W Whang

Summary

Affiliation: Columbia University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Women, but not men, have prolonged QT interval if depressed after an acute coronary syndrome
    William Whang
    Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Europace 14:267-71. 2012
  2. ncbi A new transform for the analysis of complex fractionated atrial electrograms
    Edward J Ciaccio
    Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Columbia University, USA
    Biomed Eng Online 10:35. 2011
  3. ncbi Depression and risk of sudden cardiac death and coronary heart disease in women: results from the Nurses' Health Study
    William Whang
    Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center, 180 Fort Washington Avenue, New York, NY 10032, USA
    J Am Coll Cardiol 53:950-8. 2009
  4. ncbi Diabetes and outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft surgery in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction: results from The CABG Patch Trial database. The CABG Patch Trial Investigators and Coordinators
    W Whang
    Department of Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University, New York, USA
    J Am Coll Cardiol 36:1166-72. 2000
  5. ncbi Mechanisms of death in the CABG Patch trial: a randomized trial of implantable cardiac defibrillator prophylaxis in patients at high risk of death after coronary artery bypass graft surgery
    J T Bigger
    Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    Circulation 99:1416-21. 1999
  6. ncbi Risk stratification for coronary bypass surgery in patients with left ventricular dysfunction: analysis of the coronary artery bypass grafting patch trial database
    M Argenziano
    Department of Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
    Circulation 100:II119-24. 1999
  7. ncbi Bayesian estimation of cost-effectiveness ratios from clinical trials
    D F Heitjan
    Division of Biostatistics, International Center for Health Outcomes and Innovation Research, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Health Econ 8:191-201. 1999
  8. ncbi Benefits and costs of screening Ashkenazi Jewish women for BRCA1 and BRCA2
    V R Grann
    School of Public Health, and Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    J Clin Oncol 17:494-500. 1999
  9. ncbi Problems with interval estimates of the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio
    D F Heitjan
    Division of Biostatistics, International Center for Health Outcomes and Innovation Research, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
    Med Decis Making 19:9-15. 1999
  10. ncbi Cost-effectiveness of vaccination against pneumococcal bacteremia among elderly people
    J E Sisk
    Columbia University School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA
    JAMA 278:1333-9. 1997

Detail Information

Publications11

  1. ncbi Women, but not men, have prolonged QT interval if depressed after an acute coronary syndrome
    William Whang
    Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Europace 14:267-71. 2012
    ..Depression is a mortality risk marker for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients. We hypothesized that the QT interval, a predictor for risk of sudden cardiac death, was related to depressive symptoms in ACS...
  2. ncbi A new transform for the analysis of complex fractionated atrial electrograms
    Edward J Ciaccio
    Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Columbia University, USA
    Biomed Eng Online 10:35. 2011
    ..Identification of these generators using efficient methods of representation and comparison would be useful for targeting catheter ablation sites to prevent arrhythmia reinduction...
  3. ncbi Depression and risk of sudden cardiac death and coronary heart disease in women: results from the Nurses' Health Study
    William Whang
    Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Medical Center, 180 Fort Washington Avenue, New York, NY 10032, USA
    J Am Coll Cardiol 53:950-8. 2009
    ..We assessed the association between depression and sudden cardiac death (SCD) and cardiac events among individuals without baseline coronary heart disease (CHD)...
  4. ncbi Diabetes and outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft surgery in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction: results from The CABG Patch Trial database. The CABG Patch Trial Investigators and Coordinators
    W Whang
    Department of Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University, New York, USA
    J Am Coll Cardiol 36:1166-72. 2000
    ..We examined the relationship between diabetes mellitus and outcomes after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery in patients with severe left ventricular (LV) dysfunction...
  5. ncbi Mechanisms of death in the CABG Patch trial: a randomized trial of implantable cardiac defibrillator prophylaxis in patients at high risk of death after coronary artery bypass graft surgery
    J T Bigger
    Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    Circulation 99:1416-21. 1999
    ....
  6. ncbi Risk stratification for coronary bypass surgery in patients with left ventricular dysfunction: analysis of the coronary artery bypass grafting patch trial database
    M Argenziano
    Department of Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
    Circulation 100:II119-24. 1999
    ..This database was used to investigate the influence of symptomatic congestive heart failure (CHF) and angina on morbidity and mortality in CABG patients with ventricular dysfunction...
  7. ncbi Bayesian estimation of cost-effectiveness ratios from clinical trials
    D F Heitjan
    Division of Biostatistics, International Center for Health Outcomes and Innovation Research, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Health Econ 8:191-201. 1999
    ..We demonstrate the method by re-analysing three previously published clinical trials...
  8. ncbi Benefits and costs of screening Ashkenazi Jewish women for BRCA1 and BRCA2
    V R Grann
    School of Public Health, and Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    J Clin Oncol 17:494-500. 1999
    ..To determine the survival benefit and cost-effectiveness of screening Ashkenazi Jewish women for three specific BRCA1/2 gene mutations...
  9. ncbi Problems with interval estimates of the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio
    D F Heitjan
    Division of Biostatistics, International Center for Health Outcomes and Innovation Research, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
    Med Decis Making 19:9-15. 1999
    ..A modification of the percentile bootstrap confidence interval that involves a reordering of the sample space provides a partial solution of the problem...
  10. ncbi Cost-effectiveness of vaccination against pneumococcal bacteremia among elderly people
    J E Sisk
    Columbia University School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA
    JAMA 278:1333-9. 1997
    ..Clinical, epidemiologic, and policy considerations support updating the cost-effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccination for elderly people and targeting the evaluation only to prevention of pneumococcal bacteremia...
  11. ncbi Decision analysis of prophylactic mastectomy and oophorectomy in BRCA1-positive or BRCA2-positive patients
    V R Grann
    Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center of Columbia University, School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA
    J Clin Oncol 16:979-85. 1998
    ..Many question whether they should have prophylactic surgical procedures, ie, bilateral mastectomy and/or oophorectomy...