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 38 times since 2007 (2.3 per year) source: EuropePMC
The American journal of cardiology, Volume 101, Issue 1, 26 4 2007, Pages 40-45 Anatomic correlates of a normal perfusion scan using 64-slice computed tomographic coronary angiography. van Werkhoven JM, Schuijf JD, Jukema JW, Kroft LJ, Stokkel MP, Dibbets-Schneider P, Pundziute G, Scholte AJ, van der Wall EE, Bax JJ
Both myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) and multislice computed tomography (MSCT) are currently used to detect coronary artery disease (CAD). However, MSCT permits early detection of atherosclerosis while myocardial perfusion is still normal. In addition, MPI results can be normal despite the presence of high-risk CAD (left main and balanced 3-vessel CAD). In this study, the range of anatomic findings using MSCT in patients with normal MPI results was evaluated. In 180 patients presenting with c... Abstract
Cited 56 times since 2007 (3.4 per year) source: EuropePMC
Respiratory research, Volume 8, 26 4 2007, Pages 85 Smoking cessation and bronchial epithelial remodelling in COPD: a cross-sectional study. Lapperre TS, Sont JK, van Schadewijk A, Gosman MM, Postma DS, Bajema IM, Timens W, Mauad T, Hiemstra PS, GLUCOLD Study Group
Background: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is associated with bronchial epithelial changes, including squamous cell metaplasia and goblet cell hyperplasia. These features are partially attributed to activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). Whereas smoking cessation reduces respiratory symptoms and lung function decline in COPD, inflammation persists. We determined epithelial proliferation and composition in bronchial biopsies from current and ex-smokers with COPD,... Abstract
Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology, Volume 19, Issue 2, 20 3 2007, Pages 133-135 The role of positron emission tomography in evaluation of alterations in cardiac efficiency after cardiac resynchronization therapy. Ypenburg C, Bax JJ
Cited 222 times since 2007 (13.5 per year) source: EuropePMC
Circulation research, Volume 102, Issue 2, 15 3 2007, Pages 257-264 Toll-like receptor 4 mediates maladaptive left ventricular remodeling and impairs cardiac function after myocardial infarction. Timmers L, Sluijter JP, van Keulen JK, Hoefer IE, Nederhoff MG, Goumans MJ, Doevendans PA, van Echteld CJ, Joles JA, Quax PH, Piek JJ, Pasterkamp G, de Kleijn DP
Left ventricular (LV) remodeling leads to congestive heart failure and is a main determinant of morbidity and mortality following myocardial infarction. Therapeutic options to prevent LV remodeling are limited, which necessitates the exploration of alternative therapeutic targets. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) serve as pattern recognition receptors within the innate immune system. Activation of TLR4 results in an inflammatory response and is involved in extracellular matrix degradation, both key pr... Abstract
Cited 10 times since 2007 (0.6 per year) source: EuropePMC
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association, Volume 23, Issue 2, 14 2 2007, Pages 601-607 Prognostic significance of renal function in patients undergoing dobutamine stress echocardiography. Karagiannis SE, Feringa HH, Elhendy A, van Domburg R, Chonchol M, Vidakovic R, Bax JJ, Karatasakis G, Athanasopoulos G, Cokkinos DV, Poldermans D
Background: Dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) is used for risk stratification of patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). However, the prognostic value of DSE among the entire strata of renal function has yet to be determined. We assessed the prognostic value of renal function relative to DSE findings. Methods: We studied 2292 patients, divided into 729 (32%) patients with normal renal function [creatinine clearance (CrCl) >90 ml/min] and 1563 (68%) with renal dysfunction... Abstract
Cited 227 times since 2007 (13.8 per year) source: EuropePMC
Chest, Volume 132, Issue 6, 7 1 2007, Pages 1906-1912 Noninvasively assessed pulmonary artery stiffness predicts mortality in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Gan CT, Lankhaar JW, Westerhof N, Marcus JT, Becker A, Twisk JW, Boonstra A, Postmus PE, Vonk-Noordegraaf A
Aims: Decreased total compliance of the pulmonary vascular bed is associated with increased mortality in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). We investigated whether proximal pulmonary artery stiffness, in terms of area distensibility and noninvasively assessed relative area change (RAC), calculated as relative cross-sectional area change, predicts mortality in patients with PAH. Methods and results: Eighty-six subjects underwent right-heart catheterization and MRI to assess area... Abstract
Cited 85 times since 2007 (5.2 per year) source: EuropePMC
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Volume 50, Issue 21, 7 1 2007, Pages 2071-2077 Acute effects of initiation and withdrawal of cardiac resynchronization therapy on papillary muscle dyssynchrony and mitral regurgitation. Ypenburg C, Lancellotti P, Tops LF, Bleeker GB, Holman ER, Piérard LA, Schalij MJ, Bax JJ
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between dyssynchrony involving the mitral valve apparatus and the acute improvement in mitral regurgitation (MR) after cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). The effect of interruption of CRT at 6 months' follow-up on dyssynchrony and MR was also evaluated. Background: Mitral regurgitation may improve acutely after CRT, but the precise mechanism is not fully understood. Methods: Out of 63 consecutive patients with base... Abstract
Cited 19 times since 2007 (1.2 per year) source: EuropePMC
Heart (British Cardiac Society), Volume 94, Issue 3, 5 1 2007, Pages e9 Triplane tissue Doppler imaging: a novel three-dimensional imaging modality that predicts reverse left ventricular remodelling after cardiac resynchronisation therapy. Van de Veire NR, Yu CM, Ajmone-Marsan N, Bleeker GB, Ypenburg C, De Sutter J, Zhang Q, Fung JW, Chan JY, Holman ER, van der Wall EE, Schalij MJ, Bax JJ
Background: Several two-dimensional (2-D) tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) echocardiographic techniques have proved useful to identify responders to cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT). Recently a 3-D probe allowing simultaneous acquisition of TDI data in three imaging planes became available. Objective: To evaluate the value of triplane TDI to predict reverse left ventricular (LV) remodelling after CRT. Methods: Sixty patients with heart failure, scheduled for CRT, underwent triplane echocardio... Abstract
Cited 11 times since 2007 (0.7 per year) source: EuropePMC
Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Volume 60, Issue 1, 5 1 2007, Pages 57-61 CT detected indeterminate pulmonary nodules in a chemoprevention trial of fluticasone. van den Berg RM, Teertstra HJ, van Zandwijk N, van Tinteren H, Visser C, Pasic A, Sutedja TG, Baas P, Golding RP, Postmus PE, Smit EF
Introduction: In animal models of lung carcinogenesis, inhaled corticosteroids appear to reduce the number of new lung tumors. In a trial of budesonide in smokers with bronchial dysplasia, the proportion of indeterminate CT detected pulmonary nodules that resolved was larger in the treatment group. We performed a secondary analysis of CT data of subjects at risk of lung cancer enrolled in a chemoprevention trial of fluticasone. Methods: Subjects with bronchial squamous metaplasia or dysplasia ha... Abstract
Cited 10 times since 2007 (0.6 per year) source: EuropePMC
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography, Volume 21, Issue 5, 1 1 2007, Pages 512.e5-7 Iatrogenic perforation of the posterior mitral valve leaflet: a rare complication of pacemaker lead placement. Konings TC, Koolbergen DR, Bouma BJ, Groenink M, Mulder BJ
An inadvertently placed pacing lead in the left ventricle (LV) is a rare and often underdiagnosed complication of pacemaker implantation. We present a case of a 73-year-old woman who was evaluated for dyspnea, 10 years after transvenous pacemaker implantation. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography revealed a secundum atrial septal defect through which the ventricular pacing lead was placed into the LV. Whereas percutaneous extraction of the lead seemed too full of risk, the patient... Abstract
Cited 1 times since 2007 (0.1 per year) source: EuropePMC
Clinical nuclear medicine, Volume 32, Issue 11, 1 1 2007, Pages 835-838 Reliability of bone scintigraphy for suspected scaphoid fractures. Beeres FJ, Hogervorst M, Rhemrev SJ, Le Cessie S, Arndt JW, Stokkel MP, Bartlema KA, Hamming JF
Purpose: To examine the observer variation for bone scintigraphy in the detection of occult scaphoid fractures in daily practice, using only the early bone scanning images. Methods: One hundred bone scans of patients with a suspected scaphoid fracture but negative initial radiographs were prospectively included to calculate the inter- and intraobserver variation. Three nuclear medicine physicians independently evaluated all bone scans at 2 different points in time with a 3-month interval. The ob... Abstract
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde, Volume 151, Issue 45, 1 1 2007, Pages 2491-2493 [Prevention of postoperative pulmonary complications by preoperative training]. van 't Hul AJ, Postmus PE
Postoperative pulmonary complications are the main cause of morbidity and mortality after surgery. A likely explanation is dysfunction of the respiratory muscles, in particular the diaphragm, which results in rapid, shallow breathing and ultimately-in closing of the airways, atelectasis and hypoxaemia. Breathing exercises in the perioperative period, despite a good rationale, were in general not found to be effective. A promising new approach is specific training of inspiratory muscles. A random... Abstract
Cited 7 times since 2007 (0.4 per year) source: EuropePMC
Annals of vascular surgery, Volume 21, Issue 6, 1 1 2007, Pages 780-789 Glycemic control, lipid-lowering treatment, and prognosis in diabetic patients with peripheral atherosclerotic disease. Feringa HH, Karagiannis SE, Vidakovic R, Elhendy A, Schouten O, Boersma E, Bax JJ, Poldermans D
Glycemic control may be an underestimated risk factor in diabetic patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Chronic statin therapy may improve glycemic control and outcome in these patients. In an observational cohort study of 425 consecutive diabetic patients with PAD, chronic statin therapy was noted, the ankle-brachial index was measured, and serial glycemic hemoglobin (HbA(1c)) measurements were obtained. During follow-up (median 7 years), all-cause mortality and cardiac death occurre... Abstract
Cited 14 times since 2007 (0.8 per year) source: EuropePMC
American heart journal, Volume 154, Issue 5, 1 1 2007, Pages 954-961 Statin therapy is associated with improved outcomes in vascular surgery patients with renal impairment. Welten GM, Chonchol M, Hoeks SE, Schouten O, Dunkelgrün M, van Gestel YR, Goei D, Bax JJ, van Domburg RT, Poldermans D
Background: Little is known about the association between baseline kidney function, statin therapy, and outcome after vascular surgery in patients with and without chronic kidney disease. Methods: A total of 2126 patients underwent elective major vascular surgery and were divided into 2 categories based on baseline creatinine clearance (CrCl), calculated using the Cockcroft-Gault equation: CrCl > or = 60 mL/min (n = 1358, reference) and CrCl < 60 mL/min (n = 768). Outcome measures were 30-... Abstract
Cited 18 times since 2007 (1.1 per year) source: EuropePMC
Coronary artery disease, Volume 18, Issue 7, 1 1 2007, Pages 571-576 The prevalence and prognosis of unrecognized myocardial infarction and silent myocardial ischemia in patients undergoing major vascular surgery. Feringa HH, Karagiannis SE, Vidakovic R, Elhendy A, ten Cate FJ, Noordzij PG, van Domburg RT, Bax JJ, Poldermans D
Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence and prognosis of unrecognized myocardial infarction (MI) and silent myocardial ischemia in vascular surgery patients. Methods: In a cohort of 1092 patients undergoing preoperative dobutamine stress echocardiography and noncardiac vascular surgery, unrecognized MI was determined by rest wall motion abnormalities in the absence of a history of MI. Silent myocardial ischemia was determined by stress-induced wall motion abnormalities in... Abstract
Cited 342 times since 2007 (20.7 per year) source: EuropePMC
Stem cell research, Volume 1, Issue 2, 1 1 2007, Pages 129-137 Reduction of myocardial infarct size by human mesenchymal stem cell conditioned medium. Timmers L, Lim SK, Arslan F, Armstrong JS, Hoefer IE, Doevendans PA, Piek JJ, El Oakley RM, Choo A, Lee CN, Pasterkamp G, de Kleijn DP
Although paracrine effects of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been suggested previously, cardioprotection by human MSC secretions has never been demonstrated. Human MSC-conditioned medium (CM) was collected by following a clinically compliant protocol. In a porcine model of ischemia and reperfusion injury, intravenous and intracoronary MSC-CM treatment significantly reduced myocardial nuclear oxidative stress as determined by immunostaining for 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine. In addition, e... Abstract
Cited 21 times since 2007 (1.3 per year) source: EuropePMC
Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, Volume 2, Issue 11, 1 1 2007, Pages 1013-1017 Surgical treatment for octogenarians with lung cancer: results from a population-based series of 124 patients. Brokx HA, Visser O, Postmus PE, Paul MA
Introduction: With the increasing life span in the Western world, the number of octogenarians with resectable, localized non-small cell lung cancer is increasing. Previous reports on the outcome of surgery for lung cancer in octogenarians were mainly derived from single institutions. In contrast, this study presents results for all hospitals in a region of 3 million inhabitants. Methods: General data on all patients diagnosed with lung cancer in the period 1989 to 2004 were retrieved from the Am... Abstract
Cited 82 times since 2007 (5 per year) source: EuropePMC
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Volume 55, Issue 11, 1 1 2007, Pages 1777-1785 Association between apolipoprotein E4 and cognitive decline in elderly adults. Packard CJ, Westendorp RG, Stott DJ, Caslake MJ, Murray HM, Shepherd J, Blauw GJ, Murphy MB, Bollen EL, Buckley BM, Cobbe SM, Ford I, Gaw A, Hyland M, Jukema JW, Kamper AM, Macfarlane PW, Jolles J, Perry IJ, Sweeney BJ, Twomey C, Prospective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk Group
Objective: To determine the influence of apolipoprotein E on cognitive decline in a cohort of elderly men and women. Design: Prospective study. Setting: Scotland, Ireland, and the Netherlands. Participants: Five thousand eight hundred four subjects aged 70 to 82 from the Prospective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk (PROSPER). Measurements: Subjects were assessed at baseline and over a mean 3.2-year (range 0.7-4.2) follow-up for memory (Picture-Word Recall), speed of information proces... Abstract
Cited 23 times since 2007 (1.4 per year) source: EuropePMC
International journal of cardiology, Volume 131, Issue 2, 1 1 2007, Pages 285-287 Effect of EPO administration on myocardial infarct size in patients with non-STE acute coronary syndromes; results from a pilot study. Liem A, van de Woestijne AP, Bruijns E, Roeters van Lennep HW, de Boo JA, van Halteren HK, van Es TP, Jukema JW, van der Laarse A, Zwinderman AH, van Veldhuisen DJ
A pilot study was performed to determine the effect of 40,000 IU Epo on myocardial damage in 51 patients with non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (non-STE ACS). No significant difference in myocardial damage was found, but an increased systolic blood pressure was noticed. Abstract
Cited 1 times since 2007 (0.1 per year) source: EuropePMC
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde, Volume 151, Issue 46, 1 1 2007, Pages 2580-2585 [Percutaneous implantation of a pulmonary valve in 3 children with surgically corrected cardiac anomalies]. Bökenkamp R, Hazekamp MG, Schalij MJ, Clur SA, Ottenkamp J, Blom NA
An 11-year-old girl, a 15-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl all underwent percutaneous implantation of a Melody pulmonary valve prosthesis to replace a stenotic and insufficient homograft in the pulmonary artery. Preoperatively, 2 of the children suffered from fatigue and dyspnoea on exertion The homografts had been implanted between the ages of 1-2, to establish surgical continuity between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery. The anomalies were tetralogy of Fallot, pulmonary atresia... Abstract