Rebecca Vigen
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
26 Papers
31 Citations
Rebecca Vigen is an academic researcher from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 21 publications. Previous affiliations of Rebecca Vigen include University of Colorado Denver & Outcomes Research Consortium.
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Papers
Association of testosterone therapy with mortality, myocardial infarction, and stroke in men with low testosterone levels
Rebecca Vigen,Colin O'Donnell,Anna E. Barón,Gary K. Grunwald,Thomas M. Maddox,Steven M. Bradley,Al Barqawi,Glenn Woning,Margaret E. Wierman,Mary E. Plomondon,John S. Rumsfeld,P. Michael Ho +11 more
TL;DR: Among a cohort of men in the VA health care system who underwent coronary angiography and had a low serum testosterone level, the use of testosterone therapy was associated with increased risk of adverse outcomes, and these findings may inform the discussion about the potential risks ofosterone therapy.
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Aging of the United States population: impact on heart failure.
Rebecca Vigen,Thomas M. Maddox,Thomas M. Maddox,Thomas M. Maddox,Larry A. Allen,Larry A. Allen +5 more
TL;DR: The epidemiology of heart failure among older adults, the influence of an aging population on heart failure prevalence and phenotype, the complications in management for a larger and older heart failure population, and the potential implications of these changes for health care costs and delivery are reviewed.
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Data quality of an electronic health record tool to support VA cardiac catheterization laboratory quality improvement: The VA Clinical Assessment, Reporting, and Tracking System for Cath Labs (CART) program
James Brian Byrd,Rebecca Vigen,Rebecca Vigen,Mary E. Plomondon,Mary E. Plomondon,John S. Rumsfeld,John S. Rumsfeld,John S. Rumsfeld,Tamara L. Box,Tamara L. Box,Stephan D. Fihn,Thomas M. Maddox,Thomas M. Maddox,Thomas M. Maddox +13 more
TL;DR: Cardiac catheterization reports generated by the Department of Veterans Affairs' CART Program demonstrate excellent data validity, superior completeness, and a trend toward more timely availability to referring providers relative to cardiacCatheterization laboratory reports generated prior to Cart Program implementation.
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Value of Coronary Artery Calcium Scanning in Association With the Net Benefit of Aspirin in Primary Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease.
Ezimamaka Ajufo,Colby Ayers,Rebecca Vigen,Parag H. Joshi,Anand Rohatgi,James A. de Lemos,Amit Khera +6 more
TL;DR: Higher CAC is associated with both ASCVD and bleeding events, with a stronger association with ASCVD, and a high CAC score identifies individuals estimated to derive net benefit from primary prevention aspirin therapy from those who would not, but only in the setting of lower bleeding risk and estimated ASCVD risk that is not low.
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Association of Cardiorespiratory Fitness With Total, Cardiovascular, and Noncardiovascular Mortality Across 3 Decades of Follow-Up in Men and Women
TL;DR: Fitness is associated with mortality across short-, intermediate-, and long-term follow-up among individuals at highest short-term risk (ie, older age, abnormal exercise test), similar to traditional risk factors.
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