Publications
Below you can find a list of our published research.
Below you can find a list of our published research.
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Cited 63 times since 2004 (3.1 per year) source: EuropePMC
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, Volume 89, Issue 1, 1 1 2004, Pages 71-75 Increased prevalence of regurgitant valvular heart disease in acromegaly. Pereira AM, van Thiel SW, Lindner JR, Roelfsema F, van der Wall EE, Morreau H, Smit JW, Romijn JA, Bax JJ
Cardiac involvement is common in acromegaly, but the prevalence of valvular abnormalities in patients with acromegaly has not been documented and is the topic of this study. In a prospective study design, 40 consecutive patients with acromegaly and 120 control subjects (matched for age, sex, hypertension, and left ventricular systolic function) were studied. All patients and controls were evaluated using conventional two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography. Significant valve disease was mor... Abstract
Cited 20 times since 2004 (1 per year) source: EuropePMC
Anesthesiology, Volume 100, Issue 1, 1 1 2004, Pages 4-7 Is there any reason to withhold beta blockers from high-risk patients with coronary artery disease during surgery? Kertai MD, Bax JJ, Klein J, Poldermans D
Cited 2 times since 2003 (0.1 per year) source: EuropePMC
The international journal of cardiovascular imaging, Volume 19, Issue 6, 1 1 2003, Pages 529-531 Viability assessment: nuclear imaging vs. dobutamine echocardiography. Bax JJ, van der Wall EE
Cited 38 times since 2003 (1.9 per year) source: EuropePMC
European journal of heart failure, Volume 5, Issue 6, 1 1 2003, Pages 767-774 Screening for left ventricular dysfunction using a hand-carried cardiac ultrasound device. Vourvouri EC, Schinkel AF, Roelandt JR, Boomsma F, Sianos G, Bountioukos M, Sozzi FB, Rizzello V, Bax JJ, Karvounis HI, Poldermans D
Background: The hand-carried cardiac ultrasound (HCU) device is a recently introduced imaging device, which may be potentially useful in the primary care setting. Aim: To test the screening potential of a HCU for the detection of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction by evaluating LV ejection fraction (LVEF) and inferior vena cava (IVC) collapse. Standard echocardiographic system (SE) and plasma brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) measurements were used as a reference. Methods: Eighty-eight consecutive... Abstract
Minerva cardioangiologica, Volume 51, Issue 6, 1 1 2003, Pages 667-676 Myocardial tissue Doppler echocardiography and cardiac resynchronization therapy. Molhoek SG, Schalij MJ, Van Der Wall EE, Bax JJ
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is a promising technique for patients with end-stage, drug-refractory heart failure. Still 20-30% of the patients treated with CRT do not respond. Accordingly, the current selection criteria need to be refined, and it appears that demonstration of left ventricular dyssynchrony may be mandatory for response to CRT. Novel echocardiographic methods are currently investigated to detect left ventricular dyssynchrony and thereby improve the selection of candidat... Abstract
Cited 24 times since 2003 (1.2 per year) source: EuropePMC
The American journal of cardiology, Volume 92, Issue 11, 1 1 2003, Pages 1267-1270 Long-term prognosis after normal dobutamine stress echocardiography. Sozzi FB, Elhendy A, Roelandt JR, van Domburg RT, Schinkel AF, Vourvouri EC, Bax JJ, Rizzello V, Poldermans D
Patients with normal dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) were shown to have a favorable outcome at an intermediate-term follow-up. However, there are scarce data regarding long-term survival after normal DSE. This study sought to assess the long-term outcome after normal DSE. We studied 401 patients (age 62 +/- 10 years, 264 men) who had a normal echocardiogram at rest and with high-dose dobutamine stress. End points during a mean follow-up of 5 +/- 1.7 years (minimum 3.5) were all-cause mo... Abstract
Cited 9 times since 2003 (0.4 per year) source: EuropePMC
The American journal of cardiology, Volume 92, Issue 10, 1 1 2003, Pages 1165-1170 Prognostic significance of fixed perfusion abnormalities on stress technetium-99m sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography in patients without known coronary artery disease. Elhendy A, Schinkel AF, van Domburg RT, Bax JJ, Poldermans D
Fixed perfusion abnormalities in patients with known coronary artery disease (CAD) are associated with myocardial damage and adverse outcomes. However, the significance of these abnormalities in patients without known CAD is unclear. The aim of this study was to assess the prognostic significance of fixed versus reversible perfusion abnormalities in patients without known CAD. We studied 327 patients (58 +/- 11 years of age; 215 men) with no history of myocardial infarction or revascularization,... Abstract
Cited 1 times since 2003 (0 per year) source: EuropePMC
The Annals of thoracic surgery, Volume 76, Issue 5, 1 1 2003, Pages 1748 Evaluation of rerouting surgery of a coronary artery anomaly by magnetic resonance angiography. Salm LP, Bax JJ, Lamb HJ, Hazekamp MG, de Roos A, van der Wall EE, Vliegen HW
Cited 287 times since 2003 (14 per year) source: EuropePMC
The American journal of cardiology, Volume 92, Issue 10, 1 1 2003, Pages 1238-1240 Left ventricular dyssynchrony predicts benefit of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with end-stage heart failure before pacemaker implantation. Bax JJ, Marwick TH, Molhoek SG, Bleeker GB, van Erven L, Boersma E, Steendijk P, van der Wall EE, Schalij MJ
We evaluated patients with end-stage heart failure who have a high likelihood of response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (biventricular pacing). It appears that 20% of patients do not respond to this expensive therapy despite the use of selection criteria (dilated cardiomyopathy, heart failure, New York Heart Association class II or IV, left ventricular ejection fraction 120 ms). The presence of left ventricular dyssynchrony is needed to result in improvement after cardiac resynchronizatio... Abstract
Cited 13 times since 2003 (0.6 per year) source: EuropePMC
Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, Volume 10, Issue 6, 1 1 2003, Pages 615-622 Risk stratification of patients after myocardial revascularization by stress Tc-99m tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion tomography. Elhendy A, Schinkel AF, van Domburg RT, Bax JJ, Valkema R, Poldermans D
Background: The aim of this study was to assess the incremental prognostic value of stress technetium 99m tetrofosmin imaging after myocardial revascularization. Methods and results: We studied 381 patients (aged 60 +/- 10 years, 270 men), 4.5 +/- 3.2 years after myocardial revascularization (coronary artery bypass grafting in 201 patients and percutaneous coronary intervention in 180 patients), who underwent exercise or dobutamine stress tetrofosmin single photon emission computed tomography. E... Abstract
Cited 130 times since 2003 (6.3 per year) source: EuropePMC
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Volume 42, Issue 10, 1 1 2003, Pages 1818-1825 Transient ischemic dilation ratio of the left ventricle is a significant predictor of future cardiac events in patients with otherwise normal myocardial perfusion SPECT. Abidov A, Bax JJ, Hayes SW, Hachamovitch R, Cohen I, Gerlach J, Kang X, Friedman JD, Germano G, Berman DS
Objectives: This study evaluated the prognostic value of transient ischemic dilation (TID) of the left ventricle (LV) in patients with normal stress myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography (MPS). Background: The prognostic value of TID in patients with an otherwise normal MPS has not been defined. Methods: We identified 1,560 patients who had normal stress MPS (436 vasodilator and 1,124 exercise stress), and no rest LV enlargement (Population 1) and followed up for 2.30 +... Abstract
Cited 44 times since 2003 (2.1 per year) source: EuropePMC
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, Volume 286, Issue 2, 9 2 2003, Pages H723-30 Quantification of left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony by conductance catheter in heart failure patients. Steendijk P, Tulner SA, Schreuder JJ, Bax JJ, van Erven L, van der Wall EE, Dion RA, Schalij MJ, Baan J
Mechanical dyssynchrony is an important codeterminant of cardiac dysfunction in heart failure. Treatment, either medical, surgical, or by pacing, may improve cardiac function partly by improving mechanical synchrony. Consequently, the quantification of ventricular mechanical (dys)synchrony may have important diagnostic and prognostic value and may help to determine optimal therapy. Therefore, we introduced new indexes to quantify temporal and spatial aspects of mechanical dyssynchrony derived fr... Abstract
Cited 62 times since 2003 (3 per year) source: EuropePMC
Circulation, Volume 108, Issue 16, 6 1 2003, Pages 1954-1959 Impact of viability, ischemia, scar tissue, and revascularization on outcome after aborted sudden death. van der Burg AE, Bax JJ, Boersma E, Pauwels EK, van der Wall EE, Schalij MJ
Background: Survivors of aborted sudden death attributable to ventricular arrhythmias in the presence of coronary artery disease are at risk for recurrences. The substrate underlying these arrhythmias is not clear, and therefore the relation between ischemia, viability, scar tissue (and revascularization), and the incidence of ventricular arrhythmias (and survival) was studied over up to 3 years. Methods and results: One hundred fifty-three survivors of sudden death underwent stress-rest perfusi... Abstract
Cited 25 times since 2003 (1.2 per year) source: EuropePMC
Radiology, Volume 229, Issue 2, 2 1 2003, Pages 513-519 Real-time MR imaging of aortic flow: influence of breathing on left ventricular stroke volume in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. van den Hout RJ, Lamb HJ, van den Aardweg JG, Schot R, Steendijk P, van der Wall EE, Bax JJ, de Roos A
Purpose: To assess real-time changes of left ventricular stroke volume (SV) in relation to the breathing pattern in healthy subjects and in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Materials and methods: Real-time magnetic resonance (MR) imaging flow measurements were performed in the ascending aorta of 10 healthy volunteers and nine patients with severe COPD. Breathing maneuvers were registered with an abdominal pressure belt, which was synchronized to the electrocardiographi... Abstract
Cited 29 times since 2003 (1.4 per year) source: EuropePMC
Archives of internal medicine, Volume 163, Issue 18, 1 1 2003, Pages 2230-2235 Optimizing long-term cardiac management after major vascular surgery: Role of beta-blocker therapy, clinical characteristics, and dobutamine stress echocardiography to optimize long-term cardiac management after major vascular surgery. Kertai MD, Boersma E, Bax JJ, Thomson IR, Cramer MJ, van de Ven LL, Scheffer MG, Trocino G, Vigna C, Baars HF, van Urk H, Roelandt JR, Poldermans D, Dutch Echocardiographic Cardiac Risk Evaluation Applying Stress Echocardiography (DECREASE) Study Group
Background: Survivors of major vascular surgery are at increased risk of late cardiac complications. Objective: To examine the cardioprotective effect of beta-blockers. Methods: A follow-up study was conducted in 1286 patients who survived surgery for at least 30 days. Patients were screened for cardiac risk factors and dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) results; 1034 patients (80%) underwent preoperative DSE, and 370 (29%) received beta-blockers. The main outcome measure was late cardiac... Abstract
Cited 16 times since 2003 (0.8 per year) source: EuropePMC
Journal of hypertension, Volume 21, Issue 10, 1 1 2003, Pages 1945-1951 Prediction of cardiac death in hypertensive patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease by stress technetium-99m tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion imaging. Elhendy A, Schinkel AF, Van Domburg RT, Bax JJ, Poldermans D
Background: There are currently insufficient data to indicate a role for stress myocardial perfusion imaging as a prognostic tool in hypertensive patients. Objectives: To assess the incremental value of stress myocardial perfusion imaging for the prediction of cardiac death in hypertensive patients relative to clinical data. Patients: We studied 601 hypertensive patients (aged 59 +/- 10 years, 387 men) who underwent exercise bicycle or dobutamine (up to 40 microg/kg per min) stress technetium-99... Abstract
Cited 20 times since 2003 (1 per year) source: EuropePMC
Anesthesia and analgesia, Volume 97, Issue 4, 1 1 2003, Pages 950-957 Perioperative assessment of left ventricular function by pressure-volume loops using the conductance catheter method. Tulner SAF, Klautz RJM, van Rijk-Zwikker GL, Engbers FHM, Bax JJ, Baan J, van der Wall EE, Dion RA, Steendijk P
Unlabelled: Interpretation of perioperative measurements of cardiac function during cardiac surgery is complicated by changes in loading conditions induced by anesthesia, cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), and the surgical procedure itself. Quantification of left ventricular (LV) function by pressure-volume relations as obtained by the conductance catheter would be advantageous because load-independent indices can be determined. Accordingly, we evaluated methodological aspects of the conductance-cath... Abstract
Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation, Volume 11, Issue 10, 1 1 2003, Pages 416-417 Noncompaction cardiomyopathy. Jongbloed MR, Bax JJ, Schalij MJ, van der Wall EE
Cited 20 times since 2003 (1 per year) source: EuropePMC
Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE, Volume 26, Issue 10, 1 1 2003, Pages 2042-2044 Resynchronization therapy after congenital heart surgery to improve left ventricular function. Roofthooft MT, Blom NA, Rijlaarsdam ME, Bökenkamp R, Ottenkamp J, Schalij MJ, Bax JJ, Hazekamp MG
This report describes the mid-term beneficial hemodynamic effect of biventricular pacing in an infant with congestive heart failure after congenital heart surgery, due to resynchronization of the left and right ventricle, optimization of the AV delay, and (partial) correction of the LV dyssynchrony. Abstract
Cited 18 times since 2003 (0.9 per year) source: EuropePMC
Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology, Volume 14, Issue 10, 1 1 2003, Pages 1110-1112 Transvenous biventricular pacing in a child after congenital heart surgery as an alternative therapy for congestive heart failure. Blom NA, Bax JJ, Ottenkamp J, Schalij MJ
Transvenous Biventricular Pacing in Children. Cardiac resynchronization therapy improves short-term and long-term hemodynamics in adult patients with congestive heart failure and left bundle branch block. We describe the feasibility of transvenous biventricular pacemaker implantation in a 6-year-old child with heart failure and wide QRS complex after congenital heart surgery. Myocardial tissue Doppler imaging was used to demonstrate intraventricular dyssynchrony and resynchronization after cardi... Abstract