List of works - Melinda J. Carrington

A multicenter, randomized trial of a nurse-led, home-based intervention for optimal secondary cardiac prevention suggests some benefits for men but not for women: the Young at Heart study.

scientific article published on 02 July 2013

A not-so-rare form of heart failure in urban black Africans: pathways to right heart failure in the Heart of Soweto Study cohort.

scientific article

A time bomb of cardiovascular risk factors in South Africa: results from the Heart of Soweto Study "Heart Awareness Days".

scientific article

An Absolute Risk Prediction Model to Determine Unplanned Cardiovascular Readmissions for Adults with Chronic Heart Failure

scientific article published on 7 May 2015

Assessing cardiovascular risk in regional areas: the Healthy Hearts Beyond City Limits program

scientific article

Atrial fibrillation: profile and burden of an evolving epidemic in the 21st century.

scientific article published on 04 February 2013

Autonomic activity during human sleep as a function of time and sleep stage

scientific article published on December 2001

Bridging the gap in heart failure prevention: rationale and design of the Nurse-led Intervention for Less Chronic Heart Failure (NIL-CHF) Study

scientific article published on 18 November 2009

Cardiometabolic risk and disease in Indigenous Australians: the heart of the heart study

scientific article

Cardiovascular disease prevention via a nurse-facilitated intervention clinic in a regional setting: the Protecting Healthy Hearts Program

scientific article published on 20 May 2014

Changes in cardiovascular function during the sleep onset period in young adults.

scientific article

Cholesterol complacency in Australia: time to revisit the basics of cardiovascular disease prevention.

scientific article

Composite outcome measures in a pragmatic clinical trial of chronic heart failure management: A comparative assessment

scientific article published on 05 March 2015

Contribution of the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome epidemic to de novo presentations of heart disease in the Heart of Soweto Study cohort

scientific article

Cost-effectiveness of home versus clinic-based management of chronic heart failure: Extended follow-up of a pragmatic, multicentre randomized trial cohort - The WHICH? study (Which Heart Failure Intervention Is Most Cost-Effective & Consumer Friendl

scientific article published on 8 August 2015

Determinants of achieving early blood pressure control with monotherapy in a primary care setting

scientific article

Different lipid profiles according to ethnicity in the Heart of Soweto study cohort of de novo presentations of heart disease

scientific article published on August 2012

Economic implications of cardiovascular disease management programs: moving beyond one-off experiments.

scientific article published on 14 May 2015

Effect of intensive structured care on individual blood pressure targets in primary care: multicentre randomised controlled trial

scientific article

Elevated risk factors but low burden of heart disease in urban African primary care patients: a fundamental role for primary prevention

scientific article

Estimating the current and future prevalence of atrial fibrillation in the Australian adult population.

scientific article published on January 2015

Exploring the potential to remain "Young @ Heart": initial findings of a multi-centre, randomised study of nurse-led, home-based intervention in a hybrid health care system.

scientific article published on 02 October 2010

Heart failure, ventricular dysfunction and risk factor prevalence in Australian Aboriginal peoples: the Heart of the Heart Study

scientific article published on 11 August 2012

Impact of a nurse-led home and clinic-based secondary prevention programme to prevent progressive cardiac dysfunction in high-risk individuals: the Nurse-led Intervention for Less Chronic Heart Failure (NIL-CHF) randomized controlled study

scientific article published on 21 April 2015

Impact of home versus clinic-based management of chronic heart failure: the WHICH? (Which Heart Failure Intervention Is Most Cost-Effective & Consumer Friendly in Reducing Hospital Care) multicenter, randomized trial

scientific article published in October 2012

Impact of nurse-mediated management on achieving blood pressure goal levels in primary care: Insights from the Valsartan Intensified Primary carE Reduction of Blood Pressure Study.

scientific article published on 18 June 2015

Impaired platelet nitric oxide response in patients with new onset atrial fibrillation

scientific article published on 23 October 2014

Incidence and characteristics of newly diagnosed rheumatic heart disease in urban African adults: insights from the heart of Soweto study

scientific article

Is There an Association between Sleeping Patterns and Other Environmental Factors with Obesity and Blood Pressure in an Urban African Population?

scientific article

Is fenofibrate a cost-saving treatment for middle-aged individuals with type II diabetes? An economic analysis of the FIELD Study.

scientific article published on 21 June 2007

Long-term tolerance and efficacy of adjunctive exenatide therapy on glycaemic control and bodyweight in type 2 diabetes: a retrospective study from a specialist diabetes outpatient clinic

scientific article published on April 2014

Lower levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in urban Africans presenting with communicable versus non-communicable forms of heart disease: the 'Heart of Soweto' hospital registry study

scientific article

Mild cognitive impairment in high-risk patients with chronic atrial fibrillation: a forgotten component of clinical management?

scientific article published on 12 January 2013

More rigorous protocol adherence to intensive structured management improves blood pressure control in primary care: results from the Valsartan Intensified Primary carE Reduction of Blood Pressure study

scientific article

Nature's clocks and human mood: the circadian system modulates reward motivation.

scientific article published in October 2009

Navigating the fine line between benefit and risk in chronic atrial fibrillation: rationale and design of the Standard versus Atrial Fibrillation spEcific managemenT studY (SAFETY).

scientific article published on 12 November 2011

Nurse health and lifestyle modification versus standard care in 40 to 70 year old regional adults: study protocol of the Management to Optimise Diabetes and mEtabolic syndrome Risk reduction via Nurse-led intervention (MODERN) randomized controlled

scientific article published on 06 December 2017

Optimising management of hypertension in primary care: the Valsartan Intensified Primary Care Reduction of Blood Pressure (Viper-Bp) study.

scientific article published on 6 January 2011

Overcoming the tyranny of distance: An analysis of outreach visits to optimise secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in high-risk individuals living in Central Australia

scientific article

Patient preferences and willingness-to-pay for a home or clinic based program of chronic heart failure management: findings from the Which? trial

scientific article

Patient preferences for the delivery of disease management in chronic heart failure: a qualitative study.

scientific article published in May 2012

Pattern of blood pressure in Australian adults: results from a national blood pressure screening day of 13,825 adults.

scientific article

Post-discharge electrocardiogram Holter monitoring in recently hospitalised individuals with chronic atrial fibrillation to enhance therapeutic monitoring and identify potentially predictive phenotypes.

scientific article published on 14 August 2014

Predictors of mean arterial pressure morning rate of rise and power function in subjects undergoing ambulatory blood pressure recording

scientific article published on 25 March 2014

Predisposing factors and incidence of newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation in an urban African community: insights from the Heart of Soweto Study

scientific article

Prehypertension causes a mounting problem of harmful cardiovascular disease risk in young adults

scientific article published in February 2009

Pressure points in primary care: blood pressure and management of hypertension in 532 050 patients from 2005 to 2010.

scientific article

Prevalence and treatment of familial hypercholesterolaemia in Australian communities

article

Prognostic impact of pulmonary arterial hypertension: A population-based analysis

article

Prolonged impact of home versus clinic-based management of chronic heart failure: Extended follow-up of a pragmatic, multicentre randomized trial cohort

article

Redefining the ECG in urban South Africans: electrocardiographic findings in heart disease-free Africans

scientific article published on 15 July 2012

Reply: diagnosing vascular mild cognitive impairment with atrial fibrillation remains a challenge ⬇️

scientific article published on April 12, 2013

Standard versus atrial fibrillation-specific management strategy (SAFETY) to reduce recurrent admission and prolong survival: pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled trial

scientific article published on 17 November 2014

Standing at the crossroads between new and historically prevalent heart disease: effects of migration and socio-economic factors in the Heart of Soweto cohort study

scientific article

Subjective and predicted sleepiness while driving in young adults

scientific article

Systematic review of model-based analyses reporting the cost-effectiveness and cost-utility of cardiovascular disease management programs.

scientific article published on 16 May 2014

Tackling heart disease and poverty

scientific article (publication date: December 2007)

The 12-lead ECG in peripartum cardiomyopathy

scientific article published on 16 February 2012

The Green, Amber, Red Delineation of Risk and Need (GARDIAN) management system: a pragmatic approach to optimizing heart health from primary prevention to chronic disease management

scientific article published on 29 June 2012

The WHICH? trial: rationale and design of a pragmatic randomized, multicentre comparison of home- vs. clinic-based management of chronic heart failure patients

article

The clinical consequences and challenges of hypertension in urban-dwelling black Africans: insights from the Heart of Soweto Study

scientific article

The effects of normal aging on sleep spindle and K-complex production

scientific article published in October 2002

The influence of sleep onset on the diurnal variation in cardiac activity and cardiac control

scientific article

The threat of ethnicity for cardiovascular disease risk

scientific article published on 01 February 2012

Women versus men with chronic atrial fibrillation: insights from the Standard versus Atrial Fibrillation spEcific managemenT studY (SAFETY).

scientific article

List of works by Melinda J. Carrington

A multicenter, randomized trial of a nurse-led, home-based intervention for optimal secondary cardiac prevention suggests some benefits for men but not for women: the Young at Heart study.

A not-so-rare form of heart failure in urban black Africans: pathways to right heart failure in the Heart of Soweto Study cohort.

A time bomb of cardiovascular risk factors in South Africa: results from the Heart of Soweto Study "Heart Awareness Days".

An Absolute Risk Prediction Model to Determine Unplanned Cardiovascular Readmissions for Adults with Chronic Heart Failure

Assessing cardiovascular risk in regional areas: the Healthy Hearts Beyond City Limits program

Atrial fibrillation: profile and burden of an evolving epidemic in the 21st century.

Autonomic activity during human sleep as a function of time and sleep stage

Bridging the gap in heart failure prevention: rationale and design of the Nurse-led Intervention for Less Chronic Heart Failure (NIL-CHF) Study

Cardiometabolic risk and disease in Indigenous Australians: the heart of the heart study

Cardiovascular disease prevention via a nurse-facilitated intervention clinic in a regional setting: the Protecting Healthy Hearts Program

Changes in cardiovascular function during the sleep onset period in young adults.

Cholesterol complacency in Australia: time to revisit the basics of cardiovascular disease prevention.

Composite outcome measures in a pragmatic clinical trial of chronic heart failure management: A comparative assessment

Contribution of the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome epidemic to de novo presentations of heart disease in the Heart of Soweto Study cohort

Cost-effectiveness of home versus clinic-based management of chronic heart failure: Extended follow-up of a pragmatic, multicentre randomized trial cohort - The WHICH? study (Which Heart Failure Intervention Is Most Cost-Effective & Consumer Friendl

Determinants of achieving early blood pressure control with monotherapy in a primary care setting

Different lipid profiles according to ethnicity in the Heart of Soweto study cohort of de novo presentations of heart disease

Economic implications of cardiovascular disease management programs: moving beyond one-off experiments.

Effect of intensive structured care on individual blood pressure targets in primary care: multicentre randomised controlled trial

Elevated risk factors but low burden of heart disease in urban African primary care patients: a fundamental role for primary prevention

Estimating the current and future prevalence of atrial fibrillation in the Australian adult population.

Exploring the potential to remain "Young @ Heart": initial findings of a multi-centre, randomised study of nurse-led, home-based intervention in a hybrid health care system.

Heart failure, ventricular dysfunction and risk factor prevalence in Australian Aboriginal peoples: the Heart of the Heart Study

Impact of a nurse-led home and clinic-based secondary prevention programme to prevent progressive cardiac dysfunction in high-risk individuals: the Nurse-led Intervention for Less Chronic Heart Failure (NIL-CHF) randomized controlled study

Impact of home versus clinic-based management of chronic heart failure: the WHICH? (Which Heart Failure Intervention Is Most Cost-Effective & Consumer Friendly in Reducing Hospital Care) multicenter, randomized trial

Impact of nurse-mediated management on achieving blood pressure goal levels in primary care: Insights from the Valsartan Intensified Primary carE Reduction of Blood Pressure Study.

Impaired platelet nitric oxide response in patients with new onset atrial fibrillation

Incidence and characteristics of newly diagnosed rheumatic heart disease in urban African adults: insights from the heart of Soweto study

Is There an Association between Sleeping Patterns and Other Environmental Factors with Obesity and Blood Pressure in an Urban African Population?

Is fenofibrate a cost-saving treatment for middle-aged individuals with type II diabetes? An economic analysis of the FIELD Study.

Long-term tolerance and efficacy of adjunctive exenatide therapy on glycaemic control and bodyweight in type 2 diabetes: a retrospective study from a specialist diabetes outpatient clinic

Lower levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in urban Africans presenting with communicable versus non-communicable forms of heart disease: the 'Heart of Soweto' hospital registry study

Mild cognitive impairment in high-risk patients with chronic atrial fibrillation: a forgotten component of clinical management?

More rigorous protocol adherence to intensive structured management improves blood pressure control in primary care: results from the Valsartan Intensified Primary carE Reduction of Blood Pressure study

Nature's clocks and human mood: the circadian system modulates reward motivation.

Navigating the fine line between benefit and risk in chronic atrial fibrillation: rationale and design of the Standard versus Atrial Fibrillation spEcific managemenT studY (SAFETY).

Nurse health and lifestyle modification versus standard care in 40 to 70 year old regional adults: study protocol of the Management to Optimise Diabetes and mEtabolic syndrome Risk reduction via Nurse-led intervention (MODERN) randomized controlled

Optimising management of hypertension in primary care: the Valsartan Intensified Primary Care Reduction of Blood Pressure (Viper-Bp) study.

Overcoming the tyranny of distance: An analysis of outreach visits to optimise secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease in high-risk individuals living in Central Australia

Patient preferences and willingness-to-pay for a home or clinic based program of chronic heart failure management: findings from the Which? trial

Patient preferences for the delivery of disease management in chronic heart failure: a qualitative study.

Pattern of blood pressure in Australian adults: results from a national blood pressure screening day of 13,825 adults.

Post-discharge electrocardiogram Holter monitoring in recently hospitalised individuals with chronic atrial fibrillation to enhance therapeutic monitoring and identify potentially predictive phenotypes.

Predictors of mean arterial pressure morning rate of rise and power function in subjects undergoing ambulatory blood pressure recording

Predisposing factors and incidence of newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation in an urban African community: insights from the Heart of Soweto Study

Prehypertension causes a mounting problem of harmful cardiovascular disease risk in young adults

Pressure points in primary care: blood pressure and management of hypertension in 532 050 patients from 2005 to 2010.

Prevalence and treatment of familial hypercholesterolaemia in Australian communities

Prognostic impact of pulmonary arterial hypertension: A population-based analysis

Prolonged impact of home versus clinic-based management of chronic heart failure: Extended follow-up of a pragmatic, multicentre randomized trial cohort

Redefining the ECG in urban South Africans: electrocardiographic findings in heart disease-free Africans

Reply: diagnosing vascular mild cognitive impairment with atrial fibrillation remains a challenge ⬇️

Standard versus atrial fibrillation-specific management strategy (SAFETY) to reduce recurrent admission and prolong survival: pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled trial

Standing at the crossroads between new and historically prevalent heart disease: effects of migration and socio-economic factors in the Heart of Soweto cohort study

Subjective and predicted sleepiness while driving in young adults

Systematic review of model-based analyses reporting the cost-effectiveness and cost-utility of cardiovascular disease management programs.

Tackling heart disease and poverty

The 12-lead ECG in peripartum cardiomyopathy

The Green, Amber, Red Delineation of Risk and Need (GARDIAN) management system: a pragmatic approach to optimizing heart health from primary prevention to chronic disease management

The WHICH? trial: rationale and design of a pragmatic randomized, multicentre comparison of home- vs. clinic-based management of chronic heart failure patients

The clinical consequences and challenges of hypertension in urban-dwelling black Africans: insights from the Heart of Soweto Study

The effects of normal aging on sleep spindle and K-complex production

The influence of sleep onset on the diurnal variation in cardiac activity and cardiac control

The threat of ethnicity for cardiovascular disease risk

Women versus men with chronic atrial fibrillation: insights from the Standard versus Atrial Fibrillation spEcific managemenT studY (SAFETY).