List of works by George A. Mensah

A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010.

scientific article published in December 2012

A framework for addressing disparities in cardiovascular health.

scientific article published on November 2006

A heart-healthy and "stroke-free" world through policy development, systems change, and environmental supports: a 2020 vision for sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article published on January 2003

A legal framework for preventing cardiovascular diseases

scientific article

ACCF/AHA/ACP 2009 competence and training statement: a curriculum on prevention of cardiovascular disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association/American College of Physicians Task Force on Competence a

scientific article published on September 2009

ACCF/AHA/ACP 2009 competence and training statement: a curriculum on prevention of cardiovascular disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association/American College of Physicians Task Force on Competence a

scientific article published on 21 September 2009

ACCF/AHA/CDC Conference Report on Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biological Terrorism Threats

article

ACCF/AHA/CDC Conference Report on Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biological Terrorism Threats

scientific article published on 01 March 2007

ACCF/AHA/CDC Conference Report on Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biological Terrorism Threats

scientific article published on 19 March 2007

ACCF/AHA/CDC Conference Report on Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biological Terrorism Threats⁎⁎The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the Conference participants and do not necessarily reflect the official position of the Amer

article

ACCF/AHA/CDC conference report on emerging infectious diseases and biological terrorism threats. Task Force III: prevention and control of cardiovascular complications of emerging infectious diseases and potential biological terrorism agents and dise

scientific article published on 01 March 2007

Achieving blood pressure goals globally: five core actions for health-care professionals. A worldwide call to action.

scientific article published on 30 August 2007

Acute purulent mediastinitis and sternal osteomyelitis after closed chest cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a case report and review of the literature

scientific article published on September 1988

Acute stroke care in the US: results from 4 pilot prototypes of the Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry

scientific article published on 12 May 2005

American Heart Association Guide for Improving Cardiovascular Health at the Community Level

scientific article published on 4 February 2003

An overview of cardiovascular disease burden in the United States

scientific article published on January 2007

Are health disparities on the public health agenda? Where?

article

Assessing laws and legal authorities for public health emergency legal preparedness

scientific article

Assessing the Global Burden of Ischemic Heart Disease: Part 1: Methods for a Systematic Review of the Global Epidemiology of Ischemic Heart Disease in 1990 and 2010

scientific article published on December 2012

Assessing the global and regional impact of primary cardiomyopathies: The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors (GBD 2010) Study

Assessing the global burden of ischemic heart disease, part 2: analytic methods and estimates of the global epidemiology of ischemic heart disease in 2010

scientific article published on 5 December 2012

Assessment of commonly available education materials in heart failure clinics

scientific article

Atrial fibrillation: public health implications

scientific article

Building bridges: a partnership between professional nursing and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to reduce the burden of heart disease and stroke

scientific article published in December 2005

CDC/AHA Workshop on Markers of Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease

scientific article published on 01 December 2004

Calcific aortic valve stenosis and the congenitally bicuspid aortic valve: did Osler miss the link?

scientific article

Cardiopulmonary responses to exercise in women with sickle cell anemia

scientific article

Cardiovascular disease insights—something new out of Africa

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Cardiovascular health. Cardiovascular epidemiology and the role of prevention: what do we know and what must we do?

article

Cardiovascular risk factors and confounders among nondrinking and moderate-drinking U.S. adults

scientific article

Case Definitions for Acute Coronary Heart Disease in Epidemiology and Clinical Research Studies

article

Changes in health behaviors among older Americans, 1990 to 2000.

scientific article

Clinical hypertension

scientific article published in May 2002

Combination pharmacotherapy for cardiovascular disease prevention: threat or opportunity for public health?

scientific article

Commentary: De-implementation Science: A Virtuous Cycle of Ceasing and Desisting Low-Value Care Before Implementing New High Value Care

scientific article published on 7 December 2017

Common values in assessing health outcomes from disease and injury: disability weights measurement study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010.

scientific article

Comparative toxicology of the respiratory tract

scientific article

Comparison of classification of the severity of hypertension by blood pressure level and by World Health Organization criteria in the prediction of concurrent cardiac abnormalities and subsequent complications in essential hypertension

article

Comparison of global estimates of prevalence and risk factors for peripheral artery disease in 2000 and 2010: a systematic review and analysis

scientific article

Comparison of left ventricular mass and geometry in black and white patients with essential hypertension

scientific article published on 01 October 1993

Controlling high blood pressure: the art of the soluble and the hope of progress

scientific article

Correlates of hepatitis C virus infection among incarcerated Ghanaians: a national multicentre study

scientific article published in March 2007

Current burden of sudden cardiac death: multiple source surveillance versus retrospective death certificate-based review in a large U.S. community

scientific article published in September 2004

Deposition and clearance of inhaled aerosol in the respiratory tract of chickens

scientific article

Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

scientific article (publication date: 15 December 2012)

Disparities in cardiac care: rising to the challenge of Healthy People 2010.

scientific article published in August 2004

Disparities in hypertension-related mortality among selected Hispanic subgroups and non-Hispanic White women ages 45 years and older--United States, 1995-1996 and 2001-2002.

scientific article published in January 2007

Editorial: Health and Health Care Disparities in Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases - Learning from One to Improve the Other

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Electrocardiographic Recording and Timeliness of Clinician Evaluation in the Emergency Department in Patients Presenting With Chest Pain††The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the vi

scientific article published on 21 February 2007

Eliminating disparities in cardiovascular health: six strategic imperatives and a framework for action

scientific article

Eliminating health disparities: the time for action is now

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Epidemiology of pacemaker procedures among Medicare enrollees in 1990, 1995, and 2000.

scientific article published in February 2005

Erosive arthritis, atypical psoriasis, and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in an HIV-positive man.

scientific article published on March 1990

Establishing data elements for the Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry: Part 1: proceedings of an expert panel

scientific article

Exercise in sickle cell anemia: effect on inflammatory and vasoactive mediators

scientific article published in January 2001

Family history of hypertension and left ventricular mass in youth: possible mediating parameters

scientific article

Fantastic voyage through cardiology: from 1969 to 2008.

scientific article

Fifth Pivotal Research in Cardiology in the Elderly (PRICE-V) symposium: preventive cardiology in the elderly-executive summary. Part I: morning session

scientific article

Genomics and the prevention and control of common chronic diseases: emerging priorities for public health action

scientific article

Geographic variations in heart failure hospitalizations among medicare beneficiaries in the Tennessee catchment area

scientific article

Global Burden of Hypertension and Systolic Blood Pressure of at Least 110 to 115 mm Hg, 1990-2015.

scientific article published in January 2017

Global burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors for young people's health during 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013.

scientific article published on 9 May 2016

Global, Regional, and National Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases for 10 Causes, 1990 to 2015.

scientific article

Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

scientific article published in The Lancet

Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

scientific article published in The Lancet

Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

scientific article

Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Dise

scientific article published in The Lancet

Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013: quantifying the epidemiological transition

journal article published in 2015

Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

scientific article published in The Lancet

Global, regional, and national levels of neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality during 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013.

scientific article

Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

scientific article (publication date: 30 August 2014)

Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity in 195 Countries over 25 Years

scientific article published on 12 June 2017

Healthy endothelium: the scientific basis for cardiovascular health promotion and chronic disease prevention

scientific article published on 21 November 2006

Heart failure-related hospitalization in the U.S., 1979 to 2004.

scientific article published on August 2008

Heart size: one-, two- and now three-dimensional echocardiography

scientific article published in August 1994

Hemodynamic function at rest, during acute stress, and in the field: predictors of cardiac structure and function 2 years later in youth

scientific article published in November 1999

High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents: To Treat or Not to Treat Is Not the Question

scientific article published on 01 December 2008

Hypertension treatment and control in sub-Saharan Africa: the epidemiological basis for policy

scientific article published on February 1998

Impact of stroke on health-related quality of life in the noninstitutionalized population in the United States.

scientific article published on 31 August 2006

Increased atrial fibrillation mortality: United States, 1980-1998.

scientific article

Increasing trends in hospitalization for atrial fibrillation in the United States, 1985 through 1999: implications for primary prevention

scientific article published on 28 July 2003

Increasing trends in pre-transport stroke deaths--United States, 1990-1998.

scientific article published in January 2003

Industry Response to the Obesity Threat

scientific article published in The Journal of the American Medical Association

Influenza vaccination as secondary prevention for cardiovascular disease: a science advisory from the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology

scientific article published on 15 September 2006

Influenza vaccination as secondary prevention for cardiovascular disease: a science advisory from the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology

scientific article published on 18 September 2006

Initial clinical encounter with the patient with established hypertension

scientific article

Intracardiac thrombi in patients undergoing electroconvulsive therapy

article

Law and public health at CDC.

scientific article published in December 2006

Law as a tool for preventing chronic diseases: expanding the range of effective public health strategies

scientific article

Law as a tool for preventing chronic diseases: expanding the spectrum of effective public health strategies

scientific article

Left ventricular hypertrophy has a greater impact on survival in women than in men

scientific article published on 01 August 1995

Legal Frameworks for Chronic Disease Prevention

Legal preparedness for obesity prevention and control. Foreword

article by George A. Mensah published June 2009 in Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics

Looking through a glass, darkly: eliminating health disparities

scientific article published on 15 June 2006

Low public recognition of major stroke symptoms

scientific article published in November 2003

Major coronary risk factors and death from coronary heart disease: baseline and follow-up mortality data from the Second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES II).

scientific article

Major multinational food and beverage companies and informal sector contributions to global food consumption: implications for nutrition policy

scientific article

Markers of inflammation and cardiovascular disease: application to clinical and public health practice: A statement for healthcare professionals from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Heart Association

scientific article

Measuring progress from 1990 to 2017 and projecting attainment to 2030 of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals for 195 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

scientific article published in The Lancet

Midwall left ventricular mechanics. An independent predictor of cardiovascular risk in arterial hypertension

scientific article published on 01 January 1996

Obesity, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes: emerging epidemics and their cardiovascular implications

scientific article published in November 2004

Out-of-hospital cardiac deaths in adolescents and young adults in the United States, 1989 to 1998.

scientific article published in December 2005

Pathogenesis and Clinical Physiology of Hypertension

scientific article published on 01 November 2010

Pathogenesis and clinical physiology of hypertension

scientific article

Pathogenesis and clinical physiology of hypertension

scientific article published on 01 February 2003

Physician advice, patient actions, and health-related quality of life in secondary prevention of stroke through diet and exercise.

scientific article published in February 2002

Population aging and implications for epidemic cardiovascular disease in Sub-Saharan Africa.

scientific article published on January 2003

Prediction of Mortality Risk by Different Methods of Indexation for Left Ventricular Mass

scientific article published on 01 March 1997

Prediction of left ventricular mass in youth with family histories of essential hypertension

scientific article published in February 1998

Preface: hypertension and hypertensive heart disease

scientific article published on 01 November 2010

Prevalence of heart disease and stroke risk factors in persons with prehypertension in the United States, 1999-2000.

scientific article published in October 2004

Prevalence of self-reported high blood pressure awareness, advice received from health professionals, and actions taken to reduce high blood pressure among US adults--Healthstyles 2002.

scientific article published on September 2005

Prevention and control of coronary heart disease and stroke--nomenclature for prevention approaches in public health: a statement for public health practice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

scientific article published in December 2005

Prevention of heart failure: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Councils on Epidemiology and Prevention, Clinical Cardiology, Cardiovascular Nursing, and High Blood Pressure Research; Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Int

scientific article

Public health addresses racial and ethnic disparities in coronary heart disease in women: perspectives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

scientific article published in September 2002

Public health surveillance for disease prevention: lessons from the behavioral risk factor surveillance system.

scientific article published in January 2003

Public recognition of major signs and symptoms of heart attack: seventeen states and the US Virgin Islands, 2001.

scientific article published on June 2004

Pulmonary hypertension surveillance--United States, 1980-2002.

scientific article published in November 2005

Pulmonary vein Doppler flow patterns specific for elevated left ventricular filling pressures in older cardiac patients are common in healthy adults < 40 years old

scientific article published on 01 October 1995

Quality of life improvement for patients with sickle cell disease.

scientific article published in February 2001

Race, baseline characteristics, and clinical outcomes after coronary intervention: The New Approaches in Coronary Interventions (NACI) registry

scientific article

Race, ethnicity, and geography: disparities in heart disease in women of color.

scientific article

Race, sex, and age differences in heart failure-related hospitalizations in a southern state: implications for prevention

scientific article

Racial differences in endothelin-1 at rest and in response to acute stress in adolescent males

scientific article published in March 2000

Racial or ethnic differences in hospitalization for heart failure among elderly adults: Medicare, 1990 to 2000.

scientific article

Racial/Ethnic Differences in Microalbuminuria Among Adults With Prehypertension and Hypertension: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 1999-2006

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Reducing delay in seeking treatment by patients with acute coronary syndrome and stroke: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and Stroke Council

scientific article published on July 2007

Refining strategies for the prevention and control of hypertension and related complications

scientific article published in January 1999

Refocusing the agenda on cardiovascular guidelines: an announcement from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

scientific article published on 19 June 2013

Rehabilitation Referral Revisited: Rhyme, Reason, and Response

scientific article published on 01 May 2004

Relations of body composition to left ventricular geometry and function in children

scientific article published in June 1998

Research issues and ethnic implications in essential hypertension

scientific article published on January 1991

Screening and Assessment of Coronary Heart Disease in HIV-Infected Patients

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Serum total cholesterol concentrations and awareness, treatment, and control of hypercholesterolemia among US adults: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999 to 2000.

scientific article published on 28 April 2003

Sex differences in US mortality rates for stroke and stroke subtypes by race/ethnicity and age, 1995-1998.

scientific article published in May 2002

Smoking among adults with coronary heart disease

scientific article published on 04 October 2006

Socioeconomic status and trends in disparities in 4 major risk factors for cardiovascular disease among US adults, 1971-2002.

scientific article published in November 2006

Sodium Intake Among People with Normal and High Blood Pressure

scientific article published on 01 December 2005

Spectrum of hypertensive target organ damage in Africa: a review of published studies

scientific article published on November 1994

State of disparities in cardiovascular health in the United States

scientific article published in March 2005

Stroke volume/pulse pressure ratio and cardiovascular risk in arterial hypertension.

scientific article published in March 1999

Summary statement IV: Obesity and diabetes: opportunities for translation of basic research

scientific article published on 24 November 2006

Task Force #5—the role of cardiovascular specialists as leaders in prevention: from training to champion

scientific article published on 01 August 2002

Task Force III: Prevention and Control of Cardiovascular Complications of Emerging Infectious Diseases and Potential Biological Terrorism Agents and Diseases

scientific article published on 01 March 2007

The 2011 United Nations high-level meeting on non-communicable diseases: the Africa agenda calls for a 5-by-5 approach

scientific article

The Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases Among US States, 1990-2016.

scientific article published on 11 April 2018

The Inaugural Elijah B. Saunders Memorial Lecture: The Global Consequences of Hypertension and Related Disparities

scientific article published on 21 July 2016

The Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry: initial results from four prototypes.

scientific article

The Rapidity of Drug Dose Escalation Influences Blood Pressure Response and Adverse Effects Burden in Patients With Hypertension

article

The United Nations High Level Meeting Addresses Noncommunicable Diseases, But Where Is Hypertension?

scientific article published on 20 September 2011

The Working Group report of Science-Based Categories for abstracts submitted to the annual Scientific Sessions. The Committee on Scientific Sessions Program (CSSP), American Heart Association

scientific article published in April 1998

The Working Group report on Science-Based Categories for Abstracts: Submitted to the annual scientific sessions. American Heart Association

scientific article published in April 1998

The Working Group report on Science-Based Categories for Abstracts: submitted to the annual scientific sessions. The Committee on Scientific Sessions Program (CSSP), American Heart Association

scientific article published in April 1998

The global burden of hypertension: good news and bad news

scientific article

The heart, kidney, and brain as target organs in hypertension

scientific article

The heart, kidney, and brain as target organs in hypertension

scientific article published on 01 February 2003

The relation of obesity throughout life to carotid intima-media thickness in adulthood: the Bogalusa Heart Study

scientific article published on 01 January 2004

The relative effects of left ventricular hypertrophy, coronary artery disease, and ventricular dysfunction on survival among black adults

scientific article published in May 1995

The role and challenges of the food industry in addressing chronic disease

scientific article

The role of diets, food, and nutrients in the prevention and control of hypertension and prehypertension

scientific article

Tobacco use and the cardiovascular disease epidemic in developing countries: global crises and opportunity in the making.

scientific article published on January 2003

Tooth loss and heart disease: findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

scientific article published in December 2005

Treatment and control of high blood pressure in adults

scientific article

Trends in acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock, 1979-2003, United States

scientific article published in December 2006

Trends in hospitalization for the implantation of cardioverter-defibrillators in the United States, 1990-2005.

scientific article published on 9 April 2008

Trends in hypertension-related death in the United States: 1980-1998.

scientific article published in December 2004

Trends in self-reported multiple cardiovascular disease risk factors among adults in the United States, 1991-1999.

scientific article published in January 2004

Use of BRFSS data and GIS technology for rapid public health response during natural disasters.

scientific article

Using behavioral risk factor surveillance data for heart disease and stroke prevention programs

scientific article

Using outcome measures to monitor the performance of the National Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program: current capabilities and future challenges

scientific article published on December 2005

Vascular endothelium summary statement I: Health promotion and chronic disease prevention

scientific article published on 22 November 2006

Vascular endothelium summary statement II: Cardiovascular disease prevention and control

scientific article published on 21 November 2006

Vascular endothelium summary statement V: Pulmonary hypertension and acute lung injury: public health implications

scientific article published on 24 November 2006

Vascular endothelium summary statement VI: Research directions for the 21st century

scientific article published on 24 November 2006

Ventricular tachycardia and torsades de pointes complicating pentamidine therapy of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

scientific article

When chronic conditions become acute: prevention and control of chronic diseases and adverse health outcomes during natural disasters

scientific article published on November 2005

World Heart Day 2002: the international burden of cardiovascular disease: responding to the emerging global epidemic

scientific article

Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

scholarly article

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