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Turkish journal of haematology : official journal of Turkish Society of Haematology,
Volume 24, Issue 1, 1 1 2007, Pages 32-35
Intense myelofibrosis in a child: unusual result of EBV-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.
Karapınar B, Yılmaz D, Aydınok Y, Türkoğlu E, Hekimgil M, Kavaklı K
A previously healthy 12-year-old girl was admitted to the intensive care unit with severe pulmonary bleeding. Her history revealed that she had suffered from high fever, fatigue, sore throat, myalgia and generalized rash for two weeks. Physical examination revealed hepatosplenomegaly. Laboratory investigation showed pancytopenia associated with unusual high levels of serum ferritin, triglyceride and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and low fibrinogen levels. Apparent hemophagocytosis was seen in bone...
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Cited 57 times since 2007 (3.1 per year)
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The Annals of thoracic surgery,
Volume 83, Issue 3, 1 1 2007, Pages 907-911
Predicting outcome of pulmonary valve replacement in adult tetralogy of Fallot patients.
Henkens IR, van Straten A, Schalij MJ, Hazekamp MG, de Roos A, van der Wall EE, Vliegen HW
Background: Predicting changes in right ventricular (RV) size and function after pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) is important for timely reintervention in adult tetralogy of Fallot patients. Methods: We analyzed the influence of pulmonary regurgitation severity and RV size and function before PVR on the outcome of RV size and function after PVR in 27 adult Fallot patients who had cardiac magnetic resonance imaging before and after PVR. RV dimensions were indexed for body surface area. Results:...
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Cited 2 times since 2007 (0.1 per year)
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Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography,
Volume 20, Issue 3, 1 1 2007, Pages 257-261
Prognostic significance of akinesis becoming dyskinesis during dobutamine stress echocardiography.
Sozzi FB, Elhendy A, Rizzello V, Biagini E, van Domburg RT, Vourvouri EC, Schinkel AF, Danzi GB, Bax JJ, Poldermans D
Background: Akinesis becoming dyskinesis (AKBD) at high-dose dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) has been disregarded as a marker of myocardial ischemia. However, its prognostic significance is unknown. Objectives: We sought to assess the long-term outcome of patients with AKBD during DSE. Methods: A total of 731 patients (age 62 +/- 15 years, 628 men) with two or more akinetic left ventricular segments at rest underwent DSE and were followed up for a mean period of 5 +/- 2.7 years. The end...
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Cited 13 times since 2007 (0.7 per year)
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Heart (British Cardiac Society),
Volume 93, Issue 3, 1 1 2007, Pages 375-376
Scar tissue on contrast-enhanced MRI predicts left ventricular remodelling after acute infarction.
Kaandorp TA, Lamb HJ, Viergever EP, Poldermans D, Boersma E, van der Wall EE, de Roos A, Bax JJ
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Cited 5 times since 2007 (0.3 per year)
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BMC gastroenterology,
Volume 7, 23 4 2007, Pages 7
Oxidised- and total non-protein bound glutathione and related thiols in gallbladder bile of patients with various gastrointestinal disorders.
Peters WH, van Schaik A, Peters JH, van Goor H
Background: Glutathione is a tripeptide composed of glutamate, cysteine and glycine, accomplishing a broad range of vital functions. Synthesis of glutathione and cysteine is performed mainly in the liver, whereas most other tissues are supplied with these thiols via sinusoidal efflux into the blood. Since canalicular efflux also occurs, thiols may be present in human bile. However, thiol composition of human gallbladder bile is largely unknown, which makes it difficult to speculate on the exact...
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Cited 9 times since 2007 (0.5 per year)
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Journal of agricultural and food chemistry,
Volume 55, Issue 6, 23 4 2007, Pages 2459-2466
Porosity and the effect of structural changes on the mechanical glass transition temperature.
Kasapis S, Sablani SS, Rahman MS, Al-Marhoobi IM, Al-Amri IS
Continuing an investigation on the fundamentals and applications of a recently proposed concept, i.e., the mechanical or network glass transition temperature, we now report data on the macrostructural changes in dehydrated apple tissue in relation to apparent porosity. Care was taken to keep the moisture content of the matrix constant (approximately 81%) while the volume fraction of total pores ranged from 0.38 to 0.79. Reproducible mechanical profiles identified the first derivative of shear st...
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Cited 2 times since 2007 (0.1 per year)
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European heart journal,
Volume 28, Issue 5, 22 4 2007, Pages 519-521
Indications of prophylactic coronary revascularization in patients undergoing major vascular surgery: the saga continues.
Hoeks SE, Bax JJ, Poldermans D
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Cited 31 times since 2007 (1.7 per year)
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Heart (British Cardiac Society),
Volume 93, Issue 9, 19 3 2007, Pages 1034-1039
Tissue synchronisation imaging accurately measures left ventricular dyssynchrony and predicts response to cardiac resynchronisation therapy.
Van de Veire NR, Bleeker GB, De Sutter J, Ypenburg C, Holman ER, van der Wall EE, Schalij MJ, Bax JJ
Background: Tissue synchronisation imaging (TSI) is a new technique to assess left ventricular (LV) dyssynchrony. Objectives: The value of using TSI to automatically assess LV dyssynchrony compared with manual assessment of LV dyssynchrony from colour-coded tissue Doppler imaging (TDI), and to evaluate the value of TSI to predict response to cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT). Methods: 60 symptomatic patients with heart failure with depressed LV ejection fraction (LVEF) and QRS >120 ms w...
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Cited 6 times since 2007 (0.3 per year)
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Journal of vascular surgery,
Volume 45, Issue 4, 15 3 2007, Pages 812-816
Aneurysm sac pressure monitoring: does the direction of pressure measurement matter in fibrinous thrombus?
Hinnen JW, Rixen DJ, Koning OH, Van Bockel HJ, Hamming JF
Purpose: This study was conducted to clarify the effect of the direction of pressure measurement on the pressure readout in fibrinous thrombus of the abdominal aortic aneurysm. Methods: Three weights of 468 g (weight 1), 578 g (weight 2), and 675 g (weight 3) were molded. A specimen of human fibrinous thrombus was positioned under the weights. Because the surface area of the weights and the thrombus was 400 mm(2), weights 1, 2, and 3 caused pressures of 88, 108, and 127 mm Hg, respectively. Pres...
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Cited 25 times since 2007 (1.3 per year)
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Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI,
Volume 14, Issue 4, 14 2 2007, Pages 477-480
Comparison of Mantoux and QuantiFERON TB Gold tests for diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in Army personnel.
Franken WP, Timmermans JF, Prins C, Slootman EJ, Dreverman J, Bruins H, van Dissel JT, Arend SM
The tuberculin skin test (TST) was compared with QuantiFERON-TB Gold in-tube (QFT-GIT) test for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in non-Mycobacterium bovis BCG-vaccinated military personnel. Among subjects positive by TST, 44.4% of recruits were positive by QFT-GIT compared with 11.5% subjects tested after missions abroad, suggesting that most TST conversions in the latter group were caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria.
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Cited 10 times since 2007 (0.5 per year)
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World journal of urology,
Volume 25, Issue 3, 14 2 2007, Pages 303-308
The influence of thermo-chemotherapy on bladder tumours: an immunohistochemical analysis.
van der Heijden AG, Hulsbergen-Van de Kaa CA, Witjes JA
To study the influence of microwave induced thermo-chemotherapy on high-grade urothelial cell carcinomas. Five groups of each three patients were formed of whom initial biopsies and cystectomy samples were collected. Patients were treated 2 days prior to cystectomy with mitomycin-C (group 1), hyperthermia (group 2) or thermo-chemotherapy (group 3). Group 4 patients had been treated with a cycle of six thermo-chemotherapy treatments prior to cystectomy and group 5 patients served as control (no t...
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Cited 95 times since 2007 (5.1 per year)
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Circulation,
Volume 115, Issue 8, 5 1 2007, Pages 981-989
C-reactive protein and prediction of coronary heart disease and global vascular events in the Prospective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk (PROSPER).
Sattar N, Murray HM, McConnachie A, Blauw GJ, Bollen EL, Buckley BM, Cobbe SM, Ford I, Gaw A, Hyland M, Jukema JW, Kamper AM, Macfarlane PW, Murphy MB, Packard CJ, Perry IJ, Stott DJ, Sweeney BJ, Twomey C, Westendorp RG, Shepherd J, PROSPER Study Group
Background: The role of C-reactive protein (CRP) in predicting vascular events and response to statin therapy remains uncertain. Additional large prospective studies are required. Methods and results: Baseline CRP was related to risk over 3.2 years for primary a combined end point (definite or suspected death from coronary heart disease, nonfatal myocardial infarction, and fatal or nonfatal stroke; n=865 events) and secondary (coronary heart disease events or stroke alone) and tertiary (stroke p...
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Cited 27 times since 2007 (1.5 per year)
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Heart (British Cardiac Society),
Volume 93, Issue 12, 3 1 2007, Pages 1604-1608
Right ventricular hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction in arterial switch patients without pulmonary artery stenosis.
Grotenhuis HB, Kroft LJ, van Elderen SG, Westenberg JJ, Doornbos J, Hazekamp MG, Vliegen HW, Ottenkamp J, de Roos A
Objective: To assess pulmonary flow dynamics and right ventricular (RV) function in patients without significant anatomical narrowing of the pulmonary arteries late after the arterial switch operation (ASO) by using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Methods: 17 patients (mean (SD), 16.5 (3.6) years after ASO) and 17 matched healthy subjects were included. MRI was used to assess flow across the pulmonary trunk, RV systolic and diastolic function, and RV mass. Results: Increased peak flow velocity...
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Cited 90 times since 2007 (4.9 per year)
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The Annals of thoracic surgery,
Volume 83, Issue 2, 1 1 2007, Pages 564-570
Mitral valve repair and replacement in endocarditis: a systematic review of literature.
Feringa HH, Shaw LJ, Poldermans D, Hoeks S, van der Wall EE, Dion RA, Bax JJ
Background: Several observational studies have suggested a superior survival after mitral valve repair compared with replacement in patients undergoing surgery for infective endocarditis. The objective of this study was to systematically review the rate of morbidity and mortality associated with mitral valve repair or replacement in infective endocarditis. Methods: A Medline search was conducted for literature and a systematic review of 24 studies, reporting prognosis of patients who underwent s...
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Cited 31 times since 2007 (1.7 per year)
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Environmental science & technology,
Volume 41, Issue 4, 1 1 2007, Pages 1232-1237
Binding of iron(III) to organic soils: EXAFS spectroscopy and chemical equilibrium modeling.
Gustafsson JP, Persson I, Kleja DB, Van Schaik JW
The complexation of iron(III) to soil organic matter is important for the binding of trace metals in natural environments because of competition effects. In this study, we used extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy to characterize the binding mode for iron(III) in two soil samples from organic mor layers, one of which was also treated with iron(III). In most cases the EXAFS spectra had three significant contributions, inner-core Fe-O/N interactions at about 2.02(2) A, Fe-...
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Cited 4 times since 2007 (0.2 per year)
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Journal of endovascular therapy : an official journal of the International Society of Endovascular Specialists,
Volume 14, Issue 1, 1 1 2007, Pages 30-38
Accurate detection of stent-graft migration in a pulsatile aortic model using Roentgen stereophotogrammetric analysis.
Koning OH, Garling EH, Hinnen JW, Kroft LJ, van der Linden E, Hamming JF, Valstar ER, van Bockel JH
Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility and accuracy of Roentgen stereophotogrammetric analysis (RSA) versus computed tomography (CT) for detecting stent-graft migration in an in vitro pulsatile circulation model and to study the feasibility of a nitinol endovascular clip (NEC) as an aortic wall reference marker for RSA. Methods: An aortic model with stent-graft was constructed and connected to an artificial circulation with a physiological flow and pressure profile. Tantalum markers and NECs were...
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Cited 11 times since 2007 (0.6 per year)
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Genesis (New York, N.Y. : 2000),
Volume 45, Issue 2, 1 1 2007, Pages 76-82
Complex genomic rearrangement in CCS-LacZ transgenic mice.
Stroud DM, Darrow BJ, Kim SD, Zhang J, Jongbloed MR, Rentschler S, Moskowitz IP, Seidman J, Fishman GI
The cardiac conduction system (CCS)-lacZ insertional mouse mutant strain genetically labels the developing and mature CCS. This pattern of expression is presumed to reflect the site of transgene integration rather than regulatory elements within the transgene proper. We sought to characterize the genomic structure of the integration locus and identify nearby gene(s) that might potentially confer the observed CCS-specific transcription. We found rearrangement of chromosome 7 between regions D1 an...
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Cited 17 times since 2007 (0.9 per year)
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Coronary artery disease,
Volume 18, Issue 1, 1 1 2007, Pages 39-43
Assessment of right ventricular infarction with contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging.
Kaandorp TA, Lamb HJ, Poldermans D, Viergever EP, Boersma E, van der Wall EE, de Roos A, Bax JJ
Objective: Evaluation of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging to assess right ventricular infarction in patients with acute inferior myocardial infarction. Background: Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging has been used for assessing scar tissue after left ventricular infarction. The value of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging to assess right ventricular infarction is unknown and was evaluated. Methods: Consecutive patients (n=18) with first acute inferior infarction wer...
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Cited 30 times since 2007 (1.6 per year)
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Diabetes care,
Volume 30, Issue 5, 26 4 2007, Pages 1295-1304
Cardiac imaging for risk stratification in diabetes.
Bax JJ, Inzucchi SE, Bonow RO, Schuijf JD, Freeman MR, Barrett EJ, Global Dialogue Group for the Evaluation of Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Diabetes
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Cited 7 times since 2007 (0.4 per year)
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Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology,
Volume 60, Issue 4, 26 4 2007, Pages 569-579
Influence of ketoconazole on the fecal and urinary disposition of docetaxel.
Engels FK, Loos WJ, Mathot RA, van Schaik RH, Verweij J
Objective: The anticancer drug docetaxel is extensively metabolized by cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A isozymes. Furthermore, docetaxel is also a substrate for the transmembrane ATP-binding cassette efflux transporter protein ABCB1. CYP3A-inhibition significantly reduces docetaxel total systemic clearance, on average by 50%. However, data on the effect of CYP3A-inhibition on the fecal and urinary excretion of docetaxel are lacking. To further elucidate the role of CYP3A- and ABCB1-mediated elimination...
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