Catheter Cardiovasc Interv
January 2025
Heart Centre, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Backgrounds: Post-dilatation after stenting with a non-compliant (NC) balloon can be used to improve overall percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) result. Due to lack of evidence on the effect of post-dilatation on adverse clinical endpoints there is no consensus whether post-dilatation should be used routinely. The aim of the current study was to determine the contemporary practice of post-dilatation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBlood Cancer J
January 2025
Department of Immunology, Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
JACC Cardiovasc Interv
December 2024
Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Cardiovasc Interv Ther
December 2024
Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcentrum Twente, Medisch Spectrum Twente, University of Twente, Koningsplein 1, 7512 KZ, Enschede, The Netherlands.
Patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) may experience bleeding events. Bleeding risk is increased in patients with comorbid peripheral arterial disease (PADs). To evaluate whether PCI patients with PADs have worse outcome after bleeding, we assessed pooled patient-level data of 5,989 randomized all-comer trial participants and identified those who had a bleeding (BIO-RESORT:NCT01674803, BIONYX:NCT02508714).
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December 2024
Department of Anaesthesiology, Maasstad Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Background: Chronic pain is a substantial problem in modern healthcare resulting in health care overutilization. The cumulative incidence of developing chronic pain after visiting the emergency department with acute pain has been determined for specific patient groups only. If the cumulative incidence of chronic pain in emergency department patients with acute pain is high, more proactive measures are justified to limit development of chronic pain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJAMA Neurol
December 2024
Department of Neurology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Importance: Efficient care processes are crucial to minimize treatment delays and improve outcome after endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) in patients with ischemic stroke. A potential means to improve care processes is performance feedback.
Objective: To evaluate the effect of performance feedback to hospitals on treatment times for EVT.
Am Heart J
December 2024
Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Background: Concomitant coronary artery disease (CAD) is highly prevalent in patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). The optimal treatment strategy for CAD is a topic of debate. An initial conservative strategy for CAD in patients undergoing TAVI may be favorable as multiple studies have failed to show an evident beneficial effect of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) on mortality after TAVI.
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December 2024
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Background: Previous spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB) is a strong risk indicator for recurrent preterm birth (PTB). Cervical cerclage is an accepted intervention to prevent recurrent PTB in high risk patients. Cervical pessary might be a less invasive alternative.
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December 2024
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Background And Study Aims: Piecemeal EMR of large (≥20mm) non-pedunculated colorectal polyps (LNPCPs) is succeeded by a 6-month surveillance endoscopy to evaluate the post-EMR scar for recurrence. Data from expert centers suggest that routine tattoo placement and scar biopsies can be omitted, but data from community hospitals are lacking.
Patients And Methods: In a post-hoc analysis of the STAR-LNPCP study (NTR7477), containing prospective data on 6-month post-pEMR scar assessments in 30 Dutch community hospitals (October 2019 to May 2022), the agreement between optical assessment and histological confirmation by routine biopsies was evaluated.
Lancet
December 2025
Hôpital haut Lévêque, Unite Médico Chirurgicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
Background: Patients with severe aortic stenosis present frequently (∼50%) with concomitant obstructive coronary artery disease. Current guidelines recommend combined surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) as the preferred treatment. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and fractional flow reserve (FFR)-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) represent a valid treatment alternative.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Crit Care
February 2025
Radboud University Medical Centre, Department of Intensive Care, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Purpose: Organizational culture is considered a protective factor against burnout among ICU professionals. The aim of this study is to study the association between organizational culture as a potential antecedent to previously found mediating risk factors for burnout, namely, work-life balance and moral distress.
Materials And Methods: Multicenter cross sectional study in eleven Dutch ICUs.
Blood
November 2024
Amsterdam UMC. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Hemasphere
November 2024
Department of Hematology Erasmus MC Cancer Institute Rotterdam The Netherlands.
Front Neurol
October 2024
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Haga Hospital, The Hague, Netherlands.
Introduction: Knowledge of the natural and temporal course of a disease is important when deciding if an intervention is appropriate. In the case of Ménière's disease (MD), there is some evidence that attacks diminish over time, but the topic remains controversial. A conservative approach to surgery is usually followed in northern Europe, and leads to strict patient selection before considering surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRheumatology (Oxford)
November 2024
Department of Rheumatology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Pharmacoecon Open
January 2025
Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcentrum Twente, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Koningsplein 1, 7512 KZ, Enschede, The Netherlands.
Background And Objective: Evidence on health economic outcomes for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) comparing different contemporary drug-eluting stents (DES) with each other is scarce, as most previous randomised DES trials did not assess such aspects. This prespecified health economic evaluation of the Comparison of Biodegradable Polymer and Durable Polymer Drug-Eluting Stents in an All Comers Population (BIO-RESORT) trial aimed to compare at 3-year follow-up both health effects and costs of PCI with one of three new-generation drug-eluting stents (DES) in patients with obstructive coronary artery disease.
Methods: The randomised BIO-RESORT trial assessed in 3514 patients the ultrathin-strut biodegradable polymer Orsiro sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) and very-thin-strut Synergy everolimus-eluting (EES) stent versus the thin-strut durable polymer Resolute Integrity zotarolimus-eluting stent (ZES).
Am Heart J
January 2025
Department of Intensive Care, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Cardiology, Thorax Center, Cardiovascular Institute, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Electronic address:
RMD Open
October 2024
Department of Rheumatology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands.
Objectives: The widespread adoption of wearables, for example, smartphones and smartwatches in the daily lives of the general population, allows passive monitoring of physiological and behavioural data in the real world. This qualitative study explores the perspective of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients towards these so-called digital biomarkers (dBMs).
Methods: As part of a Design Thinking approach, six focus groups were conducted involving 27 PsA patients.
Fertil Steril
October 2024
Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Medical Center, Amalia Children's Hospital, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
J Geriatr Oncol
November 2024
Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands.
JPRAS Open
December 2024
Radboud Peripheral Nerve Centre, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
We present a case study of a 26-year-old male who sustained severe vascular and neurogenic injury during derotational osteotomy of the tibia. Directly postoperatively he complained of a drop foot, but 3 days later presented with an ischemic compartment syndrome of the anterior and lateral compartments. After debridement the osteotomy and metalware were exposed and the patient had a drop foot.
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October 2024
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol
October 2024
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Background & Aims: Chronic hepatitis D (CHD) is the most severe form of chronic viral hepatitis, with a high risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and liver-related mortality. Risk stratification is needed to guide HCC surveillance strategies and to prioritize treatment with antiviral agents.
Methods: We conducted a multicenter retrospective cohort of anti-hepatitis D virus (HDV)-positive individuals managed at sites in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
J Nephrol
September 2024
Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Background: Impaired cognition, poor health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and depressive symptoms are common in older patients with kidney failure. Understanding what influences HRQoL is important, as older patients regard HRQoL as a health priority. This study examines whether cognitive functioning is associated with HRQoL and whether depressive symptoms mediate this effect in older patients with kidney failure.
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November 2024
Department of Radiation Oncology, Netherlands Cancer Institute-Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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