Published in J Am Soc Echocardiogr on February 01, 2006
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Comparison between conventional and automated software-guided ultrasound assessment of bilateral common carotids intima-media thickness in patients with rheumatic diseases. Clin Rheumatol (2012) 0.76
The METIS project for generalist ultrasonography. J Ultrasound (2007) 0.75
Bone Mineral Density Is Positively Related to Carotid Intima-Media Thickness: Findings From a Population-Based Study in Adolescents and Premenopausal Women. J Bone Miner Res (2016) 0.75
The association of carotid artery disease with snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea: definitions, pathogenesis and treatment. Australas J Ultrasound Med (2015) 0.75
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Use of carotid ultrasound to identify subclinical vascular disease and evaluate cardiovascular disease risk: a consensus statement from the American Society of Echocardiography Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Task Force. Endorsed by the Society for Vascular Medicine. J Am Soc Echocardiogr (2008) 7.91
Increased prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing in adults. Am J Epidemiol (2013) 7.31
American Society of Echocardiography recommendations for use of echocardiography in clinical trials. J Am Soc Echocardiogr (2004) 4.88
Lipoprotein management in patients with cardiometabolic risk: consensus statement from the American Diabetes Association and the American College of Cardiology Foundation. Diabetes Care (2008) 3.65
US norms for six generic health-related quality-of-life indexes from the National Health Measurement study. Med Care (2007) 3.56
Endothelial function in human immunodeficiency virus-infected antiretroviral-naive subjects before and after starting potent antiretroviral therapy: The ACTG (AIDS Clinical Trials Group) Study 5152s. J Am Coll Cardiol (2008) 3.36
Lipoprotein management in patients with cardiometabolic risk: consensus conference report from the American Diabetes Association and the American College of Cardiology Foundation. J Am Coll Cardiol (2008) 3.15
Effects of intensive versus moderate lipid-lowering therapy on myocardial ischemia in older patients with coronary heart disease: results of the Study Assessing Goals in the Elderly (SAGE). Circulation (2007) 2.82
Outcomes in 45 patients with statin-associated myopathy. Arch Intern Med (2005) 2.80
ACCF/ACG/AHA 2008 expert consensus document on reducing the gastrointestinal risks of antiplatelet therapy and NSAID use: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents. J Am Coll Cardiol (2008) 2.67
Does detection of carotid plaque affect physician behavior or motivate patients? Am Heart J (2007) 2.33
Use of echocardiography for the phenotypic assessment of genetically altered mice. Physiol Genomics (2003) 2.26
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
State of the science conference: Initiative to decrease cardiovascular risk and increase quality of care for patients living with HIV/AIDS: executive summary. Circulation (2008) 2.17
Burden of sleep apnea: rationale, design, and major findings of the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort study. WMJ (2009) 2.06
The relation of retinal vessel caliber to the incidence and progression of diabetic retinopathy: XIX: the Wisconsin Epidemiologic Study of Diabetic Retinopathy. Arch Ophthalmol (2004) 2.03
The effect of an intervention to break the gender bias habit for faculty at one institution: a cluster randomized, controlled trial. Acad Med (2015) 1.89
Cardiovascular disease, mortality, and retinal microvascular characteristics in type 1 diabetes: Wisconsin epidemiologic study of diabetic retinopathy. Arch Intern Med (2004) 1.89
Outcomes monitoring of health, behavior, and quality of life after nutrition intervention in adults with type 2 diabetes. J Am Diet Assoc (2004) 1.86
Properties of R(2) statistics for logistic regression. Stat Med (2006) 1.76
Endocardial unipolar voltage mapping to detect epicardial ventricular tachycardia substrate in patients with nonischemic left ventricular cardiomyopathy. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol (2010) 1.73
Comparison of 5 health-related quality-of-life indexes using item response theory analysis. Med Decis Making (2009) 1.70
Five preference-based indexes in cataract and heart failure patients were not equally responsive to change. J Clin Epidemiol (2010) 1.61
Effects of smoking and smoking cessation on endothelial function: 1-year outcomes from a randomized clinical trial. J Am Coll Cardiol (2010) 1.61
Focused cardiac ultrasound: recommendations from the American Society of Echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr (2013) 1.60
Noninvasive programmed ventricular stimulation early after ventricular tachycardia ablation to predict risk of late recurrence. J Am Coll Cardiol (2012) 1.57
Ablation of ventricular arrhythmias arising near the anterior epicardial veins from the left sinus of Valsalva region: ECG features, anatomic distance, and outcome. Heart Rhythm (2012) 1.55
Socioeconomic status and age variations in health-related quality of life: results from the national health measurement study. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci (2009) 1.54
Increased subclinical atherosclerosis in young adults with metabolic syndrome: the Bogalusa Heart Study. J Am Coll Cardiol (2005) 1.50
Effects of smoking and smoking cessation on lipids and lipoproteins: outcomes from a randomized clinical trial. Am Heart J (2011) 1.50
Nonischemic cardiomyopathy substrate and ventricular tachycardia in the setting of coronary artery disease. Heart Rhythm (2013) 1.45
Cardiovascular risks of antiretroviral therapy. N Engl J Med (2007) 1.45
Advanced lipoprotein testing does not improve identification of subclinical atherosclerosis in young adults: the Bogalusa Heart Study. Ann Intern Med (2005) 1.44
A prospective randomized controlled trial of the effects of vitamin D supplementation on cardiovascular disease risk. PLoS One (2012) 1.44
Advanced Cardiovascular Sonographer: a proposal of the American Society of Echocardiography Advanced Practice Sonographer Task Force. J Am Soc Echocardiogr (2009) 1.39
Predictors of carotid intima-media thickness progression in young adults: the Bogalusa Heart Study. Stroke (2007) 1.38
Lower-than-expected prevalence and severity of retinopathy in an incident cohort followed during the first 4-14 years of type 1 diabetes: the Wisconsin Diabetes Registry Study. Am J Epidemiol (2006) 1.34
25-Hydroxyvitamin D and parathyroid hormone are not associated with carotid intima-media thickness or plaque in the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol (2013) 1.33
Vascular age: integrating carotid intima-media thickness measurements with global coronary risk assessment. Clin Cardiol (2004) 1.31
Race and gender associations between obesity and nine health-related quality-of-life measures. Qual Life Res (2011) 1.26
Gender differences in health-related quality-of-life are partly explained by sociodemographic and socioeconomic variation between adult men and women in the US: evidence from four US nationally representative data sets. Qual Life Res (2010) 1.23
Effects of pravastatin on lipoproteins and endothelial function in patients receiving human immunodeficiency virus protease inhibitors. Am Heart J (2004) 1.22
ACCF/ACG/AHA 2008 expert consensus document on reducing the gastrointestinal risks of antiplatelet therapy and NSAID use. Am J Gastroenterol (2008) 1.21
Undiagnosed hypertension among young adults with regular primary care use. J Hypertens (2014) 1.21
Smoking intensity and lipoprotein abnormalities in active smokers. J Clin Lipidol (2009) 1.19
The effect of correction of sleep-disordered breathing on BP in untreated hypertension. Chest (2002) 1.17
A longitudinal measurement error model with a semicontinuous covariate. Biometrics (2005) 1.14
Inflammation, immune activation, and CVD risk in individuals with HIV infection. JAMA (2012) 1.13
Vitamin D levels and markers of arterial dysfunction in HIV. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses (2011) 1.12
Retinal vascular abnormalities in persons with type 1 diabetes: the Wisconsin Epidemiologic Study of Diabetic Retinopathy: XVIII. Ophthalmology (2003) 1.12
Effects of simvastatin on cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers and cognition in middle-aged adults at risk for Alzheimer's disease. J Alzheimers Dis (2008) 1.11
Effects of smoking intensity and cessation on inflammatory markers in a large cohort of active smokers. Am Heart J (2010) 1.10
Carotid intima-media thickness and cardiovascular disease risk prediction. J Am Coll Cardiol (2014) 1.09
Antihypertensive medication initiation among young adults with regular primary care use. J Gen Intern Med (2014) 1.09
Ultrasound-detected carotid plaque as a screening tool for advanced subclinical atherosclerosis. Am Heart J (2005) 1.09
Prevalence and prognostic significance of ECG abnormalities in HIV-infected patients: results from the Strategies for Management of Antiretroviral Therapy study. J Electrocardiol (2010) 1.06
Body composition, soluble markers of inflammation, and bone mineral density in antiretroviral therapy-naive HIV-1-infected individuals. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr (2013) 1.05
Safety and efficacy of extended-release niacin for the treatment of dyslipidaemia in patients with HIV infection: AIDS Clinical Trials Group Study A5148. Antivir Ther (2006) 1.05
Use of carotid intima-media thickness and vascular age to modify cardiovascular risk prediction. J Am Soc Echocardiogr (2006) 1.04
Ultrasound-detected carotid plaque as a predictor of cardiovascular events. Vasc Med (2006) 1.03
Self-rated health among young people with type 1 diabetes in relation to risk factors in a longitudinal study. Am J Epidemiol (2004) 1.02
Gender differences in multiple underlying dimensions of health-related quality of life are associated with sociodemographic and socioeconomic status. Med Care (2011) 1.02
Relation of blood homocysteine and its nutritional determinants to age-related maculopathy in the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Am J Clin Nutr (2002) 1.01
Assessing progress in retinopathy outcomes in type 1 diabetes: comparing findings from the Wisconsin Diabetes Registry Study and the Wisconsin Epidemiologic Study of Diabetic Retinopathy. Diabetes Care (2012) 0.99
Pentoxifylline, inflammation, and endothelial function in HIV-infected persons: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. PLoS One (2013) 0.98
The effects of sleep-disordered breathing on arterial stiffness are modulated by age. Sleep (2010) 0.97
Agreement about identifying patients who change over time: cautionary results in cataract and heart failure patients. Med Decis Making (2011) 0.97
Relationship of prospective GHb to glycated serum proteins in incident diabetic retinopathy: implications of the glycation gap for mechanism of risk prediction. Diabetes Care (2007) 0.97
Longitudinal effects of a decade of aging on carotid artery stiffness: the multiethnic study of atherosclerosis. Stroke (2013) 0.97
Change to atazanavir/ritonavir treatment improves lipids but not endothelial function in patients on stable antiretroviral therapy. AIDS (2010) 0.96
Long-term effects of smoking and smoking cessation on exercise stress testing: three-year outcomes from a randomized clinical trial. Am Heart J (2011) 0.95
Isolated septal substrate for ventricular tachycardia in nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy: incidence, characterization, and implications. Heart Rhythm (2011) 0.94
Increases in central aortic impedance precede alterations in arterial stiffness measures in type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Care (2007) 0.94
A semiautomated ultrasound border detection program that facilitates clinical measurement of ultrasound carotid intima-media thickness. J Am Soc Echocardiogr (2005) 0.94
Measuring health-related quality of life in population-based studies of coronary heart disease: comparing six generic indexes and a disease-specific proxy score. Qual Life Res (2009) 0.94
Underlying dimensions of the five health-related quality-of-life measures used in utility assessment: evidence from the National Health Measurement Study. Med Care (2010) 0.94
Physician assistants and nurse practitioners perform effective roles on teams caring for Medicare patients with diabetes. Health Aff (Millwood) (2013) 0.93
Assessing epicardial substrate using intracardiac echocardiography during VT ablation. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol (2011) 0.93
Relations of serum ascorbic acid and alpha-tocopherol to diabetic retinopathy in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Am J Epidemiol (2003) 0.93
Permissive hypercapnia and risk for brain injury and developmental impairment. Pediatrics (2008) 0.93