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Walker JE Jr, Brown TM, Hagood TL, Cassidy WM. Acute hepatitis E infection in a visitor to Louisiana. South Med J. 2005 Jul;98(7):721-2. doi: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000157559.93628.25. PubMed PMID: 16108241.
Velayudhan DE, Brown TM, Nanda NC, Patel V, Miller AP, Mehmood F, Rajdev S, Fang L, Frans EE, Vengala S, Madadi P, Yelamanchili P, Baysan O. Quantification of tricuspid regurgitation by live three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiographic measurements of vena contracta area. Echocardiography. 2006 Oct;23(9):793-800. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2006.00314.x. PubMed PMID: 16999702.
Brown T, Hollman J. B-type natriuretic peptide level in a patient with constrictive pericarditis. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2006 Dec;68(6):832-4. doi: 10.1002/ccd.20784. PubMed PMID: 17086538.
Brown TM, Bittner V. Management of stable patients with coronary heart disease: Clinical implications of the Clinical Outcomes Utilizing Revascularization and Aggressive Drug Evaluation (COURAGE) trial. J Clin Lipidol. 2007 Dec;1(6):564-74. doi: 10.1016/j.jacl.2007.10.009. Epub 2007 Oct 22. PubMed PMID: 21291698.
Brown TM, Vaidya D, Rogers WJ, Waters DD, Howard BV, Tardif JC, Bittner V. Does prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in women with coronary artery disease differ by the ATP III and IDF criteria?. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2008 Jun;17(5):841-7. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2007.0536. PubMed PMID: 18537485; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2942788.
Brown TM, Bittner V. Biomarkers of atherosclerosis: clinical applications. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2008 Nov;10(6):497-504. doi: 10.1007/s11886-008-0078-1. Review. PubMed PMID: 18950561; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2774886.
Brown TM, Sanderson BK, Bittner V. Drugs are not enough: the metabolic syndrome--a call for intensive therapeutic lifestyle change. J Cardiometab Syndr. 2009 Winter;4(1):20-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1559-4572.2008.00031.x. PubMed PMID: 19245512; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2774888.
Brown TM, Hernandez AF, Bittner V, Cannon CP, Ellrodt G, Liang L, Peterson ED, Piña IL, Safford MM, Fonarow GC. Predictors of cardiac rehabilitation referral in coronary artery disease patients: findings from the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines Program. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Aug 4;54(6):515-21. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.02.080. PubMed PMID: 19643312; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2760436.
Sanderson BK, Thompson J, Brown TM, Tucker MJ, Bittner V. Assessing patient recall of discharge instructions for acute myocardial infarction. J Healthc Qual. 2009 Nov-Dec;31(6):25-33; quiz 34. doi: 10.1111/j.1945-1474.2009.00052.x. PubMed PMID: 19957461.
Lloyd-Jones D, Adams RJ, Brown TM, Carnethon M, Dai S, De Simone G, Ferguson TB, Ford E, Furie K, Gillespie C, Go A, Greenlund K, Haase N, Hailpern S, Ho PM, Howard V, Kissela B, Kittner S, Lackland D, Lisabeth L, Marelli A, McDermott MM, Meigs J, Mozaffarian D, Mussolino M, Nichol G, Roger VL, Rosamond W, Sacco R, Sorlie P, Roger VL, Thom T, Wasserthiel-Smoller S, Wong ND, Wylie-Rosett J. Heart disease and stroke statistics--2010 update: a report from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2010 Feb 23;121(7):e46-e215. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.192667. Epub 2009 Dec 17. PubMed PMID: 20019324.
Brown TM, Voeks JH, Bittner V, Safford MM. Variations in prevalent cardiovascular disease and future risk by metabolic syndrome classification in the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study. Am Heart J. 2010 Mar;159(3):385-91. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.12.022. PubMed PMID: 20211299; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2841510.
Aijaz B, Brown TM, Sanderson BK, Bittner V. Exercise as a treatment for the risk of cardiovascular disease. Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med. 2010 Aug;12(4):329-41. doi: 10.1007/s11936-010-0078-5. PubMed PMID: 20842557.
Roger VL, Go AS, Lloyd-Jones DM, Adams RJ, Berry JD, Brown TM, Carnethon MR, Dai S, de Simone G, Ford ES, Fox CS, Fullerton HJ, Gillespie C, Greenlund KJ, Hailpern SM, Heit JA, Ho PM, Howard VJ, Kissela BM, Kittner SJ, Lackland DT, Lichtman JH, Lisabeth LD, Makuc DM, Marcus GM, Marelli A, Matchar DB, McDermott MM, Meigs JB, Moy CS, Mozaffarian D, Mussolino ME, Nichol G, Paynter NP, Rosamond WD, Sorlie PD, Stafford RS, Turan TN, Turner MB, Wong ND, Wylie-Rosett J. Heart disease and stroke statistics--2011 update: a report from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2011 Feb 1;123(4):e18-e209. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0b013e3182009701. Epub 2010 Dec 15. PubMed PMID: 21160056; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4418670.
Tanner RM, Baber U, Carson AP, Voeks J, Brown TM, Soliman EZ, Howard VJ, Muntner P. Association of the metabolic syndrome with atrial fibrillation among United States adults (from the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke [REGARDS] Study). Am J Cardiol. 2011 Jul 15;108(2):227-32. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.03.026. Epub 2011 Apr 29. PubMed PMID: 21530935; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3659169.
Brown TM, Parmar G, Durant RW, Halanych JH, Hovater M, Muntner P, Prineas RJ, Roth DL, Samdarshi TE, Safford MM. Health Professional Shortage Areas, insurance status, and cardiovascular disease prevention in the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2011 Nov;22(4):1179-89. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2011.0127. PubMed PMID: 22080702; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3586412.
Savage PD, Sanderson BK, Brown TM, Berra K, Ades PA. Clinical research in cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention: looking back and moving forward. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2011 Nov-Dec;31(6):333-41. doi: 10.1097/HCR.0b013e31822f0f79. Review. PubMed PMID: 21946418; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3219833.
Listerman J, Bittner V, Sanderson BK, Brown TM. Cardiac rehabilitation outcomes: impact of comorbidities and age. J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev. 2011 Nov-Dec;31(6):342-8. doi: 10.1097/HCR.0b013e31822f189c. PubMed PMID: 21946420; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3219817.
Sherwood M, Brown TM. The role of cardiac rehabilitation in heart failure patients. US Cardiology. 2012; 9:61-65.
Chang TI, Gao L, Brown TM, Safford MM, Judd SE, McClellan WM, Limdi NA, Muntner P, Winkelmayer WC. Use of secondary prevention medications among adults with reduced kidney function. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2012 Apr;7(4):604-11. doi: 10.2215/CJN.11441111. Epub 2012 Feb 16. PubMed PMID: 22344513; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3315345.
Tanner RM, Brown TM, Muntner P. Epidemiology of obesity, the metabolic syndrome, and chronic kidney disease. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2012 Apr;14(2):152-9. doi: 10.1007/s11906-012-0254-y. Review. PubMed PMID: 22318504.
Shuaib FM, Durant RW, Parmar G, Brown TM, Roth DL, Hovater M, Halanych JH, Shikany JM, Howard G, Safford MM. Awareness, treatment and control of hypertension, diabetes and hyperlipidemia and area-level mortality regions in the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2012 May;23(2):903-21. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2012.0045. PubMed PMID: 22643632; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3771503.
Brown TM. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and cardiovascular disease risk. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012 Jun;10(6):568-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2012.02.023. Epub 2012 Mar 2. PubMed PMID: 22387255.
Durant RW, Parmar G, Shuaib F, Le A, Brown TM, Roth DL, Hovater M, Halanych JH, Shikany JM, Prineas RJ, Samdarshi TJ, Safford MM. Awareness and management of chronic disease, insurance status, and health professional shortage areas in the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS): a cross-sectional study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2012 Jul 20;12:208. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-208. PubMed PMID: 22818296; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3571909.
Safford MM, Brown TM, Muntner PM, Durant RW, Glasser S, Halanych JH, Shikany JM, Prineas RJ, Samdarshi T, Bittner VA, Lewis CE, Gamboa C, Cushman M, Howard V, Howard G. Association of race and sex with risk of incident acute coronary heart disease events. JAMA. 2012 Nov 7;308(17):1768-74. doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.14306. PubMed PMID: 23117777; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3772637.
Levitan EB, Gamboa C, Safford MM, Rizk DV, Brown TM, Soliman EZ, Muntner P. Cardioprotective medication use and risk factor control among US adults with unrecognized myocardial infarction: the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study. Vasc Health Risk Manag. 2013;9:47-55. doi: 10.2147/VHRM.S40265. Epub 2013 Feb 5. PubMed PMID: 23404361; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3569379.
Safford MM, Parmar G, Barasch CS, Halanych JH, Glasser SP, Goff DC, Prineas RJ, Brown TM. Hospital laboratory reporting may be a barrier to detection of 'microsize' myocardial infarction in the US: an observational study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2013 May 1;13:162. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-162. PubMed PMID: 23635044; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3648433.
Muntner P, Levitan EB, Brown TM, Sharma P, Zhao H, Bittner V, Glasser S, Kilgore M, Yun H, Woolley JM, Farkouh ME, Rosenson RS. Trends in the prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of high low density lipoprotein-cholesterol among United States adults from 1999-2000 through 2009-2010. Am J Cardiol. 2013 Sep 1;112(5):664-70. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.04.041. Epub 2013 May 29. PubMed PMID: 23726177; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3769104.
Brown TM, Tanner RM, Carson AP, Yun H, Rosenson RS, Farkouh ME, Woolley JM, Thacker EL, Glasser SP, Safford MM, Muntner P. Awareness, treatment, and control of LDL cholesterol are lower among U.S. adults with undiagnosed diabetes versus diagnosed diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2013 Sep;36(9):2734-40. doi: 10.2337/dc12-2318. Epub 2013 May 1. PubMed PMID: 23637349; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3747886.
Glasser SP, Hovater M, Brown TM, Howard G, Safford MM. Aspirin as Primary Prevention of Acute Coronary Heart Disease Events. Br J Med Med Res. 2014;4(34):5357-5367. doi: 10.9734/BJMMR/2014/11212. PubMed PMID: 26413491; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4582790.
Brown TM, Voeks JH, Bittner V, Brenner DA, Cushman M, Goff DC Jr, Glasser S, Muntner P, Tabereaux PB, Safford MM. Achievement of optimal medical therapy goals for U.S. adults with coronary artery disease: results from the REGARDS Study (REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke). J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Apr 29;63(16):1626-33. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.12.042. Epub 2014 Feb 26. PubMed PMID: 24534599; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4201851.
Thacker EL, Muntner P, Zhao H, Safford MM, Curtis JR, Delzell E, Bittner V, Brown TM, Levitan EB. Claims-based algorithms for identifying Medicare beneficiaries at high estimated risk for coronary heart disease events: a cross-sectional study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2014 Apr 29;14:195. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-195. PubMed PMID: 24779477; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4101858.
Shendre A, Beasley TM, Brown TM, Hill CE, Arnett DK, Limdi NA. Influence of regular physical activity on warfarin dose and risk of hemorrhagic complications. Pharmacotherapy. 2014 Jun;34(6):545-54. doi: 10.1002/phar.1401. PubMed PMID: 25032265; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4109410.
Booth JN 3rd, Levitan EB, Brown TM, Farkouh ME, Safford MM, Muntner P. Effect of sustaining lifestyle modifications (nonsmoking, weight reduction, physical activity, and mediterranean diet) after healing of myocardial infarction, percutaneous intervention, or coronary bypass (from the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke Study). Am J Cardiol. 2014 Jun 15;113(12):1933-40. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2014.03.033. Epub 2014 Apr 1. PubMed PMID: 24793668; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4348576.
Suzuki T, Voeks J, Zakai NA, Jenny NS, Brown TM, Safford MM, LeWinter M, Howard G, Cushman M. Metabolic syndrome, C-reactive protein, and mortality in U.S. Blacks and Whites: the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study. Diabetes Care. 2014 Aug;37(8):2284-90. doi: 10.2337/dc13-2059. Epub 2014 May 30. PubMed PMID: 24879838; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4113170.
Carson AP, Tanner RM, Yun H, Glasser SP, Woolley JM, Thacker EL, Levitan EB, Farkouh ME, Rosenson RS, Brown TM, Howard G, Safford MM, Muntner P. Declines in coronary heart disease incidence and mortality among middle-aged adults with and without diabetes. Ann Epidemiol. 2014 Aug;24(8):581-7. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2014.05.007. Epub 2014 May 22. PubMed PMID: 24970491; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4135722.
Rosenson RS, Kent ST, Brown TM, Farkouh ME, Levitan EB, Yun H, Sharma P, Safford MM, Kilgore M, Muntner P, Bittner V. Underutilization of high-intensity statin therapy after hospitalization for coronary heart disease. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015 Jan 27;65(3):270-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.09.088. PubMed PMID: 25614424.
Yun H, Safford MM, Brown TM, Farkouh ME, Kent S, Sharma P, Kilgore M, Bittner V, Rosenson RS, Delzell E, Muntner P, Levitan EB. Statin use following hospitalization among Medicare beneficiaries with a secondary discharge diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. J Am Heart Assoc. 2015 Feb 9;4(2). doi: 10.1161/JAHA.114.001208. PubMed PMID: 25666367; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4345859.
Safford MM, Gamboa CM, Durant RW, Brown TM, Glasser SP, Shikany JM, Zweifler RM, Howard G, Muntner P. Race-sex differences in the management of hyperlipidemia: the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke study. Am J Prev Med. 2015 May;48(5):520-7. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2014.10.025. PubMed PMID: 25891050; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4422177.
Levitan EB, Olubowale OT, Gamboa CM, Rhodes JD, Brown TM, Muntner P, Deng L, Safford MM. Characteristics and prognosis of acute myocardial infarction by discharge diagnosis: the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke study. Ann Epidemiol. 2015 Jul;25(7):499-504.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2015.02.004. Epub 2015 Feb 12. PubMed PMID: 25770061; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4457626.
Limdi NA, Brown TM, Yan Q, Thigpen JL, Shendre A, Liu N, Hill CE, Arnett DK, Beasley TM. Race influences warfarin dose changes associated with genetic factors. Blood. 2015 Jul 23;126(4):539-45. doi: 10.1182/blood-2015-02-627042. Epub 2015 May 29. PubMed PMID: 26024874; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4513254.
Brown TM, Deng L, Becker DJ, Bittner V, Levitan EB, Rosenson RS, Safford MM, Muntner P. Trends in mortality and recurrent coronary heart disease events after an acute myocardial infarction among Medicare beneficiaries, 2001-2009. Am Heart J. 2015 Aug;170(2):249-55. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2015.04.027. Epub 2015 May 2. PubMed PMID: 26299221.
Shikany JM, Safford MM, Newby PK, Durant RW, Brown TM, Judd SE. Southern Dietary Pattern is Associated With Hazard of Acute Coronary Heart Disease in the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study. Circulation. 2015 Sep 1;132(9):804-14. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.014421. Epub 2015 Aug 10. PubMed PMID: 26260732; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4558233.
Brown TM. Power and sample size in clinical studies. J Nucl Cardiol. 2015 Dec;22(6):1314-5. doi: 10.1007/s12350-015-0288-z. Epub 2015 Sep 25. PubMed PMID: 26403146.
Shendre A, Brown TM, Liu N, Hill CE, Beasley TM, Nickerson DA, Limdi NA. Race-Specific Influence of CYP4F2 on Dose and Risk of Hemorrhage Among Warfarin Users. Pharmacotherapy. 2016 Mar;36(3):263-72. doi: 10.1002/phar.1717. Epub 2016 Mar 14. PubMed PMID: 26877068; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4803610.
Loop MS, Van Dyke MK, Chen L, Brown TM, Durant RW, Safford MM, Levitan EB. Comparison of Length of Stay, 30-Day Mortality, and 30-Day Readmission Rates in Medicare Patients With Heart Failure and With Reduced Versus Preserved Ejection Fraction. Am J Cardiol. 2016 Jul 1;118(1):79-85. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2016.04.015. Epub 2016 Apr 21. PubMed PMID: 27209126; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4912849.
Ather S, Shendre A, Beasley TM, Brown T, Hill CE, Prabhu SD, Limdi NA. Effect of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction on Response to Warfarin. Am J Cardiol. 2016 Jul 15;118(2):232-6. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2016.04.047. Epub 2016 May 5. PubMed PMID: 27241839; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4962063.
Mondesir FL, Brown TM, Muntner P, Durant RW, Carson AP, Safford MM, Levitan EB. Diabetes, diabetes severity, and coronary heart disease risk equivalence: REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS). Am Heart J. 2016 Nov;181:43-51. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2016.08.002. Epub 2016 Aug 12. PubMed PMID: 27823692; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5117821.
Prejean S, Brown TM. Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin 9 (PCSK9) inhibition in patients with or at high risk of coronary heart disease. US Cardiology Review. 2017; 11:16-17.
Deo R, Khodneva YA, Shlipak MG, Soliman EZ, Judd SE, McClellan WM, Brown TM, Rhodes JD, Gutiérrez OM, Shah SJ, Albert CM, Safford MM. Albuminuria, kidney function, and sudden cardiac death: Findings from The Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study. Heart Rhythm. 2017 Jan;14(1):65-71. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2016.08.004. Epub 2016 Aug 11. PubMed PMID: 27523775; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5256547.
Doppalapudi H, Barrios J, Cuellar J, Gannon M, Yamada T, Kumar V, Maddox WR, Plumb VJ, Brown TM, McElderry HT. Significant Discrepancy Between Estimated and Actual Longevity in St. Jude Medical Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2017 May;28(5):552-558. doi: 10.1111/jce.13178. Epub 2017 Mar 7. PubMed PMID: 28181727.
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