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In patients with end-stage heart failure (NYHA class III or IV, LVEF <35%, QRS duration >120 ms, LBBB), the dyssynchrony of the left ventricle is the most important predictor of clinical benefit. The dyssynchrony of the left ventricle…
An upfront RBCT aiming at low-normal Hb levels will ameliorate anemia-caused tumor hypoxia-related resistance to chemotherapy before the start of chemotherapy and may decrease secondary anemia-induced endogenous release of cytokines like VEGF,…
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Tumor response from erlotinib and bevacizumab as first line treatment in advanced NSCLC will result in “non-progressive disease” within 6 weeks in more than 50% of patients.
There are predictive markers of treatment response (or non-response) at baseline or during early beginning of treatment?
In patients presenting with chest pain complaints and an intermediate risk of coronary artery disease, Multi-Slice Computed Tomography (MSCT) will have a higher specificity as compared to myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI). Accordingly, MSCT may…
1. Comprehensive geriatric assessment has no benefits in selecting patients fit for chemotherapeutic treatment, compared to clinical judgement by the medical oncologist; 2. Observational report of the functional outcome of treating ovarian carcinoma…
Speech understanding with a speech processor fitted using the parametric fitting procedure and the recipient's own fine-tuning is as good as with a conventional fitting. The parametric fitting is more patient friendly and less time-consuming.
1. Welke rokers hebben baat bij welke transmurale “stoppen-met- roken- interventiestrategie”?; 2. Wat zijn de effecten van de verschillende “stoppen-met- roken- interventiestrategieën”?
One tailored letter on smoking cessation will lead to more quit attempts at follow-up.
Hypothesis: The implementation of microarray diagnostics is feasible in general practice in community hospitals.
Patients with high scores on anxiety and neuroticism will experience a lower Quality of Life after breast conserving therapy compared to modified radical mastectomy.
About 6% of the population between 3 and 79 years suffers each year of a B.pertussis infection, also pregnant women. These women are a source of infection for their newborn babies.
5-Aminosalicylates influence the metabolism of thiopurines leading to higher levels of the pharmacological end-metabolite 6-thioguaninenucleotides.
Rivastigmine is as effective in the treatment of delirium as Haloperidol.
Serum testosterone levels in men will be related to basic cognitive functions, such as mental processing speed and cognitive control.
Rivastigmine is as effective as haloperidol in the treatment of a delirium.
Short course cyclophosphamide followed by mycophenolate mofetil will reduce renal relapses to 33% (vs 10% in patients treated with long-course cyclophosphamide).
The helical geometry of this vascular access prosthesis reduces flow stagnation and low shear stress at the venous anastomosis resulting in diminished neointimal hyperplasia.