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Claudine Jurkovitz
Researcher at Christiana Care Health System
Publications - 87
Citations - 5054
Claudine Jurkovitz is an academic researcher from Christiana Care Health System. The author has contributed to research in topics: Kidney disease & Population. The author has an hindex of 31, co-authored 80 publications receiving 4697 citations. Previous affiliations of Claudine Jurkovitz include Beaumont Hospital & Emory University.
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Effect of PCI on Quality of Life in Patients with Stable Coronary Disease
William S. Weintraub,John A. Spertus,Paul Kolm,David J. Maron,Zefeng Zhang,Claudine Jurkovitz,Wei Zhang,Pamela M. Hartigan,Cheryl Lewis,Emir Veledar,James M. Bowen,Sandra B. Dunbar,Christi Deaton,Stanley E. Kaufman,Robert A. O'Rourke,Ron Goeree,Paul G. Barnett,Koon K. Teo,William E. Boden +18 more
TL;DR: Among patients with stable angina, both thosetreated with PCI and those treated with optimal medical therapy alone had marked improvements in health status during follow-up, and similar incremental benefits from PCI were seen in some but not all RAND-36 domains.
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Anemia and Renal Insufficiency Are Independent Risk Factors for Death among Patients with Congestive Heart Failure Admitted to Community Hospitals: A Population-Based Study
TL;DR: Both hematocrit and serum creatinine were independently associated with increased risk of death during follow-up after controlling for other patient risk factors.
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Chronic kidney disease, anemia, and incident stroke in a middle-aged, community-based population: the ARIC Study.
Jerome L. Abramson,Claudine Jurkovitz,Viola Vaccarino,William S. Weintraub,William M. McClellan +4 more
TL;DR: Among middle-aged, community-based persons, the combination of CKD and anemia was associated with a substantial increase in stroke risk, independent of other known risk factors for stroke.
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Coronary Stent Restenosis in Patients Treated With Cilostazol
John S. Douglas,David R. Holmes,Dean J. Kereiakes,Cindy L. Grines,Elizabeth Block,Ziyad M.B. Ghazzal,Douglas C. Morris,Henry A. Liberman,Karen M. Parker,Claudine Jurkovitz,Nancy Murrah,Jovonne K. Foster,Pamela Hyde,G.B. John Mancini,William S. Weintraub +14 more
TL;DR: Treatment with the drug cilostazol resulted in a significantly larger minimal luminal diameter and a significantly lower binary restenosis rate compared with placebo-treated patients, and favorable effects were apparent in patients at high risk for Restenosis.
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Dietary sodium and health: more than just blood pressure.
TL;DR: Pre-clinical and clinical data support that even in the absence of an increase in BP, excess dietary sodium can adversely affect target organs, including the blood vessels, heart, kidneys, and brain, and information and strategies for reducing dietary sodium are provided.