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Cited 37 times since 2009 (2.4 per year)
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Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE,
Volume 32, Issue 8, 1 1 2009, Pages 1040-1049
Relevance of echocardiographic evaluation of right ventricular function in patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy.
Scuteri L, Rordorf R, Marsan NA, Landolina M, Magrini G, Klersy C, Frattini F, Petracci B, Vicentini A, Campana C, Tavazzi L, Ghio S
Aims: Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is a marker of poor prognosis in heart failure (HF) patients. It is still unclear whether RV function might influence response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). Methods: Forty-four consecutive patients with HF, large QRS, and either intraventricular or interventricular dyssynchrony underwent echocardiographic evaluation before, 1 month after, and 6 months after CRT. Response to CRT was considered in case of significant LV reverse remodeling, def...
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Journal of vascular surgery,
Volume 50, Issue 2, 1 1 2009, Pages 407-412
Fluoroscopic Roentgen stereophotogrammetric analysis (FRSA) to study three-dimensional stent graft dynamics.
Koning OH, Kaptein BL, van der Vijver R, Dias NV, Malina M, Schalij MJ, Valstar ER, van Bockel JH
We report the clinical feasibility of fluoroscopic Roentgen stereophotogrammetric analysis (FRSA), a validated method to quantify real time three-dimensional (3D) dynamic motion of stent grafts and the first clinical results after abdominal and thoracic endovascular repair (EVAR). Stent graft motion was measured at 30 (stereo) frames per second, during the cardiac cycle and in the patient after abdominal EVAR, due to respiratory action. Translational motions of the center of mass, diameter chang...
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Cited 26 times since 2009 (1.7 per year)
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Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions,
Volume 74, Issue 2, 1 1 2009, Pages 335-343
In-ambulance abciximab administration in STEMI patients prior to primary PCI is associated with smaller infarct size, improved LV function and lower incidence of heart failure: results from the Leiden MISSION! acute myocardial infarction treatment optimization program.
Hassan AK, Liem SS, van der Kley F, Bergheanu SC, Wolterbeek R, Bosch J, Bootsma M, Zeppenfeld K, van der Laarse A, Atsma DE, Jukema JW, Schalij MJ
Objectives: Our aim was to evaluate the effects of early abciximab administration in the ambulance on immediate, short, and long term outcomes. Background: Early abciximab administration before primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is recommended in practice guidelines. However, optimal timing of administration remains indistinct. Methods: Within a fixed protocol for PPCI, December 2006 was the cut-off point for this prospective...
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Cited 24 times since 2009 (1.5 per year)
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Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960),
Volume 144, Issue 8, 1 1 2009, Pages 728-733
Type D personality and mortality in peripheral arterial disease: a pilot study.
Aquarius AE, Smolderen KG, Hamming JF, De Vries J, Vriens PW, Denollet J
Background: Type D personality refers to the tendency to experience negative emotions and to inhibit self-expression in social interaction and has been shown to be an independent predictor of mortality in cardiac disease. Information about the effects of psychological traits on prognosis is lacking in cases of peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Objective: To examine whether type D personality predicts all-cause mortality in PAD. Design: Pilot follow-up study. Setting: Vascular surgery department...
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Critical care medicine,
Volume 37, Issue 8, 1 1 2009, Pages 2482-2483
Optimizing the shape of defibrillation shocks.
Steendijk P
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Cited 55 times since 2009 (3.5 per year)
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The international journal of cardiovascular imaging,
Volume 25, Issue 7, 30 5 2009, Pages 669-676
Right ventricular peak systolic longitudinal strain is a sensitive marker for right ventricular deterioration in adult patients with tetralogy of Fallot.
Scherptong RW, Mollema SA, Blom NA, Kroft LJ, de Roos A, Vliegen HW, van der Wall EE, Bax JJ, Holman ER
The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of right ventricular (RV) longitudinal peak systolic strain (LPSS) assessment for the follow-up of adult patients with corrected tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). Adult patients (n = 18) with corrected TOF underwent echocardiography and CMR twice with a time interval of 4.2 +/- 1.7 years. RV performance was derived from CMR, and included RV volumes and ejection fraction (EF). LPSS was calculated globally (GLPSS) and in the RV free wall (LPSS FW), wi...
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Cited 5 times since 2009 (0.3 per year)
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The American journal of cardiology,
Volume 104, Issue 6, 21 3 2009, Pages 758-763
Relation between Framingham risk categories and the presence of functionally relevant coronary lesions as determined on multislice computed tomography and stress testing.
Nucifora G, Schuijf JD, van Werkhoven JM, Djaberi R, van der Wall EE, de Roos A, Scholte AJ, Schalij MJ, Jukema JW, Bax JJ
Noninvasive assessment of subclinical atherosclerosis by multislice computed tomographic (MSCT) coronary angiography and demonstration of significant, flow-limiting coronary artery disease (CAD) by stress testing may improve patients' risk stratification. However, data relating the complementary information provided by these noninvasive techniques to traditional risk assessment are scarce. In 255 subjects (45% women, mean age 54 +/- 12 years) without known CAD, 64-slice MSCT coronary angiog...
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Cited 18 times since 2009 (1.1 per year)
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Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology,
Volume 2, Issue 5, 7 1 2009, Pages 524-530
New ECG criteria in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy.
Cox MG, van der Smagt JJ, Wilde AA, Wiesfeld AC, Atsma DE, Nelen MR, Rodriguez LM, Loh P, Cramer MJ, Doevendans PA, van Tintelen JP, de Bakker JM, Hauer RN
Background: Desmosomal changes, electric uncoupling, and surviving myocardial bundles in fibrofatty tissue characterize arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C). Resultant activation delay is pivotal for reentry and thereby ventricular tachycardia (VT). Current task force criteria (TFC) for diagnosis have limited sensitivity. The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic value of additional criteria on activation delay and VT to improve identification of affected i...
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Cited 31 times since 2009 (2 per year)
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Heart (British Cardiac Society),
Volume 95, Issue 19, 5 1 2009, Pages 1607-1611
Multislice computed tomography coronary angiography for risk stratification in patients with an intermediate pretest likelihood.
van Werkhoven JM, Gaemperli O, Schuijf JD, Jukema JW, Kroft LJ, Leschka S, Alkadhi H, Valenta I, Pundziute G, de Roos A, van der Wall EE, Kaufmann PA, Bax JJ
Objectives: To assess whether multislice computed tomography coronary angiography (MSCTA) may be useful for risk stratification of patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) at intermediate pretest likelihood according to Diamond and Forrester. Design and patients: MSCTA images were evaluated for the presence of significant CAD in 316 patients with suspected CAD (60% male, average (SD) age 57 (11) years) and an intermediate pretest likelihood according to Diamond and Forrester. Patien...
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Cited 72 times since 2009 (4.6 per year)
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European heart journal,
Volume 30, Issue 19, 4 1 2009, Pages 2360-2367
Magnetic resonance imaging and response to cardiac resynchronization therapy: relative merits of left ventricular dyssynchrony and scar tissue.
Marsan NA, Westenberg JJ, Ypenburg C, van Bommel RJ, Roes S, Delgado V, Tops LF, van der Geest RJ, Boersma E, de Roos A, Schalij MJ, Bax JJ
Aim: To assess the relative value of a novel measure of left ventricular (LV) dyssynchrony derived from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and the extent of scar tissue for prediction of response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). Methods and results: Thirty-five heart failure patients scheduled for CRT were included. Left ventricular dyssynchrony was defined as the standard deviation of 16 segment time-to-maximum radial wall thickness (SDt-16) obtained from a cine-set of short-axis slice...
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Cited 187 times since 2009 (11.9 per year)
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Journal of the American College of Cardiology,
Volume 54, Issue 5, 1 1 2009, Pages 402-409
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction is characterized by dynamic impairment of active relaxation and contraction of the left ventricle on exercise and associated with myocardial energy deficiency.
Phan TT, Abozguia K, Nallur Shivu G, Mahadevan G, Ahmed I, Williams L, Dwivedi G, Patel K, Steendijk P, Ashrafian H, Henning A, Frenneaux M
Objectives: We sought to evaluate the role of exercise-related changes in left ventricular (LV) relaxation and of LV contractile function and vasculoventricular coupling (VVC) in the pathophysiology of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and to assess myocardial energetic status in these patients. Background: To date, no studies have investigated exercise-related changes in LV relaxation and VVC as well as in vivo myocardial energetic status in patients with HFpEF. Methods: We...
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Cited 23 times since 2009 (1.5 per year)
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Pediatric research,
Volume 66, Issue 1, 1 1 2009, Pages 74-79
Histopathological changes of the heart after neonatal dexamethasone treatment: studies in 4-, 8-, and 50-week-old rats.
Bal MP, de Vries WB, Steendijk P, Homoet-van der Kraak P, van der Leij FR, Baan J, van Oosterhout MF, van Bel F
Dexamethasone (Dex), for prevention of chronic lung disease in preterm infants, showed potential negative long-term effects. Studies regarding long-term cardiovascular effects are lacking. We investigated possible histopathological myocardial changes after neonatal Dex in the young and adult rat heart. Rats were treated with Dex on d 1, 2, and 3 (0.5, 0.3, and 0.1 mg/kg) of life. Control-pups received saline. At 4, 8, and 50 wk after birth rats were killed and anatomic data collected. Heart tiss...
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Cited 26 times since 2009 (1.7 per year)
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American heart journal,
Volume 158, Issue 1, 1 1 2009, Pages 40-46
Delayed improvement of right ventricular diastolic function and regression of right ventricular mass after percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation in patients with congenital heart disease.
Romeih S, Kroft LJ, Bokenkamp R, Schalij MJ, Grotenhuis H, Hazekamp MG, Groenink M, de Roos A, Blom NA
Background: Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation (PPVI) has been introduced as therapy for right ventricular (RV) to pulmonary artery conduit dysfunction in patients with congenital heart disease. It has been shown that RV systolic function improved early after PPVI. The effects of PPVI on RV diastolic function and RV hypertrophy have not yet been studied. Purpose: The objective of this study is to assess early and late changes in systolic and diastolic RV function and RV mass after PPVI. M...
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Cited 1 times since 2009 (0.1 per year)
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Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE,
Volume 32, Issue 7, 1 1 2009, Pages 913-917
Left ventricular ejection fraction as criterion for implantation of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in heart failure patients undergoing surgical left ventricular reconstruction.
Mollema SA, Klein P, Heersche J, Schalij MJ, Van der Wall EE, Versteegh MI, Klautz RJ, Van Erven L, Bax JJ
Background: Besides implantation of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), a proportion of patients with left ventricular (LV) dysfunction due to ischemic cardiomyopathy are potential candidates for surgical LV reconstruction (Dor procedure), which changes LV ejection fraction (LVEF) considerably. In these patients, LVEF as selection criterium for ICD implantation may be difficult. This study aimed to determine the value of LVEF as criterium for ICD implantation in heart failure patien...
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Cited 2 times since 2009 (0.1 per year)
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Hellenic journal of cardiology : HJC = Hellenike kardiologike epitheorese,
Volume 50, Issue 4, 1 1 2009, Pages 245-263
Imaging of atherosclerosis: invasive and noninvasive techniques.
Van Velzen JE, Schuijf JD, De Graaf FR, Jukema JW, Roos AD, Kroft LJ, Schalij MJ, Reiber JH, Van Der Wall EE, Bax JJ
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Cited 16 times since 2009 (1 per year)
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Journal of the American College of Cardiology,
Volume 54, Issue 5, 1 1 2009, Pages 445-451
Prevalence and pathophysiologic attributes of ventricular dyssynchrony in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy.
Tops LF, Prakasa K, Tandri H, Dalal D, Jain R, Dimaano VL, Dombroski D, James C, Tichnell C, Daly A, Marcus F, Schalij MJ, Bax JJ, Bluemke D, Calkins H, Abraham TP
Objectives: This study sought to investigate the prevalence and mechanisms underlying right ventricular (RV) dyssynchrony in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C) using tissue Doppler echocardiography (TDE). Background: An ARVD/C is characterized by fibrofatty replacement of RV myocardium and RV dilation. These pathologic changes may result in electromechanical dyssynchrony. Methods: Echocardiography, both conventional and TDE, was performed in 52 ARVD/C patients ful...
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Cited 29 times since 2009 (1.9 per year)
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Journal of vascular surgery,
Volume 50, Issue 1, 1 1 2009, Pages 152-160
Local lentiviral short hairpin RNA silencing of CCR2 inhibits vein graft thickening in hypercholesterolemic apolipoprotein E3-Leiden mice.
Eefting D, Bot I, de Vries MR, Schepers A, van Bockel JH, Van Berkel TJ, Biessen EA, Quax PH
Objective: Inflammatory responses to vascular injury are key events in vein graft disease and accelerated atherosclerosis, which may result in bypass failure. The monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1)/CC-chemokine receptor (CCR)-2 pathway is hypothesized to play a central role. A murine model for vein graft disease was used to study the effect of local application of lentiviral short hairpin RNA (shRNA) targeted against CCR2. Methods: A venous interposition was placed into the carotid arter...
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Cited 57 times since 2009 (3.6 per year)
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Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation,
Volume 15, Issue 7, 1 1 2009, Pages 817-826
Lung function, pulmonary complications, and mortality after allogeneic blood and marrow transplantation in children.
Kaya Z, Weiner DJ, Yilmaz D, Rowan J, Goyal RK
Pulmonary complications (PC) remain a significant barrier to the success of allogeneic blood and marrow transplantation (BMT). Pretransplant pulmonary function tests (PFTs) have been correlated with risk of early respiratory failure and mortality in adult BMT recipients. There is limited data on their relationship to posttransplant outcomes in pediatric patients. We sought, in pediatric allo-BMT recipients (1) to analyze the spectrum of infectious and noninfectious PCs, (2) to evaluate the preva...
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Cited 110 times since 2009 (7 per year)
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European heart journal,
Volume 30, Issue 21, 29 5 2009, Pages 2622-2629
Incremental prognostic value of multi-slice computed tomography coronary angiography over coronary artery calcium scoring in patients with suspected coronary artery disease.
van Werkhoven JM, Schuijf JD, Gaemperli O, Jukema JW, Kroft LJ, Boersma E, Pazhenkottil A, Valenta I, Pundziute G, de Roos A, van der Wall EE, Kaufmann PA, Bax JJ
Aims: The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between calcium scoring (CS) and multi-slice computed tomography coronary angiography (MSCTA) and to determine if MSCTA has an incremental prognostic value to CS. Methods and results: In 432 patients (59% male, age 58 +/- 11 years) referred for cardiac evaluation owing to suspected coronary artery disease (CAD), CS and 64-slice MSCTA were performed. The following events were combined in a composite endpoint: all-cause mortality, non-...
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Cited 14 times since 2009 (0.9 per year)
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Journal of vascular surgery,
Volume 50, Issue 4, 27 4 2009, Pages 749-54; discussion 754
Perioperative asymptomatic cardiac damage after endovascular abdominal aneurysm repair is associated with poor long-term outcome.
Winkel TA, Schouten O, van Kuijk JP, Verhagen HJ, Bax JJ, Poldermans D
Background: Endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair (EVAR) is associated with a decreased incidence of perioperative cardiac complications compared with open repair. However, EVAR is not associated with long-term survival benefit. This study assessed the effect of perioperative asymptomatic cardiac damage after EVAR on long-term prognosis. Methods: In 220 patients undergoing elective EVAR, routine sampling for levels of cardiac troponin T and electrocardiography (ECG) were performed...
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