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Mitral Annular Calcification and the Risk of Stroke in an Elderly Cohort by Benjamin, Emelia J, Plehn, Jonathan F, D'Agostino, Ralph B, Belanger, Albert J, Comai, Kathy, Fuller, Deborah L, Wolf, Philip A, Levy, Daniel

“…CALCIFICATION of the mitral annulus is a noninflammatory chronic degenerative process of the fibrous support structure of the mitral valve. 1 2 3 4 Mitral…”
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Color M-mode Doppler flow propagation velocity is a relatively preload-independent index of left ventricular filling by Garcia, M J, Palac, R T, Malenka, D J, Terrell, P, Plehn, J F

“…Standard Doppler indexes of transmitral filling vary in response to alterations in left ventricular (LV) relaxation or preload. To determine whether color…”
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Is there a relationship between exercise systolic blood pressure response and left ventricular mass? The Framingham Heart Study by Lauer, M S, Levy, D, Anderson, K M, Plehn, J F

“…To assess the association between an exaggerated exercise systolic blood pressure response and the occurrence of left ventricular hypertrophy in healthy,…”
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Improvement in Mitral Regurgitation After Aortic Valve Replacement by Harris, Kevin M, Malenka, David J, Haney, Michael F, Jayne, John E, Hettleman, Bruce, Plehn, Jonathan F, Griffin, Brian P

“…This study sought to determine whether there is a quantitative improvement in mitral regurgitation (MR) after aortic valve replacement (AVR) for aortic…”
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Cardiac failure and sudden death in the Framingham Study by Kannel, W B, Plehn, J F, Cupples, L A

“…Mortality is examined in patients with cardiac failure in the Framingham study of 5209 subjects. During 30 years of follow-up, the incidence of cardiac failure…”
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Reduction of stroke events with pravastatin : The Prospective Pravastatin Pooling (PPP) Project by BYINGTON, Robert P, DAVIS, Barry R, PLEHN, Jonathan F, WHITE, Harvey D, BAKER, Jennifer, COBBE, Stuart M, SHEPHERD, James

“…Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability. Although clinical trials of the early lipid-lowering therapies did not demonstrate a reduction in the rates…”
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Determinants of Doppler indexes of left ventricular diastolic function in normal subjects (the Framingham heart study) by Benjamin, Emelia J., Levy, Daniel, Anderson, Keaven M., Wolf, Philip A., Plehn, Jonathan F., Evans, Jane C., Comai, Kathy, Fuller, Deborah L., St. John Sutton, Martin

“…Normative Doppler values and determinants of left ventricular (LV) diastolic function in healthy subjects have not been fully elucidated. Subjects from the…”
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Can further benefit be achieved by adding flosequinan to patients with congestive heart failure who remain symptomatic on diuretic, digoxin, and an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor ? Results of the flosequinan-ACE inhibitor trial (FACET) by MASSIE, B. M, BERK, M. R, LEVINE, T. B, DEHAAN, H, BROZENA, S. C, ELKAYAM, U, PLEHN, J. F, KUKIN, M. L, PACKER, M, MURPHY, B. E, NEUBERG, G. W, STEINGART, R. M

“…Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, diuretics, and digoxin are each effective in treating congestive heart failure, but many patients remain…”
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Reduction of stroke incidence after myocardial infarction with pravastatin: The Cholesterol and Recurrent Events (CARE) Study by PLEHN, J. F, DAVIS, B. R, SIMPSON, L. M, BRAUNWALD, E, SACKS, F. M, ROULEAU, J. L, PFEFFER, M. A, BERNSTEIN, V, CUDDY, T. E, MOYE, L. A, PILLER, L. B, RUTHERFORD, J

“…Background —The role of lipid modification in stroke prevention is controversial, although increasing evidence suggests that HMG-CoA reductase inhibition may…”
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Echocardiographic assessment of LV mass in rabbits: models of pressure and volume overload hypertrophy by Plehn, J F, Foster, E, Grice, W N, Huntington-Coats, M, Apstein, C S

“…We describe a method for the noninvasive measurement of left ventricular mass in small animals using two-dimensionally guided M-mode echocardiography. We…”
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Sensitivity and specificity of the echocardiographic features of cardiac amyloidosis by Falk, Rodney H., Plehn, Jonathan F., Deering, Thomas, Schick, Edgar C., Boinay, Paul, Rubinow, Alan, Skinner, Martha, Cohen, Alan S.

“…Thirty-one patients with documented cardiac amyloidosis were compared to 39 control subjects with left ventricular hypertrophy to determine specific…”
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Outcome of mild periprosthetic regurgitation detected by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography by O’Rourke, Daniel J, Palac, Robert T, Malenka, David J, Marrin, Charles A.S, Arbuckle, Brenda E, Plehn, Jonathan F

“…OBJECTIVES The goal of this study was to determine the outcome of trivial or mild periprosthetic regurgitation (PPR) identified by intraoperative…”
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Transesophageal echocardiographic assessment of aortic coarctation using color, flow-directed Doppler sampling by Duffy, C I, Plehn, J F

“…We report the use of color, flow-directed transesophageal Doppler in the evaluation of aortic coarctation. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) was used to…”
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Transesophageal echocardiographic evaluation of aortitis by Harris, Kevin M., Malenka, David J., Plehn, Jonathan F.

“…Aortitis is an uncommon infection which may occur in patients with preexisting atherosclerotic disease of the aorta. The clinical features in two patients…”
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Effects of anesthetic technique on myocardial wall motion abnormalities during abdominal aortic surgery by Dodds, Thomas M., Burns, A.Keith, Deroo, Daniel B., Plehn, Jonathan F., Haney, Michael, Griffin, Brian P., Weiss, Julia E., Stukel, Therese A., Yeager, Mark P.

“…Objective: To assess the impact of regional supplemented general anesthesia (RSGEN) on regional myocardial function during abdominal aortic surgery (AAS)…”
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Effects of coronary revascularization on regional wall motion. An intraoperative two-dimensional echocardiographic study by Lazar, H L, Plehn, J F, Schick, E M, Dobnick, D, Shemin, R J

“…Although coronary artery bypass grafting effectively reduces the symptoms of myocardial ischemia, its immediate effect on regional wall motion dysfunction is…”
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Diastolic dysfunction in amyloid heart disease: Restrictive cardiomyopathy or not? by Plehn, Jonathan F., Friedman, Bruce J.

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Concomitant occurrence of a left atrial myxoma and an adenocarcinoma of the lung by Canver, C C, Plehn, J F

“…A 72-year-old previously healthy woman was found to have both a left atrial myxoma and a left lung mass during the evaluation for two cerebrovascular events…”
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The evolving role of echocardiography in management of bacterial endocarditis by Plehn, J F

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Noninvasive analysis of ventricular diastolic performance: In quest of a clinical tool by Friedman, Bruce J., Plehn, Jonathan F.

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