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M A Creager

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Oparil S, Abate N, Chen E, Creager M, Galet V, Jia G, et al.
Curr Med Res Opin . 2008 Mar; 24(4):1101-14. PMID: 18328120
Objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of losartan +/- hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) versus placebo in obese patients with systolic and diastolic hypertension. Research Design And Methods:...
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Halperin F, Beckman J, Patti M, Trujillo M, Garvin M, Creager M, et al.
Diabetologia . 2005 Aug; 48(10):2147-54. PMID: 16091909
Aims/hypothesis: Adiponectin is an adipokine with insulin-sensitising and anti-atherogenic properties. We studied the role played by total adiponectin and by the bioactive high-molecular-weight (HMW) oligomeric complexes of adiponectin in vascular...
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Creager M
Rev Cardiovasc Med . 2003 Jan; 2(1):25-6. PMID: 12506940
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Garasic J, Creager M
Rev Cardiovasc Med . 2002 Nov; 2(3):120-5. PMID: 12439376
Patients with peripheral arterial disease frequently develop symptoms of claudication that interfere with ambulation and adversely affect quality of life, and some develop critical limb ischemia. Many of these patients...
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Creager M
Rev Cardiovasc Med . 2002 Nov; 2(4):211-4. PMID: 12439370
Takayasu arteritis is a severe inflammatory vascular disorder that can involve the thoracic or abdominal aorta and their branches as well as the pulmonary artery. It has a much higher...
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Cooper Jr L, Hiatt W, Creager M, Regensteiner J, Casscells W, Isner J, et al.
Vasc Med . 2002 Apr; 6(4):235-9. PMID: 11958389
Intermittent claudication is the most common symptom of peripheral arterial disease (PAD), in part due to an inadequate rise in limb blood flow with exercise. Claudication causes a severe impairment...
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Kinlay S, Creager M, Fukumoto M, Hikita H, Fang J, Selwyn A, et al.
Hypertension . 2001 Nov; 38(5):1049-53. PMID: 11711496
Arterial elasticity is determined by structural characteristics of the artery wall and by vascular smooth muscle tone. The identity of endogenous vasoactive substances that regulate elasticity has not been defined...
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Beckman J, Thakore A, Kalinowski B, Harris J, Creager M
J Am Coll Cardiol . 2001 Nov; 37(3):761-5. PMID: 11693749
Objectives: The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that external-beam radiation induces a chronic impairment of endothelium-dependent vasodilation. Background: Radiation therapy is used commonly in the treatment...
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Beckman J, Ganz J, Creager M, Ganz P, Kinlay S
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol . 2001 Oct; 21(10):1618-22. PMID: 11597935
Coronary artery calcification is increased in the presence of atherosclerosis. However, there is great variability in the calcification of individual coronary stenoses, and the clinical significance of this finding remains...
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Hirsch A, Criqui M, Regensteiner J, Creager M, Olin J, Krook S, et al.
JAMA . 2001 Sep; 286(11):1317-24. PMID: 11560536
Context: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a manifestation of systemic atherosclerosis that is common and is associated with an increased risk of death and ischemic events, yet may be underdiagnosed...