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Depression and coronary heart disease: recommendations for screening, referral, and treatment: a science advisory from the American Heart Association Prevention Committee of the Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, Council on Clinical Cardiology, Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, and Interdisciplinary Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research: endorsed by the American Psychiatric Association by Lichtman, Judith H, Bigger, Jr, J Thomas, Blumenthal, James A, Frasure-Smith, Nancy, Kaufmann, Peter G, Lespérance, François, Mark, Daniel B, Sheps, David S, Taylor, C Barr, Froelicher, Erika Sivarajan

“…Depression is commonly present in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and is independently associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and…”
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Heart Rate Variability: Measurement and Clinical Utility by Kleiger, Robert E., Stein, Phyllis K., Bigger Jr, J. Thomas

“…Electrocardiographic RR intervals fluctuate cyclically, modulated by ventilation, baroreflexes, and other genetic and environmental factors that are mediated…”
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Microvolt T-wave alternans distinguishes between patients likely and patients not likely to benefit from implanted cardiac defibrillator therapy: A solution to the multicenter automatic defibrillator implantation trial (MADIT) II conundrum by BLOOMFIELD, Daniel M, STEINMAN, Richard C, RUSSO, Andrea, CHUEN TANG, BIGGER, J. Thomas, NAMEROW, Pearila B, PARIDES, Michael, DAVIDENKO, Jorge, KAUFMAN, Elizabeth S, SHINN, Timothy, CURTIS, Anne, FONTAINE, John, HOLMES, Douglas

“…In 2003, the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services recommended QRS duration as a means to identify MADIT II-like patients suitable for implanted cardiac…”
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Sertraline Treatment of Major Depression in Patients With Acute MI or Unstable Angina by Glassman, Alexander H, O'Connor, Christopher M, Califf, Robert M, Swedberg, Karl, Schwartz, Peter, Bigger, Jr, J. Thomas, Krishnan, K. Ranga Rama, van Zyl, Louis T, Swenson, J. Robert, Finkel, Mitchell S, Landau, Charles, Shapiro, Peter A, Pepine, Carl J, Mardekian, Jack, Harrison, Wilma M, for the Sertraline Antidepressant Heart Attack Randomized Trial (SADHART) Group

“…CONTEXT Major depressive disorder (MDD) occurs in 15% to 23% of patients with acute coronary syndromes and constitutes an independent risk factor for morbidity…”
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“Indeterminate” Microvolt T-Wave Alternans Tests Predict High Risk of Death or Sustained Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients With Left Ventricular Dysfunction by Kaufman, Elizabeth S., Bloomfield, Daniel M., Steinman, Richard C., Namerow, Pearila B., Costantini, Ottorino, Cohen, Richard J., Bigger, J. Thomas

“…“Indeterminate” Microvolt T-Wave Alternans Tests Predict High Risk of Death or Sustained Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients With Left Ventricular Dysfunction…”
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Ambulatory Electrocardiogram-Based Tracking of T Wave Alternans in Postmyocardial Infarction Patients to Assess Risk of Cardiac Arrest or Arrhythmic Death by Verrier, Richard L., Nearing, Bruce D., Rovere, Maria Teresa La, Pinna, Gian Domenico, Mittleman, Murray A., Bigger Jr, J. Thomas, Schwartz, Peter J.

“…Introduction: This is the first study to assess T wave alternans (TWA) analyzed from routine ambulatory electrocardiograms (AECGs) to identify postmyocardial…”
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Physical Health Monitoring of Patients With Schizophrenia by Marder, Stephen R., Essock, Susan M., Miller, Alexander L., Buchanan, Robert W., Casey, Daniel E., Davis, John M., Kane, John M., Lieberman, Jeffrey A., Schooler, Nina R., Covell, Nancy, Stroup, Scott, Weissman, Ellen M., Wirshing, Donna A., Hall, Catherine S., Pogach, Leonard, Pi-Sunyer, Xavier, Bigger, J. Thomas, Friedman, Alan, Kleinberg, David, Yevich, Steven J., Davis, Bonnie, Shon, Steven

“…OBJECTIVE: Schizophrenia is associated with several chronic physical illnesses and a shorter life expectancy, compared with life expectancy in the general…”
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Baroreflex sensitivity and heart rate variability in the identification of patients at risk for life-threatening arrhythmias : Implications for clinical trials by LA ROVERE, Maria Teresa, PINNA, Gian Domenico, HOHNLOSER, Stefan H, MARCUS, Frank I, MORTARA, Andrea, NOHARA, Ryuji, BIGGER, J. Thomas, CAMM, A. John, SCHWARTZ, Peter J

“…The need for accurate risk stratification is heightened by the expanding indications for the implantable cardioverter defibrillator. The Multicenter Automatic…”
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Heart rate turbulence-based predictors of fatal and nonfatal cardiac arrest (The autonomic tone and reflexes after myocardial infarction substudy) by Ghuran, Azad, Reid, Fiona, La Rovere, Maria Teresa, Schmidt, Georg, Bigger, J.Thomas, Camm, A.John, Schwartz, Peter J, Malik, Marek

“…A previous report on heart rate (HR) turbulence showed its value in postinfarction risk stratification. The present study determines the predictive value of HR…”
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Heart rate variability: Origins, methods, and interpretive caveats by BERNTSON, GARY G., THOMAS BIGGER JR, J., ECKBERG, DWAIN L., GROSSMAN, PAUL, KAUFMANN, PETER G., MALIK, MAREK, NAGARAJA, HAIKADY N., PORGES, STEPHEN W., SAUL, J. PHILIP, STONE, PETER H., VAN DER MOLEN, MAUROTS W.

“…Components of heart rate variability have attracted considerable attention in psychology and medicine and have become important dependent measures in…”
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Antidepressants in Coronary Heart Disease: SSRIs Reduce Depression, But Do They Save Lives? by Glassman, Alexander H, Bigger, J. Thomas

“…The efficacy of citalopram and interpersonal psychotherapy in the treatment of major depression in patients primarily free of coronary heart disease (CHD) is…”
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Comparison of Paroxetine and Nortriptyline in Depressed Patients With Ischemic Heart Disease by Roose, Steven P, Laghrissi-Thode, Fouzia, Kennedy, John S, Nelson, J. Craig, Bigger, Jr, J. Thomas, Pollock, Bruce G, Gaffney, Andrew, Narayan, Meena, Finkel, Mitchell S, McCafferty, James, Gergel, Ivan

“…CONTEXT.— Depression and ischemic heart disease often are comorbid conditions and, in patients who have had a myocardial infarction, the presence of depression…”
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Cardiac autonomic control and treatment of hostility: a randomized controlled trial by Sloan, Richard P, Shapiro, Peter A, Gorenstein, Ethan E, Tager, Felice A, Monk, Catherine E, McKinley, Paula S, Myers, Michael M, Bagiella, Emilia, Chen, Ivy, Steinman, Richard, Bigger, Jr, J Thomas

“…To test whether reduction in hostility increases autonomic regulation of the heart. In this randomized controlled trial, participants were 158 healthy adults,…”
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Diabetes and outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft surgery in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction: results from The CABG Patch Trial database by Whang, William, Bigger, J.Thomas

“…OBJECTIVES We examined the relationship between diabetes mellitus and outcomes after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery in patients with severe left…”
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Power law behavior of RR-interval variability in healthy middle-aged persons, patients with recent acute myocardial infarction, and patients with heart transplants by Bigger, J. T. Jr, Steinman, R. C., Rolnitzky, L. M., Fleiss, J. L., Albrecht, P., Cohen, R. J.

“…BACKGROUND. The purposes of the present study were (1) to establish normal values for the regression of log(power) on log(frequency) for, RR-interval…”
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Comparison of spontaneous vs. metronome-guided breathing on assessment of vagal modulation using RR variability by Bloomfield, D M, Magnano, A, Bigger, Jr, J T, Rivadeneira, H, Parides, M, Steinman, R C

“…R-R interval variability (RR variability) is increasingly being used as an index of autonomic activity. High-frequency (HF) power reflects vagal modulation of…”
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RR variability in healthy, middle-aged persons compared with patients with chronic coronary heart disease or recent acute myocardial infarction by BIGGER, J. T, FLEISS, J. L, STEINMAN, R. C, ROLNITZKY, L. M, SCHNEIDER, W. J, STEIN, P. K

“…The purpose of this investigation was to establish normal values of RR variability for middle-aged persons and compare them with values found in patients early…”
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Frequency domain measures of heart period variability and mortality after myocardial infarction by THOMAS BIGGER, J. JR, FLEISS, J. L, STEINMAN, R. C, ROLNITZKY, L. M, KLEIGER, R. E, ROTTMAN, J. N

“…We studied 715 patients 2 weeks after myocardial infarction to establish the associations between six frequency domain measures of heart period variability…”
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Comparison of the prognostic value of RR-interval variability after acute myocardial infarction in patients with versus those without diabetes mellitus by Whang, William, Bigger, J.Thomas

“…Diabetic patients have substantially greater long-term mortality after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) than nondiabetic patients. Traditionally, cardiac…”
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Mechanisms of death in the CABG Patch Trial : A randomized Trial of implantable cardiac Defibrillator prophylaxis in patients at high risk of death after coronary artery bypass graft surgery by BIGGER, J. T, WHANG, W, ROTTMAN, J. N, KLEIGER, R. E, GOTTLIEB, C. D, NAMEROW, P. B, STEINMAN, R. C, ESTES, N. A. M. III

“…The CABG Patch trial compared prophylactic implantable cardiac-defibrillator (ICD) implantation with no antiarrhythmic therapy in coronary bypass surgery…”
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