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    Selected Research Publications from Heart Institute Physicians

    1. Factors affecting study efficiency and item non-response in health surveys in developing countries: the Jamaica national healthy lifestyle survey. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2007 Feb 28;7:13. Wilks R, Younger N, Mullings J, Zohoori N, Figueroa P, Tulloch-Reid M, Ferguson T, Walters C, Bennett F, Forrester T, Ward E, Ashley D. 

    2. Death, cardiac dysfunction, and arrhythmias are increased by calmodulin kinase II in calcineurin cardiomyopathy.    Circulation. 2006 Sep 26;114(13):1352-9. Epub 2006 Sep 18.  Khoo MS, Li J, Singh MV, Yang Y, Kannankeril P, Wu Y, Grueter CE, Guan X, Oddis CV, Zhang R, Mendes L, Ni G, Madu EC, Yang J, Bass M, Gomez RJ, Wadzinski BE, Olson EN, Colbran RJ, Anderson ME.

    3. Tracheobronchial stenting for management of bronchopleural fistula: a novel solution to an old problem. West Indian Med J. 2006 Sep;55(4):288-90. Tulloch-Reid M, Pyne D, Baker T, Ebanks F, Sterman D.

    4. Prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus infection in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis at the National Chest Hospital in Jamaica.  Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2006 Jan;19(1):38-43. Akpaka PE, Tulloch-Reid M, Justiz-Vaillant A, Smikle MF.

    5. Prognostic Value of Atrial Fibrillation in Congestive Heart Failure Patients. Why do we need the Atrial Fibrillation and Congestive Heart Failure Trial. ISHNE Atrial Fibrillation World-Wide Internet Symposium. 2005 Oct 31. Aldo Furlan, Denis Roy

    6. Anodal right ventricular capture during left ventricular stimulation in CRT-implantable cardioverter defibrillators.  Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2005 Jul ;28:613-9 16008795 Bernard Thibault , Denis Roy , Peter G Guerra , Laurent Macle , Marc Dubuc , Pierre Gagné , Isabelle Greiss , Paul Novak , Aldo Furlani , Mario Talajic

    7. Calmodulin kinase II inhibition protects against structural heart disease. Nat Med. 2005 Apr;11(4):409-17. Epub 2005 Mar 27.  Zhang R, Khoo MS, Wu Y, Yang Y, Grueter CE, Ni G, Price EE Jr, Thiel W, Guatimosim S, Song LS, Madu EC, Shah AN, Vishnivetskaya TA, Atkinson JB, Gurevich VV, Salama G, Lederer WJ, Colbran RJ, Anderson ME.

    8. Periodontal disease and mortality in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2005 Jan;28(1):27-32.  Saremi A, Nelson RG, Tulloch-Reid M, Hanson RL, Sievers ML, Taylor GW, Shlossman M, Bennett PH, Genco R, Knowler WC.

    9.  Arterial stiffness and wave reflections in patients with sickle cell disease.  Hypertension. 2004 Dec;44(6):924-9. Epub 2004 Nov 8.  Lemogoum D, Van Bortel L, Najem B, Dzudie A, Teutcha C, Madu E, Leeman M, Degaute JP, van de Borne P.

    10. Hematocrit and the incidence of type 2 diabetes in the pima indians.  Diabetes Care. 2004 Sep;27(9):2245-6.  Tulloch-Reid MK, Hanson RL, Saremi A, Looker HC, Williams DE, Krakoff J, Knowler WC.

    11. Both subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue correlate highly with insulin resistance in african americans.  Obes Res. 2004 Aug;12(8):1352-9.   Tulloch-Reid MK, Hanson RL, Sebring NG, Reynolds JC, Premkumar A, Genovese DJ, Sumner AE.

    12. Alcohol consumption predicts hypertension but not diabetes.  Stud Alcohol. 2004 Mar;65(2):184-90.
      Saremi A, Hanson RL, Tulloch-Reid M, Williams DE, Knowler WC. 

    13. Temporal changes in ventricular function assessed echocardiographically in conscious and anesthetized mice.   Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2003 Nov;16(11):1150-7.  Rottman JN, Ni G, Khoo M, Wang Z, Zhang W, Anderson ME, Madu EC.

    14. Do measures of body fat distribution provide information on the risk of type 2 diabetes in addition to measures of general obesity? Comparison of anthropometric predictors of type 2 diabetes in Pima Indians. Diabetes Care. 2003 Sep;26(9):2556-61.  Tulloch-Reid MK, Williams DE, Looker HC, Hanson RL, Knowler WC.

    15.  Improving cardiovascular disease prevention and management in Africa: issues to consider for the 21st century.  Ethn Dis. 2003 Summer;13(2 Suppl 2):S71-6.  Madu EC, Richardson KD, Ozigbo OH, Baugh DS.

    16. Coffee consumption and the incidence of type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2003 Jul;26(7):2211-2.   Saremi A, Tulloch-Reid M, Knowler WC.

    17.  Signal-averaged P-wave analysis of normal controls and patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: a study in gender differences, age dependence, and reproducibility.  Clin Cardiol. 2002 Nov;25(11):525-31.
      Dhala A, Underwood D, Leman R, Madu E, Baugh D, Ozawa Y, Kasamaki Y, Xue Q, Reddy S; Multicenter PHi-Res Study.

    18. Sex differences in visceral adipose tissue volume among African Americans. Am J Clin Nutr. 2002 Nov;76(5):975-9. Sumner AE, Farmer NM, Tulloch-Reid MK, Sebring NG, Yanovski JA, Reynolds JC, Boston RC, Premkumar A.

    19.  Papillary muscle contribution to ventricular ejection in normal and hypertrophic ventricles: a transesophageal echocardiographic study.  Echocardiography. 2001 Nov;18(8):633-8.  Madu EC, Baugh DS, Johns C, D'Cruz IA. Related Articles, Links 

    20. Left ventricular papillary muscle morphology and function in left ventricular hypertrophy and left ventricular dysfunction.  Med Sci Monit. 2001 Nov-Dec;7(6):1212-8.  Madu EC, Baugh DS, D'Cruz IA, Johns C.

    21.  Effect of ethnicity and hypertension on atrial conduction: evaluation with high-resolution P-wave signal averaging. Clin Cardiol. 2001 Sep;24(9):597-602.  Madu EC, Baugh DS, Gbadebo TD, Dhala A, Cardoso S; Phi-Res Multi-Study Group.

    22.  Recurrent ischemia resulting from left internal mammary artery-to-pulmonary artery fistula.  Angiology. 2001 Mar;52(3):185-8.  Madu EC, Hanumanthu SK, Kim C, Prudoff A.

    23.  Transesophageal dobutamine stress echocardiography in the evaluation of myocardial ischemia in morbidly obese subjects.  Chest. 2000 Mar;117(3):657-61.  Madu EC.

    24.  Transesophageal echocardiographic spectrum of calcific mitral abnormalities in patients with end-stage renal disease.  Echocardiography. 2000 Jan;17(1):29-35.   Madu EC, D'Cruz IA, Wall B, Mansour N, Shearin S.

     

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