Jaap W Deckers

..To determine the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and their treatment in Dutch patients with coronary heart disease (the 'Euroaspire'-project) and to compare these data with those from 4 and 10 years previously...

..There may be a role for procedure oriented guidelines but, in that case, the items at issue should remain confined to matters directly related to technical aspects of the procedure...

..We developed a cardiovascular risk model based on the EUROPA study population and investigated whether benefit of long-term administration of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE)-inhibitor perindopril was modified by risk level...

..The purpose of this study was to determine the association of coronary artery calcification (CAC) with incident heart failure in the elderly and examine its independence of overt coronary heart disease (CHD)...

..We aimed to study sex-related differences in temporal trends in short- and long-term mortality from 1985 to 2008 in patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction...

..We studied the possible interaction between ACE-inhibitor therapy in patients with hypertension and the ACE I/D polymorphism in incident heart failure and death...

..In conclusion, ventricular systolic and diastolic dysfunction is present in asymptomatic individuals. Selected established cardiovascular risk factors are associated with structural, systolic and diastolic parameters...

..To evaluate the survival and prognostic implications of cardiovascular, inflammatory and prothrombotic risk factors in young patients with premature coronary heart disease (CHD)...

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..0 (95% confidence interval 2.1 to 31.3). CONCLUSIONS: Abnormal QTc prolongation on the electrocardiogram should be viewed as an independent risk factor for sudden cardiac death...

..The aim was to investigate the 7-year clinical outcomes of patients treated with either drug-eluting stents (DES) or bare-metal stents (BMS) for saphenous vein graft disease (SVG)...

..44; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.12-1.86 per minor allele). We confirmed the association between rs1063857 and CVD risk. Our data show that common variants in the VWF gene are associated with VWF levels and with the risk for CVD...

..This study sought to examine whether the cardioprotective effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor therapy by perindopril are modified by renal function in patients with stable coronary artery disease...

..CONCLUSIONS: C-reactive protein is strongly and independently associated with occurrence of heart failure in men. In women, the association is weaker and does not persist after accounting for established cardiovascular risk factors...

..To examine the association between unrecognised myocardial infarction (MI) as detected by electrocardiography and the long-term risk of heart failure...

..Thus, still there is a need for the development of effective smoking cessation programmes...

..To determine the prevalence, incidence rate, lifetime risk and prognosis of heart failure...

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..However, data on the predictive value of echocardiographic characteristics in the general population remain relatively scarce...

..In all, detailed description of cardiac outcome definitions enhances the possibility to make comparisons with other studies in the field of cardiovascular research and may increase the strength of collaborations...

..25 to 0.51). In conclusion, presence and severity of anemia is an important predictor of higher in-hospital and long-term mortality after ACS. In addition, since the 1980s in-hospital outcome of patients with ACS and anemia has improved...

..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...

..Furthermore, in our study, genetic variability in STX2 is associated with the risk of arterial thrombosis. However, at this point, the underlying mechanism remains unclear...

..To study temporal trends in short- and long-term outcome after myocardial infarction (MI) according to diabetes status...

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..Assessment of this biomarker in patients with acute dyspnea presenting to the emergency department (ED) may aid diagnostic decision-making, resulting in improved patient care and reduced costs...

..Guidelines stress the importance of risk factor management in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD)...

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..This finding adds to the existing knowledge that psychosocial variables influence morbidity and mortality in cardiac patients...

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..We aim to further familiarize clinicians with the concept of microsimulation and to inform them about the modeling process...

..This points to an important contribution of hypofibrinolysis to the burden of arterial thrombosis...

..CONCLUSIONS: Rose questionnaire angina pectoris is strongly associated with the amount of coronary calcification. Rose questionnaire angina pectoris corresponds better with the amount of coronary calcification in men than in women...

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..To review the recent evidence of the effectiveness of statin therapy in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in men and women without established cardiovascular disease (CVD)...

..To investigate the prognostic importance of new small Q waves following an acute coronary syndrome...

..Data on the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying CAD indicate direct vascular protection with perindopril. This helps explain why perindopril is beneficial in preventing cardiac events in stable CAD patients...

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..We assessed the relation between the ACE I/D polymorphism and the risk of incident heart failure in normotensive and hypertensive subjects...

..Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) has pro-inflammatory properties. We investigated whether Lp-PLA2 activity is associated with heart failure...

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