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Cited 77 times since 2006 (4 per year)
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Archives of internal medicine,
Volume 166, Issue 5, 1 1 2006, Pages 529-535
The long-term prognostic value of the resting and postexercise ankle-brachial index.
Feringa HH, Bax JJ, van Waning VH, Boersma E, Elhendy A, Schouten O, Tangelder MJ, van Sambeek MH, van den Meiracker AH, Poldermans D
Background: Peripheral arterial disease is associated with a high incidence of cardiovascular mortality. Peripheral arterial disease can be detected by using the ankle-brachial index (ABI). This study assessed the prognostic value of the postexercise ABI in addition to the resting ABI on long-term mortality in patients with suspected peripheral arterial disease. Methods: In this prospective cohort study of 3209 patients (mean +/- SD age, 63 +/- 12 years; 71.1% male), resting and postexercise ABI...
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Cited 30 times since 2006 (1.6 per year)
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Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology,
Volume 13, Issue 2, 1 1 2006, Pages 210-219
Prediction of functional recovery after revascularization in patients with coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction by gated FDG-PET.
Slart RH, Bax JJ, van Veldhuisen DJ, van der Wall EE, Dierckx RA, de Boer J, Jager PL
Background: Traditionally, cardiac fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake is combined with regional perfusion for optimal evaluation of viability. Gated FDG-positron emission tomography (PET) may be an alternative technique for detection of viability because it permits combined assessment of glucose metabolism uptake and wall thickening (WT). In this study the value of FDG uptake and WT (analyzed from a stand-alone gated FDG-PET study) for the prediction of recovery of regional and global left ventricu...
Abstract
Cited 1 times since 2006 (0.1 per year)
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European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging,
Volume 33, Issue 3, 1 1 2006, Pages 353-355
MSCT is better than stress perfusion imaging for detecting CAD--For.
Cademartiri F, Bax JJ
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Cited 71 times since 2006 (3.7 per year)
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Heart rhythm,
Volume 3, Issue 5, 28 4 2006, Pages 526-535
Ablation of focal atrial arrhythmia in patients with congenital heart defects after surgery: role of circumscribed areas with heterogeneous conduction.
de Groot NM, Zeppenfeld K, Wijffels MC, Chan WK, Blom NA, Van der Wall EE, Schalij MJ
Background: In patients late after surgical repair of congenital heart disease (CHD), areas with abnormal electrophysiologic properties may serve as slow conducting pathways within a macroreentrant circuit or may be the source of focal atrial tachycardia. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of abnormal areas during focal atrial tachycardia prior to ablation. Methods: Electroanatomic activation mapping of 62 atrial tachycardias was performed in 43 consecutive patients (...
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Cited 10 times since 2006 (0.5 per year)
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The American journal of cardiology,
Volume 97, Issue 8, 28 4 2006, Pages 1146-1150
Relation of B-type natriuretic peptide early after acute myocardial infarction to left ventricular diastolic function and extent of myocardial damage determined by magnetic resonance imaging.
Paelinck BP, Vrints CJ, Bax JJ, Bosmans JM, De Hert SG, de Roos A, Lamb HJ
Early after acute myocardial infarction, the relation between plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and extent of myocardial scar formation and diastolic dysfunction remains unclear. In 32 consecutive patients early (5 +/- 3 days) after a first acute myocardial infarction, delayed contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) imaging was performed to define myocardial scar. Diastolic function was assessed using phase-contrast MR measurements of mitral flow and septal tissue velocities (tissue MR i...
Abstract
Cited 52 times since 2006 (2.7 per year)
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The American journal of cardiology,
Volume 97, Issue 7, 28 4 2006, Pages 1103-1106
Prognostic value of routine preoperative electrocardiography in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery.
Noordzij PG, Boersma E, Bax JJ, Feringa HH, Schreiner F, Schouten O, Kertai MD, Klein J, van Urk H, Elhendy A, Poldermans D
Electrocardiography is commonly performed as part of preoperative cardiovascular risk assessment in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. However, the prognostic value of such electrocardiography is still not clear. This study retrospectively studied 23,036 patients who underwent 28,457 surgical procedures at Erasmus Medical Center from 1991 to 2000. Patients were screened before surgery by type of surgery, cardiovascular risk factors (history of coronary heart disease, heart failure, diabetes...
Abstract
Cited 94 times since 2006 (4.9 per year)
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Journal of the American College of Cardiology,
Volume 47, Issue 6, 23 4 2006, Pages 1182-1187
Cardioprotective medication is associated with improved survival in patients with peripheral arterial disease.
Feringa HH, van Waning VH, Bax JJ, Elhendy A, Boersma E, Schouten O, Galal W, Vidakovic RV, Tangelder MJ, Poldermans D
Objectives: We sought to investigate the effect of cardiac medication on long-term mortality in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Background: Peripheral arterial disease is associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Treatment guidelines recommend aggressive management of risk factors and lifestyle modifications. However, the potential benefit of cardiac medication in patients with PAD remains ill defined. Methods: In this prospective observational cohort stu...
Abstract
Cited 5 times since 2006 (0.3 per year)
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European heart journal,
Volume 27, Issue 6, 23 4 2006, Pages 631-632
Assessment of coronary artery disease in patients with (a)symptomatic diabetes.
Bax JJ, van der Wall EE
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Cited 78 times since 2006 (4.1 per year)
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The American journal of cardiology,
Volume 97, Issue 7, 17 3 2006, Pages 1051-1055
Effects of volume and/or pressure overload secondary to congenital heart disease (tetralogy of fallot or pulmonary stenosis) on right ventricular function using cardiovascular magnetic resonance and B-type natriuretic peptide levels.
Oosterhof T, Tulevski II, Vliegen HW, Spijkerboer AM, Mulder BJ
The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of pressure and/or volume overload on right ventricular (RV) function and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels in patients with surgically corrected congenital heart disease. Forty-two consecutive patients aged 17 to 57 years (median 30) with congenital heart disease (32 with tetralogy of Fallot and 10 with pulmonary stenosis) were examined. The RV systolic pressure was estimated using Doppler echocardiography. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance i...
Abstract
Cited 482 times since 2006 (25.1 per year)
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Circulation,
Volume 113, Issue 7, 13 2 2006, Pages 969-976
Effect of posterolateral scar tissue on clinical and echocardiographic improvement after cardiac resynchronization therapy.
Bleeker GB, Kaandorp TA, Lamb HJ, Boersma E, Steendijk P, de Roos A, van der Wall EE, Schalij MJ, Bax JJ
Background: Currently, one third of patients treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) do not respond. Nonresponse to CRT may be explained by the presence of scar tissue in the posterolateral left ventricular (LV) segments, which may result in ineffective LV pacing and inadequate LV resynchronization. In the present study, the relationship between transmural posterolateral scar tissue and response to CRT was evaluated. Methods and results: Forty consecutive patients with end-stage hea...
Abstract
Cited 259 times since 2006 (13.5 per year)
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Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology,
Volume 26, Issue 4, 9 2 2006, Pages 716-728
Pericellular proteases in angiogenesis and vasculogenesis.
van Hinsbergh VW, Engelse MA, Quax PH
Pericellular proteases play an important role in angiogenesis and vasculogenesis. They comprise (membrane-type) matrix metalloproteinases [(MT-)MMPs], serine proteases, cysteine cathepsins, and membrane-bound aminopeptidases. Specific inhibitors regulate them. Major roles in initiating angiogenesis have been attributed to MT1-matrix metalloproteinase (MMP), MMP-2, and MMP-9. Whereas MT-MMPs are membrane-bound by nature, MMP-2 and MMP-9 can localize to the membrane by binding to alphavbeta3-integ...
Abstract
Cited 22 times since 2006 (1.1 per year)
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Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960),
Volume 141, Issue 2, 1 1 2006, Pages 161-6; discussion 166
Clinical indicators and psychosocial aspects in peripheral arterial disease.
Aquarius AE, De Vries J, Henegouwen DP, Hamming JF
Hypothesis: Patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) often experience substantial impairment in health status and quality of life (QOL), but factors associated with these outcomes are unknown. We hypothesized that subjective pain symptoms in the legs and social support and stress (the degree to which situations are appraised as stressful) are associated with impaired health status and QOL. Design: Cross-sectional observational study. Setting: Vascular outpatient clinic of a teaching hospi...
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Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde,
Volume 150, Issue 8, 1 1 2006, Pages 413-414
[Mechanical circulatory support after paediatric cardiac surgery].
Hazekamp MG
When circulatory failure occurs after paediatric cardiac surgery despite conventional therapy (inotropic medication, optimising pre- and afterload) mechanical assist devices can be used. Assist devices can be categorised in different ways: according to the type of pump used (centrifugal, axial flow, or pneumatic), according to univentricular or biventricular support and in relation to the presence of an oxygenator. Paediatric devices are non-implantable. Extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECM...
Abstract
Cited 54 times since 2006 (2.8 per year)
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American heart journal,
Volume 151, Issue 2, 1 1 2006, Pages 265-272
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance in the follow-up of patients with corrected tetralogy of Fallot: a review.
Oosterhof T, Mulder BJ, Vliegen HW, de Roos A
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is becoming an important tool in the clinical management of patients with congenital heart disease. Because of the diverse problems patients may face after initial correction for tetralogy of Fallot and the large amount of CMR techniques that can be applied, creating a patient-orientated imaging protocol is a difficult issue. Although it is still not certain what the impact of some parameters, provided by CMR, should be on clinical decision making, new tec...
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Cited 9 times since 2006 (0.5 per year)
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EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology,
Volume 1, Issue 4, 1 1 2006, Pages 417-424
Myocardial repair by percutaneous cell transplantation of autologous skeletal myoblast as a stand alone procedure in post myocardial infarction chronic heart failure patients.
Smits PC, Nienaber C, Colombo A, Ince H, Carlino M, Theuns DA, Biagini E, Valgimigli M, Onderwater EE, Steendijk P, Peters NS, Goedhart DM, Serruys PW
Aims: In this first multicentre study we assessed the safety and efficacy of percutaneous transendocardial skeletal myoblast injection as a stand alone procedure in congestive heart failure patients. Methods and results: 15 patients (14 male), age 63+/-7 (Mean+/-SD), NYHA class 2-4 were injected with 216+/-119 cells (81+/-19% Desmin+) using a NOGA or fluoroscopy guided injection catheter. The cells were injected in the scarred regions 6+/-4 years after myocardial infarction as a stand alone proc...
Abstract
Cited 3 times since 2006 (0.2 per year)
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Critical care medicine,
Volume 34, Issue 2, 1 1 2006, Pages 545-547
The role of inducible nitric oxide synthase in the evolution of myocardial (dys)function during resuscitated septic shock: the missing loop.
Steendijk P
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Cited 62 times since 2006 (3.2 per year)
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Heart rhythm,
Volume 3, Issue 2, 1 1 2006, Pages 225-234
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy: screening, diagnosis, and treatment.
Kiès P, Bootsma M, Bax J, Schalij MJ, van der Wall EE
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C) is a heart muscle disorder characterized pathologically by fatty or fibrofatty replacement and electrical instability of the right ventricular myocardium. Clinical manifestations include structural and functional malformations (fatty infiltration, dilatation, aneurysms) of the right ventricle, ECG abnormalities, and presentation with ventricular tachycardias with left bundle branch block pattern or sudden death. The disease often...
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Cited 151 times since 2006 (7.8 per year)
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American heart journal,
Volume 151, Issue 2, 1 1 2006, Pages 404-411
Meta-analysis of comparative diagnostic performance of magnetic resonance imaging and multislice computed tomography for noninvasive coronary angiography.
Schuijf JD, Bax JJ, Shaw LJ, de Roos A, Lamb HJ, van der Wall EE, Wijns W
Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and multislice computed tomography (MSCT) have emerged as potential noninvasive coronary imaging techniques. The objective of the present study was to clarify the current accuracy of both modalities in the detection of significant coronary artery lesions (compared to conventional angiography as the gold standard) by means of a comprehensive meta-analysis of the presently available literature. Methods: A total of 51 studies on the detection of signific...
Abstract
Cited 18 times since 2006 (0.9 per year)
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Thorax,
Volume 61, Issue 4, 31 5 2006, Pages 306-312
Adding salmeterol to an inhaled corticosteroid: long term effects on bronchial inflammation in asthma.
Koopmans JG, Lutter R, Jansen HM, van der Zee JS
Background: Addition of the long acting beta2 agonist salmeterol to inhaled corticosteroids leads to better symptomatic asthma control than increasing the dose of inhaled corticosteroids. However, little is known about the long term effects of adding salmeterol on the asthmatic inflammatory process, control of which is considered important for the long term outcome of asthma. Methods: After a 4 week fluticasone run-in period, 54 patients with allergic asthma were randomised to receive twice dail...
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Cited 80 times since 2006 (4.2 per year)
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Heart (British Cardiac Society),
Volume 92, Issue 9, 31 5 2006, Pages 1290-1294
Pregnancy and delivery in women after Fontan palliation.
Drenthen W, Pieper PG, Roos-Hesselink JW, van Lottum WA, Voors AA, Mulder BJ, van Dijk AP, Vliegen HW, Sollie KM, Moons P, Ebels T, van Veldhuisen DJ, ZAHARA Investigators
Objectives: To evaluate the outcome of pregnancy in women after Fontan palliation and to assess the occurrence of infertility and menstrual cycle disorders. Design and patients: Two congenital heart disease registries were used to investigate 38 female patients who had undergone Fontan palliation (aged 18-45 years): atriopulmonary anastomosis (n = 23), atrioventricular connection (n = 5) and total cavopulmonary connection (n = 10). Results: Six women had 10 pregnancies, including five miscarriag...
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