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Cited 5 times since 2017 (0.7 per year)
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PloS one,
Volume 12, Issue 11, 30 5 2017, Pages e0188048
Intracardiac anatomical relationships and potential for streaming in double inlet left ventricles.
Meyer SL, Jongbloed MR, Ho SY, Bartelings MM, McCarthy KP, Uemura H, Ebels T
The aim of this study was to gain better understanding of the variable anatomical features of double inlet left ventricle hearts without cavopulmonary connection that would potentially facilitate favorable streaming. Thirty-nine post-mortem specimens of double inlet left ventricle without cavopulmonary connection were investigated. The focus was on anatomical characteristics that could influence the flow and separation of deoxygenated and oxygenated blood in the ventricles. Elements of interest...
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Cited 5 times since 2017 (0.7 per year)
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BMC public health,
Volume 17, Issue 1, 25 4 2017, Pages 900
Social-cognitive determinants of the tick check: a cross-sectional study on self-protective behavior in combatting Lyme disease.
van der Heijden A, Mulder BC, Poortvliet PM, van Vliet AJH
Background: Performing a tick check after visiting nature is considered the most important preventive measure to avoid contracting Lyme disease. Checking the body for ticks after visiting nature is the only measure that can fully guarantee whether one has been bitten by a tick and provides the opportunity to remove the tick as soon as possible, thereby greatly reducing the chance of contracting Lyme disease. However, compliance to performing the tick check is low. In addition, most previous stud...
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Cited 7 times since 2017 (1 per year)
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The international journal of cardiovascular imaging,
Volume 34, Issue 4, 24 4 2017, Pages 625-632
Disagreement between splenic switch-off and myocardial T1-mapping after caffeine intake.
Kuijpers D, van Dijk R, van Assen M, Kaandorp TAM, van Dijkman PRM, Vliegenthart R, van der Harst P, Oudkerk M
Caffeine is an adenosine receptor antagonist and a possible cause of inadequate stress perfusion. Splenic switch-off (SSO) and splenic rest-stress T1-mapping have been proposed as indicators of stress adequacy during perfusion cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR). We compared myocardial rest-stress T1-mapping with SSO and splenic rest-stress T1-mapping in patients with and without recent coffee intake. We analyzed 344 consecutive patients suspected of myocardial ischemia with adenosine perfusion CMR...
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Cited 24 times since 2017 (3.3 per year)
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Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography,
Volume 31, Issue 4, 23 4 2017, Pages 505-514.e3
Feasibility, Accuracy, and Reproducibility of Aortic Annular and Root Sizing for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Using Novel Automated Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Software: Comparison with Multi-Detector Row Computed Tomography.
Prihadi EA, van Rosendael PJ, Vollema EM, Bax JJ, Delgado V, Ajmone Marsan N
Background: In transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), multi-detector row computed tomography (MDCT) is currently the standard imaging modality for correct prosthesis sizing, despite risks of radiation and contrast-induced renal injury. Three-dimensional (3D) transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has been proposed as a potential alternative imaging technique, and recently, automated 3D transesophageal echocardiographic software (Aortic Valve Navigator [AVN], an unreleased prototype from...
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Cited 44 times since 2017 (6 per year)
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European journal of preventive cardiology,
Volume 25, Issue 2, 22 4 2017, Pages 181-189
Age and gender differences in medical adherence after myocardial infarction: Women do not receive optimal treatment - The Netherlands claims database.
Eindhoven DC, Hilt AD, Zwaan TC, Schalij MJ, Borleffs CJW
Background Following myocardial infarction, medication is, besides lifestyle interventions, the cornerstone treatment to improve survival and minimize the occurrence of new cardiovascular events. Still, data on nationwide medication adherence are scarce. This study assesses medical adherence during one year following myocardial infarction, stratifying per type of infarct, age and gender. Design Retrospective cohort study. Methods In The Netherlands, all inhabitants are by law obliged to have hea...
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Cited 28 times since 2017 (3.8 per year)
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European journal of heart failure,
Volume 20, Issue 3, 21 3 2017, Pages 560-568
Prevalence of left ventricular systolic dysfunction in pre-dialysis and dialysis patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction.
Hensen LCR, Goossens K, Delgado V, Abou R, Rotmans JI, Jukema JW, Bax JJ
Aims: Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have an excess of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, with heart failure (HF) being particularly frequent. Reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) defines left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction and is associated with poor prognosis. However, CKD patients may have HF symptoms with preserved LVEF. In this subgroup of patients, two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography can detect LV systolic dysfunction by analysing LV myoca...
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Cited 3 times since 2017 (0.4 per year)
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Heart rhythm,
Volume 15, Issue 3, 20 3 2017, Pages 386-392
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A SIMPLE substudy.
Vamos M, Healey JS, Wang J, Connolly SJ, Mabo P, Van Erven L, Kautzner J, Glikson M, Neuzner J, O'Hara G, Vinolas X, Gadler F, Hohnloser SH
Background: Patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) are considered to be at high risk for elevated defibrillation thresholds, periprocedural complications, and failed appropriate shocks. Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the value of defibrillation testing (DT) in HCM patients undergoing implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) insertion. Methods: Defibrillation thresholds, perioperative complications, and long-term outcomes were compared between patients with HCM...
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Cited 6 times since 2017 (0.8 per year)
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Rheumatology international,
Volume 38, Issue 3, 18 3 2017, Pages 443-453
Physical activity in patients with systemic sclerosis.
Liem SIE, Meessen JMTA, Wolterbeek R, Ajmone Marsan N, Ninaber MK, Vliet Vlieland TPM, de Vries-Bouwstra JK
Objectives: To compare self-reported levels of physical activity (PA) of systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients with the general population. To evaluate in SSc patients factors associated with PA levels and needs and preferences regarding PA. Methods: Fifty nine SSc patients completed the Short QUestionnaire to ASsess Health-Enhancing PA. The proportion of patients meeting the Dutch Recommendation for PA (= moderate PA for 30 min on ≥ 5 days/week) and total minutes of PA per week were calculated and...
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Cited 18 times since 2017 (2.5 per year)
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Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology,
Volume 38, Issue 1, 16 3 2017, Pages 186-194
Statins Promote Cardiac Infarct Healing by Modulating Endothelial Barrier Function Revealed by Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
Leenders GJ, Smeets MB, van den Boomen M, Berben M, Nabben M, van Strijp D, Strijkers GJ, Prompers JJ, Arslan F, Nicolay K, Vandoorne K
Objective: The endothelium has a crucial role in wound healing, acting as a barrier to control transit of leukocytes. Endothelial barrier function is impaired in atherosclerosis preceding myocardial infarction (MI). Besides lowering lipids, statins modulate endothelial function. Here, we noninvasively tested whether statins affect permeability at the inflammatory (day 3) and the reparative (day 7) phase of infarct healing post-MI using contrast-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)....
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Cited 268 times since 2017 (36.5 per year)
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Circulation,
Volume 137, Issue 4, 13 2 2017, Pages 338-350
Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Lowering With Evolocumab and Outcomes in Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease: Insights From the FOURIER Trial (Further Cardiovascular Outcomes Research With PCSK9 Inhibition in Subjects With Elevated Risk).
Bonaca MP, Nault P, Giugliano RP, Keech AC, Pineda AL, Kanevsky E, Kuder J, Murphy SA, Jukema JW, Lewis BS, Tokgozoglu L, Somaratne R, Sever PS, Pedersen TR, Sabatine MS
Background: The PCSK9 (proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9) inhibitor evolocumab reduced low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and cardiovascular events in the FOURIER trial (Further Cardiovascular Outcomes Research With PCSK9 Inhibition in Subjects With Elevated Risk). We investigated the efficacy and safety of evolocumab in patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) as well as the effect on major adverse limb events. Methods: FOURIER was a randomized trial of evolocumab versus place...
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Cited 4 times since 2017 (0.5 per year)
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BMJ open,
Volume 7, Issue 11, 12 2 2017, Pages e018833
Barriers and facilitators to learn and improve through morbidity and mortality conferences: a qualitative study.
de Vos MS, Hamming JF, Marang-van de Mheen PJ
Objectives: To explore barriers and facilitators to successful morbidity and mortality conferences (M&M), driving learning and improvement. Design: This is a qualitative study with semistructured interviews. Inductive, thematic content analysis was used to identify barriers and facilitators, which were structured across a pre-existing framework for change in healthcare. Setting: Dutch academic surgical department with a long tradition of M&M. Participants: An interview sample of surgeons...
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Cited 9 times since 2017 (1.2 per year)
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Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology,
Volume 25, Issue 1, 6 1 2017, Pages 39-52
Myocardial perfusion imaging: Lessons learned and work to be done-update.
Iskandrian AE, Dilsizian V, Garcia EV, Beanlands RS, Cerqueira M, Soman P, Berman DS, Cuocolo A, Einstein AJ, Morgan CJ, Hage FG, Schelbert HR, Bax JJ, Wu JC, Shaw LJ, Sadeghi MM, Tamaki N, Kaufmann PA, Gropler R, Dorbala S, Van Decker W
As the second term of our commitment to Journal begins, we, the editors, would like to reflect on a few topics that have relevance today. These include prognostication and paradigm shifts; Serial testing: How to handle data? Is the change in perfusion predictive of outcome and which one? Ischemia-guided therapy: fractional flow reserve vs perfusion vs myocardial blood flow; positron emission tomography (PET) imaging using Rubidium-82 vs N-13 ammonia vs F-18 Flurpiridaz; How to differentiate micr...
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Cited 3 times since 2017 (0.4 per year)
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JACC. Clinical electrophysiology,
Volume 4, Issue 2, 6 1 2017, Pages 221-227
The Impact of Atrial Fibrillation Clinical Subtype on Mortality.
Leung M, van Rosendael PJ, Abou R, Ajmone Marsan N, Leung DY, Delgado V, Bax JJ
Objectives: This study sought to investigate the prognostic implications of the clinical subtype of atrial fibrillation (AF): paroxysmal or persistent. Background: Underlying structural abnormalities of the left atrium may be responsible for the initial clinical presentation of AF in either paroxysmal or persistent form, yet the prognostic implications of the clinical subtype on presentation are unknown. Methods: Over a median of 7 years, 1,773 patients (age 64 ± 12 years, 74% males) with nonval...
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Cited 3 times since 2017 (0.4 per year)
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Journal of clinical lipidology,
Volume 12, Issue 1, 2 1 2017, Pages 137-144.e1
Mendelian randomization analysis of cholesteryl ester transfer protein and subclinical atherosclerosis: A population-based study.
Christen T, Trompet S, Noordam R, Blauw LL, Gast KB, Rensen PCN, Willems van Dijk K, Rosendaal FR, de Mutsert R, Jukema JW, NEO study
Background: Several trials to prevent cardiovascular disease by inhibiting cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) have failed, except Randomized EValuation of the Effects of Anacetrapib through Lipid-modification. Thus far, it is unclear to what extent CETP is causally related to measures of atherosclerosis. Objective: The aim of the article was to study the causal relationship between genetically determined CETP concentration and carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) in a population-based co...
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Cited 2 times since 2017 (0.3 per year)
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Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands),
Volume 114, 2 1 2017, Pages 50-55
Esophageal ultrasound (EUS) assessment of T4 status in NSCLC patients.
Kuijvenhoven JC, Crombag L, Breen DP, van den Berk I, Versteegh MIM, Braun J, Winkelman TA, van Boven W, Bonta PI, Rabe KF, Annema JT
Background: Mediastinal and central large vessels (T4) invasion by lung cancer is often difficult to assess preoperatively due to the limited accuracy of computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest. Esophageal ultrasound (EUS) can visualize the relationship of para-esophageally located lung tumors to surrounding mediastinal structures. Aim: To assess the value of EUS for detecting mediastinal invasion (T4) of centrally located lung tumors. Methods: Patients who underwent EUS for the diagnosis and...
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Cited 33 times since 2017 (4.5 per year)
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Annals of surgery,
Volume 266, Issue 5, 1 1 2017, Pages 898-904
Textbook Outcome: A Composite Measure for Quality of Elective Aneurysm Surgery.
Karthaus EG, Lijftogt N, Busweiler LAD, Elsman BHP, Wouters MWJM, Vahl AC, Hamming JF, Dutch Society of Vascular Surgery, the Steering Committee of the Dutch Surgical Aneurysm Audit, the Dutch Institute for Clinical Auditing
Objective: To investigate a new composite quality measurement, which comprises a desirable outcome for elective aneurysm surgery, called "Textbook Outcome" (TO). Background: Single-quality indicators in vascular surgery are often not distinctive and insufficiently reflect the quality of care. Methods: All patients undergoing elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, registered in the Dutch Surgical Aneurysm Audit between 2014 and 2015 were included. TO was defined as the percentage of...
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Clinical genetics,
Volume 92, Issue 5, 1 1 2017, Pages 565
Response to Ciuculete et al.
Smit RAJ, le Cessie S, Jukema JW, Trompet S
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Cited 13 times since 2017 (1.8 per year)
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European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging,
Volume 18, Issue 11, 1 1 2017, Pages 1206-1213
Frequency and angiographic characteristics of coronary microvascular dysfunction in stable angina: a hybrid imaging study.
Stenström I, Maaniitty T, Uusitalo V, Pietilä M, Ukkonen H, Kajander S, Mäki M, Bax JJ, Knuuti J, Saraste A
Aims: Coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) can cause angina in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). We studied the frequency and angiographic characteristics of CMD in symptomatic patients with suspected stable CAD and identified CMD as diffusely abnormal coronary vasodilator capacity by positron emission tomography (PET) perfusion imaging. Methods and results: We recruited prospectively 189 patients with intermediate pre-test probability of CAD who underwent coronary co...
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Cited 30 times since 2017 (4.1 per year)
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Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology,
Volume 10, Issue 11, 1 1 2017, Pages e005591
Localized Optogenetic Targeting of Rotors in Atrial Cardiomyocyte Monolayers.
Feola I, Volkers L, Majumder R, Teplenin A, Schalij MJ, Panfilov AV, de Vries AAF, Pijnappels DA
Background: Recently, a new ablation strategy for atrial fibrillation has emerged, which involves the identification of rotors (ie, local drivers) followed by the localized targeting of their core region by ablation. However, this concept has been subject to debate because the mode of arrhythmia termination remains poorly understood, as dedicated models and research tools are lacking. We took a unique optogenetic approach to induce and locally target a rotor in atrial monolayers. Methods and res...
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Cited 1 times since 2017 (0.1 per year)
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Substance use & misuse,
Volume 53, Issue 6, 30 5 2017, Pages 921-930
Effectiveness of Fresh Start: A Randomized Study of a School-Based Program to Retain a Negative Attitude Toward Substance Use in Secondary School Freshmen.
Onrust SA, van der Heijden A, Zschämisch AL, Speetjens PAM
Background: The transition to secondary school is linked to more positive attitudes toward substance use, which prelude the moment of first use. Fresh Start is a school-based prevention program for secondary school freshmen (12-13 years old) to retain negative attitudes. Objectives: This study evaluates the effectiveness of Fresh Start on the attitudes toward smoking, alcohol use, and cannabis use, and on multiple secondary outcome measures. In addition, the effect of timing of the program withi...
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