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Low- and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol goal attainment in dyslipidemic women: The Lipid Treatment Assessment Project (L-TAP) 2.

Santos RD, Waters DD, Tarasenko L, Messig M, Jukema JW, Ferrières J, Verdejo J, Chiang CW; L-TAP 2 Investigators.

Am Heart J. 2009 Nov;158(5):860-6.PMID: 19853709 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Early statin therapy in acute coronary syndromes: the successful cycle of evidence, guidelines, and implementation.

Waters DD, Ku I.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Oct 6;54(15):1434-7.PMID: 19796736 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A winter's tale: report from the First Annual Canadian Biomarkers and Surrogate Endpoints Symposium.

Heinonen T, Waters DD, Libby P, Tardif JC.

Can J Cardiol. 2009 Sep;25(9):527-32. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 19746243 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Plasma triglycerides and cardiovascular events in the Treating to New Targets and Incremental Decrease in End-Points through Aggressive Lipid Lowering trials of statins in patients with coronary artery disease.

Faergeman O, Holme I, Fayyad R, Bhatia S, Grundy SM, Kastelein JJ, LaRosa JC, Larsen ML, Lindahl C, Olsson AG, Tikkanen MJ, Waters DD, Pedersen TR; Steering Committees of IDEAL and TNT Trials.

Am J Cardiol. 2009 Aug 15;104(4):459-63. Epub 2009 Jun 24.PMID: 19660594 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Lipid treatment assessment project 2: a multinational survey to evaluate the proportion of patients achieving low-density lipoprotein cholesterol goals.

Waters DD, Brotons C, Chiang CW, Ferrières J, Foody J, Jukema JW, Santos RD, Verdejo J, Messig M, McPherson R, Seung KB, Tarasenko L; Lipid Treatment Assessment Project 2 Investigators.

Circulation. 2009 Jul 7;120(1):28-34. Epub 2009 Jun 22.PMID: 19546386 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Clinical insights from the Treating to New Targets trial.

Waters DD.

Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2009 May-Jun;51(6):487-502.PMID: 19410683 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effects of 1-H-indole-3-glyoxamide (A-002) on concentration of secretory phospholipase A2 (PLASMA study): a phase II double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial.

Rosenson RS, Hislop C, McConnell D, Elliott M, Stasiv Y, Wang N, Waters DD; PLASMA Investigators.

Lancet. 2009 Feb 21;373(9664):649-58. Erratum in: Lancet. 2009 May 9-2009 May15;373(9675):1606. PMID: 19231633 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparison of effectiveness of atorvastatin 10 mg versus 80 mg in reducing major cardiovascular events and repeat revascularization in patients with previous percutaneous coronary intervention (post hoc analysis of the Treating to New Targets [TNT] Study).

Johnson C, Waters DD, DeMicco DA, Breazna A, Bittner V, Greten H, Grundy SM, LaRosa JC.

Am J Cardiol. 2008 Nov 15;102(10):1312-7. Epub 2008 Sep 5.PMID: 18993147 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The Atorvastatin/Donepezil in Alzheimer's Disease Study (LEADe): design and baseline characteristics.

Jones RW, Kivipelto M, Feldman H, Sparks L, Doody R, Waters DD, Hey-Hadavi J, Breazna A, Schindler RJ, Ramos H; LEADe investigators.

Alzheimers Dement. 2008 Mar;4(2):145-53.PMID: 18631958 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Does prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in women with coronary artery disease differ by the ATP III and IDF criteria?

Brown TM, Vaidya D, Rogers WJ, Waters DD, Howard BV, Tardif JC, Bittner V.

J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2008 Jun;17(5):841-7.PMID: 18537485 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Racial differences of lipoprotein subclass distributions in postmenopausal women.

Vora AN, Ouyang P, Bittner V, Tardif JC, Waters DD, Vaidya D.

Ethn Dis. 2008 Spring;18(2):176-80.PMID: 18507270 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Intensive lipid-lowering with atorvastatin for secondary prevention in patients after coronary artery bypass surgery.

Shah SJ, Waters DD, Barter P, Kastelein JJ, Shepherd J, Wenger NK, DeMicco DA, Breazna A, LaRosa JC.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 May 20;51(20):1938-43.PMID: 18482661 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Preventing and treating stroke and transient ischemic attack.

DeFaria Yeh D, Waters DD.

Am J Cardiol. 2008 Jan 15;101(2):270-3. Epub 2007 Dec 3. No abstract available. PMID: 18178421 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Inflammation, statin therapy, and risk of stroke after an acute coronary syndrome in the MIRACL study.

Kinlay S, Schwartz GG, Olsson AG, Rifai N, Szarek M, Waters DD, Libby P, Ganz P; Myocardial Ischemia Reduction with Aggressive Cholesterol Lowering (MIRACL) Study Investigators.

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2008 Jan;28(1):142-7. Epub 2007 Nov 8.PMID: 17991875 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effects of torcetrapib in patients at high risk for coronary events.

Barter PJ, Caulfield M, Eriksson M, Grundy SM, Kastelein JJ, Komajda M, Lopez-Sendon J, Mosca L, Tardif JC, Waters DD, Shear CL, Revkin JH, Buhr KA, Fisher MR, Tall AR, Brewer B; ILLUMINATE Investigators.

N Engl J Med. 2007 Nov 22;357(21):2109-22. Epub 2007 Nov 5.PMID: 17984165 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Cardiac arrest in patients who smoke crack cocaine.

Hsue PY, McManus D, Selby V, Ren X, Pillutla P, Younes N, Goldschlager N, Waters DD.

Am J Cardiol. 2007 Mar 15;99(6):822-4. Epub 2007 Jan 30.PMID: 17350374 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effect of high-dose atorvastatin on hospitalizations for heart failure: subgroup analysis of the Treating to New Targets (TNT) study.

Khush KK, Waters DD, Bittner V, Deedwania PC, Kastelein JJ, Lewis SJ, Wenger NK.

Circulation. 2007 Feb 6;115(5):576-83. Epub 2007 Jan 29.PMID: 17261662 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The SPARCL study: extending the indications of statin therapy for stroke?

DeFaria Yeh D, Waters DD.

Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2007 Mar;4(3):128-9. Epub 2007 Jan 23. No abstract available. PMID: 17245322 [PubMed]Related articles

Statin therapy in acute coronary syndrome.

Friedewald VE, McPherson R, Roberts R, Roberts WC, Waters DD.

Am J Cardiol. 2007 Jan 15;99(2):213-21. Epub 2006 Nov 17. No abstract available. PMID: 17223421 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Increased carotid intima-media thickness in HIV patients is associated with increased cytomegalovirus-specific T-cell responses.

Hsue PY, Hunt PW, Sinclair E, Bredt B, Franklin A, Killian M, Hoh R, Martin JN, McCune JM, Waters DD, Deeks SG.

AIDS. 2006 Nov 28;20(18):2275-83.PMID: 17117013 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effects of high-dose atorvastatin on cerebrovascular events in patients with stable coronary disease in the TNT (treating to new targets) study.

Waters DD, LaRosa JC, Barter P, Fruchart JC, Gotto AM Jr, Carter R, Breazna A, Kastelein JJ, Grundy SM.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006 Nov 7;48(9):1793-9. Epub 2006 Oct 17.PMID: 17084252 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effects of statin therapy on the development and progression of heart failure: mechanisms and clinical trials.

Khush KK, Waters DD.

J Card Fail. 2006 Oct;12(8):664-74. Review.PMID: 17045188 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Reduction of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in patients with coronary heart disease and metabolic syndrome: analysis of the Treating to New Targets study.

Deedwania P, Barter P, Carmena R, Fruchart JC, Grundy SM, Haffner S, Kastelein JJ, LaRosa JC, Schachner H, Shepherd J, Waters DD; Treating to New Targets Investigators.

Lancet. 2006 Sep 9;368(9539):919-28.PMID: 16962881 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

What the statin trials have taught us.

Waters DD.

Am J Cardiol. 2006 Jul 1;98(1):129-34. Epub 2006 May 6.PMID: 16784935 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effect of ACAT inhibition on the progression of coronary atherosclerosis.

Nissen SE, Tuzcu EM, Brewer HB, Sipahi I, Nicholls SJ, Ganz P, Schoenhagen P, Waters DD, Pepine CJ, Crowe TD, Davidson MH, Deanfield JE, Wisniewski LM, Hanyok JJ, Kassalow LM; ACAT Intravascular Atherosclerosis Treatment Evaluation (ACTIVATE) Investigators.

N Engl J Med. 2006 Mar 23;354(12):1253-63. Erratum in: N Engl J Med. 2006 Aug 10;355(6):638. PMID: 16554527 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

What a cardiologist needs to know about patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection.

Hsue PY, Waters DD.

Circulation. 2005 Dec 20;112(25):3947-57. Review.PMID: 16365213 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Safety of high-dose atorvastatin therapy.

Waters DD.

Am J Cardiol. 2005 Sep 5;96(5A):69F-75F. Review.PMID: 16126026 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Usefulness of serum endothelin levels in predicting death and myocardial infarction but not coronary progression in postmenopausal women with coronary disease (from the Women's Angiographic Vitamin and Estrogen [WAVE] study).

Ruo B, Tripputi MT, Hsue PY, Saigo M, Ouyang P, Waters DD.

Am J Cardiol. 2005 Aug 1;96(3):335-8.PMID: 16054453 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Chlamydia pneumoniae and atherosclerosis: from Koch postulates to clinical trials.

Liu C, Waters DD.

Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2005 Jan-Feb;47(4):230-9. Review.PMID: 15991152 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Intensive lipid lowering with atorvastatin in patients with stable coronary disease.

LaRosa JC, Grundy SM, Waters DD, Shear C, Barter P, Fruchart JC, Gotto AM, Greten H, Kastelein JJ, Shepherd J, Wenger NK; Treating to New Targets (TNT) Investigators.

N Engl J Med. 2005 Apr 7;352(14):1425-35. Epub 2005 Mar 8.PMID: 15755765 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Hormone therapy and antioxidant vitamins do not improve endothelial vasodilator function in postmenopausal women with established coronary artery disease: a substudy of the Women's Angiographic Vitamin and Estrogen (WAVE) trial.

Kelemen M, Vaidya D, Waters DD, Howard BV, Cobb F, Younes N, Tripputti M, Ouyang P.

Atherosclerosis. 2005 Mar;179(1):193-200. Epub 2004 Dec 28.PMID: 15721027 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Soluble fibrin, C-reactive protein, fibrinogen, factor VII, antithrombin, proteins C and S, tissue factor, D-dimer, and prothrombin fragment 1 + 2 in men with acute myocardial infarction </=45 years of age.

Saigo M, Waters DD, Abe S, Biro S, Minagoe S, Maruyama I, Tei C.

Am J Cardiol. 2004 Dec 1;94(11):1410-3.PMID: 15566913 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Postmenopausal hormone therapy is associated with atherosclerosis progression in women with abnormal glucose tolerance.

Howard BV, Hsia J, Ouyang P, Van Voorhees L, Lindsay J, Silverman A, Alderman EL, Tripputi M, Waters DD.

Circulation. 2004 Jul 13;110(2):201-6. Epub 2004 Jun 28.PMID: 15226212 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Role of thrombotic and fibrinolytic factors in acute coronary syndromes.

Saigo M, Hsue PY, Waters DD.

Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2004 May-Jun;46(6):524-38. Review.PMID: 15224258 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Progression of atherosclerosis as assessed by carotid intima-media thickness in patients with HIV infection.

Hsue PY, Lo JC, Franklin A, Bolger AF, Martin JN, Deeks SG, Waters DD.

Circulation. 2004 Apr 6;109(13):1603-8. Epub 2004 Mar 15.PMID: 15023877 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Women's Ischemic Syndrome Evaluation: current status and future research directions: report of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute workshop: October 2-4, 2002 : Section 4: lessons from hormone replacement trials.

Waters DD, Gordon D, Rossouw JE, Cannon RO 3rd, Collins P, Herrington DM, Hsia J, Langer R, Mosca L, Ouyang P, Sopko G, Stefanick ML; National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; American College of Cardiology Foundation.

Circulation. 2004 Feb 17;109(6):e53-5. No abstract available. PMID: 14970126 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Women's Ischemic Syndrome Evaluation: current status and future research directions: report of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute workshop: October 2-4, 2002: executive summary.

Bairey Merz N, Bonow RO, Sopko G, Balaban RS, Cannon RO 3rd, Gordon D, Hand MM, Hayes SN, Lewis JF, Long T, Manolio TA, Maseri A, Nabel EG, Desvigne Nickens P, Pepine CJ, Redberg RF, Rossouw JE, Selker HP, Shaw LJ, Waters DD; National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; American College of Cardiology Foundation.

Circulation. 2004 Feb 17;109(6):805-7. No abstract available. PMID: 14970120 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Clinical features of acute coronary syndromes in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection.

Hsue PY, Giri K, Erickson S, MacGregor JS, Younes N, Shergill A, Waters DD.

Circulation. 2004 Jan 27;109(3):316-9. Epub 2004 Jan 12.PMID: 14718406 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Treating to New Targets (TNT) Study: does lowering low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels below currently recommended guidelines yield incremental clinical benefit?

Waters DD, Guyton JR, Herrington DM, McGowan MP, Wenger NK, Shear C; TNT Steering Committee Members and Investigators.

Am J Cardiol. 2004 Jan 15;93(2):154-8.PMID: 14715339 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Differences in medical care and disease outcomes among black and white women with heart disease.

Jha AK, Varosy PD, Kanaya AM, Hunninghake DB, Hlatky MA, Waters DD, Furberg CD, Shlipak MG.

Circulation. 2003 Sep 2;108(9):1089-94. Epub 2003 Aug 25.PMID: 12939228 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Implications of cigarette smoking for the management of patients with acute coronary syndromes.

Metz L, Waters DD.

Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2003 Jul-Aug;46(1):1-9. Review.PMID: 12920697 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Do statins confer early benefit after acute coronary syndromes? The results from FLORIDA.

Varosy PD, Waters DD.

Eur Heart J. 2002 Dec;23(24):1893-6. No abstract available. PMID: 12473249 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effects of hormone replacement therapy and antioxidant vitamin supplements on coronary atherosclerosis in postmenopausal women: a randomized controlled trial.

Waters DD, Alderman EL, Hsia J, Howard BV, Cobb FR, Rogers WJ, Ouyang P, Thompson P, Tardif JC, Higginson L, Bittner V, Steffes M, Gordon DJ, Proschan M, Younes N, Verter JI.

JAMA. 2002 Nov 20;288(19):2432-40.PMID: 12435256 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effects of atorvastatin on stroke in patients with unstable angina or non-Q-wave myocardial infarction: a Myocardial Ischemia Reduction with Aggressive Cholesterol Lowering (MIRACL) substudy.

Waters DD, Schwartz GG, Olsson AG, Zeiher A, Oliver MF, Ganz P, Ezekowitz M, Chaitman BR, Leslie SJ, Stern T; MIRACL Study Investigators.

Circulation. 2002 Sep 24;106(13):1690-5.PMID: 12270864 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Reassessment of National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel-III guidelines: one year later.

Ansell BJ, Waters DD; National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel-III Guidelines.

Am J Cardiol. 2002 Sep 1;90(5):524-5. No abstract available. PMID: 12208415 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparison of electrocardiographic-gated technetium-99m sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomographic imaging and rest-redistribution thallium-201 in the prediction of myocardial viability.

Duncan BH, Ahlberg AW, Levine MG, McGill CC, Mann A, White MP, Mather JF, Waters DD, Heller GV.

Am J Cardiol. 2000 Mar 15;85(6):680-4.PMID: 12000040 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Short- and medium-term outcome differences in women and men after primary percutaneous transluminal mechanical revascularization for acute myocardial infarction.

Azar RR, Waters DD, McKay RG, Giri S, Hirst JA, Mitchell JF, Fram DB, Kiernan FJ.

Am J Cardiol. 2000 Mar 15;85(6):675-9.PMID: 12000039 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Acute aortic dissection related to crack cocaine.

Hsue PY, Salinas CL, Bolger AF, Benowitz NL, Waters DD.

Circulation. 2002 Apr 2;105(13):1592-5.PMID: 11927528 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The effects of hydroxy-methyl-glutaryl co-enzyme A reductase inhibitors on platelet thrombus formation.

Thompson PD, Moyna NM, White CM, Weber KM, Giri S, Waters DD.

Atherosclerosis. 2002 Apr;161(2):301-6.PMID: 11888512 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Estrogen therapy for unstable angina: another bump for the bandwagon.

Waters DD.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2002 Jan 16;39(2):238-40. No abstract available. PMID: 11788213 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles