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Georgios D Kitsios
Researcher at University of Pittsburgh
Publications - 155
Citations - 3832
Georgios D Kitsios is an academic researcher from University of Pittsburgh. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 114 publications receiving 2888 citations. Previous affiliations of Georgios D Kitsios include Medical University of South Carolina & Lahey Hospital & Medical Center.
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Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring in the Management of Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors summarized evidence about the effectiveness of self-measured blood pressure (SMBP) monitoring in adults with hypertension and proposed a meta-analysis of 52 prospective comparative studies.
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Do observational studies using propensity score methods agree with randomized trials? A systematic comparison of studies on acute coronary syndromes
Issa J Dahabreh,Radley C. Sheldrick,Jessica K. Paulus,Jessica K. Paulus,Mei Chung,Vasileia Varvarigou,Haseeb Jafri,Jeremy A. Rassen,Jeremy A. Rassen,Thomas A Trikalinos,Georgios D Kitsios,Georgios D Kitsios +11 more
TL;DR: For the treatment of ACS, observational studies using PS methods produce treatment effect estimates that are of more extreme magnitude compared with those from RCTs, although the differences are rarely statistically significant.
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Risk Prediction Models for Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review
Navdeep Tangri,Georgios D Kitsios,Lesley A. Inker,John L. Griffith,David Naimark,Simon R. Walker,Claudio Rigatto,Katrin Uhlig,David M. Kent,Andrew S. Levey +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a systematic review of risk prediction models for kidney failure, cardiovascular events, and death in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) was conducted, and thirteen studies describing 23 models were found.
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Patent Foramen Ovale Closure and Medical Treatments for Secondary Stroke Prevention A Systematic Review of Observational and Randomized Evidence
TL;DR: Although further randomized trial data are needed to precisely determine the effects of closure on stroke recurrence, the results of CLOSURE I challenge the credibility of a substantial body of observational evidence strongly favoring mechanical closure over medical therapy.
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The vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque: scope of the literature.
TL;DR: The scope of recent literature on the concept of "vulnerable plaque" was reviewed by examining 463 abstracts of primary and review articles identified through MEDLINE (2003 to April 2010) and found no studies have been done that explicitly evaluate the treatment of vulnerable plaques.