/kg body wt (MCT80, n = 16) to induce compensated RV hypertrophy and RV failure, respectively. Saline-treated rats served as control (Cont, n = 13). After 4 wk, a pressure-conductance catheter was introduced into the RV to assess pre...
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Cited 2 times since 2006 (0.1 per year)
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European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery,
Volume 30, Issue 1, 26 4 2006, Pages 33-34
A mechanical prosthesis for pulmonary valve replacement?
Hazekamp MG
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Cited 9 times since 2006 (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 8, Issue 3, 23 4 2006, Pages 229-231
Mobile right heart thrombus and massive pulmonary embolism.
de Vrey EA, Bax JJ, Poldermans D, van der Wall EE, Holman ER
The current report describes a patient with pulmonary embolism, treated unsuccessfully with heparin. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed free-floating right heart thrombus. Migrating deep vein thrombus to the right heart was suspected. Transesophageal echocardiography confirmed origin of the thrombus in the inferior cava vein. Mortality rate of mobile right heart thrombus is over 40%, therefore urgent surgical embolectomy was performed with relief of symptoms.
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Cited 144 times since 2006 (7.7 per year)
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The American journal of cardiology,
Volume 98, Issue 2, 19 3 2006, Pages 145-148
Diagnostic accuracy of 64-slice multislice computed tomography in the noninvasive evaluation of significant coronary artery disease.
Schuijf JD, Pundziute G, Jukema JW, Lamb HJ, van der Hoeven BL, de Roos A, van der Wall EE, Bax JJ
The purpose of the present study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of current 64-slice multislice computed tomography (MSCT) in the detection of significant coronary artery disease, using conventional coronary angiography as the gold standard. In 61 patients scheduled for conventional coronary angiography, 64-slice MSCT was performed and evaluated for the presence of significant (>or=50% luminal narrowing) stenoses. One patient had to be excluded because of a heart rate>90 beats/min...
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Cited 35 times since 2006 (1.9 per year)
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The American journal of cardiology,
Volume 98, Issue 2, 19 3 2006, Pages 230-235
Cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with systolic left ventricular dysfunction and symptoms of mild heart failure secondary to ischemic or nonischemic cardiomyopathy.
Bleeker GB, Schalij MJ, Holman ER, Steendijk P, van der Wall EE, Bax JJ
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is beneficial in selected patients with moderate to severe heart failure (New York Heart Association [NYHA] classes III to IV). Patients with mildly symptomatic heart failure (NYHA class II) are currently not eligible for CRT and the potential beneficial effects in these patients have not been well studied. Fifty consecutive patients in NYHA class II heart failure and 50 consecutive patients in NYHA classes III to IV (control group) were prospectively incl...
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Cited 9 times since 2006 (0.5 per year)
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Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society,
Volume 95, Issue 6, 18 3 2006, Pages 344-348
Coronary vasospasm-induced acute diastolic dysfunction in a patient with Raynaud's phenomenon.
Tschöpe C, Westermann D, Steendijk P, Kasner M, Rudwaleit M, Schwimmbeck PL, Poller WC, Schultheiss HP
We present the case of a patient with severe dyspnea and Raynaud's phenomenon. We could clarify, using invasive techniques including left ventricular conductance catheterization and coronary ergonovine provocation, that isolated diastolic dysfunction induced by coronary vasospasm were responsible for the symptoms. Systolic function was not affected. Short-term infusions with the prostacyclin analogue iloprost, known to act as a disease-modifying agent in patients suffering from Raynaud'...
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Cited 75 times since 2006 (4 per year)
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European heart journal,
Volume 27, Issue 12, 17 3 2006, Pages 1478-1484
Long-term follow-up of homograft function after pulmonary valve replacement in patients with tetralogy of Fallot.
Oosterhof T, Meijboom FJ, Vliegen HW, Hazekamp MG, Zwinderman AH, Bouma BJ, van Dijk AP, Mulder BJ
Aims: To analyse the long-term outcomes after pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) in patients with a previous correction for tetralogy of Fallot. Methods and results: In a retrospective study, 158 adult patients with a diagnosis of tetralogy of Fallot, who had undergone a PVR after initial total correction in childhood, were identified from the CONCOR (CONgenital CORvitia) registry. All patients underwent 175 PVRs between June 1986 and June 2005. To analyse the predictors for homograft dysfunction...
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Cited 1 times since 2006 (0.1 per year)
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European heart journal,
Volume 27, Issue 11, 16 3 2006, Pages 1268-1269
Euro Heart Survey on adult congenital heart disease: concern for the complexity of care.
de Groot NM, Schalij MJ
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Cited 51 times since 2006 (2.7 per year)
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The American journal of cardiology,
Volume 98, Issue 1, 6 1 2006, Pages 111-115
Association of plasma N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide with postoperative cardiac events in patients undergoing surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysm or leg bypass.
Feringa HH, Bax JJ, Elhendy A, de Jonge R, Lindemans J, Schouten O, van den Meiracker AH, Boersma E, Schinkel AF, Kertai MD, van Sambeek MR, Poldermans D
Postoperative cardiac events are related to myocardial ischemia and reduced left ventricular function. The utility of N-terminal-pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-pro-BNP) for preoperative cardiac risk evaluation has not been evaluated. The objective of this study was to assess whether plasma NT-pro-BNP predicts postoperative cardiac events in patients who undergo major vascular surgery in addition to clinical and dobutamine stress echocardiographic data. One hundred seventy consecutive patient...
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Cited 84 times since 2006 (4.5 per year)
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American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology,
Volume 291, Issue 4, 5 1 2006, Pages H1580-6
Right and left ventricular function after chronic pulmonary artery banding in rats assessed with biventricular pressure-volume loops.
Faber MJ, Dalinghaus M, Lankhuizen IM, Steendijk P, Hop WC, Schoemaker RG, Duncker DJ, Lamers JM, Helbing WA
In many patients with congenital heart disease, the right ventricle (RV) is subjected to abnormal loading conditions. To better understand the state of compensated RV hypertrophy, which could eventually progress to decompensation, we studied the effects of RV pressure overload in rats. In the present study, we report the biventricular adaptation to 6 wk of pulmonary artery banding (PAB). PAB resulted in an RV pressure overload to approximately 60% of systemic level and a twofold increase in RV m...
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