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  Subject Areas on Research

  • "Death and taxes": a contrary view. 
  • 2017 Version of LI-RADS for CT and MR Imaging: An Update. 
  • A National Emergency Airway Registry for children: landscape of tracheal intubation in 15 PICUs. 
  • A North American multilaboratory study of CD4 counts using flow cytometric panLeukogating (PLG): a NIAID-DAIDS Immunology Quality Assessment Program Study. 
  • A Systematic Review of Race and Ethnicity in Hepatitis C Clinical Trial Enrollment. 
  • A comprehensive mutation analysis of RP2 and RPGR in a North American cohort of families with X-linked retinitis pigmentosa. 
  • A continental view of pine-associated ectomycorrhizal fungal spore banks: a quiescent functional guild with a strong biogeographic pattern. 
  • A framework phylogeny of the American oak clade based on sequenced RAD data. 
  • A genetic legacy of introgression confounds phylogeny and biogeography in oaks. 
  • A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of latrepirdine in patients with mild to moderate Huntington disease. 
  • A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of complement inhibition in ischemia-reperfusion injury after lung transplantation in human beings. 
  • A retrospective, multinational, multicenter study on the natural history of infantile-onset Pompe disease. 
  • A survey of national and multi-national registries and cohort studies in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: challenges and opportunities. 
  • A typology of longitudinal integrated clerkships. 
  • ABO-incompatible heart transplantation: analysis of the Pediatric Heart Transplant Study (PHTS) database. 
  • ADHD comorbidity findings from the MTA study: comparing comorbid subgroups. 
  • AKI in Children Hospitalized with Nephrotic Syndrome. 
  • Adjunctive transcutaneous ultrasound with thrombolysis: results of the PLUS (Perfusion by ThromboLytic and UltraSound) trial. 
  • Adult-onset primary open angle glaucoma does not localize to chromosome 2cen-q13 in North American families. 
  • Adverse cardiac events in children with Williams syndrome undergoing cardiovascular surgery: An analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database. 
  • Alcohol septal ablation for the treatment of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. A multicenter North American registry. 
  • Alkaloids of American species of Erythrina. 
  • Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for primary immune deficiency diseases: current status and critical needs. 
  • Alternative calculations of individual patient time in therapeutic range while taking warfarin: results from the ROCKET AF trial. 
  • Alternative models for the heterogeneity of mortality risks among the aged. 
  • Anterior versus posterior surgical approaches to treat cervical spondylotic myelopathy: outcomes of the prospective multicenter AOSpine North America CSM study in 264 patients. 
  • Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A North American Perspective-2016 Update. 
  • Application of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) serology to the diagnosis of North American nasopharyngeal carcinoma. 
  • Application of Epstein-Barr virus serology to the diagnosis and staging of North American patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma. 
  • Arrival by ambulance in acute heart failure: insights into the mode of presentation from Acute Studies of Nesiritide in Decompensated Heart Failure (ASCEND-HF). 
  • Assessment of Diastolic Function in Single-Ventricle Patients After the Fontan Procedure. 
  • Assessment of echocardiography and biomarkers for the extended prediction of cardiotoxicity in patients treated with anthracyclines, taxanes, and trastuzumab. 
  • Associated symptoms in the ten days before diagnosis of Kawasaki disease. 
  • Association between angiographic complications and clinical outcomes among patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: an EARLY ACS (Early Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibition in Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome) angiographic substudy. 
  • Association of Surgeon Age and Experience With Congenital Heart Surgery Outcomes. 
  • Association of in utero magnesium exposure and spontaneous intestinal perforations in extremely low birth weight infants. 
  • Atractiella rhizophila, sp. nov., an endorrhizal fungus isolated from the Populus root microbiome. 
  • Audit, quality control, and performance in thoracic surgery: a North American perspective. 
  • Availability and Use of Shared Data From Cardiometabolic Clinical Trials. 
  • Biogeochemical transformations of mercury in solid waste landfills and pathways for release. 
  • Blood Pressure and Arterial Load After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Aortic Stenosis. 
  • Both life-history plasticity and local adaptation will shape range-wide responses to climate warming in the tundra plant Silene acaulis. 
  • Breast Cancer Risk in Childhood Cancer Survivors Without a History of Chest Radiotherapy: A Report From the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. 
  • Breast cancer surveillance practices among women previously treated with chest radiation for a childhood cancer. 
  • CAD-RADS™: Coronary Artery Disease - Reporting and Data System: An Expert Consensus Document of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT), the American College of Radiology (ACR) and the North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging (NASCI). Endorsed by the American College of Cardiology. 
  • Cardiac operations for North American children with rheumatic diseases: 1985-2005. 
  • Cataract Surgery in Children from Birth to Less than 13 Years of Age: Baseline Characteristics of the Cohort. 
  • Cause, timing, and location of death in the Single Ventricle Reconstruction trial. 
  • Childhood cancer survivorship educational resources in North American pediatric hematology/oncology fellowship training programs: a survey study. 
  • Clinical Characteristics and Factors Associated With Disability and Impaired Quality of Life in Children With Juvenile Systemic Sclerosis: Results From the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Legacy Registry. 
  • Clinical characteristics and outcomes of young and very young adults with heart failure: The CHARM programme (Candesartan in Heart Failure Assessment of Reduction in Mortality and Morbidity). 
  • Clinical features and contemporary management of patients with low and preserved ejection fraction heart failure: baseline characteristics of patients in the Candesartan in Heart failure-Assessment of Reduction in Mortality and morbidity (CHARM) programme. 
  • Comparison of current and past surgical smoke control practices. 
  • Comparison of outcomes of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation without chemotherapy conditioning by using matched sibling and unrelated donors for treatment of severe combined immunodeficiency. 
  • Comprehensive desmosome mutation analysis in north americans with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy. 
  • Consensus document: antithrombotic therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing coronary stenting. A North-American perspective. 
  • Consequences of return migrant status for employment in Puerto Rico. 
  • Contemporary Outcomes of Surgical Repair of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection in Patients With Heterotaxy Syndrome. 
  • Contemporary management and outcomes of acute type A aortic dissection: An analysis of the STS adult cardiac surgery database. 
  • Contemporary results for proximal aortic replacement in North America. 
  • Continental-level population differentiation and environmental adaptation in the mushroom Suillus brevipes. 
  • Contribution of cardiac and extra-cardiac disease burden to risk of cardiovascular outcomes varies by ejection fraction in heart failure. 
  • Cryptococcus neoformans-Cryptococcus gattii species complex: an international study of wild-type susceptibility endpoint distributions and epidemiological cutoff values for fluconazole, itraconazole, posaconazole, and voriconazole. 
  • Current outcomes for tricuspid valve infective endocarditis surgery in North America. 
  • Current outcomes of simultaneous carotid endarterectomy and coronary artery bypass graft surgery in North America. 
  • Current utilization and procedural practices in pediatric whole-body MRI. 
  • Cytologic features of adenocarcinoma, not otherwise specified, in conventional smears: comparison of cases that performed poorly with those that performed well in the College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison Program in cervicovaginal cytology. 
  • Cytologic features of squamous cell carcinoma in conventional smears: comparison of cases that performed poorly with those that performed well in the College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison Program in cervicovaginal cytology. 
  • Daily rifapentine for treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. A randomized, dose-ranging trial. 
  • Defining long-term outcomes with living donor liver transplantation in North America. 
  • Delays to Care in Pediatric Lupus Patients: Data From the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Legacy Registry. 
  • Delineation of the critical interval of Bardet-Biedl syndrome 1 (BBS1) to a small region of 11q13, through linkage and haplotype analysis of 91 pedigrees. 
  • Demographic consequences of migration trends in Puerto Rico: 1950-1980. 
  • Design of the Nephrotic Syndrome Study Network (NEPTUNE) to evaluate primary glomerular nephropathy by a multidisciplinary approach. 
  • Diabetes mellitus increases short-term mortality and morbidity in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. 
  • Dialysis access infections. 
  • Differences in baseline characteristics and outcomes at 1- and 2-year follow-up of cancer survivors accrued via self-referral versus cancer registry in the FRESH START Diet and exercise trial. 
  • Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy for Hepatitis C Virus Infection Is Associated With Increased Survival in Patients With a History of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. 
  • Diversity and host range of foliar fungal endophytes: are tropical leaves biodiversity hotspots? 
  • EVEREST II randomized clinical trial: predictors of mitral valve replacement in de novo surgery or after the MitraClip procedure. 
  • Ecological restoration of rich fens in Europe and North America: from trial and error to an evidence-based approach. 
  • Economic and cost-effectiveness in evaluating the value of cardiovascular therapies. The impact of the cost-effectiveness study of GUSTO-1 on decision making with regard to fibrinolytic therapy. 
  • Economic and cost-effectiveness in evaluating the value of cardiovascular therapies. The impact of the cost-effectiveness study of GUSTO-1 on decision making with regard to fibrinolytic therapy. 
  • Effect of Early Everolimus-Facilitated Reduction of Tacrolimus on Efficacy and Renal Function in De Novo Liver Transplant Recipients: 24-Month Results for the North American Subpopulation. 
  • Effect of abciximab on angiographic complications during percutaneous coronary stenting in the Evaluation of Platelet IIb/IIIa Inhibition in Stenting Trial (EPISTENT). 
  • Effect of the REG1 anticoagulation system versus bivalirudin on outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (REGULATE-PCI): a randomised clinical trial. 
  • Effect of type II odontoid fracture nonunion on outcome among elderly patients treated without surgery: based on the AOSpine North America geriatric odontoid fracture study. 
  • Effectiveness of Simeprevir Plus Sofosbuvir, With or Without Ribavirin, in Real-World Patients With HCV Genotype 1 Infection. 
  • Effectiveness of high rate and delayed detection ICD programming by race: A MADIT-RIT substudy. 
  • Effects of C5 complement inhibitor pexelizumab on outcome in high-risk coronary artery bypass grafting: combined results from the PRIMO-CABG I and II trials. 
  • Effects of institutional volumes on operative outcomes for aortic root replacement in North America. 
  • Effects of vorapaxar on platelet reactivity and biomarker expression in non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes. The TRACER Pharmacodynamic Substudy. 
  • Efficacy and safety of surgical decompression in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy: results of the AOSpine North America prospective multi-center study. 
  • Efficacy of Pharmacokinetics-Directed Busulfan, Cyclophosphamide, and Etoposide Conditioning and Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Lymphoma: Comparison of a Multicenter Phase II Study and CIBMTR Outcomes. 
  • Efficacy, safety, and tolerability of herpes zoster vaccine in persons aged 50-59 years. 
  • Elective Aortic Root Replacement in North America: Analysis of STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database. 
  • Electrographic seizures in pediatric ICU patients: cohort study of risk factors and mortality. 
  • Empirical Bayes procedures for stabilizing maps of U.S. cancer mortality rates. 
  • Endemism and functional convergence across the North American soil mycobiome. 
  • Endemism in the moss flora of North America. 
  • Enterococcal endocarditis in the beginning of the 21st century: analysis from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis-Prospective Cohort Study. 
  • Epidemiology and outcome of invasive fungal infection in adult hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients: analysis of Multicenter Prospective Antifungal Therapy (PATH) Alliance registry. 
  • Eptifibatide and low-dose tissue plasminogen activator in acute myocardial infarction: the integrilin and low-dose thrombolysis in acute myocardial infarction (INTRO AMI) trial. 
  • Establishing diagnostic criteria for severe combined immunodeficiency disease (SCID), leaky SCID, and Omenn syndrome: the Primary Immune Deficiency Treatment Consortium experience. 
  • Ethnic Variations in Radiographic Parameters and SRS-22 Scores in Adult Spinal Deformity: A Comparison Between North American and Japanese Patients Above 50 Years of Age With Minimum 2-Year Follow-up. 
  • European American stratification in ovarian cancer case control data: the utility of genome-wide data for inferring ancestry. 
  • Evaluation of an atypical HIV type 1 antibody. Serologic pattern leading to detection of HIV type 2 infection in North America. 
  • Evidence for a grooming claw in a North American adapiform primate: implications for anthropoid origins. 
  • Evidence for reciprocal origins in Polypodium hesperium (Polypodiaceae): a fern model system for investigating how multiple origins shape allopolyploid genomes. 
  • Evolution of Pleopsidium (lichenized Ascomycota) S943 group I introns and the phylogeography of an intron-encoded putative homing endonuclease. 
  • Expression profiling and local adaptation of Boechera holboellii populations for water use efficiency across a naturally occurring water stress gradient. 
  • Extensive chloroplast haplotype variation indicates Pleistocene hybridization and radiation of North American Arabis drummondii, A. x divaricarpa, and A. holboellii (Brassicaceae). 
  • External examiners. 
  • FGF23 and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Children with CKD. 
  • Factors affecting Fontan length of stay: Results from the Single Ventricle Reconstruction trial. 
  • Feasibility and applicability of paramedic-based prehospital fibrinolysis in a large North American center. 
  • Fifteen-year outcome trends for valve surgery in North America. 
  • Fine-needle aspiration of papillary thyroid carcinoma: distinguishing between cases that performed well and those that performed poorly in the College of American Pathologists Nongynecologic Cytology Program. 
  • Fire cycles in North American interior grasslands and their relation to prairie drought. 
  • First North American fossil monkey and early Miocene tropical biotic interchange. 
  • Fixation using alternative implants for the treatment of hip fractures (FAITH): design and rationale for a multi-centre randomized trial comparing sliding hip screws and cancellous screws on revision surgery rates and quality of life in the treatment of femoral neck fractures. 
  • Focal therapy in prostate cancer-report from a consensus panel. 
  • Formalizing morphologically cryptic biological entities: new insights from DNA taxonomy, hybridization, and biogeography in the leafy liverwort Porella platyphylla (Jungermanniopsida, Porellales). 
  • Frequency of anomalies and hospital outcomes in infants with gastroschisis and omphalocele. 
  • GLIOGENE an International Consortium to Understand Familial Glioma. 
  • Gasless Transaxillary Endoscopic Thyroidectomy with Robotic Assistance: A High-Volume Experience in North America. 
  • Gender Differences in Radiation Dose From Nuclear Cardiology Studies Across the World: Findings From the INCAPS Registry. 
  • General thoracic surgical training in North America: Contrasting general thoracic surgery residencies in Canada and the United States. 
  • Genetic structure and genealogy in the Sphagnum subsecundum complex (Sphagnaceae: Bryophyta). 
  • Genetic variants primarily associated with type 2 diabetes are related to coronary artery disease risk. 
  • Genome variation in Cryptococcus gattii, an emerging pathogen of immunocompetent hosts. 
  • Geographic variability in outcomes within an international trial of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition in patients with acute coronary syndromes. Results from PURSUIT. 
  • Geographical differences in human oral yeast flora. 
  • Global Estimates on the Number of People Blind or Visually Impaired by Diabetic Retinopathy: A Meta-analysis From 1990 to 2010. 
  • Global chemical composition of ambient fine particulate matter for exposure assessment. 
  • Global glomerulosclerosis with nephrotic syndrome; the clinical importance of age adjustment. 
  • Global variation in quality of care among patients hospitalized with acute heart failure in an international trial: findings from the acute study clinical effectiveness of nesiritide in decompensated heart failure trial (ASCEND-HF). 
  • Guidelines and checklists for short-term missions in global pediatric surgery: Recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics Delivery of Surgical Care Global Health Subcommittee, American Pediatric Surgical Association Global Pediatric Surgery Committee, Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Committee on International Education and Service, and American Pediatric Surgical Nurses Association, Inc. Global Health Special Interest Group. 
  • Health status of children with moderate to severe cerebral palsy. 
  • Host availability drives distributions of fungal endophytes in the imperilled boreal realm. 
  • Human disturbance causes the formation of a hybrid swarm between two naturally sympatric fish species. 
  • Human papillomavirus detection in cervical neoplasia attributed to 12 high-risk human papillomavirus genotypes by region. 
  • I know what you did last summer (and it was not CBT): a factor analytic model of international psychotherapeutic practice in the eating disorders. 
  • Identification of patients at high risk for post-discharge venous thromboembolism after hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery: which patients benefit from extended thromboprophylaxis? 
  • Identifying Barriers and Practical Solutions to Conducting Site-Based Research in North America: Exploring Acute Heart Failure Trials As a Case Study. 
  • Impact of Diabetes Mellitus on the Evaluation of Stable Chest Pain Patients: Insights From the PROMISE (Prospective Multicenter Imaging Study for Evaluation of Chest Pain) Trial. 
  • Impact of body mass index on outcomes and treatment-related toxicity in patients with stage II and III rectal cancer: findings from Intergroup Trial 0114. 
  • Impact of global geographic region on time in therapeutic range on warfarin anticoagulant therapy: data from the ROCKET AF clinical trial. 
  • Impact of pre-stage II hemodynamics and pulmonary artery anatomy on 12-month outcomes in the Pediatric Heart Network Single Ventricle Reconstruction trial. 
  • Improving the accuracy of intercensal estimates and postcensal projections of the civilian noninstitutional population: a parameterization of institutional prevalence rates. 
  • Incidence and predictors of lesion-specific ischemia by FFRCT: Learnings from the international ADVANCE registry. 
  • Inconsistent mammography perceptions and practices among women at risk of breast cancer following a pediatric malignancy: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. 
  • Increased in vitro phenol-soluble modulin production is associated with soft tissue infection source in clinical isolates of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus. 
  • Individual prediction of heart failure among childhood cancer survivors. 
  • Information sources for developing the nursing literature. 
  • Infrastructure resources for clinical research in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. 
  • Interaction between tobacco and alcohol use and the risk of head and neck cancer: pooled analysis in the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology Consortium. 
  • Interaction type influences ecological network structure more than local abiotic conditions: evidence from endophytic and endolichenic fungi at a continental scale. 
  • Intercontinental impacts of ozone pollution on human mortality. 
  • International Variation in Outcomes Among People with Cardiovascular Disease or Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Impaired Glucose Tolerance: Insights from the NAVIGATOR Trial. 
  • International prescribing patterns for mood illness: the International Mood Network (IMN). 
  • Interstage mortality after the Norwood procedure: Results of the multicenter Single Ventricle Reconstruction trial. 
  • Key issues for manual therapy clinical practice and research in North America. 
  • Long-term safety of pegloticase in chronic gout refractory to conventional treatment. 
  • Loop diuretic adjustments in patients with chronic heart failure: Insights from HF-ACTION. 
  • Low-molecular-weight heparin to prevent postpartum venous thromboembolism. A pilot randomised placebo-controlled trial. 
  • Main outcomes of the FRESH START trial: a sequentially tailored, diet and exercise mailed print intervention among breast and prostate cancer survivors. 
  • Major QTLs for critical photoperiod and vernalization underlie extensive variation in flowering in the Mimulus guttatus species complex. 
  • Malignant Mesothelioma and Its Non-Asbestos Causes. 
  • Managing clotting: a North American perspective. 
  • Measuring the significance of field validation in the College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison Program in Cervicovaginal Cytology: how good are the experts? 
  • Measuring the significance of participant evaluation of acceptability of cases in the College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison Program in cervicovaginal cytology. 
  • Medication performance measures and mortality following acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Metaanalysis and review of heart failure disease management randomized controlled clinical trials. 
  • Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis isolates are associated with clonal complex 30 genotype and a distinct repertoire of enterotoxins and adhesins. 
  • Methods for combining ancillary data in stochastic compartment models of cancer mortality: generalization of heterogeneity models. 
  • Migration and household/family structure: Puerto Ricans in the United States. 
  • Modernization and status of the aged: international correlations. 
  • Modifying the 'pulse-reserve' paradigm for deserts of North America: precipitation pulses, soil water, and plant responses. 
  • Molecular phylogeography and cryptic speciation in the mosses, Mielichhoferia elongata and M. mielichhoferiana (Bryaceae). 
  • Mortality characteristics of aortic root surgery in North America. 
  • Mortality patterns in developed countries. 
  • Multiple hybrid formation in natural populations: concerted evolution of the internal transcribed spacer of nuclear ribosomal DNA (ITS) in North American Arabis divaricarpa (Brassicaceae). 
  • Multiplexed shotgun genotyping resolves species relationships within the North American genus Penstemon. 
  • Mutations in LRRK2 other than G2019S are rare in a north American-based sample of familial Parkinson's disease. 
  • Mutations in acid beta-galactosidase cause GM1-gangliosidosis in American patients. 
  • Nesiritide in patients hospitalized for acute heart failure: does timing matter? Implication for future acute heart failure trials. 
  • Neuropsychological course in the prodrome and first episode of psychosis: findings from the PRIME North America Double Blind Treatment Study. 
  • No significant effects of ethyl-eicosapentanoic acid on histologic features of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in a phase 2 trial. 
  • Non-major bleeding with apixaban versus warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation. 
  • North American neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) devices and team roles: 2008 survey results of Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) centers. 
  • North American origin and recent European establishments of the amphi-Atlantic peat moss Sphagnum angermanicum. 
  • Novel mutations in spastin gene and absence of correlation with age at onset of symptoms. 
  • One haploid parent contributes 100% of the gene pool for a widespread species in northwest North America. 
  • Optimal duration of eptifibatide infusion in percutaneous coronary intervention (an ESPRIT substudy). 
  • Orthopaedic trauma for the general orthopaedist: avoiding problems and pitfalls in treatment. 
  • Outcomes for endocarditis surgery in North America: a simplified risk scoring system. 
  • Patient Phenotypes, Cardiovascular Risk, and Ezetimibe Treatment in Patients After Acute Coronary Syndromes (from IMPROVE-IT). 
  • Patterns of Performance of Oncologic Surgery by North American Pediatric Urologists: A Report from the Pediatric Urologic Oncology Working Group of the Society for Pediatric Urology. 
  • Patterns of nucleotide diversity in two species of Mimulus are affected by mating system and asymmetric introgression. 
  • Pediatric post-marketing safety systems in North America: assessment of the current status. 
  • Performance of kidney injury molecule-1 and liver fatty acid-binding protein and combined biomarkers of AKI after cardiac surgery. 
  • Perioperative Outcomes and Management in Pediatric Complex Cranial Vault Reconstruction: A Multicenter Study from the Pediatric Craniofacial Collaborative Group. 
  • Perioperative and delayed complications associated with the surgical treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy based on 302 patients from the AOSpine North America Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Study. 
  • Pexelizumab and infarct size in patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary Intervention: a delayed enhancement cardiac magnetic resonance substudy from the APEX-AMI trial. 
  • Phase 3 Trial of Transplantation of Human Islets in Type 1 Diabetes Complicated by Severe Hypoglycemia. 
  • Phylogenetic and biogeographic relationships of eastern Asian and eastern North American disjunct Suillus species (fungi) as inferred from nuclear ribosomal RNA ITS sequences. 
  • Phylogenomics reveals a complex evolutionary history of lobed-leaf white oaks in western North America. 
  • Phylogeny and biogeography of the American live oaks (Quercus subsection Virentes): a genomic and population genetics approach. 
  • Politically Correct Heart Failure Research in America to Avoid Geographic Variation. 
  • Polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardants in the North American environment. 
  • Population frequencies of the Triallelic 5HTTLPR in six Ethnicially diverse samples from North America, Southeast Asia, and Africa. 
  • Population structure and local selection yield high genomic variation in Mimulus guttatus. 
  • Porphyria cutanea tarda, hepatitis C, and HFE gene mutations in North America. 
  • Posttraumatic stress, mental health professionals, and the clergy: a need for collaboration, training, and research. 
  • Prediction of Ischemic Heart Disease and Stroke in Survivors of Childhood Cancer. 
  • Predictive Model for High-Risk Coronary Artery Disease. 
  • Prehospital management of acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a time for reappraisal in North America. 
  • Preoperative beta-blocker use and mortality and morbidity following CABG surgery in North America. 
  • Prevalence of ALDH7A1 mutations in 18 North American pyridoxine-dependent seizure (PDS) patients. 
  • Productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness. 
  • Prognostic Value of Coronary Artery Calcium in the PROMISE Study (Prospective Multicenter Imaging Study for Evaluation of Chest Pain). 
  • Prognostic value of the admission electrocardiogram in acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Projecting the future size and health status of the U.S. elderly population. 
  • Promoting worksite smoking control policies and actions: the Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation (COMMIT) experience. The COMMIT Research Group. 
  • Psychological outcomes in long-term survivors of childhood brain cancer: a report from the childhood cancer survivor study. 
  • Quantifying sociodemographic and income disparities in medical therapy and lifestyle among symptomatic patients with suspected coronary artery disease: a cross-sectional study in North America. 
  • RP 59500, a new streptogramin highly active against recent isolates of North American staphylococci. 
  • Randomized trial in malignant biliary obstruction: plastic vs partially covered metal stents. 
  • Rationale and design of the CONFIRM (COronary CT Angiography EvaluatioN For Clinical Outcomes: An InteRnational Multicenter) Registry. 
  • Rationale and design of the GRACE (Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events) Project: a multinational registry of patients hospitalized with acute coronary syndromes. 
  • Recent divergence, intercontinental dispersal and shared polymorphism are shaping the genetic structure of amphi-Atlantic peatmoss populations. 
  • Regional differences in the characteristics and treatment of patients participating in an international heart failure trial. The Assessment of Treatment with Lisinopril and Survival (ATLAS) Trial Investigators. 
  • Regional, age and sex differences in baseline characteristics of patients enrolled in the Trial Evaluating Cardiovascular Outcomes with Sitagliptin (TECOS). 
  • Relationship between clinical trial site enrollment with participant characteristics, protocol completion, and outcomes: insights from the EVEREST (Efficacy of Vasopressin Antagonism in Heart Failure: Outcome Study with Tolvaptan) trial. 
  • Relationship between time in therapeutic range and comparative treatment effect of rivaroxaban and warfarin: results from the ROCKET AF trial. 
  • Renal function at two years in liver transplant patients receiving everolimus: results of a randomized, multicenter study. 
  • Revisiting the distribution of oceanic N2 fixation and estimating diazotrophic contribution to marine production. 
  • Risk factors for hospital morbidity and mortality after the Norwood procedure: A report from the Pediatric Heart Network Single Ventricle Reconstruction trial. 
  • Risk factors for prolonged length of stay after the stage 2 procedure in the single-ventricle reconstruction trial. 
  • Role of magnetic resonance imaging in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia: insights from the North American arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD/C) study. 
  • Safety and Efficacy of Durvalumab With or Without Tremelimumab in Patients With PD-L1-Low/Negative Recurrent or Metastatic HNSCC: The Phase 2 CONDOR Randomized Clinical Trial. 
  • Safety of coronary CT angiography and functional testing for stable chest pain in the PROMISE trial: A randomized comparison of test complications, incidental findings, and radiation dose. 
  • Safety of enzalutamide in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer previously treated with docetaxel: expanded access in North America. 
  • Sedatives and Analgesics Given to Infants in Neonatal Intensive Care Units at the End of Life. 
  • Self-perceived video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy proficiency by recent graduates of North American thoracic residencies. 
  • Serologic differentiation between antitoxin responses to infection with Vibrio cholerae and enterotoxin-producing Escherichia coli. 
  • Sex Differences in Demographics, Risk Factors, Presentation, and Noninvasive Testing in Stable Outpatients With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease: Insights From the PROMISE Trial. 
  • Significant Reduction of Late Toxicities in Patients With Extremity Sarcoma Treated With Image-Guided Radiation Therapy to a Reduced Target Volume: Results of Radiation Therapy Oncology Group RTOG-0630 Trial. 
  • Simtuzumab Is Ineffective for Patients With Bridging Fibrosis or Compensated Cirrhosis Caused by Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis. 
  • Single-Molecule hsTnI and Short-Term Risk in Stable Patients With Chest Pain. 
  • Single-center North American experience with wolf Piezolith 3000 in management of urinary calculi. 
  • Soil carbon losses due to higher pH offset vegetation gains due to calcium enrichment in an acid mitigation experiment. 
  • Spread of North American wind-dispersed trees in future environments. 
  • Stability of forest biodiversity. 
  • Strong founder effect in Drosophila pseudoobscura colonizing New Zealand from North America. 
  • Structured reporting: coronary CT angiography: a white paper from the American College of Radiology and the North American Society for Cardiovascular Imaging. 
  • Summary points and consensus recommendations from the North American Surgical Nutrition Summit. 
  • Surgical Management and Outcomes of Ebstein Anomaly in Neonates and Infants: A Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database Analysis. 
  • Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation trends and outcomes in North America. 
  • Survey of corticioid fungi in North American pinaceous forests reveals hyperdiversity, underpopulated sequence databases, and species that are potentially ectomycorrhizal. 
  • Survey of in-house coverage by pediatric intensivists: characterization of 24/7 in-hospital pediatric critical care faculty coverage*. 
  • Sympatric parallel diversification of major oak clades in the Americas and the origins of Mexican species diversity. 
  • Symptom profiles in children with ADHD: effects of comorbidity and gender. 
  • Technical performance score is associated with outcomes after the Norwood procedure. 
  • Temporal changes in the use of blood products for coronary artery bypass graft surgery in North America: an analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Database. 
  • The AOSpine North America Geriatric Odontoid Fracture Mortality Study: a retrospective review of mortality outcomes for operative versus nonoperative treatment of 322 patients with long-term follow-up. 
  • The Alzheimer structural connectome: changes in cortical network topology with increased amyloid plaque burden. 
  • The Association of Nutrition Status Expressed as Body Mass Index z Score With Outcomes in Children With Severe Sepsis: A Secondary Analysis From the Sepsis Prevalence, Outcomes, and Therapies (SPROUT) Study. 
  • The Congenital Heart Surgeon's Society Complete Atrioventricular Septal Defect Cohort: Baseline, Preintervention Echocardiographic Characteristics. 
  • The Effect of the Superior Cavopulmonary Anastomosis on Ventricular Remodeling in Infants with Single Ventricle. 
  • The Incidence and Outcomes of Surgical Pulmonary Embolectomy in North America. 
  • The National Neurosurgery Quality and Outcomes Database (N2QOD): a collaborative North American outcomes registry to advance value-based spine care. 
  • The Prevalence and Impact of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Among Patients Undergoing Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease. 
  • The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database: 2017 Update on Research. 
  • The black/white mortality crossover: possible racial differences in the intrinsic rate of aging. 
  • The crack cocaine problem. A warning from North America. 
  • The effectiveness of rescue antiemetics after failure of prophylaxis with ondansetron or droperidol: a preliminary report. 
  • The effects of Cenozoic global change on squirrel phylogeny. 
  • The effects of age on health-related quality of life in cancer populations: A pooled analysis of randomized controlled trials using the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QLQ-C30 involving 6024 cancer patients. 
  • The expanding role of mitral valve repair in triple valve operations: contemporary North American outcomes in 8,021 patients. 
  • The extent and genetic basis of phenotypic divergence in life history traits in Mimulus guttatus. 
  • The future of cardiovascular clinical research in North America and beyond-addressing challenges and leveraging opportunities through unique academic and grassroots collaborations. 
  • The potential for failure in gynecologic regulatory proficiency testing with current slide validation criteria: results from the College of American Pathologists Interlaboratory Comparison in Gynecologic Cytology Program. 
  • The rising tide of asthma. Trends in the epidemiology of morbidity and mortality from asthma. 
  • The role of diversification in community assembly of the oaks (Quercus L.) across the continental U.S. 
  • The significance of repetitive hair-pulling behaviors in eating disorders. 
  • The thrombotic microangiopathy Registry of North America: A United States multi-institutional TMA network. 
  • The use of CAM by women suffering from nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. 
  • Time to treatment and the impact of a physician on prehospital management of acute ST elevation myocardial infarction: insights from the ASSENT-3 PLUS trial. 
  • To bridge or not to bridge: these are the questions. 
  • Toward a more meaningful in vitro fertilization success rate. 
  • Transatlantic Consensus Group on active surveillance and focal therapy for prostate cancer. 
  • Transplantation for autoimmune diseases in north and South America: a report of the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research. 
  • Trends and outcomes of tricuspid valve surgery in North America: an analysis of more than 50,000 patients from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons database. 
  • Trends in characteristics of cardiovascular clinical trials 2001-2012. 
  • Troponin T levels and risk of 30-day outcomes in patients with the acute coronary syndrome: prospective verification in the GUSTO-IV trial. 
  • Use of a brief version of the self-compassion inventory with an international sample of people with HIV/AIDS. 
  • Use of a simple criteria set for guiding echocardiography in nosocomial Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. 
  • Use of health-related quality of life measures to predict health utility in postmenopausal osteoporotic women: results from the Multiple Outcomes of Raloxifene Evaluation study. 
  • Using theory of change frameworks to develop evaluation strategies for research engagement: results of a pre-pilot study. 
  • Validation of European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) in North American cardiac surgery. 
  • Variation in patient management and outcomes for acute coronary syndromes in Latin America and North America: results from the Platelet IIb/IIIa in Unstable Angina: Receptor Suppression Using Integrilin Therapy (PURSUIT) trial. 
  • Variation in perioperative care across centers for infants undergoing the Norwood procedure. 
  • Wegener's granulomatosis: survey of 701 patients in North America. Changes in outcome in the 1990s. 
  • Weight-related quality of life in Spanish obese subjects suitable for bariatric surgery is lower than in their North American counterparts: a case-control study. 
  • Who, and what, causes health inequities? Reflections on emerging debates from an exploratory Latin American/North American workshop. 
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  • Berchuck, Andrew, James M. Ingram Distinguished Professor of Gynecologic Oncology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology
  • Gold, Deborah T., Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychology and Neuroscience
  • Katz, David F., Nello L. Teer, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, in the Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. School of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
  • Mentz, Robert John, Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology
  • O'Connor, Christopher Michael, Richard Sean Stack, M.D. / Guidant Foundation Distinguished Professor of Cardiology, Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology
  • Olson, Steven Arthur, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedics
  • Roth, V. Louise, Professor of Biology, Evolutionary Anthropology
  • Roy Choudhury, Kingshuk, Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
  • Shindell, Drew Todd, Nicholas Distinguished Professor of Earth Science, Earth and Ocean Sciences