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Raymond R. Townsend

Researcher at University of Pennsylvania

Publications -  706
Citations -  47086

Raymond R. Townsend is an academic researcher from University of Pennsylvania. The author has contributed to research in topics: Blood pressure & Kidney disease. The author has an hindex of 84, co-authored 673 publications receiving 39096 citations. Previous affiliations of Raymond R. Townsend include University of Texas Medical Branch & University of California, San Francisco.

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Pulse pressure amplification as a predictor of cardiovascular risk.

TL;DR: It is concluded that measured PPA is an important cardiovascular risk marker, because it reflects the level of central systolic/pulse pressures for any given year.
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Use of renin-angiotensin system blockade in patients with renal artery stenosis.

TL;DR: In his work as a pathologist in the early 20th century, Harry Goldblatt recognized that patients with hypertension were exceptionally prone to renovascular sclerosis on autopsy.
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Differential effect of insulin on saturated and unsaturated fatty acids

TL;DR: Baseline postabsorptive plasma fatty acid concentrations were significantly correlated to insulin sensitivity (M value) as measured during the euglycemic clamp, and there were no significant differences between the more insulin-sensitive subjects when compared with theMore insulin-resistant subjects with respect to the relative decreases in saturated and unsaturated fatty acids during insulin infusion.
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Should All Patients Have Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Performed to Validate the Diagnosis of Hypertension

TL;DR: The preliminary draft of the USPSTF recommends that ABPM be the reference standard used to confirm the diagnosis of hypertension in all adults aside from those with secondary causes of hypertension and those in whom immediate initiation of drug therapy is indicated.