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The American journal of the medical sciences,
Volume 339, Issue 1, 1 1 2010, Pages 89-91
Do not put money where your mouth is!
de Groot NM, Scholte AJ, Jongbloed MR, Schuijf JD, DeRuiter MC, Bax JJ, Schalij MJ
A 60-year-old woman presented with repolarization disorders on the electrocardiogram after a generalized seizure, which immediately disappeared after vomiting up a 20-eurocent coin. We did not find any evidence of coronary artery disease. Multislice computed tomography demonstrated no coronary atherosclerotic stenosis but a close relationship of the esophagus with the coronary arteries. This relation was further studied in detail in a human cadaver. From our findings, it is most likely that the...
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Cited 2 times since 2010 (0.1 per year)
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Disease markers,
Volume 29, Issue 5, 1 1 2010, Pages 265-273
Matrix metalloproteinases 2 and 3 gene polymorphisms and the risk of target vessel revascularization after percutaneous coronary intervention: Is there still room for determining genetic variation of MMPs for assessment of an increased risk of restenosis?
Verschuren JJ, Sampietro ML, Pons D, Trompet S, Ewing MM, Quax PH, de Knijff P, Zwinderman AH, de Winter RJ, Tio RA, de Maat MP, Doevendans PA, Jukema JW
Objective: Mixed results have been reported of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) and their association with restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The current study examines whether multiple single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), covering the full genomic region of MMP2 and MMP3, were associated with restenosis in the GENDER study population. Methods and results: The GENetic DEterminants of Restenosis (GENDER) study enrolled 3104 consecutive patients after successful PCI. The...
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Cited 25 times since 2010 (1.6 per year)
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Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology,
Volume 18, Issue 1, 1 1 2010, Pages 63-77
Why are we where we are? Understanding replication origins and initiation sites in eukaryotes using ChIP-approaches.
Schepers A, Papior P
DNA replication initiates from origins of replication following a strict sequential activation programme and a conserved temporal order of activation. The number of replication initiation sites varies between species, according to the complexity of the genomes, with an average spacing of 100,000 bp. In contrast to yeast genomes, the location and definition of origins in mammalian genomes has been elusive. Historically, mammalian replication initiation sites have been mapped in situ by systematic...
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Cited 48 times since 2010 (3.2 per year)
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American heart journal,
Volume 159, Issue 1, 1 1 2010, Pages 148-157
Incremental value of subclinical left ventricular systolic dysfunction for the identification of patients with obstructive coronary artery disease.
Nucifora G, Schuijf JD, Delgado V, Bertini M, Scholte AJ, Ng AC, van Werkhoven JM, Jukema JW, Holman ER, van der Wall EE, Bax JJ
Background: Left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction and subclinical systolic dysfunction may be markers of coronary artery disease (CAD). However, whether these markers are useful for prediction of obstructive CAD is unknown. Methods: A total of 182 consecutive outpatients (54 +/- 10 years, 59% males) without known CAD and overt LV systolic dysfunction underwent 64-slice multislice computed tomography (MSCT) coronary angiography and echocardiography. The MSCT angiograms showing atheroscleros...
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Cited 9 times since 2010 (0.6 per year)
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Cellular physiology and biochemistry : international journal of experimental cellular physiology, biochemistry, and pharmacology,
Volume 26, Issue 6, 1 1 2010, Pages 999-1010
Integrin stimulation favors uptake of macromolecules by cardiomyocytes in vitro.
Swildens J, de Vries AA, Li Z, Umar S, Atsma DE, Schalij MJ, van der Laarse A
Previously, our research group showed that integrin stimulation induces release of cardiac troponin I from viable neonatal rat ventricular cardiomyocytes (NRCMs), but would it also stimulate uptake of exogenous macromolecules? For this purpose, beating NRCMs were incubated without or with an RGD motif-containing peptide (GRGDS) to stimulate integrins in the presence of Texas Red-conjugated ovalbumin (OTR; 45 kDa) or dextran (DTR; 70 kDa). After incubation periods of 8, 16 and 24 hours endocytosi...
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Journal of the American College of Cardiology,
Volume 55, Issue 4, 1 1 2010, Pages 380-407
Highlights of the Year in JACC 2009.
DeMaria AN, Bax JJ, Ben-Yehuda O, Feld GK, Greenberg BH, Hall J, Hlatky M, Lew WY, Lima JA, Maisel AS, Narayan SM, Nissen S, Sahn DJ, Tsimikas S
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Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology,
Volume 17, Issue 1, 1 1 2010, Pages 97-105
Highlights of the 2009 Scientific Session of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology: Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 1-4, 2009.
Russell RR, Abbott BG, Arrighi JA, Blankstein R, Cohen MC, Faber TL, Mieres JH, Miller TD, Tilkemeier PL, Travin MI, Bax JJ
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Cited 3 times since 2010 (0.2 per year)
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Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP,
Volume 11, Issue 1, 1 1 2010, Pages 53-56
Relations between breast and cervical cancer prevention behaviour of female students at a school of health and their healthy life style.
Malak AT, Yilmaz D, Tuna A, Gümüs AB, Turgay AS
Regular breast self-examination (BSE) and pap-smear tests are the two of the positive heath behaviors for improving, promoting and protecting the health of adolescent girls. The present quasi-experimental research was carried out with the purpose of analyzing the relations between breast and cervical cancer prevention behavior of female students at a School of Health and their health lifestyle. The research was conducted at Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University School of Health between November 2008...
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Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde,
Volume 154, 1 1 2010, Pages A1578
[Trainee feedback: trainer assessment].
Hamming JF, de Leede BJ
The quality of medical specialty education depends highly on the trainers, i.e. the specialists. Trainees are very important in the assessment of their trainers because they continuously undergo all the important aspects of the training. Currently, periodical announced visits take place, creating a formal atmosphere. A regular, semi-structured questionnaire for the trainees would be a better way of evaluating the program. Additionally there should be a thorough follow-up leading to a system with...
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Cited 1 times since 2010 (0.1 per year)
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Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.),
Volume 5, Issue 1, 1 1 2010, Pages 16-21
Resizable ventricular patch plasty in the porcine left ventricle: a pilot study.
Huijgen WH, Gründeman PF, van der Spoel T, Cramer MJ, Steendijk P, Klautz RJ, van Herwerden LA
Objective: : Endoventricular circular patch plasty is a method used to reconstruct the ventricular cavity in patients with (post) ischemic left ventricular aneurysm or global dilatation. However, late redilatation with mitral regurgitation has been reported, in which postoperative apex shape seems to play an important role. We studied the feasibility of ventricular volume downsizing with a variably shaped patch in porcine hearts. Methods: : In five in vitro and two acute animal experiments, a dy...
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Cited 24 times since 2010 (1.6 per year)
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Expert review of cardiovascular therapy,
Volume 8, Issue 1, 1 1 2010, Pages 113-123
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation: role of multimodality cardiac imaging.
Delgado V, Ng AC, Shanks M, van der Kley F, Schuijf JD, van de Veire NR, Kroft L, de Roos A, Schalij MJ, Bax JJ
Current evidence based on more than 8000 high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis has demonstrated that transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a feasible alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement in selected patients. Despite current promising results on hemodynamic and clinical improvements, there are several unresolved safety issues, such as the frequency of vascular complications, postprocedural paravalvular leak, atrioventricular heart block and stroke. Multimodality...
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Cited 1 times since 2009 (0.1 per year)
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The international journal of cardiovascular imaging,
Volume 26, Issue 2, 29 5 2010, Pages 199-202
Cardiac resynchronization therapy; evaluation by advanced imaging techniques.
van der Wall EE, Schalij MJ, Bax JJ
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Cited 42 times since 2009 (2.8 per year)
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European heart journal,
Volume 31, Issue 8, 27 4 2010, Pages 992-999
Long-term prognosis of patients with peripheral arterial disease with or without polyvascular atherosclerotic disease.
van Kuijk JP, Flu WJ, Welten GM, Hoeks SE, Chonchol M, Vidakovic R, Verhagen HJ, Bax JJ, Poldermans D
Aims: Patients with peripheral atherosclerotic disease often have multiple affected vascular beds (AVB), however, data on long-term follow-up and medical therapy are scarce. We assessed the prevalence and prognostic implications of polyvascular disease on long-term outcome in symptomatic peripheral arterial disease (PAD) patients. Methods and results: Two thousand nine hundred and thirty-three consecutive patients were screened prior to surgery for concomitant documented cerebrovascular disease...
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Cited 1 times since 2009 (0.1 per year)
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The international journal of cardiovascular imaging,
Volume 26, Issue 3, 24 4 2009, Pages 355-358
CT perfusion angiography; beware of artifacts!
van der Wall EE, Schuijf JD, Bax JJ, Jukema JW, Schalij MJ
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Cited 12 times since 2009 (0.8 per year)
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Journal of vascular surgery,
Volume 51, Issue 2, 24 4 2009, Pages 429-437
In vivo suppression of vein graft disease by nonviral, electroporation-mediated, gene transfer of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 linked to the amino terminal fragment of urokinase (TIMP-1.ATF), a cell-surface directed matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor.
Eefting D, de Vries MR, Grimbergen JM, Karper JC, van Bockel JH, Quax PH
Background: Smooth muscle cell (SMC) migration and proliferation are important in the development of intimal hyperplasia, the major cause of vein graft failure. Proteases of the plasminogen activator (PA) system and of the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) system are pivotal in extracellular matrix degradation and, by that, SMC migration. Previously, we demonstrated that inhibition of both protease systems simultaneously with viral gene delivery of the hybrid protein TIMP-1.ATF, consisting of the t...
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Cited 21 times since 2009 (1.4 per year)
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Journal of virology,
Volume 84, Issue 5, 23 4 2009, Pages 2533-2546
The latent origin of replication of Epstein-Barr virus directs viral genomes to active regions of the nucleus.
Deutsch MJ, Ott E, Papior P, Schepers A
The Epstein-Barr virus efficiently infects human B cells. The EBV genome is maintained extrachromosomally and replicates synchronously with the host's chromosomes. The latent origin of replication (oriP) guarantees plasmid stability by mediating two basic functions: replication and segregation of the viral genome. While the segregation process of EBV genomes is well understood, little is known about its chromatin association and nuclear distribution during interphase. Here, we analyzed the...
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Cited 27 times since 2009 (1.8 per year)
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Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology,
Volume 30, Issue 3, 23 4 2009, Pages 605-611
Activation of hemostasis and decline in cognitive function in older people.
Stott DJ, Robertson M, Rumley A, Welsh P, Sattar N, Packard CJ, Shepherd J, Trompet S, Westendorp RG, de Craen AJ, Jukema JW, Buckley B, Ford I, Lowe GD
Objective: To determine whether activation of hemostatic function (thrombosis and fibrinolysis) is associated with cognitive decline in older people. Methods and results: We studied 5804 people (age, 70-82 years) in the Prospective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk (PROSPER). Mean follow-up was 3.2 years, including annual measurement of speed of information processing (letter, digit coding, and Stroop), verbal memory (picture-word naming), and basic and instrumental activities of daily...
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Cited 6 times since 2009 (0.4 per year)
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Brain & development,
Volume 32, Issue 6, 23 4 2009, Pages 467-471
Tau proteins in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.
Yuksel D, Yilmaz D, Uyar NY, Senbil N, Gurer Y, Anlar B
Neurodegenerative diseases characterized by cytoskeletal deformation and neurofibrillary tangles are associated with altered levels of tau and related proteins in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Neuronal or glial fibrillary tangles have been shown in 20% of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) patients. We therefore investigated CSF samples from 60 newly diagnosed SSPE and 31 neurological control patients for total tau (t-tau), phosphorylated tau (p-tau), and S100-B levels by ELISA. There was n...
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Cited 18 times since 2009 (1.2 per year)
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Atherosclerosis,
Volume 210, Issue 2, 22 4 2009, Pages 596-601
Metabolic syndrome is an independent predictor of cardiovascular events in high-risk patients with occlusive and aneurysmatic peripheral arterial disease.
van Kuijk JP, Flu WJ, Chonchol M, Bax JJ, Verhagen HJ, Poldermans D
Objective: Metabolic syndrome (MetSyn) is a well-known risk factor for cardiovascular (CV) disease in the general population; however, the additional predictive value for CV events in high-risk patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is unknown. The aims of the current study were to assess and compare: (1) prevalence of MetSyn, and (2) predictive value of MetSyn for CV events, in patients with either occlusive or aneurysmatic PAD. Methods: We screened 2069 patients scheduled for lower oc...
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Cited 12 times since 2009 (0.8 per year)
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The American journal of cardiology,
Volume 105, Issue 3, 21 3 2009, Pages 302-305
Diagnostic accuracy of 64-slice multislice computed tomographic coronary angiography in patients with an intermediate pretest likelihood for coronary artery disease.
van Werkhoven JM, Heijenbrok MW, Schuijf JD, Jukema JW, Boogers MM, van der Wall EE, Schreur JH, Bax JJ
Data on the diagnostic accuracy of multislice computed tomographic coronary angiography (CTA) have been mostly derived from patients with a high pretest likelihood of coronary artery disease. Systematic comparisons with invasive angiography in patients with an intermediate pretest likelihood are scarce. The purpose of the present study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of CTA in patients without known coronary artery disease with an intermediate pretest likelihood. A total of 61 patients...
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