Wouter de Ruijter

Clinical relevance of a raised plasma N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide level in a population-based cohort of nonagenarians (2009)

De Ruijter, Wouter, Westendorp, Rudi G J, Gussekloo, Jacobijn

OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether plasma N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) remains a specific marker of cardiac illness in very old age and can be used to identify very elderly...

The accuracy of plasma natriuretic peptide levels for diagnosis of cardiac dysfunction and chronic heart failure in community-dwelling elderly: a systematic review (2009)

Vaes, Bert, De Ruijter, Wouter, Gussekloo, Jacobijn, Degryse, Jan

Background: measurement of plasma natriuretic peptide levels has been proposed as a simple, accessible test to assist the diagnosis of cardiac dysfunction and heart failure. Most studies have been...

The Accuracy of Plasma Natriuretic Peptide Levels for Diagnosis of Cardiac dysfunction and ChronicHeart Failure in Community-Dwelling Elderly: a Systematic Review (2008)

De Ruijter, Wouter, Gussekloo, Jacobijn

Use of Framingham risk score and new biomarkers to predict cardiovascular mortality in older people: population based observational cohort study

De Ruijter, Wouter, Westendorp, Rudi G J, Assendelft, Willem J J, Le Cessie, Saskia, ...

Objectives To investigate the performance of classic risk factors, and of some new biomarkers, in predicting cardiovascular mortality in very old people from the general population with no history of...