Richard A Kronmal

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1 Coronary calcium as a predictor of coronary events in four racial or ethnic groups. N Engl J Med 2008 18.34
2 Ginkgo biloba for prevention of dementia: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA 2008 6.00
3 Coronary artery calcification compared with carotid intima-media thickness in the prediction of cardiovascular disease incidence: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Arch Intern Med 2008 5.86
4 Percent emphysema, airflow obstruction, and impaired left ventricular filling. N Engl J Med 2010 5.70
5 Reporting mortality findings in trials of rofecoxib for Alzheimer disease or cognitive impairment: a case study based on documents from rofecoxib litigation. JAMA 2008 5.35
6 Leukocyte telomere length and cardiovascular disease in the cardiovascular health study. Am J Epidemiol 2006 5.28
7 The relationship of left ventricular mass and geometry to incident cardiovascular events: the MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis) study. J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 5.05
8 Inflammation as a risk factor for atrial fibrillation. Circulation 2003 4.95
9 Distribution of coronary artery calcium by race, gender, and age: results from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Circulation 2005 4.27
10 An analysis of calibration and discrimination among multiple cardiovascular risk scores in a modern multiethnic cohort. Ann Intern Med 2015 4.18
11 Coronary calcium predicts events better with absolute calcium scores than age-sex-race/ethnicity percentiles: MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis). J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 3.73
12 Azithromycin for the secondary prevention of coronary events. N Engl J Med 2005 3.42
13 Preclinical atherosclerosis due to HIV infection: carotid intima-medial thickness measurements from the FRAM study. AIDS 2009 3.12
14 Validation of an atrial fibrillation risk algorithm in whites and African Americans. Arch Intern Med 2010 3.05
15 Renal insufficiency as a predictor of cardiovascular outcomes and mortality in elderly individuals. J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 2.83
16 Left ventricular mass: allometric scaling, normative values, effect of obesity, and prognostic performance. Hypertension 2010 2.69
17 The impact of obesity on the left ventricle: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2010 2.69
18 Coronary artery calcium scores and risk for cardiovascular events in women classified as "low risk" based on Framingham risk score: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis (MESA). Arch Intern Med 2007 2.62
19 Age-related left ventricular remodeling and associated risk for cardiovascular outcomes: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2009 2.51
20 Simple risk model predicts incidence of atrial fibrillation in a racially and geographically diverse population: the CHARGE-AF consortium. J Am Heart Assoc 2013 2.47
21 Sex and race differences in right ventricular structure and function: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis-right ventricle study. Circulation 2011 2.30
22 Prospective study of particulate air pollution exposures, subclinical atherosclerosis, and clinical cardiovascular disease: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution (MESA Air). Am J Epidemiol 2012 2.23
23 Leukocyte telomere length and mortality in the Cardiovascular Health Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2011 2.19
24 Association between pulmonary function and sputum biomarkers in cystic fibrosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2007 2.03
25 Association of small artery elasticity with incident cardiovascular disease in older adults: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Am J Epidemiol 2011 2.01
26 Multiple imputation of baseline data in the cardiovascular health study. Am J Epidemiol 2003 2.01
27 N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide is a major predictor of the development of atrial fibrillation: the Cardiovascular Health Study. Circulation 2009 1.99
28 Incidence of cardiovascular disease in older Americans: the cardiovascular health study. J Am Geriatr Soc 2005 1.90
29 Measuring coronary calcium on CT images adjusted for attenuation differences. Radiology 2005 1.84
30 Arterial age as a function of coronary artery calcium (from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis [MESA]). Am J Cardiol 2008 1.74
31 Identification of heart rate-associated loci and their effects on cardiac conduction and rhythm disorders. Nat Genet 2013 1.72
32 Cardiovascular events with absent or minimal coronary calcification: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Am Heart J 2009 1.71
33 The value of carotid artery plaque and intima-media thickness for incident cardiovascular disease: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. J Am Heart Assoc 2013 1.71
34 Fasting and 2-hour postchallenge serum glucose measures and risk of incident cardiovascular events in the elderly: the Cardiovascular Health Study. Arch Intern Med 2002 1.63
35 Therapy with hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme a reductase inhibitors (statins) and associated risk of incident cardiovascular events in older adults: evidence from the Cardiovascular Health Study. Arch Intern Med 2002 1.61
36 Risk factor associations with the presence of a lipid core in carotid plaque of asymptomatic individuals using high-resolution MRI: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis (MESA). Stroke 2008 1.60
37 Sex hormones are associated with right ventricular structure and function: The MESA-right ventricle study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2010 1.57
38 Early anti-pseudomonal acquisition in young patients with cystic fibrosis: rationale and design of the EPIC clinical trial and observational study'. Contemp Clin Trials 2009 1.53
39 Progression of coronary calcium and incident coronary heart disease events: MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis). J Am Coll Cardiol 2013 1.50
40 N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide is associated with sudden cardiac death risk: the Cardiovascular Health Study. Heart Rhythm 2010 1.48
41 Left ventricular mass and ventricular remodeling among Hispanic subgroups compared with non-Hispanic blacks and whites: MESA (Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis). J Am Coll Cardiol 2010 1.47
42 Inflammatory markers and longitudinal lung function decline in the elderly. Am J Epidemiol 2008 1.42
43 Lessons from the Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation trials. Ann Intern Med 2003 1.41
44 The association between lipid levels and the risks of incident myocardial infarction, stroke, and total mortality: The Cardiovascular Health Study. J Am Geriatr Soc 2004 1.38
45 Regional diastolic dysfunction in individuals with left ventricular hypertrophy measured by tagged magnetic resonance imaging--the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Am Heart J 2006 1.37
46 Coronary arterial calcification in rheumatoid arthritis: comparison with the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Arthritis Res Ther 2009 1.33
47 Beta2-adrenergic receptor polymorphisms and risk of incident cardiovascular events in the elderly. Circulation 2003 1.31
48 Coronary artery calcium in relation to initiation and continuation of cardiovascular preventive medications: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2010 1.27
49 Alcohol consumption and carotid atherosclerosis in older adults: the Cardiovascular Health Study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2003 1.23
50 A regression model for longitudinal change in the presence of measurement error. Ann Epidemiol 2002 1.20
51 Hospitalization for infection and risk of acute ischemic stroke: the Cardiovascular Health Study. Stroke 2011 1.18
52 Laboratory parameter profiles among patients with cystic fibrosis. J Cyst Fibros 2006 1.17
53 A stroke prediction score in the elderly: validation and Web-based application. J Clin Epidemiol 2002 1.16
54 N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide as a predictor of incident atrial fibrillation in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis: the effects of age, sex and ethnicity. Heart 2013 1.16
55 The association of fasting glucose levels with congestive heart failure in diabetic adults > or =65 years: the Cardiovascular Health Study. J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 1.14
56 Bisphosphonate Use and Prevalence of Valvular and Vascular Calcification in Women MESA (The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis). J Am Coll Cardiol 2010 1.12
57 Coronary calcium coverage score: determination, correlates, and predictive accuracy in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Radiology 2008 1.12
58 Amino terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide, secondary stroke prevention, and choice of antithrombotic therapy. Stroke 2013 1.11
59 Signs of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis in relation to risk factor distribution in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) and the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study (HNR). Eur Heart J 2008 1.10
60 Initial Pseudomonas aeruginosa treatment failure is associated with exacerbations in cystic fibrosis. Pediatr Pulmonol 2011 1.10
61 Advancing outcome measures for the new era of drug development in cystic fibrosis. Proc Am Thorac Soc 2007 1.07
62 Estimation of risk factor associations when the response is influenced by medication use: an imputation approach. Stat Med 2008 1.06
63 Associations of antiretroviral drug use and HIV-specific risk factors with carotid intima-media thickness. AIDS 2010 1.06
64 The impact of height on the risk of atrial fibrillation: the Cardiovascular Health Study. Eur Heart J 2012 1.05
65 The relationship between insulin resistance and incidence and progression of coronary artery calcification: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Diabetes Care 2011 1.03
66 Decreased naive and increased memory CD4(+) T cells are associated with subclinical atherosclerosis: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. PLoS One 2013 1.03
67 Angiotensin II type 1 receptor polymorphisms in the cardiovascular health study: relation to blood pressure, ethnicity, and cardiovascular events. Am J Hypertens 2002 1.02
68 Comparison of factors associated with carotid intima-media thickness in the Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) and the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study (HNR). J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2013 1.02
69 Alcohol consumption and lipoprotein subclasses in older adults. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2007 1.01
70 Genetic Susceptibility to Prostate Cancer: Prostate-specific Antigen and its Interaction with the Androgen Receptor (United States). Cancer Causes Control 2006 1.00
71 T-helper type 1 bias in healthy people is associated with cytomegalovirus serology and atherosclerosis: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. J Am Heart Assoc 2013 0.98
72 Age-related skeletal muscle decline is similar in HIV-infected and uninfected individuals. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2011 0.96
73 Aortic valve calcium independently predicts coronary and cardiovascular events in a primary prevention population. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2012 0.94
74 Alcohol and coronary artery calcium prevalence, incidence, and progression: results from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Am J Clin Nutr 2008 0.93
75 Risk factors associated with the incidence and progression of mitral annulus calcification: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Am Heart J 2013 0.93
76 Telomere-associated polymorphisms correlate with cardiovascular disease mortality in Caucasian women: the Cardiovascular Health Study. Mech Ageing Dev 2012 0.92
77 Relationship of CRP, IL-6, and fibrinogen with right ventricular structure and function: the MESA-Right Ventricle Study. Int J Cardiol 2013 0.88
78 Effects of respiratory and non-respiratory factors on disability among older adults with airway obstruction: the Cardiovascular Health Study. COPD 2013 0.87
79 An alternative method for quantifying coronary artery calcification: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis (MESA). BMC Med Imaging 2012 0.87
80 Progression of coronary artery atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis: comparison with participants from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Arthritis Res Ther 2013 0.87
81 Von Willebrand factor and the right ventricle (the MESA-Right Ventricle Study). Am J Cardiol 2012 0.86
82 The association between time since last meal and blood pressure in older adults: the cardiovascular health study. J Am Geriatr Soc 2003 0.86
83 Demographic, medical, and behavioral characteristics associated with over the counter non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use in a population-based cohort: results from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2010 0.84
84 Traditional and novel risk factors in older adults: cardiovascular risk assessment late in life. Am J Geriatr Cardiol 2004 0.83
85 Methods for estimation of disparities in medication use in an observational cohort study: results from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2013 0.81
86 Reduced kidney function and preclinical atherosclerosis in HIV-infected individuals: the study of fat redistribution and metabolic change in HIV infection (FRAM). Am J Nephrol 2011 0.80
87 Skin tissue cholesterol assay correlates with presence of coronary calcium. Atherosclerosis 2005 0.79
88 H2 receptor antagonists and right ventricular morphology: the MESA right ventricle study. Ann Am Thorac Soc 2014 0.79
89 Predictors of falling cholesterol levels in older adults: the Cardiovascular Health Study. Ann Epidemiol 2004 0.79
90 Measures of Body Size and Composition and Risk of Incident Atrial Fibrillation in Older People: The Cardiovascular Health Study. Am J Epidemiol 2016 0.78
91 Associations of LV hypertrophy with prevalent and incident valve calcification: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2012 0.78
92 HIV and coronary artery calcium score: comparison of the Hawaii Aging with HIV Cardiovascular Study and Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) cohorts. HIV Clin Trials 2015 0.77
93 Associations between aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and aortic valve or coronary artery calcification: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study. Atherosclerosis 2013 0.77
94 Improving the estimation of change from baseline in a continuous outcome measure in the clinical trial setting. Contemp Clin Trials 2005 0.77
95 Reply: Histamine H2 Receptors and Heart Failure: A Complex Cross-Talk. J Am Coll Cardiol 2016 0.75
96 REPEATED MEASUREMENTS OF BLOOD PRESSURE AND CHOLESTEROL IMPROVES CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK PREDICTION: AN INDIVIDUAL-PARTICIPANT-DATA META-ANALYSIS. Am J Epidemiol 2017 0.75