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ARTICLE: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and progression of coronary artery calcium score: a retrospective cohort study AUTHORS: Dong Hyun Sinn, Danbee Kang, Yoosoo Chang, Seungho Ryu, Seonhye Gu, Hyunkyoung Kim, Donghyeong… Read More »Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and progression of coronary artery calcium score: a retrospective cohort study

ARTICLE: Mortality Risk Stratification by Combining BRAF V600E and TERT Promoter Mutations in Papillary ThyroidCancer: Genetic Duet of BRAF and TERT Promoter Mutations in Thyroid… Read More »Mortality Risk Stratification by Combining BRAF V600E and TERT Promoter Mutations in Papillary Thyroid Cancer: Genetic Duet of BRAF and TERT Promoter Mutations in Thyroid Cancer Mortality

ARTICLE: Encouraging Young Women to Move More: Linking Physical Activity in Young Adulthood to Coronary Risk in Women AUTHORS: Erin Michos and Michael Blaha JOURNAL: Circulation. 2016 Jul… Read More »Encouraging Young Women to Move More: Linking Physical Activity in Young Adulthood to Coronary Risk in Women

ARTICLE: SPIROMICS Protocol for Multicenter Quantitative CT to Phenotype the Lungs AUTHORS: Jered P Sieren, John D Newell, Jr., R. Graham Barr, Eugene R Bleecker, Nathan Burnette, Elizabeth E Carretta, David Couper, Jonathan Goldin, Junfeng Guo, MeiLan K Han, Nadia N Hansel, Richard E. Kanner, Ella… Read More »SPIROMICS Protocol for Multicenter Quantitative CT to Phenotype the Lungs

ARTICLE: Vaccinia vaccine–based immunotherapy arrests and reverses established pulmonary fibrosis AUTHORS: Samuel L. Collins, Yee Chan-Li, MinHee Oh, Christine L. Vigeland, Nathachit Limjunyawong, Wayne Mitzner, Jonathan D. Powell and Maureen R. Horton JOURNAL: JCI Insight.… Read More »Vaccinia vaccine–based immunotherapy arrests and reverses established pulmonary fibrosis

ARTICLE: Reducing Health Inequities in the U.S.: Recommendations From the NHLBI's Health Inequities Think Tank Meeting AUTHORS: Uchechukwu K.A. Sampson, Robert M. Kaplan, Richard S. Cooper,… Read More »Reducing Health Inequities in the U.S.: Recommendations From the NHLBI’s Health Inequities Think Tank Meeting

ARTICLE: Risk score overestimation: the impact of individual cardiovascular risk factors and preventive therapies on the performance of the American Heart Association-American College of Cardiology-AtheroscleroticCardiovascular Disease risk score in a modern multi-ethnic cohort. AUTHORS: Andrew Paul DeFilippis, Rebekah Young, John W. McEvoy, Erin D. Michos, Veit Sandfort, Richard A. Kronmal, Robyn L. McClelland, Michael J. Blaha JOURNAL: Eur Heart J. 2016 Jul 19. pii: ehw301. [Epub ahead of… Read More »Risk score overestimation: the impact of individual cardiovascular risk factors and preventive therapies on the performance of the American Heart Association-American College of Cardiology-Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease risk score in a modern multi-ethnic cohort

ARTICLE: Phenotype-Specific Treatment of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Multiorgan Roadmap AUTHORS: Sanjiv J. Shah, Dalane W. Kitzman, Barry A. Borlaug, Loek van Heerebeek, Michael R. Zile, David A. Kass and Walter J. Paulus JOURNAL: Circulation. 2016 Jul 5;134(1):73-90. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.021884.… Read More »Phenotype-Specific Treatment of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Multiorgan Roadmap

ARTICLE: Effect of CPAP on Airways Reactivity in Asthma: A Randomized Sham-Controlled Clinical Trial AUTHORS: Janet T Holbrook, Elizabeth A Sugar, Robert H Brown, Lea T Drye, Charles G.… Read More »Effect of CPAP on Airways Reactivity in Asthma: A Randomized Sham-Controlled Clinical Trial