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Ralph B. D'Agostino

Researcher at Wake Forest University

Publications -  1336
Citations -  250792

Ralph B. D'Agostino is an academic researcher from Wake Forest University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Framingham Heart Study & Framingham Risk Score. The author has an hindex of 226, co-authored 1287 publications receiving 229636 citations. Previous affiliations of Ralph B. D'Agostino include VA Boston Healthcare System & University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.

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Missed diagnoses of acute myocardial infarction in the emergency department: Results from a multicenter study

Bruce D. McCarthy, +6 more
- 01 Mar 1993 - 
TL;DR: The rate of missed acute myocardial infarction in the emergency department was only 1.9%, but death or potentially lethal complications occurred in 25% of missed AMI patients, and another 25% might have been prevented had patients who were recognized to have ischemic heart disease by the physician in the ED been admitted.
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The relation of hearing in the elderly to the presence of cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular risk factors.

George A. Gates, +3 more
- 01 Feb 1993 - 
TL;DR: Low-frequency hearing was related to cardiovascular disease events in both genders but more in the women, and five groups of risk factors were studied: hypertension and blood pressure; diabetes, glucose intolerance, and blood glucose level; smoking status and number of pack-years of cigarettes; relative weight; and serum lipid levels.
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Stroke Risk Profile Predicts White Matter Hyperintensity Volume: The Framingham Study

Thomas Jeerakathil, +6 more
- 01 Aug 2004 - 
TL;DR: These findings provide strong evidence of a vascular basis for WMH, and FSRP and several cardiovascular risk factors were related to both WMHV measured continuously and to a categorical designation of large volumes of WMH.
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Estimación del riesgo coronario en España mediante la ecuación de Framingham calibrada

Jaume Marrugat, +11 more
- 01 Mar 2003 - 
TL;DR: The calibrated Framingham function may help to more accurately estimate the overall risk of CHD in the Spanish population for primary prevention purposes.
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Physical distancing interventions and incidence of coronavirus disease 2019: natural experiment in 149 countries.

Nazrul Islam, +8 more
- 15 Jul 2020 - 
TL;DR: Physical distancing interventions were associated with reductions in the incidence of covid-19 globally and might support policy decisions as countries prepare to impose or lift physical distancing measures in current or future epidemic waves.