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A consensus approach to diagnosing coronary artery disease based on clinical and exercise test data by Do, D, West, J A, Morise, A, Atwood, E, Froelicher, V

“…To demonstrate that a consensus approach for combining prediction equations based on clinical and exercise test variables derived from different populations…”
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A Comprehensive Management System for Heart Failure Improves Clinical Outcomes and Reduces Medical Resource Utilization by West, Jeffrey A, Miller, Nancy H, Parker, Kathleen M, Senneca, Deborah, Ghandour, Ghassan, Clark, Mia, Greenwald, George, Heller, Robert S, Fowler, Michael B, DeBusk, Robert F

“…The effectiveness of heart failure management in clinical practice is limited by physicians' suboptimal utilization of effective medications, patients' poor…”
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Pain Management after Hurricane Katrina: Outcomes of Veterans Enrolled in a New Orleans VA Pain Management Program by Potash, Mordecai N., West, Jeffrey A., Corrigan, Sheila, Keyes, Megan D.

“…ABSTRACT Objective.  To evaluate Hurricane Katrina’s impact on patients with pre‐existing chronic pain. Design.  Review of literature about Hurricane Katrina…”
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Cost-Effective Strategies for the Management of Vascular Disease by West, Jeffrey A

“…Cardiovascular disease accounts for over 950 000 deaths and an estimated $151 billion in direct and indirect costs. Because of this escalating clinical and…”
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Personality Disorders Classification and Symptoms in Cocaine and Opioid Addicts by Malow, Robert M, West, Jeffrey A, Williams, Jayne L, Sutker, Patricia B

“…The extent to which personality disorders (PDs) and associated symptom criteria were found among 117 cocaine- and opioid-dependent men selected from 350…”
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Trauma-Induced Weight Loss and Cognitive Deficits Among Former Prisoners of War by Sutker, Patricia B, Galina, Z. Harry, West, Jeffrey A, Allain, Albert N

“…Former prisoners of war (POWs) from the Korean Conflict and WWII reporting confinement weight losses of > 35% ( n = 60) and ≤ 35% ( n = 113) and non-POW combat…”
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Chronic disease management: treating the patient with disease(s) vs treating disease(s) in the patient by DeBusk, R F, West, J A, Miller, N H, Taylor, C B

“…The treatment of chronic disease is often complicated by the coexistence of multiple medical conditions and by the presence of social and psychological…”
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Anxiety and pain response changes across treatment: sensory decision analysis by Malow, Robert M, West, Jeffrey A, Sutker, Patricia B

“…Relationships between anxiety and pain perception were investigated by comparing pre- and post-pain reactions of highly anxious detoxified substance abusers…”
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Affective and adjustment problems in cocaine and opioid addicts by Malow, Robert M., West, Jeffrey A., Pena, Jose M., Lott, W. Criss

“…Compared 74 male cocaine and 43 male opioid users on global measures of subjective distress, specifically anxiety and depression, and on various self-reported…”
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Cocaine and speedball users: differences in psychopathology by Malow, R M, West, J A, Corrigan, S A, Pena, J M, Lott, W C

“…Affective distress and related symptoms associated with co-injected cocaine and opioid ("speedball") use are incompletely explored, and the extent to which…”
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A Sensory Decision Theory Analysis of Anxiety and Pain Responses in Chronic Drug Abusers by Malow, Robert M, West, Jeffrey A, Sutker, Patricia B

“…Relations between anxiety and pain were assessed in inpatient male drug abusers characterized by high, moderate, and low anxiety levels. A tonic pain stimulus…”
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Self-Efficacy predicts adherence to dietary sodium limitation in patients with heart failure by West, Jeffrey A., Bandura, Albert, Clark, Mia, Miller, Nancy H., Ahn, Dave, Greenwald, George, Parker, Kathleen, DeBusk, Robert F.

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Veterans Affairs Quality Enhancement Research Initiative in Chronic Heart Failure by Ashton, Carol M., Bozkurt, Biykem, Colucci, Wilson B., Kiefe, Catarina I., Mann, Douglas L., Massie, Barry M., Slawsky, Mara T., Tierney, William M., West, Jeffrey A., Whellan, David J., Wray, Nelda P.

“…Chronic heart failure (CHF) is a highly prevalent condition associated with serious morbidity, intense levels of health services use, and shortened survival…”
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Outcome of psychoeducation for HIV risk reduction by Malow, R M, West, J A, Corrigan, S A, Pena, J M, Cunningham, S C

“…Our objectives were to assess the effects of a psychoeducational (PE) program designed to reduce HIV risk behaviors in recovering drug abusers and to evaluate…”
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Disease management systems for chronic cardiovascular diseases: focus on heart failure by West, J A, DeBusk, R F

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An agreement approach to predict severe angiographic coronary artery disease with clinical and exercise test data by Do, Dat, West, Jeffrey A., Morise, Anthony, Atwood, J.Edwin, Froelicher, Victor

“…Objective To demonstrate that an agreement approach to applying equations on the basis of clinical and exercise test variables is an accurate,…”
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Psychologic profiles as predictors of success in a cardiovascular risk factors life-style intervention program by Banks, W A, Corrigan, S A, West, J A, Willhoit, P P, Ryder, P

“…The risk for cardiovascular events can be reduced by modifications in life-style. However, only a small percentage of subjects are able to adopt such changes…”
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A Comprehensive Management System for Heart Failure Improves Clinical Outcomes and Reduces Medical Resource Utilization by West, Jeffrey A, Miller, Nancy H, Parker, Kathleen M, Senneca, Deborah, Ghandour, Ghassan, Clark, Mia, Greenwald, George, Heller, Robert S, Fowler, Michael B, DeBusk, Robert F

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New advances in ECL bus designs by West, J.A.

“…Recently developed three-state high-performance output structures in the 100 K ECL (emitter-coupled logic) product line are discussed. The objectives of…”
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The behavioral effects of perinatal methimazole administration in Swiss Webster mice by Rice, S A, Millan, D P, West, J A

“…Methimazole was tested for use as a positive control agent in behavioral studies of mice. Continuous administration of the antithyroid agent via drinking water…”
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