2015
Relationship Between Daily Exposure to Biomass Fuel Smoke and Blood Pressure in High-Altitude Peru
Burroughs Peña M, Romero KM, Velazquez EJ, Davila-Roman VG, Gilman RH, Wise RA, Miranda JJ, Checkley W. Relationship Between Daily Exposure to Biomass Fuel Smoke and Blood Pressure in High-Altitude Peru. Hypertension 2015, 65: 1134-1140. PMID: 25753976, PMCID: PMC4466100, DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.114.04840.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiastolic blood pressureSystolic blood pressureBlood pressureBiomass fuel useHousehold air pollutionVital capacityFuel smokeHigher systolic blood pressurePopulation-based cohort studyDaily exposureHigher diastolic blood pressureBiomass fuel usersBlood pressure outcomesElevated blood pressureHigh blood pressureBiomass fuel smokeMultivariable regression modelsCardiovascular preventionCohort studyLung functionPressure outcomesEffect modificationHigher likelihoodHypertensionFuel users
2012
Race and gender variation in the QT interval and its association with mortality in patients with coronary artery disease: Results from the Duke Databank for Cardiovascular Disease (DDCD)
Williams ES, Thomas KL, Broderick S, Shaw LK, Velazquez EJ, Al-Khatib SM, Daubert JP. Race and gender variation in the QT interval and its association with mortality in patients with coronary artery disease: Results from the Duke Databank for Cardiovascular Disease (DDCD). American Heart Journal 2012, 164: 434-441. PMID: 22980312, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2012.05.024.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery diseaseCause mortalityArtery diseaseProlonged QTcRisk factorsQT intervalMortality riskLow glomerular filtration rateHigher diastolic blood pressureNative coronary artery stenosisCardiac risk factorsLow ejection fractionDiastolic blood pressureGlomerular filtration rateCoronary artery stenosisRisk of deathCardiac catheterizationCardiac eventsDuke DatabankBlood pressureEjection fractionQTc intervalQTc prolongationArtery stenosisBaseline electrocardiogram