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6-min walk test provides prognostic utility comparable to cardiopulmonary exercise testing in ambulatory outpatients with systolic heart failure

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ACCF/AHA 2009 Performance Measures for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults

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AHA/ACCF 2009 Performance Measures for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures (Writing Committee to Develop Perfo

scientific article published on 21 September 2009

Accuracy of the triglyceride to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio for prediction of the low-density lipoprotein phenotype B.

scientific article published in July 2004

Age and Sex Disparities in Discharge Statin Prescribing in the Stroke Belt: Evidence From the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke Study

scientific article published on 2 August 2017

Ageing, menopause, and ischaemic heart disease mortality in England, Wales, and the United States: modelling study of national mortality data

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Alirocumab and Cardiovascular Outcomes after Acute Coronary Syndrome

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Analysis of vitamin D levels in patients with and without statin-associated myalgia - a systematic review and meta-analysis of 7 studies with 2420 patients

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Angina Pectoris

Anginal symptoms, coronary artery disease, and adverse outcomes in Black and White women: the NHLBI-sponsored Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) study

scientific article published on 30 August 2013

Apolipoprotein B, Residual Cardiovascular Risk After Acute Coronary Syndrome, and Effects of Alirocumab

scientific article published in 2022

Assessing and addressing risk of cardiovascular disease in perimenopausal and early postmenopausal women

scientific article published on 30 July 2010

Assessing patient recall of discharge instructions for acute myocardial infarction

scientific article published in November 2009

Association between statin use and plasma D-dimer levels. A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

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Association of Serum Lipids and Coronary Heart Disease in Contemporary Observational Studies

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Association of race and sex with risk of incident acute coronary heart disease events

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Biomarkers of atherosclerosis: clinical applications

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Cardiac Rehabilitation

scientific article published on 09 July 2012

Cardiac rehabilitation and women: what keeps them away?

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Cardiac rehabilitation as secondary prevention center.

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Cardiac rehabilitation outcomes: impact of comorbidities and age

scientific article published on November 2011

Cardiovascular disease outcomes during 6.8 years of hormone therapy: Heart and Estrogen/progestin Replacement Study follow-up (HERS II)

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Cholesterol-lowering medication, cholesterol level, and reproductive hormones in women: the Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE).

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Clinical implications of the Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation: inter-relationships between symptoms, psychosocial factors and cardiovascular outcomes

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Clinical utility of inflammatory markers and advanced lipoprotein testing: advice from an expert panel of lipid specialists.

scientific article published on September 2011

Comorbid depression and anxiety symptoms as predictors of cardiovascular events: results from the NHLBI-sponsored Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) study

scientific article published on 15 October 2009

Comparison of Effectiveness of Atorvastatin 10 mg Versus 80 mg in Reducing Major Cardiovascular Events and Repeat Revascularization in Patients With Previous Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (Post Hoc Analysis of the Treating to New Targets [TNT] S

scientific article published on 05 September 2008

Comparison of baseline characteristics and outcomes in younger and older patients completing cardiac rehabilitation.

scientific article published in July 2009

Control of lipids at baseline in the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation 2 Diabetes (BARI 2D) trial

scientific article published on January 2009

Core Components of Cardiac Rehabilitation/Secondary Prevention Programs: 2007 Update

scientific article published on 01 May 2007

Core components of cardiac rehabilitation/secondary prevention programs: 2007 update: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Exercise, Cardiac Rehabilitation, and Prevention Committee, the Council on Clinical Cardiology; the Coun

scientific article published on 18 May 2007

Depression and heart failure in patients with a new myocardial infarction

scientific article published in May 2005

Depression, Inflammation, and Incident Cardiovascular Disease in Women With Suspected Coronary Ischemia

scientific article published on 05 November 2007

Depression, the Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Risk

scientific article published on 24 December 2007

Determination of menopausal status in women: the NHLBI-sponsored Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) Study

scientific article published in October 2004

Dietitian services are associated with improved patient outcomes and the MEDFICTS dietary assessment questionnaire is a suitable outcome measure in cardiac rehabilitation

scientific article published in October 2005

Does prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in women with coronary artery disease differ by the ATP III and IDF criteria?

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Drugs are not enough: the metabolic syndrome--a call for intensive therapeutic lifestyle change.

scientific article published on January 2009

Effect of alirocumab on cardiovascular outcomes after acute coronary syndromes according to age: an ODYSSEY OUTCOMES trial analysis

scientific article published on 16 November 2019

Effect of alirocumab on major adverse cardiovascular events according to renal function in patients with a recent acute coronary syndrome: prespecified analysis from the ODYSSEY OUTCOMES randomized clinical trial

scientific article published on 21 August 2020

Effect of alirocumab, a monoclonal antibody to PCSK9, on long-term cardiovascular outcomes following acute coronary syndromes: rationale and design of the ODYSSEY outcomes trial

scientific article published on 7 August 2014

Effect of high-dose atorvastatin on hospitalizations for heart failure: subgroup analysis of the Treating to New Targets (TNT) study

scientific article published on 29 January 2007

Effect of intensive lipid lowering with atorvastatin on renal function in patients with coronary heart disease: the Treating to New Targets (TNT) study

scientific article published on 17 October 2007

Effects of alirocumab on types of myocardial infarction: insights from the ODYSSEY OUTCOMES trial

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Effects of hormone replacement therapy and antioxidant vitamin supplements on coronary atherosclerosis in postmenopausal women: a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published in November 2002

Effects of right ventricular ejection fraction on outcomes in chronic systolic heart failure.

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Efficacy of Statin Therapy in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Efficacy of fenofibric acid plus statins on multiple lipid parameters and its safety in women with mixed dyslipidemia

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Exercise as a treatment for the risk of cardiovascular disease

scientific article published in August 2010

Exercise testing in heart failure

scientific article published on 01 July 2003

Factor V Leiden, Hormone Replacement Therapy, and Risk of Venous Thromboembolic Events in Women With Coronary Disease

scientific article published on 01 June 2002

Factors associated with the failure of patients to complete cardiac rehabilitation for medical and nonmedical reasons

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Fasting plasma glucose predicts survival and angiographic progression in high-risk postmenopausal women with coronary artery disease

scientific article published in March 2007

Gender-related dissociation in outcomes in chronic heart failure: reduced mortality but similar hospitalization in women

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Glucose, blood pressure, and lipid control in older people with and without diabetes mellitus: the Cardiovascular Health Study

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Glycemic effects of postmenopausal hormone therapy: the Heart and Estrogen/progestin Replacement Study. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

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Health-related quality of life following coronary artery bypass graft surgery in post-menopausal women

scientific article published on 24 June 2008

Hypertension, Menopause, and Coronary Artery Disease Risk in the Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) Study

scientific article published on 01 February 2006

Hypoestrogenemia of hypothalamic origin and coronary artery disease in premenopausal women: a report from the NHLBI-sponsored WISE study

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Impaired fasting glucose and cardiovascular outcomes in postmenopausal women with coronary artery disease

scientific article published in May 2005

Increasing referral and participation rates to outpatient cardiac rehabilitation: the valuable role of healthcare professionals in the inpatient and home health settings: a science advisory from the American Heart Association

scientific article published on 30 January 2012

Influenza Vaccination in Secondary Prevention-An Opportunity Missed

scientific article published on 01 July 2007

Insights from the NHLBI-Sponsored Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) Study: Part I: gender differences in traditional and novel risk factors, symptom evaluation, and gender-optimized diagnostic strategies.

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Insights from the NHLBI-Sponsored Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) Study: Part II: gender differences in presentation, diagnosis, and outcome with regard to gender-based pathophysiology of atherosclerosis and macrovascular and microvascul

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Intensive lipid lowering with atorvastatin in patients with coronary heart disease and chronic kidney disease: the TNT (Treating to New Targets) study

scientific article published in April 2008

Isolated diastolic hypotension and incident heart failure in older adults

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Knowledge of heart attack symptoms in 20 US communities. Results from the rapid early action for coronary treatment community trial

scientific article published on 01 January 2004

LDL Lowering After Acute Coronary Syndrome: Is Lower Better?

scientific article published on February 1, 2013

Left Ventricular Energy Model Predicts Adverse Events in Women With Suspected Myocardial Ischemia: Results From The NHLBI-Sponsored Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) Study

scientific article published on June 2013

Lipid changes on hormone therapy and coronary heart disease events in the Heart and Estrogen/progestin Replacement Study (HERS).

scientific article published in November 2003

Lipoprotein(a) lowering by alirocumab reduces the total burden of cardiovascular events independent of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol lowering: ODYSSEY OUTCOMES trial

scientific article published on 14 October 2020

Management of stable patients with coronary heart disease: Clinical implications of the Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive Drug Evaluation (COURAGE) trial

scientific article published on October 22, 2007

Medical Director Responsibilities for Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation/Secondary Prevention Programs

scientific article published on 01 November 2012

Medical director responsibilities for outpatient cardiac rehabilitation/secondary prevention programs: 2012 update: a statement for health care professionals from the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation and the Americ

scientific article published on 22 October 2012

Menopause and Cardiovascular Risk

scientific article published on 24 April 2006

Menopause, age, and cardiovascular risk: a complex relationship

scientific article published in December 2009

Metabolic syndrome and coronary angiographic disease progression: the Women's Angiographic Vitamin & Estrogen trial

scientific article published in September 2003

Migraines, Angiographic Coronary Artery Disease and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Women

scientific article published on 01 August 2006

Non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels predict five-year outcome in the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation (BARI).

scientific article published in November 2002

Obesity Distribution and Reproductive Hormone Levels in Women: A Report from the NHLBI-Sponsored WISE Study

scientific article published on 01 September 2006

Optimizing risk stratification in cardiac rehabilitation with inclusion of a comorbidity index

scientific article published in January 2004

Outcomes at one-year follow-up of women and men with coronary artery disease discharged from cardiac rehabilitation: what benefits are maintained?

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing cardiac rehabilitation

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Outcomes of using high- or low-dose atorvastatin in patients 65 years of age or older with stable coronary heart disease

scientific article published on 01 July 2007

PCSK9 loss-of-function variants and Lp(a) phenotypes among black US adults

scientific article published on 11 September 2019

Past oral contraceptive use and angiographic coronary artery disease in postmenopausal women: data from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute-sponsored Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation

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Persistent chest pain predicts cardiovascular events in women without obstructive coronary artery disease: results from the NIH-NHLBI-sponsored Women's Ischaemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) study.

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Personal, social, and physical environmental correlates of physical activity in rural African-American women in Alabama

scientific article published on 01 October 2003

Perspectives on dyslipidemia and coronary heart disease in women.

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Perspectives on dyslipidemia and coronary heart disease in women: an update.

scientific article published on November 2006

Physical activity patterns among women in rural Alabama.

scientific article published in July 2003

Phytoestrogens and Lipoproteins in Women

scientific article published on 04 April 2006

Population approaches to improve diet, physical activity, and smoking habits: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

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Postmenopausal hormone therapy and the risk of cardiovascular disease

scientific article published on 01 September 2009

Postmenopausal women with a history of irregular menses and elevated androgen measurements at high risk for worsening cardiovascular event-free survival: results from the National Institutes of Health--National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute spons

scientific article published on 8 January 2008

Practical interpretation of 6-minute walk data using healthy adult reference equations

scientific article published in May 2006

Prediction of medical morbidity and mortality after acute myocardial infarction in patients at increased psychosocial risk in the Enhancing Recovery in Coronary Heart Disease Patients (ENRICHD) study

scientific article published on 01 July 2006

Predictors of cardiac rehabilitation referral in coronary artery disease patients: findings from the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines Program

scientific article published on August 2009

Prehospital Delay in Individuals with Acute Coronary Disease: Concordance of Medical Records and Follow-Up Phone Interviews

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

Prevention of heart failure in older adults may require higher levels of physical activity than needed for other cardiovascular events

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Prognostic value of global MR myocardial perfusion imaging in women with suspected myocardial ischemia and no obstructive coronary disease: results from the NHLBI-sponsored WISE (Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation) study

scientific article published on October 2010

Racial differences in statin adherence following hospital discharge for ischemic stroke

scientific article published on 12 April 2017

Referral, Enrollment, and Delivery of Cardiac Rehabilitation/Secondary Prevention Programs at Clinical Centers and Beyond

scientific article published on 14 November 2011

Relationships between cardiovascular disease risk factors and depressive symptoms as predictors of cardiovascular disease events in women

scientific article published on 11 October 2011

Remnant-like lipoproteins, hormone therapy, and angiographic and clinical outcomes: the Women's Angiographic Vitamin & Estrogen Trial

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Reply

scientific article published on 21 March 2013

Risk Factor Control for Coronary Artery Disease Secondary Prevention in Large Randomized Trials

scientific article published on 01 April 2013

Risk of Heart Failure and Death After Prolonged Smoking Cessation: Role of Amount and Duration of Prior Smoking

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Secondary prevention outcomes among black and white cardiac rehabilitation patients

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Secular changes in rates of coronary heart disease, fatal coronary heart disease, and out-of-hospital fatal coronary heart disease

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Self-rated health among women with coronary disease: depression is as important as recent cardiovascular events.

scientific article published in November 2006

Self-rated versus objective health indicators as predictors of major cardiovascular events: the NHLBI-sponsored Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation.

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Sex, clinical symptoms, and angiographic findings in patients with diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease (from the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation [BARI] 2 Diabetes trial).

scientific article published on 26 January 2011

Social networks and incident stroke among women with suspected myocardial ischemia.

scientific article published on 31 March 2008

Statin Intolerance and Risk of Coronary Heart Events and All-Cause Mortality Following Myocardial Infarction

scientific article published on March 2017

Statin therapy, cardiovascular events, and total mortality in the Heart and Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study (HERS).

scientific article published in June 2002

Task Force 10: Training in Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

The 6-min walk test: a quick measure of functional status in elderly adults

scientific article published in February 2003

The 6-minute walk test: how important is the learning effect?

scientific article published in July 2003

The effect of vitamin therapy on the progression of coronary artery atherosclerosis varies by haptoglobin type in postmenopausal women

scientific article published in April 2004

The impact of statin therapy on plasma levels of von Willebrand factor antigen. Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised placebo-controlled trials

scientific article published on 3 December 2015

The joint impact of smoking and exercise capacity on clinical outcomes among women with suspected myocardial ischemia: the WISE study.

scientific article published on April 2009

The relation of postmenopausal hormone therapy to serum uric acid and the risk of coronary heart disease events: the Heart and Estrogen-Progestin Replacement Study (HERS).

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The relationship of menopausal status and rapid menopausal transition with carotid intima-media thickness progression in women: a report from the Los Angeles Atherosclerosis Study.

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The triglyceride/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio predicts all-cause mortality in women with suspected myocardial ischemia: a report from the Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE).

scientific article published on March 2009

Timing of hormone therapy, type of menopause, and coronary disease in women: data from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute-sponsored Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation.

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Total estrogen time and obstructive coronary disease in women: insights from the NHLBI-sponsored Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE).

scientific article published on September 2009

Training community health workers to reduce health disparities in Alabama's Black Belt: the Pine Apple Heart Disease and Stroke Project

scientific article published in April 2006

Tree-based identification of subgroups for time-varying covariate survival data

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Trends in the prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of high low density lipoprotein-cholesterol among United States adults from 1999-2000 through 2009-2010

scientific article published on 29 May 2013

Triglycerides and cardiovascular disease: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

scientific article (publication date: 24 May 2011)

Usefulness of heart rate at rest as a predictor of mortality, hospitalization for heart failure, myocardial infarction, and stroke in patients with stable coronary heart disease (Data from the Treating to New Targets [TNT] trial).

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Variations in prevalent cardiovascular disease and future risk by metabolic syndrome classification in the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study.

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Vitamin D levels do not predict cardiovascular events in statin-treated patients with stable coronary disease

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Women and coronary heart disease risk factors.

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Women in cardiac rehabilitation.

scientific article published on January 2003

Women in cardiac rehabilitation: Outcomes and identifying risk for dropout

scientific article published on 01 November 2005

Women's angiographic vitamin and estrogen trial: design and methods

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