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The SCORE model in the POWER study: an attempt to focus the limited resources for prevention on patients with greatest needGuy De Backer
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Belgium
Curr Med Res Opin 23:S19-24. 2007..This study, with an estimated sample size of 60,000 patients, will determine if SCORE can act as a suitable tool to aid the lowering of CV risk...- Do novel biomarkers add to existing scores of total cardiovascular risk?Guy De Backer
Department of Public Health, University Hospital, DePintelaan 185, Ghent, Belgium
Eur J Prev Cardiol 19:14-7. 2012..However, there addition to conventional risk estimation may be useful in correctly reclassifying individuals at intermediate risk as above or below a chosen intervention threshold... 
Excess risk attributable to traditional cardiovascular risk factors in clinical practice settings across Europe - The EURIKA StudyEliseo Guallar
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
BMC Public Health 11:704. 2011..The objective of this study was to estimate the excess risk attributable, firstly, to the presence of CVD risk factors and, secondly, to the lack of control of these risk factors in primary prevention care across Europe...- Rationale and methods of the European Study on Cardiovascular Risk Prevention and Management in Daily Practice (EURIKA)Fernando Rodriguez-Artalejo
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health, Madrid 28029, Spain
BMC Public Health 10:382. 2010..It will also assess physicians' knowledge and attitudes about CVD prevention as well as the barriers impeding effective risk factor management in clinical practice... - Do inter-hospital comparisons of in-hospital, acute myocardial infarction case-fatality rates serve the purpose of fostering quality improvement? An evaluative studyWillem Aelvoet
Federal Service of Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment, Brussels, Belgium
BMC Health Serv Res 10:334. 2010.... 
Diabetes mellitus in middle-aged people is associated with increased sick leave: the BELSTRESS studyGuy De Backer
Vakgroep Maatschappelijke Gezondheidkunde, Ghent University, Belgium
Int J Occup Environ Health 12:28-34. 2006..Significant associations were found between diabetes and duration of sick leave and repetitive absences in men. In women a similar trend was observed for duration, and a significant association was found for repetitive absences...- European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice. Third Joint Task Force of European and other Societies on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Clinical Practice (constituted by representatives of eight societies and by invitGuy De Backer
Atherosclerosis 173:381-91. 2004 - [European Guidelines on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in the Clinical Practice. Third work group of the european societies and other societies on cardiovascular disease prevention in the clinical practice]G De Backer
Neurologia 19:440-50. 2004 - [Spanish adaptation of the European guidelines on cardiovascular prevention (and II)]G De Backer
University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
Aten Primaria 34:484-92. 2004 - [Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice]G De Backer
Belgian Society of Cardiology
Rev Med Liege 60:163-72. 2005..The model used to assess the overall risk was adapted for Belgium. Otherwise, very few things were changed from the Exectutive Summary of the European Guidelines... - European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice. Third Joint Task Force Of European and other societies on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice (constituted by representatives of eight societies and by invitGuy De Backer
University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss 97:1019-30. 2004 - European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice: third joint task force of European and other societies on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice (constituted by representatives of eight societies and by invitGuy De Backer
European Society of Cardiology
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 10:S1-S10. 2003..The Committee is also responsible for the endorsement of these guidelines or statements... - European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice. Third Joint Task Force of European and Other Societies on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Clinical PracticeGuy De Backer
University Hospital, DePintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
Eur Heart J 24:1601-10. 2003 - New European guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practiceGuy De Backer
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Clin Chem Lab Med 47:138-42. 2009..For those who would like to read more on this, please refer to the full document (112 pages including 1105 references)... - Dietary sources of animal and plant protein intake among Flemish preschool children and the association with socio-economic and lifestyle-related factorsYi Lin
Unit Nutrition and Food Safety, Department of Public Health, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, B 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Nutr J 10:97. 2011..The aims of this study were to assess the intake of animal, plant and food group-specific protein, and to investigate their associations with socio-economic and lifestyle-related factors in Flemish preschoolers... - Fibre intake among the Belgian population by sex-age and sex-education groups and its association with BMI and waist circumferenceYi Lin
Unit Nutrition and Food Safety, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, B 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Br J Nutr 105:1692-703. 2011..In summary, total fibre intake was inversely associated with WC, whereas fruit-derived fibre intake was positively associated with WC in the Belgian population... - Reproducibility and validity of a diet quality index for children assessed using a FFQInge Huybrechts
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, University Hospital 2BlokA, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Br J Nutr 104:135-44. 2010..The FFQ-based DQI approach compared well with the 3 d record approach, and it can be used to determine diet quality among preschoolers... - Determinants of ferritin and soluble transferrin receptors as iron status parameters in young adult womenIlse Pynaert
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, UZ 2 Blok A, De Pintelaan 185, B 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Public Health Nutr 12:1775-82. 2009..To investigate associations between nutritional and non-nutritional variables and Fe status parameters, i.e. serum ferritin and soluble transferrin receptors (sTfR)... - The impact of psychosocial factors on low back pain: longitudinal results from the Belstress studyEls Clays
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 32:262-8. 2007..An epidemiological cohort study... - Variation in energy and nutrient intakes among pre-school children: implications for study designInge Huybrechts
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Eur J Public Health 18:509-16. 2008..The aim of this study was to describe dietary variations in Flemish pre-schoolers and to estimate the number of record days required for studying diet-disease associations among pre-school-aged children... - Adolescents' education and their diet recorded by 7-day food recordsChristophe Matthys
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Soz Praventivmed 51:80-90. 2006..To investigate associations between dietary habits and socio-economic status in adolescents (Ghent, Belgium)... - Assessment of pressure wave reflection: getting the timing right!Patrick Segers
Cardiovascular Mechanics and Biofluid Dynamics, IBITECH, Ghent University, B 9000 Gent, Belgium
Physiol Meas 28:1045-56. 2007..Analysis of pressure wave reflection is optimally based on measurement of pressure and flow, rather than on waveform analysis alone... - Management of overweight and obese patients with coronary heart disease across EuropeDirk De Bacquer
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185 Block A 2nd floor, B 9000 Gent, Belgium
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 17:447-54. 2010..Using data from the EUROASPIRE III survey, we investigated as to what extent the obesity epidemic affects the high priority group of coronary heart disease patients... - Rationale, design, methods and baseline characteristics of the Asklepios StudyErnst R Rietzschel
Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 14:179-91. 2007..Within these broader goals, a constant will be to strive towards more fundamental mechanistic-haemodynamic insights into cardiovascular disease processes... - High dietary supplement intakes among Flemish preschoolersInge Huybrechts
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, University Hospital 2BlokA, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Gent, Belgium
Appetite 54:340-5. 2010..Future studies should investigate potential harms and benefits of dietary supplementation use among preschoolers... - Recurrent changes in the work environment, job resources and distress among nurses: a comparative cross-sectional surveyRik Verhaeghe
Department of Management Information, Operations Management and Technology Policy, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium
Int J Nurs Stud 45:382-92. 2008..e. 'threat') of these changes. The interaction between 'threat' and job resources (i.e. timing control, method control and supervisor support) and its relation to distress among Registered Nurses was examined... - Amplification of the pressure pulse in the upper limb in healthy, middle-aged men and womenPatrick Segers
Ghent University, Institute Biomedical Technology, De Pintelaan 185, B 9000 Gent, Belgium
Hypertension 54:414-20. 2009..Amplification is higher in men than in women, decreases with age, and is primarily associated with the carotid augmentation index... - Job stress and depression symptoms in middle-aged workers--prospective results from the Belstress studyEls Clays
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, University Hospital 2 Block A, De Pintelaan, 185, B 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Scand J Work Environ Health 33:252-9. 2007..The aim of this study was to explore the prospective relation between job stress and symptoms of depression within a cohort study... - High job strain and ambulatory blood pressure in middle-aged men and women from the Belgian job stress studyEls Clays
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
J Occup Environ Med 49:360-7. 2007..The aim of this study was to assess whether job strain is associated with 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure measurements within a subsample of the Belgian Job Stress Project (BELSTRESS) population... - Food intakes by preschool children in Flanders compared with dietary guidelinesInge Huybrechts
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, University Hospital, Gent, Belgium
Int J Environ Res Public Health 5:243-57. 2008.... - Epidemiological evidence for an association between habitual tea consumption and markers of chronic inflammationDirk De Bacquer
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Atherosclerosis 189:428-35. 2006..In vitro and animal model studies suggest an anti-oxidative and/or anti-inflammatory role. We aimed at investigating the association between tea drinking and indicators of low-grade inflammation in humans... - Plant and animal protein intake and its association with overweight and obesity among the Belgian populationYi Lin
Unit of Nutrition and Food Safety, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, Ghent, Belgium
Br J Nutr 105:1106-16. 2011..Associations with anthropometric data indicated that plant proteins could offer a protective effect in the prevention of overweight and OB in the Belgian population... - Relative validity and reproducibility of a food-frequency questionnaire for estimating food intakes among Flemish preschoolersInge Huybrechts
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, University Hospital 2BlokA, Gent, Belgium
Int J Environ Res Public Health 6:382-99. 2009..The results indicate that our newly developed FFQ gives reproducible estimates of food group intake. Overall, moderate levels of relative validity were observed for estimates of food group intake... - Dietary Sources of Fiber Intake and Its Association with Socio-Economic Factors among Flemish Preschool ChildrenYi Lin
Unit Nutrition and Food Safety, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, B 9000 Ghent, Belgium E Mails Y L G D B S D H
Int J Mol Sci 12:1836-53. 2011..Hence, dietary fiber should be promoted among parents of preschoolers and low socio-economic status families should be addressed in particular... - Overweight and obesity in patients with established coronary heart disease: are we meeting the challenge?Dirk De Bacquer
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Eur Heart J 25:121-8. 2004..We studied the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the high priority group of patients with established coronary heart disease (CHD) and the therapeutic control of manageable coronary risk factors in relation to body mass index... - Use of benzodiazepine drugs and perceived job stress in a cohort of working men and women in Belgium. Results from the BELSTRESS-studyEdwin Pelfrene
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, University Hospital (UZG)-Block A, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
Soc Sci Med 59:433-42. 2004..62, 99% CI=0.4-1.1). The association with low social support is less clear; an independent association between use of benzodiazepines and iso-strain was observed particularly in men... - The perception of work stressors is related to reduced parasympathetic activityEls Clays
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, University Hospital, Block A, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Int Arch Occup Environ Health 84:185-91. 2011..The aim was to examine the perception of work stressors in relation to ambulatory measures of heart rate variability (HRV)... - Long-term changes in the perception of job characteristics: results from the Belstress II--studyEls Clays
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, University Hospital, De Pintelaan, Ghent, Belgium
J Occup Health 48:339-46. 2006..6 yr, a substantial increase was noted in job insecurity and the impact of WMC. These dimensions are becoming increasingly important within the context of economic globalization and labor market flexibility... - Associations between dimensions of job stress and biomarkers of inflammation and infectionEls Clays
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, University Hospital, Belgium
J Occup Environ Med 47:878-83. 2005..The objective of this study was to examine associations between dimensions of job stress and indicators of chronic inflammation and infection... - Food sources and correlates of sodium and potassium intakes in Flemish pre-school childrenInge Huybrechts
1 Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, UZ 2 Blok A, De Pintelaan 185, B 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Public Health Nutr 15:1039-46. 2012..The aim of the present study was to investigate dietary sources of Na and K intakes among Flemish pre-school children using multiple linear regression analyses... - Relationship of perceived job stress to total coronary risk in a cohort of working men and women in BelgiumEdwin Pelfrene
Vakgroep Maatschappelijke Gezondheidkunde, Universiteit Gent, University Hospital, De Pintelaan, Gent, Belgium
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 10:345-54. 2003..CONCLUSION: Our cross-sectional analysis provides no support for the hypothesis that the psychosocial work environment is strongly associated with the TCR estimate in healthy workers... - Validity of parentally reported weight and height for preschool-aged children in Belgium and its impact on classification into body mass index categoriesInge Huybrechts
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, UZ 2 Blok A, De Pintelaan 185, B 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Pediatrics 118:2109-18. 2006..The aim of this study was to evaluate the validity of parentally reported weight and height values for preschool-aged children (3-7 years of age) in Belgium and the accuracy of BMI classifications using those data... - Cost-effectiveness of optimizing prevention in patients with coronary heart disease: the EUROASPIRE III health economics projectDelphine De Smedt
Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
Eur Heart J 33:2865-72. 2012.... - Long-term prognostic value of p-wave characteristics for the development of atrial fibrillation in subjects aged 55 to 74 years at baselineDirk De Bacquer
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Am J Cardiol 100:850-4. 2007..3 to 46.6). In conclusion, enhanced clinical appreciation of P-wave items on the standard electrocardiogram at rest, preferably evaluated in all 12 leads, may help identify a group at high risk of the development of AF at an early stage... - Predictive ability of the SCORE Belgium risk chart for cardiovascular mortalityDirk De Bacquer
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
Int J Cardiol 143:385-90. 2010.... - Impact of recurrent changes in the work environment on nurses' psychological well-being and sickness absenceRik Verhaeghe
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Department of Management Information, Operations Management and Technology Policy, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
J Adv Nurs 56:646-56. 2006..e. job satisfaction, eustress and distress) and absence through illness... - The prevalence of concomitant hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia in the general populationDirk De Bacquer
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Belgium
Int J Cardiol 110:217-23. 2006..To study the joint prevalence of elevated blood pressure and raised total cholesterol in adult individuals and to estimate the multifactorial cardiovascular risk associated with this clustering... - VE/VCO2 slope and oxygen uptake efficiency slope in patients with coronary artery disease and intermediate peakVO2Nico R Van de Veire
Department of Cardiology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 13:916-23. 2006.... - Dietary intakes and food sources of fatty acids for Belgian women, focused on n-6 and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acidsIsabelle A Sioen
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Lipids 41:415-22. 2006..The main sources of long-chain PUFA were fish and seafood, and meat, poultry, and eggs. From a public health perspective, it seems desirable to tackle the problem of low n-3 PUFA intake... - Predictive value of classical risk factors and their control in coronary patients: a follow-up of the EUROASPIRE I cohortDirk De Bacquer
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Belgium
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 10:289-95. 2003..We report here on the mortality follow-up of the EUROASPIRE I cohort over a median period of 4.4 years... - Noninvasive (input) impedance, pulse wave velocity, and wave reflection in healthy middle-aged men and womenPatrick Segers
Cardiovascular Mechanics and Biofluid Dynamics, IBITECH, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, B 9000 Gent, Belgium
Hypertension 49:1248-55. 2007..Wave reflection increases with age and is not higher in women than in men... - Age and gender related patterns in carotid-femoral PWV and carotid and femoral stiffness in a large healthy, middle-aged populationSebastian J Vermeersch
Cardiovascular Mechanics and Biofluid Dynamics, IBITECH, Gent, Belgium
J Hypertens 26:1411-9. 2008..The relationship between aortic (carotid-femoral) pulse wave velocity and stiffness measures based on local diameter and pressure readings is not yet fully understood... - Perinatal outcome of twin pregnancies in women of advanced ageIlse Delbaere
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, B 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Hum Reprod 23:2145-50. 2008..The aim of this study was to assess the outcome of twin pregnancies in women of advanced age (>or=35 years) compared with women aged 25-29 years old... - Pregnancy outcome in primiparae of advanced maternal ageIlse Delbaere
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 135:41-6. 2007..To investigate the impact of maternal age on singleton pregnancy outcome, taking into account intermediate and confounding factors... - Day-to-day variability of global left ventricular functional and perfusional measurements by quantitative gated SPECT using Tc-99m tetrofosmin in patients with heart failure due to coronary artery diseaseOlivier De Winter
Division of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
J Nucl Cardiol 11:47-52. 2004.... - Plasma N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide concentration predicts coronary events in men at work: a report from the BELSTRESS studyJohan De Sutter
Department of Cardiology 8K12 IE, University Hospital Ghent, Belgium
Eur Heart J 26:2644-9. 2005..The aim of this study was to study the predictive value of NT-pro-BNP for coronary events in a middle-aged population of men at work... - Incremental prognostic value of combined perfusion and function assessment during myocardial gated SPECT in patients aged 75 years or olderOlivier De Winter
Nuclear Medicine Division, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
J Nucl Cardiol 12:662-70. 2005..The aim of this study was to investigate whether perfusion and functional cardiac gated SPECT data have prognostic value in patients aged 75 years or older... - Prevalence and correlates of erectile dysfunction in a population-based study in BelgiumRudolf Mak
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Belgium
Eur Urol 41:132-8. 2002.... - Validity and reproducibility of a semi-quantitative food-frequency questionnaire for estimating calcium intake in Belgian preschool childrenInge Huybrechts
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Br J Nutr 95:802-16. 2006..This FFQ tended to underestimate preschool children's Ca intake when administered by a proxy. However, it demonstrated good repeatability and fairly good ability to classify subjects into extremes of Ca intake... - How to improve screening in first-degree relatives of patients with premature coronary heart diseaseLieve Debruyne
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 13:711-7. 2006..This is the first and necessary step to improve the management of risk factors in these people, who are at increased risk for CHD... - Risk factors for primary ventricular fibrillation during acute myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysisPeter J Gheeraert
Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Eur Heart J 27:2499-510. 2006..To evaluate potential risk factors for primary ventricular fibrillation (PVF) during acute myocardial infarction (AMI) by a systematic review and meta-analyses... - Dietary exposure to dioxin-like compounds in three age groups: results from the Flemish environment and health studyMaaike Bilau
Department of Public Health, Ghent University, UZ 2 Blok A, De Pintelaan 185, B 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Chemosphere 70:584-92. 2008..The main contributors of dioxin-like substances are fish and seafood (25-43% of the total intake), added fats (22-25% of the total intake) and dairy products (17-20% of the total intake)... - Evidence-based goals versus achievement in clinical practice in secondary prevention of coronary heart disease: findings in EUROASPIRE IIGuy De Backer
Department of Public Health, University Hospital, University of Ghent, De Pintelaan, 185 Block A, 9000 Gent, Belgium
Atheroscler Suppl 2:13-6; discussion 16-7. 2002..0 mmol/l. It is clear that there are still considerable opportunities in Europe to reduce risk of recurrent CHD through lifestyle changes, rigorous control of other risk factors, and more effective use of proven drug therapies... - Haptoglobin and body mass indexYouri E C Taes
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 90:594; author reply 594-5. 2005 - 2007 Guidelines for the Management of Arterial Hypertension: The Task Force for the Management of Arterial Hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)Giuseppe Mancia
Clinica Medica, Ospedale San Gerardo, , Via Pergolesi, 33 - 20052 MONZA (Milano, Italy
J Hypertens 25:1105-87. 2007 - European guidelines on cardiovascular disease and prevention in clinical practiceGuy De Backer
Atherosclerosis 171:145-55. 2003 - Blood pressure is insufficiently controlled in European patients with established coronary heart diseaseEric Boersma
Department of Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
J Hypertens 21:1831-40. 2003..Adequate blood pressure control is therefore of utmost importance. We report on two successive European surveys that evaluated whether the goals given in recommendations on secondary prevention are achieved... - Averting a pandemic health crisis in Europe by 2020: what physicians need to know regarding cholesterol managementAlberico L Catapano
Centre for the Study of Atherosclerosis, Marie Curie Training Centre for Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 14:340-5. 2007..According to a recent report by the Stockholm Network (an independent European 'think tank'), major political, economic, social, and medical changes are urgently needed with respect to cholesterol management to help prevent CVD... - The importance of plasma apolipoprotein E concentration in addition to its common polymorphism on inter-individual variation in lipid levels: results from Apo EuropeNadia Haddy
INSERM U 525 Equipe 4, 30 rue Lionnois, 54000 Nancy, France
Eur J Hum Genet 10:841-50. 2002..Total cholesterol and TG concentrations were significantly dependent on apoE genotype in both sexes. These differences in lipids between genotypes were more pronounced when plasma apoE concentrations were taken into account... - The role of whole blood viscosity in premature coronary artery disease in womenTine L M De Backer
Cardiovascular Center, Onze Lieve Vrouw Hospital, Moorselbaan 164, 9300, Aalst, Belgium
Atherosclerosis 165:367-73. 2002..In women with premature coronary artery disease (CAD), the underlying risk factors are a matter of debate and the role of whole blood viscosity in its pathogenesis has not been documented... - Response of the oxygen uptake efficiency slope to exercise training in patients with chronic heart failureChristophe Van Laethem
Department of Physiotherapy, Artevelde Institute of Higher Education Ghent, Belgium
Eur J Heart Fail 9:625-9. 2007..The oxygen uptake efficiency slope (OUES) is a new exercise parameter that provides prognostic power in patients with CHF. Little is known about the effects of exercise training (ET) on OUES... - Management of grown up congenital heart diseaseJohn Deanfield
GUCH Unit, The Heart Hospital, London
Eur Heart J 24:1035-84. 2003 - Discriminative value of serum amyloid A and other acute-phase proteins for coronary heart diseaseJoris R Delanghe
Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Atherosclerosis 160:471-6. 2002..In conclusion, although SAA has a discriminative value for CHD, serum CRP is to be preferred as a first-class acute-phase reactant for detection of the disease... - A total cardiovascular risk estimate should not be used dichotomouslyGuy De Backer
J Hypertens 24:1697-8. 2006 - [European practice guidelines on prevention of cardiovascular diseases: executive summary]Ian Graham
European Society of Cardiology
G Ital Cardiol (Rome) 9:11-59. 2008 - Prospective evaluation of the oxygen uptake efficiency slope as a submaximal predictor of peak oxygen uptake in aged patients with ischemic heart diseaseChristophe Van Laethem
Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Gent, Belgium
Am Heart J 152:297.e9-15. 2006..Therefore, the objectively measurable OUES is the preferred submaximal predictor of functional capacity in the assessment of aged patients with CAD... - European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice: full text. Fourth Joint Task Force of the European Society of Cardiology and other societies on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice (constituted by representIan Graham
Department of Cardiology, The Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 14:S1-113. 2007 - Increased absenteeism from work among aware and treated hypertensive and hypercholesterolaemic patientsFrancoise Leynen
Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, School of Public Health, Brussels Free University ULB, Brussels, Belgium
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 13:261-7. 2006..In the Belstress I study this hypothesis was analysed in the same way for the possible influence on sick leave of labelling persons with elevated cholesterol as hypercholesterolaemic... - European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice: executive summary. Fourth Joint Task Force of the European Society of Cardiology and other societies on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice (constituted by rIan Graham
Department of Cardiology, The Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Tallaght, Doublin, Ireland
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 14:E1-40. 2007 - Healthy food and nutrient index and all cause mortalityChristine Bazelmans
Dept of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, School of Public Health, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 808 Route de Lennik, 1070 Bruxelles, Belgium
Eur J Epidemiol 21:145-52. 2006..To develop a Healthy Food and Nutrient Index (HFNI) and to relate this index to the all cause mortality observed in two Belgian communities... - European guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice: executive summaryIan Graham
Department of Cardiology, The Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Eur Heart J 28:2375-414. 2007 - Helicobacter pylori infection: further evidence for the role of feco-oral transmissionAntoon De Schryver
IDEWE Occupational Health Services, Leuven, Belgium
Helicobacter 11:523-8. 2006..We studied the transmission in employees taking care of institutionalized persons with mental disabilities with a documented high prevalence of H. pylori... - Guidelines on the management of stable angina pectoris: executive summary: The Task Force on the Management of Stable Angina Pectoris of the European Society of CardiologyKim Fox
Department of Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Eur Heart J 27:1341-81. 2006 - 2007 ESH-ESC Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension: the task force for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)Giuseppe Mansia
Clinica Medica, Ospedale San Gerardo, Universita Milano-Bicocca, Via Pergolesi, 33 - 20052 MONZA (Milano, Italy
Blood Press 16:135-232. 2007 - [ESH/ESC 2007 Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension]Giuseppe Mancia
Clinica Medica, Ospedale San Gerardo, , Monza, Milano, Italia
Rev Esp Cardiol 60:968.e1-94. 2007