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Cited 8 times since 2005 (0.4 per year)
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Journal of hypertension,
Volume 23, Issue 7, 1 1 2005, Pages 1409-1415
Simultaneous echocardiography and myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography associated with dobutamine stress to predict long-term cardiac mortality in normotensive and hypertensive patients.
Bigi R, Bax JJ, van Domburg RT, Elhendy A, Cortigiani L, Schinkel AF, Fiorentini C, Poldermans D
Background: Echocardiography and myocardial scintigraphy associated with dobutamine stress are used for assessing risk in coronary artery disease. We compared the accuracy of the two modalities applied simultaneously for predicting long-term cardiac mortality in normotensive and hypertensive patients. Methods: Three hundred and fifty-one consecutive patients underwent dobutamine stress with simultaneous echocardiography and Tc-sestamibi single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). Fifty p...
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Cited 1 times since 2005 (0.1 per year)
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European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging,
Volume 32, Issue 7, 1 1 2005, Pages 829-831
FDG imaging should be considered the preferred technique for accurate assessment of myocardial viability: for.
Bax JJ
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Cited 28 times since 2005 (1.4 per year)
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Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology,
Volume 16, Issue 7, 1 1 2005, Pages 701-707
Long-term follow-up of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with end-stage heart failure.
Molhoek SG, Bax JJ, Bleeker GB, Holman ER, Van Erven L, Bootsma M, Boersma E, Steendijk P, Van Der Wall EE, Schalij MJ
Unlabelled: Long-term follow-up of cardiac resynchronization therapy. Introduction: Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has been introduced to treat patients with end-stage heart failure, and results of this technique are promising. The aim of our study was to assess the sustained benefit of CRT in a large patient cohort with end-stage heart failure at long-term follow-up. In addition, the prognosis of responders and nonresponders was evaluated. Methods and results: 125 patients with end-sta...
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Future cardiology,
Volume 1, Issue 4, 1 1 2005, Pages 479-488
The role of insulin-like growth factor during a postischemic period - new insights into pathophysiologic pathways in cardiac tissue.
Palmen M, Twickler MT, Daemen MJ, Cramer MJ, Doevendans PA
Despite an improvement in the therapeutic strategies available for an acute ischemic event, cardiac disease is still the principal cause of morbidity and mortality in Western societies. A shift from acute towards more chronic heart disease due to atherosclerotic disease has been recognized. Modification of adaptive capacities of the cardiac muscle after damage remains a key component in the prevention of chronic cardiac disease, such as overt heart failure. It has recently been demonstrated that...
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Cited 28 times since 2005 (1.4 per year)
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Heart (British Cardiac Society),
Volume 91, Issue 7, 1 1 2005, Pages 981-990
Clinical applications of intracardiac echocardiography in interventional procedures.
Jongbloed MR, Schalij MJ, Zeppenfeld K, Oemrawsingh PV, van der Wall EE, Bax JJ
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Cited 17 times since 2005 (0.9 per year)
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The American journal of cardiology,
Volume 96, Issue 1, 1 1 2005, Pages 108-111
Comparison of effectiveness of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with versus without diabetes mellitus.
Kiès P, Bax JJ, Molhoek SG, Bleeker GB, Boersma E, Steendijk P, van der Wall EE, Schalij MJ
The effect of long-term cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) was evaluated in 32 patients with heart failure (HF) and diabetes mellitus (DM) compared with 65 patients with HF and no DM. Clinical parameters were obtained before and after 6 months of CRT. Long-term follow-up was performed
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Cited 24 times since 2005 (1.2 per year)
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Pediatric research,
Volume 58, Issue 1, 27 4 2005, Pages 46-52
Neonatal glucocorticosteroid treatment causes systolic dysfunction and compensatory dilation in early life: studies in 4-week-old prepubertal rats.
Bal MP, de Vries WB, van der Leij FR, van Oosterhout MF, Berger RM, Baan J, van der Wall EE, van Bel F, Steendijk P
Glucocorticosteroid treatment is widely used to prevent chronic lung disease in premature infants. Recent studies in adult rats, treated with dexamethasone in the neonatal period, report negative long-term effects on the heart and severely reduced life expectancy. We treated neonatal rats with dexamethasone and studied cardiac function after 4 wk (prepubertal age) to investigate whether the late effects as previously described are preceded by detectable alterations in cardiac function at a young...
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Cited 35 times since 2005 (1.8 per year)
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Medical engineering & physics,
Volume 28, Issue 3, 24 4 2005, Pages 199-213
Effects of different inter-implant distances on the stress distribution around endosseous implants in posterior mandible: a 3D finite element analysis.
Simşek B, Erkmen E, Yilmaz D, Eser A
Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of different inter-implant distances on stress distribution in the bone around the endosseous titanium implants under vertical, oblique and horizontal loads in the posterior mandibular edentulousim by finite element analysis (3D FEA). Materials and methods: 3D FEA models representing mandible and ITI implant (Straumann, Waldenburg, Switzerland) were simulated. The distances in-between the units were set at 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 cm. Vertical (...
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Cited 23 times since 2005 (1.2 per year)
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Clinical science (London, England : 1979),
Volume 108, Issue 6, 1 1 2005, Pages 539-545
Genetic variation in the rate-limiting enzyme in cholesterol catabolism (cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase) influences the progression of atherosclerosis and risk of new clinical events.
Hofman MK, Princen HM, Zwinderman AH, Jukema JW
CHD (coronary heart disease) is a complex disorder which is, in part, related to serum cholesterol levels. The rate-limiting enzyme in the catabolism of cholesterol into bile acids is CYP7A1 (cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase). The effect of the CYP7A1 A-278C promoter polymorphism on the progression of atherosclerosis, risk of a new clinical event and the influence of this variant on cholesterol-lowering therapy was investigated in 715 male patients with coronary atherosclerosis participating in RE...
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Cited 34 times since 2005 (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 27, Issue 6, 1 1 2005, Pages 975-979
Results of the Ross operation in a pediatric population.
Hazekamp MG, Grotenhuis HB, Schoof PH, Rijlaarsdam ME, Ottenkamp J, Dion RA
Objective: To analyse the results of the mid-term clinical and echocardiographic follow-up of the pediatric Ross operation. Methods: Echo-Doppler follow-up of 53 consecutive pediatric Ross procedures performed between 1994 and 2003. Median age was 9.7 years at time of operation (2 weeks-17.7 years). Six patients were younger than 3 months. Median age at follow-up was 15.6 years. Aortic valve/left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) anomalies were congenital in 49 (92%). Seventy percent had previous...
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Cited 77 times since 2005 (3.9 per year)
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Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions,
Volume 65, Issue 2, 1 1 2005, Pages 263-267
Left ventricular unloading and concomitant total cardiac output increase by the use of percutaneous Impella Recover LP 2.5 assist device during high-risk coronary intervention.
Valgimigli M, Steendijk P, Sianos G, Onderwater E, Serruys PW
A number of techniques have been proposed for circulatory support during high-risk percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI), but no single approach has achieved wide acceptance so far. We report on a patient with severe left ventricular (LV) impairment who underwent a PCI with the use of a new left ventricular assist device, the Impella Recover LP 2.5 system. The effects on global cardiac output were determined by thermodilution (TD) and LV pressure-volume loops obtained by conductance catheter...
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Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation,
Volume 13, Issue 6, 1 1 2005, Pages 205-207
Sudden cardiac death and heart failure: can we make a difference?
Schalij MJ, Bax JJ, van Erven L, van der Wall EE
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Cited 9 times since 2005 (0.5 per year)
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American heart journal,
Volume 149, Issue 6, 1 1 2005, Pages 960-961
Which role for multislice computed tomography in clinical cardiology?
Bax JJ, Schuijf JD
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Cited 2 times since 2005 (0.1 per year)
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Circulation,
Volume 111, Issue 25, 1 1 2005, Pages e449-50
Images in cardiovascular medicine. Ventricular septum rupture after myocardial infarction demonstrated by multislice computed tomography.
Dogan H, Bax JJ, de Roos A, Kroft LJ
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Cited 8 times since 2005 (0.4 per year)
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Archives of internal medicine,
Volume 165, Issue 11, 1 1 2005, Pages 1253-1258
Prognostic value of combined exercise and recovery electrocardiographic analysis.
Bigi R, Cortigiani L, Gregori D, Bax JJ, Fiorentini C
Background: Heart rate-adjusted ST-segment depression (ST/HR) analysis improves the diagnostic accuracy of exercise testing, but its prognostic value has not been evaluated in unselected populations. We prospectively used comparative exercise-recovery ST/HR analysis to predict outcome in a consecutive cohort of outpatients referred for exercise testing. Methods: The stress-recovery index, defined as the difference between ST/HR areas during exercise and recovery,was derived in 1163 patients (med...
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Cited 13 times since 2005 (0.7 per year)
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The Annals of thoracic surgery,
Volume 79, Issue 6, 1 1 2005, Pages 2147-2149
Double bioprosthetic valve replacement in right-sided carcinoid heart disease.
Voigt PG, Braun J, Teng OY, Koolbergen DR, Holman E, Bax JJ, Smit VT, Dion RA
A patient with tricuspid and pulmonary regurgitation due to carcinoid syndrome successfully underwent double bioprosthetic valve replacement. This technique avoids anticoagulation treatment in a patient with hepatic dysfunction and facilitates future hepatic de-arterialization as a treatment option in carcinoid disease. Advances in treatment of carcinoid syndrome may have reduced the risk of early bioprosthetic degeneration.
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Cited 4 times since 2005 (0.2 per year)
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Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde,
Volume 149, Issue 24, 1 1 2005, Pages 1339-1346
[Radiofrequency catheter ablation for treating children with cardiac arrhythmias: favourable results after a mean of 4 years].
Kolditz DP, Blom NA, Bökenkamp R, Bootsma M, Zeppenfeld K, Schalij MJ
Objective: Analysis of long-term results with radiofrequency catheter ablation (RF ablation) in children. Design: Retrospective. Method: Data were analysed from all 118 paediatric patients < or =18 years old who underwent RF ablation at the Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC), the Netherlands, during the period 1 December 1992-31 May 2004. Results: The group consisted of 6o boys and 58 girls with a mean age of 12.7 years (SD: 4.6). They underwent 140 RF ablation procedures for 122 disorde...
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Cited 85 times since 2005 (4.3 per year)
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Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology,
Volume 25, Issue 8, 26 4 2005, Pages 1635-1640
No effect of C-reactive protein on early atherosclerosis development in apolipoprotein E*3-leiden/human C-reactive protein transgenic mice.
Trion A, de Maat MP, Jukema JW, van der Laarse A, Maas MC, Offerman EH, Havekes LM, Szalai AJ, Princen HM, Emeis JJ
Objective: C-reactive protein (CRP) has been associated with risk of cardiovascular disease. It is not clear whether CRP is causally involved in the development of atherosclerosis. Mouse CRP is not expressed at high levels under normal conditions and increases in concentration only several-fold during an acute phase response. Because the dynamic range of human CRP is much larger, apolipoprotein E*3-Leiden (E3L) transgenic mice carrying the human CRP gene offer a unique model to study the role(s)...
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Cited 3 times since 2005 (0.2 per year)
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European journal of pediatrics,
Volume 164, Issue 9, 12 2 2005, Pages 559-562
Low-energy radiofrequency catheter ablation as therapy for supraventricular tachycardia in a premature neonate.
Kolditz DP, Blom NA, Bökenkamp R, Schalij MJ
Unlabelled: A premature neonate with hydrops was born at 32 weeks of gestation after successful direct fetal amiodarone therapy via cordocentesis for incessant supraventricular tachycardia. After birth the tachycardia could not be controlled despite high doses of amiodarone and flecainide and the patient developed severe respiratory and circulatory failure. After 3 weeks, weighing 2 kg, he underwent successful and uncomplicated catheter ablation of a left free-wall accessory pathway using low-en...
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Cited 36 times since 2005 (1.8 per year)
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Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950),
Volume 174, Issue 10, 1 1 2005, Pages 6524-6531
Gene transfer of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-3 reverses the inhibitory effects of TNF-alpha on Fas-induced apoptosis in rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts.
Drynda A, Quax PH, Neumann M, van der Laan WH, Pap G, Drynda S, Meinecke I, Kekow J, Neumann W, Huizinga TW, Naumann M, König W, Pap T
Apart from counteracting matrix metalloproteinases, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-3 (TIMP-3) has proapoptotic properties. These features have been attributed to the inhibition of metalloproteinases involved in the shedding of cell surface receptors such as the TNFR. However, little is known about effects of TIMP-3 in cells that are not susceptible to apoptosis by TNF-alpha. In this study, we report that gene transfer of TIMP-3 into human rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts and MRC...
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