Staff Physician , VA Boston Healthcare System
Cardiology
Dr. Pantel S. Vokonas, MD
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Pantel S. Vokonas, MD works in the field of Cardiology. He went to medical school at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. He received 1 awards: "Fellow (FACC)". Pantel Vokonas is a published doctor and has 103 publications published. The lastest was: 'Depression and the risk of coronary heart disease in the Normative Aging Study.'
Publications
- Long-term exposure to black carbon, cognition and single nucleotide polymorphisms in microRNA processing genes in older men.
- Beyond the Mean: Quantile Regression to Explore the Association of Air Pollution with Gene-Specific Methylation in the Normative Aging Study.
- Cardiac autonomic dysfunction: particulate air pollution effects are modulated by epigenetic immunoregulation of Toll-like receptor 2 and dietary flavonoid intake.
- Testing departure from additivity in Tukey's model using shrinkage: application to a longitudinal setting.
- The effect of oxidative stress polymorphisms on the association between long-term black carbon exposure and lung function among elderly men.
- Long-term Effects of Traffic Particles on Lung Function Decline in the Elderly.
- Lead Exposure, B Vitamins, and Plasma Homocysteine in Men 55 Years of Age and Older: The VA Normative Aging Study.
- Circulating irisin levels and coronary heart Disease: association with future acute coronary syndrome and major adverse cardiovascular events.
- Pessimistic orientation in relation to telomere length in older men: The VA Normative Aging Study.
- Epigenetic Influences on Associations between Air Pollutants and Lung Function in Elderly Men: The Normative Aging Study.
- Chemerin levels as predictor of acute Coronary events: A case-control study nested within the veterans affairs normative aging study.
- Air pollution and gene-specific methylation in the Normative Aging Study: Association, effect modification, and mediation analysis.
- Variants of Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Genes and Lung Function Decline in Aging.
- Associations between arrhythmia episodes and temporally and spatially resolved black carbon and particulate matter in elderly patients.
- Novel likelihood ratio tests for screening gene-gene and gene-environment interactions with unbalanced repeated-measures data.
- Propensity score-based diagnostics for categorical response regression models.
- Association between blood pressure and DNA methylation of retrotransposons and pro-inflammatory genes.
- Structural equation modeling of the inflammatory response to traffic air pollution.
- Alu and LINE-1 methylation and lung function in the normative ageing study.
- Vitamin D deficiency, Smoking, and Lung Function in the Normative Aging Study.
- Erratum to: Lepeule J, Baccarelli A, Tarantini L, Motta V, Cantone L, Litonjua AA, et al. Gene promoter methylation is associated with lung function in the elderly: Th...
- Association between long-term exposure to traffic particles and blood pressure in the Veterans Administration Normative Aging Study.
- Aging and epigenetics: Longitudinal changes in gene-specific DNA methylation.
- Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 Second and Cognitive Aging in Men.
- Ambient pollutants, polymorphisms associated with microRNA processing and adhesion molecules: the Normative Aging Study.
- Medium-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution and markers of inflammation and endothelial function.
- Prospective Cohort Study of Lead Exposure and Electrocardiographic Conduction Disturbances in the Department of Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study.
- Prolonged Exposure to Particulate Pollution, Genes Associated With Glutathione Pathways, and DNA Methylation in a Cohort of Older Men.
- Outdoor temperature is associated with serum HDL and LDL.
- Traffic-related air pollution and QT interval: modification by diabetes, obesity, and oxidative stress gene polymorphisms in the normative aging study.
- Air pollution and homocysteine: more evidence that oxidative stress-related genes modify effects of particulate air pollution.
- Black carbon exposure, oxidative stress genes, and blood pressure in a repeated-measures study.
- Periodontitis and incidence of cerebrovascular Disease in men.
- Rapid DNA methylation changes after exposure to traffic particles.
- Fruit, vegetable, and fish consumption and Heart rate variability: the Veterans Administration Normative Aging Study.
- Iron metabolism genes, low-level lead exposure, and QT interval.
- Traffic-related particles are associated with elevated homocysteine: the VA normative aging study.
- Age-dependent associations between chronic periodontitis/edentulism and risk of coronary heart Disease.
- Air pollution and Heart rate variability: effect modification by chronic lead exposure.
- Ozone exposure and lung function: effect modified by obesity and airways hyperresponsiveness in the VA normative aging study.
- Statin use reduces decline in lung function: VA Normative Aging Study.
- Source location of air pollution and cardiac autonomic function: trajectory cluster analysis for exposure assessment.
- Lead levels and ischemic heart Disease in a prospective study of middle-aged and elderly men: the VA Normative Aging Study.
- Prospective study of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and coronary heart Disease in the Normative Aging Study.
- HFE genotype, particulate air pollution, and Heart rate variability: a gene-environment interaction.
- Uric acid and the development of Hypertension: the normative aging study.
- Low-level lead exposure, metabolic syndrome, and Heart rate variability: the VA Normative Aging Study.
- Glutathione-S-transferase M1, obesity, statins, and autonomic effects of particles: gene-by-drug-by-environment interaction.
- Fasting serum sulfate levels before and after development of osteoarthritis in participants of the veterans administration normative aging longitudinal study do not di...
- Effects of air pollution on Heart rate variability: the VA normative aging study.
- Are varicose veins a marker for susceptibility to coronary heart Disease in men? Results from the Normative Aging Study.
- Exposure to sub-chronic and long-term particulate air pollution and Heart rate variability in an elderly cohort: the Normative Aging Study.
- Associations between Changes in City and Address Specific Temperature and QT Interval - The VA Normative Aging Study.
- Mitochondrial haplogroups modify the effect of black carbon on age-related cognitive impairment.
- A Novel Genetic Score Approach Using Instruments to Investigate Interactions between Pathways and Environment: Application to Air Pollution.
- Air pollution, obesity, genes and cellular adhesion molecules.
- Biomarkers of lead exposure and DNA methylation within retrotransposons.
- Relation between high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and survival to age 85 years in men (from the VA normative aging study).
- Repetitive element hypomethylation in blood leukocyte DNA and cancer incidence, prevalence, and mortality in elderly individuals: the Normative Aging Study.
- Ambient temperature, air pollution, and Heart rate variability in an aging population.
- Optimism in relation to inflammation and endothelial dysfunction in older men: the VA Normative Aging Study.
- Associations of toenail arsenic, cadmium, mercury, manganese, and lead with blood pressure in the normative aging study.
- Longitudinal changes in bone lead levels: the VA Normative Aging Study.
- Annual ambient black carbon associated with shorter telomeres in elderly men: Veterans Affairs Normative Aging Study.
- Healthy psychological functioning and incident coronary heart Disease: the importance of self-regulation.
- Air Pollution and Markers of Coagulation, Inflammation, and Endothelial Function: Associations and Epigene-environment Interactions in an Elderly Cohort.
- Effect modification of air pollution on Urinary 8-Hydroxy-2''-Deoxyguanosine by genotypes: an application of the multiple testing procedure to identify significant SNP...
- Relationship between outdoor temperature and blood pressure.
- Ischemic heart Disease and stroke in relation to blood DNA methylation.
- Associations between outdoor temperature and markers of inflammation: a cohort study.
- Cumulative lead exposure and age-related hearing loss: the VA Normative Aging Study.
- Black carbon exposures, blood pressure, and interactions with single nucleotide polymorphisms in MicroRNA processing genes.
- Postural changes in blood pressure associated with interactions between candidate genes for chronic respiratory Diseases and exposure to particulate matter.
- Candidate genes for respiratory Disease associated with markers of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction in elderly men.
- Decline in genomic DNA methylation through aging in a cohort of elderly subjects.
- 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.
- Association between low-level environmental arsenic exposure and QT interval duration in a general population study.
- Particulate air pollution, oxidative stress genes, and Heart rate variability in an elderly cohort.
- Inflammatory markers and particulate air pollution: characterizing the pathway to Disease.
- Shared and unique contributions of anger, anxiety, and depression to coronary heart Disease: a prospective study in the normative aging study.
- Cardiac autonomic dysfunction: effects from particulate air pollution and protection by dietary methyl nutrients and metabolic polymorphisms.
- A comparison of the Framingham and European Society of Cardiology coronary heart Disease risk prediction models in the normative aging study.
- Epidemiologic associations between periodontal Disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary Disease.
- Is the glass half empty or half full? A prospective study of optimism and coronary heart Disease in the normative aging study.
- A longitudinal study of the association between tooth loss and age-related hearing loss.
- Changes in patterns of fatness in adult men in relation to serum indices of cardiovascular risk: the Normative Aging Study.
- Effects of nicotine gum dose by level of nicotine dependence.
- A prospective study of dominance and coronary heart Disease in the Normative Aging Study.
- Predictors of continued smoking over 25 years of follow-up in the normative aging study.
- Depression and the risk of coronary heart Disease in the Normative Aging Study.
- An association between periodontal Disease and peripheral vascular Disease.
- Electrocardiographic conduction disturbances in association with low-level lead exposure (the Normative Aging Study).
- Periodontal Disease and mortality from all causes in the VA Dental Longitudinal Study.
- The association between alveolar bone loss and Pulmonary function: the VA Dental Longitudinal Study.
- Prospective study of a self-report type A scale and risk of coronary heart Disease: test of the MMPI-2 type A scale.
- Is worrying bad for your heart? A prospective study of worry and coronary heart Disease in the Normative Aging Study.
- Periodontal Disease and cardiovascular Disease.
- A prospective study of anger and coronary heart Disease. The Normative Aging Study.
- Overweight and leanness in adulthood: prospective study of male participants in the Normative Aging Study.
- Influence of insulin, sympathetic nervous system activity, and obesity on blood pressure: the Normative Aging Study.
- Quantile Regression Analysis of the Distributional Effects of Air Pollution on Blood Pressure, Heart Rate Variability, Blood Lipids, and Biomarkers of Inflammation in ...
- Ambient particulate matter and microRNAs in extracellular vesicles: a pilot study of older individuals.
Schools
Ohio State University College of Medicine
University Chicago Hosps Clins
Brigham Hospital Harvard Med School
Conditions Treated
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Valve Disease
- Arrhythmias (incl. Atrial Fibrillation)
- Cardiomyopathy
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Doctors Specialties
- Cardiology
- Geriatric Medicine
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Fellow (FACC)
Education
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Brigham and Women's Hospital -
University of Chicago -
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
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