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William Whang
Researcher at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Publications - 149
Citations - 4818
William Whang is an academic researcher from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Catheter ablation. The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 118 publications receiving 4174 citations. Previous affiliations of William Whang include Columbia University & NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital.
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Cost-effectiveness of Vaccination Against Pneumococcal Bacteremia Among Elderly People
Jane E. Sisk,Alan J. Moskowitz,William Whang,Jean D. Lin,David S. Fedson,David S. Fedson,Alexander M McBean,Joseph F. Plouffe,Martin S. Cetron,Jay C. Butler +9 more
TL;DR: Pneumococcal vaccination saves costs in the prevention of bacteremia alone and is greatly underused among the elderly population, on both health and economic grounds, and supports recent recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
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Depression and risk of sudden cardiac death and coronary heart disease in women: results from the Nurses' Health Study.
William Whang,Laura D. Kubzansky,Ichiro Kawachi,Kathryn M. Rexrode,Candyce H. Kroenke,Robert J. Glynn,Hasan Garan,Christine M. Albert +7 more
TL;DR: Depressive symptoms were associated with fatal CHD, and a measure of clinical depression including antidepressant use was specifically associated with SCD, in this cohort of women without baseline CHD.
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Don't worry, be happy: positive affect and reduced 10-year incident coronary heart disease: The Canadian Nova Scotia Health Survey
TL;DR: Increased positive affect was protective against 10-year incident heart disease in this large, population-based study, suggesting that preventive strategies may be enhanced not only by reducing depressive symptoms but also by increasing positive affect.
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Dietary α-Linolenic Acid Intake and Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death and Coronary Heart Disease
Christine M. Albert,Kyungwon Oh,William Whang,JoAnn E. Manson,Claudia U. Chae,Meir J. Stampfer,Walter C. Willett,Frank B. Hu +7 more
TL;DR: The specificity of the association between &agr;-linolenic acid and SCD supports the hypothesis that these n-3 fatty acids may have antiarrhythmic properties.
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Decision analysis of prophylactic mastectomy and oophorectomy in BRCA1-positive or BRCA2-positive patients.
TL;DR: Prophylactic surgery at a young age substantially improves survival, but unless genetic risk of cancer is high, provides no benefit for quality of life.