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Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation,
Volume 11, Issue 1, 1 1 2003, Pages 15-27
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy: new avenues for diagnosis and treatment.
van der Wall EE, Bootsma M, Wellens HJ, Bax JJ, de Roos A, Schalij MJ
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C) is a heart muscle disorder of unknown course that is characterised pathologically by fatty or fibrofatty replacement of the right ventricular myocardium and electrical instability. Clinical manifestations include structural and functional malformations of the right ventricle, electrocardiographic abnormalities, and presentation of ventricular tachycardias with left bundle branch pattern or sudden death. The disease is often famil...
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Cited 136 times since 2003 (6.1 per year)
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The American journal of cardiology,
Volume 91, Issue 1, 1 1 2003, Pages 94-97
Usefulness of myocardial tissue Doppler echocardiography to evaluate left ventricular dyssynchrony before and after biventricular pacing in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.
Bax JJ, Molhoek SG, van Erven L, Voogd PJ, Somer S, Boersma E, Steendijk P, Schalij MJ, Van der Wall EE
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Cited 172 times since 2003 (7.8 per year)
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Circulation,
Volume 107, Issue 1, 1 1 2003, Pages 62-67
Intravascular ultrasound guidance improves angiographic and clinical outcome of stent implantation for long coronary artery stenoses: final results of a randomized comparison with angiographic guidance (TULIP Study).
Oemrawsingh PV, Mintz GS, Schalij MJ, Zwinderman AH, Jukema JW, van der Wall EE, TULIP Study Thrombocyte activity evaluation and effects of Ultrasound guidance in Long Intracoronary stent Placement
Background: Long coronary lesions treated with stents have a poor outcome. This study compared the 6-month outcome of stent implantation for long lesions in patients randomized to intravascular ultrasound (IVUS; n=73) or angiographic guidance (n=71). Methods and results: Stenoses >20 mm in length and a reference diameter that permitted a stent diameter > or =3 mm were eligible. Primary end points were 6-month minimal lumen diameter (MLD) and the combined end point of death, myocardial infa...
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Cited 25 times since 2003 (1.1 per year)
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British journal of cancer,
Volume 88, Issue 2, 1 1 2003, Pages 314-319
Degree of tumour vascularity correlates with drug accumulation and tumour response upon TNF-alpha-based isolated hepatic perfusion.
van Etten B, de Vries MR, van IJken MG, Lans TE, Guetens G, Ambagtsheer G, van Tiel ST, de Boeck G, de Bruijn EA, Eggermont AM, ten Hagen TL
Isolated hepatic perfusion (IHP) with melphalan with or without tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) is currently performed in clinical trials in patients with hepatic metastases. Previous studies led to the hypothesis that the use of TNF-alpha in isolated limb perfusion causes specific destruction of tumour endothelial cells and thereby induces an increased permeability of tumour vasculature. However, whether TNF-alpha contributes to the therapeutic efficacy in IHP still remains unclear. In...
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Cited 111 times since 2003 (5 per year)
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Journal of vascular surgery,
Volume 37, Issue 1, 1 1 2003, Pages 149-155
Vein versus polytetrafluoroethylene in above-knee femoropopliteal bypass grafting: five-year results of a randomized controlled trial.
Klinkert P, Schepers A, Burger DH, van Bockel JH, Breslau PJ
Objective: Controversy still exists whether polytetrafluoroethylene is equivalent to vein as bypass graft material for the above-knee femoropopliteal bypass. Therefore, a prospective randomized trial was performed to compare vein with polytetrafluoroethylene for femoropopliteal bypasses with the distal anastomosis above the knee. Methods: Between January 1993 and December 1996, 151 above-knee femoropopliteal bypasses were performed. The indications for operation were severe claudication in 120 c...
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Cited 19 times since 2003 (0.9 per year)
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Vascular and endovascular surgery,
Volume 37, Issue 1, 1 1 2003, Pages 13-21
Validation of two risk models for perioperative mortality in patients undergoing elective abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery.
Kertai MD, Steyerberg EW, Boersma E, Bax JJ, Vergouwe Y, van Urk H, Habbema JD, Roelandt JR, Poldermans D
The authors validated 2 clinical risk models for perioperative mortality in patients scheduled for elective open abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery (AAA surgery). They studied 361 patients who underwent elective AAA surgery between 1991 and 1999 (validation population). Two clinical risk models were validated. The first was developed in 238 patients from Leiden University Hospital (Leiden risk model). The Leiden risk model was modified to provide predictions for the validation population based on...
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Cited 4 times since 2003 (0.2 per year)
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Mutation research,
Volume 534, Issue 1-2, 1 1 2003, Pages 197-199
Valproic acid and lamotrigine treatment during pregnancy. The risk of chromosomal abnormality.
Ozkinay F, Cogulu O, Gunduz C, Yilmaz D, Kultursay N
A baby born to an epileptic mother had dysmorphological features associated with 47,XXX karyotype. The mother had been treated with valproic acid (1800mg per day) and lamotrigine (100mg per day) throughout pregnancy. Dysmorphological features detected in baby were intrauterine growth retardation, hypertelorism, flattened nasal bridge, low set malformed auriculas, micrognathia, very small an bow-shaped mouth with thin upper lip, cleft palate, arachnodactyly, camptodactyly, secundum atrial septal...
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Cited 13 times since 2003 (0.6 per year)
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Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance,
Volume 5, Issue 2, 1 1 2003, Pages 365-386
Coronary magnetic resonance angiography: technical developments and clinical applications.
Dirksen MS, Lamb HJ, Doornbos J, Bax JJ, Jukema JW, de Roos A
Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) is a promising method for noninvasive coronary artery imaging. The interesting features of coronary MRA are its non-invasive nature, the absence of ionizing radiation, and the possibility of imaging the coronary arteries without exogenous contrast. Moreover, three-dimensional volume information and tomographic image planes in any direction can be obtained. The current review presents an overview of the recent technical developments of coronary MRA and the pot...
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Cited 3 times since 2003 (0.1 per year)
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Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance,
Volume 5, Issue 2, 1 1 2003, Pages 403-405
Comparison of MSCT and MRA in the evaluation of an anomalous right coronary artery.
Salm LP, Bax JJ, Dirksen MS, Vliegen HW, Jukema JW, Schalij MJ, van der Wall EE, Lamb HJ
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Cited 8 times since 2002 (0.4 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 3, Issue 4, 1 1 2002, Pages 301-302
Non-compaction cardiomyopathy-echocardiographic diagnosis.
Bax JJ, Lamb HJ, Poldermans D, Schalij MJ, de Roos A, van der Wall EE
Non-compaction cardiomyopathy is a recently recognized disorder caused by a defect in endomyocardial morphogenesis. The disease can present with heart failure, systemic embolic events, and ventricular arrhythmias. Long-term prognosis is poor. Echocardiography is used to confirm the diagnosis; in the current case-report, we describe the typical abnormalities observed on echocardiography in a patient with non-compaction cardiomyopathy.
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Cited 4 times since 2002 (0.2 per year)
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Vascular pharmacology,
Volume 39, Issue 6, 1 1 2002, Pages 293-301
Adenoviral delivery of a constitutively active retinoblastoma mutant inhibits neointima formation in a human explant model for vein graft disease.
Lamfers ML, Aalders MC, Grimbergen JM, de Vries MR, Kockx MM, van Hinsbergh VW, Quax PH
Intimal hyperplasia resulting from vascular injury remains a major obstacle in the long-term success of coronary artery bypass grafts. Inhibition of smooth muscle cell (SMC) proliferation using adenoviral gene transfer of cell cycle inhibitors resulted in reduced neointima formation in various animal models. However, little is known about the effect on human SMCs and neointima formation. Here we report the effects of infection with an adenoviral vector encoding a constitutively active form of th...
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Cited 48 times since 2002 (2.2 per year)
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Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine,
Volume 43, Issue 12, 1 1 2002, Pages 1634-1646
Dobutamine stress myocardial perfusion imaging in coronary artery disease.
Elhendy A, Bax JJ, Poldermans D
The accurate noninvasive diagnosis and functional evaluation of coronary artery disease is an important step in selecting the appropriate management strategy. Dobutamine stress myocardial perfusion imaging is an alternative to exercise in patients with limited exercise capacity. In many centers, the test is performed on patients who have a contraindication for vasodilator stress testing. Recent studies have shown hyperemia induced by the standard dobutamine-atropine stress test is not less than...
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Cited 15 times since 2002 (0.7 per year)
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Radiology,
Volume 225, Issue 3, 1 1 2002, Pages 701-706
Long-term prognostic value of dobutamine stress 99mTc-sestamibi SPECT: single-center experience with 8-year follow-up.
Schinkel AF, Elhendy A, Van Domburg RT, Bax JJ, Valkema R, Roelandt JR, Poldermans D
Purpose: To determine the long-term prognostic value of dobutamine stress technetium 99m (99mTc)-labeled sestamibi single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in patients with limited exercise capacity. Materials and methods: Clinical data and SPECT results were analyzed in 531 consecutive patients. Follow-up was successful in 528 (99.4%) patients; 55 underwent early revascularization and were excluded. Normal or abnormal findings were considered in the absence or presence of fixed and/or...
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Cited 54 times since 2002 (2.4 per year)
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Journal of the American College of Cardiology,
Volume 40, Issue 12, 1 1 2002, Pages 2182-2188
Left ventricular remodeling early after aortic valve replacement: differential effects on diastolic function in aortic valve stenosis and aortic regurgitation.
Lamb HJ, Beyerbacht HP, de Roos A, van der Laarse A, Vliegen HW, Leujes F, Bax JJ, van der Wall EE
Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of aortic valve replacement (AVR) on left ventricular (LV) function and LV remodeling, comparing patients with aortic valve stenosis to patients with aortic regurgitation. Background: Aortic valve disease is associated with eccentric or concentric LV hypertrophy and changes in LV function. The relationship between LV geometry and LV function and the effect of LV remodeling after AVR on diastolic filling, in patients with aortic valve s...
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Cited 10 times since 2002 (0.4 per year)
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Journal of vascular surgery,
Volume 36, Issue 6, 1 1 2002, Pages 1237-1247
Ingrowth of aorta vascular cells into basic fibroblast growth factor-impregnated vascular prosthesis material: a porcine and human in vitro study on blood vessel prosthesis healing.
van der Bas JM, Quax PH, van den Berg AC, van Hinsbergh VW, van Bockel JH
Objective: One of the most life-threatening vascular diseases is rupture of an abdominal aneurysm. The conventional treatment is based on surgical reconstruction. An alternative treatment is endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR). Despite many advantages, one of the problems of EVAR is endoleakage from deficient healing between the aortic neck and the fabric of the endograft. We hypothesize that better healing, achieved with induction of vascular cell ingrowth into the graft material, would lead to...
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Cited 25 times since 2002 (1.1 per year)
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American heart journal,
Volume 144, Issue 5, 1 1 2002, Pages 760-768
A meta-analysis of the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism and restenosis after percutaneous transluminal coronary revascularization: evidence for publication bias.
Agema WR, Jukema JW, Zwinderman AH, van der Wall EE
Background: The insertion/deletion polymorphism of the gene encoding angiotensin-converting enzyme is a controversial risk factor for restenosis after percutaneous transluminal coronary revascularization in patients. Genetic association studies addressing this issue are frequently hampered by insufficient power. Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis of this association, taking into account the possibility of publication bias. Methods: We used the MEDLINE database and reviewed citations in rele...
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Cited 34 times since 2002 (1.5 per year)
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RNA (New York, N.Y.),
Volume 8, Issue 11, 1 1 2002, Pages 1428-1443
The human La (SS-B) autoantigen interacts with DDX15/hPrp43, a putative DEAH-box RNA helicase.
Fouraux MA, Kolkman MJ, Van der Heijden A, De Jong AS, Van Venrooij WJ, Pruijn GJ
The human La (SS-B) autoantigen is an abundantly expressed putative RNA chaperone, functioning in various intracellular processes involving RNA. To further explore the molecular mechanisms by which La functions in these processes, we performed large-scale immunoprecipitations of La from HeLa S100 extracts using the anti-La monoclonal antibody SW5. La-associated proteins were subsequently identified by sequence analysis. This approach allowed the identification of DDX15 as a protein interacting w...
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Cited 1897 times since 2002 (84.9 per year)
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Lancet (London, England),
Volume 360, Issue 9346, 1 1 2002, Pages 1623-1630
Pravastatin in elderly individuals at risk of vascular disease (PROSPER): a randomised controlled trial.
Shepherd J, Blauw GJ, Murphy MB, Bollen EL, Buckley BM, Cobbe SM, Ford I, Gaw A, Hyland M, Jukema JW, Kamper AM, Macfarlane PW, Meinders AE, Norrie J, Packard CJ, Perry IJ, Stott DJ, Sweeney BJ, Twomey C, Westendorp RG, PROSPER study group PROspective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk
Background: Although statins reduce coronary and cerebrovascular morbidity and mortality in middle-aged individuals, their efficacy and safety in elderly people is not fully established. Our aim was to test the benefits of pravastatin treatment in an elderly cohort of men and women with, or at high risk of developing, cardiovascular disease and stroke. Methods: We did a randomised controlled trial in which we assigned 5804 men (n=2804) and women (n=3000) aged 70-82 years with a history of, or ri...
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Cited 47 times since 2002 (2.1 per year)
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Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine,
Volume 156, Issue 11, 1 1 2002, Pages 1143-1148
Employment in adults with congenital heart disease.
Kamphuis M, Vogels T, Ottenkamp J, Van Der Wall EE, Verloove-Vanhorick SP, Vliegen HW
Objective: To evaluate job participation, career-related problems, and actual job problems in adults with complex congenital heart disease (CHD) compared with adults with mild CHD and reference groups. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Patients were randomly selected from the archives of the Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands. Patients and main outcome measures: In total, 76 patients with complex CHD and 80 with mild CHD (age range...
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Cited 4 times since 2002 (0.2 per year)
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The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery,
Volume 124, Issue 5, 1 1 2002, Pages 984-990
The morphologic nature of noncommitted ventricular septal defects in specimens with double-outlet right ventricle.
Beekman RP, Bartelings MM, Hazekamp MG, Gittenberger-De Groot AC, Ottenkamp J
Background: Lev's contribution to the understanding of the morphology of hearts with double-outlet right ventricle and the surgical feasibility for correction is important and remains in current use. However, the term noncommitted ventricular septal defect remains enigmatic. The aim of this study was to elucidate the morphologic nature of the noncommitted ventricular septal defect in view of its surgical implications. Methods: We examined 67 specimens with double-outlet right ventricle, foc...
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