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pro vyhledávání: '"Alan D. Guerci"'
Publikováno v:
Coronary Artery Disease. 32:639-643
OBJECTIVES High coronary artery calcium score (CAC) is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. We investigated the long-term outcome of subjects with elevated CAC. METHODS We studied 1005 participants of The St. Francis
Publikováno v:
Atherosclerosis. 255:193-199
The efficacy of statin therapy remains unknown in patients eligible for statin therapy with and without elevated coronary calcium score (CAC). The study sought to evaluate how cardiovascular risk factors, expressed in terms of statin eligibility for
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Michael H. Criqui, Karol E. Watson, Joachim H. Ix, Preethi Srikanthan, Nathan D. Wong, Julie O. Denenberg, Alan D. Guerci, Kevin P. Cohoon, Matthew A. Allison, Robyn L. McClelland
Publikováno v:
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, vol 34, iss 7
Objective— To evaluate the predictive value of abdominal aortic calcium (AAC) for incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) independent of coronary artery calcium (CAC). Approach and Results— We evaluated the association of AAC with CVD in 1974 men a
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Simcha Pollack, Khurram Nasir, Matthew J. Budoff, Nathaniel Reichek, Alan D. Guerci, Roger S. Blumenthal, Zeina Dardari, Michael J. Blaha
Publikováno v:
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol 71, iss 21
Controversy persists regarding the optimal strategy for allocating statins in primary prevention, with continued interest in a biomarker-guided approach. An effective biomarker in this setting might signal either improved relative risk reduction (eff
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Robert Detrano, Diane E. Bild, Kiang Liu, Alan D. Guerci, Nathan D. Wong, Richard A. Kronmal, Alain G. Bertoni, Rebekah Young, Victor A. Lopez, Moyses Szklo, Roger S. Blumenthal, Joao A.C. Lima, Khurram Nasir, Steven Shea, Matthew J. Budoff, Wendy S. Post
Publikováno v:
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 61(12):1231-1239
Objectives The study examined whether progression of coronary artery calcium (CAC) is a predictor of future coronary heart disease (CHD) events. Background CAC predicts CHD events and serial measurement of CAC has been proposed to evaluate atheroscle
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J. Jeffrey Carr, Tanya Granston, Alain G. Bertoni, Nathan D. Wong, Robert Detrano, Mohammed F. Saad, David R. Jacobs, Roger S. Blumenthal, Russell P. Tracy, Alan D. Guerci, Elizabeth Selvin, Jennifer C. Nelson, Kiang Liu, Richard A. Kronmal
Publikováno v:
JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging. 5(4):358-366
Objectives This study sought to examine and compare the incidence and progression of coronary artery calcium (CAC) among persons with metabolic syndrome (MetS) and diabetes mellitus (DM) versus those with neither condition. Background MetS and DM are
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Erik S.G. Stroes, Sara-Joan Pinto-Sietsma, Alan D. Guerci, Suthesh Sivapalaratnam, Ties A. Mulders, John J.P. Kastelein
Publikováno v:
JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging. 5:252-260
Objectives The goal of this study was to evaluate whether individuals with a positive family history for premature coronary artery disease (CAD) and coronary calcium scoring (CCS) above the 80th percentile might benefit from preventive treatment. Bac
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Gastroenterology. 106:71-77
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is defined as the spectrum of benign fatty liver to necroinflammation and fibrosis. Its prevalence has been found to be as high as 39%. It is estimated that up to 15% of those affected will go on to have progr
Publikováno v:
Journal of Diabetes & Metabolism. 6
Introduction: Increased cortisol concentrations due to endogenous over-secretion or exogenous administration result in obesity, insulin resistance, and increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). We wanted to assess whether non pathological adren
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Stephan Achenbach, Alan D. Guerci, Roger S. Blumenthal, Daniel J. Rader, Matthew J. Budoff, Philip Greenland, Leslee J. Shaw, Jonathan G. Goldin, Joao A.C. Lima, Susan E. Wiegers, J. Jeffrey Carr, Geoffrey D. Rubin
Publikováno v:
Circulation. 114:1761-1791
This scientific statement reviews the scientific data for cardiac computed tomography (CT) related to imaging of coronary artery disease (CAD) and atherosclerosis. Cardiac CT is a CT imaging technique that accounts for cardiac motion, typically throu