Khera R, Valero-Elizondo J, Das SR, Virani SS, Kash BA, de Lemos JA, Krumholz HM, Nasir K. Cost-Related Medication Nonadherence in Adults With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in the United States, 2013 to 2017. Circulation. 2019 Dec 17;140(25):2067-2075. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.041974. Epub 2019 Nov 25. PMID: 31760784. Link

Valero-Elizondo J, Khera R, Saxena A, Grandhi GR, Virani SS, Butler J, Samad Z, Desai NR, Krumholz HM, Nasir K. Financial Hardship From Medical Bills Among Nonelderly U.S. Adults With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2019 Feb 19;73(6):727-732. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.12.004. PMID: 30765039. Link

Warraich HJ, Salami JA, Khera R, Valero-Elizondo J, Okunrintemi V, Nasir K. Trends in Use and Expenditures of Brand-name Atorvastatin After Introduction of Generic Atorvastatin. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 May 1;178(5):719-721. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.0990. PMID: 29525818; PMCID: PMC5885171. Link

Patel KV, Pandey A, de Lemos JA. Conceptual Framework for Addressing Residual Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk in the Era of Precision Medicine. Circulation. 2018 Jun 12;137(24):2551-2553. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.035289. Epub 2018 Apr 11. PMID: 29643058. Link

Patel KV, McGuire DK. Long-term follow-up of intensive glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes. Nat Rev Cardiol. 2019 Sep;16(9):517-518. doi: 10.1038/s41569-019-0241-y. PMID: 31337880. Link

Patel KV, Bahnson JL, Gaussoin SA, Johnson KC, Pi-Sunyer X, White U, Olson KL, Bertoni AG, Kitzman DW, Berry JD, Pandey A; Look AHEAD Research Group. Association of Baseline and Longitudinal Changes in Body Composition Measures With Risk of Heart Failure and Myocardial Infarction in Type 2 Diabetes: Findings From the Look AHEAD Trial. Circulation. 2020 Dec 22;142(25):2420-2430. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.050941. Epub 2020 Nov 9. PMID: 33164570. Link

Cainzos-Achirica M, Glassner K, Zawahir HS, Dey AK, Agrawal T, Quigley EMM, Abraham BP, Acquah I, Yahya T, Mehta NN, Nasir K. Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: JACC Review Topic of the Week. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Dec 15;76(24):2895-2905. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.10.027. PMID: 33303079. Link

Cainzos-Achirica M, Bittencourt MS, Osei AD, Haque W, Bhatt DL, Blumenthal RS, Blankstein R, Ray KK, Blaha MJ, Nasir K. Coronary Artery Calcium to Improve the Efficiency of Randomized Controlled Trials in Primary Cardiovascular Prevention. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020 Nov 18:S1936-878X(20)30938-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2020.10.016. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33221237. Link

Blaha MJ, Cainzos-Achirica M, Greenland P, McEvoy JW, Blankstein R, Budoff MJ, Dardari Z, Sibley CT, Burke GL, Kronmal RA, Szklo M, Blumenthal RS, Nasir K. Role of Coronary Artery Calcium Score of Zero and Other Negative Risk Markers for Cardiovascular Disease: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Circulation. 2016 Mar 1;133(9):849-58. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.018524. Epub 2016 Jan 22. PMID: 26801055; PMCID: PMC4775391. Link

Cainzos-Achirica M, Miedema MD, McEvoy JW, Al Rifai M, Greenland P, Dardari Z, Budoff M, Blumenthal RS, Yeboah J, Duprez DA, Mortensen MB, Dzaye O, Hong J, Nasir K, Blaha MJ. Coronary Artery Calcium for Personalized Allocation of Aspirin in Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in 2019: The MESA Study (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis). Circulation. 2020 May 12;141(19):1541-1553. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.045010. Epub 2020 Apr 1. PMID: 32233663; PMCID: PMC7217722. Link

Blaha MJ, Budoff MJ, DeFilippis AP, Blankstein R, Rivera JJ, Agatston A, O’Leary DH, Lima J, Blumenthal RS, Nasir K. Associations between C-reactive protein, coronary artery calcium, and cardiovascular events: implications for the JUPITER population from MESA, a population-based cohort study. Lancet. 2011 Aug 20;378(9792):684-92. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60784-8. PMID: 21856482; PMCID: PMC3173039. Link

Martin SS, Blaha MJ, Blankstein R, Agatston A, Rivera JJ, Virani SS, Ouyang P, Jones SR, Blumenthal RS, Budoff MJ, Nasir K. Dyslipidemia, coronary artery calcium, and incident atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: implications for statin therapy from the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Circulation. 2014 Jan 7;129(1):77-86. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.003625. Epub 2013 Oct 20. PMID: 24141324; PMCID: PMC3919521. Link

Nasir K, Budoff MJ, Wong ND, Scheuner M, Herrington D, Arnett DK, Szklo M, Greenland P, Blumenthal RS. Family history of premature coronary heart disease and coronary artery calcification: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Circulation. 2007 Aug 7;116(6):619-26. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.688739. Epub 2007 Jul 23. PMID: 17646582. Link

Nasir K, Tsai M, Rosen BD, Fernandes V, Bluemke DA, Folsom AR, Lima JA. Elevated homocysteine is associated with reduced regional left ventricular function: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Circulation. 2007 Jan 16;115(2):180-7. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.633750. Epub 2007 Jan 2. PMID: 17200444. Link

Nasir K, Michos ED, Rumberger JA, Braunstein JB, Post WS, Budoff MJ, Blumenthal RS. Coronary artery calcification and family history of premature coronary heart disease: sibling history is more strongly associated than parental history. Circulation. 2004 Oct 12;110(15):2150-6. doi: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000144464.11080.14. Epub 2004 Oct 4. PMID: 15466626. Link

Nasir K, Shaw LJ, Liu ST, Weinstein SR, Mosler TR, Flores PR, Flores FR, Raggi P, Berman DS, Blumenthal RS, Budoff MJ. Ethnic differences in the prognostic value of coronary artery calcification for all-cause mortality. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007 Sep 4;50(10):953-60. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.03.066. Epub 2007 Aug 20. PMID: 17765122. Link

DeFilippis AP, Blaha MJ, Ndumele CE, Budoff MJ, Lloyd-Jones DM, McClelland RL, Lakoski SG, Cushman M, Wong ND, Blumenthal RS, Lima J, Nasir K. The association of Framingham and Reynolds risk scores with incidence and progression of coronary artery calcification in MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis). J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 Nov 8;58(20):2076-83. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.08.022. PMID: 22051329; PMCID: PMC4079464. Link

Bittencourt MS, Blaha MJ, Blankstein R, Budoff M, Vargas JD, Blumenthal RS, Agatston AS, Nasir K. Polypill therapy, subclinical atherosclerosis, and cardiovascular events-implications for the use of preventive pharmacotherapy: MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis). J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014 Feb 11;63(5):434-43. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.08.1640. Epub 2013 Oct 23. PMID: 24161320; PMCID: PMC4174413. Link

Nasir K, Bittencourt MS, Blaha MJ, Blankstein R, Agatson AS, Rivera JJ, Miedema MD, Sibley CT, Shaw LJ, Blumenthal RS, Budoff MJ, Krumholz HM. Implications of Coronary Artery Calcium Testing Among Statin Candidates According to American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Cholesterol Management Guidelines: MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis). J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015 Oct 13;66(15):1657-68. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.07.066. Erratum in: J Am Coll Cardiol. Dec 15;66(23):2686. Miemdema, Michael D [corrected to Miedema, Michael D]. PMID: 26449135. Link

Mszar R, Grandhi GR, Valero-Elizondo J, Virani SS, Blankstein R, Blaha M, Mata P, Miname MH, Al Rasadi K, Krumholz HM, Santos RD, Nasir K. Absence of Coronary Artery Calcification in Middle-Aged Familial Hypercholesterolemia Patients Without Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020 Apr;13(4):1090-1092. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2019.11.001. Epub 2019 Nov 11. PMID: 31843585. Link

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