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Jaap W. Deckers
Researcher at Erasmus University Rotterdam
Publications - 273
Citations - 39450
Jaap W. Deckers is an academic researcher from Erasmus University Rotterdam. The author has contributed to research in topics: Myocardial infarction & Heart failure. The author has an hindex of 68, co-authored 268 publications receiving 37766 citations. Previous affiliations of Jaap W. Deckers include European Society of Cardiology & Hannover Medical School.
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Prolonged QTc interval and risk of sudden cardiac death in a population of older adults
Sabine M. J. M. Straus,Jan A. Kors,Marie L. De Bruin,Cornelis S. van der Hooft,Albert Hofman,Jan Heeringa,Jaap W. Deckers,J. Herre Kingma,Miriam C. J. M. Sturkenboom,Bruno H. Stricker,Jacqueline C.M. Witteman +10 more
TL;DR: Abnormal QTc prolongation on the electrocardiogram should be viewed as an independent risk factor for sudden cardiac death.
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Guidelines on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infective endocarditis executive summary; the task force on infective endocarditis of the European society of cardiology.
Dieter Horstkotte,Ferenc Follath,Erno Gutschik,Maria Lengyel,Ali Oto,Alain Pavie,Jordi Soler-Soler,Gaetano Thiene,Alexander von Graevenitz,Silvia G. Priori,Maria Angeles Alonso Garcia,Jean-Jacques Blanc,Andrzej Budaj,Martin R. Cowie,Veronica Dean,Jaap W. Deckers,Enrique Fernandez Burgos,John Lekakis,Bertil Lindahl,Gianfranco Mazzotta,João Morais,Otto A. Smiseth,Alec Vahanian,François Delahaye,Alexander Parkhomenko,Gerasimos Filipatos,Jan Aldershvile,Panos E. Vardas +27 more
TL;DR: It is therefore of great importance that guidelines and recommendations are presented in formats that are easily interpreted, and their implementation programmes must also be well conducted.
Prevalence of heart failure and left ventricular dysfunction in the general population
Arend Mosterd,Arno W. Hoes,M. C. de Bruyne,Jaap W. Deckers,David T. Linker,A. Hofman,D. E. Grobbee +6 more
TL;DR: In the Rotterdam Study as mentioned in this paper, the authors determined the prevalence of heart failure and symptomatic as well as asymptomatic left ventricular systolic dysfunction in the general population by assessment of symptoms and signs (shortness of breath, ankle oedema and pulmonary crepitations).
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Prevalence of heart failure and left ventricular dysfunction in the general population; The Rotterdam Study.
Arend Mosterd,Arno W. Hoes,M. C. de Bruyne,Jaap W. Deckers,David T. Linker,A. Hofman,D. E. Grobbee +6 more
TL;DR: The prevalence of heart failure is appreciable and does not differ between men and women, and the majority of persons with left ventricular systolic dysfunction can be regarded as having asymptomatic left Ventricular syStolic dysfunction.
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Retardation of angiographic progression of coronary artery disease by nifedipine
P. R. Lichtlen,Wolfgang Rafflenbeul,Hartmut Hecker,Stefan Jost,Paul G. Hugenholtz,Jaap W. Deckers +5 more
TL;DR: In patients with mild CAD nifedipine substantially suppresses disease progression as shown by the appearance of new lesions detectable by quantitative coronary arteriography.