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Timing of eplerenone initiation and outcomes in patients with heart failure after acute myocardial infarction complicated by left ventricular systolic dysfunction: insights from the EPHESUS trial.

Adamopoulos C, Ahmed A, Fay R, Angioi M, Filippatos G, Vincent J, Pitt B, Zannad F; EPHESUS Investigators.

Eur J Heart Fail. 2009 Nov;11(11):1099-105.PMID: 19875410 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Pharmacotherapy: Cardiovascular effects of aldosterone blockade in CKD.

Pitt B.

Nat Rev Cardiol. 2009 Nov;6(11):679-80. No abstract available. PMID: 19851348 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

The role of chlorthalidone in patients with high-risk hypertension.

Pitt B.

J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2009 Sep;11(9):460-1. No abstract available. PMID: 19751456 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Mitochondrial targeting of electron scavenging antioxidants: Regulation of selective oxidation vs random chain reactions.

Kagan VE, Wipf P, Stoyanovsky D, Greenberger JS, Borisenko G, Belikova NA, Yanamala N, Samhan Arias AK, Tungekar MA, Jiang J, Tyurina YY, Ji J, Klein-Seetharaman J, Pitt BR, Shvedova AA, Bayir H.

Adv Drug Deliv Rev. 2009 Nov 30;61(14):1375-85. Epub 2009 Aug 27.PMID: 19716396 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Aldosterone status associated with insulin resistance in patients with heart failure--data from the ALOFT study.

Freel EM, Tsorlalis IK, Lewsey JD, Latini R, Maggioni AP, Solomon S, Pitt B, Connell JM, McMurray JJ.

Heart. 2009 Dec;95(23):1920-1924. Epub 2009 Aug 26.PMID: 19713201 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

The effects of eplerenone on length of stay and total days of heart failure hospitalization after myocardial infarction in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction.

Gheorghiade M, Khan S, Blair JE, Harinstein ME, Krum H, Mukherjee R, Pitt B; Eplerenone Post-Acute Myocardial Infarction Heart Failure Efficacy and Survival (EPHESUS) Investigators.

Am Heart J. 2009 Sep;158(3):437-43.PMID: 19699868 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Magnetic resonance imaging left ventricular mass reduction with fixed-dose angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor-based regimens in patients with high-risk hypertension.

Reichek N, Devereux RB, Rocha RA, Hilkert R, Hall D, Purkayastha D, Pitt B.

Hypertension. 2009 Oct;54(4):731-7. Epub 2009 Aug 17.PMID: 19687350 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

EXCEED: Exforge(R) - intensive control of hypertension to evaluate efficacy in diastolic dysfunction: study rationale,design, and participant characteristics.

Hassanein A, Desai A, Verma A, Oparil S, Izzo J, Rocha R, Hilkert R, Seifu Y, Pitt B, Solomon SD.

Ther Adv Cardiovasc Dis. 2009 Jul 28. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19638366 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Biomarkers of extracellular matrix turnover.

Zannad F, Pitt B.

Heart Fail Clin. 2009 Oct;5(4):589-99.PMID: 19631182 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Coordinated regulation of dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase-1 and cationic amino acid transporter-1 by farnesoid X receptor in mouse liver and kidney and its implication in the control of blood levels of asymmetric dimethylarginine.

Li J, Wilson A, Gao X, Kuruba R, Liu Y, Poloyac S, Pitt B, Xie W, Li S.

J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2009 Oct;331(1):234-43. Epub 2009 Jul 15.PMID: 19605523 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Mild hyperkalemia and outcomes in chronic heart failure: A propensity matched study.

Ahmed MI, Ekundayo OJ, Mujib M, Campbell RC, Sanders PW, Pitt B, Perry GJ, Bakris G, Aban I, Love TE, Aronow WS, Ahmed A.

Int J Cardiol. 2009 Jun 3. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19500863 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Multiple renin-angiotensin-aldosterone-blocking agents in heart failure: how much is too much?

Pitt B.

Curr Heart Fail Rep. 2009 Jun;6(2):112-6. Review.PMID: 19486595 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Learning about baby: what new mothers would like to know.

Barnes M, Pratt J, Finlayson K, Courtney M, Pitt B, Knight C.

J Perinat Educ. 2008 Summer;17(3):33-41.PMID: 19436413 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Loop diuretics in patients with heart failure: time to change to torsemide?

Pitt B, Nicklas J.

J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 2009 Jun;53(6):435-7. No abstract available. PMID: 19430308 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A history of systemic hypertension and incident heart failure hospitalization in patients with acute myocardial infarction and left ventricular systolic dysfunction.

Ahmed A, Pitt B.

Am J Cardiol. 2009 May 15;103(10):1374-80. Epub 2009 Apr 1.PMID: 19427431 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

RAAS inhibition/blockade in patients with cardiovascular disease: implications of recent large-scale randomised trials for clinical practice.

Pitt B.

Heart. 2009 Aug;95(15):1205-8. Epub 2009 Apr 27. No abstract available. PMID: 19401281 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Extracellular cardiac matrix biomarkers in patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by left ventricular dysfunction and heart failure: insights from the Eplerenone Post-Acute Myocardial Infarction Heart Failure Efficacy and Survival Study (EPHESUS) study.

Iraqi W, Rossignol P, Angioi M, Fay R, Nuée J, Ketelslegers JM, Vincent J, Pitt B, Zannad F.

Circulation. 2009 May 12;119(18):2471-9. Epub 2009 Apr 27.PMID: 19398668 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in patients with vascular disease.

Pitt B.

Eur Heart J. 2009 Jun;30(11):1307-9. Epub 2009 Apr 21. No abstract available. PMID: 19383733 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Transatlantic similarities and differences in major natural history endpoints of heart failure after acute myocardial infarction: A propensity-matched study of the EPHESUS trial.

Pitt B, Zannad F, Gheorghiade M, Martínez F, Love TE, Daniel C, Ahmed A.

Int J Cardiol. 2009 Apr 14. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19371959 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Molecular imaging for efficacy of pharmacologic intervention in myocardial remodeling.

van den Borne SW, Isobe S, Zandbergen HR, Li P, Petrov A, Wong ND, Fujimoto S, Fujimoto A, Lovhaug D, Smits JF, Daemen MJ, Blankesteijn WM, Reutelingsperger C, Zannad F, Narula N, Vannan MA, Pitt B, Hofstra L, Narula J.

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2009 Feb;2(2):187-98.PMID: 19356555 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The role of aldosterone blockade in end-stage renal disease.

Pitt B, Saran R.

Cardiology. 2009;114(1):30-1. Epub 2009 Apr 3. No abstract available. PMID: 19342856 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Mass-spectrometric analysis of hydroperoxy- and hydroxy-derivatives of cardiolipin and phosphatidylserine in cells and tissues induced by pro-apoptotic and pro-inflammatory stimuli.

Tyurin VA, Tyurina YY, Jung MY, Tungekar MA, Wasserloos KJ, Bayir H, Greenberger JS, Kochanek PM, Shvedova AA, Pitt B, Kagan VE.

J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2009 Sep 15;877(26):2863-72. Epub 2009 Mar 13.PMID: 19328050 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cytochrome c/cardiolipin relations in mitochondria: a kiss of death.

Kagan VE, Bayir HA, Belikova NA, Kapralov O, Tyurina YY, Tyurin VA, Jiang J, Stoyanovsky DA, Wipf P, Kochanek PM, Greenberger JS, Pitt B, Shvedova AA, Borisenko G.

Free Radic Biol Med. 2009 Jun 1;46(11):1439-53. Epub 2009 Mar 12. Review.PMID: 19285551 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Aldosterone blockade in patients with heart failure and a reduced left ventricular ejection fraction.

Pitt B.

Eur Heart J. 2009 Feb;30(4):387-8. Epub 2009 Feb 3. No abstract available. PMID: 19190013 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Oral potassium supplement use and outcomes in chronic heart failure: A propensity-matched study.

Ekundayo OJ, Adamopoulos C, Ahmed MI, Pitt B, Young JB, Fleg JL, Love TE, Sui X, Perry GJ, Siscovick DS, Bakris G, Ahmed A.

Int J Cardiol. 2009 Jan 8. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19135741 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Effectiveness of digoxin in reducing one-year mortality in chronic heart failure in the Digitalis Investigation Group trial.

Digitalis Investigation Group, Ahmed A, Waagstein F, Pitt B, White M, Zannad F, Young JB, Rahimtoola SH.

Am J Cardiol. 2009 Jan 1;103(1):82-7. Epub 2008 Oct 23.PMID: 19101235 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Nickel mobilizes intracellular zinc to induce metallothionein in human airway epithelial cells.

Nemec AA, Leikauf GD, Pitt BR, Wasserloos KJ, Barchowsky A.

Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2009 Jul;41(1):69-75. Epub 2008 Dec 18.PMID: 19097988 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Triglycerides and cardiovascular events in ACS: the need for combined lipid-altering therapies.

Rosenson RS, Pitt B.

Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2009 Feb;6(2):98-100. Epub 2008 Dec 17. No abstract available. PMID: 19079366 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Molecular imaging of interstitial alterations in remodeling myocardium after myocardial infarction.

van den Borne SW, Isobe S, Verjans JW, Petrov A, Lovhaug D, Li P, Zandbergen HR, Ni Y, Frederik P, Zhou J, Arbo B, Rogstad A, Cuthbertson A, Chettibi S, Reutelingsperger C, Blankesteijn WM, Smits JF, Daemen MJ, Zannad F, Vannan MA, Narula N, Pitt B, Hofstra L, Narula J.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Dec 9;52(24):2017-28.PMID: 19055994 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Benazepril plus amlodipine or hydrochlorothiazide for hypertension in high-risk patients.

Jamerson K, Weber MA, Bakris GL, Dahlöf B, Pitt B, Shi V, Hester A, Gupte J, Gatlin M, Velazquez EJ; ACCOMPLISH Trial Investigators.

N Engl J Med. 2008 Dec 4;359(23):2417-28.PMID: 19052124 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The diabetes subgroup baseline characteristics of the Avoiding Cardiovascular Events Through Combination Therapy in Patients Living With Systolic Hypertension (ACCOMPLISH) trial.

Bakris G, Hester A, Weber M, Dahlof B, Pitt B, Velasquez E, Staikos-Byrne L, Shi V, Jamerson K; ACCOMPLISH Investigators.

J Cardiometab Syndr. 2008 Fall;3(4):229-33.PMID: 19040592 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Serum potassium and clinical outcomes in the Eplerenone Post-Acute Myocardial Infarction Heart Failure Efficacy and Survival Study (EPHESUS).

Pitt B, Bakris G, Ruilope LM, DiCarlo L, Mukherjee R; EPHESUS Investigators.

Circulation. 2008 Oct 14;118(16):1643-50. Epub 2008 Sep 29.PMID: 18824643 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The measurement of plasma aldosterone in patients post-myocardial infarction.

Pitt B.

Eur Heart J. 2008 Oct;29(20):2451-2. Epub 2008 Sep 18. No abstract available. PMID: 18801919 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Cardiovascular protection for all individuals at high risk: evidence-based best practice.

Bakris G, Böhm M, Dagenais G, Diener HC, Fujita T, Gorelick P, Kjeldsen SE, Laakso M, Mancia G, Pitt B, Sharma A, Sleight P, Teo K, Unger T, Weber M, Williams B, Zannad F.

Clin Res Cardiol. 2008 Oct;97(10):713-25. Epub 2008 Aug 23. Review.PMID: 18726243 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Low serum magnesium and cardiovascular mortality in chronic heart failure: a propensity-matched study.

Adamopoulos C, Pitt B, Sui X, Love TE, Zannad F, Ahmed A.

Int J Cardiol. 2009 Aug 21;136(3):270-7. Epub 2008 Jul 30.PMID: 18672302 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Medical therapy versus percutaneous coronary interventions for patients with stable and unstable coronary artery disease.

Pitt B.

Curr Atheroscler Rep. 2008 Aug;10(4):288-94.PMID: 18606099 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Predictors of blood pressure response to intensified and fixed combination treatment of hypertension: the ACCOMPLISH study.

Kjeldsen SE, Jamerson KA, Bakris GL, Pitt B, Dahlöf B, Velazquez EJ, Gupte J, Staikos L, Hua TA, Shi V, Hester A, Tuomilehto J, Ostergren J, Ibsen H, Weber M; Avoiding Cardiovascular events through COMbination therapy in Patients LIving with Systolic Hypertension Investigators.

Blood Press. 2008;17(1):7-17.PMID: 18568687 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

History of hypertension and eplerenone in patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by heart failure.

Pitt B, Ahmed A, Love TE, Krum H, Nicolau J, Cardoso JS, Parkhomenko A, Aschermann M, Corbalán R, Solomon H, Shi H, Zannad F.

Hypertension. 2008 Aug;52(2):271-8. Epub 2008 Jun 16.PMID: 18559720 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Nitric-oxide-mediated zinc release contributes to hypoxic regulation of pulmonary vascular tone.

Bernal PJ, Leelavanichkul K, Bauer E, Cao R, Wilson A, Wasserloos KJ, Watkins SC, Pitt BR, St Croix CM.

Circ Res. 2008 Jun 20;102(12):1575-83. Epub 2008 May 15.PMID: 18483408 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effects of the oral direct renin inhibitor aliskiren in patients with symptomatic heart failure.

McMurray JJ, Pitt B, Latini R, Maggioni AP, Solomon SD, Keefe DL, Ford J, Verma A, Lewsey J; Aliskiren Observation of Heart Failure Treatment (ALOFT) Investigators.

Circ Heart Fail. 2008 May;1(1):17-24.PMID: 19808266 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Lipid levels after acute coronary syndromes.

Pitt B, Loscalzo J, Ycas J, Raichlen JS.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Apr 15;51(15):1440-5.PMID: 18402897 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Aldosterone blockade in patients with chronic heart failure.

Pitt B.

Cardiol Clin. 2008 Feb;26(1):15-21, v. Review.PMID: 18312902 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Neutrophil elastase is needed for neutrophil emigration into lungs in ventilator-induced lung injury.

Kaynar AM, Houghton AM, Lum EH, Pitt BR, Shapiro SD.

Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2008 Jul;39(1):53-60. Epub 2008 Feb 14.PMID: 18276796 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Heart failure as an endpoint in heart failure and non-heart failure cardiovascular clinical trials: the need for a consensus definition.

Zannad F, Stough WG, Pitt B, Cleland JG, Adams KF, Geller NL, Torp-Pedersen C, Kirwan BA, Follath F.

Eur Heart J. 2008 Feb;29(3):413-21.PMID: 18245122 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide concentrations > or = 100 ng/l increased risk of all-cause mortality.

Pitt B.

Evid Based Med. 2008 Feb;13(1):26. No abstract available. PMID: 18234934 [PubMed]Related articles

The relationship between anemia, change in hematocrit over time and change in health status in patients with heart failure after myocardial infarction.

Kosiborod M, Krumholz HM, Jones PG, Pitt B, Spertus JA.

J Card Fail. 2008 Feb;14(1):27-34.PMID: 18226770 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Epithelial expression of TIMP-1 does not alter sensitivity to bleomycin-induced lung injury in C57BL/6 mice.

Fattman CL, Gambelli F, Hoyle G, Pitt BR, Ortiz LA.

Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2008 Mar;294(3):L572-81. Epub 2008 Jan 4.PMID: 18178676 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Sequences in intron 51 of the von Willebrand factor gene target promoter activation to a subset of lung endothelial cells in transgenic mice.

Kleinschmidt AM, Nassiri M, Stitt MS, Wasserloos K, Watkins SC, Pitt BR, Jahroudi N.

J Biol Chem. 2008 Feb 1;283(5):2741-50. Epub 2007 Nov 28.PMID: 18048367 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

FXR-mediated regulation of eNOS expression in vascular endothelial cells.

Li J, Wilson A, Kuruba R, Zhang Q, Gao X, He F, Zhang LM, Pitt BR, Xie W, Li S.

Cardiovasc Res. 2008 Jan;77(1):169-77. Epub 2007 Sep 19.PMID: 18006476 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

FXR-mediated regulation of angiotensin type 2 receptor expression in vascular smooth muscle cells.

Zhang Q, He F, Kuruba R, Gao X, Wilson A, Li J, Billiar TR, Pitt BR, Xie W, Li S.

Cardiovasc Res. 2008 Feb 1;77(3):560-9. Epub 2007 Nov 13.PMID: 18006431 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article