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Changes in brain natriuretic peptide and norepinephrine over time and mortality and morbidity in the Valsartan Heart Failure trial (Val-HeFT) by ANAND, Inder S, FISHER, Lloyd D, CHIANG, Yann-Tong, LATINI, Roberto, MASSON, Serge, MAGGIONI, Aldo P, GLAZER, Robert D, TOGNONI, Gianni, COHN, Jay N

“…Neurohormones are considered markers of heart failure progression. We examined whether changes in brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and norepinephrine (NE) over…”
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Simvastatin and Niacin, Antioxidant Vitamins, or the Combination for the Prevention of Coronary Disease by Brown, B. Greg, Zhao, Xue-Qiao, Chait, Alan, Fisher, Lloyd D, Cheung, Marian C, Morse, Josh S, Dowdy, Alice A, Marino, Emily K, Bolson, Edward L, Alaupovic, Petar, Frohlich, Jiri, Serafini, Leny, Huss-Frechette, Ellen, Wang, Shari, DeAngelis, Debbie, Dodek, Arthur, Albers, John J

“…Patients with coronary disease and low high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels are at risk for coronary events. This study found that a combination…”
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Comparative reliability and validity of chronic pain intensity measures by Jensen, M P, Turner, J A, Romano, J M, Fisher, L D

“…Reliable and valid measures of pain are essential for conducting research on chronic pain. The purpose of this longitudinal study was to compare the…”
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Time-dependent covariates in the Cox proportional-hazards regression model by Fisher, L D, Lin, D Y

“…The Cox proportional-hazards regression model has achieved widespread use in the analysis of time-to-event data with censoring and covariates. The covariates…”
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Inequities in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccination Rates Among Adolescents in Massachusetts: A Cross-sectional Study by Gao, David X, Fisher, Lloyd D, Miller, Donald R, Geller, Alan C

“…Abstract Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has disproportionately affected more socioeconomically disadvantaged persons and areas. We…”
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Sa2072 General Pediatricians and Management of Patients With GERD: Low Expectations for Endoscopy by Candela, Ninfa, Fisher, Lloyd D, Germain, Gregory S, Lightdale, Jenifer R, Porto, Anthony F

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Internal thoracic artery grafts for the entire heart at a mean of 12 years by Sauvage, Lester R, Rosenfeld, Joshua G, Roby, Paul V, Gartman, David M, Hammond, William P, Fisher, Lloyd D

“…There is consensus today that the long-term results of bypassing the left anterior descending artery with an internal thoracic artery (ITA) graft are superior…”
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Secondary cancers after bone marrow transplantation for leukemia or aplastic anemia by Witherspoon, R P, Fisher, L D, Schoch, G, Martin, P, Sullivan, K M, Sanders, J, Deeg, H J, Doney, K, Thomas, D, Storb, R

“…To determine the incidence of secondary cancers after bone marrow transplantation, we reviewed the records of all patients at our center who received…”
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Improving Rates of Influenza Vaccination Through Electronic Health Record Portal Messages, Interactive Voice Recognition Calls and Patient-Enabled Electronic Health Record Updates: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Cutrona, Sarah L, Sreedhara, Meera, Goff, Sarah L, Fisher, Lloyd D, Preusse, Peggy, Jackson, Madeline, Sundaresan, Devi, Garber, Lawrence D, Mazor, Kathleen M

“…Clinical decision support (CDS), including computerized reminders for providers and patients, can improve health outcomes. CDS promoting influenza vaccination,…”
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Myocardial infarction in young adults: Angiographic characterization, risk factors and prognosis (coronary artery surgery study registry) by Zimmerman, Franklin H., Cameron, Airlie, Fisher, Lloyd D., Grace, Ng

“…This study examined the angiographic characteristics, coronary risk factors and prognosis in young men and women with a history of myocardial infarction…”
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Assessment of Pain During Medical Procedures: A Comparison of Three Scales by Jensen, Mark P, Miller, Leslie, Fisher, Lloyd D

“…OBJECTIVE:Pain assessment is crucial to pain research. Knowledge about the strengths and weaknesses of pain measures is important to the continued advancement…”
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Active-control trials: How would a new agent compare with placebo? A method illustrated with clopidogrel, aspirin, and placebo by Fisher, Lloyd D., Gent, Michael, Büller, Harry R.

“…Background In an active-control trial with a new treatment and a comparator that has placebo-controlled trials, how might the effect of the new therapy versus…”
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Radiolabeled-Antibody Therapy of B-Cell Lymphoma with Autologous Bone Marrow Support by Press, Oliver W, Eary, Janet F, Appelbaum, Frederick R, Martin, Paul J, Badger, Christopher C, Nelp, Wil B, Glenn, Stephan, Butchko, Greg, Fisher, Darrell, Fisher, Lloyd D, Porter, Bruce, Matthews, Dana C, Bernstein, Irwin D

“…Treatment with anthracycline-based chemotherapy regimens results in complete remission in 50 to 90 percent of patients with intermediate and high-grade…”
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Regression of Coronary Artery Disease as a Result of Intensive Lipid-Lowering Therapy in Men with High Levels of Apolipoprotein B by Brown, Greg, Albers, John J, Fisher, Lloyd D, Schaefer, Susan M, Lin, Jiin-Tarng, Kaplan, Cheryl, Zhao, Xue-Qiao, Bisson, Brad D, Fitzpatrick, Virginia F, Dodge, Harold T

“…FOR several decades, clinical trials have addressed the question of whether treatment of hyperlipidemia reduces the associated risk of cardiovascular events. 1…”
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A prospective study of work perceptions and psychosocial factors affecting the report of back injury by Bigos, S J, Battié, M C, Spengler, D M, Fisher, L D, Fordyce, W E, Hansson, T H, Nachemson, A L, Wortley, M D

“…A longitudinal, prospective study was conducted on 3,020 aircraft employees to identify risk factors for reporting acute back pain at work. The premorbid data…”
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Prognosis in primary biliary cirrhosis: model for decision making by Dickson, E R, Grambsch, P M, Fleming, T R, Fisher, L D, Langworthy, A

“…The ideal mathematical model for predicting survival for individual patients with primary biliary cirrhosis should be based on a small number of inexpensive,…”
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Primary sclerosing cholangitis: natural history, prognostic factors and survival analysis by Wiesner, R H, Grambsch, P M, Dickson, E R, Ludwig, J, MacCarty, R L, Hunter, E B, Fleming, T R, Fisher, L D, Beaver, S J, LaRusso, N F

“…The natural history of primary sclerosing cholangitis was assessed in 174 patients; 37 were asymptomatic and 137 had symptoms related to underlying liver…”
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Inequities in COVID-19 vaccination rates among adolescents in Massachusetts: a cross-sectional study by Gao, David X, Fisher, Lloyd D, Miller, Donald R, Geller, Alan C

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected more socioeconomically disadvantaged persons and areas. We sought to determine how certain…”
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Self‐Designing Two‐Stage Trials to Minimize Expected Costs by Thach, Chau T., Fisher, Lloyd D.

“…In the design of clinical trials, the sample size for the trial is traditionally calculated from estimates of parameters of interest, such as the mean…”
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Advances in clinical trials in the twentieth century by Fisher, L D

“…This article considers the rise of the randomized clinical trial during the twentieth century. Before such development could begin, probability and statistics…”
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