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Cited 10 times since 2022 (2.5 per year)
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Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery : JPRAS,
Volume 75, Issue 6, 14 2 2022, Pages 1820-1825
Quantification of near-infrared fluorescence imaging with indocyanine green in free flap breast reconstruction.
Van Den Hoven P, Verduijn PS, Van Capelle L, Tange FP, Michi M, Corion LUM, Sibinga Mulder BG, Mureau MAM, Vahrmeijer AL, Van Der Vorst JR
Background: One of the complications of free flap breast reconstruction is the occurrence of skin and fat necrosis. Intra-operative use of near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging with Indocyanine Green (ICG) has the potential to predict these complications. In this study, the quantification of the fluorescence intensity measured in free flap breast reconstruction was performed to gain insight into the perfusion patterns observed with ICG NIR fluorescence imaging. Methods: ICG NIR fluorescence i...
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Cited 29 times since 2022 (7.4 per year)
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The Journal of biological chemistry,
Volume 298, Issue 3, 14 2 2022, Pages 101589
Immunosuppressive calcineurin inhibitor cyclosporine A induces proapoptotic endoplasmic reticulum stress in renal tubular cells.
Yilmaz DE, Kirschner K, Demirci H, Himmerkus N, Bachmann S, Mutig K
Current immunosuppressive strategies in organ transplantation rely on calcineurin inhibitors cyclosporine A (CsA) or tacrolimus (Tac). Both drugs are nephrotoxic, but CsA has been associated with greater renal damage than Tac. CsA inhibits calcineurin by forming complexes with cyclophilins, whose chaperone function is essential for proteostasis. We hypothesized that stronger toxicity of CsA may be related to suppression of cyclophilins with ensuing endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and unfolded...
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Cited 1 times since 2022 (0.3 per year)
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Frontiers in robotics and AI,
Volume 8, 13 2 2022, Pages 781985
Who Wants to Grant Robots Rights?
De Graaf MMA, Hindriks FA, Hindriks KV
The robot rights debate has thus far proceeded without any reliable data concerning the public opinion about robots and the rights they should have. We have administered an online survey (n = 439) that investigates layman's attitudes toward granting particular rights to robots. Furthermore, we have asked them the reasons for their willingness to grant them those rights. Finally, we have administered general perceptions of robots regarding appearance, capacities, and traits. Results show tha...
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Cited 33 times since 2022 (8.4 per year)
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JACC. Cardiovascular imaging,
Volume 15, Issue 6, 12 2 2022, Pages 961-970
Prognostic Impact of Extra-Mitral Valve Cardiac Involvement in Patients With Primary Mitral Regurgitation.
van Wijngaarden AL, Mantegazza V, Hiemstra YL, Volpato V, van der Bijl P, Pepi M, Palmen M, Delgado V, Ajmone Marsan N, Tamborini G, Bax JJ
Background: In patients with severe primary mitral regurgitation (MR), the indication for surgery is currently based on the presence of symptoms, left ventricular dilatation and dysfunction, atrial fibrillation, and pulmonary hypertension. Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic impact of the presence of extra-mitral valve cardiac involvement (including known risk factors but also severe left atrial [LA] dilatation and right ventricular [RV] dysfunction) in a large multi...
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Cited 2 times since 2022 (0.5 per year)
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JACC. Cardiovascular imaging,
Volume 15, Issue 2, 12 2 2022, Pages 221-223
Apical Rocking and Septal Flash: Predictors of Secondary Mitral Regurgitation Improvement After Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy.
Bax JJ, van der Bijl P
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Cited 5 times since 2022 (1.3 per year)
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JACC. Cardiovascular imaging,
Volume 15, Issue 5, 12 2 2022, Pages 745-746
Etiology and Outcomes of Isolated Tricuspid Regurgitation.
Bax JJ, van der Bijl P
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Cited 8 times since 2022 (2 per year)
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Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions,
Volume 40, 11 2 2022, Pages 189-194
Bailout Intravascular Lithotripsy for the Treatment of Acutely Underexpanded Stents in Heavily Calcified Coronary Lesions: A Case Series.
Mousa MAA, Bingen BO, Amri IA, Digiacomo S, Karalis I, Jukema JW, Montero-Cabezas JM
Stent underexpansion is a common problem in heavily calcified coronary lesions treated with percutaneous coronary intervention, and has been associated with in-stent restenosis, stent thrombosis and, subsequently, poor clinical outcomes. Adequate preparation of heavily calcified coronary lesions (e.g. using non-compliant balloons, cutting/scoring balloons, rotational/orbital atherectomy or intravascular lithotripsy) prior to stent implantation is essential in preventing stent underexpansion. How...
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Cited 36 times since 2022 (9.2 per year)
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Communications medicine,
Volume 2, 11 2 2022, Pages 6
Resisting disinfectants.
van Dijk HFG, Verbrugh HA, Ad hoc advisory committee on disinfectants of the Health Council of the Netherlands
Although often overlooked, the use of disinfectants can lead to antimicrobial resistance and this may exacerbate resistance to antibiotics. Here, we explain why all antimicrobial agents, including disinfectants, should be used prudently in a way that is guided by evidence.
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Cited 7 times since 2022 (1.8 per year)
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Ultrastructural pathology,
Volume 46, Issue 1, 11 2 2022, Pages 63-79
Distribution of Aquaporin-4 channels in hippocampus and prefrontal cortex in mk-801-treated balb/c mice.
Ericek OB, Akillioglu K, Saker D, Cevik I, Donmez Kutlu M, Kara S, Yilmaz DM
Functional disorders of the glymphatic system and Aquaporin-4 (AQP-4) channels take part in the pathophysiology of neurodegenerative disease. The aim of this study was to describe the distribution of AQP-4 channels in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus in a mouse model of NMDA receptor blocking agent-induced schizophrenia-like behavior model. NMDA receptor antagonist MK-801 was used to produce the experimental schizophrenia model. MK-801 injections were administered for eleven days to Balb/c...
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Cited 10 times since 2022 (2.5 per year)
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European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery,
Volume 63, Issue 2, 10 2 2022, Pages 275-283
Treatment Outcome Trends for Non-Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: A Nationwide Prospective Cohort Study.
Alberga AJ, Karthaus EG, Wilschut JA, de Bruin JL, Akkersdijk GP, Geelkerken RH, Hamming JF, Wever JJ, Verhagen HJM, Dutch Society of Vascular Surgery, Steering Committee of the Dutch Surgical Aneurysm Audit, and the Dutch Institute for Clinical Auditing
Objective: The Dutch Surgical Aneurysm Audit (DSAA) initiative was established in 2013 to monitor and improve nationwide outcomes of aortic aneurysm surgery. The objective of this study was to examine whether outcomes of surgery for intact abdominal aortic aneurysms (iAAA) have improved over time. Methods: Patients who underwent primary repair of an iAAA by standard endovascular (EVAR) or open surgical repair (OSR) between 2014 and 2019 were selected from the DSAA for inclusion. The primary outc...
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Non-coding RNA,
Volume 8, Issue 1, 10 2 2022, Pages 2
Circulating miRNAs and Vascular Injury Markers Associate with Cardiovascular Function in Older Patients Reaching End-Stage Kidney Disease.
Zhao Q, Nooren SJL, Zijlstra LE, Westenberg JJM, Kroft LJM, Jukema JW, Berkhout-Byrne NC, Rabelink TJ, van Zonneveld AJ, van Buren M, Mooijaart SP, Bijkerk R
The prevalence of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) is rapidly increasing and mostly occurring in patients aged 65 years or older. The main cause of death in these patients is cardiovascular disease (CVD). Novel markers of vascular integrity may thus be of clinical value for identifying patients at high risk for CVD. Here we associated the levels of selected circulating angiogenic miRNAs, angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) and asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) with cardiovascular structure and function (as d...
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Cited 9 times since 2022 (2.3 per year)
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European radiology,
Volume 32, Issue 5, 8 2 2022, Pages 3408-3422
Utilizing (serial) coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) to predict plaque progression and major adverse cardiac events (MACE): results, merits and challenges.
van Driest FY, Bijns CM, van der Geest RJ, Broersen A, Dijkstra J, Scholte AJHA, Jukema JW
Objectives: To present an overview of studies using serial coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) as a tool for finding both quantitative (changes) and qualitative plaque characteristics as well as epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) volume changes as predictors of plaque progression and/or major adverse cardiac events (MACE) and outline the challenges and advantages of using a serial non-invasive imaging approach for assessing cardiovascular prognosis. Methods: A literature search was perf...
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Cited 9 times since 2022 (2.3 per year)
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PloS one,
Volume 17, Issue 1, 7 1 2022, Pages e0261826
Association of cognitive function with increased risk of cancer death and all-cause mortality: Longitudinal analysis, systematic review, and meta-analysis of prospective observational studies.
Rostamian S, le Cessie S, Marijt KA, Jukema JW, Mooijaart SP, van Buchem MA, van Hall T, Gussekloo J, Trompet S
Background: Disturbed cognitive function is associated with several causes of mortality; however, the association between cognitive function and the risk of cancer death has not been extensively investigated yet. We aimed to evaluate the association of cognitive function with the risk of cancer death and all-cause mortality in the PROspective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk (PROSPER) and Leiden 85-plus Study. Additionally, a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies...
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Cited 4 times since 2022 (1 per year)
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Surgical endoscopy,
Volume 36, Issue 8, 6 1 2022, Pages 6214-6222
Does livestreaming surgical education have the future? Development and participant evaluation of a national COVID-19 livestreaming initiative.
Feenstra TM, van Felius LP, Vriens MR, Stassen LPS, van Acker GJD, van Dijkum EJMN, Schijven MP, Bonjer HJ, NVvH Livestream Collaborative Group
Backgrounds: COVID-19 related reduction of surgical procedures jeopardizes learning on the job of surgical residents. Many educators resorted to digital resources in the search for alternatives. However, these resources are often limited to the extent they offer resident-surgeon interaction like a joint surgical performance does. Here we present a roadmap of livestreaming surgical procedures, and evaluate how surgical livestreams on human cadavers address the unmet educational needs of surgical...
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Cited 22 times since 2022 (5.6 per year)
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Nature biomedical engineering,
Volume 6, Issue 4, 6 1 2022, Pages 389-402
Conditional immortalization of human atrial myocytes for the generation of in vitro models of atrial fibrillation.
Harlaar N, Dekker SO, Zhang J, Snabel RR, Veldkamp MW, Verkerk AO, Fabres CC, Schwach V, Lerink LJS, Rivaud MR, Mulder AA, Corver WE, Goumans MJTH, Dobrev D, Klautz RJM, Schalij MJ, Veenstra GJC, Passier R, van Brakel TJ, Pijnappels DA, de Vries AAF
The lack of a scalable and robust source of well-differentiated human atrial myocytes constrains the development of in vitro models of atrial fibrillation (AF). Here we show that fully functional atrial myocytes can be generated and expanded one-quadrillion-fold via a conditional cell-immortalization method relying on lentiviral vectors and the doxycycline-controlled expression of a recombinant viral oncogene in human foetal atrial myocytes, and that the immortalized cells can be used to generat...
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Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation,
Volume 30, Issue 2, 3 1 2022, Pages 76-83
No substantial excess all-cause mortality among cardiac implantable electronic device patients during the first COVID‑19 lockdown in the Leiden area.
Feijen M, Egorova AD, van der Velde ET, Schalij MJ, Beeres SLMA
In the Netherlands, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19) pandemic has resulted in excess mortality nationwide. Chronic heart disease patients are at risk for a complicated COVID‑19 course. The current study investigates all-cause mortality among cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) patients during the first peak of the pandemic and compares the data to the statistics for the corresponding period in the two previous years. Data of adult CIED patients undergoing follow-up at the Leiden...
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Cited 9 times since 2022 (2.3 per year)
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Frontiers in immunology,
Volume 12, 3 1 2022, Pages 802877
Spatial and Temporal Heterogeneity of Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Advanced Urothelial Cancer.
van Wilpe S, Gorris MAJ, van der Woude LL, Sultan S, Koornstra RHT, van der Heijden AG, Gerritsen WR, Simons M, de Vries IJM, Mehra N
Checkpoint inhibitors targeting PD-(L)1 induce objective responses in 20% of patients with metastatic urothelial cancer (UC). CD8+ T cell infiltration has been proposed as a putative biomarker for response to checkpoint inhibitors. Nevertheless, data on spatial and temporal heterogeneity of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in advanced UC are lacking. The major aims of this study were to explore spatial heterogeneity for lymphocyte infiltration and to investigate how the immune landscape changes du...
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Cited 18 times since 2022 (4.5 per year)
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European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging,
Volume 23, Issue 2, 1 1 2022, Pages e62-e84
Multimodality imaging approach to left ventricular dysfunction in diabetes: an expert consensus document from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging.
Marwick TH, Gimelli A, Plein S, Bax JJ, Charron P, Delgado V, Donal E, Lancellotti P, Levelt E, Maurovich-Horvat P, Neubauer S, Pontone G, Saraste A, Cosyns B, Edvardsen T, Popescu BA, Galderisi M, Derumeaux G, Reviewers: This document was reviewed by members of the 2020–2022 EACVI Scientific Documents Committee, Bäck M, Bertrand PB, Dweck M, Keenan N, Magne J, Neglia D, Stankovic I
Heart failure (HF) is among the most important and frequent complications of diabetes mellitus (DM). The detection of subclinical dysfunction is a marker of HF risk and presents a potential target for reducing incident HF in DM. Left ventricular (LV) dysfunction secondary to DM is heterogeneous, with phenotypes including predominantly systolic, predominantly diastolic, and mixed dysfunction. Indeed, the pathogenesis of HF in this setting is heterogeneous. Effective management of this problem wil...
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Cited 10 times since 2022 (2.5 per year)
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European heart journal. Cardiovascular pharmacotherapy,
Volume 8, Issue 1, 1 1 2022, Pages 77-84
Medication in adults after atrial switch for transposition of the great arteries: clinical practice and recommendations.
Woudstra OI, Kuijpers JM, Jongbloed MRM, van Dijk APJ, Sieswerda GT, Vliegen HW, Egorova AD, Kiès P, Duijnhouwer AL, Robbers-Visser D, Konings TC, Zwinderman AH, Meijboom FJ, Mulder BJM, Bouma BJ
Aims: Heart failure is the main threat to long-term health in adults with transposition of the great arteries (TGA) corrected by an atrial switch operation (AtrSO). Current guidelines refrain from recommending heart failure medication in TGA-AtrSO, as there is insufficient data to support the hypothesis that it is beneficial. Medication is therefore prescribed based on personal judgements. We aimed to evaluate medication use in TGA-AtrSO patients and examine the association of use of renin-angio...
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Cited 1 times since 2022 (0.3 per year)
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Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.),
Volume 2478, 1 1 2022, Pages 677-700
Mechanics of Single Vimentin Intermediate Filaments Under Load.
Schepers AV, Kraxner J, Lorenz C, Köster S
The eukaryotic cytoskeleton consists of three different types of biopolymers - microtubules, actin filaments, and intermediate filaments - and provides cells with versatile mechanical properties, combining stability and flexibility. The unique molecular structure of intermediate filaments leads to high extensibility and stability under load. With high laser power dual optical tweezers, the mechanical properties of intermediate filaments may be investigated, while monitoring the extension with fl...
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