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Comparison of impedance cardiography with invasive hemodynamic measurements in patients with heart failure secondary to ischemic or nonischemic cardiomyopathyMark H Drazner
Heart Failure Research Unit, Donald W. Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwest Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9034, USA
Am J Cardiol 89:993-5. 2002- Low voltage on the electrocardiogram is a marker of disease severity and a risk factor for adverse outcomes in patients with heart failure due to systolic dysfunctionSandeep A Kamath
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9047, USA
Am Heart J 152:355-61. 2006..These associations persisted in multivariable analyses adjusting for important confounders. CONCLUSIONS: Low ECG voltage is a marker of the severity of HF and is a risk factor for adverse outcomes in patients with systolic HF at 1 year... 
The association between plasma caspase-3, atherosclerosis, and vascular function in the Dallas Heart StudySusan Matulevicius
Donald W Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
Apoptosis 13:1281-9. 2008..Caspase-3, an apoptosis protease, is expressed in atherosclerotic plaques. We examined the relationship between plasma caspase-3 levels, aortic compliance, and atherosclerosis...
Correlation of impedance cardiography with invasive hemodynamic measurements in patients with advanced heart failure: the BioImpedance CardioGraphy (BIG) substudy of the Evaluation Study of Congestive Heart Failure and Pulmonary Artery Catheterization EffSandeep A Kamath
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390 9047, USA
Am Heart J 158:217-23. 2009..The utility of ICG in patients hospitalized with heart failure is uncertain...- Successful use of the TandemHeart percutaneous ventricular assist device as a bridge to recovery for acute cellular rejection in a cardiac transplant patientM Velez-Martinez
Department of Cardiology UTSW, Dallas, Texas 75390 9047, USA
Transplant Proc 43:3882-4. 2011..To our knowledge, this is one of the first reported cases in which the TandemHeart pVAD served as a successful device for support during acute cardiac transplant rejection... - Relationship of right- to left-sided ventricular filling pressures in advanced heart failure: insights from the ESCAPE trialMark H Drazner
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390 9047, USA
Circ Heart Fail 6:264-70. 2013..The basis of this variability in the RAP/PCWP ratio, and whether it conveys prognostic value, is not known... - Value of clinician assessment of hemodynamics in advanced heart failure: the ESCAPE trialMark H Drazner
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390 9047, USA
Circ Heart Fail 1:170-7. 2008..The role of the H&P in medical decision making has declined in favor of diagnostic tests, perhaps due to lack of evidence for utility... - Increased left ventricular mass is a risk factor for the development of a depressed left ventricular ejection fraction within five years: the Cardiovascular Health StudyMark H Drazner
Heart Failure Research Unit, Donald W Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 43:2207-15. 2004..Our aim in this study was to determine whether increased left ventricular mass (LVM) is a risk factor for the development of a reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF)... - Prognostic importance of elevated jugular venous pressure and a third heart sound in patients with heart failureM H Drazner
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75390 9034, USA
N Engl J Med 345:574-81. 2001..The independent prognostic value of elevated jugular venous pressure or a third heart sound in patients with heart failure is not well established... - Relationship of right- and left-sided filling pressures in patients with advanced heart failure: a 14-year multi-institutional analysisMark H Drazner
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390 9047, USA
J Heart Lung Transplant 31:67-72. 2012..We also sought to determine whether the RAP to PCWP relationship impacts post-transplant mortality... - Left ventricular hypertrophy is more prevalent in blacks than whites in the general population: the Dallas Heart StudyMark H Drazner
Donald W Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
Hypertension 46:124-9. 2005..The ethnic differences in left ventricular mass are independent of differences in body composition... - Third heart sound and elevated jugular venous pressure as markers of the subsequent development of heart failure in patients with asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunctionMark H Drazner
Heart Failure Research Unit, Donald W Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
Am J Med 114:431-7. 2003..To determine the independent prognostic value of a third heart sound (S(3)) and elevated jugular venous pressure in patients with asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction... - The relationship of right- and left-sided filling pressures in patients with heart failure and a preserved ejection fractionMark H Drazner
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Tex 75390 9047, USA
Circ Heart Fail 3:202-6. 2010..Although right-sided filling pressures often mirror left-sided filling pressures in systolic heart failure, it is not known whether a similar relationship exists in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction... - Association of cystatin C with left ventricular structure and function: the Dallas Heart StudyParag C Patel
Division of Cardiology, Donald W Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390 9047, USA
Circ Heart Fail 2:98-104. 2009..We tested the hypothesis that cystatin C is associated with preclinical cardiac structural and functional abnormalities in a younger population-based sample... - Association of Health Aging and Body Composition (ABC) Heart Failure score with cardiac structural and functional abnormalities in young individualsSachin Gupta
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, 75390 9047, USA
Am Heart J 159:817-24. 2010..We tested whether this risk score is associated with subclinical phenotypes of heart failure in a younger population... - Relation of coronary atherosclerosis determined by electron beam computed tomography and plasma levels of n-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide in a multiethnic population-based sample (the Dallas Heart Study)Shuaib M Abdullah
Donald W. Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
Am J Cardiol 96:1284-9. 2005..In conclusion, these findings support the hypothesis that coronary atherosclerosis may directly influence the activation of the cardiac neurohormonal system... - The impact of race on response to RAAS inhibitionThomas W Wallace
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
Curr Heart Fail Rep 2:72-7. 2005..In aggregate, the available data suggest that ACE inhibitors should remain a cornerstone of therapy for heart failure with a reduced ejection fraction in white patients and black patients... - Left ventricular hypertrophy, subclinical atherosclerosis, and inflammationSameer K Mehta
Donald W Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center and Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390 9047, USA
Hypertension 49:1385-91. 2007..These data likely explain in part why individuals with LVH are at increased risk for myocardial infarction... - Prognostic impact of diabetes mellitus in patients with heart failure according to the etiology of left ventricular systolic dysfunctionD L Dries
D W Reynolds Cardiovascular Research Center, Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas 75309, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 38:421-8. 2001..We sought to determine the relative impact of diabetes mellitus on prognosis in ischemic compared with nonischemic cardiomyopathy... - Women have higher left ventricular ejection fractions than men independent of differences in left ventricular volume: the Dallas Heart StudyAnne K Chung
Donald W. Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9047, USA
Circulation 113:1597-604. 2006..A low LVEF was defined as below 61% in women and below 55% in men. CONCLUSIONS: Women have a higher LVEF than men in the general population, secondary to a higher stroke volume for a given EDV independent of known potential confounders... - Impact of body mass and body composition on circulating levels of natriuretic peptides: results from the Dallas Heart StudySandeep R Das
Donald W Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
Circulation 112:2163-8. 2005.... - Blacks and whites have a similar prevalence of reduced left ventricular ejection fraction in the general population: the Dallas Heart Study (DHS)David W Markham
Donald W Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390 9047, USA
Am Heart J 155:876-82. 2008..Because of the higher prevalence of risk factors for heart failure in blacks, including hypertension, obesity, and LV hypertrophy, we hypothesized that LV dysfunction would also be more common in this ethnic group... - Association between renal function and circulating levels of natriuretic peptides (from the Dallas Heart Study)Sandeep R Das
Donald W Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
Am J Cardiol 102:1394-8. 2008..With eGFR <90 ml/min/1.73 m(2), both NT-pro-BNP and BNP were inversely and independently associated with renal function, with a greater magnitude of association with renal impairment noted for NT-pro-BNP... - Screening the population for left ventricular hypertrophy and left ventricular systolic dysfunction using natriuretic peptides: results from the Dallas Heart StudyJames A de Lemos
Donald W Reynolds Cardiovascular Research Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390 9047, USA
Am Heart J 157:746-53.e2. 2009..We performed a comprehensive evaluation of the screening performance of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and N-terminal pro-BNP (NT-proBNP) for LVSD or LVH... - A 4-tiered classification of left ventricular hypertrophy based on left ventricular geometry: the Dallas heart studyMichel G Khouri
Donald W Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center and Divisions of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390 9047, USA
Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 3:164-71. 2010..We propose a 4-tiered LVH classification based on LV concentricity(0.67) (mass/end-diastolic volume(0.67)) and indexed LV end-diastolic volume (EDV)... - Concentric left ventricular hypertrophy as assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and risk of death in cardiac transplant recipientsParag C Patel
Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA
J Heart Lung Transplant 29:1369-79. 2010..We determined whether increased LV mass and concentricity (mass/volume) were associated with death in patients after HTx... - Randomized comparison of the effects of rosiglitazone vs. placebo on peak integrated cardiovascular performance, cardiac structure, and functionDarren K McGuire
Cardiovascular Division, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5909 Harry Hines Blvd, Room HA9 133, Dallas, TX 75235 9047, USA
Eur Heart J 31:2262-70. 2010..To assess the effect of rosiglitazone on cardiovascular performance and cardiac function... - Association of troponin T detected with a highly sensitive assay and cardiac structure and mortality risk in the general populationJames A de Lemos
Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5909 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390 9047, USA
JAMA 304:2503-12. 2010.... - Relation of lower hematocrit to progression from asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction to symptomatic heart failure (from the Studies of Left Ventricular Dysfunction Prevention trial)Sandeep R Das
Donald W Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
Am J Cardiol 96:827-31. 2005..37 to 2.34), first HF hospitalization (HR 2.35, 95% CI 1.52 to 3.62), and death or the development of HF symptoms (HR 1.60, 95% CI 1.28 to 1.99) compared with patients in the highest hematocrit quartile (hematocrit > 46%)... - Efficacy of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition in reducing progression from asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction to symptomatic heart failure in black and white patientsDaniel L Dries
Heart Failure Research Group, Cardiology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390 9034, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 40:311-7. 2002..This study was undertaken to determine whether enalapril had comparable efficacy in black and white patients with asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction (ALVD) in preventing the development of symptomatic heart failure (HF)... - Racial response to angiotensin-converting enzyme therapy in systolic heart failureDaniel J Dries
Donald W Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Room H8 116, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
Congest Heart Fail 10:30-3. 2004..Race is an inadequate model to explain the observed differences. Careful translational research focusing on genetic patterns of disease may help resolve these outstanding questions... - B-type natriuretic peptide in cardiovascular diseaseJames A de Lemos
Donald W Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center and Department of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390 9047, USA
Lancet 362:316-22. 2003.... - Health insurance as a requirement to undergo cardiac transplantation: a national survey of transplant program practicesJ T Thibodeau
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
Transplant Proc 45:360-3. 2013..We sought to determine the policies of adult cardiac transplant programs nationwide regarding insurance requirements for evaluation and listing for cardiac transplantation... - Characteristics and outcomes in African American patients with decompensated heart failureSandeep A Kamath
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
Arch Intern Med 168:1152-8. 2008..Therefore, we assessed race-related differences in presentation, treatment, in-patient experiences, and short-term mortality due to ADHF before and after accounting for known covariates... - Left ventricular hypertrophy, aortic wall thickness, and lifetime predicted risk of cardiovascular disease:the Dallas Heart StudySachin Gupta
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 3:605-13. 2010.... - High-sodium food choices by southern, urban African Americans with heart failureUsha K Kollipara
Parkland Memorial Hospital, and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
J Card Fail 12:144-8. 2006..Several of these foods were not commonly consumed by whites, emphasizing the need to be sensitive to ethnic differences in dietary habits when educating patients about sodium intake... - Systolic time ratio by impedance cardiography to distinguish preserved vs impaired left ventricular systolic function in heart failureBrenda Thompson
Cardiovascular Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390 9200, USA
Congest Heart Fail 14:261-5. 2008..50 demonstrated 93% sensitivity and 85% specificity. STR was able to distinguish intact (>50%) from impaired EF (< or =50%). STR by ICG has the potential to be a reliable method to monitor ventricular function in chronic HF... - The prognostic value of the physical examination in patients with chronic heart failureJ Eduardo Rame
Heart Failure Research Unit, Donald W. Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9047, USA
Congest Heart Fail 9:170-5, 178. 2003..The authors believe that additional studies assessing the prognostic value of the physical examination should be conducted and, if favorable, likely would lead to a renewed interest in the physical examination... - Corin gene minor allele defined by 2 missense mutations is common in blacks and associated with high blood pressure and hypertensionDaniel L Dries
Donald W Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Division of Cardiology, University of Texas at Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA
Circulation 112:2403-10. 2005..The natriuretic peptide system contributes to blood pressure regulation. Atrial and brain natriuretic peptides are cleaved into smaller biologically active molecules by corin, a transmembrane serine protease expressed in cardiomyocytes... - Increased prevalence of concentric left ventricular hypertrophy in African-Americans: will an epidemic of heart failure follow?Sandeep Kamath
Donald W Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center and Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
Heart Fail Rev 11:271-7. 2006..Given the large burden of LVH among African-Americans, such data are needed to estimate the expected burden and type of heart failure which will occur in the future in this population... - Outcomes after emergency department discharge with a primary diagnosis of heart failureJ E Rame
Donald W. Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9034, USA
Am Heart J 142:714-9. 2001..Increased respiratory rate on presentation to the ED may be associated with adverse outcomes after ED discharge for CHF... - Cardiomyopathy in type 2 diabetes: update on pathophysiological mechanismsJustin Saunders
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75235 9047, USA
Herz 33:184-90. 2008..Continued investigation into these mechanistic connections is necessary to better understand the pathophysiology and ideally inform the pursuit of novel therapeutic targets and strategies to intervene on the HF associated with DM... - Therapy of heart failure in African Americans: lessons from an urban public hospitalSameer K Mehta
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390-9047, USA
Congest Heart Fail 10:40-3. 2004..Studies of this high-risk population of heart failure patients may offer insights that lead to improved outcomes both in the urban setting and elsewhere... - Effects of diabetes mellitus and ischemic heart disease on the progression from asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction to symptomatic heart failure: a retrospective analysis from the Studies of Left Ventricular Dysfunction (SOLVD) Prevention trialSandeep R Das
Donald W. Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Tex, USA
Am Heart J 148:883-8. 2004.... - Corin I555(P568) allele is associated with enhanced cardiac hypertrophic response to increased systemic afterloadJ Eduardo Rame
Division of Cardiology, University of California San Francisco, USA
Hypertension 49:857-64. 2007..These data suggest that the corin I555(P568) allele represents a cardiac hypertrophy-sensitizing genetic locus in systemic hypertension... - Prevalence and determinants of troponin T elevation in the general populationThomas W Wallace
Donald W. Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9047, USA
Circulation 113:1958-65. 2006..01 microg/L. Even minimally increased cTnT may represent subclinical cardiac injury and have important clinical implications, a hypothesis that should be tested in longitudinal outcome studies... - Tailored therapy using dobutamine and nitroglycerin in advanced heart failureM H Drazner
Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235 9047, USA
Am J Cardiol 84:941-3, A7. 1999..In the 23 patients who were weaned from inodilator therapy, significant improvements in hemodynamic parameters and a low 90-day hospital readmission rate were documented... - Beta-blocker therapy in patients with heart failure in the urban setting: moving beyond clinical trialsJerry D Estep
Heart Failure Research Unit, Dallas, Tex, USA
Am Heart J 148:958-63. 2004..Easily measurable characteristics such as lower systolic blood pressure and higher diuretic dose may assist primary care physicians in triaging patients for referral to cardiologists for beta-blocker initiation... - Utility of routine immunofluorescence staining for C4d in cardiac transplant recipientsSachin Gupta
Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390 9047, USA
J Heart Lung Transplant 28:776-80. 2009..However, data are limited regarding the utility of routine staining for C4d in clinical care... - Does load-induced ventricular hypertrophy progress to systolic heart failure?Kambeez Berenji
Div of Cardiology, Dept of Internal Medicine, Univ of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390 9047, USA
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 289:H8-H16. 2005..In this review, we summarize findings from epidemiologic studies, preclinical experiments in animals, and clinical trials to lay out what is known-and not known-about this important question... - Potential contributing factors to noncompliance with dietary sodium restriction in patients with heart failureJennifer B Neily
Parkland Memorial Hospital, Donald W. Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, Dallas, Tex, USA
Am Heart J 143:29-33. 2002..Directed education focusing on sodium intake corrected many of these deficiencies... - Newer biomarkers in heart failureSachin Gupta
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
Heart Fail Clin 5:579-88. 2009..Much additional study is needed to determine how these biomarkers will fit into diagnostic and treatment algorithms for patients who have heart failure... - Health insurance and cardiac transplantation: a call for reformLouise P King
Donald W. Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9047, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 45:1388-91. 2005..We call for a government-sponsored, multidisciplinary task force to address this situation in hopes of remedying the inequities in the present system of organ allocation... - Fulminant myocarditisSachin Gupta
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390 8573, USA
Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med 5:693-706. 2008..The epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, methods of diagnosis, management options and prognosis of fulminant myocarditis are reviewed in detail... - Induction therapy with basiliximab allows delayed initiation of cyclosporine and preserves renal function after cardiac transplantationPaul B Rosenberg
Heart and Lung Transplant Program, St Paul University Hospital, Dallas, Texas, USA
J Heart Lung Transplant 24:1327-31. 2005.... - High incidence of cytomegalovirus disease in D+/R- heart transplant recipients shortly after completion of 3 months of valganciclovir prophylaxisSachin Gupta
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390 9047, USA
J Heart Lung Transplant 27:536-9. 2008..Recipients with D(+)/R(-) CMV serostatus often receive prophylaxis with valganciclovir, but the optimal duration of such therapy after heart transplant is unknown... - Utility of the Cylex assay in cardiac transplant recipientsSachin Gupta
Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
J Heart Lung Transplant 27:817-22. 2008..Therefore, we sought to determine the utility of the Cylex assay in assessing the risk of infection or rejection in cardiac transplant recipients... - Left ventricular hypertrophy is more common in black than white hypertensives: is this news?Mark H Drazner
Hypertension 43:1160-1. 2004 - Influence of race on death and ischemic complications in patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes despite modern, protocol-guided treatmentMarc S Sabatine
TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Mass 02115
Circulation 111:1217-24. 2005..Whether the disparate outcomes exist independently of potential biases in treatment patterns remains unclear... - Alpha2cDel322-325 and beta1Arg389 adrenergic polymorphisms are not associated with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction or increased left ventricular volumeRussell M Canham
J Am Coll Cardiol 49:274-6. 2007 - Development of a depressed left ventricular ejection fraction in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy and a normal ejection fractionJ Eduardo Rame
Cardiovascular Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Am J Cardiol 93:234-7. 2004..Risk factors for this outcome included a history of coronary artery disease, pulmonary edema seen on a chest x-ray, or a subsequent myocardial infarction... - Plasma osteoprotegerin levels in the general population: relation to indices of left ventricular structure and functionTorbjørn Omland
Akershus University Hospital, Lorenskog, Norway
Hypertension 49:1392-8. 2007..These findings are compatible with the theory that osteoprotegerin may play a pathophysiological role in the development of left ventricular hypertrophy and systolic dysfunction... - Assessing prognosis in heart failure: is hepatocyte growth factor the next B-type natriuretic peptide?Jason N Katz
Am Heart J 150:1-3. 2005 - The transition from hypertrophy to failure: how certain are we?Mark H Drazner
Circulation 112:936-8. 2005 - Unexpected BNP levels in patients with advanced heart failure: a tale of caution and promiseMark H Drazner
Am Heart J 149:187-9. 2005 - A risk score for predicting death in Chagas' heart diseaseSandeep A Kamath
N Engl J Med 355:2489; author reply 2490-1. 2006 - Left ventricular geometry: does shape matter?Supriya Sehgal
Am Heart J 153:153-5. 2007 - Will the lessons from primary aldosteronism change the treatment of hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy?Richard J Auchus
Hypertension 50:837-9. 2007