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• Urate predicts subsequent cardiac death in stroke survivors.

  AIMS: To test the hypothesis that urate predicts cardiac death after stroke independent of conventional risk factors of atherosclerosis, creatinine an…

  Authors: K Y K Wong, R S MacWalter, H W Fraser, I Crombie, S A Ogston, A D Struthers

  Source: European heart journal. 2002 May

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• Secondary prevention of stroke.

  Stroke is a common disorder and a leading cause of disability and death. Ischaemia is a more common cause than haemorrhage and radiological imaging is…

  Authors: R S MacWalter

  Source: Thrombosis and haemostasis. 1999 Sep

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• Serum nitrate and nitrite levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and osteoarthritis.

  OBJECTIVE: To assess and compare serum nitrate and nitrite levels in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and osteoar…

  Authors: Y Ersoy, E Ozerol, O Baysal, I Temel, R S MacWalter, U Meral, Z E Altay

  Source: Annals of the rheumatic diseases. 2002 Jan

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• Does motor imagery training improve hand function in chronic stroke patients? A pilot study.

  OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy of motor imagery training for arm function in chronic stroke patients. The relation between mental processes such as…

  Authors: H C Dijkerman, M Ietswaart, M Johnston, R S MacWalter

  Source: Clinical rehabilitation. 2004 Aug

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• Does a prolonged QT peak identify left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertension?

  BACKGROUND: Left ventricular hypertrophy is a powerful predictor of death. Hypertensive subjects with left ventricular hypertrophy can have increased …

  Authors: K Y K Wong, P O Lim, S Y S Wong, R S MacWalter, A D Struthers, T M MacDonald

  Source: International journal of cardiology. 2003 Jun

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• Cerebral Haemorrhage. Parenchymal intracranial haemorrhage.

  While there have been substantial improvements in the management of patients with cerebral infarction and there are likely to be further improvements …

  Authors: R S MacWalter, Y Ersoy, D R Wolfson

  Source: Gerontology. 2001 May-Jun

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• B-type natriuretic peptide identifies silent myocardial ischaemia in stroke survivors.

  OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) predicts reversible myocardial ischaemia in stroke survivors who do not have c…

  Authors: K Y K Wong, S McSwiggan, N S J Kennedy, R S MacWalter, A D Struthers

  Source: Heart (British Cardiac Society). 2006 Apr

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• Reversible hypertension following coeliac disease treatment: the role of moderate hyperhomocysteinaemia and vascular endothelial dysfunction.

  The vascular endothelium maintains a relatively vasodilated state via the release of nitric oxide (NO), a process that could be disrupted by hyperhomo…

  Authors: P O Lim, N Tzemos, C A J Farquharson, J E Anderson, P Deegan, R S MacWalter, A D Struthers, T M MacDonald

  Source: Journal of human hypertension. 2002 Jun

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• Spectrum of cardiac abnormalities associated with long QT in stroke survivors.

  OBJECTIVES: To find out what spectrum of cardiac abnormalities are found in those stroke survivors who can be deemed to be at high cardiac risk by the…

  Authors: K Y K Wong, S McSwiggan, N S J Kennedy, S Y S Wong, A Gavin, R S MacWalter, A D Struthers

  Source: Heart (British Cardiac Society). 2005 Oct

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• Effect of social deprivation on mortality and the duration of hospital stay after a stroke.

  BACKGROUND: We aim to assess whether social deprivation independently predicts case fatality after a stroke patient has been admitted to hospital, and…

  Authors: K Y K Wong, S Y S Wong, H W Fraser, Y Ersoy, S Ogston, D Wolfson, M Malek, A D Struthers, H Tunstall-Pedoe, R S MacWalter

  Source: Cerebrovascular diseases (Basel, Switzerland). 2006

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