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Cited 102 times since 2007 (5.7 per year)
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Circulation,
Volume 115, Issue 11, 12 2 2007, Pages 1426-1432
Noninvasive evaluation of coronary sinus anatomy and its relation to the mitral valve annulus: implications for percutaneous mitral annuloplasty.
Tops LF, Van de Veire NR, Schuijf JD, de Roos A, van der Wall EE, Schalij MJ, Bax JJ
Background: Percutaneous mitral annuloplasty has been proposed as an alternative to surgical annuloplasty. In this respect, evaluation of the coronary sinus (CS) and its relation with the mitral valve annulus (MVA) and the coronary arteries is relevant. The feasibility of evaluating these issues noninvasively with multislice computed tomography was determined. Methods and results: In 105 patients (72 men, age 59+/-11 years), 64-slice multislice computed tomography was performed for noninvasive e...
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Cited 167 times since 2007 (9.3 per year)
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The American journal of cardiology,
Volume 99, Issue 8, 6 1 2007, Pages 1072-1081
Cyphering the complexity of coronary artery disease using the syntax score to predict clinical outcome in patients with three-vessel lumen obstruction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.
Valgimigli M, Serruys PW, Tsuchida K, Vaina S, Morel MA, van den Brand MJ, Colombo A, Morice MC, Dawkins K, de Bruyne B, Kornowski R, de Servi S, Guagliumi G, Jukema JW, Mohr FW, Kappetein AP, Wittebols K, Stoll HP, Boersma E, Parrinello G, ARTS II
The Syntax score (SXscore) was recently developed as a comprehensive angiographic scoring system aiming to assist in patient selection and risk stratification of patients with extensive coronary artery disease undergoing contemporary revascularization. A validation of this angiographic classification scheme is lacking. We assessed its predictive value in patients who underwent percutaneous intervention (PCI) for 3-vessel disease and explored its performance in comparison with the modified lesion...
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Cited 84 times since 2007 (4.7 per year)
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Journal of the American College of Cardiology,
Volume 49, Issue 11, 6 1 2007, Pages 1137-1148
Role of imaging in cardiac stem cell therapy.
Beeres SL, Bengel FM, Bartunek J, Atsma DE, Hill JM, Vanderheyden M, Penicka M, Schalij MJ, Wijns W, Bax JJ
Stem cell therapy has emerged as a potential therapeutic option for cell death-related heart diseases. Preclinical and a number of early phase human studies suggested that cell therapy may augment perfusion and increase myocardial contractility. The rapid translation into clinical trials has left many issues unresolved, and emphasizes the need for specific techniques to visualize the mechanisms involved. Furthermore, the clinical efficacy of cell therapy remains to be proven. Imaging allows for...
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Cited 16 times since 2007 (0.9 per year)
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Stroke,
Volume 38, Issue 4, 1 1 2007, Pages 1374-1376
Pravastatin decreases wall shear stress and blood velocity in the internal carotid artery without affecting flow volume: results from the PROSPER MRI study.
Box FM, van der Grond J, de Craen AJ, Palm-Meinders IH, van der Geest RJ, Jukema JW, Reiber JH, van Buchem MA, Blauw GJ, PROSPER Study Group
Background and purpose: Despite speculations, it is unknown whether statins affect wall shear stress (WSS). Therefore, the effect of pravastatin on WSS was investigated. Methods: In 355 elderly individuals participating in the PROSPER study (follow up after 3 years), the effect of 40 mg pravastatin on WSS was assessed in the internal carotid artery using magnetic resonance imaging. Results: WSS and blood velocity decreased both in the pravastatin group and in the placebo group but decreased fast...
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Cited 51 times since 2007 (2.8 per year)
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The Annals of thoracic surgery,
Volume 83, Issue 3, 1 1 2007, Pages 907-911
Predicting outcome of pulmonary valve replacement in adult tetralogy of Fallot patients.
Henkens IR, van Straten A, Schalij MJ, Hazekamp MG, de Roos A, van der Wall EE, Vliegen HW
Background: Predicting changes in right ventricular (RV) size and function after pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) is important for timely reintervention in adult tetralogy of Fallot patients. Methods: We analyzed the influence of pulmonary regurgitation severity and RV size and function before PVR on the outcome of RV size and function after PVR in 27 adult Fallot patients who had cardiac magnetic resonance imaging before and after PVR. RV dimensions were indexed for body surface area. Results:...
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Cited 1 times since 2007 (0.1 per year)
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Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography,
Volume 20, Issue 3, 1 1 2007, Pages 257-261
Prognostic significance of akinesis becoming dyskinesis during dobutamine stress echocardiography.
Sozzi FB, Elhendy A, Rizzello V, Biagini E, van Domburg RT, Vourvouri EC, Schinkel AF, Danzi GB, Bax JJ, Poldermans D
Background: Akinesis becoming dyskinesis (AKBD) at high-dose dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) has been disregarded as a marker of myocardial ischemia. However, its prognostic significance is unknown. Objectives: We sought to assess the long-term outcome of patients with AKBD during DSE. Methods: A total of 731 patients (age 62 +/- 15 years, 628 men) with two or more akinetic left ventricular segments at rest underwent DSE and were followed up for a mean period of 5 +/- 2.7 years. The end...
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Cited 13 times since 2007 (0.7 per year)
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Heart (British Cardiac Society),
Volume 93, Issue 3, 1 1 2007, Pages 375-376
Scar tissue on contrast-enhanced MRI predicts left ventricular remodelling after acute infarction.
Kaandorp TA, Lamb HJ, Viergever EP, Poldermans D, Boersma E, van der Wall EE, de Roos A, Bax JJ
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Cited 2 times since 2007 (0.1 per year)
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European heart journal,
Volume 28, Issue 5, 22 4 2007, Pages 519-521
Indications of prophylactic coronary revascularization in patients undergoing major vascular surgery: the saga continues.
Hoeks SE, Bax JJ, Poldermans D
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Cited 29 times since 2007 (1.6 per year)
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Heart (British Cardiac Society),
Volume 93, Issue 9, 19 3 2007, Pages 1034-1039
Tissue synchronisation imaging accurately measures left ventricular dyssynchrony and predicts response to cardiac resynchronisation therapy.
Van de Veire NR, Bleeker GB, De Sutter J, Ypenburg C, Holman ER, van der Wall EE, Schalij MJ, Bax JJ
Background: Tissue synchronisation imaging (TSI) is a new technique to assess left ventricular (LV) dyssynchrony. Objectives: The value of using TSI to automatically assess LV dyssynchrony compared with manual assessment of LV dyssynchrony from colour-coded tissue Doppler imaging (TDI), and to evaluate the value of TSI to predict response to cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT). Methods: 60 symptomatic patients with heart failure with depressed LV ejection fraction (LVEF) and QRS >120 ms w...
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Cited 6 times since 2007 (0.3 per year)
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Journal of vascular surgery,
Volume 45, Issue 4, 15 3 2007, Pages 812-816
Aneurysm sac pressure monitoring: does the direction of pressure measurement matter in fibrinous thrombus?
Hinnen JW, Rixen DJ, Koning OH, Van Bockel HJ, Hamming JF
Purpose: This study was conducted to clarify the effect of the direction of pressure measurement on the pressure readout in fibrinous thrombus of the abdominal aortic aneurysm. Methods: Three weights of 468 g (weight 1), 578 g (weight 2), and 675 g (weight 3) were molded. A specimen of human fibrinous thrombus was positioned under the weights. Because the surface area of the weights and the thrombus was 400 mm(2), weights 1, 2, and 3 caused pressures of 88, 108, and 127 mm Hg, respectively. Pres...
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Cited 23 times since 2007 (1.3 per year)
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Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI,
Volume 14, Issue 4, 14 2 2007, Pages 477-480
Comparison of Mantoux and QuantiFERON TB Gold tests for diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in Army personnel.
Franken WP, Timmermans JF, Prins C, Slootman EJ, Dreverman J, Bruins H, van Dissel JT, Arend SM
The tuberculin skin test (TST) was compared with QuantiFERON-TB Gold in-tube (QFT-GIT) test for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in non-Mycobacterium bovis BCG-vaccinated military personnel. Among subjects positive by TST, 44.4% of recruits were positive by QFT-GIT compared with 11.5% subjects tested after missions abroad, suggesting that most TST conversions in the latter group were caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria.
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Cited 90 times since 2007 (5 per year)
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Circulation,
Volume 115, Issue 8, 5 1 2007, Pages 981-989
C-reactive protein and prediction of coronary heart disease and global vascular events in the Prospective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk (PROSPER).
Sattar N, Murray HM, McConnachie A, Blauw GJ, Bollen EL, Buckley BM, Cobbe SM, Ford I, Gaw A, Hyland M, Jukema JW, Kamper AM, Macfarlane PW, Murphy MB, Packard CJ, Perry IJ, Stott DJ, Sweeney BJ, Twomey C, Westendorp RG, Shepherd J, PROSPER Study Group
Background: The role of C-reactive protein (CRP) in predicting vascular events and response to statin therapy remains uncertain. Additional large prospective studies are required. Methods and results: Baseline CRP was related to risk over 3.2 years for primary a combined end point (definite or suspected death from coronary heart disease, nonfatal myocardial infarction, and fatal or nonfatal stroke; n=865 events) and secondary (coronary heart disease events or stroke alone) and tertiary (stroke p...
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Cited 23 times since 2007 (1.3 per year)
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Heart (British Cardiac Society),
Volume 93, Issue 12, 3 1 2007, Pages 1604-1608
Right ventricular hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction in arterial switch patients without pulmonary artery stenosis.
Grotenhuis HB, Kroft LJ, van Elderen SG, Westenberg JJ, Doornbos J, Hazekamp MG, Vliegen HW, Ottenkamp J, de Roos A
Objective: To assess pulmonary flow dynamics and right ventricular (RV) function in patients without significant anatomical narrowing of the pulmonary arteries late after the arterial switch operation (ASO) by using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Methods: 17 patients (mean (SD), 16.5 (3.6) years after ASO) and 17 matched healthy subjects were included. MRI was used to assess flow across the pulmonary trunk, RV systolic and diastolic function, and RV mass. Results: Increased peak flow velocity...
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Cited 82 times since 2007 (4.5 per year)
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The Annals of thoracic surgery,
Volume 83, Issue 2, 1 1 2007, Pages 564-570
Mitral valve repair and replacement in endocarditis: a systematic review of literature.
Feringa HH, Shaw LJ, Poldermans D, Hoeks S, van der Wall EE, Dion RA, Bax JJ
Background: Several observational studies have suggested a superior survival after mitral valve repair compared with replacement in patients undergoing surgery for infective endocarditis. The objective of this study was to systematically review the rate of morbidity and mortality associated with mitral valve repair or replacement in infective endocarditis. Methods: A Medline search was conducted for literature and a systematic review of 24 studies, reporting prognosis of patients who underwent s...
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Cited 4 times since 2007 (0.2 per year)
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Journal of endovascular therapy : an official journal of the International Society of Endovascular Specialists,
Volume 14, Issue 1, 1 1 2007, Pages 30-38
Accurate detection of stent-graft migration in a pulsatile aortic model using Roentgen stereophotogrammetric analysis.
Koning OH, Garling EH, Hinnen JW, Kroft LJ, van der Linden E, Hamming JF, Valstar ER, van Bockel JH
Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility and accuracy of Roentgen stereophotogrammetric analysis (RSA) versus computed tomography (CT) for detecting stent-graft migration in an in vitro pulsatile circulation model and to study the feasibility of a nitinol endovascular clip (NEC) as an aortic wall reference marker for RSA. Methods: An aortic model with stent-graft was constructed and connected to an artificial circulation with a physiological flow and pressure profile. Tantalum markers and NECs were...
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Cited 10 times since 2007 (0.6 per year)
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Genesis (New York, N.Y. : 2000),
Volume 45, Issue 2, 1 1 2007, Pages 76-82
Complex genomic rearrangement in CCS-LacZ transgenic mice.
Stroud DM, Darrow BJ, Kim SD, Zhang J, Jongbloed MR, Rentschler S, Moskowitz IP, Seidman J, Fishman GI
The cardiac conduction system (CCS)-lacZ insertional mouse mutant strain genetically labels the developing and mature CCS. This pattern of expression is presumed to reflect the site of transgene integration rather than regulatory elements within the transgene proper. We sought to characterize the genomic structure of the integration locus and identify nearby gene(s) that might potentially confer the observed CCS-specific transcription. We found rearrangement of chromosome 7 between regions D1 an...
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Cited 16 times since 2007 (0.9 per year)
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Coronary artery disease,
Volume 18, Issue 1, 1 1 2007, Pages 39-43
Assessment of right ventricular infarction with contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging.
Kaandorp TA, Lamb HJ, Poldermans D, Viergever EP, Boersma E, van der Wall EE, de Roos A, Bax JJ
Objective: Evaluation of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging to assess right ventricular infarction in patients with acute inferior myocardial infarction. Background: Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging has been used for assessing scar tissue after left ventricular infarction. The value of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging to assess right ventricular infarction is unknown and was evaluated. Methods: Consecutive patients (n=18) with first acute inferior infarction wer...
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Cited 27 times since 2007 (1.5 per year)
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Diabetes care,
Volume 30, Issue 5, 26 4 2007, Pages 1295-1304
Cardiac imaging for risk stratification in diabetes.
Bax JJ, Inzucchi SE, Bonow RO, Schuijf JD, Freeman MR, Barrett EJ, Global Dialogue Group for the Evaluation of Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Diabetes
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Cited 5 times since 2007 (0.3 per year)
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Brain & development,
Volume 29, Issue 7, 26 4 2007, Pages 409-412
Cerebrospinal fluid pressures in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.
Olmez A, Yilmaz D, Tan H, Duman O, Güngör S, Okuyaz C, Anlar B
Increased intracranial pressure can rarely be the initial symptom in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE). We examined cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressures and their correlation with clinical features in 58 patients with SSPE. CSF pressure varied between 50 and 500 mmH2O, mean 210.9+/-103.7 mmH2O. Twenty-five (42%) patients had pressures above 200 mmH2O and 15/58 (25%), above 250 mmH2O. There was no correlation between CSF pressure and neurological disability, spasticity, or clinical stage....
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Cited 47 times since 2007 (2.6 per year)
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Diabetes care,
Volume 30, Issue 5, 26 4 2007, Pages 1113-1119
Noninvasive assessment of plaque characteristics with multislice computed tomography coronary angiography in symptomatic diabetic patients.
Pundziute G, Schuijf JD, Jukema JW, Boersma E, Scholte AJ, Kroft LJ, van der Wall EE, Bax JJ
Objective: Cardiovascular events are high in patients with type 2 diabetes, whereas their risk stratification is more difficult. The higher risk may be related to differences in coronary plaque burden and composition. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether differences in the extent and composition of coronary plaques in patients with and without diabetes can be observed using multislice computed tomography (MSCT). Research design and methods: MSCT was performed in 215 patients (86 [40...
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