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Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment,
Volume 13, 9 2 2017, Pages 2581-2584
Sporadic hyperekplexia due to self-limiting brainstem encephalopathy.
Yilmaz D, Cengiz B
Hyperekplexia is a rare movement disorder characterized by pathologically exaggerated response to unexpected stimuli. It is differentiated from the normal startle reflex by its lower threshold, higher intensity, and resistance to habituation. Many of the acquired hyperekplexias result from brainstem involvement such as encephalitis, infarct, hemorrhage, pontocerebellar hypoplasia and medullary compression. This case report depicts a rare manifestation of hyperekplexia. The unusual aspect of this...
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Cited 14 times since 2017 (1.9 per year)
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Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology,
Volume 125, Issue 1, 4 1 2017, Pages 55-61
Different manifestation of irradiation induced coronary artery disease detected with coronary computed tomography compared with matched non-irradiated controls.
van Rosendael AR, Daniëls LA, Dimitriu-Leen AC, Smit JM, van Rosendael PJ, Schalij MJ, Bax JJ, Scholte AJHA
Background and purpose: Patients who received chest irradiation for treatment of a malignancy are at increased risk for the development of coronary artery atherosclerosis. Little is known about the anatomical coronary artery plaque characteristics of irradiation induced coronary artery disease (CAD). This study aimed to evaluate potential differences in the presence, extent, severity, composition and location of CAD in patients treated with mediastinal irradiation compared with non-irradiated co...
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Cited 13 times since 2017 (1.7 per year)
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European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery,
Volume 52, Issue 4, 1 1 2017, Pages 832
Corrigendum to '2017 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease' [Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2017;52:616-664].
Falk V, Baumgartner H, Bax JJ, De Bonis M, Hamm C, Holm PJ, Iung B, Lancellotti P, Lansac E, Muñoz DR, Rosenhek R, Sjögren J, Tornos Mas P, Vahanian A, Walther T, Wendler O, Windecker S, Zamorano JL, Roffi M, Alfieri O, Agewall S, Ahlsson A, Barbato E, Bueno H, Collet JP, Coman IM, Czerny M, Delgado V, Fitzsimons D, Folliguet T, Gaemperli O, Habib G, Harringer W, Haude M, Hindricks G, Katus HA, Knuuti J, Kolh P, Leclercq C, McDonagh TA, Piepoli MF, Pierard LA, Ponikowski P, Rosano GMC, Ruschitzka F, Shlyakhto E, Simpson IA, Sousa-Uva M, Stepinska J, Tarantini G, Tchétché D, Aboyans V
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Cited 216 times since 2017 (29.1 per year)
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European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery,
Volume 52, Issue 4, 1 1 2017, Pages 616-664
2017 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease.
Falk V, Baumgartner H, Bax JJ, De Bonis M, Hamm C, Holm PJ, Iung B, Lancellotti P, Lansac E, Muñoz DR, Rosenhek R, Sjögren J, Tornos Mas P, Vahanian A, Walther T, Wendler O, Windecker S, Zamorano JL, ESC Scientific Document Group
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Cited 1 times since 2017 (0.1 per year)
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Circulation,
Volume 136, Issue 17, 1 1 2017, Pages 1659-1661
ESC Congress 2017 in Barcelona: Where the World of Cardiology Came Together.
Bax JJ, Achenbach S
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Cited 1 times since 2017 (0.1 per year)
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European heart journal,
Volume 38, Issue 38, 1 1 2017, Pages 2913
MitraClip improves mitral valve geometry in complex organic mitral regurgitation: insights from three-dimensional-echocardiography.
Debonnaire P, van der Kley F, Ajmone Marsan N, Delgado V
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Cited 10 times since 2017 (1.3 per year)
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European heart journal. Cardiovascular pharmacotherapy,
Volume 3, Issue 4, 1 1 2017, Pages 198-213
Diabetic patients with acute coronary syndromes in contemporary European registries: characteristics and outcomes.
Lettino M, Andell P, Zeymer U, Widimsky P, Danchin N, Bardaji A, Barrabes JA, Cequier A, Claeys MJ, De Luca L, Dörler J, Erlinge D, Erne P, Goldstein P, Koul SM, Lemesle G, Lüscher TF, Matter CM, Montalescot G, Radovanovic D, Sendón JL, Tousek P, Weidinger F, Weston CFM, Zaman A, Li J, Jukema JW, PIRAEUS group
Aims: Among patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS), those with diabetes mellitus (DM) are at particularly high risk of recurrent cardiovascular events and premature death. We aimed to provide a descriptive overview of unadjusted analyses of patient characteristics, ACS management, and outcomes up to 1 year after hospital admission for an ACS/index-ACS event, in patients with DM in contemporary registries in Europe. Methods and results: A total of 10 registries provided data in a systematic...
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Cited 2 times since 2017 (0.3 per year)
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The Annals of thoracic surgery,
Volume 104, Issue 5, 28 4 2017, Pages 1464-1470
Restrictive Mitral Valve Annuloplasty: Prognostic Implications of Left Ventricular Forward Flow.
Kamperidis V, van Wijngaarden SE, van Rosendael PJ, Kong WK, Leung M, Sianos G, Ajmone Marsan N, Delgado V, Bax JJ
Background: Surgical mitral valve repair for severe secondary mitral regurgitation (MR) remains controversial. The association of MR reduction and changes in left ventricular (LV) hemodynamics with survival has not been investigated. We investigated the independent associates of outcomes in heart failure patients with severe secondary MR who underwent surgical mitral valve repair. Methods: Patients (n = 130, 62 ± 12 years old, 55% men) with chronic severe secondary MR and impaired LV ejection fr...
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Cited 12 times since 2017 (1.6 per year)
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Journal of vascular surgery,
Volume 67, Issue 3, 28 4 2017, Pages 735-739
A registry-based rationale for discrete intervention thresholds for open and endovascular elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in female patients.
Tomee SM, Lijftogt N, Vahl A, Hamming JF, Lindeman JHN
Objective: An evidence-based consensus for a female-specific intervention threshold for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) is missing. This study aims to analyze sex-related differences in the epidemiology of ruptured AAA to establish an intervention threshold for women. Methods: The Dutch Surgical Aneurysm Audit (DSAA) is a compulsory, nation-wide registry of AAA repairs in The Netherlands. All patients with emergency or elective AAA repair between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2015, were in...
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Cited 3 times since 2017 (0.4 per year)
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Atherosclerosis,
Volume 266, 28 4 2017, Pages 196-204
Identification of a novel proinsulin-associated SNP and demonstration that proinsulin is unlikely to be a causal factor in subclinical vascular remodelling using Mendelian randomisation.
Strawbridge RJ, Silveira A, Hoed MD, Gustafsson S, Luan J, Rybin D, Dupuis J, Li-Gao R, Kavousi M, Dehghan A, Haljas K, Lahti J, Gådin JR, Bäcklund A, de Faire U, Gertow K, Giral P, Goel A, Humphries SE, Kurl S, Langenberg C, Lannfelt LL, Lind L, Lindgren CCM, Mannarino E, Mook-Kanamori DO, Morris AP, de Mutsert R, Rauramaa R, Saliba-Gustafsson P, Sennblad B, Smit AJ, Syvänen AC, Tremoli E, Veglia F, Zethelius B, Björck HM, Eriksson JG, Hofman A, Franco OH, Watkins H, Jukema JW, Florez JC, Wareham NJ, Meigs JB, Ingelsson E, Baldassarre D, Hamsten A, IMPROVE study group
Background and aims: Increased proinsulin relative to insulin levels have been associated with subclinical atherosclerosis (measured by carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT)) and are predictive of future cardiovascular disease (CVD), independently of established risk factors. The mechanisms linking proinsulin to atherosclerosis and CVD are unclear. A genome-wide meta-analysis has identified nine loci associated with circulating proinsulin levels. Using proinsulin-associated SNPs, we set out to u...
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Cited 78 times since 2017 (10.5 per year)
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PloS one,
Volume 12, Issue 9, 28 4 2017, Pages e0185403
Body fat distribution, in particular visceral fat, is associated with cardiometabolic risk factors in obese women.
Elffers TW, de Mutsert R, Lamb HJ, de Roos A, Willems van Dijk K, Rosendaal FR, Jukema JW, Trompet S
Background: Body fat distribution is, next to overall obesity, an important risk factor for cardiometabolic outcomes in the general population. In particular, visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is strongly associated with cardiometabolic risk factors. Since it is unclear whether body fat distribution is also important in men and women with obesity we investigated the associations between measures of body fat distribution and cardiometabolic risk factors in men and women with obesity. Methods: In this...
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Cited 1 times since 2017 (0.1 per year)
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International urology and nephrology,
Volume 49, Issue 12, 27 4 2017, Pages 2105-2109
Management of urinary tract infection with intravesical amikacin may increase the risk of bladder oxidative stress in children with neurogenic bladder.
Amasyali AS, Yilmaz D, Yilmaz M, Kucukdurmaz F, Sonmez F, Erol H
Introduction: We evaluated the bladder oxidative stress in neurogenic bladder children treated with intravesical amikacin for recurrent UTI and whether urinary isoprostane f2 alpha (F2-IsoP) is a good biomarker in this particular condition. Methods: This prospectively designed controlled study was approved by the Adnan Menderes University institutional ethics committee (Adnan Menderes University, 2015/649). Between January 2016 and January 2017, twenty-six children with meningomyelocele who had...
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Cited 8 times since 2017 (1.1 per year)
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Journal of internal medicine,
Volume 282, Issue 6, 27 4 2017, Pages 522-536
A protective role of IRF3 and IRF7 signalling downstream TLRs in the development of vein graft disease via type I interferons.
Simons KH, Peters HAB, Jukema JW, de Vries MR, Quax PHA
Background: Toll like receptors (TLR) play an important role in vein graft disease (VGD). Interferon regulatory factors (IRF) 3 and 7 are the transcriptional regulators of type I interferons (IFN) and type I IFN responsive genes and are downstream factors of TLRs. Relatively little is known with regard to the interplay of IRFs and TLRs in VGD development. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of IRF3 and IRF7 signaling downstream TLRs and the effect of IRF3 and IRF7 in VGD. Methods a...
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Cited 2 times since 2017 (0.3 per year)
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Frontiers in aging neuroscience,
Volume 9, 27 4 2017, Pages 307
Lower Performance in Orientation to Time and Place Associates with Greater Risk of Cardiovascular Events and Mortality in the Oldest Old: Leiden 85-Plus Study.
Rostamian S, van Buchem MA, Jukema JW, Gussekloo J, Poortvliet RKE, de Cren AJM, Sabayan B
Background: Impairment in orientation to time and place is commonly observed in community-dwelling older individuals. Nevertheless, the clinical significance of this has been not fully explored. In this study, we investigated the link between performance in orientation domains and future risk of cardiovascular events and mortality in a non-hospital setting of the oldest old adults. Methods: We included 528 subjects free of myocardial infarction (Group A), 477 individuals free of stroke/transient...
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Cited 1 times since 2017 (0.1 per year)
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The Journal of dermatological treatment,
Volume 29, Issue 4, 26 4 2017, Pages 375-382
Thiopurine metabolite levels in patients with atopic dermatitis and/or chronic hand/foot eczema treated with azathioprine.
Garritsen FM, van der Schaft J, Bruijnzeel-Koomen CAF, van Schaik RH, de Graaf M, van den Broek MPH, de Bruin-Weller MS
Background: Azathioprine is frequently used in severe eczema. It is converted in the liver into active metabolites, including 6-thioguanine nucleotide (6-TGN) and methylated 6-methylmercaptopurine (6-MMP). In the past, the therapeutic potential of azathioprine may have not been fully utilized. Recent investigations on inflammatory bowel disease have led to a better understanding of azathioprine metabolism and optimizing treatment. Objective: To investigate whether measuring thiopurine metabolite...
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Multimedia manual of cardiothoracic surgery : MMCTS,
Volume 2017, 25 4 2017
The Ross reimplantation technique.
Schneider A, Klautz RJM, Hazekamp M
Pulmonary autograft replacement of a diseased aortic valve (the Ross procedure) is effective in children, where growth is essential, and in young patients for whom a biological solution is preferred. Long-term outcomes are generally good. However eventual autograft dilatation may necessitate reoperation. In order to diminish the risk of autograft dilatation, several 'wrapping' techniques have been developed. Here, we present our technique of choice: the reimplantation of the pulmonary...
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Cited 10 times since 2017 (1.3 per year)
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JMIR research protocols,
Volume 6, Issue 9, 22 4 2017, Pages e186
Using Smart Technology to Improve Outcomes in Myocardial Infarction Patients: Rationale and Design of a Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial, The Box.
Treskes RW, van Winden LA, van Keulen N, Atsma DE, van der Velde ET, van den Akker-van Marle E, Mertens B, Schalij MJ
Background: Recent evidence suggests that frequent monitoring using smartphone-compatible wearable technologies might improve clinical effectiveness and patient satisfaction of care. Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the clinical effectiveness and patient satisfaction of a smart technology intervention in patients admitted with a ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) or non-ST acute coronary syndrome (NST-ACS). Methods: In this single center, open, randomized controlled tri...
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Cited 11 times since 2017 (1.5 per year)
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Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography,
Volume 11, Issue 6, 22 4 2017, Pages 423-428
Coronary lumen volume to myocardial mass ratio in primary microvascular angina.
Grover R, Leipsic JA, Mooney J, Kueh SH, Ohana M, Nørgaard BL, Eftekhari A, Bax JJ, Murphy DT, Hague CJ, Seidman MA, Blanke P, Sedlak T, Sellers SL
Background: Microvascular angina (MVA) is an incompletely understood clinical entity. Computational analysis of coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) has shown an association between low coronary lumen volume to myocardial mass (V/M) ratio and lower Fractional Flow Reserve values, independent of plaque measures. We hypothesized that low V/M ratio may be present in patients with MVA. Methods: A retrospective case-control analysis was performed using patients fulfilling guideline criteria...
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Cited 24 times since 2017 (3.2 per year)
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Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography,
Volume 11, Issue 6, 21 3 2017, Pages 462-467
Fractional flow reserve derived from coronary computed tomography angiography reclassification rate using value distal to lesion compared to lowest value.
Kueh SH, Mooney J, Ohana M, Kim U, Blanke P, Grover R, Sellers S, Ellis J, Murphy D, Hague C, Bax JJ, Nørgaard BL, Rabbat M, Leipsic JA
Introduction: A standardised approach to the interpretation of FFRCT data is currently lacking. We evaluated the rate of reclassification of FFRCT positivity using the FFRCT value distal to an anatomical stenoses compared to the lowest FFRCT value. Method: Patients who underwent coronary CTA and FFRCT analysis were eligible. FFRCT value of ≤ 0.80 was considered positive. Positive FFRCT distal to stenosis was defined as those with a stenoses of ≥ 25% with an associated FFRCT value of ≤ 0.80 withi...
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Cited 7 times since 2017 (0.9 per year)
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The American journal of cardiology,
Volume 120, Issue 12, 18 3 2017, Pages 2226-2232
Prevalence and Prognostic Relevance of Ventricular Conduction Disturbances in Patients With Aortic Stenosis.
Prihadi EA, Leung M, Vollema EM, Ng ACT, Ajmone Marsan N, Bax JJ, Delgado V
The prevalence and prognostic implications of ventricular conduction disturbances in aortic stenosis (AS) have not been extensively evaluated. The present retrospective study investigated the prevalence and prognostic implications of ventricular conduction abnormalities (including the QRS morphology and duration) in AS. A total of 1,245 patients (mean age 66 ± 14 years, 62.8% men) with varying AS severity (aortic sclerosis 33.9%, mild AS 11.5%, moderate AS 29.9%, and severe AS 24.7%) were evalua...
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