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Pantel S Vokonas, M.D.

TitleLecturer on Medicine
InstitutionVeterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System
DepartmentMedicine
AddressBoston Va Med Ctr-W Roxbury
Medical Service (111)
1400 VFW Pkwy
West Roxbury MA 02132
Phone857/203-5111
Fax857/203-5549

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  1. Lange NE, Sordillo J, Tarantini L, Bollati V, Sparrow D, Vokonas P, Zanobetti A, Schwartz J, Baccarelli A, Litonjua AA, Demeo DL. Alu and LINE-1 methylation and lung function in the normative ageing study. BMJ Open. 2012; 2(5).
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  2. Lambrou A, Baccarelli A, Wright RO, Weisskopf M, Bollati V, Amarasiriwardena C, Vokonas P, Schwartz J. Arsenic exposure and DNA methylation among elderly men. Epidemiology. 2012 Sep; 23(5):668-76.
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  3. Lange NE, Sparrow D, Vokonas P, Litonjua AA. Vitamin D deficiency, smoking, and lung function in the Normative Aging Study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2012 Oct 1; 186(7):616-21.
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  4. Madrigano J, Baccarelli A, Mittleman MA, Sparrow D, Spiro A, Vokonas PS, Cantone L, Kubzansky L, Schwartz J. Air pollution and DNA methylation: interaction by psychological factors in the VA Normative Aging Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2012 Aug 1; 176(3):224-32.
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  5. Wernimont SM, Clark AG, Stover PJ, Wells MT, Litonjua AA, Weiss ST, Gaziano JM, Vokonas PS, Tucker KL, Cassano PA. Folate network genetic variation predicts cardiovascular disease risk in non-Hispanic white males. J Nutr. 2012 Jul; 142(7):1272-9.
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  6. Rahilly-Tierney C, Vokonas P, Gaziano JM, Spiro A. Lifestyle change and high-density lipoprotein change: the US Department of Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study. Clin Cardiol. 2012; 35(7):437-42.
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  7. Schwartz J, Alexeeff SE, Mordukhovich I, Gryparis A, Vokonas P, Suh H, Coull BA. Association between long-term exposure to traffic particles and blood pressure in the Veterans Administration Normative Aging Study. Occup Environ Med. 2012 Jun; 69(6):422-7.
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  8. Bind MA, Baccarelli A, Zanobetti A, Tarantini L, Suh H, Vokonas P, Schwartz J. Air pollution and markers of coagulation, inflammation, and endothelial function: associations and epigene-environment interactions in an elderly cohort. Epidemiology. 2012 Mar; 23(2):332-40.
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  9. Lepeule J, Baccarelli A, Motta V, Cantone L, Litonjua AA, Sparrow D, Vokonas PS, Schwartz J. Gene promoter methylation is associated with lung function in the elderly: the Normative Aging Study. Epigenetics. 2012 Mar; 7(3):261-9.
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  10. Fang SC, Mehta AJ, Alexeeff SE, Gryparis A, Coull B, Vokonas P, Christiani DC, Schwartz J. Residential black carbon exposure and circulating markers of systemic inflammation in elderly males: the normative aging study. Environ Health Perspect. 2012 May; 120(5):674-80.
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  11. Madrigano J, Baccarelli A, Mittleman MA, Sparrow D, Vokonas PS, Tarantini L, Schwartz J. Aging and epigenetics: longitudinal changes in gene-specific DNA methylation. Epigenetics. 2012 Jan 1; 7(1):63-70.
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  12. Peters JL, Kubzansky LD, Ikeda A, Fang SC, Sparrow D, Weisskopf MG, Wright RO, Vokonas P, Hu H, Schwartz J. Lead concentrations in relation to multiple biomarkers of cardiovascular disease: the Normative Aging Study. Environ Health Perspect. 2012 Mar; 120(3):361-6.
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  13. Ikeda A, Schwartz J, Peters JL, Fang S, Spiro A, Sparrow D, Vokonas P, Kubzansky LD. Optimism in relation to inflammation and endothelial dysfunction in older men: the VA Normative Aging Study. Psychosom Med. 2011 Oct; 73(8):664-71.
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  14. Mordukhovich I, Wright RO, Hu H, Amarasiriwardena C, Baccarelli A, Litonjua A, Sparrow D, Vokonas P, Schwartz J. Associations of toenail arsenic, cadmium, mercury, manganese, and lead with blood pressure in the normative aging study. Environ Health Perspect. 2012 Jan; 120(1):98-104.
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  15. Wilker E, Korrick S, Nie LH, Sparrow D, Vokonas P, Coull B, Wright RO, Schwartz J, Hu H. Longitudinal changes in bone lead levels: the VA Normative Aging Study. J Occup Environ Med. 2011 Aug; 53(8):850-5.
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  16. Weuve J, Glymour MM, Hu H, Sparrow D, Spiro A, Vokonas PS, Litonjua AA. Forced expiratory volume in 1 second and cognitive aging in men. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011 Jul; 59(7):1283-92.
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  17. Wilker EH, Alexeeff SE, Suh H, Vokonas PS, Baccarelli A, Schwartz J. Ambient pollutants, polymorphisms associated with microRNA processing and adhesion molecules: the Normative Aging Study. Environ Health. 2011; 10:45.
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  18. Kubzansky LD, Park N, Peterson C, Vokonas P, Sparrow D. Healthy psychological functioning and incident coronary heart disease: the importance of self-regulation. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2011 Apr; 68(4):400-8.
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  19. Eum KD, Nie LH, Schwartz J, Vokonas PS, Sparrow D, Hu H, Weisskopf MG. Prospective cohort study of lead exposure and electrocardiographic conduction disturbances in the Department of Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study. Environ Health Perspect. 2011 Jul; 119(7):940-4.
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  20. Madrigano J, Baccarelli A, Mittleman MA, Wright RO, Sparrow D, Vokonas PS, Tarantini L, Schwartz J. Prolonged exposure to particulate pollution, genes associated with glutathione pathways, and DNA methylation in a cohort of older men. Environ Health Perspect. 2011 Jul; 119(7):977-82.
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  21. Ren C, O'Neill MS, Park SK, Sparrow D, Vokonas P, Schwartz J. Ambient temperature, air pollution, and heart rate variability in an aging population. Am J Epidemiol. 2011 May 1; 173(9):1013-21.
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  22. Alexeeff SE, Coull BA, Gryparis A, Suh H, Sparrow D, Vokonas PS, Schwartz J. Medium-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution and markers of inflammation and endothelial function. Environ Health Perspect. 2011 Apr; 119(4):481-6.
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  23. Rahilly-Tierney CR, Spiro A, Vokonas P, Gaziano JM. Relation between high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and survival to age 85 years in men (from the VA normative aging study). Am J Cardiol. 2011 Apr 15; 107(8):1173-7.
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  24. Zhu ZZ, Sparrow D, Hou L, Tarantini L, Bollati V, Litonjua AA, Zanobetti A, Vokonas P, Wright RO, Baccarelli A, Schwartz J. Repetitive element hypomethylation in blood leukocyte DNA and cancer incidence, prevalence, and mortality in elderly individuals: the Normative Aging Study. Cancer Causes Control. 2011 Mar; 22(3):437-47.
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  25. Halonen JI, Zanobetti A, Sparrow D, Vokonas PS, Schwartz J. Outdoor temperature is associated with serum HDL and LDL. Environ Res. 2011 Feb; 111(2):281-7.
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  26. Ren C, Vokonas PS, Suh H, Fang S, Christiani DC, Schwartz J. Effect modification of air pollution on Urinary 8-Hydroxy-2'-Deoxyguanosine by genotypes: an application of the multiple testing procedure to identify significant SNP interactions. Environ Health. 2010; 9:78.
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  27. Baccarelli A, Wright R, Bollati V, Litonjua A, Zanobetti A, Tarantini L, Sparrow D, Vokonas P, Schwartz J. Ischemic heart disease and stroke in relation to blood DNA methylation. Epidemiology. 2010 Nov; 21(6):819-28.
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  28. McCracken J, Baccarelli A, Hoxha M, Dioni L, Melly S, Coull B, Suh H, Vokonas P, Schwartz J. Annual ambient black carbon associated with shorter telomeres in elderly men: Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study. Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Nov; 118(11):1564-70.
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  29. Halonen JI, Zanobetti A, Sparrow D, Vokonas PS, Schwartz J. Relationship between outdoor temperature and blood pressure. Occup Environ Med. 2011 Apr; 68(4):296-301.
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  30. Zhu ZZ, Hou L, Bollati V, Tarantini L, Marinelli B, Cantone L, Yang AS, Vokonas P, Lissowska J, Fustinoni S, Pesatori AC, Bonzini M, Apostoli P, Costa G, Bertazzi PA, Chow WH, Schwartz J, Baccarelli A. Predictors of global methylation levels in blood DNA of healthy subjects: a combined analysis. Int J Epidemiol. 2012 Feb; 41(1):126-39.
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  31. Halonen JI, Zanobetti A, Sparrow D, Vokonas PS, Schwartz J. Associations between outdoor temperature and markers of inflammation: a cohort study. Environ Health. 2010; 9:42.
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  32. Park SK, Elmarsafawy S, Mukherjee B, Spiro A, Vokonas PS, Nie H, Weisskopf MG, Schwartz J, Hu H. Cumulative lead exposure and age-related hearing loss: the VA Normative Aging Study. Hear Res. 2010 Oct 1; 269(1-2):48-55.
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  33. Wilker EH, Baccarelli A, Suh H, Vokonas P, Wright RO, Schwartz J. Black carbon exposures, blood pressure, and interactions with single nucleotide polymorphisms in MicroRNA processing genes. Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Jul; 118(7):943-8.
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  34. Baja ES, Schwartz JD, Wellenius GA, Coull BA, Zanobetti A, Vokonas PS, Suh HH. Traffic-related air pollution and QT interval: modification by diabetes, obesity, and oxidative stress gene polymorphisms in the normative aging study. Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Jun; 118(6):840-6.
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  35. Ren C, Park SK, Vokonas PS, Sparrow D, Wilker E, Baccarelli A, Suh HH, Tucker KL, Wright RO, Schwartz J. Air pollution and homocysteine: more evidence that oxidative stress-related genes modify effects of particulate air pollution. Epidemiology. 2010 Mar; 21(2):198-206.
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  36. Wright RO, Schwartz J, Wright RJ, Bollati V, Tarantini L, Park SK, Hu H, Sparrow D, Vokonas P, Baccarelli A. Biomarkers of lead exposure and DNA methylation within retrotransposons. Environ Health Perspect. 2010 Jun; 118(6):790-5.
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  37. Ren C, Baccarelli A, Wilker E, Suh H, Sparrow D, Vokonas P, Wright R, Schwartz J. Lipid and endothelium-related genes, ambient particulate matter, and heart rate variability--the VA Normative Aging Study. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2010 Jan; 64(1):49-56.
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  38. Madrigano J, Baccarelli A, Wright RO, Suh H, Sparrow D, Vokonas PS, Schwartz J. Air pollution, obesity, genes and cellular adhesion molecules. Occup Environ Med. 2010 May; 67(5):312-7.
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  39. Jimenez M, Krall EA, Garcia RI, Vokonas PS, Dietrich T. Periodontitis and incidence of cerebrovascular disease in men. Ann Neurol. 2009 Oct; 66(4):505-12.
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  40. Weisskopf MG, Jain N, Nie H, Sparrow D, Vokonas P, Schwartz J, Hu H. A prospective study of bone lead concentration and death from all causes, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer in the Department of Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study. Circulation. 2009 Sep 22; 120(12):1056-64.
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  41. Mordukhovich I, Wright RO, Amarasiriwardena C, Baja E, Baccarelli A, Suh H, Sparrow D, Vokonas P, Schwartz J. Association between low-level environmental arsenic exposure and QT interval duration in a general population study. Am J Epidemiol. 2009 Sep 15; 170(6):739-46.
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  42. Mordukhovich I, Wilker E, Suh H, Wright R, Sparrow D, Vokonas PS, Schwartz J. Black carbon exposure, oxidative stress genes, and blood pressure in a repeated-measures study. Environ Health Perspect. 2009 Nov; 117(11):1767-72.
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  43. Wilker EH, Alexeeff SE, Poon A, Litonjua AA, Sparrow D, Vokonas PS, Mittleman MA, Schwartz J. Candidate genes for respiratory disease associated with markers of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction in elderly men. Atherosclerosis. 2009 Oct; 206(2):480-5.
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  44. Wilker E, Mittleman MA, Litonjua AA, Poon A, Baccarelli A, Suh H, Wright RO, Sparrow D, Vokonas P, Schwartz J. Postural changes in blood pressure associated with interactions between candidate genes for chronic respiratory diseases and exposure to particulate matter. Environ Health Perspect. 2009 Jun; 117(6):935-40.
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  45. Park SK, Tucker KL, O'Neill MS, Sparrow D, Vokonas PS, Hu H, Schwartz J. Fruit, vegetable, and fish consumption and heart rate variability: the Veterans Administration Normative Aging Study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Mar; 89(3):778-86.
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  46. Baccarelli A, Wright RO, Bollati V, Tarantini L, Litonjua AA, Suh HH, Zanobetti A, Sparrow D, Vokonas PS, Schwartz J. Rapid DNA methylation changes after exposure to traffic particles. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2009 Apr 1; 179(7):572-8.
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  47. Bollati V, Schwartz J, Wright R, Litonjua A, Tarantini L, Suh H, Sparrow D, Vokonas P, Baccarelli A. Decline in genomic DNA methylation through aging in a cohort of elderly subjects. Mech Ageing Dev. 2009 Apr; 130(4):234-9.
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  48. Park SK, Hu H, Wright RO, Schwartz J, Cheng Y, Sparrow D, Vokonas PS, Weisskopf MG. Iron metabolism genes, low-level lead exposure, and QT interval. Environ Health Perspect. 2009 Jan; 117(1):80-5.
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  49. Alexeeff SE, Litonjua AA, Wright RO, Baccarelli A, Suh H, Sparrow D, Vokonas PS, Schwartz J. Ozone exposure, antioxidant genes, and lung function in an elderly cohort: VA normative aging study. Occup Environ Med. 2008 Nov; 65(11):736-42.
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  50. Park SK, O'Neill MS, Vokonas PS, Sparrow D, Spiro A, Tucker KL, Suh H, Hu H, Schwartz J. Traffic-related particles are associated with elevated homocysteine: the VA normative aging study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2008 Aug 1; 178(3):283-9.
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  51. Baccarelli A, Cassano PA, Litonjua A, Park SK, Suh H, Sparrow D, Vokonas P, Schwartz J. Cardiac autonomic dysfunction: effects from particulate air pollution and protection by dietary methyl nutrients and metabolic polymorphisms. Circulation. 2008 Apr 8; 117(14):1802-9.
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  52. Dietrich T, Jimenez M, Krall Kaye EA, Vokonas PS, Garcia RI. Age-dependent associations between chronic periodontitis/edentulism and risk of coronary heart disease. Circulation. 2008 Apr 1; 117(13):1668-74.
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  53. Park SK, O'Neill MS, Vokonas PS, Sparrow D, Wright RO, Coull B, Nie H, Hu H, Schwartz J. Air pollution and heart rate variability: effect modification by chronic lead exposure. Epidemiology. 2008 Jan; 19(1):111-20.
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  54. Chahine T, Baccarelli A, Litonjua A, Wright RO, Suh H, Gold DR, Sparrow D, Vokonas P, Schwartz J. Particulate air pollution, oxidative stress genes, and heart rate variability in an elderly cohort. Environ Health Perspect. 2007 Nov; 115(11):1617-22.
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  55. Alexeeff SE, Litonjua AA, Suh H, Sparrow D, Vokonas PS, Schwartz J. Ozone exposure and lung function: effect modified by obesity and airways hyperresponsiveness in the VA normative aging study. Chest. 2007 Dec; 132(6):1890-7.
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  56. Alexeeff SE, Litonjua AA, Sparrow D, Vokonas PS, Schwartz J. Statin use reduces decline in lung function: VA Normative Aging Study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2007 Oct 15; 176(8):742-7.
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  57. Park SK, O'Neill MS, Stunder BJ, Vokonas PS, Sparrow D, Koutrakis P, Schwartz J. Source location of air pollution and cardiac autonomic function: trajectory cluster analysis for exposure assessment. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2007 Aug; 17(5):488-97.
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  58. Jain NB, Potula V, Schwartz J, Vokonas PS, Sparrow D, Wright RO, Nie H, Hu H. Lead levels and ischemic heart disease in a prospective study of middle-aged and elderly men: the VA Normative Aging Study. Environ Health Perspect. 2007 Jun; 115(6):871-5.
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  59. Kubzansky LD, Koenen KC, Spiro A, Vokonas PS, Sparrow D. Prospective study of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and coronary heart disease in the Normative Aging Study. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2007 Jan; 64(1):109-16.
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  60. Park SK, O'Neill MS, Wright RO, Hu H, Vokonas PS, Sparrow D, Suh H, Schwartz J. HFE genotype, particulate air pollution, and heart rate variability: a gene-environment interaction. Circulation. 2006 Dec 19; 114(25):2798-805.
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  61. Park SK, Schwartz J, Weisskopf M, Sparrow D, Vokonas PS, Wright RO, Coull B, Nie H, Hu H. Low-level lead exposure, metabolic syndrome, and heart rate variability: the VA Normative Aging Study. Environ Health Perspect. 2006 Nov; 114(11):1718-24.
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  62. Perlstein TS, Gumieniak O, Williams GH, Sparrow D, Vokonas PS, Gaziano M, Weiss ST, Litonjua AA. Uric acid and the development of hypertension: the normative aging study. Hypertension. 2006 Dec; 48(6):1031-6.
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  63. Zeka A, Sullivan JR, Vokonas PS, Sparrow D, Schwartz J. Inflammatory markers and particulate air pollution: characterizing the pathway to disease. Int J Epidemiol. 2006 Oct; 35(5):1347-54.
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  64. Kubzansky LD, Cole SR, Kawachi I, Vokonas P, Sparrow D. Shared and unique contributions of anger, anxiety, and depression to coronary heart disease: a prospective study in the normative aging study. Ann Behav Med. 2006 Feb; 31(1):21-9.
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  65. Blinn CM, Dibbs ER, Hronowski LJ, Vokonas PS, Silbert JE. Fasting serum sulfate levels before and after development of osteoarthritis in participants of the veterans administration normative aging longitudinal study do not differ from levels in participants in whom osteoarthritis did not develop. Arthritis Rheum. 2005 Sep; 52(9):2808-13.
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  66. Schwartz J, Park SK, O'Neill MS, Vokonas PS, Sparrow D, Weiss S, Kelsey K. Glutathione-S-transferase M1, obesity, statins, and autonomic effects of particles: gene-by-drug-by-environment interaction. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2005 Dec 15; 172(12):1529-33.
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  67. Park SK, O'Neill MS, Vokonas PS, Sparrow D, Schwartz J. Effects of air pollution on heart rate variability: the VA normative aging study. Environ Health Perspect. 2005 Mar; 113(3):304-9.
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  68. Scott TE, Mendez MV, LaMorte WW, Cupples LA, Vokonas PS, Garcia RI, Menzoian JO. Are varicose veins a marker for susceptibility to coronary heart disease in men? Results from the Normative Aging Study. Ann Vasc Surg. 2004 Jul; 18(4):459-64.
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  69. Orford JL, Sesso HD, Stedman M, Gagnon D, Vokonas P, Gaziano JM. A comparison of the Framingham and European Society of Cardiology coronary heart disease risk prediction models in the normative aging study. Am Heart J. 2002 Jul; 144(1):95-100.
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  70. Garcia RI, Nunn ME, Vokonas PS. Epidemiologic associations between periodontal disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Ann Periodontol. 2001 Dec; 6(1):71-7.
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  71. Kubzansky LD, Sparrow D, Vokonas P, Kawachi I. Is the glass half empty or half full? A prospective study of optimism and coronary heart disease in the normative aging study. Psychosom Med. 2001 Nov-Dec; 63(6):910-6.
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  72. Lawrence HP, Garcia RI, Essick GK, Hawkins R, Krall EA, Spiro A, Vokonas PS, Kong L, King T, Koch GG. A longitudinal study of the association between tooth loss and age-related hearing loss. Spec Care Dentist. 2001 Jul-Aug; 21(4):129-40.
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  73. Grinker JA, Tucker KL, Vokonas PS, Rush D. Changes in patterns of fatness in adult men in relation to serum indices of cardiovascular risk: the Normative Aging Study. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2000 Oct; 24(10):1369-78.
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  74. Siegman AW, Kubzansky LD, Kawachi I, Boyle S, Vokonas PS, Sparrow D. A prospective study of dominance and coronary heart disease in the Normative Aging Study. Am J Cardiol. 2000 Jul 15; 86(2):145-9.
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  75. Nordstrom BL, Kinnunen T, Utman CH, Krall EA, Vokonas PS, Garvey AJ. Predictors of continued smoking over 25 years of follow-up in the normative aging study. Am J Public Health. 2000 Mar; 90(3):404-6.
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  76. Garvey AJ, Kinnunen T, Nordstrom BL, Utman CH, Doherty K, Rosner B, Vokonas PS. Effects of nicotine gum dose by level of nicotine dependence. Nicotine Tob Res. 2000 Feb; 2(1):53-63.
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  77. Sesso HD, Kawachi I, Vokonas PS, Sparrow D. Depression and the risk of coronary heart disease in the Normative Aging Study. Am J Cardiol. 1998 Oct 1; 82(7):851-6.
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  78. Cheng Y, Schwartz J, Vokonas PS, Weiss ST, Aro A, Hu H. Electrocardiographic conduction disturbances in association with low-level lead exposure (the Normative Aging Study). Am J Cardiol. 1998 Sep 1; 82(5):594-9.
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  79. Kawachi I, Sparrow D, Kubzansky LD, Spiro A, Vokonas PS, Weiss ST. Prospective study of a self-report type A scale and risk of coronary heart disease: test of the MMPI-2 type A scale. Circulation. 1998 Aug 4; 98(5):405-12.
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  80. Mendez MV, Scott T, LaMorte W, Vokonas P, Menzoian JO, Garcia R. An association between periodontal disease and peripheral vascular disease. Am J Surg. 1998 Aug; 176(2):153-7.
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  81. Garcia RI, Krall EA, Vokonas PS. Periodontal disease and mortality from all causes in the VA Dental Longitudinal Study. Ann Periodontol. 1998 Jul; 3(1):339-49.
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  82. Hayes C, Sparrow D, Cohen M, Vokonas PS, Garcia RI. The association between alveolar bone loss and pulmonary function: the VA Dental Longitudinal Study. Ann Periodontol. 1998 Jul; 3(1):257-61.
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  83. Kubzansky LD, Kawachi I, Spiro A, Weiss ST, Vokonas PS, Sparrow D. Is worrying bad for your heart? A prospective study of worry and coronary heart disease in the Normative Aging Study. Circulation. 1997 Feb 18; 95(4):818-24.
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  84. Kawachi I, Sparrow D, Spiro A, Vokonas P, Weiss ST. A prospective study of anger and coronary heart disease. The Normative Aging Study. Circulation. 1996 Nov 1; 94(9):2090-5.
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  85. Beck J, Garcia R, Heiss G, Vokonas PS, Offenbacher S. Periodontal disease and cardiovascular disease. J Periodontol. 1996 Oct; 67(10 Suppl):1123-37.
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  86. Grinker JA, Tucker K, Vokonas PS, Rush D. Overweight and leanness in adulthood: prospective study of male participants in the Normative Aging Study. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 1996 Jun; 20(6):561-9.
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  87. Ward KD, Sparrow D, Landsberg L, Young JB, Vokonas PS, Weiss ST. Influence of insulin, sympathetic nervous system activity, and obesity on blood pressure: the Normative Aging Study. J Hypertens. 1996 Mar; 14(3):301-8.
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  88. Vokonas PS, Kannel WB. Diabetes mellitus and coronary heart disease in the elderly. Clin Geriatr Med. 1996 Feb; 12(1):69-78.
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  89. Grinker JA, Tucker K, Vokonas PS, Rush D. Body habitus changes among adult males from the normative aging study: relations to aging, smoking history and alcohol intake. Obes Res. 1995 Sep; 3(5):435-46.
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  90. Lee J, Sparrow D, Vokonas PS, Landsberg L, Weiss ST. Uric acid and coronary heart disease risk: evidence for a role of uric acid in the obesity-insulin resistance syndrome. The Normative Aging Study. Am J Epidemiol. 1995 Aug 1; 142(3):288-94.
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  91. Garvey AJ, Ward KD, Bliss RE, Rosner B, Vokonas PS. Relation between saliva cotinine concentration, cigarette consumption, and blood pressure among smokers. Am J Cardiol. 1995 Jul 1; 76(1):95-7.
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  92. Kawachi I, Sparrow D, Vokonas PS, Weiss ST. Decreased heart rate variability in men with phobic anxiety (data from the Normative Aging Study). Am J Cardiol. 1995 May 1; 75(14):882-5.
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  93. Kawachi I, Sparrow D, Vokonas PS, Weiss ST. Symptoms of anxiety and risk of coronary heart disease. The Normative Aging Study. Circulation. 1994 Nov; 90(5):2225-9.
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  94. Ward KD, Sparrow D, Landsberg L, Young JB, Vokonas PS, Weiss ST. The relationship of epinephrine excretion to serum lipid levels: the Normative Aging Study. Metabolism. 1994 Apr; 43(4):509-13.
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  95. Ward KD, Sparrow D, Vokonas PS, Willett WC, Landsberg L, Weiss ST. The relationships of abdominal obesity, hyperinsulinemia and saturated fat intake to serum lipid levels: the Normative Aging Study. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 1994 Mar; 18(3):137-44.
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  96. Ward KD, Bliss RE, Vokonas PS, Garvey AJ. Effects of smoking cessation on blood pressure. Am J Cardiol. 1993 Oct 15; 72(12):979-81.
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  97. Parker DR, Weiss ST, Troisi R, Cassano PA, Vokonas PS, Landsberg L. Relationship of dietary saturated fatty acids and body habitus to serum insulin concentrations: the Normative Aging Study. Am J Clin Nutr. 1993 Aug; 58(2):129-36.
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  98. Fuster V, Dyken ML, Vokonas PS, Hennekens C. Aspirin as a therapeutic agent in cardiovascular disease. Special Writing Group. Circulation. 1993 Feb; 87(2):659-75.
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  99. Cassano PA, Rosner B, Vokonas PS, Weiss ST. Obesity and body fat distribution in relation to the incidence of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. A prospective cohort study of men in the normative aging study. Am J Epidemiol. 1992 Dec 15; 136(12):1474-86.
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  100. Jaffe AS, Deedwania PC, Higginson LA, Boden WE, Mehta JL, Ferlinz J, Walsh RA, Sullivan JM, Vokonas PS, Cabin H, et al. Diagnostic and therapeutic implications: exploration through case discussions. Am J Cardiol. 1992 Nov 16; 70(16):45F-48F.
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  101. de Labry LO, Glynn RJ, Levenson MR, Hermos JA, LoCastro JS, Vokonas PS. Alcohol consumption and mortality in an American male population: recovering the U-shaped curve--findings from the normative Aging Study. J Stud Alcohol. 1992 Jan; 53(1):25-32.
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  102. Kannel WB, Vokonas PS. Demographics of the prevalence, incidence, and management of coronary heart disease in the elderly and in women. Ann Epidemiol. 1992 Jan-Mar; 2(1-2):5-14.
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  103. Troisi RJ, Heinold JW, Vokonas PS, Weiss ST. Cigarette smoking, dietary intake, and physical activity: effects on body fat distribution--the Normative Aging Study. Am J Clin Nutr. 1991 May; 53(5):1104-11.
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  104. Epstein RS, Lydick E, deLabry L, Vokonas PS. Age-related differences in risk factors for prostatectomy for benign prostatic hyperplasia: the VA Normative Aging Study. Urology. 1991; 38(1 Suppl):9-12.
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  105. Cassano PA, Segal MR, Vokonas PS, Weiss ST. Body fat distribution, blood pressure, and hypertension. A prospective cohort study of men in the normative aging study. Ann Epidemiol. 1990 Oct; 1(1):33-48.
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  106. Troisi RJ, Weiss ST, Segal MR, Cassano PA, Vokonas PS, Landsberg L. The relationship of body fat distribution to blood pressure in normotensive men: the normative aging study. Int J Obes. 1990 Jun; 14(6):515-25.
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  107. Grinker J, Rush D, Vokonas P. Changing body habitus among healthy older men: the NAS Boston VA study of weight stability in healthy male volunteers aged 40-80 years. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 1990; 10 Suppl 1:S89-94.
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  108. de Labry LO, Campion EW, Glynn RJ, Vokonas PS. White blood cell count as a predictor of mortality: results over 18 years from the Normative Aging Study. J Clin Epidemiol. 1990; 43(2):153-7.
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  109. Vokonas PS, Kannel WB, Cupples LA. Epidemiology and risk of hypertension in the elderly: the Framingham Study. J Hypertens Suppl. 1988 Nov; 6(1):S3-9.
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  110. Sparrow D, Weiss ST, Vokonas PS, Cupples LA, Ekerdt DJ, Colton T. Forced vital capacity and the risk of hypertension. The Normative Aging Study. Am J Epidemiol. 1988 Apr; 127(4):734-41.
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  111. Bauer KA, Weiss LM, Sparrow D, Vokonas PS, Rosenberg RD. Aging-associated changes in indices of thrombin generation and protein C activation in humans. Normative Aging Study. J Clin Invest. 1987 Dec; 80(6):1527-34.
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  112. Kannel WB, Doyle JT, Shephard RJ, Stamler J, Vokonas PS. Prevention of cardiovascular disease in the elderly. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1987 Aug; 10(2 Suppl A):25A-28A.
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  113. Burgess AW, Lerner DJ, D'Agostino RB, Vokonas PS, Hartman CR, Gaccione P. A randomized control trial of cardiac rehabilitation. Soc Sci Med. 1987; 24(4):359-70.
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  114. Borkan GA, Sparrow D, Wisniewski C, Vokonas PS. Body weight and coronary disease risk: patterns of risk factor change associated with long-term weight change. The Normative Aging Study. Am J Epidemiol. 1986 Sep; 124(3):410-9.
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  115. Sparrow D, Rosner B, Vokonas PS, Weiss ST. Relation of blood pressure measured in several positions to the subsequent development of systemic hypertension. The Normative Aging Study. Am J Cardiol. 1986 Feb 1; 57(4):218-21.
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  116. Walle T, Byington RP, Furberg CD, McIntyre KM, Vokonas PS. Biologic determinants of propranolol disposition: results from 1308 patients in the Beta-Blocker Heart Attack Trial. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 1985 Nov; 38(5):509-18.
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  117. Hawkins CM, Richardson DW, Vokonas PS. Effect of propranolol in reducing mortality in older myocardial infarction patients. The Beta-Blocker Heart Attack Trial experience. Circulation. 1983 Jun; 67(6 Pt 2):I94-7.
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  118. Urschel CW, Vokonas PS, Henderson AH, Liedtke AJ, Horwitz LD, Sonnenblick EH. Critical evaluation of indices of myocardial contractility derived from the isovolumic phase of contraction. Cardiology. 1980; 65(1):4-22.
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  119. Hendel J, Apstein CS, Jabbour S, Vokonas PS, Hood WB. Noninvasive assessment of cardiac motion: comparison of the apexcardiogram and cardiokymorgram. Clin Cardiol. 1979 Oct; 2(5):333-40.
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  120. Vokonas PS, Pirzada FA, Robbins SL, Hood WB. Experimental myocardial infarction. XV. Segmental mechanical behavior and morphology of ischemic myocardium during hypothermia. Am J Physiol. 1978 Dec; 235(6):H736-44.
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  121. Vokonas PS, Malsky PM, Paul SJ, Robbins SL, Hood WB. Radioautographic studies in experimental myocardial infarction: profiles of ischemic blood flow and quantification of infarct size in relation to magnitude of ischemic zone. Am J Cardiol. 1978 Jul; 42(1):67-75.
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  122. Malsky PM, Vokonas PS, Paul SJ, Robbins SL, Hood WB. Autoradiographic measurement of regional blood flow in normal and ischemic myocardium. Am J Physiol. 1977 Jun; 232(6):H576-83.
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  123. Pirzada FA, Ekong EA, Vokonas PS, Apstein CS, Hood WB. Experimental myocardial infarction. XIII. Sequential changes in left ventricular pressure-length relationships in the acute phase. Circulation. 1976 Jun; 53(6):970-5.
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  124. Vokonas PS, Pirzada F, Hood WB. Experimental myocardial infarction: XII. Dynamic changes in segmental mechanical behavior of infarcted and non-infarcted myocardium. Am J Cardiol. 1976 May; 37(6):853-9.
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  125. Madias JE, Venkataraman K, Snyder LT, Vokonas PS, Hood WB. Experimental myocardial infarction. XI. Circulatory effects of hypoxia in intact conscious dogs with coronary occlusion. Am J Cardiol. 1974 Dec; 34(7):796-802.
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  126. Vokonas PS, Cohn PF, Klein MD, Laver MB, Gorlin R. Hemoglobin affinity for oxygen in the anginal syndrome with normal coronary arteriograms. J Clin Invest. 1974 Aug; 54(2):409-15.
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  127. Cohn PF, Gorlin R, Adams DF, Chahine RA, Vokonas PS, Herman MV. Comparison of biplane and single plane left ventriculograms in patients with coronary artery disease. Am J Cardiol. 1974 Jan; 33(1):1-6.
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  128. Vokonas PS, Gorlin R, Cohn PF, Herman MV, Sonnenblick EH. Dynamic geometry of the left ventricle in mitral regurgitation. Circulation. 1973 Oct; 48(4):786-96.
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  129. Kemp HG, Vokonas PS, Cohn PF, Gorlin R. The anginal syndrome associated with normal coronary arteriograms. Report of a six year experience. Am J Med. 1973 Jun; 54(6):735-42.
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  130. Williams RA, Cohn PF, Vokonas PS, Young E, Herman MV, Gorlin R. Electrocardiographic, arteriographic and ventriculographic correlations in transmural myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol. 1973 May; 31(5):595-9.
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  131. Cohn PF, Gorlin R, Vokonas PS, Williams RA, Herman MV. A quantitative clinical index for the diagnosis of symptomatic coronary-artery disease. N Engl J Med. 1972 Apr 27; 286(17):901-7.
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  132. Cohn PF, Vokonas PS, Most AS, Herman MV, Gorlin R. Diagnostic accuracy of two-step postexercise ECG. Results of 305 subjects studied by coronary arteriography. JAMA. 1972 Apr 24; 220(4):501-6.
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  133. Brooks H, Kirk ES, Vokonas PS, Urschel CW, Sonnenblick EH. Performance of the right ventricle under stress: relation to right coronary flow. J Clin Invest. 1971 Oct; 50(10):2176-83.
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  134. Wilkins DT, Helfant RH, Vokonas PS, Gorlin R. Coronary collateral circulation. N Engl J Med. 1971 Aug 5; 285(6):352-3.
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  135. Cohn PF, Vokonas PS, Williams RA, Herman MV, Gorlin R. Diastolic heart sounds and filling waves in coronary artery disease. Circulation. 1971 Aug; 44(2):196-202.
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  136. Helfant RH, Vokonas PS, Gorlin R. Functional importance of the human coronary collateral circulation. N Engl J Med. 1971 Jun 10; 284(23):1277-81.
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  137. Cohn PF, Vokonas PS, Herman MV, Gorlin R. Postexercise electrocardiogram in patients with abnormal resting electrocardiograms. Circulation. 1971 May; 43(5):648-54.
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  138. Young E, Levine HD, Vokonas PS, Kemp HG, Williams RA, Gorlin R. The frontal plane vectorcardiogram in old inferior myocardial infarcton. II. Mid-to-late QRS changes. Circulation. 1970 Dec; 42(6):1143-62.
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