Joseph Shemesh

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1 Long-term changes in serum cholesterol level does not influence the progression of coronary calcification. Int J Cardiol 2010 1.99
2 Second-hand tobacco smoke in never smokers is a significant risk factor for coronary artery calcification. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2013 1.52
3 Calcification of the thoracic aorta as detected by spiral computed tomography among stable angina pectoris patients: association with cardiovascular events and death. Circulation 2008 1.45
4 Exaggerated blood pressure response to exercise is not associated with masked hypertension in patients with high normal blood pressure levels. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2014 1.43
5 The prevalence and anatomical patterns of intramuscular coronary arteries: a coronary computed tomography angiographic study. J Am Coll Cardiol 2007 1.40
6 Colchicine for the prevention of postpericardiotomy syndrome. Herz 2002 1.13
7 Spiral computed tomography evidence of close correlation between coronary and thoracic aorta calcifications. Atherosclerosis 2004 1.11
8 Effect of bezafibrate on incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in obese patients. Eur Heart J 2005 1.09
9 Coronary calcium in patients with and without diabetes: first manifestation of acute or chronic coronary events is characterized by different calcification patterns. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2013 1.00
10 Cardiovascular events in patients received combined fibrate/statin treatment versus statin monotherapy: Acute Coronary Syndrome Israeli Surveys data. PLoS One 2012 0.93
11 Extra-cardiac findings on coronary computed tomography scanning. Isr Med Assoc J 2008 0.92
12 Accelerated coronary artery calcification in mildly reduced renal function of high-risk hypertensives: a 3-year prospective observation. J Hypertens 2003 0.90
13 Increased prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive women with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2003 0.88
14 Calcification of the thoracic aorta by spiral computed tomography among hypertensive patients: associations and risk of ischemic cerebrovascular events. Int J Cardiol 2006 0.86
15 Left ventricular diastolic function in trained male weight lifters at rest and during isometric exercise. Am J Cardiol 2008 0.85
16 Does the lipid-lowering peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors ligand bezafibrate prevent colon cancer in patients with coronary artery disease? Cardiovasc Diabetol 2008 0.81
17 Cardiovascular calcifications after radiation therapy for Hodgkin lymphoma: computed tomography detection and clinical correlation. Coron Artery Dis 2006 0.81
18 Autoantibodies to cardiolipin and beta-2-glycoprotein-I in coronary artery disease patients with and without hypertension. Cardiology 2002 0.81
19 Usefulness of helical computed tomography in detection of mitral annular calcification as a marker of coronary artery disease. Int J Cardiol 2005 0.80
20 Coronary artery calcification is associated with the development of hypertension. Am J Hypertens 2013 0.79
21 Coronary and aortic calcifications inter-relationship in stable angina pectoris: A Coronary Disease Trial Investigating Outcome with Nifedipine GITS (ACTION)--Israeli spiral computed tomography substudy. Isr Med Assoc J 2007 0.77
22 Aortic valve calcification in hypertensive patients: prevalence, risk factors and association with transvalvular flow velocity. Int J Cardiol 2004 0.77
23 Bezafibrate treatment is associated with a reduced rate of re-hospitalization in smokers after acute coronary syndrome. Cardiol J 2013 0.77
24 Serum uric acid is associated with coronary artery calcification. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2014 0.76
25 Aortic valve calcium on spiral computed tomography (dual slice mode) is associated with advanced coronary calcium in hypertensive patients. Coron Artery Dis 2002 0.76
26 Tracking coronary calcification and atherosclerotic lesions in patients with stable angina pectoris undergoing nifedipine therapy. Cardiology 2006 0.76
27 The doubtful association between blood lipid changes and progression of coronary calcification. Int J Cardiol 2011 0.75
28 Coronary computed tomography: choosing the right patient for the right clinical entity. Isr Med Assoc J 2005 0.75
29 Association of mitral annular calcium on spiral computed tomography (dual-slice mode) with thoracic aorta calcium in patients with systemic hypertension. Am J Cardiol 2002 0.75
30 Combined coronary and mitral annulus calcium detection in the non-invasive diagnosis of coronary artery disease in patients with systemic hypertension. Coron Artery Dis 2002 0.75
31 [Appropriateness criteria for the use of cardiac computed tomography: position paper of the Israeli Heart Society and the Israeli Society of Radiology]. Harefuah 2011 0.75
32 [ISRAELI GUIDELINES FOR THE TREATMENT OF HYPERLIPIDEMIA - 2014 UPDATE]. Harefuah 2015 0.75
33 Aortic valve calcium on spiral computed tomography is associated with calcification of the thoracic aorta in hypertensive patients. Am J Cardiol 2002 0.75