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1 Atherosclerosis, apolipoprotein E, and prevalence of dementia and Alzheimer's disease in the Rotterdam Study. Lancet 1997 5.04
2 Cardiovascular mortality in Dutch men during 1996 European football championship: longitudinal population study. BMJ 2001 4.87
3 Association between arterial stiffness and atherosclerosis: the Rotterdam Study. Stroke 2001 3.99
4 Cerebral white matter lesions, vascular risk factors, and cognitive function in a population-based study: the Rotterdam Study. Neurology 1994 3.75
5 J-shaped relation between blood pressure and stroke in treated hypertensives. Hypertension 1999 3.51
6 Peripheral arterial disease in the elderly: The Rotterdam Study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 1998 3.37
7 Is carotid intima-media thickness useful in cardiovascular disease risk assessment? The Rotterdam Study. Stroke 2001 2.49
8 Comparison between measures of atherosclerosis and risk of stroke: the Rotterdam Study. Stroke 2003 2.31
9 Carotid intima-media thickness at different sites: relation to incident myocardial infarction; The Rotterdam Study. Eur Heart J 2002 2.22
10 Incidence, risk, and case fatality of first ever stroke in the elderly population. The Rotterdam Study. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2003 2.18
11 Carotid artery intima-media thickness as an indicator of generalized atherosclerosis. J Intern Med 1994 2.03
12 Age-related macular degeneration is associated with atherosclerosis. The Rotterdam Study. Am J Epidemiol 1995 2.02
13 Risk factors for vascular disease and dementia. Haemostasis 1999 1.77
14 Common carotid intima-media thickness and arterial stiffness: indicators of cardiovascular risk in high-risk patients. The SMART Study (Second Manifestations of ARTerial disease). Circulation 1999 1.69
15 Carotid plaques increase the risk of stroke and subtypes of cerebral infarction in asymptomatic elderly: the Rotterdam study. Circulation 2002 1.66
16 Detection of intestinal drug containers by ultrasound scanning: an airport screening tool? Eur Radiol 2002 1.65
17 Nationwide incidence of first stroke and TIA in the Netherlands. Eur J Neurol 2008 1.59
18 [Trends in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the Netherlands, 1980-2000]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 2004 1.53
19 Prediction of cerebral hyperperfusion after carotid endarterectomy with transcranial Doppler. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2012 1.53
20 The Dutch hospital standardised mortality ratio (HSMR) method and cardiac surgery: benchmarking in a national cohort using hospital administration data versus a clinical database. Heart 2013 1.51
21 Associations of C-reactive protein with measures of obesity, insulin resistance, and subclinical atherosclerosis in healthy, middle-aged women. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 1999 1.51
22 Awareness of hypertension: will it bring about a healthy lifestyle? J Hum Hypertens 2010 1.48
23 Reduced response to activated protein C is associated with increased risk for cerebrovascular disease. Ann Intern Med 1996 1.48
24 Hormone replacement therapy and intima-media thickness of the common carotid artery: the Rotterdam study. Stroke 1999 1.46
25 Unrecognised myocardial infarction in subjects at high vascular risk: prevalence and determinants. Heart 2009 1.45
26 Coronary heart disease mortality trends in the Netherlands 1972-2007. Heart 2011 1.42
27 Heart disease in the Netherlands: a quantitative update. Neth Heart J 2014 1.40
28 [Moderate alcohol consumption may be recommended for the prevention of heart attacks]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 2007 1.39
29 Carotid atherosclerosis and cerebral white matter lesions in a population based magnetic resonance imaging study. J Neurol 2000 1.32
30 Total homocysteine and cognitive decline in a community-based sample of elderly subjects: the Rotterdam Study. Am J Epidemiol 1999 1.32
31 Parity and carotid artery atherosclerosis in elderly women: The Rotterdam Study. Stroke 2001 1.27
32 Soluble intercellular adhesion molecule 1 and flow-mediated dilatation are related to the estimated risk of coronary heart disease independently from each other. Atherosclerosis 2003 1.23
33 A high menaquinone intake reduces the incidence of coronary heart disease. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2009 1.21
34 Replacement of dietary saturated fatty acids by trans fatty acids lowers serum HDL cholesterol and impairs endothelial function in healthy men and women. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2001 1.21
35 Endogenous hormones and carotid atherosclerosis in elderly men. Am J Epidemiol 2003 1.17
36 Prospective study on dietary intakes of folate, betaine, and choline and cardiovascular disease risk in women. Eur J Clin Nutr 2007 1.15
37 Change in body mass index from adolescence to young adulthood and increased carotid intima-media thickness at 28 years of age: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Young Adults study. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 2003 1.15
38 Awareness, treatment and control of hypertension: the 'rule of halves' in an era of risk-based treatment of hypertension. J Hum Hypertens 2006 1.14
39 Stroke incidence and case fatality in southern Greece: the Arcadia stroke registry. Stroke 1999 1.13
40 A population-based study of the associations of stroke occurrence with weather parameters in Siberia, Russia (1982-92). Eur J Neurol 2000 1.10
41 Prognosis of stroke in the south of Greece: 1 year mortality, functional outcome and its determinants: the Arcadia Stroke Registry. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2000 1.06
42 Use of maternal care in a rural area of Zimbabwe: a population-based study. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 1999 1.05
43 The effect of APOE on dementia is not through atherosclerosis: the Rotterdam Study. Neurology 1999 1.05
44 Vitamin K status and bone mass in women with and without aortic atherosclerosis: a population-based study. Calcif Tissue Int 1996 1.03
45 Birth size and coronary heart disease risk score in young adulthood. The Atherosclerosis Risk in Young Adults (ARYA) study. Eur J Epidemiol 2006 1.01
46 Increased arterial stiffness is independently related to cerebrovascular disease and aneurysms of the abdominal aorta: the Second Manifestations of Arterial Disease (SMART) Study. Stroke 2004 1.01
47 Apolipoprotein E genotype, atherosclerosis, and cognitive decline: the Rotterdam Study. J Neural Transm Suppl 1998 0.99
48 Rationale and design of the Measuring Athlete's Risk of Cardiovascular events (MARC) study : The role of coronary CT in the cardiovascular evaluation of middle-aged sportsmen. Neth Heart J 2015 0.96
49 Variables of the insulin resistance syndrome are associated with reduced arterial distensibility in healthy non-diabetic middle-aged women. Diabetologia 2000 0.96
50 Rationale and design of the extracranial carotid artery aneurysm registry. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 2015 0.96
51 Vascular risk factors, atherosclerosis, cerebral white matter lesions and cerebral perfusion in a population-based study. Eur J Nucl Med 1996 0.96
52 Gender differences in mortality after hospital admission for stroke. Cerebrovasc Dis 2009 0.95
53 Incidence and risk factors of ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke in Europe. EUROSTROKE: A collaborative study among research centres in Europe: rationale and design. Neuroepidemiology 1996 0.95
54 Increased age, high body mass index and low HDL-C levels are related to an echolucent carotid intima-media: the METEOR study. J Intern Med 2012 0.94
55 Erectile dysfunction in primary care: prevalence and patient characteristics. The ENIGMA study. Int J Impot Res 2004 0.94
56 Menopausal status and distensibility of the common carotid artery. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 1999 0.94
57 Manual or semi-automated edge detection of the maximal far wall common carotid intima-media thickness: a direct comparison. J Intern Med 2011 0.93
58 Short- and long-term mortality after acute myocardial infarction: comparison of patients with and without diabetes mellitus. Eur J Epidemiol 2007 0.93
59 Insulin treatment and cardiovascular disease; friend or foe? A point of view. Diabet Med 2005 0.93
60 Elevated plasma fibrinogen: cause or consequence of cardiovascular disease? Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 1998 0.93
61 Aortic stiffness and carotid intima-media thickness: two independent markers of subclinical vascular damage in young adults? Eur J Clin Invest 2003 0.92
62 Near-infrared spectroscopy can predict the onset of cerebral hyperperfusion syndrome after carotid endarterectomy. Cerebrovasc Dis 2012 0.92
63 Decline in incidence of hospitalisation for acute myocardial infarction in the Netherlands from 1995 to 2000. Heart 2005 0.92
64 Endogenous sex hormones and C-reactive protein in healthy postmenopausal women. J Intern Med 2008 0.91
65 Common carotid intima-media thickness does not add to Framingham risk score in individuals with diabetes mellitus: the USE-IMT initiative. Diabetologia 2013 0.91
66 Rationale and design of the CAREFUL study : The yield of CARdiogenetic scrEening in First degree relatives of sudden cardiac and UnexpLained death victims <45 years. Neth Heart J 2010 0.90
67 Trans monounsaturated fatty acids and saturated fatty acids have similar effects on postprandial flow-mediated vasodilation. Eur J Clin Nutr 2002 0.90
68 C-reactive protein and aortic stiffness and wave reflection in middle-aged and elderly men from the community. J Hum Hypertens 2007 0.89
69 Tissue plasminogen activator and risk of myocardial infarction. The Rotterdam Study. Circulation 1997 0.89
70 Nurse practitioners improve quality of care in chronic kidney disease: two-year results of a randomised study. Neth J Med 2011 0.88
71 Regional cerebral blood flow and cerebrovascular risk factors in the elderly population. Neurobiol Aging 1998 0.88
72 [Prevalence of chronic diseases in the elderly; the ERGO study (Erasmus Rotterdam Health and the Elderly)]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 1995 0.88
73 C-reactive protein lowering with rosuvastatin in the METEOR study. J Intern Med 2010 0.88
74 Evaluation of off-line automated intima-media thickness detection of the common carotid artery based on M-line signal processing. Ultrasound Med Biol 1999 0.86
75 Risk of death after first admission for cardiovascular diseases by country of birth in The Netherlands: a nationwide record-linked retrospective cohort study. Heart 2009 0.86
76 Hormone replacement therapy and endothelial function. Results of a randomized controlled trial in healthy postmenopausal women. Atherosclerosis 2001 0.86
77 Seasonal variation in fibrinogen in the Rotterdam Study. Thromb Haemost 1997 0.86
78 A meta-analysis of excess cardiac mortality on Monday. Eur J Epidemiol 2005 0.86
79 Apolipoprotein E and carotid artery atherosclerosis: the Rotterdam study. Stroke 2001 0.86
80 Circulating homocysteine and large arterial stiffness and thickness in a population-based sample of middle-aged and elderly men. J Hum Hypertens 2007 0.86
81 Impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes mellitus in a rural population in south India. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 1994 0.86
82 The effect of hormone replacement therapy on arterial distensibility and compliance in perimenopausal women: a 2-year randomised trial. Atherosclerosis 2000 0.85
83 The validity of national hospital discharge register data on dementia: a comparative analysis using clinical data from a university medical centre. Neth J Med 2015 0.85
84 Radiation-induced carotid stenotic lesions have a more stable phenotype than de novo atherosclerotic plaques. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2012 0.85
85 Repeated thromboembolic and bleeding events after mechanical aortic valve replacement. Ann Thorac Surg 2001 0.84
86 Determinants of augmentation index in young men: the ARYA study. Eur J Clin Invest 2004 0.84
87 Vitamin K intake and osteocalcin levels in women with and without aortic atherosclerosis: a population-based study. Atherosclerosis 1995 0.84
88 T64A polymorphism in beta3-adrenergic receptor gene (ADRB3) and coronary heart disease: a case-cohort study and meta-analysis. J Intern Med 2008 0.84
89 [Coronary heart disease in the elderly; the ERGO study (Erasmus Rotterdam Health and the Elderly)]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 1995 0.84
90 The value of near-infrared spectroscopy measured cerebral oximetry during carotid endarterectomy in perioperative stroke prevention. A review. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2009 0.84
91 Common carotid intima-media thickness in patients with peripheral arterial disease or abdominal aortic aneurysm: the SMART study. Second Manifestations of ARTerial disease. Atherosclerosis 1999 0.83
92 Excess cardiac mortality on Monday: the importance of gender, age and hospitalisation. Eur J Epidemiol 2005 0.83
93 Risk factors for uterine rupture during a vaginal birth after one previous caesarean section: a case-control study. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2010 0.83
94 The prevalence of bother, acceptance, and need for help in men with erectile dysfunction. J Sex Med 2005 0.82
95 Functional bowel symptoms in a general Dutch population and associations with common stimulants. Neth J Med 2001 0.82
96 Prediction of stroke in the general population in Europe (EUROSTROKE): Is there a role for fibrinogen and electrocardiography? J Epidemiol Community Health 2002 0.82
97 Physical activity and cardiovascular risk factors in rural Shanghai, China. Int J Epidemiol 1994 0.82
98 Left ventricular hypertrophy: a shift in paradigm. Curr Med Chem 2007 0.82
99 Fibrinolytic activity in peripheral atherosclerosis in the elderly. Thromb Haemost 1999 0.81
100 Is chronic fatigue syndrome a connective tissue disorder? A cross-sectional study in adolescents. Pediatrics 2005 0.81
101 Incidence of first acute myocardial infarction in the Netherlands. Neth J Med 2007 0.81
102 Early mitral valve repair versus watchful waiting in patients with severe asymptomatic organic mitral regurgitation; rationale and design of the Dutch AMR trial, a multicenter, randomised trial. Neth Heart J 2012 0.81
103 Activation products of the haemostatic system in coronary, cerebrovascular and peripheral arterial disease. Thromb Haemost 2001 0.81
104 Inter-scan reproducibility of coronary calcium measurement using Multi Detector-Row Computed Tomography (MDCT). Eur J Epidemiol 2007 0.81
105 Long-term survival after initial hospital admission for peripheral arterial disease in the lower extremities. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2009 0.81
106 Hormone replacement therapy in perimenopausal women and 2-year change of carotid intima-media thickness. Maturitas 1999 0.81
107 Stroke incidence and mortality in rural and urban Shanghai from 1984 through 1991. Findings from a community-based registry. Stroke 1994 0.80
108 Contribution of cardiorespiratory fitness, relative to traditional cardiovascular disease risk factors, to common carotid intima-media thickness. J Intern Med 2014 0.80
109 Hemoglobin and atherosclerosis in patients with manifest arterial disease. The SMART-study. Atherosclerosis 2006 0.80
110 Incompleteness of the circle of Willis is related to EEG-based shunting during carotid endarterectomy. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2013 0.80
111 Ultrasound protocols to measure carotid intima-media thickness: a post-hoc analysis of the OPAL study. Curr Med Res Opin 2009 0.80
112 Incidence of acute myocardial infarction in first and second generation minority groups: does the second generation converge towards the majority population? Int J Cardiol 2013 0.80
113 Simultaneous aortic and coronary assessment in abdominal aortic aneurysm patients by thoraco-abdominal 64-detector-row CT angiography: estimate of the impact on preoperative management: a pilot study. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2010 0.80
114 Safety and long-term effects of renal denervation: Rationale and design of the Dutch registry. Neth J Med 2016 0.79
115 Impact of various questionnaires on the prevalence of erectile dysfunction. The ENIGMA-study. Int J Impot Res 2004 0.79
116 Plasma fibrinogen in NIDDM: the Rotterdam study. Diabetes Care 1996 0.79
117 Lipoprotein (a) is associated with endothelial function in healthy postmenopausal women. Atherosclerosis 2000 0.79
118 Hospital specific factors affect quality of blood pressure treatment in chronic kidney disease. Neth J Med 2011 0.79
119 Incidence of first acute myocardial infarction over time specific for age, sex, and country of birth. Neth J Med 2014 0.79
120 Multi Detector-Row Computed Tomography (MDCT) had excellent reproducibility of coronary calcium measurements. J Clin Epidemiol 2008 0.78
121 Flow-mediated vasodilation is not impaired when HDL-cholesterol is lowered by substituting carbohydrates for monounsaturated fat. Br J Nutr 2001 0.78
122 Effect of hormone replacement therapy on lipids in perimenopausal and early postmenopausal women. Maturitas 2001 0.78
123 Number of perifoveal vessels in aging, hypertension, and atherosclerosis: the Rotterdam Study. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1998 0.78
124 Effect of timing of blood pressure measurement in the assessment of arterial stiffness: the SMART Study. Ultrasound Med Biol 1998 0.77
125 Alcohol and arterial wave reflections in middle aged and elderly men. Eur J Clin Invest 2005 0.77
126 Rationale and design of the SMART Heart study: A prediction model for left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertension. Neth Heart J 2007 0.77
127 Antithrombin and atherosclerosis in the Rotterdam Study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 1996 0.77
128 Near-infrared spectroscopy to indicate selective shunt use during carotid endarterectomy. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2013 0.77
129 Treatment with hormone replacement therapy lowers remnant lipoprotein particles in healthy postmenopausal women: results from a randomized trial. Eur J Clin Invest 2003 0.77
130 Quality of life and NYHA class 30 years after mechanical aortic valve replacement. Cardiovasc Surg 2003 0.77
131 EUROPA substudies, confirmation of pathophysiological concepts. European trial on reduction of cardiac events with perindopril in stable coronary artery disease. Eur Heart J 1998 0.76
132 Socioeconomic inequalities in acute myocardial infarction incidence in migrant groups: has the epidemic arrived? analysis of nation-wide data. Heart 2013 0.76
133 The effect of renal denervation on kidney oxygenation as determined by BOLD MRI in patients with hypertension. Eur Radiol 2015 0.76
134 Aspirin use and risk of stroke in the elderly: the Rotterdam Study. Neuroepidemiology 2001 0.76
135 Regional differences in incidence of sudden cardiac death in the young. Neth J Med 2010 0.75
136 Use of intermediate cardiovascular endpoints in intervention studies: not as easy as it seems? Neth J Med 2004 0.75
137 [Cardiovascular risk factors. I. Review of possible causes of heart and vascular diseases]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 2002 0.75
138 The Atherosclerosis Risk in Young Adults (ARYA) study: rationale and design. Eur J Epidemiol 2003 0.75
139 The Eurostroke Project. J Epidemiol Community Health 2002 0.75
140 A national survey on the decision-making process of dialysis initiation in elderly patients. Neth J Med 2015 0.75
141 [Does the incidence of heart infarct decrease together with the mortality?]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 1990 0.75
142 [New study evaluating online haemodiafiltration for the reduction of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing chronic haemodialysis]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 2006 0.75
143 [Stroke in the elderly: prevalence and frequency of hospitalization; the ERGO study (Erasmus Rotterdam Health and the Elderly). The ERGO research group]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 1996 0.75
144 [Prediction of cardiovascular disease on the basis of blood pressure measurements more reliable with systolic than with diastolic measurement]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 2003 0.75
145 [OP.7D.07] INFLUENCE OF RENAL SYMPATHETIC DENERVATION ON BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY: EXPERIENCE AT 11 EUROPEAN EXPERT CENTERS. J Hypertens 2016 0.75
146 Atherosclerosis and physical functioning in older men, a longitudinal study. J Nutr Health Aging 2013 0.75
147 [Renal denervation as treatment option for hypertension]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 2016 0.75
148 Risk factors for exercise-related acute cardiac events. A case-control study. Br J Sports Med 2009 0.75
149 Myocardial adipose tissue in healthy postmenopausal women: no relations with vascular risk. Eur J Clin Invest 2008 0.75
150 The Dutch Vascular Factors in Dementia Study: rationale and design. J Neurol 1998 0.75
151 Low plasma HDL-c, a vascular risk factor in high risk patients independent of LDL-c. Eur J Clin Invest 2009 0.75