John M. Flack, M.D., M.P.H

Abstracts, Manuscripts, and Presentations

1. Flack JM, Sisson L. Static and Pulsatile Blood Pressure Correlates of Left Ventricular Structure in a Biethnic Cohort of Young Adults: The Cardia Study. (JACC). Revised and re-submitted to Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

2. Flack JM, Kvasnicka J, Gardin J, Gidding S, Manolio T, Jacobs D. Mitral Valve Prolapse and Anthropometric Correlates in Biethnic Cohort of Young Adults: The CARDIA Study. Submitted to American Journal of Cardiology.

3. Flack JM, Mensah G, Ferrario C. ACE Inhibitors in the Treatment of the African-American Hypertensive: A Re-evaluation of the Paradigm (Under revision for resubmission to Archives of Family Medicine).

4. Larochelle P, Flack JM, Marbury TC, Sareli P, Krieger EM, Reeves RA for the Isbesartan Multicenter Investigators. Antihypertensive Effects and Tolerability of Irbesartan Versus Enapril: A Randomized Trial in Patients With Severe Hypertension (The American Journal of Cardiology).

5. Flack JM, Yunis CM, Novikov SN, Ferrario CM. Antihypertensive Monotherapy in Special Populations: The Future Role of Angiotensin II Blockers. Submitted to the National Medical Association Journal.

Manuscripts in Preparation

1. Flack JM, Savage PJ, Liu K, Folsom AR, Nelson E, Dyer A, Sprafka JM, Sidney S, Gardin J. Insulin, Blood Pressure and 10-Year Hypertension Risk in a Biethnic Cohort of Young Adults: The CARDIA Study.

2. Flack JM, Grimm RH Jr, Grandits G, Yunis C, Prineas R, Lewis CE, et al. Ethnic Blood Pressure Response Patterns in the Treatment of Mild Hypertension (TOMHS) Study.

 

Abstracts Submitted

1. Flack JM, Grimm RH, Staffileno BA, Yanis C. Elmer P. A Novel Z-Score method for Determining Salt Sensitivity: The Sodium and Blood Pressure Study (SNAP), submitted to 52nd Annual Fall Conference and Scientific Sessions of the Council for High Blood Pressure Research.

2. Flack JM, Yunis, C, Staffileno BA, Mensah G, Saunders E, McClean B, for the A-TIME Investigator Group. The Accupril Titration Interval Management Evaluation (ATIME) Trial. Accepted for Poster Presentation at Annual Scientific Session of the American Society of Hypertension, NYC, May 1998.

3. Staffileno BA, Flack JM, Braun LT. Hemodynamic Responses From the Accumulation of Short Bouts of Moderate Intensity Physical Activity in Hypertensive Post-Menopausal Women. Accepted for Poster Presentation at Annual Scientific Session of the American Society of Hypertension, NYC, May 1998.

4. Hall WD, Flack JM, Yunis C, Reed JN, Comparison of the Efficacy and Safety of Three-Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Antagonists in Black Hypertensives Adults. Accepted for Poster Presentation at Annual Scientific Session of the American Society of Hypertension, NYC, May 1998.

5. Flack JM, Grimm RH, Staffileno BA, Elmer P, Yunis C, Peters R, The Influence of Body Mass Index on Salt-Sensitivity in African-American Women: The Sodium and Blood Pressure Study (SNAP). Accepted for Oral Presentation at the 1988 Scientific Sessions of the International Conference on Hypertension in Blacks, Charleston, SC, 1998.

6. Guthrie R, Flack JM, Zusman R, Saini R, Triscari J for the Irbesartan Multi-Center Study Group. Long-term Therapy with Irbesartan and Hydrochlorothiazide in Hypertension. Accepted for Presentation at 13th Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Hypertension, NYC, May 1998.

7. Staffileno BA, Braun LT, Flack JM, The Accumulated Effects of Physical Activity in Hypertensive, Post-Menopausal Women. Accepted for Oral Presentation of the 45th Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, June 1998, Orlando, FL

8. Flack JM, Staffileno BA, Yunis C, Elmer P, Holmes C, Grimm R. Proteinuria and the Attenuation of the Nocturnal Fall in Blood Pressure During Salt-Loading Among Normotensive African-American. Abstract submitted to American Heart Association 71st Scientific Sessions, 1998.

Published Abstracts

1. Gardin JM, Wagenknecht LE, Anton-Culver H, Flack JM, Gidding S, Wong, ND, Manolio TA. Relationship of Race, Sex, Systolic Blood Pressure Levels, and Body Mass to Left Ventricular Mass in Healthy Young Adults: The CARDIA Study. Circulation 1991;84(4):133.

2. Flack JM, Gardin JM, Gidding S, Manolio TA, Sedlacek C, Nelson E, Jacobs DR. Mitral Valve Prolapse in a Biracial Cohort of Young Adults: The CARDIA Study. Circulation 1991;84(4):130.

3. Flack JM, Liu K, Savage P. Baseline Insulin Predicts 2 Year Blood Pressure Changes in Young Adults: The CARDIA Study. Circulation 1991;83(2):724.

4. Gidding S, Liu K, Gardin J, Flack JM, Hulley S. Ability of NCEP Guidelines to Identify Young Adults With High LDL Cholesterol: The CARDIA Study. Circulation 1991;83(2):731.

5. Gidding S, Liu K, Bild D, Wagenknecht L, Flack JM, Hulley S. Use of Life Style Factors to Identify Young Adults With Low HDL Cholesterol: The CARDIA Study. Circulation 1991;83(2):732.

6. Flack JM, Adams-Campbell L, Gardin J, Yunis C, Lewis B, Levin R. Psychosocial Correlates of Left Ventricular Mass (LVM) in Young Adults: The CARDIA Study. American Journal of Hypertension 1993;6(5 Part 2):22A.

7. Mercuri M, Bond M, Nichols F, Carr A, Flack JM, Byington R, Raines J. For the MIDAS Group. Journal of Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Procedures 1993;11(4):241-256.

Presentations and Abstracts

1. Flack JM and Roswell R. Vitamin D Levels in Familial Hypocalciuric Hypercalcemia. Presented at the American College of Physicians - Oklahoma Society of Internal Medicine State Conference, 1981.

2. Flack JM. A Case Report of Conversion of Quinidine Resistant Atrial Fibrillation to Normal Sinus Rhythm with Oral Flecainide: A Promising Alternative to the Standard Therapeutic Approaches. Presented at the Regional Meeting of the American College of Physicians. Oklahoma Society of Internal Medicine, October 1986.

3. Ryder KW, Oei TO, Flack JM, McDonald CJ, Whang R. . Serum Electrolyte Abnormalities in Patients Receiving Theophylline. Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN and University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK

4. Cater NB, Flack JM. Follow-up Study of Hypercholesterolemic Persons Identified During Mass Screening at Two Shopping Centers. Presented at the 29th National Student Research Forum, Galveston, TX, April 6, 1988.

5. Flack JM, Wiist W. Clustering of Hypercholesterolemia and Hypertension in a Large Urban Black Population. Presented at The First National Cholesterol Conference, Arlington, VA, November 1988.

6. Cater N, Flack JM. Observational Study of Housestaff/Attending Physician Recognition of Hypercholesterolemia in a Large Teaching Hospital. Presented at The First National Cholesterol Conference, Arlington, VA, November 1988.

7. Wiist W, Flack JM. A Cholesterol Education Program in A Black Church. Presented at The First National Cholesterol Conference, Arlington, VA, November 1988.

8. Flack JM, Wiist W. Report of Baseline CHD Risk Factor Prevalence for Northeast Oklahoma City Cholesterol Education Program Screenees. Presented at the 116th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Arlington, VA, November 1988.

9. Flack JM, Wiist W. Relationships Between Blood Pressure, Body Mass Index, and Income in Black Men and Women. Presented at the National Conference on High Blood Pressure Control, Lake Buena Vista, FL, May 8, 1989.

10. Flack JM, Burke G, Sprafka JM, Grimm RH, Hahn L. Relationship Between Blood Pressure, Lipids and Income in Black Minnesota Heart Survey Participants. Presented at the Second International Conference on Preventive Cardiology and the 29th Annual Meeting of the American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology. June 18-22, 1989.

11. Mascioli SM, Launer CA, Svendsen KH, Grimm RH, Neaton JD, Elmer PJ, Gonzalez NM, Flack JM, Witte L, Bell M, Cox J, Clearman D. Sodium Chloride Raises Blood Pressure in Normotensives--The Study of Sodium and Blood Pressure. Presented at the 62nd Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association, New Orleans, LA, November 13-16, 1989.

12. Flack JM. Racial and Ethnic Modifiers of the Sodium-Blood Pressure Response. Presented at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institutes Salt and Blood Pressure Workshop, Bethesda, MD, Nov. 1-2, 1989.

13. Flack JM. For the MIDAS Research Group. The Multicenter Isradipine Diuretic Atherosclerosis Study (MIDAS). Presented at the Fifth International Interdisciplinary Conference on Hypertension in Blacks, Long Beach, CA, May 3 - 7, 1990.

14. Flack JM, Wiist W. The Influence of Gender and Diabetes Status on Blood Pressure, Cholesterol and Joint Blood Pressure Elevations in Adult Urban Blacks. Presented at the Fifth International Interdisciplinary Conference on Hypertension in Blacks, Long Beach, CA, May 3 - 7, 1990.

15. Wiist WH, Flack JM. Dietary Intake in African-American Church Attendees. Presented at the Annual Convention of the American Public Health Association, Atlanta, Georgia, November 10-14, 1991.

16. Sowers JR, Byington R, Furberg CD, Mercuri M, Borhani NQ, Applegsie WB, Carr A, Brugger S, Flack JM, Schnaper H. Risk Factors Associated With Atherosclerosis Carotid Artery Thickening in Multicenter Isradipine Diuretic Atherosclerosis Study (MIDAS) (Submitted 1991)

17. Gidding S, Xie X, Manolio T, Flack JM, Perkins L, Gardin J. Relation Between Smoking and Resting Cardiac Function: The CARDIA Study. Presented at the American Heart Conference in Orlando, Florida, May 21-23, 1992.

18. Flack JM, Grimm RH, Lewis CB, Grandits G, Elmer P, Prineas R, Schoenberger J. Comparison of Response to Low Dose Antihypertensive Medication Between Black and White Participants in the Treatment of Mild Hypertensive Study (TOMHS). Presented at the Seventh International Interdisciplinary Conference on Hypertension in Blacks, Atlanta, Georgia, May 26-31, 1992.

19. Elmer PJ, Flack JM, Grimm RH, Gonzalez N, Cox J, Herbrandson M, Hillman D, Laing B. Feasibility of Diet Sodium Reduction in Middle-Aged Blacks. Presented at the Seventh International Interdisciplinary Conference on Hypertension in Blacks, Atlanta, Georgia, May 26-31, 1992.

20. Gidding SG, Gardin J, Xie X, Flack JM, Manolio T, Sedlacek C. The Prevalence of Echocardiographically Diagnosed Cardiac Disease in an Asymptomatic Population: The CARDIA STUDY. Presented at the American Heart Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 16 - 19, 1992.

21. Flack JM, Liu K, Nelson E, Bild D, Hardin M, Hulley S. Relationship of Insulin Level to 5-Year Risk of Hypertension in a Bi-Ethnic Cohort of Young Adults: The CARDIA Study. Presented at the American Heart Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico, March 17-20, 1993.

22. Flack JM, Yunis C, Keenan J, Sprafka JM, Grimm R, Levin R, Sisson L. Treatment of Low High Density Lipoprotein (HDL) Cholesterol (TOLC) Study. 34th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention. Presented March 16-19, 1994 at the American Heart Association, Tampa FL.

23. Prisant LM, Khoury S, Flack JM, Carr AA, Sowers JR, Neuwirth R. Biochemical Changes of MIDAS Patients According to Treatment and Race. The Ninth Interdisciplinary Conference on Hypertension in Blacks. To be presented June 22-26, 1994.

24. Prisant LM, Nichols F, Flack JM, Carr AA, Mercuri M, Neuwirth R, Bond G. Risk Factors Correlated of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness (IMT) of MIDAS Patients. The Ninth Interdisciplinary Conference on Hypertension in Blacks. To be presented June 22-26, 1994.

25. Prisant LM, Flack JM, Carr AA, Neuwirth R. Antihypertensive Effects in Black and White MIDAS Patients. The Ninth Interdisciplinary Conference on Hypertension in Blacks. To be presented June 22-26, 1994.

26. Prisant LM, Nichols F, Flack JM, Carr AA, Neuwirth R, Mercuri M, Bond G. Change in Carotid Intima-Media Thickness (IMT) of MIDAS Patients. The Ninth Interdisciplinary Conference on Hypertension in Blacks. To be presented June 22-26, 1994.

 

INVITED PRESENTATIONS (Selected Presentations):

1. American-African International Collaborative Research Scientists Symposium. International Society on Hypertension in Blacks. Zimbabwe, Africa, February 24-28, 1992.

2. Case Western Reserve University, University Hospital's Janice Douglas-David Satcher Address, "Strategies in Managing the African-American Hypertensive with Multiple Cardiovascular Risk Factors". Cleveland, Ohio, November 4, 1992.

3. "Salt and High Blood Pressure: Unanswered Questions and Unquestioned Answers," American Heart Association Twentieth Science Writers Forum. January 17-20, 1993.

4. "Is Hypertension Really Different in Blacks and the Role of Genetics in Hypertension," Preventive Cardiology Symposium, Morehouse School of Medicine. March 6, 1993.

5. "The Evidence that Treatment of Hypertension Works". Plenary Session VI Eight International Interdisciplinary Conference on Hypertension in Blacks. Yaounde, Cameroon, Africa, April 8, 1993.

6. "Salt and Blood Pressure: Unanswered Questions and Unquestioned Answers", The First Annual Department of Medicine House Staff Research Conference, University of Oklahoma Department of Internal Medicine, April 16, 1993.

7. "Role of Sodium", Plenary Session X, Symposium: Primary Prevention of Hypertension. American Heart Association Annual Scientific Session, Atlanta, Georgia, November 10, 1993.

8. Role of Angiotensin II in Cardiovascular Pathology. "Angiotensin II Antagonist in Salt-Sensitive Hypertension". Satellite Symposium 67th Scientific Sessions American Heart Association, Dallas, Texas, November 13, 1994.

9. Outcomes Management: Conception through Implementation. "Outcomes Management: Lessons from TOMHS". Miami Beach, Florida, December 7, 1994.

10. Visiting Professorship in Preventive Medicine "Hypertension and the Evolving Interface of Public Health, Clinical Management and Managed Care. Houston, TX March 7-9, 1995.

11. State of the Art Lecture "Systemic Hypertension". American College of Cardiology New Orleans, Louisiana, March 21, 1995.

12. Lectures at AHEC regional hospitals". Evaluation of Renal Artery Hypertension" North Wilkesboro, NC, April 4, 1995.

13. Oklahoma Heart Research & Education Foundation. "Current Trends in Therapy, How Aggressively Should We Be Treating Our Patients?" Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 5, 1995.

14. Region III-National Medical Association Annual Conference "Treatment of Hypertension the State of the Art". Mobile, Alabama, May 20-21, 1995.

15. American Heart Association Annual Conference. "Epidemiology of Heart Disease and Hypertension in African-Americans." Orlando, Florida, November 8, 1997.

16. Managing Cardiovascular Risk in African-Americans. Presented at the First Conference on Cardiovascular Health: Coming Together for the 21st Century, February 19, 1998, San Francisco, CA

17. Microalbuminuria in Minority Populations. Presented at National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Consensus Conference on Proteinuria, Nashville, TN, March 25-26, 1998.

18. Hypertension in Blacks. Presented at the World Cardiology Congress, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 30, 1988.