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Thomas G Pickering

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1 Recommendations for blood pressure measurement in humans and experimental animals: Part 1: blood pressure measurement in humans: a statement for professionals from the Subcommittee of Professional and Public Education of the American Heart Association Council on High Blood Pressure Research. Hypertension 2004 11.95
2 Short sleep duration as a risk factor for hypertension: analyses of the first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Hypertension 2006 8.72
3 Recommendations for blood pressure measurement in humans and experimental animals: part 1: blood pressure measurement in humans: a statement for professionals from the Subcommittee of Professional and Public Education of the American Heart Association Council on High Blood Pressure Research. Circulation 2005 8.11
4 Morning surge in blood pressure as a predictor of silent and clinical cerebrovascular disease in elderly hypertensives: a prospective study. Circulation 2003 7.68
5 Sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease: an American Heart Association/american College Of Cardiology Foundation Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association Council for High Blood Pressure Research Professional Education Committee, Council on Clinical Cardiology, Stroke Council, and Council On Cardiovascular Nursing. In collaboration with the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Center on Sleep Disorders Research (National Institutes of Health). Circulation 2008 5.87
6 Sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease: an American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association Council for High Blood Pressure Research Professional Education Committee, Council on Clinical Cardiology, Stroke Council, and Council on Cardiovascular Nursing. J Am Coll Cardiol 2008 4.78
7 Sleep duration as a risk factor for diabetes incidence in a large U.S. sample. Sleep 2007 4.14
8 Call to action on use and reimbursement for home blood pressure monitoring: executive summary: a joint scientific statement from the American Heart Association, American Society Of Hypertension, and Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association. Hypertension 2008 3.19
9 Call to action on use and reimbursement for home blood pressure monitoring: a joint scientific statement from the American Heart Association, American Society Of Hypertension, and Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association. Hypertension 2008 2.96
10 Short- and long-term incidence of stroke in white-coat hypertension. Hypertension 2004 2.58
11 Masked hypertension. Hypertension 2002 2.57
12 Ambulatory blood pressure is a better marker than clinic blood pressure in predicting cardiovascular events in patients with/without type 2 diabetes. Am J Hypertens 2008 2.31
13 The impact of perceived hypertension status on anxiety and the white coat effect. Ann Behav Med 2007 2.08
14 Differential effects of ramipril on ambulatory blood pressure in African Americans and Caucasians. Am J Hypertens 2007 2.06
15 Short sleep duration as an independent predictor of cardiovascular events in Japanese patients with hypertension. Arch Intern Med 2008 2.00
16 Sleep duration associated with mortality in elderly, but not middle-aged, adults in a large US sample. Sleep 2008 1.98
17 Night time blood pressure variability is a strong predictor for cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes. Am J Hypertens 2008 1.91
18 Consistency of blood pressure differences between the left and right arms. Arch Intern Med 2007 1.89
19 Prevalence and determinants of prehypertension in a Japanese general population: the Jichi Medical School Cohort Study. Hypertens Res 2008 1.78
20 Socioeconomic and psychosocial factors mediate race differences in nocturnal blood pressure dipping. Am J Hypertens 2009 1.75
21 Age-dependent associations between sleep-disordered breathing and hypertension: importance of discriminating between systolic/diastolic hypertension and isolated systolic hypertension in the Sleep Heart Health Study. Circulation 2005 1.67
22 Racism and ambulatory blood pressure in a community sample. Psychosom Med 2007 1.64
23 Toward a causal model of cardiovascular responses to stress and the development of cardiovascular disease. Psychosom Med 2003 1.60
24 Sustained blood pressure increase after an acute stressor: the effects of the 11 September 2001 attack on the New York City World Trade Center. J Hypertens 2005 1.58
25 Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and all-cause mortality in elderly people with diabetes mellitus. Hypertension 2009 1.57
26 Preventing misdiagnosis of ambulatory hypertension: algorithm using office and home blood pressures. J Hypertens 2009 1.57
27 Changes in home versus clinic blood pressure with antihypertensive treatments: a meta-analysis. Hypertension 2008 1.54
28 Effect of doxazosin on the left ventricular structure and function in morning hypertensive patients: the Japan Morning Surge 1 study. J Hypertens 2008 1.45
29 Disasters and the heart: a review of the effects of earthquake-induced stress on cardiovascular disease. Hypertens Res 2003 1.45
30 Assessment of the white-coat effect. J Hypertens 2006 1.31
31 Morning hypertension: the strongest independent risk factor for stroke in elderly hypertensive patients. Hypertens Res 2006 1.27
32 The misdiagnosis of hypertension: the role of patient anxiety. Arch Intern Med 2008 1.24
33 Prevalence and determinants of isolated systolic hypertension among young adults: the 1999-2004 US National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey. J Hypertens 2010 1.23
34 Lifestyle modification and blood pressure control: is the glass half full or half empty? JAMA 2003 1.20
35 Insomnia and sleep duration as mediators of the relationship between depression and hypertension incidence. Am J Hypertens 2009 1.17
36 Anxiety and outcome expectations predict the white-coat effect. Blood Press Monit 2005 1.15
37 Hypertension treatment guidelines. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2004 1.08
38 Hot flashes are associated with increased ambulatory systolic blood pressure. Menopause 2007 1.06
39 Morning blood pressure surge and hypertensive cerebrovascular disease: role of the alpha adrenergic sympathetic nervous system. Am J Hypertens 2004 1.05
40 Effect of social support on nocturnal blood pressure dipping. Psychosom Med 2007 1.03
41 Depressive symptoms are independently predictive of carotid atherosclerosis. Am J Cardiol 2005 0.99
42 Circulating transforming growth factor-beta1 levels and the risk for kidney disease in African Americans. Kidney Int 2009 0.98
43 Life-course exposure to job strain and ambulatory blood pressure in men. Am J Epidemiol 2003 0.98
44 Prehypertension and the risk for cardiovascular disease in the Japanese general population: the Jichi Medical School Cohort Study. J Hypertens 2010 0.98
45 beta-Blockers in hypertension-the emperor has no clothes: an open letter to present and prospective drafters of new guidelines for the treatment of hypertension. Am J Hypertens 2003 0.98
46 Lower socioeconomic status among men in relation to the association between job strain and blood pressure. Scand J Work Environ Health 2003 0.94
47 Nocturnal nondipping of heart rate predicts cardiovascular events in hypertensive patients. J Hypertens 2009 0.94
48 The influence of work- and home-related stress on the levels and diurnal variation of ambulatory blood pressure and neurohumoral factors in employed women. Hypertens Res 2002 0.94
49 Psychological and physical stress-induced cardiovascular reactivity and diurnal blood pressure variation in women with different work shifts. Hypertens Res 2002 0.93
50 Home blood-pressure monitoring: US and European consensus. Lancet 2009 0.92
51 Validation of an oscillometric home blood pressure monitor in an end-stage renal disease population and the effect of arterial stiffness on its accuracy. Blood Press Monit 2007 0.92
52 Correlates of isolated nocturnal hypertension and target organ damage in a population-based cohort of African Americans: the Jackson Heart Study. Am J Hypertens 2013 0.92
53 Validity and reliability of a work history questionnaire derived from the Job Content Questionnaire. J Occup Environ Med 2002 0.91
54 Increased low-grade inflammation and plasminogen-activator inhibitor-1 level in nondippers with sleep apnea syndrome. J Hypertens 2008 0.90
55 Abnormal nocturnal blood pressure falls in elderly hypertension: clinical significance and determinants. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2003 0.89
56 Clinical implication of morning blood pressure surge in hypertension. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2003 0.88
57 Superiority of ambulatory to physician blood pressure is not an artifact of differential measurement reliability. Blood Press Monit 2006 0.88
58 Masked hypertension in diabetes mellitus: a potential risk. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2007 0.88
59 Age and the difference between awake ambulatory blood pressure and office blood pressure: a meta-analysis. Blood Press Monit 2011 0.87
60 Limitations of current validation protocols for home blood pressure monitors for individual patients. Blood Press Monit 2002 0.86
61 Cardiovascular prognosis of sustained and white-coat hypertension in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Blood Press Monit 2008 0.85
62 Why is blood pressure so hard to control in patients with type 2 diabetes? J Cardiometab Syndr 2007 0.85
63 Office and ambulatory blood pressure are independently associated with albuminuria in older subjects with type 2 diabetes. Hypertension 2006 0.84
64 Task Force 5: systemic hypertension. J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 0.84
65 Race differences in the physical and psychological impact of hypertension labeling. Am J Hypertens 2012 0.84
66 Pressor effects of beta-blockers on standing blood pressure may be harmful for older patients with orthostatic hypertension. Circulation 2002 0.83
67 Accurate measurement of blood pressure. JAMA 2003 0.83
68 Relationship between morning hypertension identified by home blood pressure monitoring and brain natriuretic peptide and estimated glomerular filtration rate: the Japan Morning Surge 1 (JMS-1) Study. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2008 0.83
69 Trait hostility and ambulatory blood pressure among traffic enforcement agents: the effects of stressful social interactions. J Occup Health Psychol 2009 0.83
70 Explaining gender differences in the white coat effect. Blood Press Monit 2011 0.82
71 An alpha-adrenergic blocker titrated by self-measured blood pressure recordings lowered blood pressure and microalbuminuria in patients with morning hypertension: the Japan Morning Surge-1 Study. J Hypertens 2008 0.82
72 Differential impact of left ventricular mass and relative wall thickness on cardiovascular prognosis in diabetic and nondiabetic hypertensive subjects. Am Heart J 2007 0.81
73 What is the optimal interval between successive home blood pressure readings using an automated oscillometric device? J Hypertens 2009 0.81
74 Relative utility of home, ambulatory, and office blood pressures in the prediction of end-organ damage. Am J Hypertens 2007 0.81
75 A comparison of morning blood pressure surge in African Americans and whites. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2005 0.80
76 Changes in self-monitored pulse pressure correlate with improvements in B-type natriuretic Peptide and urinary albumin in treated hypertensive patients. Am J Hypertens 2007 0.80
77 Increased heart rate variability during sleep is a predictor for future cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes. Hypertens Res 2010 0.80
78 Do we really need a new definition of hypertension? J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2005 0.80
79 Factors associated with baroreflex sensitivity: association with morning blood pressure. Hypertens Res 2007 0.79
80 Incomplete benefit of antihypertensive therapy on stroke reduction in older hypertensives with abnormal nocturnal blood pressure dipping (extreme-dippers and reverse-dippers). Am J Hypertens 2002 0.79
81 Can blood pressure measurements taken in the physician's office avoid the 'white coat' bias? Blood Press Monit 2011 0.79
82 Correlations between different measures of clinic, home, and ambulatory blood pressure in hypertensive patients. Blood Press Monit 2011 0.79
83 Orthostatic hypertension detected by self-measured home blood pressure monitoring: a new cardiovascular risk factor for elderly hypertensives. Hypertens Res 2008 0.78
84 Automatic office blood pressure measured without doctors or nurses present. Blood Press Monit 2012 0.78
85 Extending the reach of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: masked and resistant hypertension. Am J Hypertens 2005 0.78
86 Cornell product left ventricular hypertrophy in electrocardiogram and the risk of stroke in a general population. Hypertension 2008 0.78
87 New guidelines on diet and blood pressure. Hypertension 2006 0.77
88 Should doctors still measure blood pressure? J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2006 0.77
89 Cardiovascular risks of dipping status and chronic kidney disease in elderly Japanese hypertensive patients. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2008 0.77
90 The Japan Morning Surge-1 (JMS-1) study: protocol description. Hypertens Res 2006 0.77
91 Monitoring of the central pulse pressure is useful for detecting cardiac overload during antiadrenergic treatment: the Japan Morning Surge 1 study. J Hypertens 2008 0.77
92 Telemedicine home blood pressure measurements and progression of albuminuria in elderly people with diabetes. Hypertension 2008 0.76
93 Plasma tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase-1 level is increased in normotensive non-dippers in association with impaired glucose metabolism. Hypertens Res 2008 0.76
94 Albumin-to-creatinine ratio predicts change in ambulatory blood pressure in normotensive persons: a 7.5-year prospective study. Am J Hypertens 2006 0.76
95 World Trade Center disaster effect on blood pressure. Blood Press Monit 2002 0.76
96 [Silent and clinically overt stroke in older Japanese subjects with white-coat and sustained hypertension]. J Cardiol 2002 0.76
97 Clinical trials in hypertension. JAMA 2006 0.75
98 Masked hypertension defined by ambulatory blood pressure monitoring is associated with an increased serum glucose level and urinary albumin-creatinine ratio. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2010 0.75
99 Does acute catastrophic psychological stress disrupt diurnal cardiovascular variability? Hypertension 2002 0.75
100 The straw men of the salt lobby. Clin Auton Res 2002 0.75
101 Angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors and diuretics for hypertension. N Engl J Med 2003 0.75
102 Depression as another possible explanation for worse outcomes in myocardial infarction during off-hours. J Am Coll Cardiol 2003 0.75
103 Is depression a risk factor for coronary heart disease? J Am Coll Cardiol 2004 0.75
104 A novel and simple protocol for the validation of home blood pressure monitors in clinical practice. Blood Press Monit 2012 0.75
105 Adrenergic blockade improved insulin resistance in patients with morning hypertension: the Japan Morning Surge-1 Study. J Hypertens 2009 0.75
106 Metabolic syndrome less strongly associated with target organ damage than syndrome components in a healthy, working population. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2007 0.75
107 Determinants of self-measured pulse rate profile in medicated hypertensives: the Jichi Morning Surge-1 (JMS-1) study. Clin Exp Hypertens 2008 0.75
108 Age-specific impact of self-monitored pulse pressure on hypertensive target organ damage in treated hypertensive patients. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2007 0.75
109 Call to action on use and reimbursement for home blood pressure monitoring: executive summary a joint scientific statement from the american heart association, american society of hypertension, and preventive cardiovascular nurses association. J Am Soc Hypertens 2010 0.75
110 The ASCOT Trial--are beta-blockers still useful as antihypertensive medication? J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2006 0.75
111 Standardizing the comparison of systolic blood pressure vs. pulse pressure for predicting coronary heart disease. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2006 0.75
112 New ways of measuring blood pressure. Am J Hypertens 2006 0.75
113 Where are we going? Beyond JNC 7. Prev Cardiol 2007 0.75
114 Lowering the thresholds of disease-are any of us still healthy? J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2004 0.75
115 Roundtable discussion: the role of Beta blockers in the management of hypertension. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2005 0.75