Submissions from 2016
Letter to Editor: "Ideal cardiovascular health metrics and risk of cardiovascular disease or mortality: A meta-analysis", Emir Veledar, Emeka Osondu, Adnan Younus, and Khurram Nasir
Long-Term Prognostic Utility of Coronary CT Angiography in Stable Patients With Diabetes Mellitus, Ricardo Cury
Married State Preceptorship Model: Crossing the State Line in New Graduate Nurse Transition to Practice, Solimar Figueroa, Jose Irizarry, and Tanya Cohn
Outcomes in laparoscopic cholecystectomy by single incision with SPIDER surgical system are comparable to conventional multiport technique: one surgeon's experience, Ernesto Escobar-Domingues, Pedro Emilio Garcia Quintero, Christian Hernandez-Murcia, and Juan-Carlos Verdeja
Association Between Life's Simple 7 and Noncardiovascular Disease: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, Oluseye Ogunmoroti, Emir Veledar, and Khurram Nasir
Analysis of the Final DENALI Trial Data: A Prospective, Multicenter Study of the Denali Inferior Vena Cava Filter, Alex Powell
Endovascular treatment of PICA aneurysms with a Low-profile Visualized Intraluminal Support (LVIS Jr) device, Guilherme Dabus
Impact of specific patterns on the sensitivity for follicular and Hurthle cell carcinoma in thyroid fine-needle aspiration, Andrew Renshaw and Edwin Gould
Low Levels of Acute Toxicity Associated With Proton Therapy for Low-Grade Glioma: A Proton Collaborative Group Study, Minesh Mehta
Nurse Perceptions and Safety Practices of the Carpuject Cartridge System, Andrea Prentiss, Alice Cockerel, and Eve Butler
Point-of-Care Testing of Troponin Levels Compared With Automated Laboratory Evaluation: A Reliability Study, Adacilis Ramirez Sardi, Julie Lamoureux, Tanya Cohn, and Shirley Phillip-Samuel
The Effectiveness of a Worksite Lifestyle Intervention Program on High-Risk Individuals as Potential Candidates for Bariatric Surgery: My Unlimited Potential (MyUP), Emeka Osondu, Ehimen Aneni, Sameer Shaharyar, Lara Roberson, Maribeth Rouseff, Sankalp Das, Adnan Younus, Henry Guzman, Doris Brown, Joann Santiago-Charles, Teresa Ochoa, Joseph Mora, Cynthia Gilliam, Virginia Lehn, Shoshana Sherriff, Thinh Tran, Anthony Gonzalez, Theodore Feldman, Arthur Agatston, and Khurram Nasir
The Influence of Statin Therapy on Restenosis in Patients Who Underwent Nitinol Stent Implantation for de Novo Femoropopliteal Artery Disease: Two-Year Follow-up at a Single Center, Wonho Kim, Ripal Gandhi, Constantino Pena, Raul Herrera, Melanie Schernthaner, and Barry Katzen
Widely metastatic atypical pituitary adenoma with mTOR pathway STK11(F298L) mutation treated with everolimus therapy, Yazmin Odia
Introduction: What Have We Learned Since the 2013 ACC/AHA Guidelines?, Khurram Nasir
Economic Impact of Moderate-Vigorous Physical Activity Among Those With and Without Established Cardiovascular Disease: 2012 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, Javier Valero-Elizondo, Joseph Salami, Emeka Osondu, Oluseye Ogunmoroti, Adnan Younus, Emir Veledar, and Khurram Nasir
An assessment of palliative care beliefs and knowledge: the healthcare provider's perspective, Yvonne Patten, Maria Ojeda, and Carolyn Lindgren
A comparative analysis of stroke in Haitian and non-Haitian populations of South Florida, Amy Starosciak and Josette Elysee
Better Patient Care At High-Quality Hospitals May Save Medicare Money And Bolster Episode-Based Payment Models, Michael Zinner
Caloric restriction coupled with radiation decreases metastatic burden in triple negative breast cancer, Minesh Mehta
Coronary Artery Disease - Reporting and Data System (CAD-RADS): An Expert Consensus Document of SCCT, ACR and NASCI: Endorsed by the ACC, Ricardo Cury and Arthur Agatston
Feasibility of robotic inguinal hernia repair, a single-institution experience, Ernesto Escobar-Domingues, Michael Gonzalez Ramos, Rupa Seetharamaiah, Charan Donkor, Jorge Rabaza, and Anthony Gonzalez
Rescue Thrombectomy in Large Vessel Occlusion Strokes Leads to Better Outcomes than Intravenous Thrombolysis Alone: A 'Real World' Applicability of the Recent Trials, Italo Linfante and Guilherme Dabus
Volumetric Single-Beat Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography: Relationship of Image Quality, Heart Rate, and Body Mass Index. Initial Patient Experience With a New Computed Tomography Scanner, Muhammad Latif, Frank Sanchez, Emir Veledar, Muhammad Aziz, Rehan Malik, Arthur Agatston, Juan Batlle, Warren Janowitz, Constantino Pena, Jack Ziffer, Khurram Nasir, and Ricardo Cury
Association between nonalcoholic hepatic steatosis and hyper reactive blood pressure response on the exercise treadmill test, Khurram Nasir
Clinical outcomes and toxicities of proton radiotherapy for gastrointestinal neoplasms: a systematic review, Minesh Mehta
Connectivity maps of different types of epileptogenic patterns, Alberto Pinzon Ardila and Sergio Gonzalez-Arias
Improving Reperfusion Therapies in the Era of Mechanical Thrombectomy, Italo Linfante
Management of Brain Metastasis in Patients With Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Carcinomas, Manmeet Ahluwalia
Omega-3 Fatty Acid Formulations in Cardiovascular Disease: Dietary Supplements are Not Substitutes for Prescription Products, Jonathan Fialkow
Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Treatment of Brain Metastases, Minesh Mehta
The Case For and Against a Coronary Artery Calcium Trial: Means, Motive, and Opportunity, Khurram Nasir
International Medical Graduates in Radiation Oncology: Historical Trends and Comparison With Other Medical Specialties, Minesh Mehta
Clinical ramifications of "genomic staging" of low-grade gliomas, Minesh Mehta
A multicenter study of initial experience with single-incision robotic cholecystectomies (SIRC) demonstrating a high success rate in 465 cases, Anthony Gonzalez, Christian Hernandez-Murcia, Rey Romero, Ernesto Escobar-Domingues, Garcia Quintero, Gail Walker, Michelle Gallas, Jorge Rabaza, and Don Parris
Compartment Syndrome in Children, Pooya Hosseinzadeh
Making a Difference for Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease by Advocating Together as One, James Benenati
Measuring Return on Investment for Professional Development Activities: Implications for Practice, Judy Bowling
Rationale and design of the Baptist Employee Healthy Heart Study: a randomized trial assessing the efficacy of the addition of an interactive, personalized, web-based, lifestyle intervention tool to an existing health information web platform in a high-risk employee population, Janisse Post, Shozab Ali, Lara Roberson, Ehimen Aneni, Adnan Younus, Omar Jamal, Rameez Ahmad, Muhammad Aziz, Rehan Malik, Theodore Feldman, Jonathan Fialkow, Emir Veledar, Ricardo Cury, Arthur Agatston, and Khurram Nasir
The normal and fractured physis: an anatomic and physiologic overview, Pooya Hosseinzadeh
Time consumed by microscopic and nonmicroscopic tasks in image-assisted gynecologic screening: Implications for workload assessment, Andrew Renshaw
Addressing Moral Distress in Critical Care Nurses, Rose Allen
A Propensity-Matched Study of the Association of Contrast Media Administration with Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in ICU patients, Lisa-Mae Williams
Bridging the Experience Gap: An ED Escalation Guide, Marcia Schram
Developing Graduate Nurses in the ICU: From Weakest Link to Competent Bedside Leaders, Othniel Aljoe
Effects of Ethnicity and Prior Depression on Hospital Course and Outcomes in First-Time Stroke Patients, Amy Starosciak
Establishing and Evaluating Nurses' Knowledge and Perceptions of the Effectiveness of an Inpatient STEMI Protocol, Katty Guevara
Exploring Nurses’ Feelings On Floating: A Phenomenological Study, Marie Paule Lafontant
Exploring Perceptions of Workplace Bullying in Nursing, Flora Benamor
Fall Management in a Mixed Neuroscience Unit: The Predictive Ability of the Morse Fall Scale, Bridget Webster
Fall Prevention Initiatives to Reduce the Number of Falls With or Without Injury on a Multi-Specialty Progressive Care Unit, Claire Croswell
Immediate Debriefing in Simulation: A Mobile Video Playback System, Tania Kalogeras
Impact of Nightly Earplugs on Medical/Surgical Patients’ Perceptions of Noise Level and Quality of Sleep, Diana Talania
Increasing RN Perceived Competency with Substance Use Patients, Regina Russell
Initiatives to Reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections, Hollie Gow
Nitroglycerin Administration Trim Project, Rosa Filomeno
Nurse Practitioner Group Visit Model: Improving Diabetic Outcomes for Afro-Caribbean Americans, Melissa Marballie
Nurses' Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Pain Study, Gwen Burley
Nursing Bedside Swallow Screen: How it Affects Outcome of Stroke Patients, Honoree Ceballos
Patient’s Ease of Use, Comfort, and Satisfaction with the Female Urinal, Adriel Rodriguez
Promoting a Healthy Work Environment in the Emergency Department, Becky Maya
Quality of Life of Patients with Diabetes, Clair Hefner
Sepsis Education for the Primary Nurse with Swift Intervention leads to Successful Outcomes, Sandy Jones
Strategies to Improve the Use of Electronic Prescription, Rosa Filomeno
Turn Teams, How Do You Prevent Unit Acquired Pressure Ulcers?, Evelyn Jonusas and Maria Kahn
Use of Low-Dose Ketamine for Pain Management in an Emergency Department, Joseph Ladd
Voluntary Incident and Near-Miss Reporting, Debra Stanger
Bleeding Risk Profile in Patients With Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease, Frederic Baumann, James Benenati, Barry Katzen, and Ian Del Conde-Pozzi
Determining End Points for Critical Limb Ischemia Interventions, Kyle Cooper, Constantino Pena, and James Benenati
Endovascular Access for Challenging Anatomies in Peripheral Vascular Interventions, Ripal Gandhi
Improving Outcomes Through Performance Improvement, Evidence-Based Practice, or Research: Choosing the Right Road, Eve Butler, Maria Ojeda, and Andrea Prentiss
Research Priorities in Submassive Pulmonary Embolism: Proceedings from a Multidisciplinary Research Consensus Panel, James Benenati
Training Guidelines for Endovascular Stroke Intervention: An International Multi-Society Consensus Document, Italo Linfante
Training guidelines for endovascular stroke intervention: an international multi-society consensus document, Italo Linfante
Yttrium-90 Radioembolization Mapping and Therapy: What to Do and What to Avoid, Ripal Gandhi
Incidence of hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile infection in patients at risk, Christine Ibarra, Jenny Martinez, and Heidi Clarke
Elevated gamma-glutamyl transferase is associated with subclinical inflammation independent of cardiometabolic risk factors in an asymptomatic population: a cross-sectional study, Shozab Ali, Ebenezer Oni, Emir Veledar, Theodore Feldman, Arthur Agatston, and Khurram Nasir
A Systematic Review of the Prevalence and Outcomes of Ideal Cardiovascular Health in US and Non-US Populations, Adnan Younus, Ehimen Aneni, Emeka Osondu, Lara Roberson, Oluseye Ogunmoroti, Rehan Malik, Shozab Ali, Muhammad Aziz, Theodore Feldman, Arthur Agatston, Emir Veledar, and Khurram Nasir
Blood Transfusion Practices in Patients Undergoing Total Joint Replacement: A Research Study, Ileana Bonfante
Comparative Effectiveness of Carotid Artery Stenting Versus Carotid Endarterectomy Among Medicare Beneficiaries, James Benenati