2025
Natriuretic peptide testing in veterans hospitalized with heart failure: Potential differences by sex
Gandhi P, Runels T, Han L, Skanderson M, Bastian L, Brandt C, Hauser R, Feder S, Rodwin B, Farmer M, Bean-Mayberry B, Placide S, Gaffey A, AkgĂĽn K. Natriuretic peptide testing in veterans hospitalized with heart failure: Potential differences by sex. Heart & Lung 2025, 71: 25-31. PMID: 39970822, DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2025.02.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNatriuretic peptide testingHeart failure hospitalizationFacility characteristicsVeterans Affairs Healthcare SystemPeptide testingSex-based differencesFacility-related factorsSex-stratified modelsAssociated with increased likelihoodAssociated with decreased likelihoodHealthcare systemHF diagnosisEjection fractionCardiac comorbiditiesFailure hospitalizationClinical outcomesLogistic regressionAtrial fibrillationHeart failureVeteransClinical covariatesPatientsAdmissionSexAssociation
2020
Effects of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring on sleep in healthy, normotensive men and women.
Gaffey AE, Schwartz JE, Harris KM, Hall MH, Burg MM. Effects of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring on sleep in healthy, normotensive men and women. Blood Pressure Monitoring 2020, 26: 93-101. PMID: 33136653, PMCID: PMC7933045, DOI: 10.1097/mbp.0000000000000494.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmbulatory blood pressure monitoringSleep durationHealthy adultsLater midpointActigraphy-assessed sleepWrist-based accelerometerAmbulatory blood pressurePossible effect modificationBlood pressure monitoringShort sleep durationHealthy young participantsNormotensive menBlood pressureArterial stiffnessSleep disturbancesEffect modificationHealth QuestionnaireObservational studySleep qualityPressure monitoringSleep onsetSleepOlder adultsGreater WASOWASOPerceived Stress, Subjective, and Objective Symptoms of Disturbed Sleep in Men and Women with Stable Heart Failure
Gaffey AE, Jeon S, Conley S, Jacoby D, Ash GI, Yaggi HK, O’Connell M, Linsky SJ, Redeker NS. Perceived Stress, Subjective, and Objective Symptoms of Disturbed Sleep in Men and Women with Stable Heart Failure. Behavioral Sleep Medicine 2020, 19: 363-377. PMID: 32394733, PMCID: PMC7658015, DOI: 10.1080/15402002.2020.1762601.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDysfunctional beliefsCognitive abilitiesMental healthCognitive behavioral therapySymptom severitySleep disturbance questionnaireSleep disturbancesHF patientsSelf-reported sleep disturbanceHeart failurePerceived Stress ScaleBehavioral therapyInsomnia Severity IndexPerceived stressStress ScaleBaseline stressPittsburgh Sleep Quality IndexDisturbance QuestionnaireLower symptomsSleep Quality IndexNew York Heart Association classification ISF-36 mental healthSleep-related characteristicsStable heart failureSleep Scale
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