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Prevention Conference V: Beyond secondary prevention: identifying the high-risk patient for primary prevention: noninvasive tests of atherosclerotic burden: Writing Group III by Greenland, P, Abrams, J, Aurigemma, G P, Bond, M G, Clark, L T, Criqui, M H, Crouse, 3rd, J R, Friedman, L, Fuster, V, Herrington, D M, Kuller, L H, Ridker, P M, Roberts, W C, Stanford, W, Stone, N, Swan, H J, Taubert, K A, Wexler, L

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BW619C89, a glutamate release inhibitor, protects against focal cerebral ischemic damage by Leach, M J, Swan, J H, Eisenthal, D, Dopson, M, Nobbs, M

“…The excitatory amino acid neurotransmitter glutamate is involved in excitotoxic brain injury and neurodegeneration after cerebral ischemia. Therefore,…”
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Smoking Predicting Physical Activity in an Aging America by Swan, James H., Brooks, J. M., Amini, R., Moore, A. R., Turner, K. W.

“…Objectives Tobacco smoking and physical inactivity are among leading behavioral risk factors for ill health in older adults. This study considers how smoking…”
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Blockade of N-methyl-D-aspartate Receptors May Protect against Ischemic Damage in the Brain by Simon, R. P., Swan, J. H., Griffiths, T., Meldrum, B. S.

“…In rats ischemia of the forebrain induced by a 30-minute occlusion of the carotid artery, followed by 120 minutes of arterial reperfusion, produced ischemic…”
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Reduction of glutamate release and protection against ischemic brain damage by BW 1003C87 by Meldrum, B S, Swan, J H, Leach, M J, Millan, M H, Gwinn, R, Kadota, K, Graham, S H, Chen, J, Simon, R P

“…BW 1003C87, 5-(2,3,5-trichlorophenyl)-2,4-diaminopyrimidine ethane sulphonic acid, has been tested for its in vitro and in vivo effects on glutamate release in…”
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Calcium overload in selectively vulnerable neurons of the hippocampus during and after ischemia: an electron microscopy study in the rat by Simon, R P, Griffiths, T, Evans, M C, Swan, J H, Meldrum, B S

“…Light and electron microscopy has been used to study the cytopathological changes in the rat hippocampus directly after a 30-min period of forebrain ischemia…”
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The declining specificity of exercise radionuclide ventriculography by Rozanski, A, Diamond, G A, Berman, D, Forrester, J S, Morris, D, Swan, H J

“…Although exercise radionuclide ventriculography was initially reported to be a highly specific test for coronary-artery disease, later studies reported a high…”
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Nursing facility staffing in the states: the 1991 to 1995 period by Harrington, C, Carrillo, H, Mullan, J, Swan, J H

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Neuroprotective actions in vivo and electrophysiological actions in vitro of 202W92 by Caputi, L, Hainsworth, A.H, Lavaroni, F, Leach, M.J, McNaughton, N.C.L, Mercuri, N.B, Randall, A.D, Spadoni, F, Swan, J.H, Stefani, A

“…202W92 ( R-(−)-2,4-diamino-6-(fluromethyl)-5-(2,3,5-trichlorophenyl)pyrimidine) is a novel compound in the same chemical series as the antiepileptic drug…”
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Medicaid Nursing Facility Reimbursement Methods: 1979-1997 by Swan, James H., Harrington, Charlene, Clemeña, Wendy, Pickard, Ruth B., Studer, Liatris, deWit, Susan K.

“…This article describes state Medicaid nursing facility reimbursement methods and rates in 1979-1997, using data derived from telephone surveys of state…”
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Laser ablation of human atherosclerotic plaque without adjacent tissue injury by Grundfest, Warren S., Litvack, Frank, Forrester, James S., Goldenberg, Tsvi, Swan, H.J.C., Morgenstern, Leon, Fishbein, Michael, Stuart McDermid, I., Rider, David M., Pacala, Thomas J., Laudenslager, James B.

“…Seventy samples of human cadaver atherosclerotic aorta were irradiated in vitro using a 308 nm xenon chloride excimer laser. Energy per pulse, pulse duration…”
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Transient ischemic dilation of the left ventricle on stress thallium-201 scintigraphy: A marker of severe and extensive coronary artery disease by Teddy Weiss, A., Berman, Daniel S., Lew, Allan S., Nielsen, Jan, Potkin, Benjamin, Swan, H.J.C., Waxman, Alan, Maddahi, Jamshid

“…On exercise thallium-201 scintigraphy, it has been noted that the size of the left ventricle is sometimes larger on the immediate poststress image than on the…”
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Left ventricular dysfunction in ischemic heart disease: fundamental importance of the fibrous matrix by Swan, H J

“…The contractile function of the myocardium is coordinated by a fibrous matrix of exquisite organization and complexity. In the normal heart, and apparently in…”
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Alternative referent standards for cardiac normality. Implications for diagnostic testing by Rozanski, A, Diamond, G A, Forrester, J S, Berman, D S, Morris, D, Swan, H J

“…The radionuclide ventriculographic exercise response was evaluated in three patient populations representing alternative referent standards for cardiac…”
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Long-term development of selective neuronal loss and the mechanism of protection by 2-amino-7-phosphonoheptanoate in a rat model of incomplete forebrain ischaemia by Swan, J H, Evans, M C, Meldrum, B S

“…Excitatory neurotransmission at the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor is selectively blocked by 2-amino-7-phosphonoheptanoate acid (2-APH). Acute focal…”
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Preoperative prediction of reversible myocardial asynergy by postexercise radionuclide ventriculography by Rozanski, A, Berman, D, Gray, R, Diamond, G, Raymond, M, Prause, J, Maddahi, J, Swan, H J, Matloff, J

“…Myocardial asynergy is sometimes reversed by coronary bypass, and a noninvasive method of predicting which assess are reversible would be desirable. To assess…”
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Patient‐led variable dosing with balsalazide as long‐term therapy for maintenance in ulcerative colitis: a 3‐year prospective observational study by Green, J. R. B., Swan, C. H. J., Gibson, J. A., Kerr, G. D., Swarbrick, E. T., Thornton, P. C.

“…Summary Background : The patient‐centred approach is new to the management of ulcerative colitis. To date, it has only been shown to be successful in a…”
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Improved noninvasive assessment of coronary artery disease by quantitative analysis of regional stress myocardial distribution and washout of thallium-201 by Maddahi, J, Garcia, E V, Berman, D S, Waxman, A, Swan, H J, Forrester, J

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State-imposed limits on Medicaid reimbursement for nursing facility care by Swan, J H, Harrington, C, de Wit, S K, Zhong, M

“…Nursing cost-center limits were examined, along with their effects on Medicaid. A national survey of Medicaid nursing facility reimbursement provided data on…”
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Skilled nursing facility care for persons with AIDS: comparison with other patients by Swan, J H, Benjamin, A E, Brown, A

“…We compared average daily hours of care for patients with and without acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in a hospital-based skilled nursing facility…”
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