Andrew Tonkin

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1 Efficacy and safety of LDL-lowering therapy among men and women: meta-analysis of individual data from 174,000 participants in 27 randomised trials. Lancet 2015 3.79
2 Monitoring cholesterol levels: measurement error or true change? Ann Intern Med 2008 3.35
3 Secondary prevention of cardiovascular events with long-term pravastatin in patients with diabetes or impaired fasting glucose: results from the LIPID trial. Diabetes Care 2003 2.82
4 Effect of pravastatin on cardiovascular events in people with chronic kidney disease. Circulation 2004 2.33
5 National Heart Foundation of Australia and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand: position statement on lipid management--2005. Heart Lung Circ 2005 2.16
6 Effect of pravastatin on rate of kidney function loss in people with or at risk for coronary disease. Circulation 2005 2.13
7 Additive benefits of pravastatin and aspirin to decrease risks of cardiovascular disease: randomized and observational comparisons of secondary prevention trials and their meta-analyses. Arch Intern Med 2004 1.69
8 Safety and tolerability of pravastatin in long-term clinical trials: prospective Pravastatin Pooling (PPP) Project. Circulation 2002 1.51
9 Why did high-dose rosuvastatin not improve cardiac remodeling in chronic heart failure? Mechanistic insights from the UNIVERSE study. Int J Cardiol 2010 1.48
10 Rationale for a trial of low-dose aspirin for the primary prevention of major adverse cardiovascular events and vascular dementia in the elderly: Aspirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE). Drugs Aging 2003 1.47
11 Effects of pravastatin on coronary events in 2073 patients with low levels of both low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol: results from the LIPID study. Eur Heart J 2004 1.46
12 Accumulation of microplastic on shorelines woldwide: sources and sinks. Environ Sci Technol 2011 1.44
13 Relationship between lipid levels and clinical outcomes in the Long-term Intervention with Pravastatin in Ischemic Disease (LIPID) Trial: to what extent is the reduction in coronary events with pravastatin explained by on-study lipid levels? Circulation 2002 1.43
14 Nurse-led titration of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, beta-adrenergic blocking agents, and angiotensin receptor blockers for people with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 1.41
15 Dose-dependent effects of folic acid on plasma homocysteine in a randomized trial conducted among 723 individuals with coronary heart disease. Eur Heart J 2002 1.40
16 Nursing sans frontières: a three year case study of multi-state registration to support nursing practice using information technology. Aust J Adv Nurs 2006 1.39
17 Primary health care research--essential but disadvantaged. Med J Aust 2006 1.35
18 Clozapine-associated myocarditis: a review of 116 cases of suspected myocarditis associated with the use of clozapine in Australia during 1993-2003. Drug Saf 2007 1.31
19 Accuracy of the Australian National Death Index: comparison with adjudicated fatal outcomes among Australian participants in the Long-term Intervention with Pravastatin in Ischaemic Disease (LIPID) study. Aust N Z J Public Health 2003 1.25
20 Absolute risk representation in cardiovascular disease prevention: comprehension and preferences of health care consumers and general practitioners involved in a focus group study. BMC Public Health 2010 1.16
21 Effects of beta-adrenergic antagonists in patients with chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Am Coll Cardiol 2011 1.16
22 Comparative effectiveness of population interventions to improve access to reperfusion for ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction in Australia. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2012 1.14
23 Why do phase III trials of promising heart failure drugs often fail? The contribution of "regression to the truth". J Card Fail 2003 1.10
24 Aspirin and Tranexamic Acid for Coronary Artery Surgery (ATACAS) Trial: rationale and design. Am Heart J 2007 1.06
25 Familial hypercholesterolaemia: a model of care for Australasia. Atheroscler Suppl 2011 1.04
26 Association between impaired glucose metabolism and quality of life: results from the Australian diabetes obesity and lifestyle study. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2006 1.02
27 Effect of pravastatin in people with diabetes and chronic kidney disease. J Am Soc Nephrol 2005 1.02
28 Population trends of recurrent coronary heart disease event rates remain high. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2010 0.98
29 Rheumatic heart disease in indigenous populations. Heart Lung Circ 2010 0.97
30 Age-specific trends in cardiovascular mortality rates in the Netherlands between 1980 and 2009. Eur J Epidemiol 2011 0.96
31 What becomes of the broken hearted? Coronary heart disease as a paradigm of cardiovascular disease and poor health among indigenous australians. Heart Lung Circ 2005 0.93
32 Double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study of high-dose HMG CoA reductase inhibitor therapy on ventricular remodeling, pro-inflammatory cytokines and neurohormonal parameters in patients with chronic systolic heart failure. J Card Fail 2007 0.93
33 Outdoor air pollution as a trigger for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. Epidemiology 2010 0.93
34 Rationale and design of the Kanyini guidelines adherence with the polypill (Kanyini-GAP) study: a randomised controlled trial of a polypill-based strategy amongst indigenous and non indigenous people at high cardiovascular risk. BMC Public Health 2010 0.93
35 Inequalities in cardiovascular disease mortality: the role of behavioural, physiological and social risk factors. J Epidemiol Community Health 2009 0.93
36 Adherence, adaptation and acceptance of elderly chronic heart failure patients to receiving healthcare via telephone-monitoring. Eur J Heart Fail 2007 0.89
37 Building better systems of care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: findings from the Kanyini health systems assessment. BMC Health Serv Res 2012 0.89
38 Changes in lipoprotein-Associated phospholipase A2 activity predict coronary events and partly account for the treatment effect of pravastatin: results from the Long-Term Intervention with Pravastatin in Ischemic Disease study. J Am Heart Assoc 2013 0.89
39 Effect of pravastatin on cardiovascular events and mortality in 1516 women with coronary heart disease: results from the Long-Term Intervention with Pravastatin in Ischemic Disease (LIPID) study. Am Heart J 2003 0.88
40 Parametric conditional frailty models for recurrent cardiovascular events in the lipid study. Clin Trials 2008 0.87
41 A systematic review of air pollution and incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. J Epidemiol Community Health 2013 0.87
42 Evaluating the impact of air pollution on the incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the Perth Metropolitan Region: 2000-2010. J Epidemiol Community Health 2013 0.85
43 Coronary disease in indigenous populations: summary from the CSANZ indigenous Cardiovascular Health Conference. Heart Lung Circ 2010 0.84
44 Feasibility of conducting a primary prevention trial of low-dose aspirin for major adverse cardiovascular events in older people in Australia: results from the ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE) pilot study. Med J Aust 2008 0.84
45 Discordant age and sex-specific trends in the incidence of a first coronary heart disease event in Western Australia from 1996 to 2007. Heart 2011 0.83
46 Best practice for prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease through an equity lens: a review. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 2010 0.83
47 Nurse-led titration of β-adrenoreceptor blocking agents in chronic heart failure patients in the community. J Card Fail 2010 0.82
48 Accuracy of national mortality codes in identifying adjudicated cardiovascular deaths. Aust N Z J Public Health 2011 0.82
49 Aspirin for the prevention of cognitive decline in the elderly: rationale and design of a neuro-vascular imaging study (ENVIS-ion). BMC Neurol 2012 0.81
50 Chronic heart failure--optimising care in general practice. Aust Fam Physician 2005 0.81
51 Associations among smoking status, lifestyle and lipoprotein subclasses. J Clin Lipidol 2010 0.80
52 Neither plasma coenzyme Q10 concentration, nor its decline during pravastatin therapy, is linked to recurrent cardiovascular disease events: a prospective case-control study from the LIPID study. Atherosclerosis 2005 0.80
53 High platelet reactivity and antiplatelet therapy resistance. Semin Thromb Hemost 2012 0.80
54 Bush telegraph. Improving outcomes for rural and remote patients with chronic heart failure. Aust Fam Physician 2004 0.79
55 Telephone support to rural and remote patients with heart failure: the Chronic Heart Failure Assessment by Telephone (CHAT) study. Cardiovasc Ther 2013 0.78
56 Improving cardiovascular care for indigenous populations. Heart Lung Circ 2010 0.78
57 Laboratory and non-laboratory-based risk prediction models for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease: the LIPID study. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 2009 0.78
58 Effects of the vasopeptidase inhibitor, omapatrilat, in 723 patients with coronary heart disease. J Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone Syst 2002 0.78
59 Overview and determinants of cardiovascular disease in indigenous populations. Heart Lung Circ 2010 0.77
60 Statins in the elderly: an answered question? Curr Opin Cardiol 2014 0.77
61 Complexity of management and health outcomes in a prospective cohort study of 573 heart failure patients in Australia: does more equal less? J Clin Nurs 2013 0.77
62 Psychometric properties of the cardiac depression scale in patients with coronary heart disease. BMC Psychiatry 2012 0.77
63 Semi-parametric risk prediction models for recurrent cardiovascular events in the LIPID study. BMC Med Res Methodol 2010 0.77
64 Secondary prevention of CHD. Aust Fam Physician 2005 0.77
65 Long term safety of statins should be monitored. BMJ 2006 0.76
66 The Cardiac Society Inaugural Cardiovascular Health Conference: conference findings and ways forward. Heart Lung Circ 2010 0.76
67 Comparison of the effects of pravastatin and atorvastatin on fracture incidence in the PROVE IT-TIMI 22 trial--secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial. Bone 2005 0.76
68 Recommendations arising from the inaugural CSANZ Conference on Indigenous Cardiovascular Health. Heart Lung Circ 2010 0.75
69 Put disease prevention first. Circulation 2013 0.75
70 A meta-analysis of the effect of thiazolidinediones on in-stent restenosis after coronary stent implantation. Am Heart J 2007 0.75
71 The MAGIC Study and the gastrointestinal effects of low-dose aspirin : editorial to: "Prospective cohort study of gastrointestinal complications and vascular diseases in patients taking aspirin: rationale and design of the MAGIC Study" by H. Origasa et al. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther 2011 0.75
72 Reply: the latest generation of troponin immunoassays: the "cholesterol" of the third millennium? J Am Coll Cardiol 2014 0.75
73 Increased psychosocial stress in Greek-born immigrants compared to Anglo-Australians with coronary heart disease: the healthy heart, healthy mind study. Heart Lung Circ 2012 0.75
74 School food environment and nutrition policies in Southern Metropolitan schools in Melbourne. Aust N Z J Public Health 2012 0.75
75 A new model of care for familial hypercholesterolaemia: what is the role of cardiology? Heart Lung Circ 2012 0.75
76 Development of an evidence-based scoring system (HF-IS) to assess the quality of heart failure programmes for patients postdischarge from hospital. J Clin Nurs 2011 0.75
77 CHAT--a study of a nurse-led system of care. Aust Nurs J 2006 0.75
78 Relevancy of the National Heart Foundation. Heart Lung Circ 2002 0.75
79 Cardiovascular medicine in the region--status report by the Asian-Pacific Society of Cardiology. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002 0.75
80 Hypertension, antihypertensive treatment and cancer incidence and mortality: a pooled collaborative analysis of 12 Australian and New Zealand cohorts. J Hypertens 2016 0.75
81 Obituary - Henry Krum. Heart Lung Circ 2016 0.75