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Patent Foramen Ovale Closure or Antiplatelet Therapy for Cryptogenic Stroke by Søndergaard, Lars, Kasner, Scott E, Rhodes, John F, Andersen, Grethe, Iversen, Helle K, Nielsen-Kudsk, Jens E, Settergren, Magnus, Sjöstrand, Christina, Roine, Risto O, Hildick-Smith, David, Spence, J. David, Thomassen, Lars

“…In a randomized trial involving 664 patients who had had a cryptogenic stroke, closure of a PFO combined with antiplatelet therapy resulted in significantly…”
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Risk from low blood pressure in frail older adults: diastolic pressure and pulse pressure are important by Spence, J David

“…Abstract Blood pressure measurement with a cuff in patients with stiff arteries can be misleading, with false elevation of the diastolic pressure. Coronary…”
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Nutrition and Risk of Stroke by Spence, J David

“…Nutrition is far more important in stroke risk than most physcians suppose. Healthy lifestyle choices reduce the risk of stroke by ~80%, and of the factors…”
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Socioeconomic status and stroke incidence, prevalence, mortality, and worldwide burden: an ecological analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 by Avan, Abolfazl, Digaleh, Hadi, Di Napoli, Mario, Stranges, Saverio, Behrouz, Reza, Shojaeianbabaei, Golnaz, Amiri, Amin, Tabrizi, Reza, Mokhber, Naghmeh, Spence, J David, Azarpazhooh, Mahmoud Reza

“…Socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with stroke incidence and mortality. Distribution of stroke risk factors is changing worldwide; evidence on these…”
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Blind spots in the new International Society of Hypertension guidelines: physiologically individualized therapy for resistant hypertension based on renin/aldosterone phenotyping, and amiloride for Liddle phenotype by Spence, J. David

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Mechanisms of Stroke in COVID-19 by Spence, J David, de Freitas, Gabriel R, Pettigrew, L Creed, Ay, Hakan, Liebeskind, David S, Kase, Carlos S, Del Brutto, Oscar H, Hankey, Graeme J, Venketasubramanian, Narayanaswamy

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Resistant Atherosclerosis: The Need for Monitoring of Plaque Burden by Spence, J David, Solo, Karla

“…Recent studies indicate that patients with lower levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) have greater regression of coronary plaque. In 2002, we…”
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Commentary: Effect of aspirin in patients with established asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Spence, J David

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Importance of sex and gender in atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease by Spence, J. David, Pilote, Louise

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Hypertension in blacks: insights from Africa by Rayner, Brian L, Spence, J David

“…Although the consequences of hypertension are universal, blacks (African-Americans or indigenous Africans) have been the subject of a differential approach to…”
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Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Cryptogenic Stroke by Gladstone, David J, Spring, Melanie, Dorian, Paul, Panzov, Val, Thorpe, Kevin E, Hall, Judith, Vaid, Haris, O'Donnell, Martin, Laupacis, Andreas, Côté, Robert, Sharma, Mukul, Blakely, John A, Shuaib, Ashfaq, Hachinski, Vladimir, Coutts, Shelagh B, Sahlas, Demetrios J, Teal, Phil, Yip, Samuel, Spence, J. David, Buck, Brian, Verreault, Steve, Casaubon, Leanne K, Penn, Andrew, Selchen, Daniel, Jin, Albert, Howse, David, Mehdiratta, Manu, Boyle, Karl, Aviv, Richard, Kapral, Moira K, Mamdani, Muhammad

“…In this study, patients with cryptogenic stroke who were randomly assigned to undergo intensive ECG monitoring for 30 days had a higher incidence of detected…”
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Pioglitazone after Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack by Kernan, Walter N, Viscoli, Catherine M, Furie, Karen L, Young, Lawrence H, Inzucchi, Silvio E, Gorman, Mark, Guarino, Peter D, Lovejoy, Anne M, Peduzzi, Peter N, Conwit, Robin, Brass, Lawrence M, Schwartz, Gregory G, Adams, Harold P, Berger, Leo, Carolei, Antonio, Clark, Wayne, Coull, Bruce, Ford, Gary A, Kleindorfer, Dawn, O’Leary, John R, Parsons, Mark W, Ringleb, Peter, Sen, Souvik, Spence, J. David, Tanne, David, Wang, David, Winder, Toni R

“…In this trial in nondiabetic patients with insulin resistance and a recent ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack, pioglitazone was associated with a…”
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Beyond hypertension: hypertension with hyperhomocysteinemia by Fan, Fangfang, David Spence, J., Huo, Yong

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Endarterectomy, Stenting, or Neither for Asymptomatic Carotid-Artery Stenosis by Spence, J. David, Naylor, A. Ross

“…Important data from two large, randomized trials comparing early and late outcomes after carotid endarterectomy and carotid-artery stenting have now been…”
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Diet for stroke prevention by Spence, J David

“…Lifestyle is far more important than most physicians suppose. Dietary changes in China that have resulted from increased prosperity are probably responsible…”
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Sex differences in the intestinal microbiome: interactions with risk factors for atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease by Ahmed, Shamon, Spence, J David

“…There are clearly sex differences in cardiovascular disease. On average, women experience cardiovascular events at an older age, and at any age, women, on…”
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Mechanisms of Lipoprotein(a) Pathogenicity: Prothrombotic, Proatherosclerotic, or Both? by David Spence, J, Koschinsky, Marlys

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Secular Trends in Ischemic Stroke Subtypes and Stroke Risk Factors by BOGIATZI, Chrysi, HACKAM, Daniel G, IAN MCLEOD, A, SPENCE, J. David

“…Early diagnosis and treatment of a stroke improves patient outcomes, and knowledge of the cause of the initial event is crucial to identification of the…”
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Triglyceride/High‐Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Ratio: A Clue to Metabolic Syndrome, Insulin Resistance, and Severe Atherosclerosis by Azarpazhooh, M. Reza, Najafi, Farid, Darbandi, Mitra, Kiarasi, Soushyant, Oduyemi, Temilola, Spence, J. David

“…High serum levels of triglycerides (Tg) and low levels of high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL‐C) are characteristic of the Metabolic Syndrome (MetS). We…”
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Effect of renal impairment on atherosclerosis: only partially mediated by homocysteine by Spence, J David, Urquhart, Bradley L, Bang, Heejung

“…Cardiovascular risk and plasma total homocysteine (tHcy) are high in patients with renal failure. High tHcy may account for a substantial part of the increased…”
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