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Exercise and risk factors associated with metabolic syndrome in older adults by Stewart, Kerry J., Bacher, Anita C., Turner, Katherine, Lim, Jimmy G., Hees, Paul S., Shapiro, Edward P., Tayback, Matthew, Ouyang, Pamela

“…Older people with elevated blood pressure (BP) often have metabolic syndrome, a clustering of central obesity, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, and…”
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MRI assessment of LV relaxation by untwisting rate: a new isovolumic phase measure of tau by Dong, S J, Hees, P S, Siu, C O, Weiss, J L, Shapiro, E P

“…Most noninvasive measures of diastolic function are made during left ventricular (LV) filling and are therefore subject to "pseudonormalization," because…”
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Left ventricular remodeling with age in normal men versus women: Novel insights using three-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging by Hees, Paul S, Fleg, Jerome L, Lakatta, Edward G, Shapiro, Edward P

“…Echocardiographic left ventricular (LV) wall thickness increases with age, suggesting LV hypertrophy. However, autopsy studies have shown no change, or even a…”
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Independent effects of preload, afterload, and contractility on left ventricular torsion by Dong, S J, Hees, P S, Huang, W M, Buffer, Jr, S A, Weiss, J L, Shapiro, E P

“…Shortening of oblique left ventricular (LV) fibers results in torsion. A unique relationship between volume and torsion is therefore expected, and the effects…”
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MRI and echocardiographic assessment of the diastolic dysfunction of normal aging: altered LV pressure decline or load? by Hees, Paul S, Fleg, Jerome L, Dong, Sheng-Jing, Shapiro, Edward P

“…Changes in diastolic indexes during normal aging, including reduced early filling velocity (E), lengthened E deceleration time (DT), augmented late filling…”
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Exercise effects on bone mineral density relationships to changes in fitness and fatness by Stewart, Kerry J, Bacher, Anita C, Hees, Paul S, Tayback, Matthew, Ouyang, Pamela, Jan de Beur, Suzanne

“…Weight loss typically reduces bone mineral density (BMD). Exercise may preserve or increase BMD even while reducing fatness. We examined the relationships…”
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Effects of Normal Aging on Left Ventricular Lusitropic, Inotropic, and Chronotropic Responses to Dobutamine by Hees, Paul S., Fleg, Jerome L., Mirza, Zulfiqar A., Ahmed, Sujood, Siu, Cynthia O., Shapiro, Edward P.

“…Effects of Normal Aging on Left Ventricular Lusitropic, Inotropic, and Chronotropic Responses to Dobutamine Paul S. Hees, Jerome L. Fleg, Zulfiqar A. Mirza,…”
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Noninvasive measurement of shortening in the fiber and cross-fiber directions in the normal human left ventricle and in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy by MACGOWAN, G. A, SHAPIRO, E. P, AZHARI, H, SIU, C. O, HEES, P. S, HUTCHINS, G. M, WEISS, J. L, RADEMAKERS, F. E

“…Studies in anesthetized dogs have shown that myocardial fibers shorten approximately 8%. However, in the endocardium, shortening occurs to a much greater…”
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A Self-Sampling Method to Obtain Large Volumes of Undiluted Cervicovaginal Secretions by BOSKEY, ELIZABETH R., MOENCH, THOMAS R., HEES, PAUL S., CONE, RICHARD A.

“…Background: Studies of vaginal physiology and pathophysiology sometime require larger volumes of undiluted cervicovaginal secretions than can be obtained by…”
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Effect of exercise on blood pressure in older persons: a randomized controlled trial by Stewart, Kerry J, Bacher, Anita C, Turner, Katherine L, Fleg, Jerome L, Hees, Paul S, Shapiro, Edward P, Tayback, Matthew, Ouyang, Pamela

“…Because of age-related differences in the cause of hypertension, it is uncertain whether current exercise guidelines for reducing blood pressure (BP) are…”
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Peripheral endothelium-dependent flow-mediated vasodilatation is associated with left ventricular mass in older persons with hypertension by Sung, Jidong, Ouyang, Pamela, Bacher, Anita C., Turner, Katherine L., DeRegis, Jamie R., Hees, Paul S., Silber, Harry A., Shapiro, Edward P., Stewart, Kerry J.

“…Background Increased left ventricular (LV) mass is associated with greater cardiovascular disease risk. Recent studies have also shown an association of…”
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Relationships of insulin sensitivity with fatness and fitness and in older men and women by Ouyang, Pamela, Sung, Jidong, Kelemen, Mark D, Hees, Paul S, DeRegis, James R, Turner, Katherine L, Bacher, Anita C, Stewart, Kerry J

“…Increased body fatness, especially abdominal obesity, and low levels of fitness are associated with decreased insulin sensitivity. Men and women differ in…”
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Older women with mild hypertension have higher left ventricular mass than men after adjustment for lean body mass by Sung, Jidong, Bacher, Anita C., Turner, Katherine L., DeRegis, Jamie R., Hees, Paul S., Shapiro, Edward P., Stewart, Kerry J.

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Effects of GH and/or Sex Steroid Administration on Abdominal Subcutaneous and Visceral Fat in Healthy Aged Women and Men by Münzer, Thomas, Harman, S. Mitchell, Hees, Paul, Shapiro, Ed, Christmas, Colleen, Bellantoni, Michele F., Stevens, Thomas E., O’Connor, Kieran G., Pabst, Katherine M., St. Clair, Carol, Sorkin, John D., Blackman, Marc R.

“…Aging is associated with reduced GH, IGF-I, and sex steroid axis activity and with increased abdominal fat. We employed a randomized, double-masked,…”
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Cardiac rhythm after the Mustard operation for complete transposition of the great arteries by Flinn, C J, Wolff, G S, Dick, 2nd, M, Campbell, R M, Borkat, G, Casta, A, Hordof, A, Hougen, T J, Kavey, R E, Kugler, J

“…The Mustard operation corrects the effects of congenital transposition of the great arteries by creating an intraarterial baffle to direct pulmonary venous…”
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A new perfluorocarbon for use in fluorine-19 magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy by Sotak, C H, Hees, P S, Huang, H N, Hung, M H, Krespan, C G, Raynolds, S

“…A new perfluorocarbon, PTBD (perfluoro-2,2,2',2'-tetramethyl-4,4'-bis(1,3-dioxolane)), is described for use in 19F MR imaging and spectroscopy. Two-thirds of…”
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Usefulness of anthropometrics and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry for estimating abdominal obesity measured by magnetic resonance imaging in older men and women by Stewart, Kerry J, DeRegis, James R, Turner, Katherine L, Bacher, Anita C, Sung, Jidong, Hees, Paul S, Shapiro, Edward P, Tayback, Matthew, Ouyang, Pamela

“…Increasing evidence suggests that abdominal obesity may be a better predictor of disease risk than total fatness. This study sought to determine how obesity…”
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Effects of GH and/or sex steroid administration on abdominal subcutaneous and visceral fat in healthy aged women and men by MÜNZER, Thomas, HARMAN, S. Mitchell, SORKIN, John D, BLACKMAN, Marc R, HEES, Paul, SHAPIRO, E. D, CHRISTMAS, Colleen, BELLANTONI, Michele F, STEVENS, Thomas E, O'CONNOR, Kieran G, PABST, Katherine M, CLAIR, Carol St

“…Aging is associated with reduced GH, IGF-I, and sex steroid axis activity and with increased abdominal fat. We employed a randomized, double-masked,…”
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Abstract 1958: Age Related Changes in Left Atrial Hemodynamics in Normal Adults by Hees, Paul S, Resar, Jon R, Ringel, Richard, Shapiro, Edward P

“…Abstract only INTRODUCTION A marked shift in LV filling from early to late diastole occurs with normal aging and is often ascribed to changes in LV relaxation…”
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Exercise Effects on Bone Mineral Density by Stewart, Kerry J., Bacher, Anita C., Hees, Paul S., Tayback, Matthew, Ouyang, Pamela, Jan de Beur, Suzanne

“…Weight loss typically reduces bone mineral density (BMD). Exercise may preserve or increase BMD even while reducing fatness. We examined the relationships…”
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