Thomas A Pearson, Elaine J Stone, Scott M Grundy, Patrick E Mcbride, Linda Van Horn, Brian W Tobin
ABSTRACT For the past 40 y the scientific community has decried the inadequacy of the training of physicians and other health professionals in the subject of human nutrition. In 1997 the National...
Guidelines in Rural Practices: Model System for Managed Care (2008)
Roberta G. Reed, Sophia V. Fong, Thomas A. Pearson
We describe the use of a central laboratory to identify patients who may be candidates for a hypercholesterolemia treatment program and to direct their referral into this program. The laboratory,...
Guide to Preventive Cardiology for Women (2008)
Lori Mosca, Scott M. Grundy, Debra Judelson, Kathleen King, Marian Limacher, Suzanne Oparil, ...
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Wang, Thomas H., Bhatt, Deepak L., Fox, Keith A.A., Steinhubl, Steven R., Brennan, Danielle M., Hacke, Werner, ...
Aims To examine the unanticipated, excess mortality observed in patients randomized to clopidogrel and aspirin vs. aspirin alone in the prespecified ‘asymptomatic’ subgroup of CHARISMA, we...
Nafziger, Anne N, Lindvall, Kristina, Norberg, Margareta, Stenlund, Hans, Wall, Stig, Jenkins, Paul L, ...
Abstract Background Obesity has primarily been addressed with interventions to promote weight loss and these have been largely unsuccessful. Primary prevention of obesity through support of weight...
Kemball, Christopher C., Lee, Eun D. Han, Szomolanyi-Tsuda, Eva, Pearson, Thomas A., Larsen, Christian P., Lukacher, Aron E.
The requirement for costimulation in antiviral CD8+ T cell responses has been actively investigated for acutely resolved viral infections, but it is less defined for CD8+ T cell responses to...
Pearson, Thomas A., Blair, Steven N., Daniels, Stephen R., Eckel, Robert H., Fair, Joan M., Fortmann, Stephen P., ...
The initial Guide to the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases was published in 1997 as an aid to healthcare professionals and their patients without established coronary artery disease or...
Smith, Sidney C., Blair, Steven N., Bonow, Robert O., Brass, Lawrence M., Cerqueira, Manuel D., Dracup, Kathleen, ...
Since the original publication (in 1995) of the American Heart Association (AHA) consensus statement on secondary prevention, which was endorsed by the American College of Cardiology (ACC), important...
Grundy, Scott M., Bazzarre, Terry, Cleeman, James, D'Agostino, Ralph B., Hill, Martha, Miller, Nancy Houston, ...
Writing Group I of Prevention Conference V reviewed the role of medical office assessment in the detection of risk factors and estimation of total cardiovascular risk. The primary focus was on...
Grundy, Scott M., Balady, Gary J., Criqui, Michael H., Fletcher, Gerald F., Greenland, Philip, Hiratzka, Loren F., ...
This statement discusses the new Framingham Heart Study charts for estimating (CHD) coronary heart disease risk, their essential features, and their appropriate use. In addition, several issues...
Rural Epidemiology: Insights from a Rural Population Laboratory (1998)
Pearson, Thomas A., Lewis, Carol
To study the epidemiology of rural populations in the context of contemporary issues in public health, a population laboratory (Health Census '89) was established in Otsego County, New York, by the...
Grundy, Scott M., Balady, Gary J., Criqui, Michael H., Fletcher, Gerald F., Greenland, Philip, Hiratzka, Loren F., ...
Grundy, Scott M., Balady, Gary J., Criqui, Michael H., Fletcher, Gerald F., Greenland, Philip, Hiratzka, Loren F., ...
At present a large number of patients with atherosclerotic disease are not receiving aggressive cholesterol-lowering therapy. Consequently they are being deprived of a cost-effective, risk-reducing...
Pearson, Thomas A., Rapaport, Elliot, Criqui, Michael H., Furberg, Curt, Fuster, Valentin, Hiratzka, Loren F., ...
Characteristics of a Hypothetical Group of Hospital Controls for a Case-Control Study (1994)
Olson, Sara H., Kelsey, Jennifer L., Pearson, Thomas A., Levin, Bruce
In case-control studies in which cases are ascertained from hospitals, controls are frequently chosen from among patients with other diseases at the same hospitals. This study was undertaken to...
Evaluation of Random Digit Dialing as a Method of Control Selection in Case-Control Studies (1992)
Olson, Sara H., Kelsey, Jennifer L., Pearson, Thomas A., Levin, Bruce
Control groups selected by random digit dialing are frequently used in case–control studies. Concern about the potential for bias in these control groups has been expressed, primarily because of...
THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF IDIOPATHIC DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY IN A BIRACIAL COMMUNITY (1990)
COUGHLIN, STEVEN S., SZKLO, MOYSES, BAUGHMAN, KENNETH, PEARSON, THOMAS A.
An epidemiologic study of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy was carried out in order to identity possible risk factors for this often fatal cause of heart failure in young adults. Possible...
FRIED, LINDA P., PEARSON, THOMAS A.
Although the use of arteriography to define coronary artery disease is considered the optimal method for determining associations of risk factors with atherosclerosis, the strengths of associations...
Risk factors for arteriographically defined coronary artery disease / (1983)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Johns Hopkins University, 1983.
Nafziger, Anne N, Lindvall, Kristina, Norberg, Margareta, Stenlund, Hans, Wall, Stig, Jenkins, Paul L, ...
Anuurad, Erdembileg, Rubin, Jill, Chiem, Alan, Tracy, Russell P., Pearson, Thomas A., Berglund, Lars
Background: A role of inflammation for cardiovascular disease (CVD) is established. Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is an independent CVD risk factor where plasma levels are determined by the...