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 19 times since 2003 (0.9 per year) source: EuropePMC
Annals of vascular surgery, Volume 17, Issue 2, 6 1 2003, Pages 198-202 Complication registration in patients after peripheral arterial bypass surgery. Schepers A, Klinkert P, Vrancken Peeters MP, Breslau PJ
The objective of this study was to describe the kinds of complications and their incidence after peripheral vascular surgery of the lower limb, coding for causes and effect on the patient. In this prospective study, a standardized complication registration system was used at the Red Cross Hospital, The Hague. All patients (n = 373) receiving an infrainguinal bypass graft during the period January 1, 1996 to December 31, 1999 were included. All postoperative complications occurring during admissi... Abstract
Cited 2 times since 2003 (0.1 per year) source: EuropePMC
Anticancer research, Volume 23, Issue 2C, 1 1 2003, Pages 1811-1823 Tumor necrosis factor and isolated hepatic perfusion: from preclinical tumor models to clinical studies. de Vries MR, ten Hagen TL, Marinelli AW, Eggermont AM
Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation, Volume 11, Issue 3, 1 1 2003, Pages 107-108 Quality of life in adults with congenital heart disease. Vliegen HW
Cited 30 times since 2003 (1.4 per year) source: EuropePMC
Annals of human genetics, Volume 67, Issue Pt 2, 1 1 2003, Pages 175-184 Estimation of multilocus haplotype effects using weighted penalised log-likelihood: analysis of five sequence variations at the cholesteryl ester transfer protein gene locus. Tanck MW, Klerkx AH, Jukema JW, De Knijff P, Kastelein JJ, Zwinderman AH
Direct analyses of haplotype effects can be used to identify those specific combinations of alleles that are associated with a specific phenotype. We introduce a method for direct haplotype analysis that solves two problems that arise when haplotypes are analysed in populations of unrelated subjects. Instead of assigning a single, most likely, haplotype pair to multiple heterozygous subjects, all haplotype pairs compatible with their genotype were determined and the posterior probabilities of th... Abstract
Cited 38 times since 2003 (1.8 per year) source: EuropePMC
Circulation, Volume 107, Issue 11, 1 1 2003, Pages 1502-1508 Value of magnetic resonance imaging for the noninvasive detection of stenosis in coronary artery bypass grafts and recipient coronary arteries. Langerak SE, Vliegen HW, Jukema JW, Kunz P, Zwinderman AH, Lamb HJ, van der Wall EE, de Roos A
Background: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a potential noninvasive diagnostic tool to detect coronary artery bypass graft stenosis, but its value in clinical practice remains to be established. We investigated the value of MRI in detecting stenotic grafts, including recipient vessels. Methods and results: We screened for inclusion 173 consecutive patients who were scheduled for coronary angiography because of recurrent chest pain after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). We studied 69 e... Abstract
Cited 66 times since 2003 (3.1 per year) source: EuropePMC
Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology, Volume 14, Issue 3, 1 1 2003, Pages 455-460 ALIMTA (pemetrexed disodium) as second-line treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer: a phase II study. Smit EF, Mattson K, von Pawel J, Manegold C, Clarke S, Postmus PE
Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate ALIMTA (pemetrexed disodium, LY231514), a multi-targeted antifolate with first-line activity against non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), in a second-line setting. Patients and methods: Patients with NSCLC were eligible for this phase II study if they had progressive disease within 3 months after first-line chemotherapy or progression while being treated with first-line chemotherapy. In 81 patients studied, two cohorts of patients were assigne... Abstract
Cited 7 times since 2003 (0.3 per year) source: EuropePMC
The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, Volume 125, Issue 3, 1 1 2003, Pages 481-490 Effects of acute left ventricular unloading on right ventricular function in normal and chronic right ventricular pressure-overloaded lambs. Leeuwenburgh BP, Helbing WA, Steendijk P, Schoof PH, Baan J
Objective: Right ventricular pressure overload occurs in several types of (congenital) heart disease, as well as in pulmonary disease. Clinical outcome in some of these patient groups might in part be related to left ventricular loading conditions. The effects of left ventricular unloading on the function of the hypertrophic right ventricle have not been studied. We aimed to study the effects of left ventricular unloading on right ventricular hemodynamics and contractility in an animal model of... Abstract
Cited 3 times since 2003 (0.1 per year) source: EuropePMC
Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases, Volume 70, Issue 2, 1 1 2003, Pages 143-148 Lung attenuation measurements in healthy young adults. Smit HJ, Golding RP, Schramel FM, Devillé WL, Manoliu RA, Postmus PE
Background: High-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) attenuation measurements may be more sensitive in finding early emphysematous changes in relatively young subjects than lung function measurements. Objectives: To define lung attenuation parameters in smokers and never-smokers. Methods: A prospective comparative study in a university hospital setting was designed with 20 healthy smoking and 20 nonsmoking volunteers. Attenuation measurements on spirometrically controlled HRCT at three levels... Abstract
Cited 14 times since 2003 (0.7 per year) source: EuropePMC
Microbial pathogenesis, Volume 34, Issue 3, 1 1 2003, Pages 121-130 Involvement of lipooligosaccharides of Haemophilus influenzae and Neisseria meningitidis in defensin-enhanced bacterial adherence to epithelial cells. Gorter AD, Oostrik J, van der Ley P, Hiemstra PS, Dankert J, van Alphen L
Stimulated neutrophils release a variety of antimicrobial peptides, including neutrophil defensins (HNP1-4). We have previously reported that neutrophil defensins enhanced the adherence of Haemophilus influenzae and Neisseria meningitidis to cultured respiratory epithelial cells. In this study, the effect of defensins on the adherence of H. influenzae and N. meningitidis lipooligosaccharide (LOS) mutants to epithelial cells was tested. Neutrophil defensins enhanced the adherence of the oligosacc... Abstract
Cited 10 times since 2003 (0.5 per year) source: EuropePMC
European journal of echocardiography : the journal of the Working Group on Echocardiography of the European Society of Cardiology, Volume 4, Issue 1, 1 1 2003, Pages 54-58 Radiofrequency catheter ablation of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; guidance by intracardiac echocardiography and integration with other imaging techniques. Jongbloed MR, Bax JJ, de Groot NM, Dirksen MS, Lamb HJ, de Roos A, van der Wall EE, Schalij MJ
Cited 62 times since 2003 (2.9 per year) source: EuropePMC
Gene therapy, Volume 10, Issue 3, 1 1 2003, Pages 234-242 Cartilage degradation and invasion by rheumatoid synovial fibroblasts is inhibited by gene transfer of TIMP-1 and TIMP-3. van der Laan WH, Quax PH, Seemayer CA, Huisman LG, Pieterman EJ, Grimbergen JM, Verheijen JH, Breedveld FC, Gay RE, Gay S, Huizinga TW, Pap T
Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are believed to be pivotal enzymes in the invasion of articular cartilage by synovial tissue in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Here, we investigated the effects of gene transfer of tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) on the invasiveness of RA synovial fibroblasts (RASF) in vitro and in vivo. Adenoviral vectors (Ad) were used for gene transfer. The effects of AdTIMP-1 and AdTIMP-3 gene transfer on matrix invasion were investigated in vitro in a transwell s... Abstract
Cited 10 times since 2003 (0.5 per year) source: EuropePMC
The American journal of cardiology, Volume 91, Issue 3, 1 1 2003, Pages 365-367 Usefulness of magnetic resonance imaging in diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia and agreement with electrocardiographic criteria. Kayser HW, de Roos A, Schalij MJ, Bootsma M, Wellens HJ, Van der Wall EE
Cited 6 times since 2003 (0.3 per year) source: EuropePMC
IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering, Volume 50, Issue 2, 1 1 2003, Pages 234-240 The trans-cardiac conductance method for on-line measurement of left ventricular volume: assessment of parallel conductance offset volume. Staal EM, Steendijk P, Baan J
The trans-cardiac conductance (TCC) method provides on-line left ventricular (LV) volume signals by determining the electrical conductance of blood in the LV by means of central venous and epithoracic electrodes. Conductive structures outside the LV blood pool cause a "parallel conductance" offset term (Vp) that can be determined by bolus injections of hypertonic saline in the pulmonary artery (Vp(saline)), which cause a transient increase in blood conductivity. This study in anestheti... Abstract
Cited 16 times since 2003 (0.8 per year) source: EuropePMC
Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology, Volume 14, Issue 2, 1 1 2003, Pages 248-257 Economic evaluation of antibiotic prophylaxis in small-cell lung cancer patients receiving chemotherapy: an EORTC double-blind placebo-controlled phase III study (08923). Tjan-Heijnen VC, Caleo S, Postmus PE, Ardizzoni A, Burghouts JT, Buccholz E, Biesma B, Gorlia T, Crott R, Giaccone G, Debruyne C, Manegold C, European Organisation for Research Treatment of Cancer-Lung Cancer Group and Health Economics Unit
Background: To determine whether the cost of prophylactic antibiotics during chemotherapy is offset by cost savings due to a decreased incidence of febrile leukopenia (FL). Patients and methods: Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients were randomised to standard or intensified chemotherapy with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor to assess the impact on survival (n = 244). In addition, patients were randomised to prophylactic ciprofloxacin and roxithromycin or placebo to assess the impact on FL... Abstract
Cited 10 times since 2003 (0.5 per year) source: EuropePMC
The American journal of cardiology, Volume 91, Issue 3, 1 1 2003, Pages 264-268 Comparison of late outcome in patients with versus without angina pectoris having reversible perfusion abnormalities during dobutamine stress technetium-99m sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography. Elhendy A, Schinkel AF, van Domburg RT, Bax JJ, Poldermans D
The aim of this study was to assess the prognostic significance of reversible perfusion abnormalities in patients without angina during dobutamine stress technetium-99m sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). The study comprised 224 patients (age 60 +/- 11 years, 144 men) with completely or partially reversible perfusion abnormalities during dobutamine stress sestamibi SPECT. Follow-up end points were hard cardiac events (cardiac death and nonfatal myocardial infarction). A... Abstract
The international journal of cardiovascular imaging, Volume 19, Issue 1, 1 1 2003, Pages 29-32 Dipyridamole stress echocardiography: to be included in the Guidelines or to be abandoned from the clinical arena? van der Wall EE, Bax JJ
Cited 35 times since 2003 (1.6 per year) source: EuropePMC
The American journal of cardiology, Volume 91, Issue 4, 1 1 2003, Pages 408-411 Incremental value of exercise technetium-99m tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography for the prediction of cardiac events. Schinkel AF, Elhendy A, van Domburg RT, Bax JJ, Vourvouri EC, Bountioukos M, Rizzello V, Agricola E, Valkema R, Roelandt JR, Poldermans D
Technetium-99m (Tc-99m) tetrofosmin single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is a useful alternative to thallium-201 scintigraphy for the assessment of myocardial perfusion. This study assessed the incremental value of exercise Tc-99m tetrofosmin SPECT for the prediction of cardiac events in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease. Exercise Tc-99m tetrofosmin SPECT imaging was performed in 655 consecutive patients. Follow-up was successful in 648 patients (98.9%). Ten... Abstract
Cited 10 times since 2003 (0.5 per year) source: EuropePMC
Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine, Volume 44, Issue 2, 1 1 2003, Pages 127-133 Dobutamine-induced contractile reserve in stunned, hibernating, and scarred myocardium in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. Schinkel AF, Bax JJ, van Domburg R, Elhendy A, Valkema R, Vourvouri EC, Sozzi FB, Roelandt JR, Poldermans D
Unlabelled: Because of damage to cardiomyocytes and the contractile apparatus, contractile reserve may be observed less frequently in hibernating than in stunned myocardium. The aim of this study was to assess the presence of contractile reserve in response to dobutamine infusion in a large group of patients with stunned and hibernating myocardium. Methods: A total of 198 consecutive patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy (left ventricular ejection fraction < or = 40%) underwent resting 2-dime... Abstract
Cited 8 times since 2003 (0.4 per year) source: EuropePMC
Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine, Volume 44, Issue 2, 1 1 2003, Pages 140-145 Feasibility and image quality of dual-isotope SPECT using 18F-FDG and (99m)Tc-tetrofosmin after acipimox administration. Kam BL, Valkema R, Poldermans D, Bax JJ, Reijs AE, Rambaldi R, Boersma E, Rietveld T, Roelandt JR, Krenning EP
Unlabelled: Currently, with the rapidly increasing number of patients with heart failure due to chronic coronary artery disease, the need for viability studies to guide treatment in these patients is increasing. The most accurate method for viability assessment is metabolic imaging with (18)F-FDG with PET or SPECT. To obtain excellent image quality in all patients, the (18)F-FDG studies should be performed during hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamping. However, this approach is time-consuming and... Abstract
Cited 14 times since 2003 (0.7 per year) source: EuropePMC
The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, Volume 125, Issue 2, 1 1 2003, Pages 231-237 Chronic and adjustable pulmonary artery banding. Leeuwenburgh BP, Schoof PH, Steendijk P, Baan J, Mooi WJ, Helbing WA
Objective: Banding of the pulmonary artery might be required to prevent pulmonary vascular damage in patients with increased pulmonary artery flow and to retrain the left ventricle in preparation for an arterial switch operation in patients with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries. Readjustment of the pulmonary artery band might be required in the postoperative period. In this study we aimed to test the feasibility of a novel device for bidirectionally adjustable pulmonary... Abstract