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Barbara V. Howard
Researcher at MedStar Health
Publications - 622
Citations - 68693
Barbara V. Howard is an academic researcher from MedStar Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Diabetes mellitus. The author has an hindex of 112, co-authored 593 publications receiving 63071 citations. Previous affiliations of Barbara V. Howard include Memorial Hospital of South Bend & Georgetown University.
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Impact of Obesity on Cardiac Geometry and Function in a Population of Adolescents. The Strong Heart Study
Marcello Chinali,Marcello Chinali,Giovanni de Simone,Giovanni de Simone,Mary J. Roman,Elisa T. Lee,Lyle G. Best,Barbara V. Howard,Richard B. Devereux +8 more
TL;DR: While in OW adolescents increased levels of LV mass are appropriate to compensate their higher hemodynamic load, in OB increase in LV mass exceeds this need and is associated with mildly reduced LV myocardial performance and increased left atrial force to contribute to LV filling.
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Relations of Stroke Volume and Cardiac Output to Body Composition The Strong Heart Study
Tarquin Collis,Richard B. Devereux,Mary J. Roman,Giovanni de Simone,Jeun Liang Yeh,Barbara V. Howard,Richard R. Fabsitz,Thomas K. Welty +7 more
TL;DR: In a population-based sample, SV and CO are more strongly related to FFM than other variables; increased FFM may be the primary determinant of increased SV andCO in obesity.
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Association Between Exposure to Low to Moderate Arsenic Levels and Incident Cardiovascular Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study
Katherine A. Moon,Eliseo Guallar,Jason G. Umans,Richard B. Devereux,Lyle G. Best,Kevin A. Francesconi,Walter Goessler,Jonathan Pollak,Ellen K. Silbergeld,Barbara V. Howard,Ana Navas-Acien +10 more
TL;DR: Long-term exposure to low to moderate arsenic levels was associated with cardiovascular disease incidence and mortality and these associations varied by study region and were attenuated after further adjustment for diabetes, hypertension, and kidney disease measures.
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Relations of Left Ventricular Mass to Demographic and Hemodynamic Variables in American Indians The Strong Heart Study
Richard B. Devereux,Mary J. Roman,Giovanni de Simone,Michael J. O’Grady,Mary Paranicas,Jeunliang Yeh,Richard R. Fabsitz,Barbara V. Howard +7 more
TL;DR: Additional characterization of volume load and contractile efficiency improves hemodynamic prediction of LV mass, with a further increase in R(2) to .51 when demographic variables are also considered, however, nearly half of the ventricular mass variability remains unexplained.
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Risk of Cardiovascular Disease by Hysterectomy Status, With and Without Oophorectomy The Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study
Barbara V. Howard,Lewis H. Kuller,Robert Langer,JoAnn E. Manson,Catherine Allen,Annlouise R. Assaf,Barbara B. Cochrane,Joseph C. Larson,Norman L. Lasser,Monique Rainford,Linda Van Horn,Marcia L. Stefanick,Maurizio Trevisan +12 more
TL;DR: Multivariate models suggest that hysterectomy is not the major determinant of this outcome; rather, CVD risk may be due to the more adverse initial risk profile of women who had undergone hystEREctomy.