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A clinical and echocardiographic score for assigning risk of major events after dobutamine echocardiograms

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A clinical randomized trial to evaluate the safety of a noninvasive approach in high-risk patients undergoing major vascular surgery: the DECREASE-V Pilot Study

scientific article published on 16 April 2007

A prognostic risk index for long-term mortality in patients with peripheral arterial disease

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Abnormal spatial QRS-T angle predicts mortality in patients undergoing dobutamine stress echocardiography for suspected coronary artery disease

scientific article published in January 2010

Accuracy of non-invasive techniques for diagnosis of coronary artery disease and prediction of cardiac events in patients with left bundle branch block: a meta-analysis

scientific article published on 18 July 2006

Accuracy of stress Tc-99m tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion tomography for the diagnosis and localization of coronary artery disease in women

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Alterations in multidirectional myocardial functions in patients with aortic stenosis and preserved ejection fraction: a two-dimensional speckle tracking analysis.

scientific article published on 29 March 2011

Anemia as an independent predictor of perioperative and long-term cardiovascular outcome in patients scheduled for elective vascular surgery

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Aortic stenosis: an underestimated risk factor for perioperative complications in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery

scientific article published on January 2004

Assessment of cardiac risk before non-cardiac general surgery

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Assessment of myocardial viability by nuclear imaging techniques

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Assessment of myocardial viability in patients with heart failure

scientific article published on 15 June 2007

Assessment of residual myocardial viability in regions with chronic electrocardiographic Q-wave infarction

scientific article published in November 2002

Assessment of viable tissue in Q-wave regions by metabolic imaging using single-photon emission computed tomography in ischemic cardiomyopathy

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Association between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic kidney disease in vascular surgery patients

scientific article published on 15 April 2009

Association between serum uric acid and perioperative and late cardiovascular outcome in patients with suspected or definite coronary artery disease undergoing elective vascular surgery

scientific article published on 17 July 2008

Association of ischemia on stress (99m)Tc-tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion imaging with all-cause mortality in patients with diabetes mellitus.

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Association of plasma N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide with postoperative cardiac events in patients undergoing surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysm or leg bypass

scientific article published on 6 May 2006

Automated coupled-contour and robust myocardium tracking in stress echocardiography

scientific article published on 24 May 2007

Baseline natriuretic peptide levels in relation to myocardial ischemia, troponin T release and heart rate variability in patients undergoing major vascular surgery

scientific article published in December 2007

Baseline plasma N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide is associated with the extent of stress-induced myocardial ischemia during dobutamine stress echocardiography.

retracted scientific article published in May 2006

Beneficial effects of statins on perioperative cardiovascular outcome

scientific article published on August 2006

Benefits of coronary revascularisation in diabetic and non-diabetic patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy: role of myocardial viability

scientific article published on 26 September 2005

Beta blockers in non-cardiac surgery: haemodynamic data needed

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Beta-blockers and health-related quality of life in patients with peripheral arterial disease and COPD.

scientific article published on 07 May 2009

Beta-blockers and statins are individually associated with reduced mortality in patients undergoing noncardiac, nonvascular surgery

scientific article published on February 2007

Bisoprolol and fluvastatin for the reduction of perioperative cardiac mortality and myocardial infarction in intermediate-risk patients undergoing noncardiovascular surgery: a randomized controlled trial (DECREASE-IV).

scientific article published on June 2009

Blood pressure is insufficiently controlled in European patients with established coronary heart disease

scientific article published on October 1, 2003

Cardioprotective medication is associated with improved survival in patients with peripheral arterial disease

scientific article (publication date: 21 March 2006)

Cardiovascular risk assessment of the diabetic patient undergoing major noncardiac surgery

scientific article published on June 2009

Cardiovascular risk profile and outcome of patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm in out-patients with atherothrombosis: data from the Reduction of Atherothrombosis for Continued Health (REACH) Registry

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Carotid artery stenting versus endarterectomy in relation to perioperative myocardial ischemia, troponin T release and major cardiac events

scientific article published in September 2007

Catheter-based intramyocardial injection of autologous skeletal myoblasts as a primary treatment of ischemic heart failure: clinical experience with six-month follow-up

scientific article published in December 2003

Clinical Relevance of Hibernating Myocardium in Ischemic Left Ventricular Dysfunction

scientific article published on November 1, 2010

Clinical and echocardiographic predictors of nonresponse to cardiac resynchronization therapy

Clinical and prognostic implications of angina pectoris developing during dobutamine stress echocardiography in the absence of inducible wall motion abnormalities

scientific article published in September 2005

Clinical assessment of myocardial hibernation

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Clinical review: practical recommendations on the management of perioperative heart failure in cardiac surgery

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Comparison of all-cause mortality in women with known or suspected coronary artery disease referred for dobutamine stress echocardiography with normal versus abnormal test results

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Comparison of catecholamine hormone release in patients undergoing carotid artery stenting or carotid endarterectomy

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Comparison of functional recovery of mildly hypokinetic versus severely dysfunctional left ventricular segments after revascularization in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy

scientific article published in February 2004

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

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Comparison of myocardial infarct size assessed with contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and left ventricular function and volumes to predict mortality in patients with healed myocardial infarction

scientific article published on 5 July 2007

Comparison of outcome after myocardial infarction in patients with and without abnormalities on previous stress Tc-99m tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion imaging

scientific article published in December 2008

Comparison of the incidences of cardiac arrhythmias, myocardial ischemia, and cardiac events in patients treated with endovascular versus open surgical repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms

scientific article published on 27 August 2007

Comparison with computed tomography of two ultrasound devices for diagnosis of abdominal aortic aneurysm

scientific article published on 26 October 2007

Coronary artery stent placement immediately before noncardiac surgery: a potential risk?

scientific article published in May 2007

Cost-effectiveness of differing perioperative beta-blockade strategies in vascular surgery patients

scientific article published in February 2004

Determination of interobserver variability for identifying inducible left ventricular wall motion abnormalities during dobutamine stress magnetic resonance imaging

scientific article published on 13 April 2006

Differential prognostic significance of peri-infarction versus remote myocardial ischemia on stress technetium-99m sestamibi tomography in patients with healed myocardial infarction

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Dobutamine echocardiography: a diagnostic tool comes of age.

scientific article published in September 2003

Dobutamine stress myocardial perfusion imaging in coronary artery disease

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Dobutamine-induced contractile reserve in stunned, hibernating, and scarred myocardium in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy

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Don Poldermans MD PhD, replies to European heart journal editorial

scientific article published on June 1, 2013

Early versus delayed revascularization in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and substantial viability: impact on outcome

scientific article published in September 2003

Effect of Genetic Variations in Syntaxin-Binding Protein-5 and Syntaxin-2 on von Willebrand Factor Concentration and Cardiovascular Risk

scientific article published on December 1, 2010

Effect of atorvastatin on myocardial contractile reserve assessed by tissue Doppler imaging in moderately hypercholesterolemic patients without heart disease

scientific article published in September 2003

Effect of chronic beta-blocker use on stroke after noncardiac surgery

scientific article published on 06 June 2009

Effect of diabetes mellitus on myocardial 18F-FDG SPECT using acipimox for the assessment of myocardial viability

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Effect of myocardial ischemia during dobutamine stress echocardiography on cardiac mortality in patients with heart failure secondary to ischemic cardiomyopathy

scientific article published in August 2005

Effects of adherence to guidelines for the control of major cardiovascular risk factors on outcomes in the REduction of Atherothrombosis for Continued Health (REACH) Registry Europe

scientific article published on February 25, 2011

Efficacy of zoniporide, an Na/H exchange ion inhibitor, for reducing perioperative cardiovascular events in vascular surgery patients

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Elderly patients undergoing major vascular surgery: risk factors and medication associated with risk reduction

scientific article published on 4 January 2008

Elevated N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide levels: the effect of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

scientific article published on February 2009

Elevated preoperative phosphorus levels are an independent risk factor for cardiovascular mortality

scientific article published in July 2010

Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm

scientific article published on October 2010

Endovascular repair versus open surgery in patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms: clinical outcomes with 1-year follow-up

scientific article published in December 2006

Epidural Analgesia Is Associated with Improved Health Outcomes of Surgical Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

scientific article published on August 1, 2011

Exercise blood pressure response and perioperative complications after major vascular surgery

scientific article published on June 1, 2011

Experience with an ultrasound stethoscope

scientific article published on January 1, 2002

Extensive left ventricular remodeling does not allow viable myocardium to improve in left ventricular ejection fraction after revascularization and is associated with worse long-term prognosis

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Feasibility and image quality of dual-isotope SPECT using 18F-FDG and (99m)Tc-tetrofosmin after acipimox administration.

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Feasibility, safety and image quality of cardiac FDG studies during hyperinsulinaemic-euglycaemic clamping

scientific article published on 19 February 2002

Fluvastatin and bisoprolol for the reduction of perioperative cardiac mortality and morbidity in high-risk patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery: rationale and design of the DECREASE-IV study

scientific article published in December 2004

Fluvastatin and perioperative events in patients undergoing vascular surgery

scientific article published in September 2009

Guidelines for cardiac management in noncardiac surgery are poorly implemented in clinical practice: results from a peripheral vascular survey in the Netherlands

scientific article published on October 2007

Guidelines for pre-operative cardiac risk assessment and perioperative cardiac management in non-cardiac surgery

scientific article published on 27 August 2009

Guidelines for pre-operative cardiac risk assessment and perioperative cardiac management in non-cardiac surgery: the Task Force for Preoperative Cardiac Risk Assessment and Perioperative Cardiac Management in Non-cardiac Surgery of the European Soc

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Guía de práctica clínica para la valoración del riesgo cardiaco preoperatorio y el manejo cardiaco perioperatorio en la cirugía no cardiaca

Health-related quality of life predicts long-term survival in patients with peripheral artery disease

scientific article published in June 2010

Hemodynamic response to lower body negative pressure in hemodialysis patients

scientific article published in April 2003

Hibernating myocardium: diagnosis and patient outcomes

scientific article published on July 2007

High thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor levels are associated with an increased risk of premature peripheral arterial disease

scientific article published on 30 December 2010

Highlights of the 2006 Scientific Sessions of the European Society of Cardiology

How to identify the asymptomatic high-risk patient?

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Hypofibrinolysis is a risk factor for arterial thrombosis at young age.

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Imaging Highlights From the European Society of Cardiology, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, and Heart Failure Society of America

Imaging to differentiate between ischemic and nonischemic cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on April 2006

Impact of diabetes mellitus on prediction of clinical outcome after coronary revascularization by 18F-FDG SPECT in patients with ischemic left ventricular dysfunction.

scientific article published in January 2006

Impact of prophylactic beta-blocker therapy to prevent stroke after noncardiac surgery

scientific article published on 14 November 2009

Incidence and prediction of major cardiovascular complications in head and neck surgery

scientific article published in November 2010

Incidence and predictors of heart failure during long-term follow-up after stress Tc-99m sestamibi tomography in patients with suspected coronary artery disease

scientific article published in September 2004

Increased preoperative glucose levels are associated with perioperative mortality in patients undergoing noncardiac, nonvascular surgery

scientific article published on January 2007

Incremental prognostic value of dobutamine-atropine stress 99mTc-tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion imaging for predicting outcome in diabetic patients with limited exercise capacity

scientific article published on 30 April 2005

Incremental value of exercise technetium-99m tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography for the prediction of cardiac events

scientific article published in February 2003

Incremental value of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide for the prediction of postoperative cardiac events in noncardiac vascular surgery patients

scientific article published in May 2009

Individual prediction of functional recovery after coronary revascularization in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy: the scar-to-biphasic model

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Influence of Left Ventricular Dysfunction (Diastolic Versus Systolic) on Long-Term Prognosis in Patients With Versus Without Diabetes Mellitus Having Elective Peripheral Arterial Surgery

scientific article published on September 15, 2010

Influence of cardiac risk factors and medication on length of hospitalization in patients undergoing major vascular surgery

scientific article (publication date: 15 May 2006)

Influence of noninvasive cardiovascular imaging in primary prevention: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials

scientific article published on 14 March 2011

Influence of polyvascular disease on cardiovascular event rates. Insights from the REACH Registry

scientific article published on August 2010

Intensity of statin therapy in relation to myocardial ischemia, troponin T release, and clinical cardiac outcome in patients undergoing major vascular surgery

scientific article published in October 2007

Long-term outcome of prophylactic coronary revascularization in cardiac high-risk patients undergoing major vascular surgery (from the randomized DECREASE-V Pilot Study).

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Long-term prediction of mortality in elderly persons by dobutamine stress echocardiography

scientific article published on October 2005

Long-term prognosis after a normal exercise stress Tc-99m sestamibi SPECT study

scientific article published in May 2003

Long-term prognosis after normal dobutamine stress echocardiography

scientific article published in December 2003

Long-term prognosis of patients with peripheral arterial disease with or without polyvascular atherosclerotic disease

scientific article published on 27 December 2009

Long-term prognosis of patients with peripheral arterial disease: a comparison in patients with coronary artery disease

scientific article published in April 2008

Long-term prognostic significance of complex ventricular arrhythmias induced during dobutamine stress echocardiography

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Long-term prognostic value of dobutamine stress 99mTc-sestamibi SPECT: single-center experience with 8-year follow-up

scientific article published in December 2002

Long-term prognostic value of dobutamine stress echocardiography compared with myocardial perfusion scanning in patients unable to perform exercise tests

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Long-term prognostic value of ejection fraction changes during dobutamine-atropine stress echocardiography

scientific article published in August 2005

Management of patients with cardiac stents undergoing noncardiac surgery

scientific article published on June 2007

Medication underuse during long-term follow-up in patients with peripheral arterial disease

scientific article published on 24 April 2009

Methodological analysis of diagnostic dobutamine stress echocardiography studies

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Mitral valve repair and replacement in endocarditis: a systematic review of literature

scientific article published on February 2007

Mobile right heart thrombus and massive pulmonary embolism

scientific article published on 23 May 2006

Mutations in SMAD3 cause a syndromic form of aortic aneurysms and dissections with early-onset osteoarthritis

article by Ingrid M B H van de Laar et al published February 2011 in Nature Genetics

Myocardial technetium-99m-tetrofosmin single-photon emission computed tomography compared with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose imaging to assess myocardial viability

scientific article published in May 2005

Non-invasive diagnosis of in stent stenosis by stress 99m technetium tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion imaging

scientific article published on 21 April 2006

Noncardiac surgery after coronary stenting: early surgery and interruption of antiplatelet therapy are associated with an increase in major adverse cardiac events

scientific article published on 18 December 2006

OBTAIN: a study of the occurrence of bleeding and thrombosis during anti-platelet therapy in non-cardiac surgery

scientific article published in June 2011

Opposite patterns of left ventricular remodeling after coronary revascularization in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy: role of myocardial viability

scientific article published on 11 October 2004

Optimal medical management around the time of surgery

scientific article published on November 1, 2010

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

scientific article published in October 2003

Outcome after mitral valve repair for acute and healed infective endocarditis

scientific article published on 19 January 2006

Pacemaker stress echocardiography predicts cardiac events in patients with permanent pacemaker

scientific article published in December 2005

Perioperative and long-term cardiovascular outcomes in patients undergoing endovascular treatment compared with open vascular surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysm or iliaco-femoro-popliteal bypass

scientific article published on September 2005

Perioperative beta blockade: where do we go from here?

scientific article published on 12 May 2008

Perioperative cardiac evaluation, monitoring, and risk reduction strategies in noncardiac surgery patients

scientific article published on October 1, 2011

Perioperative cardiovascular mortality in noncardiac surgery: validation of the Lee cardiac risk index

scientific article published on October 2005

Perioperative medical management of ischemic heart disease in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery

scientific article published on June 2007

Perioperative strokes and beta-blockade

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Plasma N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide as a predictor of perioperative and long-term outcome after vascular surgery

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Plasma N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide as long-term prognostic marker after major vascular surgery

scientific article published on 16 August 2006

Plasma natriuretic peptide levels reflect changes in heart failure symptoms, left ventricular size and function after surgical mitral valve repair

scientific article published on 29 August 2006

Post-systolic shortening during dobutamine stress echocardiography predicts cardiac survival in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction

scientific article published in May 2005

Postoperative mortality in The Netherlands: a population-based analysis of surgery-specific risk in adults

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Pre-operative risk assessment and risk reduction before surgery

scientific article published on May 2008

Predicting perioperative cardiac risk

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Prediction of all-cause mortality in women with known or suspected coronary artery disease by stress technetium-99m tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion imaging

scientific article published in February 2004

Prediction of cardiac death in hypertensive patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease by stress technetium-99m tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion imaging

scientific article published on October 1, 2003

Prediction of mortality in heart transplant recipients by stress technetium-99m tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion imaging

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Predictive value of NT-proBNP in vascular surgery patients with COPD and normal left ventricular systolic function

scientific article published in February 2010

Preoperative cardiac risk management

scientific article published on January 2011

Preoperative cardiac testing before major vascular surgery

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Preoperative comparison of different noninvasive strategies for predicting improvement in left ventricular function after coronary artery bypass grafting

scientific article published on July 2003

Preoperative evaluation of patients with possible coronary artery disease

scientific article published on July 2010

Preoperative left ventricular dysfunction predisposes to postoperative acute kidney injury and long-term mortality

scientific article published on November 1, 2011

Preoperative oral glucose tolerance testing in vascular surgery patients: long-term cardiovascular outcome

scientific article published in May 2009

Prevalence and characteristics of patients with clinical improvement but not significant left ventricular reverse remodeling after cardiac resynchronization therapy

scientific article published on 01 October 2010

Prevalence and pharmacological treatment of left-ventricular dysfunction in patients undergoing vascular surgery

scientific article published on 22 January 2010

Prevention of acute coronary events in noncardiac surgery: beta-blocker therapy and coronary revascularization

scientific article published on May 2009

Pro: Beta-blockers are indicated for patients at risk for cardiac complications undergoing noncardiac surgery

scientific article published in January 2007

Prognostic implications of a normal stress technetium-99m-tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion study in patients with a healed myocardial infarct and/or previous coronary revascularization

scientific article published on 4 November 2005

Prognostic implications of asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction in patients undergoing vascular surgery

scientific article published on June 2010

Prognostic implications of stress Tc-99m tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy

scientific article published in July 2007

Prognostic role of dobutamine stress echocardiography in myocardial viability

scientific article published on September 2006

Prognostic significance of QRS duration in patients with suspected coronary artery disease referred for noninvasive evaluation of myocardial ischemia

scientific article published in December 2009

Prognostic significance of baseline ST-T-wave abnormalities in diagnostic stress echocardiography

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Prognostic significance of fixed perfusion abnormalities on stress technetium-99m sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography in patients without known coronary artery disease

scientific article published on November 15, 2003

Prognostic significance of left anterior hemiblock in patients with suspected coronary artery disease

scientific article published in September 2005

Prognostic significance of myocardial ischemia by dobutamine stress echocardiography in patients without angina pectoris after coronary revascularization

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Prognostic significance of renal function in patients undergoing dobutamine stress echocardiography

scientific article published on 14 November 2007

Prognostic stratification of obese patients by stress 99mTc-tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion imaging.

scientific article published in August 2006

Prognostic stratification of patients with right bundle branch block using dobutamine stress echocardiography

scientific article published in October 2004

Prognostic stratification using dobutamine stress 99mTc-tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion SPECT in elderly patients unable to perform exercise testing

scientific article published in January 2005

Prognostic value of dobutamine stress echocardiography in patients with diabetes

scientific article published in April 2003

Prognostic value of dobutamine stress echocardiography in patients with normal left ventricular systolic function

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Prognostic value of dobutamine stress echocardiography in patients with systemic hypertension and known or suspected coronary artery disease

scientific article published in September 2004

Prognostic value of dobutamine-atropine stress (99m)Tc-tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion SPECT in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease.

scientific article published in June 2002

Prognostic value of dobutamine-atropine stress myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with diabetes

scientific article published in September 2002

Prognostic value of exercise stress technetium-99m-tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with normal baseline electrocardiograms

scientific article published on 30 June 2006

Prognostic value of hypotensive blood pressure response during single-stage exercise test on long-term outcome in patients with known or suspected peripheral arterial disease

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Prognostic value of perfusion-FDG mismatch in ischemic cardiomyopathy

scientific article published in November 2002

Prognostic value of routine preoperative electrocardiography in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery

scientific article published on 28 February 2006

Prognostic value of stress 99mTc-tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion imaging in predicting all-cause mortality: a 6-year follow-up study

scientific article published on 9 June 2006

Prognostic value of stress Tc-99m tetrofosmin SPECT in patients with previous myocardial infarction: impact of scintigraphic extent of coronary artery disease

scientific article published in November 2004

Prognostic value of troponin and creatine kinase muscle and brain isoenzyme measurement after noncardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on April 2011

Pulsed-wave tissue Doppler quantification of systolic and diastolic function of viable and nonviable myocardium in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy

scientific article published in December 2004

QT dispersion correlates to myocardial viability assessed by dobutamine stress echocardiography in patients with severely depressed left ventricular function due to coronary artery disease

scientific article published in March 2004

Quality assurance in perioperative care

scientific article published on June 1, 2011

Regarding "Perioperative beta-blockade (POBBLE) for patients undergoing infrarenal vascular surgery: results of a randomized double-blind controlled trial".

scientific article published in October 2005

Relation between preoperative and intraoperative new wall motion abnormalities in vascular surgery patients: a transesophageal echocardiographic study

scientific article published in March 2010

Renal insufficiency and mortality in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease

scientific article published on January 2008

Rise and fall of B-type natriuretic peptide levels in patients with coronary artery disease and normal left ventricular function after cardiac revascularization

scientific article published in August 2006

Risk factors and outcome of new-onset cardiac arrhythmias in vascular surgery patients

Risk stratification of patients after myocardial revascularization by stress Tc-99m tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion tomography

scientific article published in November 2003

Risk stratification of patients with angina pectoris by stress 99mTc-tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion imaging

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Risk stratification of patients with classic angina pectoris and no history of coronary artery disease by dobutamine stress echocardiography

scientific article published in August 2005

Safety and feasibility of cardiac FDG SPECT following oral administration of Acipimox, a nicotinic acid derivative: Comparison of image quality with hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamping in nondiabetic patients

scientific article published in November 2002

Safety of contrast-enhanced echocardiography within 24 h after acute myocardial infarction

scientific article published on 16 July 2008

Safety of dobutamine stress echocardiography in patients with aortic stenosis

scientific article published in July 2003

Safety of fluvastatin in patients undergoing high-risk non-cardiac surgery

scientific article published on September 2010

Safety of perioperative β-blocker use: how do β-blockers compare in terms of side effects?

scientific article published on 20 January 2011

Scar tissue on contrast-enhanced MRI predicts left ventricular remodelling after acute infarction

scientific article published on March 2007

Scientific Fraud or a Rush to Judgment?

scientific article published on April 1, 2013

Screening Value of N-terminal pro-B-type Natriuretic Peptide As a Predictor of Perioperative Cardiac Events After Noncardiac Surgery

scientific article published on September 1, 2010

Screening for left ventricular dysfunction using a hand-carried cardiac ultrasound device

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Sequential (201)Tl imaging and dobutamine echocardiography to enhance accuracy of predicting improved left ventricular ejection fraction after revascularization

scientific article published in June 2002

Seven-year follow-up after dobutamine stress echocardiography: impact of gender on prognosis

scientific article published in January 2005

Simultaneous echocardiography and myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography associated with dobutamine stress to predict long-term cardiac mortality in normotensive and hypertensive patients

scientific article published in July 2005

Single-photon emission computed tomography for assessment of myocardial viability

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Statin therapy is associated with improved outcomes in vascular surgery patients with renal impairment

scientific article published in November 2007

Statin use in the elderly: results from a peripheral vascular survey in The Netherlands

scientific article published in October 2008

Statin use is associated with early recovery of kidney injury after vascular surgery and improved long-term outcome

scientific article published on 15 July 2008

Statins and noncardiac surgery: current evidence and practical considerations

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Statins are associated with a reduced incidence of perioperative mortality in patients undergoing major noncardiac vascular surgery

scientific article published on 14 April 2003

Statins for the prevention of perioperative cardiovascular complications in vascular surgery

scientific article published on August 2006

Statins in the prevention of perioperative cardiovascular complications

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Stress Echocardiography Expert Consensus Statement--Executive Summary: European Association of Echocardiography (EAE) (a registered branch of the ESC).

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Stress and tissue Doppler echocardiographic evidence of effectiveness of myoblast transplantation in patients with ischaemic heart failure

scientific article published on 28 February 2006

Stress echocardiography expert consensus statement: European Association of Echocardiography (EAE) (a registered branch of the ESC).

scientific article published on July 2008

Temporary perioperative decline of renal function is an independent predictor for chronic kidney disease

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Temporary worsening of renal function after aortic surgery is associated with higher long-term mortality

scientific article published on August 2007

The Effect of Bisoprolol on Perioperative Mortality and Myocardial Infarction in High-Risk Patients Undergoing Vascular Surgery

The Obesity Paradox in Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease

scientific article published on 18 July 2008

The efficacy and safety of clopidogrel in vascular surgery patients with immediate postoperative asymptomatic troponin T release for the prevention of late cardiac events: Rationale and design of the Dutch Echocardiographic Cardiac Risk Evaluation A

scientific article published on September 1, 2010

The experts debate: perioperative beta-blockade for noncardiac surgery--proven safe or not?

scientific article published in November 2009

The influence of aneurysm size on perioperative cardiac outcome in elective open infrarenal aortic aneurysm repair

scientific article published on September 2006

The interrelationship between preoperative anemia and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide: the effect on predicting postoperative cardiac outcome in vascular surgery patients

scientific article published in November 2009

The long-term prognostic value of the resting and postexercise ankle-brachial index

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The management of combined coronary artery disease and peripheral vascular disease

scientific article published on 05 June 2010

The presence of contractile reserve has no predictive value for the evolution of left ventricular function following atrio-ventricular node ablation in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation

scientific article published in October 2005

The prevalence and prognosis of unrecognized myocardial infarction and silent myocardial ischemia in patients undergoing major vascular surgery

scientific article published in November 2007

The prevalence and prognostic implications of polyvascular atherosclerotic disease in patients with chronic kidney disease

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The use of stress echocardiography for prognostication in coronary artery disease: an overview

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The utility of dobutamine stress echocardiography for perioperative and long-term cardiac risk assessment

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The value of treadmill exercise test parameters together in patients with known or suspected peripheral arterial disease

scientific article published on March 1, 2011

Three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography: a novel approach in the assessment of left ventricular volume and function?

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Timing of noncardiac surgery after coronary artery stenting with bare metal or drug-eluting stents

scientific article published in November 2009

Timing of pre-operative Beta-blocker treatment in vascular surgery patients: influence on post-operative outcome

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Tolerability and blood pressure-lowering efficacy of the combination of amlodipine plus valsartan compared with lisinopril plus hydrochlorothiazide in adult patients with stage 2 hypertension

scientific article published in February 2007

Transthoracic Doppler echocardiography assessment of left anterior descending artery flow in patients with previous anterior myocardial infarction

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Treatment recommendations to prevent myocardial ischemia and infarction in patients undergoing vascular surgery

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Usefulness of hypertensive blood pressure response during a single-stage exercise test to predict long-term outcome in patients with peripheral arterial disease

scientific article published on 9 July 2008

Usefulness of preoperative oral glucose tolerance testing for perioperative risk stratification in patients scheduled for elective vascular surgery

scientific article published on 20 December 2007

Usefulness of repeated N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide measurements as incremental predictor for long-term cardiovascular outcome after vascular surgery

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Value of myocardial viability estimation using dobutamine stress echocardiography in assessing risk preoperatively before noncardiac vascular surgery in patients with left ventricular ejection fraction <35%.

scientific article published on 16 April 2007

Value of pulse-wave tissue Doppler imaging to identify dyssynergic but viable myocardium

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Which parameters on magnetic resonance imaging determine Q waves on the electrocardiogram?

scientific article published in April 2005

Why do patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and a substantial amount of viable myocardium not always recover in function after revascularization?

scientific article published in February 2004