Publications by authors named "Marc C den Heijer"
Objectives: Existing knowledge on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after surgical removal of sinonasal inverted papilloma (IP) is limited. Moreover, predictors for a better or worse post-operative HRQoL outcome are not known. Our aim was to assess HRQoL in all three health domains (physical, psychological, and social), track its post-operative trajectory, investigate if pre-operative observations could predict distinct post-operative HRQoL outcomes, and evaluate whether physicians' interventions could contribute to improved post-operative HRQoL.
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- There are tools to check how health affects the quality of life for people with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), but most don't cover all important areas like physical, social, and psychological health.
- The Endoscopic Endonasal Sinus and Skull Base Surgery Questionnaire (EES-Q) is one tool that does assess all these areas.
- This study found that people with CRS had much lower quality of life scores compared to healthy individuals, showing that the EES-Q can help understand the impacts of CRS better.
Left ventricular remodelling patterns after MitraClip implantation in patients with severe mitral valve regurgitation: mechanistic insights and prognostic implications.
Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging
March 2019
Aims: The effect of MitraClip implantation on left ventricular (LV) remodelling has been shown to be highly variable. The present study wants to assess patterns of LV remodelling and its relationship with outcome.
Methods And Results: Serial echocardiography before, 1 and 6 months after MitraClip implantation was performed in 79 pts with severe mitral regurgitation (MR) (age 74 ± 10 years, New York Heart Association III/IV 80%, LV ejection fraction 38 ± 13%, logistic EuroSCORE 21 ± 15, and functional MR 81%).