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Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde,
Volume 150, Issue 11, 1 1 2006, Pages 597-600
[Screening of asymptomatic individuals for coronary disease using CT-calcium measurement in the coronary arteries].
Schuijf JD, Bax JJ, Jukema JW, van der Wall EE
Coronary calcification is a specific marker for coronary atherosclerosis. It is therefore reasonable to assume that the risk ofcardiac events can be assessed by the quantification of the extent of coronary calcium. Until now, the predictive value of coronary calcium and its advantage over conventional risk factors has not been proven by any of the available prospective cohort studies. It is particularly likely that assessment of coronary atherosclerosis will help in the decision to initiate or d...
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Cited 32 times since 2006 (1.6 per year)
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Coronary artery disease,
Volume 17, Issue 2, 1 1 2006, Pages 173-179
A meta-analysis of safety and effectiveness of perioperative beta-blocker use for the prevention of cardiac events in different types of noncardiac surgery.
Schouten O, Shaw LJ, Boersma E, Bax JJ, Kertai MD, Feringa HH, Biagini E, Kok NF, Urk Hv, Elhendy A, Poldermans D
Objective: Perioperative beta-blocker therapy has been proposed to improve outcome. Most of the trials conducted, however, lacked statistical power to evaluate the incidence of hard cardiac events and the relationship to the type of surgery. Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis of all randomized controlled trials in which beta-blocker therapy was evaluated. Methods: An electronic search of published reports on Medline was undertaken to identify studies published between January 1980 and Novem...
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Cited 16 times since 2006 (0.8 per year)
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Seminars in cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia,
Volume 10, Issue 1, 1 1 2006, Pages 25-31
Protecting the heart with cardiac medication in patients with left ventricular dysfunction undergoing major noncardiac vascular surgery.
Feringa HH, Bax JJ, Schouten O, Poldermans D
Patients with left ventricular dysfunction who are undergoing major noncardiac vascular surgery are at increased risk of adverse postoperative events. We sought to evaluate whether perioperative medication use, including angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, beta-blockers, statins, and aspirin, was associated with a reduced incidence of postoperative in-hospital mortality in these high-risk patients. The study enrolled 511 patients with left ventricular dysfunction (left ventricular ej...
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Cited 77 times since 2006 (4 per year)
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Archives of internal medicine,
Volume 166, Issue 5, 1 1 2006, Pages 529-535
The long-term prognostic value of the resting and postexercise ankle-brachial index.
Feringa HH, Bax JJ, van Waning VH, Boersma E, Elhendy A, Schouten O, Tangelder MJ, van Sambeek MH, van den Meiracker AH, Poldermans D
Background: Peripheral arterial disease is associated with a high incidence of cardiovascular mortality. Peripheral arterial disease can be detected by using the ankle-brachial index (ABI). This study assessed the prognostic value of the postexercise ABI in addition to the resting ABI on long-term mortality in patients with suspected peripheral arterial disease. Methods: In this prospective cohort study of 3209 patients (mean +/- SD age, 63 +/- 12 years; 71.1% male), resting and postexercise ABI...
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Cited 31 times since 2006 (1.6 per year)
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Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology,
Volume 13, Issue 2, 1 1 2006, Pages 210-219
Prediction of functional recovery after revascularization in patients with coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction by gated FDG-PET.
Slart RH, Bax JJ, van Veldhuisen DJ, van der Wall EE, Dierckx RA, de Boer J, Jager PL
Background: Traditionally, cardiac fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake is combined with regional perfusion for optimal evaluation of viability. Gated FDG-positron emission tomography (PET) may be an alternative technique for detection of viability because it permits combined assessment of glucose metabolism uptake and wall thickening (WT). In this study the value of FDG uptake and WT (analyzed from a stand-alone gated FDG-PET study) for the prediction of recovery of regional and global left ventricu...
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Cited 1 times since 2006 (0.1 per year)
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European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging,
Volume 33, Issue 3, 1 1 2006, Pages 353-355
MSCT is better than stress perfusion imaging for detecting CAD--For.
Cademartiri F, Bax JJ
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Cited 17 times since 2006 (0.9 per year)
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Preventive veterinary medicine,
Volume 75, Issue 1-2, 28 4 2006, Pages 47-55
Intra-class correlation attributable to claw trimmers scoring common hind-claw disorders in Dutch dairy herds.
Holzhauer M, Bartels CJ, van den Borne BH, van Schaik G
Data of a cross-sectional study on prevalence of seven common bovine-claw disorders were used to calculate the intra-class correlation coefficients (ICCs) for claw trimmers. Fifteen professional claw trimmers were trained in diagnosing claw disorders uniformly. During regular trimming of all dairy cows in a herd, they recorded the presence (yes/no) of hind-claw disorders for digital dermatitis (DD), chronic laminitis (CL), sole ulcer (SU), white-line disease (WLD) and interdigital hyperplasia (H...
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Cited 75 times since 2006 (3.8 per year)
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Heart rhythm,
Volume 3, Issue 5, 28 4 2006, Pages 526-535
Ablation of focal atrial arrhythmia in patients with congenital heart defects after surgery: role of circumscribed areas with heterogeneous conduction.
de Groot NM, Zeppenfeld K, Wijffels MC, Chan WK, Blom NA, Van der Wall EE, Schalij MJ
Background: In patients late after surgical repair of congenital heart disease (CHD), areas with abnormal electrophysiologic properties may serve as slow conducting pathways within a macroreentrant circuit or may be the source of focal atrial tachycardia. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the role of abnormal areas during focal atrial tachycardia prior to ablation. Methods: Electroanatomic activation mapping of 62 atrial tachycardias was performed in 43 consecutive patients (...
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Cited 10 times since 2006 (0.5 per year)
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The American journal of cardiology,
Volume 97, Issue 8, 28 4 2006, Pages 1146-1150
Relation of B-type natriuretic peptide early after acute myocardial infarction to left ventricular diastolic function and extent of myocardial damage determined by magnetic resonance imaging.
Paelinck BP, Vrints CJ, Bax JJ, Bosmans JM, De Hert SG, de Roos A, Lamb HJ
Early after acute myocardial infarction, the relation between plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and extent of myocardial scar formation and diastolic dysfunction remains unclear. In 32 consecutive patients early (5 +/- 3 days) after a first acute myocardial infarction, delayed contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) imaging was performed to define myocardial scar. Diastolic function was assessed using phase-contrast MR measurements of mitral flow and septal tissue velocities (tissue MR i...
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Cited 58 times since 2006 (3 per year)
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The American journal of cardiology,
Volume 97, Issue 7, 28 4 2006, Pages 1103-1106
Prognostic value of routine preoperative electrocardiography in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery.
Noordzij PG, Boersma E, Bax JJ, Feringa HH, Schreiner F, Schouten O, Kertai MD, Klein J, van Urk H, Elhendy A, Poldermans D
Electrocardiography is commonly performed as part of preoperative cardiovascular risk assessment in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. However, the prognostic value of such electrocardiography is still not clear. This study retrospectively studied 23,036 patients who underwent 28,457 surgical procedures at Erasmus Medical Center from 1991 to 2000. Patients were screened before surgery by type of surgery, cardiovascular risk factors (history of coronary heart disease, heart failure, diabetes...
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Cited 98 times since 2006 (5 per year)
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Journal of the American College of Cardiology,
Volume 47, Issue 6, 23 4 2006, Pages 1182-1187
Cardioprotective medication is associated with improved survival in patients with peripheral arterial disease.
Feringa HH, van Waning VH, Bax JJ, Elhendy A, Boersma E, Schouten O, Galal W, Vidakovic RV, Tangelder MJ, Poldermans D
Objectives: We sought to investigate the effect of cardiac medication on long-term mortality in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Background: Peripheral arterial disease is associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Treatment guidelines recommend aggressive management of risk factors and lifestyle modifications. However, the potential benefit of cardiac medication in patients with PAD remains ill defined. Methods: In this prospective observational cohort stu...
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Cited 5 times since 2006 (0.3 per year)
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European heart journal,
Volume 27, Issue 6, 23 4 2006, Pages 631-632
Assessment of coronary artery disease in patients with (a)symptomatic diabetes.
Bax JJ, van der Wall EE
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Cited 81 times since 2006 (4.2 per year)
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The American journal of cardiology,
Volume 97, Issue 7, 17 3 2006, Pages 1051-1055
Effects of volume and/or pressure overload secondary to congenital heart disease (tetralogy of fallot or pulmonary stenosis) on right ventricular function using cardiovascular magnetic resonance and B-type natriuretic peptide levels.
Oosterhof T, Tulevski II, Vliegen HW, Spijkerboer AM, Mulder BJ
The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of pressure and/or volume overload on right ventricular (RV) function and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels in patients with surgically corrected congenital heart disease. Forty-two consecutive patients aged 17 to 57 years (median 30) with congenital heart disease (32 with tetralogy of Fallot and 10 with pulmonary stenosis) were examined. The RV systolic pressure was estimated using Doppler echocardiography. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance i...
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Cited 5 times since 2006 (0.3 per year)
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The international journal of cardiovascular imaging,
Volume 22, Issue 3-4, 16 3 2006, Pages 327-331
Left ventricular apical ballooning.
Alizadeh Dehnavi R, van der Wall EE, Smits PC
Transient left ventricular apical ballooning is an acute cardiac syndrome characterised by an abrupt onset of chest pain and is usually associated with anterior electrocardiographic changes. The observed apical ballooning of the left ventricle is usually reversible and develops in the absence of significant atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. Here we present (to our knowledge) the first case of this syndrome in a negroid patient.
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Cited 493 times since 2006 (25.3 per year)
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Circulation,
Volume 113, Issue 7, 13 2 2006, Pages 969-976
Effect of posterolateral scar tissue on clinical and echocardiographic improvement after cardiac resynchronization therapy.
Bleeker GB, Kaandorp TA, Lamb HJ, Boersma E, Steendijk P, de Roos A, van der Wall EE, Schalij MJ, Bax JJ
Background: Currently, one third of patients treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) do not respond. Nonresponse to CRT may be explained by the presence of scar tissue in the posterolateral left ventricular (LV) segments, which may result in ineffective LV pacing and inadequate LV resynchronization. In the present study, the relationship between transmural posterolateral scar tissue and response to CRT was evaluated. Methods and results: Forty consecutive patients with end-stage hea...
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Cited 266 times since 2006 (13.6 per year)
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Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology,
Volume 26, Issue 4, 9 2 2006, Pages 716-728
Pericellular proteases in angiogenesis and vasculogenesis.
van Hinsbergh VW, Engelse MA, Quax PH
Pericellular proteases play an important role in angiogenesis and vasculogenesis. They comprise (membrane-type) matrix metalloproteinases [(MT-)MMPs], serine proteases, cysteine cathepsins, and membrane-bound aminopeptidases. Specific inhibitors regulate them. Major roles in initiating angiogenesis have been attributed to MT1-matrix metalloproteinase (MMP), MMP-2, and MMP-9. Whereas MT-MMPs are membrane-bound by nature, MMP-2 and MMP-9 can localize to the membrane by binding to alphavbeta3-integ...
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Cited 23 times since 2006 (1.2 per year)
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Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960),
Volume 141, Issue 2, 1 1 2006, Pages 161-6; discussion 166
Clinical indicators and psychosocial aspects in peripheral arterial disease.
Aquarius AE, De Vries J, Henegouwen DP, Hamming JF
Hypothesis: Patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) often experience substantial impairment in health status and quality of life (QOL), but factors associated with these outcomes are unknown. We hypothesized that subjective pain symptoms in the legs and social support and stress (the degree to which situations are appraised as stressful) are associated with impaired health status and QOL. Design: Cross-sectional observational study. Setting: Vascular outpatient clinic of a teaching hospi...
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Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde,
Volume 150, Issue 8, 1 1 2006, Pages 413-414
[Mechanical circulatory support after paediatric cardiac surgery].
Hazekamp MG
When circulatory failure occurs after paediatric cardiac surgery despite conventional therapy (inotropic medication, optimising pre- and afterload) mechanical assist devices can be used. Assist devices can be categorised in different ways: according to the type of pump used (centrifugal, axial flow, or pneumatic), according to univentricular or biventricular support and in relation to the presence of an oxygenator. Paediatric devices are non-implantable. Extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECM...
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Cited 96 times since 2006 (4.9 per year)
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Molecular microbiology,
Volume 59, Issue 4, 1 1 2006, Pages 1083-1096
The Pseudomonas aeruginosa type IV pilin receptor binding domain functions as an adhesin for both biotic and abiotic surfaces.
Giltner CL, van Schaik EJ, Audette GF, Kao D, Hodges RS, Hassett DJ, Irvin RT
Pseudomonas aeruginosa readily binds to stainless steel and other abiotic surfaces, causing major problems in both the medical and food industries. In this study, we show that P. aeruginosa binds to abiotic surfaces in a concentration-dependent, saturable manner during the initial stages of biofilm formation. P. aeruginosa type IV pili mediate binding to stainless steel as a pilus-deficient strain does not bind to steel, purified type IV pili bound in a concentration-dependent, saturable manner,...
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Cited 154 times since 2006 (7.9 per year)
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British journal of clinical pharmacology,
Volume 61, Issue 2, 1 1 2006, Pages 148-154
Interpatient variability in the pharmacokinetics of the HIV non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor efavirenz: the effect of gender, race, and CYP2B6 polymorphism.
Burger D, van der Heiden I, la Porte C, van der Ende M, Groeneveld P, Richter C, Koopmans P, Kroon F, Sprenger H, Lindemans J, Schenk P, van Schaik R
Aims: To characterize the demographic and pharmacogenetic factors that influence interpatient variability in the plasma concentrations of the HIV non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor efavirenz. Methods: Data from all samples analyzed for efavirenz in our TDM service in 2002 and 2003 were reviewed. Information on gender, age, body weight, height, race, hormonal contraceptive use (in a subset of patients), and time between sampling and last intake was recorded. PCR-restriction fragment l...
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