Browsing by Keyword "Geriatric Cardiology"

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    • Associations between Changes in City and Address Specific Temperature and QT Interval - The VA Normative Aging Study 

      Mehta, Amar J.; Kloog, Itai; Zanobetti, Antonella; Coull, Brent A.; Sparrow, David; Vokonas, Pantel; Schwartz, Joel (Public Library of Science, 2014)
      Background: The underlying mechanisms of the association between ambient temperature and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality are not well understood, particularly for daily temperature variability. We evaluated if daily ...

    • Hemoglobin A1c and Arterial and Ventricular Stiffness in Older Adults 

      Zieman, Susan J.; Kamineni, Aruna; Ix, Joachim H.; Barzilay, Joshua; Djoussé, Luc; Kizer, Jorge R.; Biggs, Mary L.; de Boer, Ian H.; Chonchol, Michel; Gottdiener, John S.; Selvin, Elizabeth; Newman, Anne B.; Kuller, Lewis H.; Siscovick, David S.; Mukamal, Kenneth J. (Public Library of Science, 2012)
      Objective: Arterial and ventricular stiffening are characteristics of diabetes and aging which confer significant morbidity and mortality; advanced glycation endproducts (AGE) are implicated in this stiffening pathophysiology. ...