William J Kostis

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Affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Relationships between selected gene polymorphisms and blood pressure sensitivity to weight loss in elderly persons with hypertension
    William J Kostis
    Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    Hypertension 61:857-63. 2013
  2. ncbi Meta-analysis of statin effects in women versus men
    William J Kostis
    Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    J Am Coll Cardiol 59:572-82. 2012
  3. ncbi Age-neutral guidelines for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease
    William J Kostis
    Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 02114, USA
    J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 11:644-5. 2009
  4. ncbi Persistence of mortality reduction after the end of randomized therapy in clinical trials of blood pressure-lowering medications
    William J Kostis
    Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    Hypertension 56:1060-8. 2010
  5. ncbi Acute myocardial infarction caused by multivessel coronary spasm due to calcium channel blocker withdrawal
    William J Kostis
    Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
    Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 78:229-33. 2011
  6. ncbi Continuation of mortality reduction after the end of randomized therapy in clinical trials of lipid-lowering therapy
    William J Kostis
    Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital 55 Fruit St, GRB 800, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    J Clin Lipidol 5:97-104. 2011
  7. ncbi Trends in mortality of acute myocardial infarction after discharge from the hospital
    William J Kostis
    Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
    Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 3:581-9. 2010
  8. ncbi Fiber architecture in remodeled myocardium revealed with a quantitative diffusion CMR tractography framework and histological validation
    Choukri Mekkaoui
    Athinoula A, Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Boston, MA, USA
    J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 14:70. 2012

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Publications8

  1. ncbi Relationships between selected gene polymorphisms and blood pressure sensitivity to weight loss in elderly persons with hypertension
    William J Kostis
    Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    Hypertension 61:857-63. 2013
    ..Polymorphisms related to hypertension, obesity, and diabetes mellitus are associated with weight sensitivity of BP...
  2. ncbi Meta-analysis of statin effects in women versus men
    William J Kostis
    Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    J Am Coll Cardiol 59:572-82. 2012
    ..The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of statins in decreasing cardiovascular events in women and men...
  3. ncbi Age-neutral guidelines for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease
    William J Kostis
    Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 02114, USA
    J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 11:644-5. 2009
    ..Generic medications can be obtained at an affordable cost, and concerns about long-term safety and efficacy can be tested in a clinical trial of younger individuals at low 10-year risk but high lifetime risk...
  4. ncbi Persistence of mortality reduction after the end of randomized therapy in clinical trials of blood pressure-lowering medications
    William J Kostis
    Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    Hypertension 56:1060-8. 2010
    ..These analyses imply that earlier intervention would result in better clinical outcomes...
  5. ncbi Acute myocardial infarction caused by multivessel coronary spasm due to calcium channel blocker withdrawal
    William J Kostis
    Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
    Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 78:229-33. 2011
    ..We present the case of a 47-year-old woman who sustained an acute myocardial infarction mediated by multivessel coronary vasospasm secondary to verapamil withdrawal and the associated interventional management...
  6. ncbi Continuation of mortality reduction after the end of randomized therapy in clinical trials of lipid-lowering therapy
    William J Kostis
    Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital 55 Fruit St, GRB 800, Boston, MA 02114, USA
    J Clin Lipidol 5:97-104. 2011
    ..Long-term follow-up of clinical trials with lipid-lowering medications has suggested a continuation of event reduction after study completion...
  7. ncbi Trends in mortality of acute myocardial infarction after discharge from the hospital
    William J Kostis
    Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
    Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 3:581-9. 2010
    ..In recent decades, in-hospital mortality has declined markedly but the decline in longer-term mortality is less pronounced, implying that mortality after discharge has worsened...
  8. ncbi Fiber architecture in remodeled myocardium revealed with a quantitative diffusion CMR tractography framework and histological validation
    Choukri Mekkaoui
    Athinoula A, Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Boston, MA, USA
    J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 14:70. 2012
    ..The aim of this study was therefore to develop a technique for quantitative 3D diffusion CMR tractography of the heart, and to apply this method to quantify fiber architecture in the remote zone of remodeled hearts...