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Integrating Exercise Into Personalized Ventricular Arrhythmia Risk Prediction in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy

Bosman, Laurens P; Wang, Weijia; Lie, Øyvind H; van Lint, Freyja H M; Rootwelt-Norberg, Christine; Murray, Brittney A; Tichnell, Crystal; Cadrin-Tourigny, Julia; van Tintelen, J Peter; Asselbergs, Folkert W; Calkins, Hugh; Te Riele, Anneline S J M; Haugaa, Kristina H; James, Cynthia A (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2022-02)

BACKGROUND: Exercise is associated with sustained ventricular arrhythmias (VA) in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC) but is not included in the ARVC risk calculator (arvcrisk.com). The objective of this ...
Is there a difference in venous thrombosis rate in free flap anastomoses based on coupler diameter?: A systematic review. Does Size Really Matter?

Krijgh, D D; Tellier, B; Teunis, T; Maarse, W; Coert, J H (Elsevier, 2021-12)

Background: The adage is to use the largest anastomotic coupler device (coupler) size possible, since smaller an anastomosis might be more susceptible to thrombosis. It is unclear if this wisdom is supported by data. This ...
Morbidity and Function Loss After Resection of Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors

MONACO collaborators (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2022-03)

BACKGROUND: Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs) are aggressive soft tissue sarcomas. Their resection may lead to serious morbidity. Incidence of postoperative motor and sensory deficits is unknown, and ...
Cost-Effectiveness of Lower Extremity Nerve Decompression Surgery in the Prevention of Ulcers and Amputations: A Markov Analysis

Rinkel, Willem D; Franks, Billy; Birnie, Erwin; Castro Cabezas, Manuel; Coert, J Henk (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2021-11-01)

BACKGROUND: The costs and health effects associated with lower extremity complications in diabetes mellitus are an increasing burden to society. In selected patients, lower extremity nerve decompression is able to reduce ...
Arthroscopic Synovectomy of the Wrist in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review of the Current Literature

d'Ailly, Philip N; Mulders, Marjolein A M; Bisoendial, Radjesh J; Kuijper, T Martijn; Coert, J Henk; Schep, Niels W L (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2022-03-01)

Background Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) of the wrist can lead to loss of wrist function and progressive joint destruction if inadequately treated. Arthroscopic synovectomy of the wrist may prove a valuable treatment for local ...
Can we reliably automate clinical prognostic modelling?: A retrospective cohort study for ICU triage prediction of in-hospital mortality of COVID-19 patients in the Netherlands

Dutch COVID-19 Research Consortium (Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2022-04)

BACKGROUND: Building Machine Learning (ML) models in healthcare may suffer from time-consuming and potentially biased pre-selection of predictors by hand that can result in limited or trivial selection of suitable models. ...
Systematic Review Reveals Lack of Causal Methodology Applied to Pooled Longitudinal Observational Infectious Disease Studies

Hufstedler, Heather; Rahman, Sabahat; Danzer, Alexander M.; Goymann, Hannah; de Jong, Valentijn M.T.; Campbell, Harlan; Gustafson, Paul; Debray, Thomas P.A.; Jaenisch, Thomas; Maxwell, Lauren; Matthay, Ellicott C.; Bärnighausen, Till (Elsevier, 2022-05)

OBJECTIVES: Among ID studies seeking to make causal inferences and pooling individual-level longitudinal data from multiple infectious disease cohorts, we sought to assess what methods are being used, how those methods are ...
Genetic Determinants of Serum Calcification Propensity and Cardiovascular Outcomes in the General Population

de Haan, Amber; Ahmadizar, Fariba; van der Most, Peter J; Thio, Chris H L; Kamali, Zoha; Ani, Alireza; Ghanbari, Mohsen; Chaker, Layal; van Meurs, Joyce; Ikram, M Kamran; van Goor, Harry; Bakker, Stephan J L; van der Harst, Pim; Snieder, Harold; Kavousi, Maryam; Pasch, Andreas; Eijgelsheim, Mark; de Borst, Martin H (Frontiers Media S. A., 2021)

Background: Serum calciprotein particle maturation time (T50), a measure of vascular calcification propensity, is associated with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. We aimed to identify genetic loci associated with ...
Diagnostic accuracy of urine dipstick tests for proteinuria in pregnant women suspected of preeclampsia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Teeuw, Hannah M; Amoakoh, Hannah Brown; Ellis, Christine Anabelle; Lindsley, Kristina; Browne, Joyce L (Elsevier, 2022-03)

OBJECTIVES: Dipstick tests are frequently used as bedside proteinuria tests to evaluate women suspected of preeclampsia and may inform diagnosis in low resource settings lacking laboratory facilities. This systematic review ...
Large HDL particles negatively associate with leukocyte counts independent of cholesterol efflux capacity: A cross sectional study in the population-based LifeLines DEEP cohort

Groenen, Anouk G; Bazioti, Venetia; van Zeventer, Isabelle A; Chen, Lianmin; Groot, Hilde E; Balder, Jan-Willem; Zhernakova, Alexandra; van der Harst, Pim; Rimbert, Antoine; Kuivenhoven, Jan Albert; Fu, Jingyuan; Westerterp, Marit (Elsevier, 2022-02)

Background and aims: Leukocytosis, the expansion of white blood cells, is associated with increased cardiovascular risk. Studies in animal models have shown that high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c) suppresses ...
Controlling cellular plasticity to improve in vitro models for kidney regeneration

Pou Casellas, Carla; Rookmaaker, Maarten B.; Verhaar, Marianne C. (Elsevier, 2021-12)

Given the increasing prevalence of end-stage kidney disease, the high morbidity and mortality of dialysis treatment, and the shortage of donor kidneys, the field of nephrology is progressively shifting its focus to ...
Diagnoses and trends in use of imaging for low back pain in four Australian emergency departments between 2012 and 2019

Blokzijl, Johan; Lee, Hopin; Cullen, Louise; Coggins, Andrew; Golding, Michael; Gillett, Mark; Middleton, Paul M; Ferreira, Giovanni E; Machado, Gustavo C; Maher, Christopher G; Traeger, Adrian C (2022-08)

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to determine, in those who present to the ED with low back pain (LBP): (i) the prevalence of four key diagnostic categories, (ii) trends in lumbar imaging from 2015 to 2019 and (iii) the effect of a new ...
Impact of Adding Oseltamivir to Usual Care on Quality-Adjusted Life-Years During Influenza-Like Illness

Bruyndonckx, Robin; Bilcke, Joke; van der Velden, Alike W; Li, Xiao; Hens, Niel; Coenen, Samuel; Butler, Christopher C; Beutels, Philippe (Elsevier Limited, 2022-02)

Objectives: The ALIC 4E trial has shown that oseltamivir reduces recovery time while increasing the risk of nausea. This secondary analysis of the ALIC 4E trial aimed to determine the gain in quality-adjusted life-years ...
Novel diagnostic DNA methylation episignatures expand and refine the epigenetic landscapes of Mendelian disorders

Bekim Sadikovic (Elsevier, 2022-01-13)

Overlapping clinical phenotypes and an expanding breadth and complexity of genomic associations are a growing challenge in the diagnosis and clinical management of Mendelian disorders. The functional consequences and ...
Non-metastatic muscle-invasive bladder cancer: the role of age in receiving treatment with curative intent

van Hoogstraten, Lisa M C; Witjes, J Alfred; Meijer, Richard P; Ripping, Theodora M; Kiemeney, Lambertus A; Aben, Katja K H; BlaZIB Study Group (Wiley-Blackwell, 2022-12)

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate which patient and tumour characteristics are associated with remaining untreated in patients with potentially curable, non-metastatic muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC), and to compare survival ...
Clinical profiles of subsequent stages in bipolar disorder: Results from the Dutch Bipolar Cohort

van der Markt, Afra; Klumpers, Ursula M.H.; Dols, Annemiek; Boks, Marco P.; Vreeker, Annabel; Beekman, Aartjan T.F.; Kupka, Ralph W. (Blackwell Munksgaard, 2022-06)

INTRODUCTION: The manifestation of bipolar disorder (BD) is hypothesized to be determined by clinical characteristics such as familial loading, childhood abuse, age at onset, illness duration, comorbid psychiatric disorders, ...
Oxytocin system gene methylation is associated with empathic responses towards children

Spencer, Hannah; Parianen Lesemann, Franca H.; Kraaijenvanger, Eline J.; Overbeek, Geertjan; Montoya, Estrella R.; Branje, Susan; Boks, Marco P.M.; Bos, Peter A. (Elsevier Limited, 2022-03)

Empathy is an essential component of sensitive caregiving behavior, which in turn is an important predictor of children's healthy social-emotional development. The oxytocin (OXT) system plays a key role in promoting sensitive ...
A Regional Burden of Sequence-Level Variation in the 22q11.2 Region Influences Schizophrenia Risk and Educational Attainment

Breetvelt, Elemi J.; Smit, Karel C.; van Setten, Jessica; Merico, Daniele; Wang, Xiao; Vaartjes, Ilonca; Bassett, Anne S.; Boks, Marco P.M.; Szatmari, Peter; Scherer, Stephen W.; Kahn, René S.; Vorstman, Jacob A.S. (Elsevier, 2022-04-15)

Background: Genomic loci where recurrent pathogenic copy number variants are associated with psychiatric phenotypes in the population may also be sensitive to the collective impact of multiple functional low-frequency ...
Atlas of Lobular Breast Cancer Models: Challenges and Strategic Directions

Sflomos, George; Schipper, Koen; Koorman, Thijs; Fitzpatrick, Amanda; Oesterreich, Steffi; Lee, Adrian V; Jonkers, Jos; Brunton, Valerie G; Christgen, Matthias; Isacke, Clare; Derksen, Patrick W B; Brisken, Cathrin (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2021-11-01)

Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) accounts for up to 15% of all breast cancer (BC) cases and responds well to endocrine treatment when estrogen receptor α-positive (ER+) yet differs in many biological aspects from other ER+ ...
Seeking treatment for mental illness and substance abuse: A cross-sectional study on attitudes, beliefs, and needs of military personnel with and without mental illness

Bogaers, Rebecca; Geuze, Elbert; Greenberg, Neil; Leijten, Fenna; Varis, Piia; van Weeghel, Jaap; van de Mheen, Dike; Rozema, Andrea; Brouwers, Evelien (Elsevier Limited, 2022-03)

BACKGROUND: Often, military personnel do not seek treatment for mental illness or wait until they reach a crisis point. Effective, selective, and indicated prevention is best achieved by seeking treatment early. AIMS: We ...

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