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Cited 94 times since 2014 (8.6 per year) source: EuropePMC

European journal of heart failure, Volume 17, Issue 1, 27 4 2014, Pages 51-62 Subclinical left ventricular dysfunction by echocardiographic speckle-tracking strain analysis relates to outcome in sarcoidosis. Joyce E, Ninaber MK, Katsanos S, Debonnaire P, Kamperidis V, Bax JJ, Taube C, Delgado V, Ajmone Marsan N

Aims: Limited data exist on the risk of developing cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) and/or adverse events in sarcoidosis patients. Using LV global longitudinal strain (GLS), an emerging sensitive parameter of LV function, we evaluated the prevalence of subclinical cardiac dysfunction in sarcoidosis and investigated whether LVGLS predicts adverse outcomes in this population. Methods and results: A total of 130 patients with proven sarcoidosis undergoing echocardiography at our referral centre were identi... Abstract

Cited 66 times since 2014 (6 per year) source: EuropePMC

British journal of cancer, Volume 112, Issue 3, 27 4 2014, Pages 594-600 Recurrent urinary tract infection and risk of bladder cancer in the Nijmegen bladder cancer study. Vermeulen SH, Hanum N, Grotenhuis AJ, Castaño-Vinyals G, van der Heijden AG, Aben KK, Mysorekar IU, Kiemeney LA

Background: Controversy exists on whether urinary tract infection (UTI) is a risk factor for urinary bladder cancer (UBC). Here, the association is investigated using data from one of the largest bladder cancer case-control studies worldwide. Methods: Information on (i) history and age at onset of regular cystitis ('regular low-UTI') and (ii) number and age at onset of UTI treated with antibiotics ('UTI-ab') from 1809 UBC patients and 4370 controls was analysed. Odds ratios (... Abstract

Cited 7 times since 2014 (0.6 per year) source: EuropePMC

Vascular, Volume 23, Issue 6, 27 4 2014, Pages 645-647 Persistent endoleak after endovascular aneurysm repair for acute Q-fever-infected aortocaval fistula. Prinsen JH, Boersma D, van Loenhout R, van Schaik PM, Verhoeven BA

We present a case of an endovascular aneurysm repair for a Q-fever-infected acute abdominal aortic aneurysm with aortocaval fistula. Type 2 endoleak persisted after successful endovascular repair. Abstract

Cited 5 times since 2014 (0.5 per year) source: EuropePMC

Journal of chromatography. A, Volume 1374, 27 4 2014, Pages 224-230 Impurity profiling of trinitrotoluene using vacuum-outlet gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Brust H, Willemse S, Zeng T, van Asten A, Koeberg M, van der Heijden A, Bolck A, Schoenmakers P

In this work, a reliable and robust vacuum-outlet gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) method is introduced for the identification and quantification of impurities in trinitrotoluene (TNT). Vacuum-outlet GC-MS allows for short analysis times; the analysis of impurities in TNT was performed in 4min. This study shows that impurity profiling of TNT can be used to investigate relations between TNT samples encountered in forensic casework. A wide variety of TNT samples were analyzed with the... Abstract

Cited 6 times since 2014 (0.5 per year) source: EuropePMC

Frontiers in neuroscience, Volume 8, 25 4 2014, Pages 377 Racing to learn: statistical inference and learning in a single spiking neuron with adaptive kernels. Afshar S, George L, Tapson J, van Schaik A, Hamilton TJ

This paper describes the Synapto-dendritic Kernel Adapting Neuron (SKAN), a simple spiking neuron model that performs statistical inference and unsupervised learning of spatiotemporal spike patterns. SKAN is the first proposed neuron model to investigate the effects of dynamic synapto-dendritic kernels and demonstrate their computational power even at the single neuron scale. The rule-set defining the neuron is simple: there are no complex mathematical operations such as normalization, exponenti... Abstract

Cited 71 times since 2014 (6.5 per year) source: EuropePMC

Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology, Volume 8, Issue 1, 24 4 2014, Pages 102-109 Re-entry using anatomically determined isthmuses: a curable ventricular tachycardia in repaired congenital heart disease. Kapel GF, Reichlin T, Wijnmaalen AP, Piers SR, Holman ER, Tedrow UB, Schalij MJ, Stevenson WG, Zeppenfeld K

Background: Ventricular tachycardia (VT) is an important cause of late morbidity and mortality in repaired congenital heart disease. The substrate often includes anatomic isthmuses that can be transected by radiofrequency catheter ablation similar to isthmus block for atrial flutter. This study evaluates the long-term efficacy of isthmus block for treatment of re-entry VT in adults with repaired congenital heart disease. Methods and results: Thirty-four patients (49±13 years; 74% male) with repa... Abstract

Cited 70 times since 2014 (6.4 per year) source: EuropePMC

Preventive veterinary medicine, Volume 118, Issue 1, 23 4 2014, Pages 80-92 Housing and management factors associated with indicators of dairy cattle welfare. de Vries M, Bokkers EA, van Reenen CG, Engel B, van Schaik G, Dijkstra T, de Boer IJ

Knowledge of potential synergies and trade-offs between housing and management factors for different aspects of animal welfare is essential for farmers who aim to improve the level of welfare in their herds. The aim of this research was to identify and compare housing and management factors associated with prevalence of lameness, prevalence of lesions or swellings, prevalence of dirty hindquarters, and frequency of displacements (social behavior) in dairy herds in free-stall housing. Seven obser... Abstract

Cited 21 times since 2014 (1.9 per year) source: EuropePMC

Atherosclerosis, Volume 238, Issue 1, 22 4 2014, Pages 132-139 RP105 deficiency attenuates early atherosclerosis via decreased monocyte influx in a CCR2 dependent manner. Wezel A, van der Velden D, Maassen JM, Lagraauw HM, de Vries MR, Karper JC, Kuiper J, Bot I, Quax PH

Objective: Toll like receptor 4 (TLR4) plays a key role in inflammation and previously it was established that TLR4 deficiency attenuates atherosclerosis. RadioProtective 105 (RP105) is a structural homolog of TLR4 and an important regulator of TLR4 signaling, suggesting that RP105 may also be an important effector in atherosclerosis. We thus aimed to determine the role of RP105 in atherosclerotic lesion development using RP105 deficient mice on an atherosclerotic background. Methods and results... Abstract

Cited 27 times since 2014 (2.5 per year) source: EuropePMC

Heart (British Cardiac Society), Volume 101, Issue 2, 20 3 2014, Pages 94-100 Non-invasive imaging in atrial fibrillation: focus on prognosis and catheter ablation. Bax JJ, Marsan NA, Delgado V

Imaging identifies patients with high-risk phenotype among the general population with atrial fibrillation, such as the presence of structural and valvular heart disease, which are both related to adverse outcome. Imaging is also potentially important for prediction of success of catheter ablation. Specifically, patients with larger left atrial size, reduced left atrial function and increased left atrial fibrosis content are more likely to experience atrial fibrillation recurrences after ablatio... Abstract

Cited 20 times since 2014 (1.8 per year) source: EuropePMC

Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI, Volume 42, Issue 2, 19 3 2014, Pages 390-399 Automated left ventricle segmentation in late gadolinium-enhanced MRI for objective myocardial scar assessment. Tao Q, Piers SR, Lamb HJ, van der Geest RJ

Purpose: To develop and validate an objective and reproducible left ventricle (LV) segmentation method for late gadolinium enhanced (LGE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which can facilitate accurate myocardial scar assessment. Materials and methods: A cohort of 25 ischemic patients and 25 nonischemic patients were included. A four-step algorithm was proposed: first, the Cine-MRI and LGE-MRI volume were globally registered; second, the registered Cine-MRI contours were fitted to each LGE-MRI s... Abstract

Cited 52 times since 2014 (4.7 per year) source: EuropePMC

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Volume 111, Issue 48, 17 3 2014, Pages 17170-17175 Global structural changes of an ion channel during its gating are followed by ion mobility mass spectrometry. Konijnenberg A, Yilmaz D, Ingólfsson HI, Dimitrova A, Marrink SJ, Li Z, Vénien-Bryan C, Sobott F, Koçer A

Mechanosensitive ion channels are sensors probing membrane tension in all species; despite their importance and vital role in many cell functions, their gating mechanism remains to be elucidated. Here, we determined the conditions for releasing intact mechanosensitive channel of large conductance (MscL) proteins from their detergents in the gas phase using native ion mobility-mass spectrometry (IM-MS). By using IM-MS, we could detect the native mass of MscL from Escherichia coli, determine vario... Abstract

Cited 33 times since 2014 (3 per year) source: EuropePMC

The Journal of clinical investigation, Volume 124, Issue 12, 17 3 2014, Pages 5159-5174 Oxido-reductive regulation of vascular remodeling by receptor tyrosine kinase ROS1. Ali ZA, de Jesus Perez V, Yuan K, Orcholski M, Pan S, Qi W, Chopra G, Adams C, Kojima Y, Leeper NJ, Qu X, Zaleta-Rivera K, Kato K, Yamada Y, Oguri M, Kuchinsky A, Hazen SL, Jukema JW, Ganesh SK, Nabel EG, Channon K, Leon MB, Charest A, Quertermous T, Ashley EA

Angioplasty and stenting is the primary treatment for flow-limiting atherosclerosis; however, this strategy is limited by pathological vascular remodeling. Using a systems approach, we identified a role for the network hub gene glutathione peroxidase-1 (GPX1) in pathological remodeling following human blood vessel stenting. Constitutive deletion of Gpx1 in atherosclerotic mice recapitulated this phenotype of increased vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation and plaque formation. In an i... Abstract

Cited 187 times since 2014 (17 per year) source: EuropePMC

The Journal of urology, Volume 193, Issue 4, 15 3 2014, Pages 1163-1169 The prostate health index selectively identifies clinically significant prostate cancer. Loeb S, Sanda MG, Broyles DL, Shin SS, Bangma CH, Wei JT, Partin AW, Klee GG, Slawin KM, Marks LS, van Schaik RH, Chan DW, Sokoll LJ, Cruz AB, Mizrahi IA, Catalona WJ

Purpose: The Prostate Health Index (phi) is a new test combining total, free and [-2]proPSA into a single score. It was recently approved by the FDA and is now commercially available in the U.S., Europe and Australia. We investigate whether phi improves specificity for detecting clinically significant prostate cancer and can help reduce prostate cancer over diagnosis. Materials and methods: From a multicenter prospective trial we identified 658 men age 50 years or older with prostate specific an... Abstract

Cited 4 times since 2014 (0.4 per year) source: EuropePMC

PloS one, Volume 9, Issue 11, 12 2 2014, Pages e112129 Molecular epidemiology of seal parvovirus, 1988-2014. Bodewes R, Hapsari R, Rubio García A, Sánchez Contreras GJ, van de Bildt MW, de Graaf M, Kuiken T, Osterhaus AD

A novel parvovirus was discovered recently in the brain of a harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) with chronic meningo-encephalitis. Phylogenetic analysis of this virus indicated that it belongs to the genus Erythroparvovirus, to which also human parvovirus B19 belongs. In the present study, the prevalence, genetic diversity and clinical relevance of seal parvovirus (SePV) infections was evaluated in both harbor and grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) that lived in Northwestern European coastal waters from... Abstract

Cited 14 times since 2014 (1.3 per year) source: EuropePMC

Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions, Volume 85, Issue 3, 12 2 2014, Pages 480-487 Position of Edwards SAPIEN transcatheter valve in the aortic root in relation with the coronary ostia: implications for percutaneous coronary interventions. Katsanos S, Debonnaire P, van der Kley F, van Rosendael PJ, Joyce E, de Graaf MA, Schalij MJ, Scholte AJ, Bax JJ, Ajmone Marsan N, Delgado V

Objectives: To determine the implications of stable coverage of the coronary ostia by the Edwards SAPIEN valve frame in terms of myocardial ischemia and subsequent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), following transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Background: Edwards SAPIEN frame is frequently deployed relatively higher than recommended and may overlap the coronary ostia. Methods: A total of 142 patients (age 81 ± 7 years, male 49%) treated with Edwards SAPIEN valve and with mult... Abstract

Cited 17 times since 2014 (1.5 per year) source: EuropePMC

Heart rhythm, Volume 12, Issue 3, 7 1 2014, Pages 533-539 Epicardial leads in adult cardiac resynchronization therapy recipients: a study on lead performance, durability, and safety. Buiten MS, van der Heijden AC, Klautz RJM, Schalij MJ, van Erven L

Background: Transvenous left ventricular (LV) lead placement for cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator (CRT-D) delivery is unsuccessful in 8% to 10% of cases. These patients might benefit from an epicardial lead. However, data on long-term epicardial lead performance are scarce. Furthermore, extracting an epicardial lead requires a rethoracotomy. Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine data on almost a decade of experience with epicardial leads and investigate the safety... Abstract

Cited 7 times since 2014 (0.6 per year) source: EuropePMC

Hamostaseologie, Volume 35, Issue 2, 7 1 2014, Pages 113-120 The role of mast cells in atherosclerosis. Wezel A, Quax PH, Kuiper J, Bot I

Rupture of an atherosclerotic plaque is the major underlying cause of adverse cardiovascular events such as myocardial infarction or stroke. Therapeutic interventions should therefore be directed towards inhibiting growth of atherosclerotic lesions as well as towards prevention of lesion destabilization. Interestingly, the presence of mast cells has been demonstrated in both murine and human plaques, and multiple interventional murine studies have pointed out a direct role for mast cells in earl... Abstract

Cited 20 times since 2014 (1.8 per year) source: EuropePMC

Nutrition and cancer, Volume 67, Issue 1, 5 1 2014, Pages 137-144 Mechanism of inhibition of CYP1A1 and glutathione S-transferase activities in fish liver by quercetin, resveratrol, naringenin, hesperidin, and rutin. Arinç E, Yilmaz D, Bozcaarmutlu A

Quercetin, resveratrol, naringenin, hesperidin, and rutin are phenolic compounds/flavonoids that may have roles in the reduction of cancer susceptibility. In this study, in vitro modulatory effects of them were studied on liver CYP1A1 associated 7-ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD) activity and glutathione S-transferase (GST) activity of leaping mullet (Liza saliens). All of the phenolic compounds/flavonoids used exerted an inhibitory effect on both EROD and GST activities of fish. Quercetin, r... Abstract

The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, Volume 148, Issue 5, 4 1 2014, Pages 2440-2442 Reply to the editor. Grewal N, Gittenberger-de Groot AC, DeRuiter MC

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Cited 18 times since 2014 (1.6 per year) source: EuropePMC

Journal of sex & marital therapy, Volume 41, Issue 6, 3 1 2014, Pages 680-690 Prevalence and Correlates of Sexual Dysfunction in Men and Women With Type 2 Diabetes. Rutte A, van Splunter MM, van der Heijden AA, Welschen LM, Elders PJ, Dekker JM, Snoek FJ, Enzlin P, Nijpels G

This study aimed to assess the prevalence and correlates of sexual dysfunction in a sample of Dutch men and women with type 2 diabetes. Patients with type 2 diabetes who were between the ages of 40 and 75 years from 4 Dutch diabetes centers were asked to complete self-report questionnaires covering sociodemographic characteristics, medical characteristics, clinical depression (Center for Epidemiological Studies), and sexual dysfunction (in men: International Index of Erectile Function; in women:... Abstract