Published in Epidemiology on May 01, 2011
Ambient air pollution and the risk of acute ischemic stroke. Arch Intern Med (2012) 2.92
Clearing the air: a review of the effects of particulate matter air pollution on human health. J Med Toxicol (2012) 2.83
Short term exposure to air pollution and stroke: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ (2015) 2.28
Opposing effects of particle pollution, ozone, and ambient temperature on arterial blood pressure. Environ Health Perspect (2011) 2.08
Acute exposure to air pollution triggers atrial fibrillation. J Am Coll Cardiol (2013) 1.90
The adverse effects of air pollution on the nervous system. J Toxicol (2012) 1.28
Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and incidence of cerebrovascular events: results from 11 European cohorts within the ESCAPE project. Environ Health Perspect (2014) 1.16
Comparison of exposure estimation methods for air pollutants: ambient monitoring data and regional air quality simulation. Environ Res (2012) 1.15
Short-term changes in ambient particulate matter and risk of stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Am Heart Assoc (2014) 0.97
The Air Quality Health Index as a predictor of emergency department visits for ischemic stroke in Edmonton, Canada. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol (2013) 0.90
Ambient air pollution and stroke. Stroke (2014) 0.89
Short-term effects of ambient particulates and gaseous pollutants on the incidence of transient ischaemic attack and minor stroke: a case-crossover study. Environ Health (2012) 0.87
PM2.5 and Cardiovascular Diseases in the Elderly: An Overview. Int J Environ Res Public Health (2015) 0.86
Short-term effects of particulate matter on stroke attack: meta-regression and meta-analyses. PLoS One (2014) 0.85
Urban-rural differences in daily time-activity patterns, occupational activity and housing characteristics. Environ Health (2015) 0.84
Outdoor air pollution, subtypes and severity of ischemic stroke--a small-area level ecological study. Int J Health Geogr (2014) 0.79
A retrospective cohort study of stroke onset: implications for characterizing short term effects from ambient air pollution. Environ Health (2011) 0.79
Ethnic differences in ambient air pollution and risk of acute ischemic stroke. Environ Res (2015) 0.79
Stroke Risk Factors, Genetics, and Prevention. Circ Res (2017) 0.78
Hourly differences in air pollution and risk of respiratory disease in the elderly: a time-stratified case-crossover study. Environ Health (2014) 0.78
Impact of particulate matter exposition on the risk of ischemic stroke: epidemiologic evidence and putative mechanisms. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab (2013) 0.77
A case-control study of medium-term exposure to ambient nitrogen dioxide pollution and hospitalization for stroke. BMC Public Health (2013) 0.76
Air Pollution and Subtypes, Severity and Vulnerability to Ischemic Stroke-A Population Based Case-Crossover Study. PLoS One (2016) 0.76
Fine Particulate Air Pollution and First Hospital Admissions for Ischemic Stroke in Beijing, China. Sci Rep (2017) 0.76
Extracellular histones mediate the effects of metal-rich air particles on blood coagulation. Environ Res (2014) 0.75
Short-term exposures to ambient air pollution and risk of recurrent ischemic stroke. Environ Res (2016) 0.75
Short-Term Exposure to Air Pollution and Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress: The Framingham Heart Study. J Am Heart Assoc (2016) 0.75
Gaseous Air Pollution and the Risk for Stroke Admissions: A Case-Crossover Study in Beijing, China. Int J Environ Res Public Health (2017) 0.75
Assessment of associations between ischaemic attacks in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and air concentrations of particulate matter <2.5 μm. J Int Med Res (2016) 0.75
Effect of Air Pollution on Menstrual Cycle Length-A Prognostic Factor of Women's Reproductive Health. Int J Environ Res Public Health (2017) 0.75
Meta-analysis in clinical trials. Control Clin Trials (1986) 144.91
Classification of subtype of acute ischemic stroke. Definitions for use in a multicenter clinical trial. TOAST. Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment. Stroke (1993) 29.81
Fine particulate air pollution and hospital admission for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. JAMA (2006) 13.43
Air pollution and cardiovascular disease: a statement for healthcare professionals from the Expert Panel on Population and Prevention Science of the American Heart Association. Circulation (2004) 13.07
High ambient temperature and mortality: a review of epidemiologic studies from 2001 to 2008. Environ Health (2009) 5.20
Diabetes enhances vulnerability to particulate air pollution-associated impairment in vascular reactivity and endothelial function. Circulation (2005) 5.07
Mechanisms of thrombogenesis in atrial fibrillation: Virchow's triad revisited. Lancet (2009) 3.83
Referent selection in case-crossover analyses of acute health effects of air pollution. Epidemiology (2001) 3.60
Short-term effects of particulate air pollution on cardiovascular diseases in eight European cities. J Epidemiol Community Health (2002) 3.29
Short term variations in hospital admissions and mortality and particulate air pollution. Occup Environ Med (1997) 3.22
Air pollution and hospital admissions for respiratory and cardiovascular diseases in Hong Kong. Occup Environ Med (1999) 3.02
Ambient pollution and blood pressure in cardiac rehabilitation patients. Circulation (2004) 2.92
High temperature and hospitalizations for cardiovascular and respiratory causes in 12 European cities. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2008) 2.81
Air pollution and inflammation in type 2 diabetes: a mechanism for susceptibility. Occup Environ Med (2006) 2.80
Air pollution and hospital admissions for ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke among medicare beneficiaries. Stroke (2005) 2.66
Who is sensitive to the effects of particulate air pollution on mortality? A case-crossover analysis of effect modifiers. Epidemiology (2004) 2.61
Circulating biomarkers of inflammation, antioxidant activity, and platelet activation are associated with primary combustion aerosols in subjects with coronary artery disease. Environ Health Perspect (2008) 2.59
Effects of particulate and gaseous air pollution on cardiorespiratory hospitalizations. Arch Environ Health (1999) 2.45
Stroke. Lancet (2003) 2.40
Individual-level modifiers of the effects of particulate matter on daily mortality. Am J Epidemiol (2006) 2.37
Air pollution and daily hospital admissions in metropolitan Los Angeles. Environ Health Perspect (2000) 1.99
Cardiovascular damage by airborne particles: are diabetics more susceptible? Epidemiology (2002) 1.98
Ischemic stroke associated with decrease in temperature. Epidemiology (2003) 1.95
Evidence for an association between air pollution and daily stroke admissions in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Stroke (2003) 1.91
Particulate matter and daily mortality and hospital admissions in the west midlands conurbation of the United Kingdom: associations with fine and coarse particles, black smoke and sulphate. Occup Environ Med (2001) 1.82
Ambient air pollution and risk for ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack. Ann Neurol (2008) 1.77
Impaired left atrial mechanical function after cardioversion: relation to the duration of atrial fibrillation. J Am Coll Cardiol (1994) 1.61
Particulate air pollution and acute cardiorespiratory hospital admissions and mortality among the elderly. Epidemiology (2009) 1.56
The association of daily sulfur dioxide air pollution levels with hospital admissions for cardiovascular diseases in Europe (The Aphea-II study). Eur Heart J (2003) 1.53
Exposure of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients to particles: respiratory and cardiovascular health effects. J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol (2002) 1.53
Associations between outdoor air pollution and emergency department visits for stroke in Edmonton, Canada. Eur J Epidemiol (2006) 1.51
The effects of air pollution on hospitalizations for cardiovascular disease in elderly people in Australian and New Zealand cities. Environ Health Perspect (2006) 1.48
Short-term effects of ozone air pollution on ischaemic stroke occurrence: a case-crossover analysis from a 10-year population-based study in Dijon, France. Occup Environ Med (2007) 1.37
Air pollution and risk of stroke: underestimation of effect due to misclassification of time of event onset. Epidemiology (2009) 1.37
Increased risk of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation episodes associated with acute increases in ambient air pollution. Environ Health Perspect (2006) 1.35
Association of ventricular arrhythmias detected by implantable cardioverter defibrillator and ambient air pollutants in the St Louis, Missouri metropolitan area. Occup Environ Med (2006) 1.33
Urban air pollution and emergency admissions for cerebrovascular diseases in Taipei, Taiwan. Eur Heart J (2006) 1.28
Associations between ambient air pollution and daily emergency department attendances for cardiovascular disease in the elderly (65+ years), Sydney, Australia. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol (2006) 1.13
Winter excess in hospital admissions, in-patient mortality and length of acute hospital stay in stroke: a hospital database study over six seasonal years in Norfolk, UK. Neuroepidemiology (2007) 1.11
Seasonal variation in stroke mortality rates. Neurology (1999) 1.09
Short term effects of air pollution on hospitalizations for cardiovascular diseases in eight French cities: the PSAS program. Sci Total Environ (2007) 1.06
Cryptogenic stroke: time to determine aetiology. J Thromb Haemost (2008) 1.06
Diurnal and seasonal variations in the occurrence of stroke: a community-based study. Neuroepidemiology (1992) 0.94
Ambient air pollution and daily emergency department visits for ischemic stroke in Edmonton, Canada. Int J Occup Med Environ Health (2008) 0.92
Heterogeneity and time course of improvement in cardiac function after cardioversion of chronic atrial fibrillation: assessment of serial echocardiographic indices. Br Heart J (1993) 0.80
Particulate matter air pollution and cardiovascular disease: An update to the scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation (2010) 19.30
Outcome of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in a population-based study. N Engl J Med (2006) 10.58
Impracticability of informed consent in the Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network. N Engl J Med (2004) 9.85
Atrial fibrillation in patients with cryptogenic stroke. N Engl J Med (2014) 6.73
Relation between age and cardiovascular disease in men and women with diabetes compared with non-diabetic people: a population-based retrospective cohort study. Lancet (2006) 6.64
Roles of drinking pattern and type of alcohol consumed in coronary heart disease in men. N Engl J Med (2003) 5.95
Sexual function in men older than 50 years of age: results from the health professionals follow-up study. Ann Intern Med (2003) 4.40
Suicide and cardiovascular death after a cancer diagnosis. N Engl J Med (2012) 3.56
The PLAN score: a bedside prediction rule for death and severe disability following acute ischemic stroke. Arch Intern Med (2012) 3.26
Potentially preventable strokes in high-risk patients with atrial fibrillation who are not adequately anticoagulated. Stroke (2008) 3.14
Ambient air pollution and the risk of acute ischemic stroke. Arch Intern Med (2012) 2.92
National trends in rates of death and hospital admissions related to acute myocardial infarction, heart failure and stroke, 1994-2004. CMAJ (2009) 2.89
Insights into the mechanisms and mediators of the effects of air pollution exposure on blood pressure and vascular function in healthy humans. Hypertension (2009) 2.88
Driving and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shocks for ventricular arrhythmias: results from the TOVA study. J Am Coll Cardiol (2007) 2.79
Air pollution and hospital admissions for ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke among medicare beneficiaries. Stroke (2005) 2.66
Modeling the association between particle constituents of air pollution and health outcomes. Am J Epidemiol (2012) 2.64
Improvements in long-term mortality after myocardial infarction and increased use of cardiovascular drugs after discharge: a 10-year trend analysis. J Am Coll Cardiol (2008) 2.58
Particulate air pollution and hospital admissions for congestive heart failure in seven United States cities. Am J Cardiol (2006) 2.54
Statin therapy and outcome after ischemic stroke: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies and randomized trials. Stroke (2013) 2.53
Intervening on risk factors for coronary heart disease: an application of the parametric g-formula. Int J Epidemiol (2009) 2.48
Risk of acute myocardial infarction after the death of a significant person in one's life: the Determinants of Myocardial Infarction Onset Study. Circulation (2012) 2.44
The impact of marijuana use on glucose, insulin, and insulin resistance among US adults. Am J Med (2013) 2.36
Association of air pollution with increased incidence of ventricular tachyarrhythmias recorded by implanted cardioverter defibrillators. Environ Health Perspect (2005) 2.36
IScore: a risk score to predict death early after hospitalization for an acute ischemic stroke. Circulation (2011) 2.29
Sex differences in carotid endarterectomy outcomes: results from the Ontario Carotid Endarterectomy Registry. Stroke (2003) 2.28
Continuity of care and patient outcomes after hospital discharge. J Gen Intern Med (2004) 2.26
A prospective study of risk factors for erectile dysfunction. J Urol (2006) 2.25
Chimney stove intervention to reduce long-term wood smoke exposure lowers blood pressure among Guatemalan women. Environ Health Perspect (2007) 2.23
Preadmission antithrombotic treatment and stroke severity in patients with atrial fibrillation and acute ischaemic stroke: an observational study. Lancet Neurol (2006) 2.23
Use of topiramate in pregnancy and risk of oral clefts. Am J Obstet Gynecol (2012) 2.14
Sex differences in stroke care and outcomes: results from the Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network. Stroke (2005) 2.08
Binge drinking and mortality after acute myocardial infarction. Circulation (2005) 2.06
The prognostic effect of cigarette smoking on stroke severity, disability, length of stay in hospital, and mortality in a cohort with cerebrovascular disease. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis (2013) 2.06
Aspirin use and outcomes in a community-based cohort of 7352 patients discharged after first hospitalization for heart failure. Circulation (2006) 2.05
Association between weekend hospital presentation and stroke fatality. Neurology (2010) 2.00
Treatment of blood cholesterol to reduce risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: grand rounds discussion from the beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Ann Intern Med (2015) 1.99
Prospective study of alcohol consumption and risk of dementia in older adults. JAMA (2003) 1.98
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, and risk of type 2 diabetes in women. Diabetes Care (2004) 1.98
An exploratory prospective study of marijuana use and mortality following acute myocardial infarction. Am Heart J (2008) 1.97
Escalating levels of access to in-hospital care and stroke mortality. Stroke (2008) 1.97
Infectious disease in a warming world: how weather influenced West Nile virus in the United States (2001-2005). Environ Health Perspect (2009) 1.96
Bone density and structure in healthy postmenopausal women treated with exemestane for the primary prevention of breast cancer: a nested substudy of the MAP.3 randomised controlled trial. Lancet Oncol (2012) 1.94
Alcohol use and risk of ischemic stroke among older adults: the cardiovascular health study. Stroke (2005) 1.94
Association of short-term ambient air pollution concentrations and ventricular arrhythmias. Am J Epidemiol (2005) 1.91
Prevalent rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes among NHANES III participants aged 60 and older. J Rheumatol (2007) 1.90
Acute exposure to air pollution triggers atrial fibrillation. J Am Coll Cardiol (2013) 1.90
Case-crossover designs compared with dynamic follow-up designs. Epidemiology (2008) 1.84
Algorithms to estimate the beginning of pregnancy in administrative databases. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf (2012) 1.81
Health economic evaluations: the special case of end-stage renal disease treatment. Med Decis Making (2002) 1.78
Age-specific fluoride exposure in drinking water and osteosarcoma (United States). Cancer Causes Control (2006) 1.76
Tea consumption and mortality after acute myocardial infarction. Circulation (2002) 1.76
Risk factors for death or stroke after carotid endarterectomy: observations from the Ontario Carotid Endarterectomy Registry. Stroke (2003) 1.74
The nonarthritic hip score: reliable and validated. Clin Orthop Relat Res (2003) 1.73
Instrumental variables I: instrumental variables exploit natural variation in nonexperimental data to estimate causal relationships. J Clin Epidemiol (2009) 1.73
Multivitamin use and the risk of myocardial infarction: a population-based cohort of Swedish women. Am J Clin Nutr (2010) 1.71
From good intentions to proven interventions: effectiveness of actions to reduce the health impacts of air pollution. Environ Health Perspect (2010) 1.69
Particulate air pollution and the rate of hospitalization for congestive heart failure among medicare beneficiaries in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Am J Epidemiol (2005) 1.67
A prospective study of floor surface, shoes, floor cleaning and slipping in US limited-service restaurant workers. Occup Environ Med (2010) 1.67
Chocolate intake and incidence of heart failure: a population-based prospective study of middle-aged and elderly women. Circ Heart Fail (2010) 1.66
Reinitiation of anticoagulation after warfarin-associated intracranial hemorrhage and mortality risk: the Best Practice for Reinitiating Anticoagulation Therapy After Intracranial Bleeding (BRAIN) study. Can J Cardiol (2011) 1.66
It's not the heat, it's the humidity: wet weather increases legionellosis risk in the greater Philadelphia metropolitan area. J Infect Dis (2005) 1.66
Statins and intracerebral hemorrhage: a retrospective cohort study. Arch Neurol (2011) 1.63
Long-term exposure to traffic emissions and fine particulate matter and lung function decline in the Framingham heart study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2015) 1.61
Prolonged exposure to particulate pollution, genes associated with glutathione pathways, and DNA methylation in a cohort of older men. Environ Health Perspect (2011) 1.60
T-wave alternans, air pollution and traffic in high-risk subjects. Am J Cardiol (2009) 1.60
Habitual coffee consumption and risk of heart failure: a dose-response meta-analysis. Circ Heart Fail (2012) 1.60
Instrumental variable analysis for estimation of treatment effects with dichotomous outcomes. Am J Epidemiol (2008) 1.59
TPA use for stroke in the Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network. Can J Neurol Sci (2005) 1.58
Recent trends in cardiovascular complications among men and women with and without diabetes. Diabetes Care (2006) 1.57
Neighborhood income and stroke care and outcomes. Neurology (2012) 1.56
Crescendo in depolarization and repolarization heterogeneity heralds development of ventricular tachycardia in hospitalized patients with decompensated heart failure. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol (2011) 1.56
Instrumental variables II: instrumental variable application-in 25 variations, the physician prescribing preference generally was strong and reduced covariate imbalance. J Clin Epidemiol (2009) 1.56
Intensity of physical exertion and triggering of myocardial infarction: a case-crossover study. Eur Heart J (2008) 1.52
Variables associated with 7-day, 30-day, and 1-year fatality after ischemic stroke. Stroke (2008) 1.51
Depression as a predictor for appropriate shocks among patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: results from the Triggers of Ventricular Arrhythmias (TOVA) study. J Am Coll Cardiol (2005) 1.50
Consistency with the DASH diet and incidence of heart failure. Arch Intern Med (2009) 1.50
Effect of depression on five-year mortality after an acute coronary syndrome. Am J Cardiol (2005) 1.48
Sharps-related injuries in health care workers: a case-crossover study. Am J Med (2003) 1.46
Alcohol consumption and risk of coronary heart disease in older adults: the Cardiovascular Health Study. J Am Geriatr Soc (2006) 1.46
Mechanisms of inhaled fine particulate air pollution-induced arterial blood pressure changes. Environ Health Perspect (2008) 1.46
The effect of hormone therapy on mean blood pressure and visit-to-visit blood pressure variability in postmenopausal women: results from the Women's Health Initiative randomized controlled trials. J Hypertens (2014) 1.45
Total antioxidant capacity of diet and risk of heart failure: a population-based prospective cohort of women. Am J Med (2013) 1.45
Short-term outcomes after symptomatic internal carotid artery occlusion. Stroke (2011) 1.43
Risk of myocardial infarction immediately after alcohol consumption. Epidemiology (2015) 1.43
Comparing mortality of elderly patients on hemodialysis versus peritoneal dialysis: a propensity score approach. J Am Soc Nephrol (2002) 1.42
PM-induced cardiac oxidative stress and dysfunction are mediated by autonomic stimulation. Biochim Biophys Acta (2005) 1.42