Continuing Medical Education Course for “Use of Carotid Ultrasound to Identify Subclinical
Vascular Disease and Evaluate Cardiovascular Disease Risk: A Consensus Statement for …

… As defined by Bayesian theory, a test’s post-test likelihood of events is partially dependent
… be expected during follow-up and the resulting post-test risk estimate for patients with an …

As early and effective antiretroviral therapy has become more widespread, HIV has transitioned
from a progressive, fatal disease to a chronic, manageable disease marked by elevated …

Context Clopidogrel therapy improves cardiovascular outcomes in patients with acute coronary
syndromes and following percutaneous coronary intervention by inhibiting adenosine …

Background In patients undergoing dialysis, therapy with calcitriol or paricalcitol or other
vitamin D agents is associated with reduced mortality. Observational data suggests that low 25-…

The Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) programme seeks to elucidate the genetic
architecture and biology of heart, lung, blood and sleep disorders, with the ultimate goal of …

Structural variants (SVs) rearrange large segments of DNA 1 and can have profound
consequences in evolution and human disease 2 , 3 . As national biobanks, disease-association …

Background Limited information is available regarding genetic contributions to valvular
calcification, which is an important precursor of clinical valve disease. Methods We determined …

Background— Although brachial artery flow-mediated dilation (FMD) predicts recurrent
cardiovascular events, its predictive value for incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) events in …

Background— Coronary artery calcium (CAC) has been demonstrated to be associated with
the risk of coronary heart disease. The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) …