Search Results - "Somes, Grant W"
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Long-Term Outcomes of Patients With Cardiovascular Abnormalities and Williams Syndrome
Published in The American journal of cardiology (15-03-2010)“…Williams syndrome (WS) is a congenital disorder affecting the vascular, connective tissue, and central nervous systems of 1 in 8,000 live births. Previous…”
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Cardiovascular Abnormalities, Interventions, and Long-term Outcomes in Infantile Williams Syndrome
Published in The Journal of pediatrics (01-02-2010)“…Objective To determine the prevalence of cardiovascular abnormalities (CVA) and outcomes in patients with Williams syndrome presenting before 1 year of age…”
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Ambulatory Blood Pressure and Increased Left Ventricular Mass in Children at Risk for Hypertension
Published in The Journal of pediatrics (01-03-2008)“…Objective To relate ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) to cardiac target organ measurement in children at risk for primary hypertension (HTN). Study design Left…”
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Surfactant Protein A2 Polymorphisms and Disease Severity in a Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Infected Population
Published in The Journal of pediatrics (01-03-2010)“…Objective To examine whether genetic variations within the surfactant protein A2 (SP-A2) gene are associated with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease…”
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Serum uric acid, diuretic treatment and risk of cardiovascular events in the Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program (SHEP)
Published in Journal of hypertension (01-08-2000)“…OBJECTIVETo assess longitudinally the association of serum uric acid and its change due to diuretic treatment with cardiovascular events in hypertensive…”
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Self-reported responsiveness to direct-to-consumer drug advertising and medication use: results of a national survey
Published in BMC health services research (23-09-2011)“…BACKGROUND: Direct-to-consumer (DTC) marketing of pharmaceuticals is controversial, yet effective. Little is known relating patterns of medication use to…”
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Timeliness and Access to Healthcare Services via Telemedicine for Adolescents in State Correctional Facilities
Published in Journal of adolescent health (01-08-2007)“…Purpose The aim of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a telemedicine program in improving timeliness of and access to healthcare services in…”
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Kinetics of Visual Field Loss in Usher Syndrome Type II
Published in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science (01-03-2004)“…To characterize the kinetics of visual field decay in Usher syndrome type II. The area of 137 Goldmann visual fields (GVFs) delimited with the I4e and V4e…”
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Longitudinal Relationship of Parental Hypertension with Body Mass Index, Blood Pressure, and Cardiovascular Reactivity in Children
Published in The Journal of pediatrics (01-05-2007)“…Objective To investigate whether parental hypertension (HTN) affects children’s body mass index (BMI) and cardiovascular reactivity (CVR) over time. Study…”
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White Race As a Risk Factor for Hypothyroidism After Treatment for Pediatric Hodgkin's Lymphoma
Published in Journal of clinical oncology (01-04-2006)“…Hypothyroidism frequently occurs after treatment for pediatric Hodgkin's lymphoma, but race has not been investigated as a risk factor for this delayed…”
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Risk Factors for Severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus Disease in Children With Cancer: The Importance of Lymphopenia and Young Age
Published in Pediatrics (Evanston) (01-02-2008)“…We sought to determine the epidemiologic features of respiratory syncytial virus infection in immunocompromised pediatric patients and to identify the risk…”
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Ambulatory blood pressure recordings in children and adolescents
Published in Pediatrics (Evanston) (01-08-1994)“…To provide reference data for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) and to determine the influence of age, sex, and race on these values. ABPM was…”
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Left Ventricular Geometry in Children and Adolescents With Primary Hypertension
Published in American journal of hypertension (01-01-2010)“…Background Children with hypertension (HTN) are at increased risk for left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). Increased left ventricular (LV) mass (LVM) by the…”
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Hypokalemia Associated With Diuretic Use and Cardiovascular Events in the Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program
Published in Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. 1979) (01-05-2000)“…The treatment of hypertension with high-dose thiazide diuretics results in potassium depletion and a limited benefit for preventing coronary events. The…”
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Strategies for retaining study participants in behavioral intervention trials: retention experiences of the NIH Behavior Change Consortium
Published in Annals of behavioral medicine (01-04-2005)“…Failing to retain an adequate number of study participants in behavioral intervention trials poses a threat to interpretation of study results and its external…”
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Differences in Arterial Compliance Among Normotensive Adolescent Groups: Collins Arterial Compliance in Adolescents
Published in Pediatric cardiology (01-09-2008)“…Decreased arterial compliance is an important predictor of cardiovascular risk. Pulse wave velocity correlates well with arterial compliance. Gender and ethnic…”
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Get Fit With the Grizzlies: A Community-School-Home Initiative to Fight Childhood Obesity
Published in The Journal of school health (01-07-2010)“…BACKGROUND: Professional sport organizations in the United States have notable celebrity status, and several teams have used this “star power” to collaborate…”
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Risk Factors for Traumatic and Bloody Lumbar Puncture in Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Published in JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association (23-10-2002)“…CONTEXT Traumatic or bloody lumbar puncture (LP) reduces the diagnostic value of the procedure and may worsen the outcome of patients with acute lymphoblastic…”
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Dementia and disability outcomes in large Hypertension trials : Lessons learned from the systolic hypertension in the Elderly Program (SHEP) Trial
Published in American journal of epidemiology (2001)“…In the Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program (SHEP) trial (1985-1990), active treatment reduced the incidence of cardiovascular events, but not that of…”
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Body mass index, weight change, and death in older adults: The Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program
Published in American journal of epidemiology (15-07-2002)“…The relation between relative weight and health differs between young and old. In older populations, weight change may cloud the association between a single…”
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