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Cited 16 times since 2011 (1.1 per year)
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Veterinary microbiology,
Volume 150, Issue 1-2, 11 2 2011, Pages 180-184
Detection of PRRSV circulation in herds without clinical signs of PRRS: comparison of five age groups to assess the preferred age group and sample size.
Duinhof TF, van Schaik G, van Esch EJ, Wellenberg GJ
A cross-sectional study was conducted to find the most effective diagnostic approach to detect circulation of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV). The study was performed in 10 Dutch swine herds, with sows and fattening pigs or breeding stock. Herds did not experience clinical signs of PRRS during the last 6 months before sampling, but a PRRSV infection was confirmed at most 2 years before sampling. Blood samples were collected from 5 age groups: sows during early and lat...
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Cited 57 times since 2011 (3.9 per year)
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European heart journal,
Volume 32, Issue 15, 8 2 2011, Pages 1926-1934
Turning 18 with congenital heart disease: prediction of infective endocarditis based on a large population.
Verheugt CL, Uiterwaal CS, van der Velde ET, Meijboom FJ, Pieper PG, Veen G, Stappers JL, Grobbee DE, Mulder BJ
Aims: The risk of infective endocarditis (IE) in adults with congenital heart disease is known to be increased, yet empirical risk estimates are lacking. We sought to predict the occurrence of IE in patients with congenital heart disease at the transition from childhood into adulthood. Methods and results: We identified patients from the CONCOR national registry for adults with congenital heart disease. Potential predictors included patient characteristics, and complications and interventions in...
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Cited 16 times since 2011 (1.1 per year)
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Journal of cardiovascular translational research,
Volume 4, Issue 2, 7 1 2011, Pages 182-191
Bone marrow cell injection for chronic myocardial ischemia: the past and the future.
van Ramshorst J, Rodrigo SF, Schalij MJ, Beeres SL, Bax JJ, Atsma DE
Intramyocardial bone marrow cell injection is currently being investigated as a new therapeutic option for the treatment of chronic myocardial ischemia. Experimental studies and early phase clinical trials established a favorable safety profile of this approach and suggested that bone marrow cell injection was associated with clinical and functional improvements. Recently, a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial demonstrated that intramyocardial bone marrow cell injection was associ...
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Cited 27 times since 2011 (1.8 per year)
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European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology,
Volume 37, Issue 3, 6 1 2011, Pages 252-257
Intraoperative near-infrared fluorescence imaging of colorectal metastases targeting integrin α(v)β(3) expression in a syngeneic rat model.
Hutteman M, Mieog JS, van der Vorst JR, Dijkstra J, Kuppen PJ, van der Laan AM, Tanke HJ, Kaijzel EL, Que I, van de Velde CJ, Löwik CW, Vahrmeijer AL
Aim: Near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence optical imaging is a promising technique to assess the extent of colorectal metastases during curative-intended surgery. However, NIR fluorescence imaging of liver metastases is highly challenging due to hepatic uptake and clearance of many fluorescent dyes. In the current study, the biodistribution and the ability to demarcate liver and peritoneal metastases were assessed during surgery in a syngeneic rat model of colorectal cancer using an integrin α(v)β(3...
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Cited 26 times since 2011 (1.8 per year)
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PloS one,
Volume 6, Issue 1, 6 1 2011, Pages e14493
Exploitation of herpesvirus immune evasion strategies to modify the immunogenicity of human mesenchymal stem cell transplants.
de la Garza-Rodea AS, Verweij MC, Boersma H, van der Velde-van Dijke I, de Vries AA, Hoeben RC, van Bekkum DW, Wiertz EJ, Knaän-Shanzer S
Background: Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent cells residing in the connective tissue of many organs and holding great potential for tissue repair. In culture, human MSCs (hMSCs) are capable of extensive proliferation without showing chromosomal aberrations. Large numbers of hMSCs can thus be acquired from small samples of easily obtainable tissues like fat and bone marrow. MSCs can contribute to regeneration indirectly by secretion of cytokines or directly by differentiation into sp...
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Cited 56 times since 2011 (3.8 per year)
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Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987),
Volume 159, Issue 3, 6 1 2011, Pages 665-676
Ecosystem responses to reduced and oxidised nitrogen inputs in European terrestrial habitats.
Stevens CJ, Manning P, van den Berg LJ, de Graaf MC, Wamelink GW, Boxman AW, Bleeker A, Vergeer P, Arroniz-Crespo M, Limpens J, Lamers LP, Bobbink R, Dorland E
While it is well established that ecosystems display strong responses to elevated nitrogen deposition, the importance of the ratio between the dominant forms of deposited nitrogen (NH(x) and NO(y)) in determining ecosystem response is poorly understood. As large changes in the ratio of oxidised and reduced nitrogen inputs are occurring, this oversight requires attention. One reason for this knowledge gap is that plants experience a different NH(x):NO(y) ratio in soil to that seen in atmospheric...
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Cited 13 times since 2011 (0.9 per year)
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Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging,
Volume 4, Issue 2, 5 1 2011, Pages 122-129
Intramyocardial bone marrow-derived mononuclear cell injection for chronic myocardial ischemia: the effect on diastolic function.
van Ramshorst J, Antoni ML, Beeres SL, Roes SD, Delgado V, Rodrigo SF, de Roos A, Holman ER, Fibbe WE, Lamb HJ, Zwaginga JJ, Boersma E, van der Wall EE, Schalij MJ, Atsma DE, Bax JJ
Background: The present substudy of a recently published randomized trial aimed to investigate the effect of intramyocardial bone marrow cell injection on diastolic function in patients with chronic myocardial ischemia. Methods and results: In a total of 50 patients, diastolic function was evaluated before and 3 months after bone marrow cell injection using standard echocardiography and strain analysis. In addition, MRI-derived transmitral flow measurements were obtained in a subset of 36 patien...
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Cited 71 times since 2011 (4.9 per year)
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Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology,
Volume 13, Issue 3, 5 1 2011, Pages 389-394
Long-term follow-up of primary and secondary prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients.
van Welsenes GH, van Rees JB, Borleffs CJ, Cannegieter SC, Bax JJ, van Erven L, Schalij MJ
Aims: The beneficial effects of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) in primary and secondary prevention patients are well established. However, data on potential differences between both groups in mortality and ICD therapy rates during long-term follow-up are scarce. The aim of the study was to assess differences in mortality and ICD therapy between secondary and primary prevention ICD recipients. Methods and results: With the exception of patients with congenital monogenetic cardiac...
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Cited 19 times since 2011 (1.3 per year)
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Heart rhythm,
Volume 8, Issue 5, 4 1 2011, Pages 665-671
Reversed polarity of bipolar electrograms for predicting a successful ablation site in focal idiopathic right ventricular outflow tract arrhythmias.
van Huls van Taxis CF, Wijnmaalen AP, den Uijl DW, Gawrysiak M, Putter H, Schalij MJ, Zeppenfeld K
Background: Radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) for idiopathic right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) arrhythmias is typically guided by local activation time (LAT) mapping and unipolar electrogram morphology (QS configuration). However, LAT mapping is limited by the large variation among patients, and the area demonstrating a QS configuration of the unipolar electrogram may be larger than the focal source. Reversed polarity has been proposed as a criterion for guiding RFCA. Objective: The p...
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Cited 1 times since 2011 (0.1 per year)
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Tijdschrift voor psychiatrie,
Volume 53, Issue 8, 1 1 2011, Pages 519-530
[Medical students and their attitude to psychiatry].
den Held OM, Hegge IR, van Schaik DJ, van Balkom AJ
Background: The attitudes of medical students to psychiatry are important for the future care of patients with psychiatric (co)morbidity. Up till now the attitude of medical students to psychiatry has not been investigated in the Netherlands and the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium. Aim: To measure the attitude of third year medical students towards psychiatry by means of the ATP-30. This is a validated instrument, used internationally. To determine the extent to which medical students' attit...
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Cited 152 times since 2011 (10.4 per year)
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Journal of health communication,
Volume 16 Suppl 3, 1 1 2011, Pages 134-149
Applicability of internationally available health literacy measures in the Netherlands.
Fransen MP, Van Schaik TM, Twickler TB, Essink-Bot ML
Health literacy measures for use in clinical-epidemiological research have all been developed outside Europe. In the absence of validated Dutch measures, we evaluated the cross-cultural applicability of the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (REALM), the Newest Vital Sign (NVS), the Set of Brief Screening Questions (SBSQ), and the measure of Functional Communicative and Critical Health Literacy (FCCHL). Each measure was translated into Dutch following standardized procedures. We assess...
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Cited 12 times since 2011 (0.8 per year)
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Current problems in cardiology,
Volume 36, Issue 1, 1 1 2011, Pages 9-47
Multimodality imaging in diabetic heart disease.
Ng AC, Delgado V, Djaberi R, Schuijf JD, Boogers MJ, Auger D, Bertini M, de Roos A, van der Meer RW, Lamb HJ, Bax JJ
Diabetic heart disease is currently defined as left ventricular dysfunction that occurs independently of coronary artery disease and hypertension. Its underlying etiology is likely to be multifactorial, acting synergistically together to cause myocardial dysfunction. Multimodality cardiac imaging, such as echocardiography, nuclear, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging, can provide invaluable insight into different aspects of the disease process, from imaging at the cellular level...
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Cited 62 times since 2011 (4.2 per year)
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The American journal of cardiology,
Volume 107, Issue 2, 1 1 2011, Pages 243-249
Effect of pulmonary vein anatomy and left atrial dimensions on outcome of circumferential radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation.
den Uijl DW, Tops LF, Delgado V, Schuijf JD, Kroft LJ, de Roos A, Boersma E, Trines SA, Zeppenfeld K, Schalij MJ, Bax JJ
Multislice computed tomography (MSCT) is commonly acquired before radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) for atrial fibrillation (AF) to plan and guide the procedure. MSCT allows accurate measurement of the left atrial (LA) and pulmonary vein (PV) dimensions and classification of the PV anatomy. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of LA dimensions, PV dimensions, and PV anatomy on the outcome of circumferential RFCA for AF. A total of 100 consecutive patients undergoing R...
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Cited 29 times since 2011 (2 per year)
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The Annals of thoracic surgery,
Volume 91, Issue 1, 1 1 2011, Pages 113-121
Three-dimensional echocardiography for the preoperative assessment of patients with left ventricular aneurysm.
Marsan NA, Westenberg JJ, Roes SD, van Bommel RJ, Delgado V, van der Geest RJ, de Roos A, Klautz RJ, Reiber JC, Bax JJ
Background: Surgical ventricular reconstruction has been proposed as a treatment option in heart failure patients with left ventricular (LV) aneurysm. The feasibility of this procedure has some limitations, and extensive preoperative evaluation is necessary to give the correct indication. For this purpose, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is currently considered the gold standard, providing accurate quantification of LV shape, size, and global and regional function together with the assessment o...
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Cited 139 times since 2011 (9.5 per year)
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Journal of the American College of Cardiology,
Volume 57, Issue 3, 1 1 2011, Pages 324-331
Left atrial strain predicts reverse remodeling after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation.
Tops LF, Delgado V, Bertini M, Marsan NA, Den Uijl DW, Trines SA, Zeppenfeld K, Holman E, Schalij MJ, Bax JJ
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess left atrial (LA) strain during long-term follow-up after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation and to find predictors for LA reverse remodeling. Background: The association between LA reverse remodeling and improvement in LA strain after catheter ablation has not been investigated thus far. Methods: In 148 patients undergoing catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation, LA volumes and LA strain were assessed with echocardiography at baseline...
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Cited 32 times since 2011 (2.2 per year)
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American heart journal,
Volume 161, Issue 1, 1 1 2011, Pages 197-203
Natriuretic peptide levels predict recurrence of atrial fibrillation after radiofrequency catheter ablation.
den Uijl DW, Delgado V, Tops LF, Ng AC, Boersma E, Trines SA, Zeppenfeld K, Schalij MJ, van der Laarse A, Bax JJ
Background: the presence of atrial fibrillation (AF) is related to increased levels of natriuretic peptides. In addition, increased natriuretic peptide levels are predictive of the development of AF. However, the role of natriuretic peptides to predict recurrence of AF after radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) is controversial. Objective: the study aimed to investigate the role of natriuretic peptides in the prediction of AF recurrence after RFCA for AF. Methods: pre-procedural amino-termina...
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Cited 21 times since 2011 (1.4 per year)
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International review of cell and molecular biology,
Volume 290, 1 1 2011, Pages 87-119
Role for primary cilia as flow detectors in the cardiovascular system.
Van der Heiden K, Egorova AD, Poelmann RE, Wentzel JJ, Hierck BP
The cardiovascular system is exposed to biochemical and biomechanical signals. Various sensors for these signals have been described and they contribute to cardiovascular development, maintenance of vessel integrity during adult life, and to pathogenesis. In the past 10years, primary cilia, membrane-covered, rod-like cellular protrusions, were discovered on multiple cell types of the cardiovascular system. Primary cilia are sensory organelles involved in several key (developmental) signaling pat...
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Cited 1 times since 2011 (0.1 per year)
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Journal of the American College of Cardiology,
Volume 57, Issue 4, 1 1 2011, Pages 480-514
Highlights of the year in JACC 2010.
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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Cited 2 times since 2011 (0.1 per year)
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Cardiology journal,
Volume 18, Issue 3, 1 1 2011, Pages 289-296
Interventional creation of an atrial septal defect and its impact on right ventricular function: an animal study with the pressure-volume conductance system.
Uebing A, Fischer G, Schlangen J, Hansen T, Grabitz RG, Becker K, Steendijk P, Kramer HH
Background: The aim of our study was to assess the suitability of different interventional techniques to create an atrial septal defect (ASD) and to evaluate the short-term effects of right ventricular (RV) volume overload on RV contractility in the growing swine. Methods: Thirteen ASD and six control animals were studied. An ASD was created by balloon dilatation (BD) of the fossa ovalis (n = 4) or by implantation of a multi-perforated Amplatzer Septal Occluder (n = 4) or a patch-less nitinol de...
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Cited 1 times since 2011 (0.1 per year)
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Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde,
Volume 155, 1 1 2011, Pages A3158
[Summary of the practice guideline 'Venous leg ulcer' from the Dutch College of General Practitioners].
van Rijn-van Kortenhof NM, Wiersma T, van Hof N, Balak FS, Goudswaard LA
The practice guideline 'Venous leg ulcer' from the Dutch College of General Practitioners provides recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of venous leg ulcer by the general practitioner. When counseling the patient it is important to make clear that the healing process can take a long time. Compression therapy remains the most important treatment for venous leg ulcer; it also reduces recurrence rates. The choice of wound dressing is dependent on the wound phase, the degree of...
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