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Cited 20 times since 2005 (1 per year)
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Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies,
Volume 6, Issue 5, 1 1 2005, Pages 547-549
Gut permeability in neonates after a stage 1 Norwood procedure.
Malagon I, Onkenhout W, Klok M, van der Poel PF, Bovill JG, Hazekamp MG
Objective: Intestinal mucosal ischemia can occur during and after cardiac surgery. Severe decreases in mucosal perfusion may be a causative factor for postoperative mortality or complications such as necrotizing enterocolitis. Mesenteric perfusion is challenged preoperatively due to an imbalance between the systemic and pulmonary circulations and challenged intraoperatively due to hypothermic circulatory arrest. We have investigated gut permeability in seven patients undergoing stage 1 of the No...
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Cited 28 times since 2005 (1.4 per year)
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Heart rhythm,
Volume 2, Issue 9, 1 1 2005, Pages 940-950
Identification of successful catheter ablation sites in patients with ventricular tachycardia based on electrogram characteristics during sinus rhythm.
Zeppenfeld K, Kiès P, Wijffels MC, Bootsma M, van Erven L, Schalij MJ
Background: Zones of slow conduction facilitate reentry, the major mechanism of ventricular tachycardia (VT) after myocardial infarction (MI). Identification of these zones during sinus rhythm (SR) is desirable for radiofrequency (RF) catheter ablation of VT. Local conduction velocity may correlate with electrogram duration. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to revise the definition of normal electrogram characteristics and to reevaluate the significance of low-amplitude, long-duration e...
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Cited 13 times since 2005 (0.7 per year)
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Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology,
Volume 12, Issue 5, 1 1 2005, Pages 545-552
Hemodynamic evaluation of saphenous vein coronary artery bypass grafts: relative merits of Doppler flow velocity and SPECT perfusion imaging.
Salm LP, Bax JJ, Jukema JW, Langerak SE, Vliegen HW, Steendijk P, Lamb HJ, de Roos A, van der Wall EE
Background: Coronary angiography is considered the gold standard in evaluating vein graft disease; however, angiography does not allow assessment of hemodynamic consequences of lesions. In this study hemodynamic consequences of significant stenoses in vein grafts were evaluated by Doppler velocity assessment, and results were compared with single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) perfusion imaging. Methods and results: Angiography was performed in 58 patients after coronary artery bypa...
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Cited 39 times since 2005 (2 per year)
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Heart (British Cardiac Society),
Volume 91, Issue 9, 1 1 2005, Pages 1213-1214
Secondary prevention with folic acid: results of the Goes extension study.
Liem A, Reynierse-Buitenwerf GH, Zwinderman AH, Jukema JW, van Veldhuisen DJ
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Cited 68 times since 2005 (3.5 per year)
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The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism,
Volume 90, Issue 11, 30 5 2005, Pages 6041-6047
Reversible diastolic dysfunction after long-term exogenous subclinical hyperthyroidism: a randomized, placebo-controlled study.
Smit JW, Eustatia-Rutten CF, Corssmit EP, Pereira AM, Frölich M, Bleeker GB, Holman ER, van der Wall EE, Romijn JA, Bax JJ
Background: Subclinical hyperthyroidism has been reported to affect systolic and diastolic cardiac function. However, the reversibility of these effects is not well established. Objective: Our objective was to investigate the presence and reversibility of cardiac abnormalities in patients with long-term exogenous subclinical hyperthyroidism. Design: We conducted a prospective, single-blinded, placebo-controlled randomized trial of 6 months duration with two parallel groups. Setting: The study oc...
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Cited 67 times since 2005 (3.4 per year)
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European heart journal,
Volume 26, Issue 23, 25 4 2005, Pages 2588-2595
Risk of complications during pregnancy after Senning or Mustard (atrial) repair of complete transposition of the great arteries.
Drenthen W, Pieper PG, Ploeg M, Voors AA, Roos-Hesselink JW, Mulder BJ, Vliegen HW, Sollie KM, Ebels T, van Veldhuisen DJ, ZAHARA Investigators
Aims: To investigate magnitude and determinants of risks during pregnancy in women with Mustard or Senning repair for complete transposition of the great arteries (TGA). Methods and results: Using a nationwide registry (CONCOR), 70 women with Senning (23%) or Mustard (77%) repair for TGA were enrolled. A total of 28 patients had 69 pregnancies (two twins), including 17 spontaneous miscarriages and three elective abortions. During 39 of the 49 completed pregnancies, complications were observed. T...
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Cited 49 times since 2005 (2.5 per year)
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European journal of echocardiography : the journal of the Working Group on Echocardiography of the European Society of Cardiology,
Volume 7, Issue 4, 10 2 2005, Pages 308-314
Global and regional left ventricular function assessment with 16-detector row CT: comparison with echocardiography and cardiovascular magnetic resonance.
Salm LP, Schuijf JD, de Roos A, Lamb HJ, Vliegen HW, Jukema JW, Joemai R, van der Wall EE, Bax JJ
Aims: To compare multidetector row computed tomography (MDCT) global and regional left ventricular (LV) function assessment with echocardiography and cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR). Methods and results: In 25 patients, who were referred for noninvasive angiography with 16-detector row CT, LV function assessment was also performed. A subsequent echocardiogram was performed, and in a subgroup of patients, CMR examination was completed to evaluate LV function. For global function assessmen...
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Cited 28 times since 2005 (1.4 per year)
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European heart journal,
Volume 27, Issue 8, 8 2 2005, Pages 905-912
The role of non-invasive imaging in the risk stratification of asymptomatic diabetic subjects.
Anand DV, Lim E, Lahiri A, Bax JJ
Aims: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death in patients with diabetes. Patients often present with advanced and asymptomatic disease. Proposed strategies that may favourably affect CAD risk and outcomes in this patient population include identifying diabetic patients with subclinical disease at high risk of future cardiac events. The purpose of this article was to review the role of both atherosclerosis imaging tests (coronary calcium imaging and high-resolution ultrasound...
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Cited 33 times since 2005 (1.7 per year)
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Current opinion in lipidology,
Volume 16, Issue 4, 1 1 2005, Pages 434-441
Surrogate markers for atherosclerotic disease.
Sankatsing RR, de Groot E, Jukema JW, de Feyter PJ, Pennell DJ, Schoenhagen P, Nissen SE, Stroes ES, Kastelein JJ
Purpose of review: Novel treatment modalities for cardiovascular prevention are emerging rapidly. Since it is virtually impossible to evaluate all these new compounds in long-term trials using clinical end points, there is an urgent need for validated surrogate markers of atherosclerosis to save both time and costs. Over the last decade, the use of imaging markers has been widely introduced into drug-development strategies. Here we will discuss the most commonly used techniques. Recent findings:...
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Cited 10 times since 2005 (0.5 per year)
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The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery,
Volume 130, Issue 2, 1 1 2005, Pages 265-271
Dexamethasone reduces gut permeability in pediatric cardiac surgery.
Malagon I, Onkenhout W, Klok M, Linthorst L, van der Poel PF, Bovill JG, Hazekamp MG
Objectives: Little attention has been paid to the effect of the systemic inflammatory response syndrome on intestinal dysfunction in the postoperative period. Several proinflammatory cytokines have been reported to increase the permeability of intestinal mucosa in vitro. We investigated the effect of dexamethasone on gut permeability in pediatric patients undergoing cardiac surgery by using the dual sugar permeability test and absorption of 2 other saccharides. Methods: Thirty-four patients sche...
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Cited 109 times since 2005 (5.5 per year)
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Circulation,
Volume 112, Issue 9 Suppl, 1 1 2005, Pages I212-8
Right atrial and ventricular adaptation to chronic right ventricular pressure overload.
Gaynor SL, Maniar HS, Bloch JB, Steendijk P, Moon MR
Background: Increased mortality in patients with chronic pulmonary hypertension has been associated with elevated right atrial (RA) pressure. However, little is known about the effects of chronic right ventricular (RV) pressure overload on RA and RV dynamics or the adaptive response of the right atrium to maintain RV filling. Methods and results: In 7 dogs, RA and RV pressure and volume (conductance catheter) were recorded at baseline and after 3 months of progressive pulmonary artery banding. R...
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Cited 68 times since 2005 (3.4 per year)
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Cardiovascular research,
Volume 67, Issue 2, 1 1 2005, Pages 245-255
Activation of cardiac and smooth muscle-specific genes in primary human cells after forced expression of human myocardin.
van Tuyn J, Knaän-Shanzer S, van de Watering MJ, de Graaf M, van der Laarse A, Schalij MJ, van der Wall EE, de Vries AA, Atsma DE
Objective: Myocardin is a recently discovered transcriptional regulator of cardiac and smooth muscle development. Its ability to transactivate smooth muscle-specific genes has been firmly established in animal cells but its effect on heart muscle genes has been investigated less extensively and the consequences of ectopic myocardin expression in human cells are unknown. Methods: In this study, primary human mesenchymal stem cells and foreskin fibroblasts were transduced with human adenovirus vec...
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Cited 17 times since 2005 (0.9 per year)
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European journal of endocrinology,
Volume 153, Issue 2, 1 1 2005, Pages 231-238
Persistent diastolic dysfunction despite successful long-term octreotide treatment in acromegaly.
van Thiel SW, Bax JJ, Biermasz NR, Holman ER, Poldermans D, Roelfsema F, Lamb HJ, van der Wall EE, Smit JW, Romijn JA, Pereira AM
Introduction: This study was designed to evaluate potential reversibility of left-ventricular (LV) dysfunction in patients with acromegaly following long-term control of disease. It is unknown whether the cardiac changes induced by acromegaly can be reversed completely by long-term strict control of growth hormone excess by octreotide. Patients and methods: We compared LV systolic and diastolic function in inactive patients with acromegaly (n = 22), who were divided into patients with long-term...
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Cited 7 times since 2005 (0.4 per year)
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European journal of pediatric surgery : official journal of Austrian Association of Pediatric Surgery ... [et al] = Zeitschrift fur Kinderchirurgie,
Volume 15, Issue 4, 1 1 2005, Pages 243-247
Outcome of primary peritoneal drainage for perforated necrotizing enterocolitis: comparison between laparotomy and drainage.
Zenciroğlu A, Cakmak O, Demirel N, Baş AY, Yilmaz D, Karaman I, Erdoğan D
Perforation of the gastrointestinal tract in neonates is still associated with high mortality rates. Laparotomy is usually required to treat gastrointestinal perforation, however peritoneal drainage under local anesthesia has been also described as an alternative mode of treatment. In our institute, laparotomy was the first choice for the management of gastrointestinal perforation in neonates until 1999. Because of the high mortality rates in this group of patients, our policy has since changed...
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Cited 3 times since 2005 (0.2 per year)
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Coronary artery disease,
Volume 16, Issue 5, 1 1 2005, Pages 309-313
Long-term prognostic value of ejection fraction changes during dobutamine-atropine stress echocardiography.
Pedone C, Bax JJ, van Domburg RT, Rizzello V, Biagini E, Schinkel AF, Krenning B, Vourvouri EC, Poldermans D
Objective: Dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE), using subjective wall motion scoring, provides incremental prognostic information over clinical data. The aim of the study was to test the additional prognostic value of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) changes during DSE at different stages. Methods: The study population comprised 106 consecutive patients (mean age 60+/-11 years, 73% men) with suspected or known coronary artery disease referred for DSE. Stress-induced ischemia was de...
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Cited 4 times since 2005 (0.2 per year)
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The American journal of cardiology,
Volume 96, Issue 3, 1 1 2005, Pages 386-389
Relation of improvement in left ventricular ejection fraction versus improvement in heart failure symptoms after coronary revascularization in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy.
Rizzello V, Poldermans D, Biagini E, Schinkel AF, Elhendy A, Leone AM, Crea F, Maat A, Roelandt JR, Bax JJ
In the present study, the relation between improvement in the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and heart failure symptoms was evaluated in 100 patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy undergoing coronary revascularization. In patients with viable myocardium, the improvement in the LVEF after revascularization was accompanied by improvement in heart failure symptoms in most patients (80%); most viable patients (75%) without improvement in LVEF also showed an improvement in New York Heart As...
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Cited 4 times since 2005 (0.2 per year)
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Journal of the American College of Cardiology,
Volume 46, Issue 4, 1 1 2005, Pages 730-732
Risk stratification of patients with classic angina pectoris and no history of coronary artery disease by dobutamine stress echocardiography.
Biagini E, Elhendy A, Schinkel AF, Bax JJ, Rizzello V, van Domburg RT, Rapezzi C, Simoons ML, Poldermans D
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Cited 20 times since 2005 (1 per year)
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The American journal of cardiology,
Volume 96, Issue 4, 1 1 2005, Pages 469-473
Effect of myocardial ischemia during dobutamine stress echocardiography on cardiac mortality in patients with heart failure secondary to ischemic cardiomyopathy.
Elhendy A, Sozzi F, van Domburg RT, Bax JJ, Schinkel AF, Roelandt JR, Poldermans D
This study assessed the effect of ischemia during dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) on cardiac mortality in patients with heart failure. We studied 528 patients (62 +/- 11 years of age, 402 men) who had heart failure and previous myocardial infarction or known coronary artery disease and underwent DSE. Ischemia was defined as new or worsening wall motion abnormalities or a biphasic response. End point during follow-up was cardiac death. Mean ejection fraction was 35 +/- 12%. Ischemia was...
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Cited 34 times since 2005 (1.7 per year)
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Circulation,
Volume 112, Issue 9 Suppl, 1 1 2005, Pages I437-42
MRI to evaluate left atrial and ventricular reverse remodeling after restrictive mitral annuloplasty in dilated cardiomyopathy.
Westenberg JJ, van der Geest RJ, Lamb HJ, Versteegh MI, Braun J, Doornbos J, de Roos A, van der Wall EE, Dion RA, Reiber JH, Bax JJ
Background: Data on reverse remodeling of the left atrium (LA) and left ventricle (LV) after restrictive annuloplasty in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy are scarce, and follow-up studies are performed with echocardiography. Methods and results: Twenty patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and severe mitral regurgitation selected for restrictive mitral annuloplasty underwent serial MRI studies (within 1 week before surgery, and 2 months [n =18] and 1 year [n =13] after surgery). Early mortali...
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Cited 40 times since 2005 (2 per year)
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The American journal of cardiology,
Volume 96, Issue 3, 1 1 2005, Pages 420-422
Comparison of effectiveness of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients <70 versus > or =70 years of age.
Bleeker GB, Schalij MJ, Molhoek SG, Boersma E, Steendijk P, van der Wall EE, Bax JJ
In the present study, the effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in elderly patients were evaluated. The study included 170 consecutive patients whose clinical and echocardiographic improvements were evaluated after 6 months of follow-up. Survival was evaluated up to 2 years. The effects of CRT in elderly patients (age > or =70 years) were compared with those in younger patients (age
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