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Cosgrove JL, Bertolet M, Chase SL, Cosgrove GK. Epidural steroid injections in the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis efficacy and predictability of successful response. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2011 Dec;90(12):1050-5. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e31822dea76. PubMed PMID: 22019962.
Schwartz L, Bertolet M, Feit F, Fuentes F, Sako EY, Toosi MS, Davidson CJ, Ikeno F, King SB 3rd. Impact of completeness of revascularization on long-term cardiovascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: results from the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation 2 Diabetes (BARI 2D). Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2012 Apr;5(2):166-73. doi: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.111.963512. Epub 2012 Apr 10. PubMed PMID: 22496082.
Jacobs AK, Kushner FG, Ettinger SM, Guyton RA, Anderson JL, Ohman EM, Albert NM, Antman EM, Arnett DK, Bertolet M, Bhatt DL, Brindis RG, Creager MA, DeMets DL, Dickersin K, Fonarow GC, Gibbons RJ, Halperin JL, Hochman JS, Koster MA, Normand SL, Ortiz E, Peterson ED, Roach WH Jr, Sacco RL, Smith SC Jr, Stevenson WG, Tomaselli GF, Yancy CW, Zoghbi WA. ACCF/AHA clinical practice guideline methodology summit report: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. Circulation. 2013 Jan 15;127(2):268-310. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0b013e31827e8e5f. Epub 2012 Dec 10. PubMed PMID: 23230312.
Jacobs AK, Kushner FG, Ettinger SM, Guyton RA, Anderson JL, Ohman EM, Albert NM, Antman EM, Arnett DK, Bertolet M, Bhatt DL, Brindis RG, Creager MA, DeMets DL, Dickersin K, Fonarow GC, Gibbons RJ, Halperin JL, Hochman JS, Koster MA, Normand SL, Ortiz E, Peterson ED, Roach WH Jr, Sacco RL, Smith SC Jr, Stevenson WG, Tomaselli GF, Yancy CW, Zoghbi WA, Harold JG, He Y, Mangu PB, Qaseem A, Sayre MR, Somerfield MR. ACCF/AHA clinical practice guideline methodology summit report: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013 Jan 15;61(2):213-65. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.09.025. Epub 2012 Dec 10. PubMed PMID: 23238451.
Farkouh ME, Boden WE, Bittner V, Muratov V, Hartigan P, Ogdie M, Bertolet M, Mathewkutty S, Teo K, Maron DJ, Sethi SS, Domanski M, Frye RL, Fuster V. Risk factor control for coronary artery disease secondary prevention in large randomized trials. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013 Apr 16;61(15):1607-15. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.01.044. PubMed PMID: 23500281.
Tomaszewski JJ, Chen YF, Bertolet M, Ristau BT, Woldemichael E, Nelson JB. Obesity is not associated with aggressive pathologic features or biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy. Urology. 2013 May;81(5):992-6. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2012.10.080. Epub 2013 Feb 28. PubMed PMID: 23453649.
Sjaarda L, Lee S, Tfayli H, Bacha F, Bertolet M, Arslanian S. Measuring β-cell function relative to insulin sensitivity in youth: does the hyperglycemic clamp suffice?. Diabetes Care. 2013 Jun;36(6):1607-12. doi: 10.2337/dc12-1508. Epub 2012 Dec 28. PubMed PMID: 23275361; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3661845.
Fujiyoshi A, Sekikawa A, Shin C, Masaki K, David Curb J, Ohkubo T, Miura K, Kadowaki T, Kadowaki S, Kadota A, Edmundowicz D, Shah A, Evans RW, Bertolet M, Choo J, Willcox BJ, Okamura T, Maegawa H, Murata K, Kuller LH, Ueshima H. A cross-sectional association of obesity with coronary calcium among Japanese, Koreans, Japanese Americans, and U.S. whites. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2013 Sep;14(9):921-7. doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jet080. Epub 2013 Jun 13. PubMed PMID: 23764486; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3738098.
Sekikawa A, Willcox BJ, Usui T, Carr JJ, Barinas-Mitchell EJ, Masaki KH, Watanabe M, Tracy RP, Bertolet MH, Evans RW, Nishimura K, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Kuller LH, Miyamoto Y. Do differences in risk factors explain the lower rates of coronary heart disease in Japanese versus U.S. women?. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2013 Nov;22(11):966-77. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2012.4087. Epub 2013 Sep 28. Review. PubMed PMID: 24073782; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3820126.
Saleh AA, Ratajeski MA, Bertolet M. Grey Literature Searching for Health Sciences Systematic Reviews: A Prospective Study of Time Spent and Resources Utilized. Evid Based Libr Inf Pract. 2014;9(3):28-50. doi: 10.18438/b8dw3k. PubMed PMID: 25914722; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4405801.
Althouse AD, Abbott JD, Forker AD, Bertolet M, Barinas-Mitchell E, Thurston RC, Mulukutla S, Aboyans V, Brooks MM. Risk factors for incident peripheral arterial disease in type 2 diabetes: results from the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation in type 2 Diabetes (BARI 2D) Trial. Diabetes Care. 2014;37(5):1346-52. doi: 10.2337/dc13-2303. Epub 2014 Mar 4. PubMed PMID: 24595631; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3994929.
Sekikawa A, Miura K, Lee S, Fujiyoshi A, Edmundowicz D, Kadowaki T, Evans RW, Kadowaki S, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Okamura T, Bertolet M, Masaki KH, Nakamura Y, Barinas-Mitchell EJ, Willcox BJ, Kadota A, Seto TB, Maegawa H, Kuller LH, Ueshima H. Long chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and incidence rate of coronary artery calcification in Japanese men in Japan and white men in the USA: population based prospective cohort study. Heart. 2014 Apr;100(7):569-73. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2013-304421. Epub 2013 Dec 18. PubMed PMID: 24352736; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3949146.
Gingo MR, Balasubramani GK, Rice TB, Kingsley L, Kleerup EC, Detels R, Seaberg EC, Greenblatt RM, Holman S, Huang L, Sutton SH, Bertolet M, Morris A. Pulmonary symptoms and diagnoses are associated with HIV in the MACS and WIHS cohorts. BMC Pulm Med. 2014 Apr 30;14:75. doi: 10.1186/1471-2466-14-75. PubMed PMID: 24884738; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4021087.
Bodnar LM, Abrams B, Bertolet M, Gernand AD, Parisi SM, Himes KP, Lash TL. Validity of birth certificate-derived maternal weight data. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2014 May;28(3):203-12. doi: 10.1111/ppe.12120. Epub 2014 Mar 27. PubMed PMID: 24673550; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4036639.
Catov JM, Bertolet M, Chen YF, Evans RW, Hubel CA. Nonesterified fatty acids and spontaneous preterm birth: a factor analysis for identification of risk patterns. Am J Epidemiol. 2014 May 15;179(10):1208-15. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwu037. Epub 2014 Apr 8. PubMed PMID: 24714724; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4010188.
Ray KN, Bogen DL, Bertolet M, Forrest CB, Mehrotra A. Supply and utilization of pediatric subspecialists in the United States. Pediatrics. 2014 Jun;133(6):1061-9. doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-3466. Epub 2014 May 5. PubMed PMID: 24799548.
Fitzpatrick ME, Singh V, Bertolet M, Lucht L, Kessinger C, Michel J, Logar A, Weinman R, McMahon D, Norris KA, Vallejo AN, Morris A. Relationships of pulmonary function, inflammation, and T-cell activation and senescence in an HIV-infected cohort. AIDS. 2014 Nov 13;28(17):2505-15. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000471. PubMed PMID: 25574956; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4403864.
Kurta ML, Edwards RP, Moysich KB, McDonough K, Bertolet M, Weissfeld JL, Catov JM, Modugno F, Bunker CH, Ness RB, Diergaarde B. Prognosis and conditional disease-free survival among patients with ovarian cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2014 Dec 20;32(36):4102-12. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2014.55.1713. Epub 2014 Nov 17. PubMed PMID: 25403208; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4265120.
Nagasawa SY, Ohkubo T, Masaki K, Barinas-Mitchell E, Miura K, Seto T, El-Saed A, Kadowaki T, Willcox BJ, Edmundowicz D, Kadota A, Evans RW, Kadowaki S, Fujiyoshi A, Hisamatsu T, Bertolet MH, Okamura T, Nakamura Y, Kuller LH, Ueshima H, Sekikawa A. Associations between Inflammatory Markers and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Middle-aged White, Japanese-American and Japanese Men: The ERA-JUMP Study. J Atheroscler Thromb. 2015;22(6):590-8. doi: 10.5551/jat.23580. Epub 2014 Nov 29. PubMed PMID: 25445888; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4449327.
Thirumala PD, Kumar H, Bertolet M, Habeych ME, Crammond DJ, Balzer JR. Risk factors for cranial nerve deficits during carotid endarterectomy: a retrospective study. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2015 Mar;130:150-4. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2014.12.017. Epub 2015 Jan 5. PubMed PMID: 25621710.
Ray KN, Chari AV, Engberg J, Bertolet M, Mehrotra A. Opportunity costs of ambulatory medical care in the United States. Am J Manag Care. 2015 Aug;21(8):567-74. PubMed PMID: 26295356; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8085714.
Bittner V, Bertolet M, Barraza Felix R, Farkouh ME, Goldberg S, Ramanathan KB, Redmon JB, Sperling L, Rutter MK. Comprehensive Cardiovascular Risk Factor Control Improves Survival: The BARI 2D Trial. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015 Aug 18;66(7):765-773. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.06.019. PubMed PMID: 26271057; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4550809.
Ristau BT, Tomaszewski JJ, Chen YF, Bertolet M, Woldemichael E, Nelson JB. Prostate biopsy perineural invasion is not independently associated with positive surgical margins following radical retropubic prostatectomy. World J Urol. 2015 Sep;33(9):1269-74. doi: 10.1007/s00345-014-1430-2. Epub 2014 Nov 1. PubMed PMID: 25366883.
Ray KN, Chari AV, Engberg J, Bertolet M, Mehrotra A. Disparities in Time Spent Seeking Medical Care in the United States. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Dec;175(12):1983-6. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.4468. PubMed PMID: 26437386; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5055855.
Wolk R, Bertolet M, Brooks MM, Pratley RE, Sobel BE, Frye RL, Singh P, Calvin AD, Rutter MK, Mooradian AD, Somers VK. Differential effects of insulin sensitization and insulin provision treatment strategies on concentrations of circulating adipokines in patients with diabetes and coronary artery disease in the BARI 2D trial. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2016 Jan;23(1):50-8. doi: 10.1177/2047487314544046. Epub 2014 Jul 29. PubMed PMID: 25073857; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4385003.
Bertolet M, Brooks MM, Bittner V. Tree-based identification of subgroups for time-varying covariate survival data. Stat Methods Med Res. 2016 Feb;25(1):488-501. doi: 10.1177/0962280212460442. Epub 2012 Oct 14. PubMed PMID: 23070595; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5575747.
Parmanto B, Lewis AN Jr, Graham KM, Bertolet MH. Development of the Telehealth Usability Questionnaire (TUQ). Int J Telerehabil. 2016 Spring;8(1):3-10. doi: 10.5195/ijt.2016.6196. eCollection 2016 Spring. PubMed PMID: 27563386; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4985278.
Wolk R, Bertolet M, Singh P, Brooks MM, Pratley RE, Frye RL, Mooradian AD, Rutter MK, Calvin AD, Chaitman BR, Somers VK. Prognostic Value of Adipokines in Predicting Cardiovascular Outcome: Explaining the Obesity Paradox. Mayo Clin Proc. 2016 Jul;91(7):858-66. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2016.03.020. Epub 2016 Jun 9. PubMed PMID: 27289411; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4935584.
Morris A, Fitzpatrick M, Bertolet M, Qin S, Kingsley L, Leo N, Kessinger C, Michael H, Mcmahon D, Weinman R, Stone S, Leader JK, Kleerup E, Huang L, Wisniewski SR. Use of rosuvastatin in HIV-associated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. AIDS. 2017 Feb 20;31(4):539-544. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001365. PubMed PMID: 27941393; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5263188.
Catov JM, Scifres CM, Caritis SN, Bertolet M, Larkin J, Parks WT. Neonatal outcomes following preterm birth classified according to placental features. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2017 Apr;216(4):411.e1-411.e14. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2016.12.022. Epub 2017 Jan 5. PubMed PMID: 28065815.
Catov JM, Mackey RH, Scifres CM, Bertolet M, Simhan HN. Lipoprotein Heterogeneity Early in Pregnancy and Preterm Birth. Am J Perinatol. 2017 Nov;34(13):1326-1332. doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1603471. Epub 2017 May 22. PubMed PMID: 28561142; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6051416.
Moehling KK, Nowalk MP, Lin CJ, Bertolet M, Ross TM, Carter CE, Susick M, Saul SG, Kaynar AM, Bromberger JT, Zimmerman RK. The effect of frailty on HAI response to influenza vaccine among community-dwelling adults ≥ 50 years of age. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2018 Feb 1;14(2):361-367. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2017.1405883. Epub 2017 Dec 20. PubMed PMID: 29172948; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5806634.
Borrero CG, Costello J, Bertolet M, Vyas D. Effect of patient age on accuracy of primary MRI signs of long head of biceps tearing and instability in the shoulder: an MRI-arthroscopy correlation study. Skeletal Radiol. 2018 Feb;47(2):203-214. doi: 10.1007/s00256-017-2783-6. Epub 2017 Oct 6. PubMed PMID: 28983764.
Bon J, Zhang Y, Leader JK, Fuhrman C, Perera S, Chandra D, Bertolet M, Diergaarde B, Greenspan SL, Sciurba FC. Radiographic Emphysema, Circulating Bone Biomarkers, and Progressive Bone Mineral Density Loss in Smokers. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2018 May;15(5):615-621. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201709-743OC. PubMed PMID: 29328885; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5949608.
Niemczyk NA, Bertolet M, Catov JM, Desai M, McClure CK, Roberts JM, Sekikawa A, Tepper PG, Barinas-Mitchell EJ. Common carotid artery intima-media thickness increases throughout the pregnancy cycle: a prospective cohort study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2018 May 31;18(1):195. doi: 10.1186/s12884-018-1841-y. PubMed PMID: 29855290; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5984334.
Catov JM, Snyder GG, Fraser A, Lewis CE, Liu K, Althouse AD, Bertolet M, Gunderson EP. Blood Pressure Patterns and Subsequent Coronary Artery Calcification in Women Who Delivered Preterm Births. Hypertension. 2018 Jul;72(1):159-166. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.117.10693. Epub 2018 May 23. PubMed PMID: 29792302; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6002920.
Brienza DM, Karg PE, Bertolet M, Schmeler M, Poojary-Mazzotta P, Vlachos H, Wilkinson D. A Randomized Clinical Trial of Wheeled Mobility for Pressure Injury Prevention and Better Function. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2018 Sep;66(9):1752-1759. doi: 10.1111/jgs.15495. Epub 2018 Aug 10. PubMed PMID: 30094810.
Geltzeiler M, Bertolet M, Albergotti W, Gleysteen J, Olson B, Persky M, Gross N, Li R, Andersen P, Kim S, Ferris RL, Duvvuri U, Clayburgh D. Staging HPV-related oropharyngeal cancer: Validation of AJCC-8 in a surgical cohort. Oral Oncol. 2018 Sep;84:82-87. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2018.07.013. Epub 2018 Jul 22. PubMed PMID: 30115481; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7745717.
Borrero CG, Bertolet M, Costello J, Vyas D. Value of anterosuperior rotator cuff and labral tears at MRI for predicting long head of biceps tearing at arthroscopy. Clin Radiol. 2018 Dec;73(12):1058.e1-1058.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2018.08.007. Epub 2018 Sep 15. PubMed PMID: 30224185; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6269187.
Snyder GG, Holzman C, Sun T, Bullen B, Bertolet M, Catov JM. Breastfeeding Greater Than 6 Months Is Associated with Smaller Maternal Waist Circumference Up to One Decade After Delivery. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2019 Apr;28(4):462-472. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2018.7393. Epub 2018 Dec 11. PubMed PMID: 30481097; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6482906.
Follansbee CW, Beerman LB, Wu L, Bertolet M, Arora G. Utility and safety of adenosine challenge for subtle ventricular pre-excitation in the pediatric population. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2019 Jul;30(7):1036-1041. doi: 10.1111/jce.13935. Epub 2019 Apr 22. PubMed PMID: 30938913.
Sun B, Parks WT, Simhan HN, Bertolet M, Catov JM. Early pregnancy immune profile and preterm birth classified according to uteroplacental lesions. Placenta. 2020 Jan 1;89:99-106. doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2019.12.007. Epub 2019 Dec 10. PubMed PMID: 32056560.
Bertolet M, Brooks MM, Carson JL. Commentary on Engen et al: Risk-based, dynamic, process-oriented monitoring strategies and their burden. Clin Trials. 2020 Feb;17(1):15-17. doi: 10.1177/1740774519881617. Epub 2019 Oct 24. PubMed PMID: 31647327.
Catov JM, Sun B, Bertolet M, Snyder GG, Lewis CE, Allen NB, Shikany JM, Ingram KH, Appiah D, Gunderson EP. Changes in Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Before and After Gestational Diabetes: A Prospective Life-Course Analysis in CARDIA Women. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020 Aug;28(8):1397-1404. doi: 10.1002/oby.22848. Epub 2020 Jul 6. PubMed PMID: 32627948; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7501158.
Lenger SM, Bradley MS, Thomas DA, Bertolet MH, Lowder JL, Sutcliffe S. D-mannose vs other agents for recurrent urinary tract infection prevention in adult women: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2020 Aug;223(2):265.e1-265.e13. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.05.048. Epub 2020 Jun 1. PubMed PMID: 32497610; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7395894.
Sun B, Bertolet M, Brooks MM, Hubel CA, Lewis CE, Gunderson EP, Catov JM. Life Course Changes in Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Associated With Preterm Delivery: The 30-Year CARDIA Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 Aug 4;9(15):e015900. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.015900. Epub 2020 Jul 22. PubMed PMID: 32696706; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7792274.
Stuparich MA, Melnyk AI, Hohmann HL, Lee JK, Bertolet MH, Donnellan NM. The effectiveness of an operating room etiquette video on medical student comfort in the gynecologic operating room. Education in the Health Professions. 2020 November; 3(3):110-115. doi: 10.4103/EHP.EHP_27_20.
Bertolet M, Brooks MM, Ragni MV. The design of a Bayesian platform trial to prevent and eradicate inhibitors in patients with hemophilia. Blood Adv. 2020 Nov 10;4(21):5433-5441. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2020002789. PubMed PMID: 33156923; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7656929.
Moehling KK, Nowalk MP, Zimmerman RK, Bromberger JT, Lin CJ, Ford SE, Bertolet M. Spirituality, quality of life and frailty in community-dwelling adults ≥ 50 years. Psychology of religion and spirituality. 2021 March. doi: 10.1037/rel0000387.
Seaman CD, Bertolet M, Zhang J, Ragni MV. Quality of periprocedural care in patients with von Willebrand disease. Haemophilia. 2021 Sep;27(5):830-836. doi: 10.1111/hae.14389. Epub 2021 Aug 3. PubMed PMID: 34343372.
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