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Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
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Low risk-factor profile and long-term cardiovascular and noncardiovascular mortality and life expectancy: findings for 5 large cohorts of young adult and middle-aged men and women.
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JAMA
|
1999
|
5.68
|
|
2
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Assessment of cardiovascular risk by use of multiple-risk-factor assessment equations: a statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology.
|
Circulation
|
1999
|
5.62
|
|
3
|
Fish consumption and the 30-year risk of fatal myocardial infarction.
|
N Engl J Med
|
1997
|
4.27
|
|
4
|
Leg symptoms in peripheral arterial disease: associated clinical characteristics and functional impairment.
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JAMA
|
2001
|
3.90
|
|
5
|
Benefit of a favorable cardiovascular risk-factor profile in middle age with respect to Medicare costs.
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N Engl J Med
|
1998
|
3.89
|
|
6
|
Selection and interpretation of diagnostic tests and procedures. Principles and applications.
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Ann Intern Med
|
1981
|
3.85
|
|
7
|
Relationship of baseline serum cholesterol levels in 3 large cohorts of younger men to long-term coronary, cardiovascular, and all-cause mortality and to longevity.
|
JAMA
|
2000
|
3.65
|
|
8
|
Lower ankle/brachial index, as calculated by averaging the dorsalis pedis and posterior tibial arterial pressures, and association with leg functioning in peripheral arterial disease.
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J Vasc Surg
|
2000
|
3.33
|
|
9
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Primary prevention of coronary heart disease: guidance from Framingham: a statement for healthcare professionals from the AHA Task Force on Risk Reduction. American Heart Association.
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Circulation
|
1998
|
3.18
|
|
10
|
Serum cholesterol. Doing the right thing.
|
Circulation
|
1993
|
3.16
|
|
11
|
Prevention Conference V: Beyond secondary prevention: identifying the high-risk patient for primary prevention: noninvasive tests of atherosclerotic burden: Writing Group III.
|
Circulation
|
2000
|
2.94
|
|
12
|
Relationship of blood pressure to 25-year mortality due to coronary heart disease, cardiovascular diseases, and all causes in young adult men: the Chicago Heart Association Detection Project in Industry.
|
Arch Intern Med
|
2001
|
2.36
|
|
13
|
AHA Conference Proceedings. Prevention conference V: Beyond secondary prevention: Identifying the high-risk patient for primary prevention: executive summary. American Heart Association.
|
Circulation
|
2000
|
2.16
|
|
14
|
Diabetes, asymptomatic hyperglycemia, and 22-year mortality in black and white men. The Chicago Heart Association Detection Project in Industry Study.
|
Diabetes Care
|
1997
|
2.01
|
|
15
|
Association of nonspecific minor ST-T abnormalities with cardiovascular mortality: the Chicago Western Electric Study.
|
JAMA
|
1999
|
2.00
|
|
16
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Pulse pressure compared with other blood pressure indexes in the prediction of 25-year cardiovascular and all-cause mortality rates: The Chicago Heart Association Detection Project in Industry Study.
|
Hypertension
|
2001
|
1.94
|
|
17
|
AHA/ACC scientific statement: Assessment of cardiovascular risk by use of multiple-risk-factor assessment equations: a statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology.
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
1999
|
1.92
|
|
18
|
Risk factors for coronary heart disease in men 18 to 39 years of age.
|
Ann Intern Med
|
2001
|
1.87
|
|
19
|
American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Expert Consensus document on electron-beam computed tomography for the diagnosis and prognosis of coronary artery disease.
|
Circulation
|
2000
|
1.69
|
|
20
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American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Expert Consensus Document on electron-beam computed tomography for the diagnosis and prognosis of coronary artery disease.
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2000
|
1.64
|
|
21
|
Measuring physical activity in peripheral arterial disease: a comparison of two physical activity questionnaires with an accelerometer.
|
Angiology
|
2000
|
1.57
|
|
22
|
AHA consensus panel statement. Preventing heart attack and death in patients with coronary disease. The Secondary Prevention Panel.
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
1995
|
1.52
|
|
23
|
Impact of major cardiovascular disease risk factors, particularly in combination, on 22-year mortality in women and men.
|
Arch Intern Med
|
1998
|
1.50
|
|
24
|
Gait alterations associated with walking impairment in people with peripheral arterial disease with and without intermittent claudication.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
2001
|
1.46
|
|
25
|
Prevalence and significance of unrecognized lower extremity peripheral arterial disease in general medicine practice*.
|
J Gen Intern Med
|
2001
|
1.45
|
|
26
|
Accuracy of estimating exercise prescription intensity in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction.
|
J Cardiopulm Rehabil
|
2001
|
1.42
|
|
27
|
Prevention of coronary artery disease is a pediatric problem.
|
JAMA
|
1997
|
1.41
|
|
28
|
Problems on the pathway from risk assessment to risk reduction.
|
Circulation
|
1998
|
1.41
|
|
29
|
Predictors of left atrial thrombus in mitral valve disease.
|
J Gen Intern Med
|
1991
|
1.40
|
|
30
|
Guide to primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases. A statement for healthcare professionals from the Task Force on Risk Reduction. American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee.
|
Circulation
|
1997
|
1.38
|
|
31
|
Preventing heart attack and death in patients with coronary disease.
|
Circulation
|
1995
|
1.36
|
|
32
|
Leg symptoms, the ankle-brachial index, and walking ability in patients with peripheral arterial disease.
|
J Gen Intern Med
|
1999
|
1.35
|
|
33
|
Higher blood pressure in middle-aged American adults with less education-role of multiple dietary factors: the INTERMAP study.
|
J Hum Hypertens
|
2003
|
1.34
|
|
34
|
Exertional leg symptoms other than intermittent claudication are common in peripheral arterial disease.
|
Arch Intern Med
|
1999
|
1.31
|
|
35
|
Atherosclerotic risk factors are less intensively treated in patients with peripheral arterial disease than in patients with coronary artery disease.
|
J Gen Intern Med
|
1997
|
1.30
|
|
36
|
Seven-year tracking of dietary factors in young adults: the CARDIA study.
|
Am J Prev Med
|
2000
|
1.29
|
|
37
|
Cardiovascular and risk factor evaluation of healthy American adults. A statement for physicians by an Ad Hoc Committee appointed by the Steering Committee, American Heart Association.
|
Circulation
|
1987
|
1.27
|
|
38
|
Measurement of walking endurance and walking velocity with questionnaire: validation of the walking impairment questionnaire in men and women with peripheral arterial disease.
|
J Vasc Surg
|
1998
|
1.21
|
|
39
|
The ankle brachial index independently predicts walking velocity and walking endurance in peripheral arterial disease.
|
J Am Geriatr Soc
|
1998
|
1.17
|
|
40
|
Beating high blood pressure with low-sodium DASH.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2001
|
1.09
|
|
41
|
Associations of weight change and weight variability with cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in the Chicago Western Electric Company Study.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
2000
|
1.08
|
|
42
|
Effectiveness of low-dose colestipol therapy in patients with moderate hypercholesterolemia.
|
Am J Cardiol
|
1992
|
1.07
|
|
43
|
Rapid expansion of a saccular aneurysm on the left coronary sinus of Valsalva: a role for early surgical repair?
|
Br Heart J
|
1985
|
1.06
|
|
44
|
Feasibility of large-scale cholesterol screening: experience with a portable capillary-blood testing device.
|
Am J Public Health
|
1987
|
1.03
|
|
45
|
Indications for echocardiography in patients with ischemic stroke.
|
Neurology
|
1982
|
0.99
|
|
46
|
Patient priorities for behavioral change: selecting from multiple coronary disease risk factors.
|
J Gen Intern Med
|
1988
|
0.94
|
|
47
|
Echocardiography in diagnostic assessment of stroke.
|
Ann Intern Med
|
1981
|
0.92
|
|
48
|
Thyrotoxicosis in institutionalized elderly patients with atrial fibrillation.
|
Arch Intern Med
|
1984
|
0.90
|
|
49
|
Arrhythmic complications in the Guillain-Barré syndrome.
|
Arch Intern Med
|
1980
|
0.90
|
|
50
|
The chief residency.
|
Ann Intern Med
|
1981
|
0.88
|
|
51
|
Cardiac monitoring in tricyclic antidepressant overdose.
|
Heart Lung
|
1981
|
0.87
|
|
52
|
Using patient instructors to teach behavioral counseling skills.
|
J Med Educ
|
1987
|
0.87
|
|
53
|
Teaching risk-factor counseling skills: a comparison of two instructional methods.
|
Am J Prev Med
|
1990
|
0.87
|
|
54
|
Addressing unanswered questions about population cholesterol screenings: the Model Systems for Blood Cholesterol Screening Program.
|
Am J Prev Med
|
1990
|
0.86
|
|
55
|
One-hour postload plasma glucose and risks of fatal coronary heart disease and stroke among nondiabetic men and women: the Chicago Heart Association Detection Project in Industry (CHA) Study.
|
J Clin Epidemiol
|
1997
|
0.86
|
|
56
|
A pilot study on the effects of exercise in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
|
Arthritis Care Res
|
2000
|
0.84
|
|
57
|
Discrepancies between knowledge and use of diagnostic studies in asymptomatic patients.
|
J Med Educ
|
1979
|
0.83
|
|
58
|
When to start cholesterol-lowering therapy in patients with coronary heart disease. A statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association Task Force on Risk Reduction.
|
Circulation
|
1997
|
0.82
|
|
59
|
Hyperthermia associated with chlorpromazine and full-sheet restraint.
|
Am J Psychiatry
|
1978
|
0.81
|
|
60
|
Quality of care during a community-wide experiment in prospective payment to hospitals.
|
Med Care
|
1988
|
0.81
|
|
61
|
Improving referral compliance after public cholesterol screening.
|
Am J Public Health
|
1992
|
0.81
|
|
62
|
Validation of the University of Rochester Risk Factor Interview Scale.
|
Am J Prev Med
|
1988
|
0.79
|
|
63
|
Patterns of physicians' treatments for referral patients from public cholesterol screening.
|
Am J Prev Med
|
1992
|
0.79
|
|
64
|
Risk factors for cardiovascular disease in U.S. medical students: the Preventive Cardiology Academic Award Collaborative Data Project.
|
Am J Prev Med
|
1990
|
0.78
|
|
65
|
Fish consumption and risk of coronary heart disease. What does the evidence show?
|
Eur Heart J
|
1997
|
0.76
|
|
66
|
Dietary sodium chloride (salt), other dietary components and blood pressure: paradigm expansion, not paradigm shift.
|
Acta Cardiol
|
2000
|
0.76
|
|
67
|
Effect of detergents and sodium fluoride on the enzyme activities of the rat liver plasma membrane.
|
Biochim Biophys Acta
|
1972
|
0.76
|
|
68
|
Passive smoking and coronary heart disease.
|
N Engl J Med
|
1999
|
0.75
|
|
69
|
Sex differences in men and women after myocardial infarction.
|
Circulation
|
1996
|
0.75
|
|
70
|
Making prevention and management of hypertension work.
|
J Hum Hypertens
|
2001
|
0.75
|
|
71
|
Dietary cholesterol, serum cholesterol, and risks of cardiovascular and noncardiovascular diseases.
|
Am J Clin Nutr
|
1998
|
0.75
|
|
72
|
Profound exercise-induce ST segment depression in a patient with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome and normal coronary arteriograms.
|
Thorax
|
1980
|
0.75
|
|
73
|
Coronary artery disease in men and women.
|
N Engl J Med
|
1999
|
0.75
|
|
74
|
Residents' counseling skills.
|
J Gen Intern Med
|
1991
|
0.75
|
|
75
|
ECG Monitoring in Cardiac Rehabilitation: Is It Needed?
|
Phys Sportsmed
|
1989
|
0.75
|
|
76
|
Acute valvular insufficiency complicating hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.
|
Chest
|
1979
|
0.75
|
|
77
|
Preventing heart attack and death in patients with coronary disease. Endorsed by the board of trustees of the American College of Cardiology.
|
Cardiovasc Nurs
|
1996
|
0.75
|
|
78
|
Identification and management of risk in patients with coronary and other vascular disease. Closing statement.
|
Am J Med
|
1996
|
0.75
|
|
79
|
Public cholesterol screening in the previously diagnosed: misuse of resources or beneficial function?
|
Am J Prev Med
|
1994
|
0.75
|
|
80
|
The medicalization of normal variants: the case of mitral valve prolapse.
|
J Gen Intern Med
|
1988
|
0.75
|
|
81
|
AHA Conference Report on Cholesterol. Diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment: current status and issues.
|
Circulation
|
1989
|
0.75
|
|
82
|
Three cardiology cases: playing the percentages.
|
Hosp Pract (Off Ed)
|
1984
|
0.75
|
|
83
|
Evaluating a house officership.
|
N Engl J Med
|
1980
|
0.75
|
|
84
|
Oats and soy in lipid-lowering diets for women with hypercholesterolemia: is there synergy?
|
J Am Diet Assoc
|
2001
|
0.75
|
|
85
|
Rehabilitation of the MI survivor. Management options to maximize posthospital outcome.
|
Postgrad Med
|
1984
|
0.75
|
|
86
|
10 years of episodic right-sided weakness.
|
Hosp Pract (Off Ed)
|
1983
|
0.75
|
|
87
|
A 30-year history of respiratory problems.
|
Hosp Pract (Off Ed)
|
1985
|
0.75
|
|
88
|
Mitral-valve prolapse and cerebral ischemic events in the elderly.
|
N Engl J Med
|
1980
|
0.75
|
|
89
|
Role of secondary prevention in congestive heart failure due to coronary artery disease.
|
Coron Artery Dis
|
1998
|
0.75
|
|
90
|
Teaching behavioral counseling skills: effectiveness of patient instructors compared to lecture format.
|
Res Med Educ
|
1987
|
0.75
|
|
91
|
Effects of exercise, dietary cholesterol, and dietary fat on blood lipids.
|
Arch Intern Med
|
1990
|
0.75
|
|
92
|
Prevention of coronary atherosclerosis: the role of a college health service.
|
J Am Coll Health
|
1987
|
0.75
|