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October | ||
Ostial renal artery stent placement in patients 75 years of age or older | Am J Hypertens | |
Calcium channel blockers in hypertension: reappraisal after new trials and major meta-analyses | Am J Hypertens | |
Transmyocardial CO2 laser revascularization improves symptoms, function, and quality of life: 12-month results from a randomized controlled trial | Am J Med | |
Is isolated home hypertension as opposed to isolated office hypertension a sign of greater cardiovascular risk? | Arch Int Med | |
Clinical review. How does it work? Oscillatory blood pressure monitoring devices | Br Med J | |
Benefit of bilateral over single internal mammary artery grafts for multiple coronary artery bypass grafting | Circulation | |
Treatment of isolated systolic hypertension is most effective in older patients with high-risk profile | Circulation | |
Birth weight and blood pressue in young adults: A prospective twin study | Circulation | |
Reduction of cardiovascular risk by regression of ECG markers of left ventricular hypertrophy by the ACE inhibitor ramipril | Circulation | |
Effect of hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors on progression of calcific aortic stenosis | Circulation | |
Vitamin C inhibits endothelial cell apoptosis in congestive heart failure | Circulation | |
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and myocardial infarction | Circulation | |
The relation of markers of inflammation to the development of glucose disorders in the elderly | Diabetes | |
The diabetes quality improvement project: Moving science into health policy to gain an edge on the diabetes epidemic | Diabetes Care | |
The effect of evening alcohol consumption on next-morning glucose control in type 1 diabetes | Diabetes Care | |
Orthostatic hypertension in patients with type 2 diabetes | Diabetes Care | |
Dietary protein and soluble fiber reduce ambulatory blood pressure in treated hypertensives | Hypertension | |
Cardiovascular risk assessment using pulse pressure in the First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES 1) | Hypertension | |
Stroke prognosis and abnormal nocturnal blood pressure falls in older hypertensives | Hypertension | |
Metoprolol controlled release / extended release in patients with severe heart failure: Analysis of the experience in the MERIT-HF study | J Am Coll Cardiol | |
Prospective crossover comparison of carvedilol and metoprolol in patients with chronic heart failure | J Am Coll Cardiol | |
Supplemental insurance and use of effective cardiovascular drugs among elderly Medicare beneficiaries with coronary heart disease | J Am Med Assoc | |
Ramipril and the development of diabetes | J Am Med Assoc | |
Aminoguanidine ameliorates overexpression of prosclerotic growth factors and collagen deposition in experimental diabetic nephropathy | J Am Soc Nephrol | |
Diabetes mellitus, aortic stiffness, and cardiovascular mortality in end-stage renal disease | J Am Soc Nephrol | |
Effect of MR angiography on the diagnosis and treatment of patients with suspected renovascular disease | J Vasc Interven Radiol | |
Severity of renal vascular disease predicts mortality in patients undergoing coronary angiography | Kidney Int | |
Effect of the dual endothelin-receptor antagonist bosentan in patients with pulmonary hypertension: a randomized placebo-controlled study | Lancet | |
Randomized trial of a perindopril-based blood pressure lowering regimen among 6105 individuals with previous stroke or transient ischemic attack | Lancet | |
Cardiovascular protection and blood pressure reduction: a meta- analysis | Lancet | |
Impact of high-normal blood pressure on the risk of cardiovascular disease | N Engl J Med | |
November | ||
Legume consumption and risk of coronary heart disease in U.S. men and women: NHANES I epidemiologic follow-up study | Arch Int Med | |
Age and duration of follow-up as modulators of risk for ischemic heart disease associated with high plasma C-reactive protein levels in men | Arch Int Med | |
Allopurinol improves myocardial efficiency in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy | Circulation | |
Cardiovascular thrombotic events in controlled, clinical trials of rofecoxib | Circulation | |
Homocysteine impairs the nitric oxide synthase pathway | Circulation | |
Elevated uric acid increases blood pressure in the rat by a novel crystal-independent mechanism | Hypertension | |
Blood pressure responses to small doses of amiloride and spironolactone in normotensive subjects | Hypertension | |
Effect of alcohol reduction on blood pressure: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials | Hypertension | |
Carotid angioplasty and stenting versus carotid endarterectomy: randomized trial in a community hospital | J Am Coll Cardiol | |
Hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy: relation to peripheral sympathetic drive | J Am Coll Cardiol | |
Relationship between interleukin 6 and mortality in patients with unstable coronary artery disease | J Am Med Assoc | |
Ability of minor elevations in troponins I and T to predict benefit from an early invasive strategy in patients with unstable angina and non-ST elevation myocardial infarction | J Am Med Assoc | |
Association between myeloperoxidase levels and risk of coronary artery disease | J Am Med Assoc | |
Assessment of frequency of progression to hypertension in non- hypertensive participants in the Framingham Heart Study: a cohort study | Lancet | |
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and the risk of Alzheimer's disease | N Engl J Med | |
Influence of aldosterone vs. endothelin receptor antagonism on renovascular function in liquorice-induced hypertension | Nephrol Dial Transplant | |
December | ||
Is resistant hypertension really resistant? | Am J Hypertens | |
Estrogen in the prevention of atherosclerosis | Ann Intern Med | |
Menstrual cyclic variation of myocardial ischemia in premenopausal women with variant angina | Ann Intern Med | |
Effects of diet and sodium intake on blood pressure: Subgroup analysis of the DASH-Sodium trial | Ann Intern Med | |
A practical approach to achieving recommended blood pressure goals in diabetic patients | Arch Int Med | |
Left ventricular changes in isolated office hypertension | Arch Int Med | |
Total cholesterol / HDL cholesterol ratio vs. LDL cholesterol / HDL cholesterol ratio as indices of ischemic heart disease in men: Quebec cardiovascular study | Arch Int Med | |
Review: Genetics and cardiovascular risk | Br Med J | |
C-reactive protein elevation in patients with atrial arrhythmias | Circulation | |
Carotid intimal-medial thickness is related to cardiovascular risk factors measured from childhood through middle age | Circulation | |
Increased aortic intima-media thickness: A marker of preclinical atherosclerosis in high-risk children | Circulation | |
Comparison of use of medications after acute myocardial infarction in the Veterans Health Administration and Medicare | Circulation | |
Blood lipids and first-ever ischemic stroke / transient ischemic attack in the bezafibrate infarction prevention (BIP) registry: High triglycerides constitute an independent risk factor | Circulation | |
Recent developments in the pharmacologic reduction of blood glucose in patients with type 2 diabetes | Clin Diabetes | |
Landmark study: The news on NCEP III | Clin Diabetes | |
Visceral fat is a major contributor for multiple risk factor clustering in Japanese men with impaired glucose tolerance | Diabetes Care | |
Reduced cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in hypertensive diabetic patients on first-line therapy with an ACE inhibitor compared with a diuretic/beta-blocker-based treatment regimen | Diabetes Care | |
Smoking and mortality among women with type 2 diabetes | Diabetes Care | |
Uric acid is closely linked to vascular nitric oxide activity: Evidence fo mechanism of association with cardiovascular disease | J Am Coll Cardiol | |
Antioxidant vitamins and the risk of carotid atherosclerosis: The Perth carotid ultrasound disease assessment study (CUDAS) | J Am Coll Cardiol | |
Optimization of dietary folate or low-dose folic acid supplements lower homocystein but do no enhance endothelial function in healthy adults, irrespective of MTHR (C6777) genotype | J Am Coll Cardiol | |
Alcohol consumption and risk of coronary heart disease among men with type 2 diabetes mellitus | J Am Coll Cardiol | |
Epidemic increases in childhood overweight, 1986-1998 | J Am Med Assoc | |
Blood-pressure reduction and cardiovascular risk in the HOPE study | Lancet | |
Simvastatin, and niacin, antioxidant vitamins, or the combination for the prevention of coronary disease | N Engl J Med | |
Cyclooxygenase inhibitors and the antiplatelet effects of aspirin | N Engl J Med | |
A randomized trial of the angiotensin-receptor blocker valsartan in chronic heart failure | N Engl J Med | |
Coronary magnetic resonance angiography for the detection of coronary stenoses | N Engl J Med | |
Decreased rate of coronary restenosis after lowering plasma homocysteine levels | N Engl J Med | |
Sustained improvement of renal graft function for tow years in hypertensive renal transplant recipients treated with nifedipine as compared to lisinopril | Transplantation | |
November | ||
Management of hypertensive crises: the scientific basis for decisions | Am J Hypertens | |
Distribution of blood pressure and hypertension in Canada and the United States | Am J Hypertens | |
The effects of dihydropyridine and phenylalkylamine calcium antagonist classes on autonomic function in hypertension: the VAMPHYRE Study | Am J Hypertens |
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October | ||
Buzz in the axilla: A new physical sign in hemodialysis forearm graft evaluation | Am J Kidney Dis | |
Anemia: An early complication of chronic renal insufficiency | Am J Kidney Dis | |
Creatinine excretion in continuous peritoneal dialysis: A systematic error of the Cockcroft-Gault formula | Am J Kidney Dis | |
The evaluation of pleural effusions in patients with heart failure | Am J Med | |
Determinants of vancomycin resistance and mortality rates in enterococcal bacteremia | Ann Intern Med | |
Delayed-onset heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis | Ann Intern Med | |
Comparison of the oral direct thrombin inhibitor ximelagatran with enoxaparin as prophylaxis against venous thromboembolism after total knee replacement | Arch Int Med | |
Disease management: What have we learned so far? | Blood Purif | |
Analysis of beta-2-microglobulin kinetics in hemodialysis by a modified variable-volume one-compartment model | Blood Purif | |
Elevated circulating levels of ghrelin in cachexia associated with chronic heart failure | Circulation | |
Sustained suppression of neointimal proliferation by sirolimus- eluting stents | Circulation | |
Ghrelin causes hyperphagia and obesity in rats | Diabetes | |
Projection of diabetes burden through 2050 | Diabetes Care | |
Arterial calcifications, arterial stiffness, and cardiovascular risk in end-stage renal disease | Hypertension | |
Reduced kidney function and anemia as risk factors for mortality in patients with left ventricular dysfunction | J Am Coll Cardiol | |
The effect of intracoronary radiation for the treatment of recurrent in-stent restenosis in patients with chronic renal failure | J Am Coll Cardiol | |
Prognostic value of serum cardiac troponin I in ambulatory patients with chronic renal failure undergoing HD: A two-year outcome analysis | J Am Coll Cardiol | |
Serial evaluation of the SOFA score to predict outcome in critically ill patients | J Am Med Assoc | |
Macrolide resistance among invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates | J Am Med Assoc | |
Comparison of a whole blood interferon gamma assay with tuberculin skin testing for detecting latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection | J Am Med Assoc | |
Relative contribution of residual renal function and peritoneal clearance to adequacy of dialysis: A re-analysis of the CANUSA study | J Am Soc Nephrol | |
Association of elevated serum PO4, Ca x PO4 product, and parathyroid hormone with cardiac mortality risk in chronic hemodialysis patients | J Am Soc Nephrol | |
Phosphorus and potassium handouts, quizzes, and puzzle | J Ren Nutr | |
Resting metabolic rate in chronic renal failure | J Ren Nutr | |
Recombinant human growth hormone in patients with acute renal failure | J Ren Nutr | |
Thrombosed hemodialysis grafts: Lyse and wait with tissue plasminogen activator or urokinase compares to mechanical thrombolysis with the Arrow-Trerotola device | J Vasc Interven Radiol | |
Type of vascular access and mortality in U.S. dialysis patients | Kidney Int | |
Short daily hemodialysis rapidly improves nutritional status in hemodialysis patients | Kidney Int | |
Evaluation of renal Kt/V as a marker of renal function in predialysis patients | Kidney Int | |
Comparison of transposed brachiobasilic fistulas to upper arm grafts and brachiocephalic fistulas | Kidney Int | |
Effect of renal center characteristics on mortality and technique failure on peritoneal dialysis | Kidney Int | |
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci colonization in patients at seven hemodialysis centers | Kidney Int | |
Late referral and modality choice in end-stage renal disease | Kidney Int | |
When to initiate dialysis: effect of proposed US guidelines on survival | Lancet | |
Role of type of vascular access in erythropoietin and intravenous iron requirements in hemodialysis | Nephrol Dial Transplant | |
Risk of heparin lock-related bleeding when using indwelling venous catheter in hemodialysis | Nephrol Dial Transplant | |
A critical review of sodium profiling for hemodialysis | Sem Dialysis | |
November | ||
Simplified citrate anticoagulation for high-flux hemodialysis | Am J Kidney Dis | |
Intravenous iron sucrose: Establishing a safe dose | Am J Kidney Dis | |
Decreased serum aminotransferase activity in patients with chronic renal failure: Impact on detection of viral hepatitis | Am J Kidney Dis | |
Cadmium exposure and end-stage renal disease | Am J Kidney Dis | |
Thiamine deficiency and unexplained encephalopathy in hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients | Am J Kidney Dis | |
Influence of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms on mortality risk in hemodialysis patients | Am J Kidney Dis | |
Clinical consequences of infected arteriovenous grafts in hemodialysis patients | Am J Kidney Dis | |
A cross-sectional study of the prevalence and clinical correlates of congestive heart failure among incident US dialysis patients | Am J Kidney Dis | |
Analysis of variable flow Doppler hemodialysis access flow measurements and comparison with ultrasound dilution | Am J Kidney Dis | |
Regular review: Treatment of chronic hepatitis | Br Med J | |
Interferon alfa with or without ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C: systematic review of randomized trials | Br Med J | |
Low plasma levels of vitamin B6 are independently associated with a heightened risk of deep vein thrombosis | Circulation | |
Liver and intestinal lactate metabolism in patients with acute hepatic failure undergoing liver transplantation | Crit Care Med | |
Prognostic value of ultrasonographic measurement of carotid intima-media thickness in dialysis patients | J Am Soc Nephrol | |
Death, hospitalization, and economic associations among incident hemodialysis patients with hematocrit values of 36 to 39% | J Am Soc Nephrol | |
Survival and development of cardiovascular disease by modality of treatment in patients with end-stage renal disease | J Am Soc Nephrol | |
Improved growth in young children with severe chronic renal insufficiency who use specified nutritional therapy | J Am Soc Nephrol | |
Independent effects of residual renal function and dialysis adequacy on actual dietary protein, calorie, and other nutrient intake in patients on CAPD | J Am Soc Nephrol | |
Reteplase in the treatment of thrombosed hemodialysis grafts | J Vasc Intervent Radiol | |
Use of subcutaneous venous access ports to treat refractory ascites | J Vasc Intervent Radiol | |
Prediction of hypertension in chronic hemodialysis patients | Kidney Int | |
Effect of preoperative sonographic mapping on vascular access outcomes in hemodialysis patients | Kidney Int | |
Association between renal insufficiency and malnutrition in older adults: Results from the NHANES III | Kidney Int | |
Association between prevalent care process measures and facility- specific mortality rates | Kidney Int | |
Trends in anemia at initiation of dialysis in the United States | Kidney Int | |
Long-term blood pressure control in a cohort of peritoneal dialysis patients and its association with residual renal function | Nephrol Dial Transplant | |
Hyperbaric oxygen in the treatment of calciphylaxis: a case series | Nephrol Dial Transplant | |
Effects of hematocrit and blood flow distribution on solute clearance in hollow-fiber hemodialyzers | Nephron | |
Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphism detected by digestion with Apa 1 influences the parathyroid response to extracellular calcium in Japanese chronic dialysis patients | Nephron | |
December | ||
Lisinopril therapy for hemodialysis hypertension: Hemodynamic and endocrine responses | Am J Kidney Dis | |
Artificial intelligence: A new approach for prescription and monitoring of hemodialysis therapy | Am J Kidney Dis | |
Use of ACE inhibitors is associated with prolonged survival of arteriovenous grafts | Am J Kidney Dis | |
A malnutrition-inflammation score is correlated with morbidity and mortality in maintenance hemodialysis patients | Am J Kidney Dis | |
Acute metabolic acidosis decreases muscle protein synthesis but not albumin synthesis in humans | Am J Kidney Dis | |
Determinants of delayed nephrologist referral in patients with chronic kidney disease | Am J Kidney Dis | |
Resistance training to counteract catabolism of a low-protein diet in patients with chronic renal insufficiency | Ann Intern Med | |
Survival by time of day of hemodialysis in an elderly cohort | J Am Med Assoc | |
Association among SF36 quality of life measures and nutrition, hospitalization, and mortality in hemodialysis | J Am Soc Nephrol | |
Alterations of left ventricular hypertrophy and survival of patients receiving hemodialysis: Follow-up of an interventional study | J Am Soc Nephrol | |
ACE inhibitors to prevent end-stage renal disease: When to start and why possibly never to stop: A post hoc analysis of the REIN trial results | J Am Soc Nephrol | |
Forecast of the number of patients with end-stage renal disease in the United States to the year 2010 | J Am Soc Nephrol | |
Prognostic impact of the indexation of left ventricular mass in patients undergoing dialysis | J Am Soc Nephrol | |
Featured article: Coronary artery disease in uremia: Etiology, diagnosis, and therapy | Kidney Int | |
Effect on treatment outcome of coinfection with SEN viruses in patients with hepatitis C | Lancet | |
Plama concentration of asymmetrical dimethylarginine and mortality in patients with ESRD: a prospective study | Lancet | |
Acetaminophen, aspirin and chronic renal failure | N Engl J Med | |
Longer duration of predialysis nephrological care is associated with improved long-term survival of dialysis patients | Nephrol Dial Transplant | |
Body mass index and mortality in healthier compared with sicker hemodialysis patients: results from the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS) | Nephrol Dial Transplant | |
Comparison of body fluid distribution between chronic hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients as assessed by biophysical and biochemical methods | Nephrol Dial Transplant | |
Candidemia in patients with dialysis-dependent acute renal failure: etiology, predisposing and prognostic factors | Nephrol Dial Transplant | |
Salvage of immature forearm fistulas for hemodialysis by interventional radiology | Nephrol Dial Transplant | |
Oxalate removal by daily dialysis in a patient with primary hyperoxaluria type 1 | Nephrol Dial Transplant | |
The hematocrit-correctd erythrocyte sedimentation rate can be useful in diagnosing inflammation in hemodialysis patients | Nephron | |
Featured Article: Are there potential non-lipid-lowering uses of statins in the kidney? | Nephron | |
Catheter performance | Seminars Dial |
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October | ||
Familial clustering of ruptured intracranial aneurysms in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease | Am J Kidney Dis | |
Long-term treatment of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in children with cyclosporine given as a daily dose | Am J Kidney Dis | |
Two cases of Non-O157:H7 Escherichia coli hemolytic uremic syndrome caused by urinary tract infection | Am J Kidney Dis | |
Rhabdomyolysis: An unusual feature with mushroom poisoning | Am J Kidney Dis | |
Predicting progression in IgA nephropathy | Am J Kidney Dis | |
Durable treatment-free remission after high-dose cyclophosphamide therapy for previously untreated aplastic anemia | Ann Intern Med | |
Career focus: Renal medicine | Br Med J | |
Risk factors for cardiovascular disease in systemic lupus erythematosus | Circulation | |
Infusion of methylene blue in human septic shock: A pilot, randomized, controlled study | Crit Care Med | |
Hypercalcemia of malignancy | J Am Med Assoc | |
Long-term results of a randomized study comparing three immunosuppressive schedules with cyclosporine in cadaveric kidney transplantation | J Am Soc Nephrol | |
Severe lupus nephritis: importance of re-evaluating the histologic classification and the approach to patient care | J Nephrol | |
Impact of bleeding times on major complication rates after percutaneous real-time ultrasound-guided renal biopsies | J Nephrol | |
ANCA-associated renal vasculitis | Kidney Int | |
Outcome of living unrelated (commercial) renal transplantation | Kidney Int | |
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: modification of disease progression | Lancet | |
Widespread distribution of urinary tract infections caused by a multidrug resistant Escherichia coli clonal group | N Engl J Med | |
Pamidronate to prevent bone loss during androgen-deprivation therapy for prostate cancer | N Engl J Med | |
The value of pulse cyclophosphamide in ANCA-associated vasculitis: meta-analysis and critical review | Nephrol Dial Transplant | |
November | ||
The epidemiology of nephrotoxicity associated with conventional amphotericin B therapy | Am J Med | |
Lupus-like presentation or parvovirus B19 infection | Am J Med | |
Determinants of impaired renal function with use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: the importance of half-life and other medications | Am J Med | |
Accuracy and ambiguity in counseling patients about genetic risk | Arch Int Med | |
Quality improvement guidelines for percutaneous nephrostomy | J Vasc Intervent Radiol | |
Nephrology Forum: Diabetic nephropathy: Prevention and treatment | Kidney Int | |
Effect of fluvastatin on acute renal allograft rejection: A randomized multicenter trial | Kidney Int | |
Beta-cell function in new-onset type 1 diabetes and immunomodulation with a heat shock protein peptide (DiaPep277): a randomized, double-blinde phase II trial | Lancet | |
Intensive insulin therapy in critically ill patients | N Engl J Med | |
Treatment of acute hepatitis C with interferon alfa-2b | N Engl J Med | |
Early goal-directed therapy in the treatment of severe sepsis and septic shock | N Engl J Med | |
Renal involvement induced by human parvovirus B19 infection | Nephron | |
December | ||
A comparison of the clinical, histopathologic, and ultrastructural phenotypes in carriers of X-linked and autosomal recessive Alport syndrome | Am J Kidney Dis | |
Quinine-associated thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura - hemolytic uremic syndrome: Frequency, clinical features, and long-term outcomes | Ann Intern Med | |
Education and debate: What are the effects of the fifth revision of the Declaration of Helsinki? | Br Med J | |
Early enteral nutrition in acutely ill patients: A systematic review | Crit Care Med | |
Two-field photography can identify patients with vision- threatening diabetic retinopathy | Diabetes Care | |
Guided medication dosing for inpatients with renal insufficiency | J Am Med Assoc | |
Prevalence, genetics, and clinical features of patients carrying podocin mutations in steroid-resistant nonfamilial focal segmental glomerulosclerosis | J Am Soc Nephrol | |
Nephrectomy followed by interferon alfa-2b compared with interferon alfa-2b alone for metastatic renal cell cancer | N Engl J Med | |
Mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis caused by Puumala hantavirus infection | Nephron | |
Prolonged dietary calcium restriction: a diagnostic approach in idiopathic hypercalciuria | Nephron |