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Cumulative Psychosocial Stress and Ideal Cardiovascular Health in Older Women: Data by Race/Ethnicity by Burroughs Peña, Melissa S, Mbassa, Rachel S, Slopen, Natalie B, Williams, David R, Buring, Julie E, Albert, Michelle A

“…BACKGROUND:Research implicates acute and chronic stressors in racial/ethnic health disparities, but the joint impact of multiple stressors on racial/ethnic…”
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Guidance to Reduce the Cardiovascular Burden of Ambient Air Pollutants: A Policy Statement From the American Heart Association by Kaufman, Joel D., Elkind, Mitchell S.V., Bhatnagar, Aruni, Koehler, Kirsten, Balmes, John R., Sidney, Stephen, Burroughs Peña, Melissa S., Dockery, Douglas W., Hou, Lifang, Brook, Robert D., Laden, Francine, Rajagopalan, Sanjay, Bishop Kendrick, Katherine, Turner, Jay R.

“…In 2010, the American Heart Association published a statement concluding that the existing scientific evidence was consistent with a causal relationship…”
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Financial strain and ideal cardiovascular health in middle-aged and older women: Data from the Women's health study by Cabeza de Baca, Tomás, Burroughs Peña, Melissa S., Slopen, Natalie, Williams, David, Buring, Julie, Albert, Michelle A.

“…Financial strain is a prevalent form of psychosocial stress in the United States; however, information about the relationship between financial strain and…”
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Environmental Exposures and Cardiovascular Disease: A Challenge for Health and Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries by Burroughs Peña, Melissa S, Rollins, Allman

“…Environmental exposures in low- and middle-income countries lie at the intersection of increased economic development and the rising public health burden of…”
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Pulmonary function and adverse cardiovascular outcomes: Can cardiac function explain the link? by Burroughs Peña, Melissa S, Dunning, Allison, Schulte, Phillip J, Durheim, Michael T, Kussin, Peter, Checkley, William, Velazquez, Eric J

“…Abstract Background The complex interaction between pulmonary function, cardiac function and adverse cardiovascular events has only been partially described…”
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Occupational Exposures and Cardiac Structure and Function: ECHO-SOL (Echocardiographic Study of Latinos) by Burroughs Peña, Melissa S, Uwamungu, Jean Claude, Bulka, Catherine M, Swett, Katrina, Perreira, Krista M, Kansal, Mayank M, Loop, Matthew Shane, Hurwitz, Barry E, Daviglus, Martha, Rodriguez, Carlos J

“…Background Our objective was to determine associations of occupational exposures with cardiac structure and function in Hispanic/Latino adults. Methods and…”
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Usefulness for surveillance of hypertension prevalence studies in Latin America and the Caribbean: the past 10 years by Burroughs Peña, Melissa S, Mendes Abdala, Carmen Verônica, Silva, Luis Carlos, Ordúñez, Pedro

“…To compare the usefulness for surveillance of the peer-reviewed literature on the prevalence of hypertension in Latin America and the Caribbean published from…”
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Response by Burroughs Peña et al to Letter Regarding Article, “Cumulative Psychosocial Stress and Ideal Cardiovascular Health in Older Women” by Burroughs Peña, Melissa S, Mbassa, Rachel S, Slopen, Natalie B, Williams, David R, Buring, Julie E, Albert, Michelle A

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Lifestyle Risk Factors and Cardiovascular Disease in Cubans and Cuban Americans by Burroughs Peña, Melissa S., Patel, Dhaval, Rodríguez Leyva, Delfin, Khan, Bobby Varkey, Sperling, Laurence

“…Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality in Cuba. Lifestyle risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) in Cubans have not been compared to…”
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Five Reasons Why Global Health Matters to Cardiologists by Bloomfield, Gerald S., MD, MPH, FACC, FASE, FAHA, Burroughs Peña, Melissa S., MD, MS

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Migration, urbanisation and mortality: 5-year longitudinal analysis of the PERU MIGRANT study by Burroughs Pena, Melissa S, Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio, Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M, Sánchez, Juan F, Quispe, Renato, Pillay, Timesh D, Málaga, Germán, Gilman, Robert H, Smeeth, Liam, Miranda, J Jaime

“…ObjectiveTo compare all-cause and cause-specific mortality among 3 distinct groups: within-country, rural-to-urban migrants, and rural and urban dwellers in a…”
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Sustained Domestic Vector Exposure Is Associated With Increased Chagas Cardiomyopathy Risk but Decreased Parasitemia and Congenital Transmission Risk Among Young Women in Bolivia by Kaplinski, Michelle, Jois, Malasa, Galdos-Cardenas, Gerson, Rendell, Victoria R., Shah, Vishal, Do, Rose Q., Marcus, Rachel, Pena, Melissa S. Burroughs, del Carmen Abastoflor, Maria, LaFuente, Carlos, Bozo, Ricardo, Valencia, Edward, Verastegui, Manuela, Colanzi, Rony, Gilman, Robert H., Bern, Caryn

“…Background. We studied women and their infants to evaluate risk factors for congenital transmission and cardiomyopathy in Trypanosoma cruzi–infected women…”
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Global Cardiovascular Health by Bloomfield, Gerald S, Burroughs Peña, Melissa S

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Environmental Exposures and Cardiovascular Disease by Burroughs Peña, Melissa S., MD, MS, Rollins, Allman, MD

“…Environmental exposures in low- and middle-income countries lie at the intersection of increased economic development and the rising public health burden of…”
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Cardiovascular Disease Research and the Development Agenda in Low- and Middle-Income Countries by Burroughs Pena, Melissa S, Bloomfield, Gerald S

“…Highlights • Cardiovascular disease negatively affects economic and human development in low- and middle-income countries. • Trends in development including…”
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Distribution of Short-Term and Lifetime Predicted Risks of Cardiovascular Diseases in Peruvian Adults by Quispe, Renato, Bazo-Alvarez, Juan Carlos, Burroughs Peña, Melissa S, Poterico, Julio A, Gilman, Robert H, Checkley, William, Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio, Huffman, Mark D, Miranda, J Jaime

“…Short-term risk assessment tools for prediction of cardiovascular disease events are widely recommended in clinical practice and are used largely for single…”
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Personal-Level Protective Actions Against Particulate Matter Air Pollution Exposure: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association by Rajagopalan, Sanjay, Brauer, Michael, Bhatnagar, Aruni, Bhatt, Deepak L., Brook, Jeffrey R., Huang, Wei, Münzel, Thomas, Newby, David, Siegel, Jeffrey, Brook, Robert D.

“…Since the publication of the last American Heart Association scientific statement on air pollution and cardiovascular disease in 2010, unequivocal evidence of…”
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Cumulative Psychosocial Stress and Ideal Cardiovascular Health in Older Women by Burroughs Peña, Melissa S, Mbassa, Rachel S, Slopen, Natalie B, Williams, David R, Buring, Julie E, Albert, Michelle A

“…Research implicates acute and chronic stressors in racial/ethnic health disparities, but the joint impact of multiple stressors on racial/ethnic disparities in…”
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Utilidad de los estudios de prevalencia para la vigilancia de la hipertension en América Latina y el Caribe: los 10 ultimos años by Burroughs Peña, Melissa S, Mendes Abdala, Carmen Verônica, Silva, Luis Carlos, Ordúñez, Pedro

“…Objetivo. Comparar la utilidad para la vigilancia epidemiológica de los artículos sobre prevalencia de hipertensión en América Latina y el Caribe publicados en…”
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Abstract 16683: Reduced Lung Function is Associated With Decreased Ejection Fraction and Decreased Left Ventricular Size in Patients in a Tertiary Care Center by Burroughs Pena, Melissa S, Durheim, Michael, Schulte, Phillip, Kussin, Peter, Checkley, William, Velazquez, Eric J

“…Abstract only Background: Pulmonary disease has been associated with poor cardiovascular outcomes including heart failure; yet, the relationship between…”
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