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Rural-urban differences in the initiation of oral anticoagulant therapy in patients with incident atrial fibrillation: A Finnish nationwide cohort study
Aims Little is known about rural-urban differences in the treatment and outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). We aimed to …
Konsta Teppo, Jussi Jaakkola, Ville L. Langén, Fausto Biancari, Olli Halminen, Miika Linna, Jari Haukka, Jukka Putaala, Pirjo Mustonen, Janne Kinnunen, Alex Luojus, Juha Hartikainen, K. E.Juhani Airaksinen, Mika Lehto
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Home and office blood pressure measurements as determinants of kidney disease in the general population: The Finn-Home Study.
Sam Se Sivén, Ville L Langén, Pauli Puukka, Jouko Sundvall, Ilkka M Kantola, Antti M Jula, Teemu J Niiranen
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Electrocardiographic predictors of atrial fibrillation in nonhypertensive and hypertensive individuals
Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the predictive value of ECG abnormalities for atrial fibrillation in nonhypertensive …
Arttu O. Lehtonen, Ville L. Langén, Kimmo Porthan, Mika Kähönen, Markku S. Nieminen, Antti M. Jula, Teemu J. Niiranen
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Relation of blood pressure and organ damage: Comparison between feasible, noninvasive central hemodynamic measures and conventional brachial measures
Objective: The present cross-sectional study investigated whether central SBP and pulse pressure (PP) measured noninvasively with a …
Annika S. Lindroos, Ville L. Langén, Ilkka Kantola, Veikko Salomaa, Eeva P. Juhanoja, Sam S. Sivén, Pekka Jousilahti, Antti M. Jula, Teemu J. Niiranen
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Thyroid-stimulating hormone and risk of sudden cardiac death, total mortality and cardiovascular morbidity.
BACKGROUND Previous data on the association of thyroid function with total mortality, cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes and sudden …
Ville L. Langén, Teemu J. Niiranen, Pauli Puukka, Arttu O. Lehtonen, Jussi A. Hernesniemi, Jouko Sundvall, Veikko Salomaa, Antti M. Jula
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Incidence rates, correlates, and prognosis of electrocardiographic P-wave abnormalities – a nationwide population-based study
Background Scant data exist on incidence rates, correlates, and prognosis of electrocardiographic P-wave abnormalities in the general …
Arttu O. Lehtonen, Ville L. Langén, Pauli J. Puukka, Mika Kähönen, Markku S. Nieminen, Antti M. Jula, Teemu J. Niiranen
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Outcome-Driven Thresholds for Increased Home Blood Pressure Variability.
Increased blood pressure (BP) variability predicts cardiovascular disease, but lack of operational thresholds limits its use in …
Eeva P Juhanoja, Teemu J Niiranen, Jouni K Johansson, Pauli J Puukka, Lutgarde Thijs, Kei Asayama, Ville L Langén, Atsushi Hozawa, Lucas S Aparicio, Takayoshi Ohkubo, Ichiro Tsuji, Yutaka Imai, George S Stergiou, Antti M Jula, Jan a Staessen, International Database on Home Blood Pressure in Relation to Cardiovascular Outcome (IDHOCO) Investigators
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Home versus office blood pressure: longitudinal relations with left ventricular hypertrophy: the Finn-Home study.
OBJECTIVES Electrocardiographically assessed left-ventricular hypertrophy (ECG-LVH) is a particularly high-risk phenomenon that is a …
Sam S E Sivén, Teemu J. Niiranen, Ville L J Langén, Pauli J. Puukka, Ilkka M. Kantola, Antti M. Jula
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Association between thyroid-stimulating hormone and blood pressure in adults: an 11-year longitudinal study
BACKGROUND: The results of longitudinal studies on the association between thyroid function and blood pressure (BP) are divided. This …
Ville L. Langén, Teemu J. Niiranen, Pauli Puukka, Jouko Sundvall, Antti M. Jula
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