Objective Voice signal analysis is an emerging noninvasive diagnostic tool. The current
study tested the hypothesis that patient voice signal characteristics are associated with the …

Arterial calcification is a well-known risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD) and
myocardial infarction (MI). We performed a genome-wide association study on coronary …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Atherosclerotic calcifications are present not only in the
extracranial carotid bifurcation but also in the intracranial part of the internal carotid artery …

This review deals with noninvasive imaging for risk stratification and with a conceptual
approach to the selection of noninvasive tests in patients with suspected or known chronic …

Background Ectopic vascular calcification is a common condition associated with aging,
atherosclerosis, diabetes, and/or chronic kidney disease. Smooth muscle cells are the best …

The triglyceride glucose (TyG) index, a product of triglyceride and fasting glucose, is a
reliable marker for insulin resistance. We aimed to investigate the association between the …

Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States,
with coronary artery disease (CAD) accounting for half of all cardiovascular disease deaths …

Background: Kidney transplantation is the treatment of choice for chronic kidney disease
(CKD), but in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) cardiovascular events are the first cause of …

The prognostic performance of subclinical atherosclerosis in predicting coronary heart
disease (CHD) needs to be clarified because of the existence of many non-invasive tests …

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of coronary artery
calcium (CAC), a known marker of subclinical atherosclerosis, in a large, ethnically diverse …