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PubMed

• 48 citations
  Obesity paradox, cachexia, frailty, and heart failure.
  Carl J. Lavie, Alban De Schutter, Martin A. Alpert, Mandeep R. Mehra, Richard V. Milani
  Heart Failure Clinics. 2014-04-01
• 51 citations
  Ultrasound velocity criteria for renal in-stent restenosis.
  Yung-Wei Chi, Christopher J. White, Stanley N. Thornton, Richard V. Milani
  Journal of Vascular Surgery. 2009-07-01
• 442 citations
  Impact of obesity and the obesity paradox on prevalence and prognosis in heart failure
  Carl J. Lavie, Martin A. Alpert, Ross Arena, Mandeep R. Mehra, Richard V. Milani
  JACC. Heart Failure. 2013-04-01

Journal Articles

• Lipid Intervention in Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Beyond  
  Carl J Lavie, Richard V Milani, James H O'Keefe, International Journal of Cardiology
• Health Care 2020: Reengineering Health Care Delivery to Combat Chronic Disease  
  Milani, RV, Lavie CJ, Am J Med, 4/1/2015
• Left ventricular geometry and survival in patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction.  
  Milani RV, Lavie CJ, Mehra MR, Ventura HO, Kurtz J, Messerli FH, Am J Cardiol
• Cyclosporine-induced hypertension: evidence for maintained baroreflex circulatory control.  
  Lucini D, Milani RV, Ventura HO, Mehra MR, Messerli FH, Murgo JP, Malliani A, Pagani M, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
• The impact of achieving “perfect care” on cardiovascular outcomes in acute coronary syndrome.  
  Milani RV, Lavie CJ, Milani EL, J Am Coll Card
• Impact of cardiac rehabilitation on depression and its associated mortality.  
  Milani RV, Lavie CJ, Am J Med
• Behavioral and psychological factors predict successful completion of cardiac rehabilitation and exercise program.  
  Milani RV, Lavie CJ, Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
• Simplified hostility index predicts improvement in functional capacity following cardiac rehabilitation.  
  Milani RV, Littman AB, Lavie CJ, Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
• National Cholesterol Education Program's recommendations and implications of "missing" high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in cardiac rehabilitation programs.  
  Milani RV, Lavie CJ, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
• Factors predicting improvement in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol with cardiac rehabilitation and exercise programs.  
  Milani RV, Lavie CJ, Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
• Factors predicting reduction in triglyceride values following cardiac rehabilitation and exercise program.  
  Milani RV, Lavie CJ, Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
• High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) is the most important lipid risk factor in coronary patients.  
  Lavie CJ, Mailander L, Milani RV, Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
• Sustained-released niacin in patients with very low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C).  
  Mailander L, Lavie CJ, Milani RV, Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
• Importance of behavioral and psychological factors for predicting compliance and improvement in functional capacity in cardiac rehabilitation programs.  
  Milani RV, Lavie CJ, Southern Medical Journal
• Benefits of cardiac rehabilitation and exercise training in the elderly.  
  Lavie CJ, Milani RV, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
• Valvular pathology as assessed by Doppler echocardiography in patients with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis.  
  Stinebaugh J, Lavie CJ, Milani RV, Cassidy MM, Figueroa JE, Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
• Age and dialysis duration predict significant valvular heart disease in patients with end-stage renal disease.  
  Stinebaugh J, Lavie CJ, Milani RV, Cassidy MM, Figueroa JE, Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
• Factors predicting reduction in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) following cardiac rehabilitation and exercise training.  
  Lavie CJ, Milani RV, Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
• Obesity as a major coronary risk factor among cardiac rehabilitation patients.  
  Milani RV, Lavie CJ, Boykin JC, Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
• Gender differences in patients referred for cardiac rehabilitation and exercise training.  
  Lavie CJ, Milani RV, Boykin JC, Malbrough SJ, Santos MA, Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
• Failure of nonpharmacologic therapy to improve low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in hypertriglyceridemia.  
  Lavie CJ, Milani RV, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
• Do patients with high baseline functional capacity benefit from cardiac rehabilitation and exercise programs?  
  Lavie CJ, Milani RV, Boykin JC, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
• High hostility in married patients with acute coronary syndromes.  
  Banks BC, Lavie CJ, Milani RV, Clinical Research
• High-density lipoprotein cholesterol is the strongest lipid risk factor in elderly coronary patients.  
  Lavie CJ, Milani RM, Boykin JC, Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
• How much do obese patients benefit from cardiac rehabilitation and exercise training?  
  Milani RV, Lavie CJ, Boykin JC, Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
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Books/Book Chapters

• Hypertension and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in the Elderly. 
  Chapter: Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly Patient 
  Page 109 - 127Lavie CH, Milani RV, Mehra MR, Messerli FHMarcel Dekker, Inc, New YorkEdition 2nd,
• Cardiac rehabilitation in the aged patient. 
  Chapter: Cardiovascular Disease: Recognition and Management of the Octogenarian and Beyond 
  Page 227 - 236Lavie CJ, Milani RVEditors: Wenger NC.Martin Dunitz Publishers, London
• Obesity-risk factor, paradox, and impact of weight loss in cardiovascular diseases. 
  Chapter: Current Advances in Cardiovascular Risk 
  Artham SM, Lavie CJ, Milani RV, Ventura HO
• Impact of diet, nutrition and supplements on cardiovascular diseases. 
  Chapter: Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine Handbook 
  Artham SM, Lavie CJ, Milani RV, Uber PA, Mehra MR
• Nuts and seeds in cardiovascular health. 
  Chapter: Preventive Cardiology Essentials 
  Lee JH, Lavie CJ, O’Keefe JH, Milani RVEditors: O’Keefe JH and Lavie CJ.Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Sudbury, Massachusetts
• Nuts and seeds in cardiovascular health. 
  Chapter: Nuts and Seeds in Health and Disease Prevention 
  Page 75 - 82Lee JH, Lavie CJ, O’Keefe JH, Milani REditors: Preedy VR, Watson RR, Patel VB.Academic Press, Amsterdam
• Exercise training and cardiac rehabilitation in primary and secondary prevention of coronary heart disease. 
  Chapter: Cardiovascular Diseases: Diagnosis and Management: Compilation of Symposium on Cardiovascular Diseases 
  Page 22 - 32Lavie CJ, Thomas RJ, Squires RW, Allison TG, Milani RVEditors: Gerber TC, Asirvatham SJ, Lavie CJ, Oh JK.Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Mayo
• Obesity and heart failure: Too much of a good thing is bad? 
  Chapter: Clinical Challenges in Heart Failure 
  Page 155 - 166Lavie CJ, Milani RV, Ventura HOEditors: Mehra, MR.Clinical Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom
• Rehabilitation in the aged patient. 
  Chapter: Cardiovascular Disease: Recognition and Management of the Octogenarian and Beyond 
  Page 227 - 236Lavie CJ, Milani RVEditors: Wenger NC.Martin Duntz Publishers, London
• Cardiac Rehabilitation. 
  Chapter: Textbook of Cardiac Intensive Care 
  Page 329 - 335Lavie CJ, Milani RVEditors: Brown DC.W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia
• Exercise training in special populations: Obesity. 
  Chapter: Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Guide for the 21st Century 
  Page 151 - 154Lavie CJ, Milani RVEditors: Wenger NC, Smith K, Frohlicher E, and Composs P.Martin Dunitz Publishers, London
• Psychological adaptation to cardiovascular disease. 
  Chapter: Cardiovascular Diseases in the Elderly 
  Page 401 - 412Milani RV, Littman AB, Lavie CJEditors: Messerli FH.Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, MassachusettsEdition 3rd,
• Exercise training in special populations: Obesity. 
  Chapter: Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Guide for the 21st Century 
  Page 151 - 154Lavie CJ, Milani RVEditors: Wenger NC, Smith K, Frolicher E, Composs P.
• Cardiac rehabilitation and preventive cardiology in the elderly. 
  Chapter: Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly 
  Lavie CJ, Milani RVEditors: Friesenger GC.
• Exercise and Pharmacologic Stress Testing. 
  Chapter: Clinics Atlas of Office Procedures – Cardiovascular Disease 
  Page 377 - 391Vivekananthan K, Lavie CJ, Milani RVEditors: Lavie CJ and Lubin MF.W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia
• Impact of cardiac rehabilitation, exercise training and fitness on psychological distress. 
  Chapter: Psychological Factors and Cardiovascular Disorders: the Role of Stress and Psychosocial Influences 
  Page 312 - 329Lavie CJ, Milani RV, Lavie TEditors: Leo Sher.Nova Science Publishers, Inc
• Fish Oils. 
  Chapter: Cardiovascular Drug Therapy 
  Page 1608 - 1613Lavie CJ, Milani RVEditors: Messerli FH.W. B. Saunders Company, PhiladelphiaEdition 2nd,
• Nicotinic Acid. 
  Chapter: Cardiovascular Drug Therapy 
  Page 1061 - 1067Lavie CJ, Milani RVEditors: Messerli FH.W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia
• Antioxidants. 
  Chapter: Cardiovascular Drug Therapy 
  Milani RV, Lavie CJEditors: Messerli FH.W. B. Saunders Company, PhiladelphiaEdition 2nd,
• Gemfibrozil. 
  Chapter: Cardiovascular Drug Therapy 
  Page 1098 - 1101Milani RVEditors: Messerli FH.W. B. Saunders Company, PhildelphiaEdition 2nd,
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Abstracts/Posters

• Impact of changes in left ventricular geometry over time on all-cause mortality.
  Milani RV, Lavie CJ, Mehra MR, Ventura HO, Messerli FH, Circulation
• Evidence for increased cardiac and peripheral arterial vascular stiffening in heart transplantation independent of hypertension.
  Milani RV, Mehra MR, Lavie CJ, Ventura HO, Circulation
• Effects of aerobic exercise training on QT dispersion in patients with chronic heart failure.
  Milani RV, Ali A, Malik FS, Dinshaw H, Lavie CJ, Bass D, Circulation
• Clinical relevance of circulating TNF- in decompensated advanced heart failure.
  Milani RV, Mehra MR, Endres S, Eigler A, Cooper ES, Lavie CJ, Smart FW, Ventura HO, Circulation
• Ventilation/carbon dioxide production ratio in early exercise predicts poor functional capacity and prognosis in congestive heart failure.
  Milani RV, Mehra MR, Lavie CJ, Reddy TK, Ventura HO, Circulation
• Intermittent dobutamine therapy improves quality of life in patients awaiting heart transplantation.
  Milani RV, Ventura HO, Price HL, Grundtner S, Dumas D, Chest
• Sustained-release nifedipine in hypertension following cardiac transplantation.
  Pedone J, Ventura HO, Toups T, Van Meter C, Milani RV, Stapleton D, Price H, Murgo JP, Chest
• Factors predicting improvement in exercise capacity following cardiac rehabilitation and exercise program.
  Milani RV, Lavie CJ, Circulation
• Benefits of secondary coronary prevention in the elderly.
  Milani RV, Lavie CJ, Circulation
• Ultrasonic characteristics of maturing intravascular thrombi: in vivo analysis.
  Jain A, Paulsen DB, Milani RV, Circulation
• Marked benefit with niacin therapy in coronary patients with "isolated" very low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C).
  Lavie CJ, Mailander L, Milani RV, Circulation
• Hostility and depression indices predict functional improvement following cardiac rehabilitation.
  Milani RV, Lavie CJ, Littman AB, Clinical Research
• Quality of life is enhanced in elderly patients following cardiac rehabilitation.
  Milani RV, Lavie CJ, Boykin C, Speirer D, Robichaux R, Clinical Research
• Cardiac rehabilitation and exercise in coronary patients with "high-risk" hyperlipidemia.
  Milani RV, Lavie CJ, Chest
• Prevalence of valvular regurgitation post-cardiac transplantation.
  Rees AP, Milani RV, Lavie CJ, Ventura HO, Smart FW, Chest
• Gender differences in risk status in patients hospitalized with acute coronary syndromes.
  Banks BC, Milani RV, Lavie CJ, Chest
• Analysis of risk status in elderly and young inpatients with acute coronary syndromes.
  Banks BC, Lavie CJ, Milani RV, Chest
• Benefits of vigorous nonpharmacologic therapy in patients with "isolated" low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.
  Milani RV, Lavie CJ, Circulation
• Effects of lipid-lowering therapy on platelet activation In Vivo.
  Force T, Freeman M, Kielson L, Milani R, Curtis K, Leaf A, Weber P, Circulation
• Improvement in quality of life with intermittent inotropic therapy in patients awaiting heart transplantation.
  Milani RV, Venutra HO, Lavie CJ, Grundtner S, Dumas D, Price HL, American Society of Transplant Physicians
• Effects of cardiac transplantation on quality of life.
  Milani RV, Ventura HO, Lavie CJ, Smart FW, Stapleton DD, Dumas D, Grundtner S, Price HL, American Society of Transplant Physicians
• Cyclosporine-induced hypertension: Efficacy of n-3 fatty acids in patients following cardiac transplantation.
  Ventura HO, Milani RV, Smart FW, Stapleton DD, Toups T, Price HL, American Society of Transplant Physicians
• Benefits of vigorous nonpharmacologic therapy and drug treatment in coronary patients with "isolated" low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.
  Lavie CJ, Milani RV, Proceedings of 14th Interamerican Congress of Cardiology
• Factors predicting improvement in quality of life following outpatient cardiac rehabilitation and exercise training.
  Milani RV, Lavie CJ, Boykin JC, Speirer D, Robichaux R, Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
• Is echocardiography needed in treated hypertensives with normal electrocardiograms?
  Arcement L, Hebert K, Lavie CJ, Milani RV, Messerli FH, Hypertension
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Other

• Relationships between the T-peak to T-end interval, ventnricular tachyarrhythmia, and death in left ventricular systolic dysfunction. 
  Morin DP, Saad MN, Shams OF, Owen JS, Xue JQ, Abi-Samra FM, Khatib S, Nelson-Twakor OS, Milani RV, Europace
• Efficacy of n-3 fatty acids in patients with hypertension after cardiac transplantation. 
  Ventura HO, Milani RV, Smart FW, Stapleton DD, Toups T, Price HL, Circulation
• A controlled study of the effects of mental relaxation on autonomic excitatory responses in healthy subjects. 
  Lucini D, Covacci G, Milani RV, Mela GS, Malliani A, Pagani M, Psychosomatic Medicine
• Nutrition and the prevention of cardiovascular disease in the elderly. 
  Milani RV, Cardiology in the Elderly
• Use of an automated sedation assessment tool reduces complications in patients undergoing moderate sedation for transesophageal echocardiography. 
  Milani RV, Lavie CJ, Circulation
• Impact of body composition in coronary heart disease mortality – Is this an obesity or a lean paradox? 
  Lavie CJ, DeSchutter A, Patel D, Artham S, Milani RV, Mayo Clin Proc
• , autonomic function and cardiorespiratory fitness: Comments on Hughes, Casey, Doe, Glickman, Stein, Waechter, Josephson, Roseneck. Perceptual and Motor Skills 
  Lavie CJ, Milani RV
• Exercise training, cardiorespiratory fitness, and psychosocial stress. 
  Lavie CJ, Milani RV, Lavie TJ, Internet and Psychiatry
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• Use of body fatness cutoff points – Reply. 
  Lavie CJ, Milani RV, Ventura HO, DeSchutter A, Romero-Corral, A, Mayo Clin Proc
• Using apolipoprotein B to manage dyslipidemia. 
  Lavie CJ, Milani RV, O’Keefe JH, Mayo Clin Proc
• Omega-3 fatty acids and cardiovascular disease. 
  Lee JH, Prasad A, Jarreau TK, O’Keefe JH, Milani RV, Lavie CJ, Marine Science: Research & Development 2011
• Cardiac rehabilitation, exercise training cardiorespiratory fitness, and depression/anxiety. 
  Lavie CJ, Menezes AR, Milani RV, Internet and Psychiatry
• Relative importance of comorbid psychological symptoms in patients with depressive symptoms following phase II cardiac rehabilitation. 
  DeSchutter A, Lavie CJ, Milani RV, Postgrad Med
• Particular utility of cardiac rehabilitation in relation to age. 
  Lavie CJ, Milani RV, Arena RA, Curr Cardiovasc Risk Rep
• Medication errors in patients with severe chronic kidney disease and acute coronary syndrome: The impact of computer assisted decision support. 
  Milani RV, Oleck SA, Lavie CJ, Mayo Clin Proc
• Exercise training and cardiac rehabilitation in coronary heart disease. 
  Lavie CJ, Milani RV, Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases
• Combating the obesity paradox – Benefits and safety of purposeful weight loss in overweight and obese coronary patients. 
  Lavie CJ, Milani RV, Artham SM, Patel DA, Ventura HO
• Does inflammation influence cardiovascular risk factor modification. 
  Milani RV, Lavie CJ
• Disparate effects of left ventricular geometry and obesity on mortality in women with preserved systolic function – the “obesity paradox” in women. 
  Artham SM, Lavie CJ, Milani RV, Patel DA, Cardenas G, Ventura HO
• Disparate effects of left ventricular geometry and obesity on mortality in women with preserved systolic function – the “obesity paradox” in women. 
  Artham SM, Lavie CJ, Milani RV, Patel DA, Cardenas G, Ventura HO
• Vitamin D deficiency and cardiovascular diseases. 
  Lavie CJ, DiNicolantonio JJ, Milani RV, O’Keefe JH, Circ
• Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation and improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness: Implications regarding patient profitability. 
  Franklin BA, Lavie CJ, Squires RW, Milani RV, Mayo Clinic Proceedings
• Obesity paradox and the heart: Which indicator of obesity best describes this complex relationship? 
  DeSchutter A, Lavie CJ, Milani RV, Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care
• Statin wars: emphasis on potency vs event reduction and safety? 
  Lavie CJ, Milani RV, O’Keefe HO, Mayo Clin Proc
• The “obesity paradox” and discrepancy between peak oxygen consumption and heart failure prognosis – it is all in the fat. 
  Artham SM, Lavie CJ, Milani RV, Ventura HO, Congestive Heart Failure
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