Benny Drieghe

TL;DR: Generally accepted QRA and CDUS-derived indices of RAS severity overestimate the actual severity of R AS, which is likely the main cause of the disappointing results of renal angioplasty for renovascular hypertension.

TL;DR: Echocardiography remains a candidate first step in screening for PAH in an unselected systemic sclerosis population and the cost-effectiveness of screening using the DETECT algorithm and the 2009 European Society of Cardiology/European Respiratory Society guidelines is compared.

TL;DR: The purpose of this study was to quantify the reduction in patient radiation dose during coronary angiography by a new X‐ray technology, and to assess its impact on diagnostic image quality.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors performed office and 24-hour ambulatory BP recordings in 38 subjects who fulfilled the Holmes criteria for CFS and in 38 healthy control subjects (age 35.6 +/- 10.5 years), as well as short-term beat-to-beat BP and RR-interval recordings for 10 min in supine and standing position, and calculated spectral indices.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared the positive predictive value of screening using the DETECT algorithm and the 2009 European Society of Cardiology/European Respiratory Society (ESC/ERS) guidelines, and to compare their cost-effectiveness in an unselected, day-to-day SSc population.