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  • "Code stroke": hospitalized versus emergency department patients. 
  • "If I'm better than average, then I'm ok?": Comparative information influences beliefs about risk and benefits. 
  • 'I'll do what they did": social norm information and cancer treatment decisions. 
  • 64-section multidetector CT of the upper abdomen: optimization of a saline chaser injection protocol for improved vascular and parenchymal contrast enhancement. 
  • A 12-year prospective study of the long-term effects of early child physical maltreatment on psychological, behavioral, and academic problems in adolescence. 
  • A 4-tiered classification of left ventricular hypertrophy based on left ventricular geometry: the Dallas heart study. 
  • A Simple Score That Predicts Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation on Outpatient Cardiac Monitoring after Embolic Stroke of Unknown Source. 
  • A blood-based biomarker panel to detect acute stroke. 
  • A classification system to evaluate weight maintainers, gainers, and losers. 
  • A comparison of 399 open and 568 laparoscopic gastric bypasses performed during a 4-year period. 
  • A comparison of acute coronary syndrome care at academic and nonacademic hospitals. 
  • A diagnosis of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia with combined clinical and laboratory methods in cardiothoracic surgical intensive care unit patients. 
  • A direct comparison of presenting characteristics of depressed outpatients from primary vs. specialty care settings: preliminary findings from the STAR*D clinical trial. 
  • A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of paroxetine controlled-release in irritable bowel syndrome. 
  • A fidelity measure for integrated management of depression in primary care. 
  • A locus for generalized tonic-clonic seizure susceptibility maps to chromosome 10q25-q26. 
  • A longitudinal study of the effects of tobacco smoking and other modifiable risk factors on ill health in middle-aged and old Americans: results from the Health and Retirement Study and Asset and Health Dynamics among the Oldest Old survey. 
  • A nonverbal false belief task: the performance of children and great apes. 
  • A one-year comparison of vagus nerve stimulation with treatment as usual for treatment-resistant depression. 
  • A randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for initiation of labor in nulliparous women. 
  • A randomized trial of supplemental parenteral nutrition in underweight and overweight critically ill patients: the TOP-UP pilot trial. 
  • A randomized trial of transcutaneous electric acupoint stimulation as adjunctive treatment for opioid detoxification. 
  • A risk score for in-hospital death in patients admitted with ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke. 
  • A school-based, peer leadership physical activity intervention for 6th graders: feasibility and results of a pilot study. 
  • A semiparametric model for vQTL mapping. 
  • A seroepidemiological study of pandemic A/H1N1(2009) influenza in a rural population of Mali. 
  • A single urban center experience with adult pedestrians struck by motor vehicles. 
  • A strategy for atrial septal defect closure in small children that eliminates long-term wall erosion risk. 
  • A structured educational intervention to improve targeted temperature management utilization after cardiac arrest. 
  • A study of decompression sickness using recorded depth-time profiles. 
  • A validated risk score for in-hospital mortality in patients with heart failure from the American Heart Association get with the guidelines program. 
  • ADHD and nonsuicidal self-injury in male veterans with and without PTSD. 
  • APOL1 Genotype and Kidney Transplantation Outcomes From Deceased African American Donors. 
  • Abuse and dependence on prescription opioids in adults: a mixture categorical and dimensional approach to diagnostic classification. 
  • Accuracy of a collagen-plug biopsy site marking device deployed after stereotactic core needle breast biopsy. 
  • Acute Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation: Insights From the Acute Study of Clinical Effectiveness of Nesiritide in Decompensated Heart Failure (ASCEND-HF) Trial. 
  • Acute complications of excimer laser coronary angioplasty: a detailed analysis of multicenter results. Coinvestigators of the U.S. and European Percutaneous Excimer Laser Coronary Angioplasty (PELCA) Registries. 
  • Acute myocardial infarction: profile and management at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi. 
  • Adenoma recurrences after resection of colorectal carcinoma: results from the Southwest Oncology Group 9041 calcium chemoprevention pilot study. 
  • Adipose Triglyceride Lipase (ATGL) Expression Is Associated with Adiposity and Tumor Stromal Proliferation in Patients with Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. 
  • Adiposity in Juvenile Psoriatic Arthritis. 
  • Adverse cardiac events in children with Williams syndrome undergoing cardiovascular surgery: An analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database. 
  • African American-Caucasian American differences in aortic valve replacement in patients with severe aortic stenosis. 
  • Age moderates the short-term effects of transdermal 17beta-estradiol on endothelium-dependent vascular function in postmenopausal women. 
  • Aging affects the association between endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphism and acute myocardial infarction in the Korean male population. 
  • Alcohol and drug use disorders among adults in emergency department settings in the United States. 
  • Alkaline Phosphatase, Soluble Extracellular Adenine Nucleotides, and Adenosine Production after Infant Cardiopulmonary Bypass. 
  • Altered development of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: an in vivo proton spectroscopy study. 
  • Alternative pay-for-performance scoring methods: implications for quality improvement and patient outcomes. 
  • An IL28B polymorphism determines treatment response of hepatitis C virus genotype 2 or 3 patients who do not achieve a rapid virologic response. 
  • Analysis of 30-day readmission after aortoiliac and infrainguinal revascularization using the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program data set. 
  • Analysis of infection risk following covered stent exclusion of pseudoaneurysms in prosthetic arteriovenous hemodialysis access grafts. 
  • Analysis of tilt of the Günther Tulip filter. 
  • Analysis of two- and three-year trends in antimicrobial resistance in intensive care units using unit-specific antibiograms. 
  • Angiotensin receptor gene polymorphisms and 2-year change in hyperintense lesion volume in men. 
  • Antegrade versus retrograde cerebral perfusion for hemiarch replacement with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest: does it matter? A propensity-matched analysis. 
  • Anthracycline-related cardiomyopathy after childhood cancer: role of polymorphisms in carbonyl reductase genes--a report from the Children's Oncology Group. 
  • Antipsychotic-induced weight gain and therapeutic response: a differential association. 
  • Antithrombotic strategy in non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: insights from the ACTION (Acute Coronary Treatment and Intervention Outcomes Network) Registry. 
  • Apolipoprotein E alleles and sensorineural hearing loss. 
  • Application of an adjusted chi2 statistic to site-specific data in observational dental studies. 
  • Are PRO discharge screens associated with postdischarge adverse outcomes? 
  • Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair: impact of diabetes mellitus on patient outcomes. 
  • Asbestos content of lung tissue and carcinoma of the lung: a clinicopathologic correlation and mineral fiber analysis of 234 cases. 
  • Aspiration in bilateral stroke patients. 
  • Aspiration in bilateral stroke patients: a validation study. 
  • Assessment of Research Capacity Among Nursing Faculty in a Clinical Intensive University in The Philippines. 
  • Assessment of advanced gastric cancer management in the United States. 
  • Assessment of temporal trends in mortality with implementation of a statewide ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) regionalization program. 
  • Association Between Comorbidities and Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients With and Without an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator for Primary Prevention. 
  • Association Between Use of the 21-Gene Recurrence Score Assay and Receipt of Chemotherapy Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Early-Stage Breast Cancer, 2005-2009. 
  • 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 between estimated glomerular filtration rate and clinical outcomes in patients with acute ischaemic stroke: results from China National Stroke Registry. 
  • Association between hepatitis B virus and pancreatic cancer. 
  • Association between hospital procedure volume and early complications after pacemaker implantation: results from a large, unselected, contemporary cohort of the German nationwide obligatory external quality assurance programme. 
  • Association between periprocedural bleeding and long-term outcomes following percutaneous coronary intervention in older patients. 
  • Association of Central Adiposity With Adverse Cardiac Mechanics: Findings From the Hypertension Genetic Epidemiology Network Study. 
  • Association of IL6ST (gp130) Polymorphism with Functional Outcome Following Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage. 
  • Association of Surgeon Age and Experience With Congenital Heart Surgery Outcomes. 
  • Association of a 4-Tiered Classification of LV Hypertrophy With Adverse CV Outcomes in the General Population. 
  • Association of adverse drug reactions with drug-drug and drug-disease interactions in frail older outpatients. 
  • Association of depressive symptoms with reduced baroreflex cardiac control in coronary artery disease. 
  • Association of electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy with incident cardiovascular disease in Japanese older hypertensive patients. 
  • Association of internal carotid artery injury with carotid canal fractures in patients with head trauma. 
  • Association of serum phosphorus level with anemia in kidney transplant recipients. 
  • Association of single nucleotide polymorphisms in glycosylation genes with risk of epithelial ovarian cancer. 
  • Association of surgically acquired motor and language deficits on overall survival after resection of glioblastoma multiforme. 
  • Associations of genotypes and haplotypes of IL-17 with risk of gastric cancer in an eastern Chinese population. 
  • Athletic pubalgia and the "sports hernia": MR imaging findings. 
  • Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia in children: effect of slow pathway ablation on fast pathway function. 
  • Avoiding aortic clamping during coronary artery bypass grafting reduces postoperative stroke. 
  • BI-RADS for sonography: positive and negative predictive values of sonographic features. 
  • Balloon Post-Dilation Following Implantation of a Self-Expanding Transcatheter Aortic Valve Bioprosthesis. 
  • Barriers to clinical trial participation by older women with breast cancer. 
  • Barriers to screening and intervention for ED patients at risk for undiagnosed or uncontrolled hypertension. 
  • Baseline Hemodynamics and Response to Contrast Media During Diagnostic Cardiac Catheterization Predict Adverse Events in Heart Failure Patients. 
  • Baseline Pulse Pressure, Acute Kidney Injury, and Mortality After Noncardiac Surgery. 
  • Baseline quality of life and anxiety in solid organ transplant recipients: a pilot study. 
  • Beliefs about breast cancer risk and use of postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy. 
  • Biomarker changes during acute heart failure treatment. 
  • Biomarkers of vascular calcification and mortality in patients with ESRD. 
  • Blood pressure and chronic kidney disease progression in a multi-racial cohort: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. 
  • Blood pressure as a predictor of cardiovascular events in the elderly: the William Hale Research Program. 
  • Blood transfusion after percutaneous coronary intervention and risk of subsequent adverse outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 
  • Blood urea nitrogen-to-creatinine ratio in the general population and in patients with acute heart failure. 
  • Body mass trajectories through adulthood: results from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Cohort (1981-2006). 
  • Brain drain or OE? Characteristics of young New Zealanders who leave. 
  • Breast cancer survival among economically disadvantaged women: the influences of delayed diagnosis and treatment on mortality. 
  • Breastfeeding and bloody diarrhoea in young children in Ibadan, Nigeria. 
  • CRISP: Catheterization RISk score for Pediatrics: A Report from the Congenital Cardiac Interventional Study Consortium (CCISC). 
  • Can psychopathic offenders discern moral wrongs? A new look at the moral/conventional distinction. 
  • Can restenosis after coronary angioplasty be predicted from clinical variables? 
  • Cardiac catheterization within 1 to 3 days of proximal aortic surgery is not associated with increased postoperative acute kidney injury. 
  • Cardiac pacing strategies and post-implantation risk of atrial fibrillation and heart failure events in sinus node dysfunction patients: a collaborative analysis of over 6000 patients. 
  • Cardiac rehabilitation and survival in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction. 
  • Cardiac troponin release following hybrid coronary revascularization versus off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. 
  • Cardiovascular disease risk stratification with stress single-photon emission computed tomography technetium-99m tetrofosmin imaging in patients with the metabolic syndrome and diabetes mellitus. 
  • Care Transitions After Acute Myocardial Infarction for Transferred-In Versus Direct-Arrival Patients. 
  • Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in HIV-infected women in a southeastern US population. 
  • Changes in seizure threshold over the course of electroconvulsive therapy affect therapeutic response and are detected by ictal EEG ratings. 
  • Characteristics and in-hospital outcomes of patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and chronic kidney disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. 
  • Characteristics and in-hospital outcomes of patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing an invasive strategy according to hemoglobin levels. 
  • Characteristics and outcomes of hospice enrollees with dementia discharged alive. 
  • Characteristics of abdominal vein thrombosis in children and adults. 
  • Chemotherapy Use, Performance Status, and Quality of Life at the End of Life. 
  • Chi-square test for R x C contingency tables with clustered data. 
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: safety and tolerability of hyperpolarized 129Xe MR imaging in healthy volunteers and patients. 
  • Chronic vitamin K antagonist therapy and bleeding risk in ST elevation myocardial infarction patients. 
  • Circulating des-acyl ghrelin improves cardiovascular risk prediction in older hypertensive patients. 
  • Citation analysis of the maternal/child nursing literature. 
  • Clinical Effectiveness of Hydralazine-Isosorbide Dinitrate Therapy in Patients With Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction: Findings From the Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Registry. 
  • Clinical Impact of Diabetes Mellitus on Outcomes After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Insights From the Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry. 
  • Clinical Implications of Serum Albumin Levels in Acute Heart Failure: Insights From DOSE-AHF and ROSE-AHF. 
  • Clinical carotid endarterectomy decision making: noninvasive vascular imaging versus angiography. 
  • Clinical characteristics of magnetic resonance imaging-defined subcortical ischemic depression. 
  • Clinical determinants of mortality in patients with angiographically diagnosed ischemic or nonischemic cardiomyopathy. 
  • Clinical manifestations and outcome of Haemophilus influenzae type b disease. 
  • Clinical outcomes among stroke patients receiving tissue plasminogen activator therapy beyond the 3-hour time window. 
  • Clinical outcomes for patients classified by fear-avoidance beliefs and centralization phenomenon. 
  • Clinical presentations and outcomes of bile duct loss caused by drugs and herbal and dietary supplements. 
  • Clinical trials treating focal segmental glomerulosclerosis should measure patient quality of life. 
  • Clinical utility of transthoracic two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography. 
  • Clinician awareness of adherence to hypertension guidelines. 
  • Coagulation abnormalities in patients with hip osteonecrosis. 
  • Coagulopathy does not fully protect hospitalized cirrhosis patients from peripheral venous thromboembolism. 
  • Coil embolization of the splenic artery: impact on splenic volume. 
  • Collar versus collarless cemented HD-II femoral prostheses. 
  • Colonoscopy withdrawal time and risk of neoplasia at 5 years: results from VA Cooperative Studies Program 380. 
  • Colorectal cancer risk perceptions and screening intentions in a minority population. 
  • Colorectal cancer screening in young patients with poor health and severe comorbidity. 
  • Combining clinical and angiographic variables for estimating risk of target lesion revascularization after drug eluting stent placement. 
  • Communication about sexual issues: mothers, fathers, and friends. 
  • Community-based aquatic exercise and quality of life in persons with osteoarthritis. 
  • Community-based intervention to increase HIV testing and case detection in people aged 16-32 years in Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and Thailand (NIMH Project Accept, HPTN 043): a randomised study. 
  • Comorbidity of conduct and depressive problems at sixth grade: substance use outcomes across adolescence. 
  • Comparative Effectiveness of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Among Patients With Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation: Findings From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry's Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Registry. 
  • Comparative Effectiveness of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators for Primary Prevention in Women. 
  • Comparative analysis of antifibrinolytic medications in pediatric heart surgery. 
  • Comparative analysis of breast cancer risk factors among African-American women and White women. 
  • Comparative effectiveness of i-SCAN™ and high-definition white light characterizing small colonic polyps. 
  • Comparing the reliability of responses to telephone-administered versus self-administered Web-based surveys in a case-control study of adult malignant brain cancer. 
  • Comparing the use of diagnostic imaging and receipt of carotid endarterectomy in elderly black and white stroke patients. 
  • Comparison of dietary intake of overweight postpartum mothers practicing breastfeeding or formula feeding. 
  • Comparison of psychosocial adaptation of advanced stage Hodgkin's disease and acute leukemia survivors. Cancer and Leukemia Group B. 
  • Comparison of the prognostic value of peak creatine kinase-MB and troponin levels among patients with acute myocardial infarction: a report from the Acute Coronary Treatment and Intervention Outcomes Network Registry-get with the guidelines. 
  • Comparisons of the uptake and in-hospital outcomes associated with second-generation drug-eluting stents between men and women: results from the CathPCI Registry. 
  • Complete atrioventricular block complicating inferior wall acute myocardial infarction treated with reperfusion therapy. TAMI Study Group. 
  • Complex abdominal wall hernias: a new classification system and approach to management based on review of 133 consecutive patients. 
  • Compliance with acute stroke care quality measures in hospitals with and without primary stroke center certification: the North Carolina Stroke Care Collaborative. 
  • Complications Are Not Increased With Acetabular Revision of Metal-on-metal Total Hip Arthroplasty. 
  • Complications in the surgical treatment of 19,360 cases of pediatric scoliosis: a review of the Scoliosis Research Society Morbidity and Mortality database. 
  • Contemporary incidence, predictors, and outcomes of acute kidney injury in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions: insights from the NCDR Cath-PCI registry. 
  • Contemporary use of adjunctive thrombectomy during primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction in the United States. 
  • Continental Divide? The attitudes of US and Canadian oncologists on the costs, cost-effectiveness, and health policies associated with new cancer drugs. 
  • Converting i.v. nitroglycerin therapy to nitroglycerin ointment therapy: a comparison of two methods. 
  • Core lab analysis of baseline echocardiographic studies in the STICH trial and recommendation for use of echocardiography in future clinical trials. 
  • Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery and Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Patients With Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Disease. 
  • Correlates of high-fat/low-nutrient-dense snack consumption among adolescents: results from two national health surveys. 
  • Correlates of osteoprotegerin and association with aortic pulse wave velocity in patients with chronic kidney disease. 
  • Correlates of perceived social support and equality of interpersonal relationships at mid-life. 
  • Correlates of physical activity at two time points during pregnancy. 
  • Cost-related nonadherence in the Medicare program: the impact of Part D. 
  • Costs of periprocedural complications in patients treated with transcatheter aortic valve replacement: results from the Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valve trial. 
  • Covered transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts: accuracy of ultrasound in detecting shunt malfunction. 
  • Crying: experiences and attitudes of third-year medical students and interns. 
  • Current practice among plastic surgeons of antibiotic prophylaxis and closed-suction drains in breast reconstruction: experience, evidence, and implications for postoperative care. 
  • Current practice of microsurgery by members of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. 
  • Cyclin E overexpression in epithelial ovarian cancer characterizes an etiologic subgroup. 
  • Cyclosporine, methotrexate, and prednisone compared with cyclosporine and prednisone for prophylaxis of acute graft-versus-host disease. 
  • Daily intake of high dietary fiber slows accelerated colonic transit induced by restrain stress in rats. 
  • Demographic and ecological effects on patterns of parasitism in eastern chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in Gombe National Park, Tanzania. 
  • Depression and physical disability outcomes in depressed medically ill hospitalized older adults. 
  • Depression as a risk factor for mortality after acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Depressive Symptoms and Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Blacks: Findings From the Jackson Heart Study. 
  • Design and field procedures in the US National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A). 
  • Detailed pathologic characteristics of the primary colorectal tumor independently predict outcome after hepatectomy for metastases. 
  • Developing a claim-based version of the ACE-27 comorbidity index: a comparison with medical record review. 
  • Developmental antecedents of partner abuse: a prospective-longitudinal study. 
  • Diagnostic reference ranges for pediatric abdominal CT. 
  • Dietary Patterns Associated with Cognitive Function among the Older People in Underdeveloped Regions: Finding from the NCDFaC Study. 
  • Dietary restraint and gestational weight gain. 
  • Differences in Short- and Long-Term Outcomes Among Older Patients With ST-Elevation Versus Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction With Angiographically Proven Coronary Artery Disease. 
  • Differences in access to kidney transplantation between Hispanic and non-Hispanic whites by geographic location in the United States. 
  • 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. 
  • Differential immunoglobulin class-mediated responses to components of the U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particle in systemic lupus erythematosus and mixed connective tissue disease. 
  • Direct Transport to a Percutaneous Cardiac Intervention Center and Outcomes in Patients With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. 
  • Disability fingerprints: patterns of disability in spinal cord injury and multiple sclerosis differ. 
  • Do larger periprocedural fluid volumes reduce the severity of post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis? 
  • Do omega-3 fatty acids prevent atrial fibrillation after open heart surgery? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. 
  • Dobutamine stress echocardiography: experience in pediatric heart transplant recipients. 
  • Does comorbid substance use disorder impair recovery from major depression with SSRI treatment? An analysis of the STAR*D level one treatment outcomes. 
  • Does response evaluation and decision (RED) mediate the relation between hostile attributional style and antisocial behavior in adolescence? 
  • Donor oocytes are associated with preterm birth when compared to fresh autologous in vitro fertilization cycles in singleton pregnancies. 
  • Double-Dose Versus Standard-Dose Clopidogrel According to Smoking Status Among Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. 
  • Dual Antiplatelet Therapy and Outcomes in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Acute Coronary Syndromes Managed Medically Without Revascularization: Insights From the TRILOGY ACS Trial. 
  • Duration of exposure and the dose-response model of PTSD. 
  • Dynamics of patient targeting for care management in Medicaid: a case study of the Durham Community Health Network. 
  • Dysplasia at the surgical margin is associated with recurrence after resection of non-invasive intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms. 
  • ERCP and sphincterotomy in the context of laparoscopic cholecystectomy: academic and community practice patterns and results. 
  • Early adoption of dabigatran and its dosing in US patients with atrial fibrillation: results from the outcomes registry for better informed treatment of atrial fibrillation. 
  • Early outcomes of empiric embolization of tumor-related gastrointestinal hemorrhage in patients with advanced malignancy. 
  • Early sustained ventricular arrhythmias complicating acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Echocardiographic methods, quality review, and measurement accuracy in a randomized multicenter clinical trial of Marfan syndrome. 
  • Echocardiography for the detection of cardiac sources of embolism in patients with stroke or transient ischemic attack. 
  • Economic analysis of endovascular repair versus surveillance for patients with small abdominal aortic aneurysms. 
  • Effect of Intensive Blood Pressure Treatment on Heart Failure Events in the Systolic Blood Pressure Reduction Intervention Trial. 
  • Effect of antenatal treatment of maternal periodontitis on early childhood neurodevelopment. 
  • Effect of apixaban, an oral and direct factor Xa inhibitor, on coagulation activity biomarkers following acute coronary syndrome. 
  • Effect of gastric bypass operation on Framingham and actual risk of cardiovascular events in class II to III obesity. 
  • Effect of inborn vs. outborn delivery on neurodevelopmental outcomes in infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy: secondary analyses of the NICHD whole-body cooling trial. 
  • Effect of neoadjuvant chemoradiation on operative mortality and morbidity for pancreaticoduodenectomy. 
  • Effect of patient selection method on provider group performance estimates. 
  • Effect of switching to a high-deductible health plan on use of chronic medications. 
  • Effect of two different exercise regimens on trunk muscle morphometry and endurance in soldiers in training. 
  • Effect of two prednisone exposures on mood and declarative memory. 
  • Effective treatment of models of multiple sclerosis by matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors. 
  • Effectiveness of early coronary angioplasty and abciximab for failed thrombolysis (reteplase or alteplase) during acute myocardial infarction (results from the GUSTO-III trial). Global Use of Strategies To Open occluded coronary arteries. 
  • 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 a cognitive adjustment program for Thai parents 
  • Effects of air pollution on respiratory health of adults in three Chinese cities. 
  • Effects of change in physical activity on physical function limitations in older women: mediating roles of physical function performance and self-efficacy. 
  • Effects of legal mechanisms on perceived coercion and treatment adherence among persons with severe mental illness. 
  • Effects of pyridoxal-5'-phosphate (MC-1) in patients undergoing high-risk coronary artery bypass surgery: results of the MEND-CABG randomized study. 
  • Effects of socioeconomic status on mortality after acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Effects of traditional sit-up training versus core stabilization exercises on short-term musculoskeletal injuries in US Army soldiers: a cluster randomized trial. 
  • Efficacy and safety of tenecteplase in combination with enoxaparin, abciximab, or unfractionated heparin: the ASSENT-3 randomised trial in acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Electrocardiographic characteristics of potential organ donors and associations with cardiac allograft use. 
  • Electronic health records: which practices have them, and how are clinicians using them? 
  • Emergency physician high pretest probability for acute coronary syndrome correlates with adverse cardiovascular outcomes. 
  • Emotion recognition and social/role dysfunction in non-clinical psychosis. 
  • End-systolic volume index at 90 to 180 minutes into reperfusion therapy for acute myocardial infarction is a strong predictor of early and late mortality. The Global Utilization of Streptokinase and t-PA for Occluded Coronary Arteries (GUSTO)-I Angiographic Investigators. 
  • Endovascular aortic aneurysm repair with carbon dioxide-guided angiography in patients with renal insufficiency. 
  • Enhancing future acceptance of rural placement in Tanzania through peripheral hospital rotations for medical students. 
  • Eosinophilic esophagitis. 
  • Epidemiology of psychiatric disorders in very young children in a Romanian pediatric setting. 
  • Equal antipyretic effectiveness of oral and rectal acetaminophen: a randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN11886401]. 
  • Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents increase the risk of acute stroke in patients with chronic kidney disease. 
  • Estimated net endogenous acid production and serum bicarbonate in African Americans with chronic kidney disease. 
  • Estimating the Annual Incremental Cost of Several Complications Following Pulmonary Lobectomy. 
  • Evaluation of an adjusted chi-square statistic as applied to observational studies involving clustered binary data. 
  • Evaluation of dysphonic patients by general otolaryngologists. 
  • Evaluation of variable line-shape models and prior information in automated 1H spectroscopic imaging analysis. 
  • Everyday life with osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis: independent effects of disease and gender on daily pain, mood, and coping. 
  • Examining the nutritional quality of breakfast cereals marketed to children. 
  • Excess heparin dosing among fibrinolytic-treated patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Excretory urography: trends in clinical use and diagnostic yield. 
  • Executive functioning early in abstinence from alcohol. 
  • Explained and unexplained medical symptoms in generalized anxiety and panic disorder: relationship to the somatoform disorders. 
  • Exploration of a hypothesized independent association of a common 9p21.3 gene variant and ischemic stroke in patients with and without angiographic coronary artery disease. 
  • Exponential distance statistics to detect the effects of population subdivision. 
  • Factors associated with repeat mammography screening. 
  • Factors related to hip muscle weakness following fixation of acetabular fractures. 
  • Failure of adjuvant heparin to reduce myocardial ischemia in the early treatment of patients with unstable angina. 
  • Fear of Movement and Associated Factors Among Adults With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis. 
  • Feasibility of a Clinic-Community Partnership to Treat Childhood Obesity. 
  • Femur fractures and lung complications: a prospective randomized study of reaming. 
  • Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 and Kidney Disease Progression in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease. 
  • Fibroblast growth factor 23 is not associated with and does not induce arterial calcification. 
  • Fibromyalgia symptoms and medication requirements respond to parathyroidectomy. 
  • Flexible ureteroscopy in conjunction with in situ lithotripsy for lower pole calculi. 
  • Fluorosis development in seven age cohorts after an 11-month break in water fluoridation. 
  • Fluoxetine in child and adolescent depression: acute and maintenance treatment. 
  • Follow-up of patients with new cardiovascular implantable electronic devices: are experts' recommendations implemented in routine clinical practice? 
  • Food and weight-related patterns and behaviors of Hmong adolescents. 
  • Food preparation by young adults is associated with better diet quality. 
  • Fractures in myelomeningocele. 
  • Free-electron laser etching of dental enamel 
  • Frequency and clinical outcome of cardiogenic shock during acute myocardial infarction among patients receiving reteplase or alteplase. Results from GUSTO-III. Global Use of Strategies to Open Occluded Coronary Arteries. 
  • Frequency and predictors of drug-eluting stent use in saphenous vein bypass graft percutaneous coronary interventions: a report from the American College of Cardiology National Cardiovascular Data CathPCI registry. 
  • Frequency, significance, and cost of recurrent ischemia after thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction. TAMI Study Group. 
  • Functional promoter rs2868371 variant of HSPB1 associates with radiation-induced esophageal toxicity in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer treated with radio(chemo)therapy. 
  • Gallbladder pathology in morbid obesity. 
  • Gender Differences in Radiation Dose From Nuclear Cardiology Studies Across the World: Findings From the INCAPS Registry. 
  • Gender differences in partner violence in a birth cohort of 21-year-olds: bridging the gap between clinical and epidemiological approaches. 
  • Gender differences in the treatment of non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Gender-specific differences in pelvic organ function after proctectomy for inflammatory bowel disease. 
  • Genetic variants of p21 and p27 and pancreatic cancer risk in non-Hispanic Whites: a case-control study. 
  • German version of ItchyQoL: validation and initial clinical findings. 
  • Global health training in radiology residency programs. 
  • Glutathione S-transferase polymorphisms and risk of differentiated thyroid carcinomas: a case-control analysis. 
  • Guideline adherence after ST-segment elevation versus non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Have the oldest old adults ever been frail in the past? A hypothesis that explains modern trends in survival. 
  • Health behaviours and socio-economic status in Ontario, Canada. 
  • Health care utilization before and after an outpatient ED visit in older people. 
  • Health expenditures among high-risk patients after gastric bypass and matched controls. 
  • Health-related quality of life does not vary among patients seeking different surgical procedures to assist with weight loss. 
  • HeartCode BLS with voice assisted manikin for teaching nursing students: preliminary results. 
  • Hemodynamics and Vascular Hypertrophy in African Americans and Caucasians With High Blood Pressure. 
  • Hepatitis C transmission, prevention, and treatment knowledge among patients with HIV. 
  • High food insecurity and its correlates among families living on a rural American Indian Reservation. 
  • High-density lipoprotein subclass measurements improve mortality risk prediction, discrimination and reclassification in a cardiac catheterization cohort. 
  • High-dose alendronate uncouples osteoclast and osteoblast function: a study in a rat spine pseudarthrosis model. 
  • Higher persistence in newly diagnosed nonvalvular atrial fibrillation patients treated with dabigatran versus warfarin. 
  • Hip arthroplasty after failed free vascularized fibular grafting for osteonecrosis in young patients. 
  • Hispanic ethnicity and vascular access use in patients initiating hemodialysis in the United States. 
  • Hospital Practice of Direct-Home Discharge and 30-Day Readmission After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcatheter Valve Therapy (STS/ACC TVT) Registry. 
  • Hospital Variation in Functional Recovery After Stroke. 
  • Hospital percutaneous coronary intervention appropriateness and in-hospital procedural outcomes: insights from the NCDR. 
  • How stable are people's preferences for giving priority to severely ill patients? 
  • Hyper-excretion of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA in saliva. 
  • Hyperforin plasma level as a marker of treatment adherence in the National Institutes of Health Hypericum Depression Trial. 
  • Hypermethylated APC DNA in plasma and prognosis of patients with esophageal adenocarcinoma. 
  • Hypokalemia and outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure and chronic kidney disease: findings from propensity-matched studies. 
  • Hypotension during dobutamine stress echocardiography: is it related to dynamic intraventricular obstruction? 
  • Identification of new genetic variants of HLA-DQB1 associated with human longevity and lipid homeostasis-a cross-sectional study in a Chinese population. 
  • Identification of poorly performing transplant centers using the UNOS center-specific data. 
  • Identifying at-risk children at school entry: The usefulness of multibehavioral problems profiles 
  • Identifying predictors of central nervous system disease in solid organ transplant recipients with cryptococcosis. 
  • Immunologic impact and clinical outcomes after surgical exposure to bovine thrombin. 
  • Impact of ABO compatibility on outcomes after heart transplantation in a national cohort during the past decade. 
  • Impact of Aspirin and Clopidogrel Hyporesponsiveness in Patients Treated With Drug-Eluting Stents: 2-Year Results of a Prospective, Multicenter Registry Study. 
  • Impact of Intraoperative Steroids on Postoperative Infection Rates and Length of Hospital Stay: A Study of 1200 Spine Surgery Patients. 
  • Impact of National Cancer Institute revised mammography screening guidelines on women 40-49. 
  • Impact of T status and N status on perioperative outcomes after thoracoscopic lobectomy for lung cancer. 
  • Impact of an expanded hospital recognition program for heart failure quality of care. 
  • Impact of chronic antiplatelet therapy before hospitalization on ischemic and bleeding events in invasively managed patients with acute coronary syndromes: the ACUITY trial. 
  • Impact of customized videotape education on quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 
  • Impact of different clinical variables on pregnancy outcome following embryo cryopreservation. 
  • Impact of endovascular simulator training on vascular surgery as a career choice in medical students. 
  • Impact of lipid-lowering medications and low-density lipoprotein levels on 1-year clinical outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting. 
  • Impaired resting myocardial annular velocities are independently associated with mental stress-induced ischemia in coronary heart disease. 
  • Impairment of activities of daily living and incident heart failure in community-dwelling older adults. 
  • Importance of pretest probability score and D-dimer assay before sonography for lower limb deep venous thrombosis. 
  • Improved near-term coronary artery disease risk classification with gated stress myocardial perfusion SPECT. 
  • Improvements in pulmonary and general critical care reduces mortality following ventilator-associated pneumonia. 
  • Improving hip fractures outcomes for COPD patients. 
  • Inactivation of the tumor suppressor genes causing the hereditary syndromes predisposing to head and neck cancer via promoter hypermethylation in sporadic head and neck cancers. 
  • Incidence and impact on outcome of streptokinase allergy in the GUSTO-I trial. Global Utilization of Streptokinase and t-PA in Occluded Coronary Arteries. 
  • Incidence and predictors of lesion-specific ischemia by FFRCT: Learnings from the international ADVANCE registry. 
  • Incidence and predictors of low chemotherapy dose-intensity in aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: a nationwide study. 
  • Incidence and predictors of low dose-intensity in adjuvant breast cancer chemotherapy: a nationwide study of community practices. 
  • Incidence of decompression sickness in hypoxia training with and without 30-min O2 prebreathe. 
  • Incidence, Predictors, and Outcomes of Permanent Pacemaker Implantation Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Analysis From the U.S. Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology TVT Registry. 
  • Incidental detection of nutcracker phenomenon on multidetector CT in an asymptomatic population: prevalence and associated findings. 
  • Increased Heart Rate Is Associated With Higher Mortality in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation (AF): Results From the Outcomes Registry for Better Informed Treatment of AF (ORBIT-AF). 
  • Inflammation markers and their trajectories after deep vein thrombosis in relation to risk of post-thrombotic syndrome. 
  • Infliximab (chimeric anti-tumour necrosis factor alpha monoclonal antibody) versus placebo in rheumatoid arthritis patients receiving concomitant methotrexate: a randomised phase III trial. ATTRACT Study Group. 
  • Influence of Clinical Trial Site Enrollment on Patient Characteristics, Protocol Completion, and End Points: Insights From the ASCEND-HF Trial (Acute Study of Clinical Effectiveness of Nesiritide in Decompensated Heart Failure). 
  • Influence of race and sex on thrombogenicity in a large cohort of coronary artery disease patients. 
  • Initial Trends in the Use of the 21-Gene Recurrence Score Assay for Patients With Breast Cancer in the Medicare Population, 2005-2009. 
  • Injuries among teens employed in the homebuilding industry in North Carolina. 
  • Injury and fitness outcomes during implementation of physical readiness training. 
  • Insurance status and outcome after intracerebral hemorrhage: findings from Get With The Guidelines-stroke. 
  • Intended single-modality management of T1 and T2 tonsillar carcinomas: retrospective comparison of radical tonsillectomy vs radiation from a single institution. 
  • Intensity of registered nurse participation in nursing home decision making. 
  • Inter-chromosomal level of genome organization and longevity-related phenotypes in humans. 
  • Interindividual variation in human visual performance. 
  • Intimate partner physical assault before and during pregnancy: how does it relate to women's psychological vulnerability? 
  • Intimate partner violence exposure predicts PTSD treatment engagement and outcome in cognitive processing therapy. 
  • Intracoronary ultrasound predictors of adverse outcomes after coronary artery interventions. 
  • Intradialytic hypertension and its association with endothelial cell dysfunction. 
  • Intraindividual comparison of gadoxetate disodium-enhanced MR imaging and 64-section multidetector CT in the Detection of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis. 
  • Invasive carcinoma arising in intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas: a matched control study with conventional pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. 
  • Involuntary smoking and head and neck cancer risk: pooled analysis in the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology Consortium. 
  • Is rhythm control superior to rate control in patients with atrial fibrillation and congestive heart failure? 
  • Ischemia change in stable coronary artery disease is an independent predictor of death and myocardial infarction. 
  • Ischemic Stroke with Troponin Elevation: Patient Characteristics, Resource Utilization, and In-Hospital Outcomes. 
  • Kinematic characterization of standing reach: comparison of younger vs. older subjects. 
  • Knowledge and perceptions among overweight and obese employees about lifestyle-related health benefit changes. 
  • Knowledge of myocardial infarction symptoms and perceptions of self-risk in Tanzania. 
  • LV thrombus detection by routine echocardiography: insights into performance characteristics using delayed enhancement CMR. 
  • Laparoendoscopic single-site nephrectomy compared with conventional laparoscopic nephrectomy: a 5-year, single-surgeon experience. 
  • Laparotomy during endovascular repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms increases mortality. 
  • Late-life sibling relationships: does race affect typological distribution? 
  • Left bundle-branch block is associated with asimilar dyssynchronous phenotype in heart failure patients with normal and reduced ejection fractions. 
  • Left orbital frontal cortex volume and performance on the benton visual retention test in older depressives and controls. 
  • Left ventricular hypertrophy impairs detection of myocardial infarction in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy. 
  • Left ventricular long axis function assessed during cine-cardiovascular magnetic resonance is an independent predictor of adverse cardiac events. 
  • Let's stay together: relationship dissolution and sexually transmitted diseases among parenting and non-parenting adolescents. 
  • Lichen sclerosus: epidemiological distribution in an equal access health care system. 
  • Life-course socioeconomic position and incidence of diabetes mellitus among blacks and whites: the Alameda County Study, 1965-1999. 
  • Lifetime comorbidity, lifetime history of psychosis and suicide attempts, and current symptoms of patients with deteriorated affective disorder. 
  • Limitations of ejection fraction for prediction of sudden death risk in patients with coronary artery disease: lessons from the MUSTT study. 
  • Liver lesions: manganese-enhanced MR and dual-phase helical CT for preoperative detection and characterization comparison with receiver operating characteristic analysis. 
  • Long non-coding RNA metastasis associated in lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 derived miniRNA as a novel plasma-based biomarker for diagnosing prostate cancer. 
  • Long-term outcomes after invasive management for older patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Long-term results of endoscopic versus open saphenous vein harvest for lower extremity bypass. 
  • Longer Delay From Chronic Pain to Spinal Cord Stimulation Results in Higher Healthcare Resource Utilization. 
  • Longitudinal changes in psychosocial factors and their association with knee pain and function after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. 
  • Low mortality rates after endovascular aortic repair expand use to high-risk patients. 
  • Magnetic resonance imaging signal hypointensity and iron content of putamen nuclei in elderly depressed patients. 
  • Making the diagnosis of acute appendicitis: do more preoperative CT scans mean fewer negative appendectomies? A 10-year study. 
  • Making time for meals: meal structure and associations with dietary intake in young adults. 
  • Maladaptive aortic properties after the Norwood procedure: An angiographic analysis of the Pediatric Heart Network Single Ventricle Reconstruction Trial. 
  • Management of cholelithiasis in pediatric patients who undergo bone marrow transplantation. 
  • Management of hepatocellular adenoma: comparison of resection, embolization and observation. 
  • Mandated radiologist-performed electronic order entry: effect on CT oral contrast administration. 
  • Marijuana smoking and the risk of head and neck cancer: pooled analysis in the INHANCE consortium. 
  • Markers of decongestion, dyspnea relief, and clinical outcomes among patients hospitalized with acute heart failure. 
  • Maternal aggression persists following lipopolysaccharide-induced activation of the immune system. 
  • Measurement of fatigue in cancer patients: development and validation of the Fatigue Symptom Inventory. 
  • Mechanisms of ventricular fibrillation initiation in MADIT II patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators. 
  • Mediators of Effects of a Selective Family-Focused Violence Prevention Approach for Middle School Students 
  • Menopausal status, moderate-intensity walking, and symptoms in midlife women. 
  • Menopausal transition symptoms in midlife women living with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue. 
  • Meta-analysis of concomitant versus sequential radiochemotherapy in locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer. 
  • Middle-of-the-night percutaneous coronary intervention and its association with percutaneous coronary intervention outcomes performed the following day: an analysis from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. 
  • Milestones for Internal Medicine Sub-interns. 
  • Minorities, the poor, and survivors of abuse: HIV-infected patients in the US deep South. 
  • Misperceptions about beta-blockers and diuretics: a national survey of primary care physicians. 
  • Moral controversy, directive counsel, and the doctor's role: findings from a national survey of obstetrician-gynecologists. 
  • Morbidity and mortality associated with spinal surgery in children: a review of the Scoliosis Research Society morbidity and mortality database. 
  • Morphologic effects of subtoxic neonatal chlorpyrifos exposure in developing rat brain: regionally selective alterations in neurons and glia. 
  • Mortality before or during treatment among tuberculosis patients in North Carolina, 1993-2003. 
  • Mortality reduction in relation to implantable cardioverter defibrillator programming in the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial-Reduce Inappropriate Therapy (MADIT-RIT). 
  • Mortality versus survival graphs: improving temporal consistency in perceptions of treatment effectiveness. 
  • Motives and perceived consequences of nonmedical ADHD medication use by college students: are students treating themselves for attention problems? 
  • Multi-scale heart rate dynamics detected by phase-rectified signal averaging predicts mortality after acute myocardial infarction. 
  • Multi-site study of incidence of pressure ulcers and the relationship between risk level, demographic characteristics, diagnoses, and prescription of preventive interventions. 
  • Multivariate analysis for predicting the presence of bacteria in bile in patients with acute cholecystitis. 
  • Myocardial ischemia correlates with reduced fibrinolytic activity following peripheral vascular surgery. 
  • NIAID Mycoses Study Group Multicenter Trial of Oral Itraconazole Therapy for Invasive Aspergillosis. 
  • Natural history and clinical effect of aortic valve regurgitation after left ventricular assist device implantation. 
  • Natural history of paclitaxel-associated acute pain syndrome: prospective cohort study NCCTG N08C1. 
  • Neighborhood racial composition, neighborhood poverty, and the spatial accessibility of supermarkets in metropolitan Detroit. 
  • Net endogenous acid production is associated with a faster decline in GFR in African Americans. 
  • Neurocognitive consequences of risk-adapted therapy for childhood medulloblastoma. 
  • Neuropsychological functioning and MRI signal hyperintensities in geriatric depression. 
  • Non-genetic risk factors and predicting efficacy for docetaxel--drug-induced liver injury among metastatic breast cancer patients. 
  • Non-nutritive sucking for preterm infants in Egypt. 
  • Noninvasive detection of reperfusion after thrombolysis based on serum creatine kinase MB changes and clinical variables. TAMI 7 Study Group. Thrombolysis and Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction. 
  • Novel exonic mu-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1) polymorphisms not associated with opioid dependence. 
  • Novel role of platelet reactivity in adverse left ventricular remodelling after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: The REMODELING Trial. 
  • Novelty seeking and stereotypic activation of behavior in mice with disruption of the Dat1 gene. 
  • Number of children and risk of metabolic syndrome in women. 
  • Nurse staffing and patient care costs in acute inpatient nursing units. 
  • Nursing care and the development of sleeping and waking behaviors in preterm infants. 
  • Objective performance goals of safety and blood pressure efficacy for clinical trials of renal artery bare metal stents in hypertensive patients with atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis. 
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Increases the Risk of Cardiopulmonary Adverse Events Associated with Ambulatory Colonoscopy Independent of Body Mass Index. 
  • Older age, aggressiveness of care, and survival for seriously ill, hospitalized adults. SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatments. 
  • Orbital cellulitis in children. 
  • Outcome of extremely preterm infants (<1,000 g) with congenital heart defects from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. 
  • Outcomes associated with warfarin use in older patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation and a cardiovascular implantable electronic device: findings from the ADHERE registry linked to Medicare claims. 
  • Outcomes following redo sternotomy for aortic surgery. 
  • Outcomes of off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: Impact of preoperative risk. 
  • Outcomes of primary repair and primary anastomosis in war-related colon injuries. 
  • Outlier detection in bioavailability/bioequivalence studies. 
  • Outpatient utilization patterns of integrated and split psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy for depression. 
  • Overutilization of endoscopic surveillance in nondysplastic Barrett's esophagus: a multicenter study. 
  • PR interval identifies clinical response in patients with non-left bundle branch block: a Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial-Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy substudy. 
  • Pacemaker therapy in isolated congenital complete atrioventricular block. 
  • Paclitaxel-based chemoradiotherapy in the treatment of patients with operable esophageal cancer. 
  • Panic attacks and suicide attempts in mid-adolescence. 
  • Paravertebral Block for Inguinal Herniorrhaphy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. 
  • Participation in weight-related sports is associated with higher use of unhealthful weight-control behaviors and steroid use. 
  • Pathologic and molecular features correlate with long-term outcome after adjuvant therapy of resected primary GI stromal tumor: the ACOSOG Z9001 trial. 
  • Pathophysiology and prognostic significance of Holter-detected ST segment depression after myocardial infarction. The Tissue Plasminogen Activator: Toronto (TPAT) Study Group. 
  • Patient preference in primary care provider type. 
  • Patient reactions to confidentiality, liability, and financial aspects of informed consent in cardiology research. 
  • Patients' views on surgeons' financial conflicts of interest. 
  • Patterns and predictors of stress testing modality after percutaneous coronary stenting: data from the NCDR(®). 
  • Patterns of emergency medical services use and its association with timely stroke treatment: findings from Get With the Guidelines-Stroke. 
  • Pediatric body MDCT: a 5-year follow-up survey of scanning parameters used by pediatric radiologists. 
  • Peer assessment of pediatric surgeons for potential risks of radiation exposure from computed tomography scans. 
  • Pelvic inflammatory disease: findings during inpatient treatment of clinically severe, laparoscopy-documented disease. 
  • Perceived Discrimination and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Older African Americans: Insights From the Jackson Heart Study. 
  • Perception of friends' use of alcohol, cigarettes, and marijuana among urban schoolchildren: a longitudinal analysis. 
  • Percutaneous coronary intervention in native arteries versus bypass grafts in prior coronary artery bypass grafting patients: a report from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. 
  • Percutaneous coronary interventions and cardiovascular outcomes for patients with chronic total occlusions. 
  • Percutaneous interventions in high-risk patients following Mustard repair of transposition of the great arteries. 
  • Perineural and intraneural invasion in posttherapy pancreaticoduodenectomy specimens predicts poor prognosis in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. 
  • Perioperative Optimization of Geriatric Lower Extremity Bypass in the Era of Increased Performance Accountability. 
  • Perioperative bridging therapy with unfractionated heparin or low-molecular-weight heparin in patients with mechanical prosthetic heart valves on long-term oral anticoagulants (from the REGIMEN Registry). 
  • Persistence and perceived consequences of cannabis use and dependence among young adults: implications for policy. 
  • Personality factors differentially predict exercise behavior in men and women. 
  • 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. 
  • Pharmacologic prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism and 30-day outcomes among older patients hospitalized with heart failure: an analysis from the ADHERE national registry linked to Medicare claims. 
  • Phase III trial of bevacizumab plus interferon alfa versus interferon alfa monotherapy in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma: final results of CALGB 90206. 
  • Physical strain and urgent need for ergonomic training among gynecologic oncologists who perform minimally invasive surgery. 
  • Physician allocation of Medicare resources for patients with advanced cancer. 
  • Physician self-referral of lumbar spine MRI with comparative analysis of negative study rates as a marker of utilization appropriateness. 
  • Pioglitazone, vitamin E, or placebo for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. 
  • Plasma omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and survival in patients with chronic heart failure and major depressive disorder. 
  • Polymorphism in the IL18 gene and epithelial ovarian cancer in non-Hispanic white women. 
  • Polymorphism of DNA ligase I and risk of lung cancer--a case-control analysis. 
  • Polymorphisms of cytosolic serine hydroxymethyltransferase and risk of lung cancer: a case-control analysis. 
  • Polyvascular disease and long-term cardiovascular outcomes in older patients with non-ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction. 
  • Positive attitudes toward organic, local, and sustainable foods are associated with higher dietary quality among young adults. 
  • Post-cardiac transplant survival after support with a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device: impact of duration of left ventricular assist device support and other variables. 
  • Post-myocardial infarction risk stratification in elderly patients. 
  • Post-operative pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis after major hepatectomy: does peripheral venous thromboembolism prevention outweigh bleeding risks? 
  • Postdischarge international normalized ratio testing and long-term clinical outcomes of patients with heart failure receiving warfarin: findings from the ADHERE registry linked to Medicare claims. 
  • Postoperative prostate-specific antigen as a prognostic indicator in patients with margin-positive prostate cancer, undergoing adjuvant radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy. 
  • Posttraumatic symptomatology in children and adolescents after an industrial fire. 
  • Practice patterns and clinical outcomes among non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) patients presenting to primary and tertiary hospitals: insights from the EARLY glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition in NSTE-ACS (EARLY-ACS) trial. 
  • Pre- and intraoperative variables affecting early outcomes in elderly patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy. 
  • Precatheterization Use of P2Y12 Inhibitors in Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients Undergoing Early Cardiac Catheterization and In-Hospital Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Insights From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry®. 
  • Predicting a late positive serum troponin in initially troponin-negative patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome: clinical predictors and validated risk score results from the TIMI IIIB and GUSTO IIA studies. 
  • Predicting cognitive decline in subjects at risk for Alzheimer disease by using combined cerebrospinal fluid, MR imaging, and PET biomarkers. 
  • Predicting recurrent mitral regurgitation after mitral valve repair for severe ischemic mitral regurgitation. 
  • Prediction of incident heart failure in general practice: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. 
  • Predictors of 30-day mortality in the era of reperfusion for acute myocardial infarction. Results from an international trial of 41,021 patients. GUSTO-I Investigators. 
  • Predictors of Physician Under-Recognition of Angina in Outpatients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease. 
  • Predictors of contemporary coronary artery bypass grafting outcomes. 
  • Predictors of long-term adherence to evidence-based cardiovascular disease medications in outpatients with stable atherothrombotic disease: findings from the REACH Registry. 
  • Predictors of massive transfusion with thoracic aortic procedures involving deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. 
  • Predictors of outcome after hyperthermic isolated limb perfusion: role of tumor response. 
  • Predictors of sustained ventricular arrhythmias in cardiac resynchronization therapy. 
  • Predictors of web-based follow-up response in the Prevention Of Low Back Pain In The Military Trial (POLM). 
  • Predictors, Trends, and Outcomes (Among Older Patients ≥65 Years of Age) Associated With Beta-Blocker Use in Patients With Stable Angina Undergoing Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the NCDR Registry. 
  • Predischarge initiation of carvedilol in patients hospitalized for decompensated heart failure. 
  • Prenatal protease inhibitor use and risk of preterm birth among HIV-infected women initiating antiretroviral drugs during pregnancy. 
  • Preoperative Frailty Increases Risk of Nonhome Discharge after Elective Vascular Surgery in Home-Dwelling Patients. 
  • Preoperative Renal Insufficiency: Underreporting and Association With Readmission and Major Postoperative Morbidity in an Academic Medical Center. 
  • Preoperative factors associated with worsening in health-related quality of life following coronary artery bypass grafting in the Randomized On/Off Bypass (ROOBY) trial. 
  • Preoperative therapy for esophageal cancer: a randomized comparison of chemotherapy versus radiation therapy. 
  • Preoperative visual acuity among cataract surgery patients and countries' state of development: a global study. 
  • Prevalence and characteristics of dual sensory impairment (hearing and vision) in a veteran population. 
  • Prevalence and clinical characteristics associated with left atrial appendage thrombus in fully anticoagulated patients undergoing catheter-directed atrial fibrillation ablation. 
  • Prevalence and correlates of functional status in an older community--representative sample in Brazil. 
  • Prevalence and correlates of heavy smoking in Vietnam veterans with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Prevalence of antithyroid antibodies in mood disorders 
  • Prevalence of diabetes mellitus, glycemic control, and associated factors in a Malay population in Singapore. 
  • Prevalence of infective endocarditis in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: the value of screening with echocardiography. 
  • Prevalence of low ankle-brachial index, elevated plasma fibrinogen and CRP across Framingham risk categories: data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2004. 
  • Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in the elderly population of Singapore. 
  • Primary CNS lymphoma in HIV positive and negative patients: comparison of clinical characteristics, outcome and prognostic factors. 
  • Primary care-specialist collaboration in the care of patients with chronic kidney disease. 
  • Primary tumor characteristics predict sentinel lymph node macrometastasis in breast cancer. 
  • Prognostic usefulness of left ventricular thrombus by echocardiography in dilated cardiomyopathy in predicting stroke, transient ischemic attack, and death. 
  • Prognostic usefulness of white blood cell count and temperature in acute myocardial infarction (from the CARDINAL Trial). 
  • Prognostic value of CT angiography in patients with inconclusive functional stress tests. 
  • Prognostic value of routine cardiac magnetic resonance assessment of left ventricular ejection fraction and myocardial damage: an international, multicenter study. 
  • Prospective assessment after pediatric cardiac ablation: recurrence at 1 year after initially successful ablation of supraventricular tachycardia. 
  • Providing obesity prevention counseling to children during a primary care clinic visit: results from a pilot study. 
  • Provoked exercise desaturation in patent foramen ovale and impact of percutaneous closure. 
  • Psychological correlates of obese patients seeking surgical or residential behavioral weight loss treatment. 
  • Psychometric characteristics of the Muslim Religiosity Scale in Iranian patients with cancer. 
  • Psychosocial Risk Factors and Other Than Honorable Military Discharge: Providing Healthcare to Previously Ineligible Veterans. 
  • Pulmonary hypertension and elevated transpulmonary gradient in patients with mitral stenosis. 
  • Q fever, spotted fever group, and typhus group rickettsioses among hospitalized febrile patients in northern Tanzania. 
  • Quality of life after surgery for intractable partial epilepsy in children: a cohort study with controls. 
  • Race/ethnicity and the intensity of medical monitoring under 'watchful waiting' for prostate cancer. 
  • Race/ethnicity, physical activity, and quality of life in breast cancer survivors. 
  • Racial differences in analgesic/anti-inflammatory medication adherence among patients with osteoarthritis. 
  • Racial differences in physician recommendation of hormone replacement therapy. 
  • Racial/Ethnic and Sex Differences in Emergency Medical Services Transport Among Hospitalized US Stroke Patients: Analysis of the National Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Registry. 
  • Radioactive sources embedded in suture are associated with improved postimplant dosimetry in men treated with prostate brachytherapy. 
  • Radiographic predictors of disease severity in neonates and infants with necrotizing enterocolitis. 
  • Radiographical and Implant-Related Complications in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: Incidence, Patient Risk Factors, and Impact on Health-Related Quality of Life. 
  • Randomized trial in malignant biliary obstruction: plastic vs partially covered metal stents. 
  • Randomized trial of web-based training about opioid therapy for chronic pain. 
  • Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III trial comparing docetaxel and prednisone with or without bevacizumab in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: CALGB 90401. 
  • Randomized, surgical adjuvant clinical trial of recombinant interferon alfa-2a in selected patients with malignant melanoma. 
  • Rate versus rhythm control and outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation and chronic kidney disease: data from the GUSTO-III Trial. 
  • Reactive and proactive aggression in school children and psychiatrically impaired chronically assaultive youth. 
  • Readiness to change smoking behavior in a community health center population. 
  • Recurrent shoulder instability after open reconstruction in athletes involved in collision and contact sports. 
  • Recurrent venous thromboembolism in anticoagulated patients with cancer: management and short-term prognosis. 
  • Reduced need for alveolar bone grafting by presurgical orthopedics and primary gingivoperiosteoplasty. 
  • Reducing central venous catheter-related bloodstream infections in children with cancer. 
  • Regional differences in quality of care and outcomes for the treatment of acute coronary syndromes: an analysis from the get with the guidelines coronary artery disease program. 
  • Regularity of preventive foot care in persons with diabetes: results from the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study. 
  • Relations of trait depression and anxiety to low lipid and lipoprotein concentrations in healthy young adult women. 
  • Relationship Between Peak Troponin Values and Long-Term Ischemic Events Among Medically Managed Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes. 
  • Relationship between categorization with the STarT Back Screening Tool and prognosis for people receiving physical therapy for low back pain. 
  • Relationship between time to invasive assessment and clinical outcomes of patients undergoing an early invasive strategy after fibrinolysis for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a patient-level analysis of the randomized early routine invasive clinical trials. 
  • Relationship of DNA ploidy to histology and prognosis in rhabdomyosarcoma. Comparison of flow cytometry and image analysis. 
  • Relationship of circulating tumor cells to tumor response, progression-free survival, and overall survival in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. 
  • Relationship of race/ethnicity with door-to-balloon time and mortality in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction: findings from Get With the Guidelines-Coronary Artery Disease. 
  • Relationship of retinal vascular caliber variation with intracranial arterial stenosis. 
  • Relationship of right- to left-sided ventricular filling pressures in advanced heart failure: insights from the ESCAPE trial. 
  • Relationships Between Baseline Q Waves, Time From Symptom Onset, and Clinical Outcomes in ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients: Insights From the Vital Heart Response Registry. 
  • Relationships between vitamin and mineral supplement use, dietary intake, and dietary adequacy among adolescents. 
  • Release bias in accessing medical records in clinical trials: a STAR*D report. 
  • Religion and HIV in Tanzania: influence of religious beliefs on HIV stigma, disclosure, and treatment attitudes. 
  • Remission of type 2 diabetes after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is associated with greater weight loss. 
  • Renal function and risk stratification of diabetic and nondiabetic patients undergoing evaluation for coronary artery disease. 
  • Repeat revascularization after contemporary percutaneous coronary intervention: an evaluation of staged, target lesion, and other unplanned revascularization procedures during the first year. 
  • Reproductive factors in relation to breast cancer characterized by p53 protein expression (United States). 
  • Respiratory symptoms among crab processing workers in Alaska: epidemiological and environmental assessment. 
  • Results with an algorithmic approach to hybrid repair of the aortic arch. 
  • Retinal haemorrhage in cerebral malaria. 
  • Revascularization Trends in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus and Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease Presenting With Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Insights From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry Acute Coronary Treatment and Intervention Outcomes Network Registry-Get with the Guidelines (NCDR ACTION Registry-GWTG). 
  • Revision cochlear implant surgery in children: the Johns Hopkins experience. 
  • Right coronary wall CMR in the older asymptomatic advance cohort: positive remodeling and associations with type 2 diabetes and coronary calcium. 
  • Right ventricular arrhythmia in the absence of arrhythmogenic dysplasia: MR imaging of myocardial abnormalities. 
  • Right ventricular dysfunction in systemic sclerosis-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension. 
  • Right ventricular failure in patients with the HeartMate II continuous-flow left ventricular assist device: incidence, risk factors, and effect on outcomes. 
  • Risk factors for 1-year mortality after thoracic endovascular aortic repair. 
  • Risk factors for chemotherapy-associated venous thromboembolism in a prospective observational study. 
  • Risk factors for intracranial hemorrhage and nonhemorrhagic stroke after fibrinolytic therapy (from the GUSTO-i trial). 
  • Risk factors for mortality in patients admitted to intensive care units with pneumonia. 
  • Risk factors for pancreatic cancer: case-control study. 
  • Risk factors for postvitrectomy fibrin formation. 
  • Risk stratification in chest pain patients undergoing nuclear stress testing: the Erlanger Stress Score. 
  • Risk stratification in the setting of non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes 1999-2007. 
  • Risks and benefits of anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation: insights from the Outcomes Registry for Better Informed Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (ORBIT-AF) registry. 
  • Robotic-assisted Roux-en-Y gastric bypass performed in a community hospital setting: the future of bariatric surgery? 
  • Role of genotype in the cycle of violence in maltreated children. 
  • Role of race and sex in diagnosis and one-year follow up of deep venous thrombosis. 
  • Rt-PCR increases detection of submicroscopic peritoneal metastases in gastric cancer and has prognostic significance. 
  • Safety of gadoversetamide in patients with acute and chronic myocardial infarction. 
  • Safety of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor use prior to coronary artery bypass grafting. 
  • Salvage Radiation Therapy Dose Response for Biochemical Failure of Prostate Cancer After Prostatectomy-A Multi-Institutional Observational Study. 
  • Schedule dependency of 21-day oral versus 3-day intravenous etoposide in combination with intravenous cisplatin in extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer: a randomized phase III study of the Cancer and Leukemia Group B. 
  • Screening for cognitive impairment: comparing the performance of four instruments in primary care. 
  • Screening for trauma history on an inpatient affective-disorders unit: a pilot study. 
  • Second trimester folate status and preterm birth. 
  • Second-trimester ductus venosus measurement and adverse perinatal outcome in fetuses with congenital heart disease. 
  • Selection of Stent Type in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Presenting With Acute Myocardial Infarction: An Analysis From the ACTION (Acute Coronary Treatment and Intervention Outcomes Network) Registry-Get With the Guidelines. 
  • Self-Reported Health and Outcomes in Patients With Stable Coronary Heart Disease. 
  • Self-reported ADHD and adjustment in college: cross-sectional and longitudinal findings. 
  • Self-reported impact of dysphonia in a primary care population: an epidemiological study. 
  • Separate cavity margin sampling at the time of initial breast lumpectomy significantly reduces the need for reexcisions. 
  • Serum Bicarbonate in Acute Heart Failure: Relationship to Treatment Strategies and Clinical Outcomes. 
  • Serum C-reactive protein level and prehypertension in two Asian populations. 
  • Service system involvement and delinquent offending at system of care entry. 
  • Severe obesity is associated with symptomatic presentation, higher parathyroid hormone levels, and increased gland weight in primary hyperparathyroidism. 
  • Sex Differences in Demographics, Risk Factors, Presentation, and Noninvasive Testing in Stable Outpatients With Suspected Coronary Artery Disease: Insights From the PROMISE Trial. 
  • Short- and long-term outcomes in patients undergoing valve surgery with end-stage renal failure receiving chronic hemodialysis. 
  • Short-term change in body mass index in overweight adolescents following cholesterol screening. 
  • Should we be anxious when assessing anxiety using the Beck Anxiety Inventory in clinical insomnia patients? 
  • Sildenafil preserves exercise capacity in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and right-sided ventricular dysfunction. 
  • Single-incision mini-sling compared with tension-free vaginal tape for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence: a randomized controlled trial. 
  • Sinus Node Dysfunction Is Associated With Higher Symptom Burden and Increased Comorbid Illness: Results From the ORBIT-AF Registry. 
  • Social and racial differences in selection of breast cancer adjuvant chemotherapy regimens. 
  • Social support modifies the relationship between personality and depressive symptoms in older adults. 
  • Sociocultural and socioeconomic influences on type 2 diabetes risk in overweight/obese African-American and Latino-American children and adolescents. 
  • Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas: clinicopathologic and survival analyses of 64 cases from a single institution. 
  • Solid pseudopapillary tumors of the pancreas. Clinical features, surgical outcomes, and long-term survival in 45 consecutive patients from a single center. 
  • Sonography of fetal choroid plexus cysts: detection depends on cyst size and gestational age. 
  • Spinal anesthesia for orthopedic surgery: a detailed video assessment of quality. 
  • Spiritual coping, religiosity and quality of life: a study on Muslim patients undergoing haemodialysis. 
  • Staged total abdominal debranching and thoracic endovascular aortic repair for thoracoabdominal aneurysm. 
  • Statin therapy and thromboxane generation in patients with coronary artery disease treated with high-dose aspirin. 
  • Stereotactic biopsy of noncalcified breast lesions: utility of vacuum-assisted technique compared to multipass automated gun technique. 
  • Strategies for dissecting genetic-environmental interactions in neurodegenerative disorders. 
  • Subcellular domain-restricted GABAergic innervation in primary visual cortex in the absence of sensory and thalamic inputs. 
  • Surgery of the primary tumor does not improve survival in stage IV breast cancer. 
  • Surgical Maze procedure as a treatment for atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. 
  • Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation trends and outcomes in North America. 
  • Surgical management of the groin lymph nodes in melanoma in the era of sentinel lymph node dissection. 
  • Surgical trainee participation during infrainguinal bypass grafting procedures is associated with increased early postoperative graft failure. 
  • Survival after primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillator placement among patients with chronic kidney disease. 
  • Survival benefit of the primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillator among older patients: does age matter? An analysis of pooled data from 5 clinical trials. 
  • Sustained sex-based treatment differences in acute coronary syndrome care: Insights from the American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines Coronary Artery Disease Registry. 
  • T1 lung cancers: sensitivity of diagnosis with fluorodeoxyglucose PET. 
  • Technical performance score is associated with outcomes after the Norwood procedure. 
  • Teledermatology's impact on time to intervention among referrals to a dermatology consult service. 
  • Temporal Trends and Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Interventions for Cardiogenic Shock in the Setting of Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Report From the CathPCI Registry. 
  • Temporal Trends and Variation in Early Scheduled Follow-Up After a Hospitalization for Heart Failure: Findings from Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure. 
  • The Association of Previous Revascularization With In-Hospital Outcomes in Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients: Results From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. 
  • The Impact of Bleeding Avoidance Strategies on Hospital-Level Variation in Bleeding Rates Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry CathPCI Registry. 
  • The PROTECT in-hospital risk model: 7-day outcome in patients hospitalized with acute heart failure and renal dysfunction. 
  • The Prevalence, Correlates, and Impact on Cardiac Mortality of Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy. 
  • The Tn3 beta-lactamase gene acts as a hotspot for meiotic recombination in yeast. 
  • The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales: supplementary norms for individuals with autism. 
  • The ability of tumor volume to predict local control in surgically treated squamous cell carcinoma of the supraglottic larynx. 
  • The degree of bandemia in septic ED patients does not predict inpatient mortality. 
  • The effect of location and configuration on forearm and upper arm hemodialysis arteriovenous grafts. 
  • The effectiveness of locoregional therapies versus supportive care in maintaining survival within the Milan criteria in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. 
  • The effects of NSAIDs on breast cancer prognostic factors. 
  • The effects of a break in water fluoridation on the development of dental caries and fluorosis. 
  • The efficacy and safety of cardiac resynchronization therapy combined with implantable cardioverter defibrillator for heart failure: a meta-analysis of 5674 patients. 
  • The impact of body mass index on morbidity and short- and long-term mortality in cardiac valvular surgery. 
  • The impact of diabetes mellitus and renal insufficiency on the outcome of endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. 
  • The impact of intraoperative shunting on early neurologic outcomes after carotid endarterectomy. 
  • The implications of different developmental patterns of disruptive behavior problems for school adjustment 
  • The importance of irritability as a symptom of major depressive disorder: results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. 
  • The incidence and long-term clinical outcome of iatrogenic atrial septal defects secondary to transseptal catheterization with a 12F transseptal sheath. 
  • The insurance effect on prescription drug expenditures among the elderly: findings from the 1997 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. 
  • The microvasculature in chronic kidney disease. 
  • The perspective of the vascular surgery trainee on new ACGME regulations, fatigue, resident training, and patient safety. 
  • The relationship of age, gender, and degenerative changes observed on radiographs of the shoulder in asymptomatic individuals. 
  • The risk of stroke and death in patients with aortic and mitral valve endocarditis. 
  • The role of fear-avoidance beliefs in acute low back pain: relationships with current and future disability and work status. 
  • The safety of a pancreaticoduodenectomy in patients older than 80 years: risk vs. benefits. 
  • The same sequence variant on 9p21 associates with myocardial infarction, abdominal aortic aneurysm and intracranial aneurysm. 
  • The spectrum of complications following left ventricular assist device placement. 
  • The stability of DNR orders on hospital readmission. The SUPPORT Investigators. Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatments. 
  • The structure of critical care transfer networks. 
  • The study of antiarrhythmic medications in infancy (SAMIS): a multicenter, randomized controlled trial comparing the efficacy and safety of digoxin versus propranolol for prophylaxis of supraventricular tachycardia in infants. 
  • The use of a classification approach to identify subgroups of patients with acute low back pain. Interrater reliability and short-term treatment outcomes. 
  • The use of mind-body medicine and prayer among adult patients with chronic hepatitis C. 
  • The validity in persons with spinal cord injury of a self-reported functional measure derived from the functional independence measure. 
  • Thematic resolution, PTSD, and complex PTSD: the relationship between meaning and trauma-related diagnoses. 
  • Thickness of subcutaneous fat as a risk factor for infection in cervical spine fusion surgery. 
  • Ticagrelor versus clopidogrel in elderly patients with acute coronary syndromes: a substudy from the prospective randomized PLATelet inhibition and patient Outcomes (PLATO) trial. 
  • Time since immigration and excess body weight. 
  • Timing of definitive fixation of severe tibial plateau fractures with compartment syndrome does not have an effect on the rate of infection. 
  • Tissue harmonic imaging in echocardiography: better valve imaging, but at what cost? 
  • Tolerability of fluoxetine in posttraumatic stress disorder. 
  • Tooth Eruption and Early Childhood Caries: A Multisite Longitudinal Study. 
  • Transapical Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Is Associated With Increased Cardiac Mortality in Patients With Left Ventricular Dysfunction: Insights From the PARTNER I Trial. 
  • Transfer times and outcomes in patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing interhospital transfer for primary percutaneous coronary intervention: APEX-AMI insights. 
  • Transformation of alkylating regimen of thiotepa into tepa determines the disease progression through GSTP1 gene polymorphism for metastatic breast cancer patients receiving thiotepa containing salvage chemotherapy. 
  • Treatment Effect of Clopidogrel Plus Aspirin Within 12 Hours of Acute Minor Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack. 
  • Treatment Gaps in Adults With Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia in the United States: Data From the CASCADE-FH Registry. 
  • Treatment effects of eptifibatide in planned coronary stent implantation in patients with chronic kidney disease (ESPRIT Trial). 
  • Treatment of iatrogenic femoral arterial pseudoaneurysms: comparison of US-guided thrombin injection with compression repair. 
  • Treatment outcomes of patients with tardive dyskinesia and chronic schizophrenia. 
  • Treatment readiness among out-of-treatment African-American crack users. 
  • Trends in fetal echocardiography and implications for clinical practice: 1985 to 2003. 
  • Trends in interventions to reduce perinatal human immunodeficiency virus type 1 transmission in North Carolina. 
  • Trends in isolated coronary artery bypass grafting: an analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons adult cardiac surgery database. 
  • Trends in smoking cessation counseling: experience from American Heart Association-get with the guidelines. 
  • Tricuspid regurgitation and right ventricular function after mitral valve surgery with or without concomitant tricuspid valve procedure. 
  • Trivalent inactivated influenza virus vaccine given to two-month-old children: an off-season pilot study. 
  • Understanding disparities in donor behavior: race and gender differences in willingness to donate blood and cadaveric organs. 
  • Unplanned reoperations after vascular surgery. 
  • Upper-extremity musculoskeletal symptoms and physical health related quality of life among women employed in poultry processing and other low-wage jobs in northeastern North Carolina. 
  • Use of Adjuncts Reduces Cardiopulmonary Bypass Time During Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement. 
  • Use of Telehealth Screening to Detect Diabetic Retinopathy and Other Ocular Findings in Primary Care Settings. 
  • Use of an insulin bolus advisor facilitates earlier and more frequent changes in insulin therapy parameters in suboptimally controlled patients with diabetes treated with multiple daily insulin injection therapy: results of the ABACUS trial. 
  • Use of anticoagulant agents and risk of bleeding among patients admitted with myocardial infarction: a report from the NCDR ACTION Registry--GWTG (National Cardiovascular Data Registry Acute Coronary Treatment and Intervention Outcomes Network Registry--Get With the Guidelines). 
  • Use of bupropion SR in a pharmacist-managed outpatient smoking-cessation program. 
  • Use of complementary medicine in older Americans: results from the Health and Retirement Study. 
  • Use of hydralazine-isosorbide dinitrate combination in African American and other race/ethnic group patients with heart failure and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction. 
  • Use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for primary prevention in older patients: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis. 
  • Use of psychotherapy in a representative adult community sample in São Paulo, Brazil. 
  • Usefulness of carotid intima-media thickness measurement as an indicator of generalized atherosclerosis: findings from autopsy analysis. 
  • Usefulness of diabetic retinopathy as a marker of risk for thallium myocardial perfusion defects in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. 
  • Usefulness of dobutamine echocardiography for detecting restenosis after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. 
  • Using the BI-RADS lexicon in a restrictive form of double reading as a strategy for minimizing screening mammography recall rates. 
  • Utility of socioeconomic status in predicting 30-day outcomes after heart failure hospitalization. 
  • Vaccine storage practices in primary care physician offices: assessment and intervention. 
  • Vaginal opacification during defecography: direction of vaginal migration aids in diagnosis of pelvic floor pathology. 
  • Vaginal opacification during defecography: utility of placing a folded gauze square at the introitus. 
  • Validation of the Cepstral Spectral Index of Dysphonia (CSID) as a Screening Tool for Voice Disorders: Development of Clinical Cutoff Scores. 
  • Variation at 8q24 and 9p24 and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer. 
  • Variations in cancer care for adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with ductal carcinoma in situ. 
  • Variations in use of PET among Medicare beneficiaries with non-small cell lung cancer, 1998-2007. 
  • Variations of weight loss following gastric bypass and gastric band. 
  • Vascular inflow control during hemi-hepatectomy: a comparison between intrahepatic pedicle ligation and extrahepatic vascular ligation. 
  • Vascular surgery collaboration during pancreaticoduodenectomy with vascular reconstruction. 
  • Vasospasm in children with traumatic brain injury. 
  • Veterans health administration hepatitis B testing and treatment with anti-CD20 antibody administration. 
  • Visuospatial memory deficits emerging during nicotine withdrawal in adolescents with prenatal exposure to active maternal smoking. 
  • Weight change in old age and its association with mortality. 
  • What Should Define Preoperative Anemia in Primary THA? 
  • Which depressed patients respond to nefazodone and when? 
  • Who is adherent with preoperative psychological treatment recommendations among weight loss surgery candidates? 
  • Who trusts healthcare institutions? Results from a community-based sample. 
  • Will the clinicians support the researchers and teachers? Results of a salary satisfaction survey of 947 academic surgeons. 
  • Women undergoing aortic surgery are at higher risk for unplanned readmissions compared with men especially when discharged home. 
  • Young worker safety in construction: do family ties and workgroup size affect hazard exposures and safety practices? 
  • fMRI brain activation during a delay discounting task in HIV-positive adults with and without cocaine dependence. 
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  • Lee, Walter T, Professor of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences, Radiation Oncology
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