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Joseph Polak, MD MPH

Adjunct Professor

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Radiology

MDCM, McGill University
MPH, Harvard School of Public Health
BSc, McGill University
DEC, CEGEP de Saint-Laurent

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ORCID : 0000-0002-2459-083X

A graduate of McGill University School of Medicine and of the Harvard School of Public Health, Professor Polak's major clinical interests are in the use of ultrasound imaging to detect and follow atherosclerosis. He has co-authored more than 310 peer reviewed papers and 100 non-peer reviewed articles and chapters. He is sole author of a text book on Vascular Ultrasound: ”Peripheral Vascular Ultrasound. A practical guide” as well as co-editor of a textbook: “Introduction to Vascular Ultrasonography”. He has served on the Editorial Board of Radiology and currently serves on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Neuroimaging, the Journal of Vascular Ultrasound, and the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. He is past-president of the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories, has served on the Board of the American Institute in Ultrasound in Medicine, and is currently serving on the Board of the Society of Vascular Medicine. He has been co-investigator and director of the Ultrasound Reading Center that was funded by the NIH and evaluated many ultrasound markers of atherosclerosis such as carotid artery intima-media thickness, carotid artery plaque, carotid artery distensibility, brachial artery reactivity, and currently brachial artery intima-media thickness. He is working on developing a calibrated methodology that can be used for cardiovascular risk assessment.

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Polak JF, Alexandrov AV. Accuracy of the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (SRU) Carotid Doppler Velocity Criteria for Grading North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial "NASCET" Stenosis: A Meta-Analysis. J Ultrasound Med. 2022 Dec 17. PMID: 36527708

Nonterah EA, Crowther NJ, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Oduro AR, Kavousi M, Agongo G, Anderson TJ, Asiki G, Boua PR, Choma SSR, Couper DJ, Engström G, de Graaf J, Kauhanen J, Lonn EM, Mathiesen EB, Micklesfield LK, Okazaki S, Polak JF, Rundek T, Salonen JT, Tollman SM, Tuomainen TP, Grobbee DE, Ramsay M, Bots ML. Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Association Between Classical Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Common Carotid Intima-Media Thickness: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 Aug 02; 11(15):e023704. PMID: 35876421; PMCID: PMC9375511; DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.121.023704;

Kamtchum-Tatuene J, Saba L, Heldner MR, Poorthuis MHF, de Borst GJ, Rundek T, Kakkos SK, Chaturvedi S, Topakian R, Polak JF, Jickling GC. Interleukin-6 Predicts Carotid Plaque Severity, Vulnerability, and Progression. Circ Res. 2022 Jul 08; 131(2):e22-e33. PMID: 35713008; PMCID: PMC9308732; DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.122.320877;

Castaneda AB, Petty LE, Scholz M, Jansen R, Weiss S, Zhang X, Schramm K, Beutner F, Kirsten H, Schminke U, Hwang SJ, Marzi C, Dhana K, Seldenrijk A, Krohn K, Homuth G, Wolf P, Peters MJ, Dörr M, Peters A, van Meurs JBJ, Uitterlinden AG, Kavousi M, Levy D, Herder C, van Grootheest G, Waldenberger M, Meisinger C, Rathmann W, Thiery J, Polak J, Koenig W, Seissler J, Bis JC, Franceshini N, Giambartolomei C, Hofman A, Franco OH, Penninx BWJH, Prokisch H, Völzke H, Loeffler M, O'Donnell CJ, Below JE, Dehghan A, de Vries PS. Associations of carotid intima media thickness with gene expression in whole blood and genetically predicted gene expression across 48 tissues. Hum Mol Genet. 2022 Mar 31; 31(7):1171-1182.View Related Profiles.

O'Donnell, Christopher
Polak, Joseph
Hwang, Shih-Jen
Zhang, Xiaoling

PMID: 34788810; PMCID: PMC8976428; DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddab236;

Baradaran H, Peloso GM, Polak JF, Killiany RJ, Ghosh S, DeCarli CS, Thibault EG, Sperling RA, Johnson KA, Beiser A, Romero JR, Seshadri S. Association of Carotid Intima Media Thickening with Future Brain Region Specific Amyloid-ß Burden. J Alzheimers Dis. 2022; 89(1):223-232.View Related Profiles.

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Peloso, Gina
Polak, Joseph
Killiany, Ronald
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PMID: 35871328

Cainzos-Achirica M, Acquah I, Dardari Z, Mszar R, Greenland P, Blankstein R, Bittencourt M, Rajagopalan S, Al-Kindi SG, Polak JF, Blumenthal RS, Blaha MJ, Nasir K. Long-Term Prognostic Implications and Role of Further Testing in Adults Aged =55 Years With a Coronary Calcium Score of Zero (from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis). Am J Cardiol. 2021 12 15; 161:26-35. PMID: 34794615; PMCID: PMC8607758; DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2021.08.067;

Polak JF, Backlund JC, Budoff M, Raskin P, Bebu I, Lachin JM. Coronary Artery Disease Events and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Type 1 Diabetes in the DCCT/EDIC Cohort. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 12 21; 10(24):e022922. PMID: 34873921; PMCID: PMC9075257; DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.121.022922;

Huang NK, Bužková P, Matthan NR, Djoussé L, Kizer JR, Mukamal KJ, Polak JF, Lichtenstein AH. Serum Non-Esterified Fatty Acids, Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness and Flow-Mediated Dilation in Older Adults: The Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS). Nutrients. 2021 Aug 31; 13(9). PMID: 34578930; PMCID: PMC8465602; DOI: 10.3390/nu13093052;

Aladin AI, Soliman EZ, Kitzman DW, Dardari Z, Rasool SH, Yeboah J, Budoff MJ, Psaty BM, Ouyang P, Polak JF, Blumenthal RS, McEvoy JW, Gandhi SK, Herrington DM. Comparison of the Relation of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness With Incident Heart Failure With Reduced Versus Preserved Ejection Fraction (from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis [MESA]). Am J Cardiol. 2021 06 01; 148:102-109. PMID: 33667446; PMCID: PMC8113133; DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2021.02.020;

Polak JF, Kremkau FW. The 60° Doppler Angle Correction Paradigm: Reality or Myth? (an Uncomfortable Truth?). J Ultrasound Med. 2021 Oct; 40(10):2227-2233. PMID: 33355961

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Razavi AC, Wong N, Budoff M, Bazzano LA, Kelly TN, He J, Fernandez C, Lima J, Polak JF, Mongraw-Chaffin M, deFilippi C, Szklo M, Bertoni AG, Blumenthal RS, Blaha MJ, Whelton SP. Predicting Long-Term Absence of Coronary Artery Calcium in Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes: The MESA Study. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021 01; 14(1):219-229. PMID: 33129732; PMCID: PMC7796947; DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2020.06.047;

Baradaran H, Demissie S, Himali JJ, Beiser A, Gupta A, Polak JF, DeCarli C, Seshadri S, Romero JR. The progression of carotid atherosclerosis and imaging markers of dementia. Alzheimers Dement (N Y). 2020; 6(1):e12015.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 32296732; PMCID: PMC7154591; DOI: 10.1002/trc2.12015;

Bahls M, Lorenz MW, Dörr M, Gao L, Kitagawa K, Tuomainen TP, Agewall S, Berenson G, Catapano AL, Norata GD, Bots ML, van Gilst W, Asselbergs FW, Brouwers FP, Uthoff H, Sander D, Poppert H, Hecht Olsen M, Empana JP, Schminke U, Baldassarre D, Veglia F, Franco OH, Kavousi M, de Groot E, Mathiesen EB, Grigore L, Polak JF, Rundek T, Stehouwer CD, Skilton MR, Hatzitolios AI, Savopoulos C, Ntaios G, Plichart M, McLachlan S, Lind L, Willeit P, Steinmetz H, Desvarieux M, Ikram MA, Johnsen SH, Schmidt C, Willeit J, Ducimetiere P, Price JF, Bergström G, Kauhanen J, Kiechl S, Sitzer M, Bickel H, Sacco RL, Hofman A, Völzke H, Thompson SG. Progression of conventional cardiovascular risk factors and vascular disease risk in individuals: insights from the PROG-IMT consortium. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2020 02; 27(3):234-243. PMID: 31619084; PMCID: PMC7008553; DOI: 10.1177/2047487319877078;

Prasada S, Shah SJ, Michos ED, Polak JF, Greenland P. Ankle-brachial index and incident heart failure with reduced versus preserved ejection fraction: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Vasc Med. 2019 12; 24(6):501-510. PMID: 31480898; DOI: 10.1177/1358863X19870602;

Ong KL, Campbell S, Wu BJ, McClelland RL, Kokkinos J, Szklo M, Polak JF, Allison MA, Rye KA. Relationship of fibroblast growth factor 21 with subclinical atherosclerosis and cardiovascular events: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis. 2019 08; 287:46-53. PMID: 31212234; DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2019.06.898;

Oni E, Budoff MJ, Zeb I, Li D, Veledar E, Polak JF, Blankstein R, Wong ND, Blaha MJ, Agatston A, Blumenthal RS, Nasir K. Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Is Associated With Arterial Distensibility and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness: (from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis). Am J Cardiol. 2019 08 15; 124(4):534-538. PMID: 31262497

Polak JF, Alessi-Chinetti JM, Kremkau FW. Doppler Velocity Estimates of Internal Carotid Artery Stenosis: Angle Correction Parallel to the Color Doppler Lumen Versus Parallel to the Artery Wall. J Ultrasound Med. 2019 Dec; 38(12):3211-3218. PMID: 31124163; DOI: 10.1002/jum.15029;

Polak JF, Herrington D, O'Leary DH. Associations of edge-detected and manual-traced common carotid artery intima-media thickness with incident peripheral artery disease: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Vasc Med. 2019 08; 24(4):306-312. PMID: 31023166; DOI: 10.1177/1358863X19835925;

Polak JF, Ouyang P, Vaidya D. Total brachial artery reactivity and first time incident coronary heart disease events in a longitudinal cohort study: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. PLoS One. 2019; 14(4):e0211726. PMID: 30969969; PMCID: PMC6457482; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211726;

Budoff M, Backlund JC, Bluemke DA, Polak J, Bebu I, Schade D, Strowig S, Raskin P, Lachin JM. The Association of Coronary Artery Calcification With Subsequent Incidence of Cardiovascular Disease in Type 1 Diabetes: The DCCT/EDIC Trials. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2019 07; 12(7 Pt 2):1341-1349. PMID: 30878435; PMCID: PMC6612565; DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2019.01.014;

Zhao Y, Evans MA, Allison MA, Bertoni AG, Budoff MJ, Criqui MH, Malik S, Ouyang P, Polak JF, Wong ND. Multisite atherosclerosis in subjects with metabolic syndrome and diabetes and relation to cardiovascular events: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis. 2019 03; 282:202-209. PMID: 30600075; PMCID: PMC6401246; DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2018.12.005;

Zhang Y, Guallar E, Malhotra S, Astor BC, Polak JF, Qiao Y, Gomes AS, Herrington DM, Sharrett AR, Bluemke DA, Wasserman BA. Carotid Artery Wall Thickness and Incident Cardiovascular Events: A Comparison between US and MRI in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Radiology. 2018 12; 289(3):649-657. PMID: 30299234; PMCID: PMC6276075; DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2018173069;

Lorenz MW, Gao L, Ziegelbauer K, Norata GD, Empana JP, Schmidtmann I, Lin HJ, McLachlan S, Bokemark L, Ronkainen K, Amato M, Schminke U, Srinivasan SR, Lind L, Okazaki S, Stehouwer CDA, Willeit P, Polak JF, Steinmetz H, Sander D, Poppert H, Desvarieux M, Ikram MA, Johnsen SH, Staub D, Sirtori CR, Iglseder B, Beloqui O, Engström G, Friera A, Rozza F, Xie W, Parraga G, Grigore L, Plichart M, Blankenberg S, Su TC, Schmidt C, Tuomainen TP, Veglia F, Völzke H, Nijpels G, Willeit J, Sacco RL, Franco OH, Uthoff H, Hedblad B, Suarez C, Izzo R, Zhao D, Wannarong T, Catapano A, Ducimetiere P, Espinola-Klein C, Chien KL, Price JF, Bergström G, Kauhanen J, Tremoli E, Dörr M, Berenson G, Kitagawa K, Dekker JM, Kiechl S, Sitzer M, Bickel H, Rundek T, Hofman A, Mathiesen EB, Castelnuovo S, Landecho MF, Rosvall M, Gabriel R, de Luca N, Liu J, Baldassarre D, Kavousi M, de Groot E, Bots ML, Yanez DN, Thompson SG. Correction: Predictive value for cardiovascular events of common carotid intima media thickness and its rate of change in individuals at high cardiovascular risk - Results from the PROG-IMT collaboration. PLoS One. 2018; 13(9):e0204633. PMID: 30235339; PMCID: PMC6147579; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204633;

Osawa K, Trejo MEP, Nakanishi R, McClelland RL, Blaha MJ, Blankstein R, McEvoy JW, Ceponiene I, Stein JH, Sacco RL, Polak JF, Budoff MJ. Coronary artery calcium and carotid artery intima-media thickness for the prediction of stroke and benefit from statins. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2018 12; 25(18):1980-1987. PMID: 30183342; DOI: 10.1177/2047487318798058;

Osawa K, Nakanishi R, McClelland RL, Polak JF, Bishop W, Sacco RL, Ceponiene I, Nezarat N, Rahmani S, Qi H, Kanisawa M, Budoff MJ. Ischemic stroke/transient ischemic attack events and carotid artery disease in the absence of or with minimal coronary artery calcification: Results from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis. 2018 08; 275:22-27. PMID: 29852401; PMCID: PMC6113099; DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2018.05.027;

Liang J, Le TH, Velez Edwards DR, Tayo BO, Gaulton KJ, Smith JA, Lu Y, Jensen RA, Chen G, Yanek LR, Schwander K, Tajuddin SM, Sofer T, Kim W, Kayima J, McKenzie CA, Fox E, Nalls MA, Young JH, Sun YV, Lane JM, Cechova S, Zhou J, Tang H, Fornage M, Musani SK, Wang H, Lee J, Adeyemo A, Dreisbach AW, Forrester T, Chu PL, Cappola A, Evans MK, Morrison AC, Martin LW, Wiggins KL, Hui Q, Zhao W, Jackson RD, Ware EB, Faul JD, Reiner AP, Bray M, Denny JC, Mosley TH, Palmas W, Guo X, Papanicolaou GJ, Penman AD, Polak JF, Rice K, Taylor KD, Boerwinkle E, Bottinger EP, Liu K, Risch N, Hunt SC, Kooperberg C, Zonderman AB, Laurie CC, Becker DM, Cai J, Loos RJF, Psaty BM, Weir DR, Kardia SLR, Arnett DK, Won S, Edwards TL, Redline S, Cooper RS, Rao DC, Rotter JI, Rotimi C, Levy D, Chakravarti A, Zhu X, Franceschini N. Correction: Single-trait and multi-trait genome-wide association analyses identify novel loci for blood pressure in African-ancestry populations. PLoS Genet. 2018 05; 14(5):e1007345. PMID: 29750786; PMCID: PMC5947884; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007345;

Al Rifai M, Martin SS, McEvoy JW, Nasir K, Blankstein R, Yeboah J, Miedema M, Shea SJ, Polak JF, Ouyang P, Blumenthal RS, Bittencourt M, Bensenor I, Santos RD, Duncan BB, Santos IS, Lotufo PA, Blaha MJ. The prevalence and correlates of subclinical atherosclerosis among adults with low-density lipoprotein cholesterol <70?mg/dL: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) and Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil). Atherosclerosis. 2018 07; 274:61-66. PMID: 29751286; DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2018.04.021;

Lorenz MW, Gao L, Ziegelbauer K, Norata GD, Empana JP, Schmidtmann I, Lin HJ, McLachlan S, Bokemark L, Ronkainen K, Amato M, Schminke U, Srinivasan SR, Lind L, Okazaki S, Stehouwer CDA, Willeit P, Polak JF, Steinmetz H, Sander D, Poppert H, Desvarieux M, Ikram MA, Johnsen SH, Staub D, Sirtori CR, Iglseder B, Beloqui O, Engström G, Friera A, Rozza F, Xie W, Parraga G, Grigore L, Plichart M, Blankenberg S, Su TC, Schmidt C, Tuomainen TP, Veglia F, Völzke H, Nijpels G, Willeit J, Sacco RL, Franco OH, Uthoff H, Hedblad B, Suarez C, Izzo R, Zhao D, Wannarong T, Catapano A, Ducimetiere P, Espinola-Klein C, Chien KL, Price JF, Bergström G, Kauhanen J, Tremoli E, Dörr M, Berenson G, Kitagawa K, Dekker JM, Kiechl S, Sitzer M, Bickel H, Rundek T, Hofman A, Mathiesen EB, Castelnuovo S, Landecho MF, Rosvall M, Gabriel R, de Luca N, Liu J, Baldassarre D, Kavousi M, de Groot E, Bots ML, Yanez DN, Thompson SG. Predictive value for cardiovascular events of common carotid intima media thickness and its rate of change in individuals at high cardiovascular risk - Results from the PROG-IMT collaboration. PLoS One. 2018; 13(4):e0191172. PMID: 29649236; PMCID: PMC5896895; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191172;

Bell EJ, Decker PA, Tsai MY, Pankow JS, Hanson NQ, Wassel CL, Larson NB, Cohoon KP, Budoff MJ, Polak JF, Stein JH, Bielinski SJ. Hepatocyte growth factor is associated with progression of atherosclerosis: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Atherosclerosis. 2018 05; 272:162-167. PMID: 29609131; PMCID: PMC5908230; DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2018.03.040;

Sammut A, Shea S, Blumenthal RS, Szklo M, Bathon JM, Polak JF, Tracy R, Giles JT. Albuminuria in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Associations With Rheumatoid Arthritis Characteristics and Subclinical Atherosclerosis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2017 12; 69(12):1799-1808. PMID: 28257609; PMCID: PMC5899611; DOI: 10.1002/acr.23234;

Jensen MK, Aroner SA, Mukamal KJ, Furtado JD, Post WS, Tsai MY, Tjønneland A, Polak JF, Rimm EB, Overvad K, McClelland RL, Sacks FM. High-Density Lipoprotein Subspecies Defined by Presence of Apolipoprotein C-III and Incident Coronary Heart Disease in Four Cohorts. Circulation. 2018 03 27; 137(13):1364-1373. PMID: 29162611; PMCID: PMC5871573; DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.031276;

Britton AR, Grobbee DE, den Ruijter HM, Anderson TJ, Desvarieux M, Engström G, Evans GW, Hedblad B, Kauhanen J, Kurl S, Lonn EM, Mathiesen EB, Polak JF, Price JF, Rembold CM, Rosvall M, Rundek T, Salonen JT, Stehouwer C, Tuomainen TP, Bots ML. Alcohol Consumption and Common Carotid Intima-Media Thickness: The USE-IMT Study. Alcohol Alcohol. 2017 Jul 01; 52(4):483-486. PMID: 28525540; PMCID: PMC5860521; DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agx028;

Bielinski SJ, Berardi C, Decker PA, Larson NB, Bell EJ, Pankow JS, Sale MM, Tang W, Hanson NQ, Wassel CL, de Andrade M, Budoff MJ, Polak JF, Sicotte H, Tsai MY. Hepatocyte growth factor demonstrates racial heterogeneity as a biomarker for coronary heart disease. Heart. 2017 08; 103(15):1185-1193. PMID: 28572400; PMCID: PMC5511548; DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2016-310450;

Liang J, Le TH, Edwards DRV, Tayo BO, Gaulton KJ, Smith JA, Lu Y, Jensen RA, Chen G, Yanek LR, Schwander K, Tajuddin SM, Sofer T, Kim W, Kayima J, McKenzie CA, Fox E, Nalls MA, Young JH, Sun YV, Lane JM, Cechova S, Zhou J, Tang H, Fornage M, Musani SK, Wang H, Lee J, Adeyemo A, Dreisbach AW, Forrester T, Chu PL, Cappola A, Evans MK, Morrison AC, Martin LW, Wiggins KL, Hui Q, Zhao W, Jackson RD, Ware EB, Faul JD, Reiner AP, Bray M, Denny JC, Mosley TH, Palmas W, Guo X, Papanicolaou GJ, Penman AD, Polak JF, Rice K, Taylor KD, Boerwinkle E, Bottinger EP, Liu K, Risch N, Hunt SC, Kooperberg C, Zonderman AB, Laurie CC, Becker DM, Cai J, Loos RJF, Psaty BM, Weir DR, Kardia SLR, Arnett DK, Won S, Edwards TL, Redline S, Cooper RS, Rao DC, Rotter JI, Rotimi C, Levy D, Chakravarti A, Zhu X, Franceschini N. Single-trait and multi-trait genome-wide association analyses identify novel loci for blood pressure in African-ancestry populations. PLoS Genet. 2017 May; 13(5):e1006728. PMID: 28498854; PMCID: PMC5446189; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006728;

Wang X, Dalmeijer GW, den Ruijter HM, Anderson TJ, Britton AR, Dekker J, Engström G, Evans GW, de Graaf J, Grobbee DE, Hedblad B, Holewijn S, Ikeda A, Kauhanen J, Kitagawa K, Kitamura A, Kurl S, Lonn EM, Lorenz MW, Mathiesen EB, Nijpels G, Okazaki S, Polak JF, Price JF, Rembold CM, Rosvall M, Rundek T, Salonen JT, Sitzer M, Stehouwer CD, Tuomainen TP, Peters SA, Bots ML. Clustering of cardiovascular risk factors and carotid intima-media thickness: The USE-IMT study. PLoS One. 2017; 12(3):e0173393. PMID: 28323823; PMCID: PMC5360240; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173393;

Gepner AD, Young R, Delaney JA, Budoff MJ, Polak JF, Blaha MJ, Post WS, Michos ED, Kaufman J, Stein JH. Comparison of Carotid Plaque Score and Coronary Artery Calcium Score for Predicting Cardiovascular Disease Events: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. J Am Heart Assoc. 2017 02 14; 6(2). PMID: 28196817; PMCID: PMC5523788; DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.116.005179;

Polak JF, Szklo M, O'Leary DH. Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Score, Positive Coronary Artery Calcium Score, and Incident Coronary Heart Disease: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. J Am Heart Assoc. 2017 01 21; 6(1). PMID: 28110311; PMCID: PMC5523639; DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.116.004612;

Jones MR, Magid HS, Al-Rifai M, McEvoy JW, Kaufman JD, Hinckley Stukovsky KD, Szklo M, Polak J, Burke GL, Post WS, Blaha MJ, Navas-Acien A. Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. J Am Heart Assoc. 2016 12 19; 5(12). PMID: 27993830; PMCID: PMC5210438; DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.115.002965;

Hom EK, Duprez DA, Jacobs DR, Bluemke DA, Brumback LC, Polak JF, Peralta CA, Greenland P, Magzamen SL, Lima JA, Redheuil A, Herrington DM, Stein JH, Vaidya D, Ouyang P, Kaufman JD. Comparing Arterial Function Parameters for the Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease Events: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Am J Epidemiol. 2016 12 15; 184(12):894-901. PMID: 27923782; PMCID: PMC5161085; DOI: 10.1093/aje/kww113;

Garg PK, Koh WJH, Delaney JA, Halm EA, Hirsch CH, Longstreth WT, Mukamal KJ, Kucharska-Newton A, Polak JF, Curtis L. Risk Factors for Incident Carotid Artery Revascularization among Older Adults: The Cardiovascular Health Study. Cerebrovasc Dis Extra. 2016; 6(3):129-139. PMID: 27846618; PMCID: PMC5836156; DOI: 10.1159/000452426;

Miller PE, Zhao D, Frazier-Wood AC, Michos ED, Averill M, Sandfort V, Burke GL, Polak JF, Lima JAC, Post WS, Blumenthal RS, Guallar E, Martin SS. Associations of Coffee, Tea, and Caffeine Intake with Coronary Artery Calcification and Cardiovascular Events. Am J Med. 2017 02; 130(2):188-197.e5. PMID: 27640739; PMCID: PMC5263166; DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.08.038;

Polak JF, O'Leary DH. Carotid Intima-Media Thickness as Surrogate for and Predictor of CVD. Glob Heart. 2016 09; 11(3):295-312.e3. PMID: 27741977; DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2016.08.006;

Levitan EB, Ahmed A, Arnett DK, Polak JF, Hundley WG, Bluemke DA, Heckbert SR, Jacobs DR, Nettleton JA. Mediterranean diet score and left ventricular structure and function: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Am J Clin Nutr. 2016 Sep; 104(3):595-602. PMID: 27488238; PMCID: PMC4997295; DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.128579;

Chen LY, Leening MJ, Norby FL, Roetker NS, Hofman A, Franco OH, Pan W, Polak JF, Witteman JC, Kronmal RA, Folsom AR, Nazarian S, Stricker BH, Heckbert SR, Alonso A. Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Arterial Stiffness and the Risk of Atrial Fibrillation: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study, Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), and the Rotterdam Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2016 05 20; 5(5). PMID: 27207996; PMCID: PMC4889172; DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.115.002907;

Kim DS, Li YK, Bell GA, Burt AA, Vaisar T, Hutchins PM, Furlong CE, Otvos JD, Polak JF, Arnan MK, Kaufman JD, McClelland RL, Longstreth WT, Jarvik GP. Concentration of Smaller High-Density Lipoprotein Particle (HDL-P) Is Inversely Correlated With Carotid Intima Media Thickening After Confounder Adjustment: The Multi Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). J Am Heart Assoc. 2016 05 20; 5(5). PMID: 27207961; PMCID: PMC4889175; DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.115.002977;

Romero JR, Preis SR, Beiser A, DeCarli C, D'Agostino RB, Wolf PA, Vasan RS, Polak JF, Seshadri S. Carotid Atherosclerosis and Cerebral Microbleeds: The Framingham Heart Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2016 Mar 18; 5(3):e002377.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 26994127; PMCID: PMC4943235; DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.115.002377;

Vargas JD, Manichaikul A, Wang XQ, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Post WS, Polak JF, Budoff MJ, Bluemke DA. Detailed analysis of association between common single nucleotide polymorphisms and subclinical atherosclerosis: The Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Data Brief. 2016 Jun; 7:229-42. PMID: 26958643; PMCID: PMC4773483; DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2016.01.048;

Liao X, Norata GD, Polak JF, Stehouwer CD, Catapano A, Rundek T, Ezhov M, Sander D, Thompson SG, Lorenz MW, Balakhonova T, Safarova M, Grigore L, Empana JP, Lin HJ, McLachlan S, Bokemark L, Ronkainen K, Schminke U, Lind L, Willeit P, Yanez DN, Steinmetz H, Poppert H, Desvarieux M, Ikram MA, Johnsen SH, Iglseder B, Friera A, Xie W, Plichart M, Su TC, Srinivasan SR, Schmidt C, Tuomainen TP, Völzke H, Nijpels G, Willeit J, Franco OH, Suarez C, Zhao D, Ducimetiere P, Chien KL, Robertson C, Bergström G, Kauhanen J, Dörr M, Dekker JM, Kiechl S, Sitzer M, Bickel H, Sacco RL, Hofman A, Mathiesen EB, Gabriel R, Liu J, Berenson G, Kavousi M, Price JF. Normative values for carotid intima media thickness and its progression: Are they transferrable outside of their cohort of origin? Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2016 07; 23(11):1165-73. PMID: 26746227; DOI: 10.1177/2047487315625543;

Vargas JD, Manichaikul A, Wang XQ, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Post WS, Polak JF, Budoff MJ, Bluemke DA. Common genetic variants and subclinical atherosclerosis: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Atherosclerosis. 2016 Feb; 245:230-6. PMID: 26789557; PMCID: PMC4738145; DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.11.034;

Lorenz MW, Price JF, Robertson C, Bots ML, Polak JF, Poppert H, Kavousi M, Dörr M, Stensland E, Ducimetiere P, Ronkainen K, Kiechl S, Sitzer M, Rundek T, Lind L, Liu J, Bergström G, Grigore L, Bokemark L, Friera A, Yanez D, Bickel H, Ikram MA, Völzke H, Johnsen SH, Empana JP, Tuomainen TP, Willeit P, Steinmetz H, Desvarieux M, Xie W, Schmidt C, Norata GD, Suarez C, Sander D, Hofman A, Schminke U, Mathiesen E, Plichart M, Kauhanen J, Willeit J, Sacco RL, McLachlan S, Zhao D, Fagerberg B, Catapano AL, Gabriel R, Franco OH, Bülbül A, Scheckenbach F, Pflug A, Gao L, Thompson SG. Carotid intima-media thickness progression and risk of vascular events in people with diabetes: results from the PROG-IMT collaboration. Diabetes Care. 2015 Oct; 38(10):1921-9. PMID: 26180107; PMCID: PMC4580609; DOI: 10.2337/dc14-2732;

Gijsberts CM, Groenewegen KA, Hoefer IE, Eijkemans MJ, Asselbergs FW, Anderson TJ, Britton AR, Dekker JM, Engström G, Evans GW, de Graaf J, Grobbee DE, Hedblad B, Holewijn S, Ikeda A, Kitagawa K, Kitamura A, de Kleijn DP, Lonn EM, Lorenz MW, Mathiesen EB, Nijpels G, Okazaki S, O'Leary DH, Pasterkamp G, Peters SA, Polak JF, Price JF, Robertson C, Rembold CM, Rosvall M, Rundek T, Salonen JT, Sitzer M, Stehouwer CD, Bots ML, den Ruijter HM. Race/Ethnic Differences in the Associations of the Framingham Risk Factors with Carotid IMT and Cardiovascular Events. PLoS One. 2015; 10(7):e0132321. PMID: 26134404; PMCID: PMC4489855; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132321;

Polak JF, Alessi-Chinetti JM, Estes JM, Patel AR. Left Ventricular Ejection Time Derived From the Common Carotid Artery Doppler Waveform: Association With Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction and Prediction of Heart Failure. J Ultrasound Med. 2015 Jul; 34(7):1237-42. PMID: 26112626; DOI: 10.7863/ultra.34.7.1237;

Polak JF, O'Leary DH. Edge-detected common carotid artery intima-media thickness and incident coronary heart disease in the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. J Am Heart Assoc. 2015 Jun 15; 4(6):e001492. PMID: 26077584; PMCID: PMC4599522; DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.114.001492;

Patel J, Al Rifai M, Blaha MJ, Budoff MJ, Post WS, Polak JF, Bluemke DA, Scheuner MT, Kronmal RA, Blumenthal RS, Nasir K, McEvoy JW. Coronary Artery Calcium Improves Risk Assessment in Adults With a Family History of Premature Coronary Heart Disease: Results From Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015 Jun; 8(6):e003186. PMID: 26047825; PMCID: PMC5580027; DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.115.003186;

Polak JF, Szklo M, O'Leary DH. Associations of Coronary Heart Disease with Common Carotid Artery Near and Far Wall Intima-Media Thickness: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2015 Sep; 28(9):1114-21. PMID: 25944425; PMCID: PMC4567434; DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2015.04.001;

Allison MA, Criqui MH, Maisel AS, Daniels LB, Roberts CK, Polak JF, Cushman M. Adiponectin is independently associated with NT-proBNP: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2015 Aug; 25(8):780-6. PMID: 26026204; PMCID: PMC4515181; DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2015.04.005;

Roberts ET, Horne A, Martin SS, Blaha MJ, Blankstein R, Budoff MJ, Sibley C, Polak JF, Frick KD, Blumenthal RS, Nasir K. Cost-effectiveness of coronary artery calcium testing for coronary heart and cardiovascular disease risk prediction to guide statin allocation: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). PLoS One. 2015; 10(3):e0116377. PMID: 25786208; PMCID: PMC4364761; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116377;

McEvoy JW, Nasir K, DeFilippis AP, Lima JA, Bluemke DA, Hundley WG, Barr RG, Budoff MJ, Szklo M, Navas-Acien A, Polak JF, Blumenthal RS, Post WS, Blaha MJ. Relationship of cigarette smoking with inflammation and subclinical vascular disease: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2015 Apr; 35(4):1002-10. PMID: 25745060; PMCID: PMC4484586; DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.114.304960;

Polak JF, Alessi-Chinetti JM, Patel AR, Estes JM. Association of common carotid artery Doppler-determined dicrotic notch velocity with the left ventricular ejection fraction. J Ultrasound Med. 2015 Mar; 34(3):461-7. PMID: 25715367; DOI: 10.7863/ultra.34.3.461;

Bielinski SJ, Berardi C, Decker PA, Kirsch PS, Larson NB, Pankow JS, Sale M, de Andrade M, Sicotte H, Tang W, Hanson NQ, Wassel CL, Polak JF, Tsai MY. P-selectin and subclinical and clinical atherosclerosis: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Atherosclerosis. 2015 May; 240(1):3-9. PMID: 25744700; PMCID: PMC4397161; DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.02.036;

Sharma RK, Donekal S, Rosen BD, Tattersall MC, Volpe GJ, Ambale-Venkatesh B, Nasir K, Wu CO, Polak JF, Korcarz CE, Stein JH, Carr J, Watson KE, Bluemke DA, Lima JA. Association of subclinical atherosclerosis using carotid intima-media thickness, carotid plaque, and coronary calcium score with left ventricular dyssynchrony: the multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis. 2015 Apr; 239(2):412-8. PMID: 25682041; PMCID: PMC4361257; DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.01.041;

Eikendal AL, Groenewegen KA, Anderson TJ, Britton AR, Engström G, Evans GW, de Graaf J, Grobbee DE, Hedblad B, Holewijn S, Ikeda A, Kitagawa K, Kitamura A, Lonn EM, Lorenz MW, Mathiesen EB, Nijpels G, Dekker JM, Okazaki S, O'Leary DH, Polak JF, Price JF, Robertson C, Rembold CM, Rosvall M, Rundek T, Salonen JT, Sitzer M, Stehouwer CD, Hoefer IE, Peters SA, Bots ML, den Ruijter HM. Common carotid intima-media thickness relates to cardiovascular events in adults aged <45 years. Hypertension. 2015 Apr; 65(4):707-13. PMID: 25624341; DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.114.04658;

Groenewegen KA, den Ruijter HM, Pasterkamp G, Polak JF, Bots ML, Peters SA. Vascular age to determine cardiovascular disease risk: A systematic review of its concepts, definitions, and clinical applications. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2016 Feb; 23(3):264-74. PMID: 25609227; DOI: 10.1177/2047487314566999;

Sivananthan G, Halin NJ, Estes JM, Alessi-Chinetti JM, Polak JF. Value of complete full-length lower extremity sonography in patients undergoing computed tomographic pulmonary angiography. J Ultrasound Med. 2014 Dec; 33(12):2137-43. PMID: 25425370

Willeit P, Thompson SG, Agewall S, Bergström G, Bickel H, Catapano AL, Chien KL, de Groot E, Empana JP, Etgen T, Franco OH, Iglseder B, Johnsen SH, Kavousi M, Lind L, Liu J, Mathiesen EB, Norata GD, Olsen MH, Papagianni A, Poppert H, Price JF, Sacco RL, Yanez DN, Zhao D, Schminke U, Bülbül A, Polak JF, Sitzer M, Hofman A, Grigore L, Dörr M, Su TC, Ducimetière P, Xie W, Ronkainen K, Kiechl S, Rundek T, Robertson C, Fagerberg B, Bokemark L, Steinmetz H, Ikram MA, Völzke H, Lin HJ, Plichart M, Tuomainen TP, Desvarieux M, McLachlan S, Schmidt C, Kauhanen J, Willeit J, Lorenz MW, Sander D. Inflammatory markers and extent and progression of early atherosclerosis: Meta-analysis of individual-participant-data from 20 prospective studies of the PROG-IMT collaboration. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2016 Jan; 23(2):194-205. PMID: 25416041; PMCID: PMC4544641; DOI: 10.1177/2047487314560664;

Xanthakis V, Enserro DM, Murabito JM, Polak JF, Wollert KC, Januzzi JL, Wang TJ, Tofler G, Vasan RS. Ideal cardiovascular health: associations with biomarkers and subclinical disease and impact on incidence of cardiovascular disease in the Framingham Offspring Study. Circulation. 2014 Nov 4; 130(19):1676-83.View Related Profiles.

Murabito, Joanne
Polak, Joseph
Xanthakis, Vanessa
Ramachandran, Vasan

PMID: 25274000; DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.009273;

Gopal DM, Larson MG, Januzzi JL, Cheng S, Ghorbani A, Wollert KC, Kempf T, D'Agostino RB, Polak JF, Ramachandran VS, Wang TJ, Ho JE. Biomarkers of cardiovascular stress and subclinical atherosclerosis in the community. Clin Chem. 2014 Nov; 60(11):1402-8.View Related Profiles.

Gopal, Deepa
Ho, Jennifer
Polak, Joseph
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Ramachandran, Vasan

PMID: 25237063; PMCID: PMC4376479; DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2014.227116;

Gardin JM, Bartz TM, Polak JF, O'Leary DH, Wong ND. What do carotid intima-media thickness and plaque add to the prediction of stroke and cardiovascular disease risk in older adults? The cardiovascular health study. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2014 Sep; 27(9):998-1005.e2. PMID: 25172401; PMCID: PMC4158921; DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2014.06.013;

Kim SY, Sheppard L, Kaufman JD, Bergen S, Szpiro AA, Larson TV, Adar SD, Diez Roux AV, Polak JF, Vedal S. Individual-level concentrations of fine particulate matter chemical components and subclinical atherosclerosis: a cross-sectional analysis based on 2 advanced exposure prediction models in the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Am J Epidemiol. 2014 Oct 01; 180(7):718-28. PMID: 25164422; PMCID: PMC4172166; DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu186;

Vaidya D, Bennett WL, Sibley CT, Polak JF, Herrington DM, Ouyang P. Association of parity with carotid diameter and distensibility: multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Hypertension. 2014 Aug; 64(2):253-8. PMID: 24842921; PMCID: PMC4184976; DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.114.03285;

Polak JF, Post WS, Carr JJ, Szklo M, O'Leary DH. Associations of common carotid intima-media thickness with coronary heart disease risk factors and events vary with distance from the carotid bulb. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2014 Sep; 27(9):991-7. PMID: 24944141; PMCID: PMC4149919; DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2014.04.019;

Asztalos BF, Matera R, Horvath KV, Horan M, Tani M, Polak JF, Skinner S, Wanke CA. Cardiovascular Disease-Risk Markers in HIV Patients. J AIDS Clin Res. 2014 Jun 12; 5(7). PMID: 26005590; PMCID: PMC4439003; DOI: 10.4172/2155-6113.1000317;

Yeboah J, Delaney JA, Nance R, McClelland RL, Polak JF, Sibley CT, Bertoni A, Burke GL, Carr JJ, Herrington DM. Mediation of cardiovascular risk factor effects through subclinical vascular disease: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2014 Aug; 34(8):1778-83. PMID: 24876350; PMCID: PMC4329880; DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.114.303753;

del Rincón I, Polak JF, O'Leary DH, Battafarano DF, Erikson JM, Restrepo JF, Molina E, Escalante A. Systemic inflammation and cardiovascular risk factors predict rapid progression of atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2015 Jun; 74(6):1118-23. PMID: 24845391; PMCID: PMC4239202; DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-205058;

Spring B, Moller AC, Colangelo LA, Siddique J, Roehrig M, Daviglus ML, Polak JF, Reis JP, Sidney S, Liu K. Healthy lifestyle change and subclinical atherosclerosis in young adults: Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study. Circulation. 2014 Jul 01; 130(1):10-7. PMID: 24982115; PMCID: PMC4615574; DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.005445;

Kestenbaum B, Sachs MC, Hoofnagle AN, Siscovick DS, Ix JH, Robinson-Cohen C, Lima JA, Polak JF, Blondon M, Ruzinski J, Rock D, de Boer IH. Fibroblast growth factor-23 and cardiovascular disease in the general population: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Circ Heart Fail. 2014 May; 7(3):409-17. PMID: 24668259; PMCID: PMC4031265; DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.113.000952;

Arguelles W, Llabre MM, Penedo FJ, Daviglus ML, Sacco RL, Liu K, Szklo M, Polak JF, Eng J, Burke GL, Schneiderman N. Relationship of change in traditional cardiometabolic risk factors to change in coronary artery calcification among individuals with detectable subclinical atherosclerosis: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Int J Cardiol. 2014 Jun 01; 174(1):51-6. PMID: 24698232; PMCID: PMC4060615; DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.03.137;

Polak JF, Sacco RL, Post WS, Vaidya D, Arnan MK, O'Leary DH. Incident stroke is associated with common carotid artery diameter and not common carotid artery intima-media thickness. Stroke. 2014 May; 45(5):1442-6. PMID: 24643408; PMCID: PMC4270293; DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.004850;

Bots ML, Groenewegen KA, Anderson TJ, Britton AR, Dekker JM, Engström G, Evans GW, de Graaf J, Grobbee DE, Hedblad B, Hofman A, Holewijn S, Ikeda A, Kavousi M, Kitagawa K, Kitamura A, Ikram MA, Lonn EM, Lorenz MW, Mathiesen EB, Nijpels G, Okazaki S, O'Leary DH, Polak JF, Price JF, Robertson C, Rembold CM, Rosvall M, Rundek T, Salonen JT, Sitzer M, Stehouwer CD, Franco OH, Peters SA, den Ruijter HM. Common carotid intima-media thickness measurements do not improve cardiovascular risk prediction in individuals with elevated blood pressure: the USE-IMT collaboration. Hypertension. 2014 Jun; 63(6):1173-81. PMID: 24614213; PMCID: PMC4523133; DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.113.02683;

Zavodni AE, Wasserman BA, McClelland RL, Gomes AS, Folsom AR, Polak JF, Lima JA, Bluemke DA. Carotid artery plaque morphology and composition in relation to incident cardiovascular events: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Radiology. 2014 May; 271(2):381-9. PMID: 24592924; PMCID: PMC4263652; DOI: 10.1148/radiol.14131020;

Cheng S, Enserro D, Xanthakis V, Sullivan LM, Murabito JM, Benjamin EJ, Polak JF, O'Donnell CJ, Wolf PA, O'Connor GT, Keaney JF, Vasan RS. Association of exhaled carbon monoxide with subclinical cardiovascular disease and their conjoint impact on the incidence of cardiovascular outcomes. Eur Heart J. 2014 Nov 7; 35(42):2980-7.View Related Profiles.

O'Donnell, Christopher
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O'Connor, George
Murabito, Joanne
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Wolf, Philip
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Ramachandran, Vasan

PMID: 24574370; PMCID: PMC4271053; DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehu052;

Berardi C, Decker PA, Kirsch PS, de Andrade M, Tsai MY, Pankow JS, Sale MM, Sicotte H, Tang W, Hanson N, Polak JF, Bielinski SJ. Plasma and serum L-selectin and clinical and subclinical cardiovascular disease: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Transl Res. 2014 Jun; 163(6):585-92. PMID: 24631064; PMCID: PMC4029851; DOI: 10.1016/j.trsl.2014.02.001;

Loucks EB, Taylor SE, Polak JF, Wilhelm A, Kalra P, Matthews KA. Childhood family psychosocial environment and carotid intima media thickness: the CARDIA study. Soc Sci Med. 2014 Mar; 104:15-22. PMID: 24581057; PMCID: PMC4017861; DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.12.015;

Mangili A, Ahmad R, Wolfert RL, Kuvin J, Polak JF, Karas RH, Wanke CA. Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2, a novel cardiovascular inflammatory marker, in HIV-infected patients. Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Mar; 58(6):893-900. PMID: 24336757; PMCID: PMC3935500; DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit815;

Volpe GE, Tang AM, Polak JF, Mangili A, Skinner SC, Wanke CA. Progression of carotid intima-media thickness and coronary artery calcium over 6 years in an HIV-infected cohort. . 2013 Sep 01; 64(1):51-7. PMID: 23945252; PMCID: PMC3815556; DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31829ed726;

Rosenquist KJ, Massaro JM, Pencina KM, D'Agostino RB, Beiser A, O'Connor GT, O'Donnell CJ, Wolf PA, Polak JF, Seshadri S, Fox CS. Neck circumference, carotid wall intima-media thickness, and incident stroke. Diabetes Care. 2013 Sep; 36(9):e153-4.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 23970728; PMCID: PMC3747939; DOI: 10.2337/dc13-0379;

Franceschini N, Fox E, Zhang Z, Edwards TL, Nalls MA, Sung YJ, Tayo BO, Sun YV, Gottesman O, Adeyemo A, Johnson AD, Young JH, Rice K, Duan Q, Chen F, Li Y, Tang H, Fornage M, Keene KL, Andrews JS, Smith JA, Faul JD, Guangfa Z, Guo W, Liu Y, Murray SS, Musani SK, Srinivasan S, Velez Edwards DR, Wang H, Becker LC, Bovet P, Bochud M, Broeckel U, Burnier M, Carty C, Chasman DI, Ehret G, Chen WM, Chen G, Chen W, Ding J, Dreisbach AW, Evans MK, Guo X, Garcia ME, Jensen R, Keller MF, Lettre G, Lotay V, Martin LW, Moore JH, Morrison AC, Mosley TH, Ogunniyi A, Palmas W, Papanicolaou G, Penman A, Polak JF, Ridker PM, Salako B, Singleton AB, Shriner D, Taylor KD, Vasan R, Wiggins K, Williams SM, Yanek LR, Zhao W, Zonderman AB, Becker DM, Berenson G, Boerwinkle E, Bottinger E, Cushman M, Eaton C, Nyberg F, Heiss G, Hirschhron JN, Howard VJ, Karczewsk KJ, Lanktree MB, Liu K, Liu Y, Loos R, Margolis K, Snyder M, Psaty BM, Schork NJ, Weir DR, Rotimi CN, Sale MM, Harris T, Kardia SL, Hunt SC, Arnett D, Redline S, Cooper RS, Risch NJ, Rao DC, Rotter JI, Chakravarti A, Reiner AP, Levy D, Keating BJ, Zhu X. Genome-wide association analysis of blood-pressure traits in African-ancestry individuals reveals common associated genes in African and non-African populations. Am J Hum Genet. 2013 Sep 05; 93(3):545-54. PMID: 23972371; PMCID: PMC3769920; DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2013.07.010;

Wojczynski MK, Li M, Bielak LF, Kerr KF, Reiner AP, Wong ND, Yanek LR, Qu L, White CC, Lange LA, Ferguson JF, He J, Young T, Mosley TH, Smith JA, Kral BG, Guo X, Wong Q, Ganesh SK, Heckbert SR, Griswold ME, O'Leary DH, Budoff M, Carr JJ, Taylor HA, Bluemke DA, Demissie S, Hwang SJ, Paltoo DN, Polak JF, Psaty BM, Becker DM, Province MA, Post WS, O'Donnell CJ, Wilson JG, Harris TB, Kavousi M, Cupples LA, Rotter JI, Fornage M, Becker LC, Peyser PA, Borecki IB, Reilly MP. Genetics of coronary artery calcification among African Americans, a meta-analysis. BMC Med Genet. 2013; 14:75.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 23870195; PMCID: PMC3733595; DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-14-75;

Whelton SP, Blankstein R, Al-Mallah MH, Lima JA, Bluemke DA, Hundley WG, Polak JF, Blumenthal RS, Nasir K, Blaha MJ. Association of resting heart rate with carotid and aortic arterial stiffness: multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Hypertension. 2013 Sep; 62(3):477-84. PMID: 23836802; PMCID: PMC3838105; DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.113.01605;

Allison MA, Bluemke DA, McClelland R, Cushman M, Criqui MH, Polak JF, Lima JA. Relation of leptin to left ventricular hypertrophy (from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis). Am J Cardiol. 2013 Sep 01; 112(5):726-30. PMID: 23711806; PMCID: PMC3745795; DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.04.053;

Sun M, Kaufman JD, Kim SY, Larson TV, Gould TR, Polak JF, Budoff MJ, Diez Roux AV, Vedal S. Particulate matter components and subclinical atherosclerosis: common approaches to estimating exposure in a Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis cross-sectional study. Environ Health. 2013 May 03; 12:39. PMID: 23641873; PMCID: PMC3663826; DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-12-39;

Adar SD, Sheppard L, Vedal S, Polak JF, Sampson PD, Diez Roux AV, Budoff M, Jacobs DR, Barr RG, Watson K, Kaufman JD. Fine particulate air pollution and the progression of carotid intima-medial thickness: a prospective cohort study from the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis and air pollution. PLoS Med. 2013; 10(4):e1001430. PMID: 23637576; PMCID: PMC3637008; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001430;

Bauer M, Delaney JA, Möhlenkamp S, Jöckel KH, Kronmal RA, Lehmann N, Mukamal KJ, Moebus S, Polak JF, Dragano N, Budoff MJ, Erbel R, McClelland RL. Comparison of factors associated with carotid intima-media thickness in the Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) and the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study (HNR). J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2013 Jun; 26(6):667-73. PMID: 23611058; PMCID: PMC3694173; DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2013.03.011;

den Ruijter HM, Peters SA, Groenewegen KA, Anderson TJ, Britton AR, Dekker JM, Engström G, Eijkemans MJ, Evans GW, de Graaf J, Grobbee DE, Hedblad B, Hofman A, Holewijn S, Ikeda A, Kavousi M, Kitagawa K, Kitamura A, Koffijberg H, Ikram MA, Lonn EM, Lorenz MW, Mathiesen EB, Nijpels G, Okazaki S, O'Leary DH, Polak JF, Price JF, Robertson C, Rembold CM, Rosvall M, Rundek T, Salonen JT, Sitzer M, Stehouwer CD, Witteman JC, Moons KG, Bots ML. Common carotid intima-media thickness does not add to Framingham risk score in individuals with diabetes mellitus: the USE-IMT initiative. Diabetologia. 2013 Jul; 56(7):1494-502. PMID: 23568273; PMCID: PMC4523149; DOI: 10.1007/s00125-013-2898-9;

Polak JF, Szklo M, Kronmal RA, Burke GL, Shea S, Zavodni AE, O'Leary DH. The value of carotid artery plaque and intima-media thickness for incident cardiovascular disease: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. J Am Heart Assoc. 2013 Apr 08; 2(2):e000087. PMID: 23568342; PMCID: PMC3647272; DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.113.000087;

Shimbo D, Shea S, McClelland RL, Viera AJ, Mann D, Newman J, Lima J, Polak JF, Psaty BM, Muntner P. Associations of aortic distensibility and arterial elasticity with long-term visit-to-visit blood pressure variability: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Am J Hypertens. 2013 Jul; 26(7):896-902.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 23537891; PMCID: PMC3693480; DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpt040;

Polak JF, Tracy R, Harrington A, Zavodni AE, O'Leary DH. Carotid artery plaque and progression of coronary artery calcium: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2013 May; 26(5):548-55. PMID: 23522805; PMCID: PMC4084492; DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2013.02.009;

Desai CS, Ning H, Kang J, Folsom AR, Polak JF, Sibley CT, Tracy R, Lloyd-Jones DM. Competing cardiovascular outcomes associated with subclinical atherosclerosis (from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis). Am J Cardiol. 2013 Jun 01; 111(11):1541-6. PMID: 23499272; PMCID: PMC3657323; DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.02.003;

Winston GJ, Palmas W, Lima J, Polak JF, Bertoni AG, Burke G, Eng J, Gottesman R, Shea S. Pulse pressure and subclinical cardiovascular disease in the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Am J Hypertens. 2013 May; 26(5):636-42. PMID: 23388832; PMCID: PMC3657481; DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hps092;

Ganesh SK, Tragante V, Guo W, Guo Y, Lanktree MB, Smith EN, Johnson T, Castillo BA, Barnard J, Baumert J, Chang YP, Elbers CC, Farrall M, Fischer ME, Franceschini N, Gaunt TR, Gho JM, Gieger C, Gong Y, Isaacs A, Kleber ME, Mateo Leach I, McDonough CW, Meijs MF, Mellander O, Molony CM, Nolte IM, Padmanabhan S, Price TS, Rajagopalan R, Shaffer J, Shah S, Shen H, Soranzo N, van der Most PJ, Van Iperen EP, Van Setten J, Van Setten JA, Vonk JM, Zhang L, Beitelshees AL, Berenson GS, Bhatt DL, Boer JM, Boerwinkle E, Burkley B, Burt A, Chakravarti A, Chen W, Cooper-Dehoff RM, Curtis SP, Dreisbach A, Duggan D, Ehret GB, Fabsitz RR, Fornage M, Fox E, Furlong CE, Gansevoort RT, Hofker MH, Hovingh GK, Kirkland SA, Kottke-Marchant K, Kutlar A, Lacroix AZ, Langaee TY, Li YR, Lin H, Liu K, Maiwald S, Malik R, Murugesan G, Newton-Cheh C, O'Connell JR, Onland-Moret NC, Ouwehand WH, Palmas W, Penninx BW, Pepine CJ, Pettinger M, Polak JF, Ramachandran VS, Ranchalis J, Redline S, Ridker PM, Rose LM, Scharnag H, Schork NJ, Shimbo D, Shuldiner AR, Srinivasan SR, Stolk RP, Taylor HA, Thorand B, Trip MD, van Duijn CM, Verschuren WM, Wijmenga C, Winkelmann BR, Wyatt S, Young JH, Boehm BO, Caulfield MJ, Chasman DI, Davidson KW, Doevendans PA, Fitzgerald GA, Gums JG, Hakonarson H, Hillege HL, Illig T, Jarvik GP, Johnson JA, Kastelein JJ, Koenig W, März W, Mitchell BD, Murray SS, Oldehinkel AJ, Rader DJ, Reilly MP, Reiner AP, Schadt EE, Silverstein RL, Snieder H, Stanton AV, Uitterlinden AG, van der Harst P, van der Schouw YT, Samani NJ, Johnson AD, Munroe PB, de Bakker PI, Zhu X, Levy D, Keating BJ, Asselbergs FW. Loci influencing blood pressure identified using a cardiovascular gene-centric array. Hum Mol Genet. 2013 Apr 15; 22(8):1663-78.View Related Profiles.

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Hajat A, Diez-Roux AV, Sánchez BN, Holvoet P, Lima JA, Merkin SS, Polak JF, Seeman TE, Wu M. Examining the association between salivary cortisol levels and subclinical measures of atherosclerosis: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2013 Jul; 38(7):1036-46. PMID: 23146655; PMCID: PMC4020284; DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2012.10.007;

Krishnan RM, Adar SD, Szpiro AA, Jorgensen NW, Van Hee VC, Barr RG, O'Neill MS, Herrington DM, Polak JF, Kaufman JD. Vascular responses to long- and short-term exposure to fine particulate matter: MESA Air (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution). J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012 Nov 20; 60(21):2158-66. PMID: 23103035; PMCID: PMC3665082; DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.08.973;

Wilkins JT, Gidding S, Liu K, Ning H, Polak JF, Lloyd-Jones DM. Associations between a parental history of premature cardiovascular disease and coronary artery calcium and carotid intima-media thickness: the Coronary Artery Risk Development In Young Adults (CARDIA) study. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2014 May; 21(5):601-7. PMID: 23027592; PMCID: PMC3779512; DOI: 10.1177/2047487312462801;

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Polak JF, Johnson C, Harrington A, Wong Q, O'Leary DH, Burke G, Yanez ND. Changes in carotid intima-media thickness during the cardiac cycle: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. J Am Heart Assoc. 2012 Aug; 1(4):e001420. PMID: 23130162; PMCID: PMC3487346; DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.112.001420;

Den Ruijter HM, Peters SA, Anderson TJ, Britton AR, Dekker JM, Eijkemans MJ, Engström G, Evans GW, de Graaf J, Grobbee DE, Hedblad B, Hofman A, Holewijn S, Ikeda A, Kavousi M, Kitagawa K, Kitamura A, Koffijberg H, Lonn EM, Lorenz MW, Mathiesen EB, Nijpels G, Okazaki S, O'Leary DH, Polak JF, Price JF, Robertson C, Rembold CM, Rosvall M, Rundek T, Salonen JT, Sitzer M, Stehouwer CD, Witteman JC, Moons KG, Bots ML. Common carotid intima-media thickness measurements in cardiovascular risk prediction: a meta-analysis. JAMA. 2012 Aug 22; 308(8):796-803. PMID: 22910757

Chahal H, Backlund JY, Cleary PA, Lachin JM, Polak JF, Lima JA, Bluemke DA. Relation between carotid intima-media thickness and left ventricular mass in type 1 diabetes mellitus (from the Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications [EDIC] Study). Am J Cardiol. 2012 Nov 15; 110(10):1534-40. PMID: 22884107; PMCID: PMC3488435; DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.07.014;

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Polak JF, Meisner A, Pencina MJ, Wolf PA, D'Agostino RB. Variations in common carotid artery intima-media thickness during the cardiac cycle: implications for cardiovascular risk assessment. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2012 Sep; 25(9):1023-8.View Related Profiles.

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Lee KB, Budoff MJ, Zavodni A, Polak JF, Jeffrey Carr J, Burke GL, Herrington DM. Coronary artery calcium is associated with degree of stenosis and surface irregularity of carotid artery. Atherosclerosis. 2012 Jul; 223(1):160-5. PMID: 22658554

Lorenz MW, Polak JF, Kavousi M, Mathiesen EB, Völzke H, Tuomainen TP, Sander D, Plichart M, Catapano AL, Robertson CM, Kiechl S, Rundek T, Desvarieux M, Lind L, Schmid C, DasMahapatra P, Gao L, Ziegelbauer K, Bots ML, Thompson SG. Carotid intima-media thickness progression to predict cardiovascular events in the general population (the PROG-IMT collaborative project): a meta-analysis of individual participant data. Lancet. 2012 Jun 02; 379(9831):2053-62. PMID: 22541275; PMCID: PMC3918517; DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60441-3;

Ohira T, Diez Roux AV, Polak JF, Homma S, Iso H, Wasserman BA. Associations of anger, anxiety, and depressive symptoms with carotid arterial wall thickness: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Psychosom Med. 2012 Jun; 74(5):517-25. PMID: 22511725; PMCID: PMC4966673; DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31824f6267;

Parikh NI, Lloyd-Jones DM, Ning H, Ouyang P, Polak JF, Lima JA, Bluemke D, Mittleman MA. Association of number of live births with left ventricular structure and function. The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Am Heart J. 2012 Mar; 163(3):470-6. PMID: 22424019; PMCID: PMC3656723; DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2011.12.011;

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PMID: 22183023; DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2011.11.004;

Giles JT, Post WS, Blumenthal RS, Polak J, Petri M, Gelber AC, Szklo M, Bathon JM. Longitudinal predictors of progression of carotid atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2011 Nov; 63(11):3216-25. PMID: 21965129; PMCID: PMC3205252; DOI: 10.1002/art.30542;

Mangili A, Polak JF, Skinner SC, Gerrior J, Sheehan H, Harrington A, Wanke CA. HIV infection and progression of carotid and coronary atherosclerosis: the CARE study. . 2011 Oct 01; 58(2):148-53. PMID: 21792061

Bis JC, Kavousi M, Franceschini N, Isaacs A, Abecasis GR, Schminke U, Post WS, Smith AV, Cupples LA, Markus HS, Schmidt R, Huffman JE, Lehtimäki T, Baumert J, Münzel T, Heckbert SR, Dehghan A, North K, Oostra B, Bevan S, Stoegerer EM, Hayward C, Raitakari O, Meisinger C, Schillert A, Sanna S, Völzke H, Cheng YC, Thorsson B, Fox CS, Rice K, Rivadeneira F, Nambi V, Halperin E, Petrovic KE, Peltonen L, Wichmann HE, Schnabel RB, Dörr M, Parsa A, Aspelund T, Demissie S, Kathiresan S, Reilly MP, Taylor K, Uitterlinden A, Couper DJ, Sitzer M, Kähönen M, Illig T, Wild PS, Orru M, Lüdemann J, Shuldiner AR, Eiriksdottir G, White CC, Rotter JI, Hofman A, Seissler J, Zeller T, Usala G, Ernst F, Launer LJ, D'Agostino RB, O'Leary DH, Ballantyne C, Thiery J, Ziegler A, Lakatta EG, Chilukoti RK, Harris TB, Wolf PA, Psaty BM, Polak JF, Li X, Rathmann W, Uda M, Boerwinkle E, Klopp N, Schmidt H, Wilson JF, Viikari J, Koenig W, Blankenberg S, Newman AB, Witteman J, Heiss G, Duijn Cv, Scuteri A, Homuth G, Mitchell BD, Gudnason V, O'Donnell CJ. Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies from the CHARGE consortium identifies common variants associated with carotid intima media thickness and plaque. Nat Genet. 2011 Oct; 43(10):940-7.View Related Profiles.

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Polak JF, Pencina MJ, O'Leary DH, D'Agostino RB. Common carotid artery intima-media thickness progression as a predictor of stroke in multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Stroke. 2011 Nov; 42(11):3017-21.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 21885840; PMCID: PMC3202068; DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.625186;

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Blankstein R, Budoff MJ, Shaw LJ, Goff DC, Polak JF, Lima J, Blumenthal RS, Nasir K. Predictors of coronary heart disease events among asymptomatic persons with low low-density lipoprotein cholesterol MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis). J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 Jul 19; 58(4):364-74. PMID: 21757113

Polak JF, Funk LC, O'Leary DH. Inter-reader differences in common carotid artery intima-media thickness: implications for cardiovascular risk assessment and vascular age determination. J Ultrasound Med. 2011 Jul; 30(7):915-20. PMID: 21705724

Duprez DA, Jacobs DR, Lutsey PL, Bluemke DA, Brumback LC, Polak JF, Peralta CA, Greenland P, Kronmal RA. Association of small artery elasticity with incident cardiovascular disease in older adults: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Am J Epidemiol. 2011 Sep 01; 174(5):528-36. PMID: 21709134; PMCID: PMC3202150; DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr120;

Garg PK, McClelland RL, Jenny NS, Criqui M, Liu K, Polak JF, Jorgensen NW, Cushman M. Association of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A(2) and endothelial function in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Vasc Med. 2011 Aug; 16(4):247-52. PMID: 21708876

Kim C, Diez-Roux AV, Nettleton JA, Polak JF, Post WS, Siscovick DS, Watson KE, Vahratian AM. Sex differences in subclinical atherosclerosis by race/ethnicity in the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Am J Epidemiol. 2011 Jul 15; 174(2):165-72. PMID: 21685409; PMCID: PMC3167681; DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr088;

Polak JF, Wong Q, Johnson WC, Bluemke DA, Harrington A, O'Leary DH, Yanez ND. Associations of cardiovascular risk factors, carotid intima-media thickness and left ventricular mass with inter-adventitial diameters of the common carotid artery: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Atherosclerosis. 2011 Oct; 218(2):344-9. PMID: 21726862; PMCID: PMC3186064; DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.05.033;

Polak JF, Pencina MJ, Herrington D, O'Leary DH. Associations of edge-detected and manual-traced common carotid intima-media thickness measurements with Framingham risk factors: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Stroke. 2011 Jul; 42(7):1912-6.View Related Profiles.

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Jotwani V, Scherzer R, Choi A, Szczech L, Polak JF, Kronmal RA, Grunfeld C, Shlipak M. Reduced kidney function and preclinical atherosclerosis in HIV-infected individuals: the study of fat redistribution and metabolic change in HIV infection (FRAM). Am J Nephrol. 2011; 33(5):453-60. PMID: 21508633; PMCID: PMC3100378; DOI: 10.1159/000327606;

Zhu X, Young JH, Fox E, Keating BJ, Franceschini N, Kang S, Tayo B, Adeyemo A, Sun YV, Li Y, Morrison A, Newton-Cheh C, Liu K, Ganesh SK, Kutlar A, Vasan RS, Dreisbach A, Wyatt S, Polak J, Palmas W, Musani S, Taylor H, Fabsitz R, Townsend RR, Dries D, Glessner J, Chiang CW, Mosley T, Kardia S, Curb D, Hirschhorn JN, Rotimi C, Reiner A, Eaton C, Rotter JI, Cooper RS, Redline S, Chakravarti A, Levy D. Combined admixture mapping and association analysis identifies a novel blood pressure genetic locus on 5p13: contributions from the CARe consortium. Hum Mol Genet. 2011 Jun 1; 20(11):2285-95.View Related Profiles.

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Tison GH, Ndumele CE, Gerstenblith G, Allison MA, Polak JF, Szklo M. Usefulness of baseline obesity to predict development of a high ankle brachial index (from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis). Am J Cardiol. 2011 May 01; 107(9):1386-91. PMID: 21377643; PMCID: PMC3079000; DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.12.050;

Polak JF, Backlund JY, Cleary PA, Harrington AP, O'Leary DH, Lachin JM, Nathan DM. Progression of carotid artery intima-media thickness during 12 years in the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial/Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (DCCT/EDIC) study. Diabetes. 2011 Feb; 60(2):607-13. PMID: 21270271; PMCID: PMC3028362; DOI: 10.2337/db10-0296;

Reiner AP, Kahn A, Eisner BH, Pletcher MJ, Sadetsky N, Williams OD, Polak JF, Jacobs DR, Stoller ML. Kidney stones and subclinical atherosclerosis in young adults: the CARDIA study. J Urol. 2011 Mar; 185(3):920-5. PMID: 21251678; PMCID: PMC3827917; DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.10.086;

O'Neill MS, Diez-Roux AV, Auchincloss AH, Shen M, Lima JA, Polak JF, Barr RG, Kaufman J, Jacobs DR. Long-term exposure to airborne particles and arterial stiffness: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Environ Health Perspect. 2011 Jun; 119(6):844-51. PMID: 21245016; PMCID: PMC3114821; DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0901524;

Falcone EL, Mangili A, Skinner S, Alam A, Polak JF, Wanke CA. Framingham risk score and early markers of atherosclerosis in a cohort of adults infected with HIV. Antivir Ther. 2011; 16(1):1-8. PMID: 21311103

Polak JF, Pencina MJ, Meisner A, Pencina KM, Brown LS, Wolf PA, D'Agostino RB. Associations of carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) with risk factors and prevalent cardiovascular disease: comparison of mean common carotid artery IMT with maximum internal carotid artery IMT. J Ultrasound Med. 2010 Dec; 29(12):1759-68.View Related Profiles.

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Mangili A, Polak JF, Quach LA, Gerrior J, Wanke CA. Markers of atherosclerosis and inflammation and mortality in patients with HIV infection. Atherosclerosis. 2011 Feb; 214(2):468-73. PMID: 21130995; PMCID: PMC3034311; DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2010.11.013;

Jain A, McClelland RL, Polak JF, Shea S, Burke GL, Bild DE, Watson KE, Budoff MJ, Liu K, Post WS, Folsom AR, Lima JA, Bluemke DA. Cardiovascular imaging for assessing cardiovascular risk in asymptomatic men versus women: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis (MESA). Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2011 Jan; 4(1):8-15. PMID: 21068189; PMCID: PMC3037859; DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.110.959403;

Fujishiro K, Diez Roux AV, Landsbergis P, Baron S, Barr RG, Kaufman JD, Polak JF, Stukovsky KH. Associations of occupation, job control and job demands with intima-media thickness: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Occup Environ Med. 2011 May; 68(5):319-26. PMID: 20935285; PMCID: PMC3073024; DOI: 10.1136/oem.2010.055582;

Delaney JA, Scherzer R, Biggs ML, Shliplak MG, Polak JF, Currier JS, Kronmal RA, Wanke C, Bacchetti P, O'leary D, Tien PC, Grunfeld C. Associations of antiretroviral drug use and HIV-specific risk factors with carotid intima-media thickness. AIDS. 2010 Sep 10; 24(14):2201-9. PMID: 20671544; PMCID: PMC3224487; DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32833d2132;

Dietrich M, Jacques PF, Polak JF, Keyes MJ, Pencina MJ, Evans JC, Wolf PA, Selhub J, Vasan RS, D'Agostino RB. Segment-specific association between plasma homocysteine level and carotid artery intima-media thickness in the Framingham Offspring Study. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2011 Mar-Apr; 20(2):155-61.View Related Profiles.

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Lorenz MW, Bickel H, Bots ML, Breteler MM, Catapano AL, Desvarieux M, Hedblad B, Iglseder B, Johnsen SH, Juraska M, Kiechl S, Mathiesen EB, Norata GD, Grigore L, Polak J, Poppert H, Rosvall M, Rundek T, Sacco RL, Sander D, Sitzer M, Steinmetz H, Stensland E, Willeit J, Witteman J, Yanez D, Thompson SG. Individual progression of carotid intima media thickness as a surrogate for vascular risk (PROG-IMT): Rationale and design of a meta-analysis project. Am Heart J. 2010 May; 159(5):730-736.e2. PMID: 20435179; PMCID: PMC3600980; DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.02.008;

Delaney JA, Scherzer R, Polak J, Biggs ML, Kronmal R, Chen H, Sidney S, Grunfeld C. Effect of inter-reader variability on outcomes in studies using carotid intima media thickness quantified by carotid ultrasonography. Eur J Epidemiol. 2010 Jun; 25(6):385-92. PMID: 20309612; PMCID: PMC3161119; DOI: 10.1007/s10654-010-9442-8;

Shimbo D, Muntner P, Mann D, Viera AJ, Homma S, Polak JF, Barr RG, Herrington D, Shea S. Endothelial dysfunction and the risk of hypertension: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Hypertension. 2010 May; 55(5):1210-6.View Related Profiles.

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Yeboah J, Crouse JR, Bluemke DA, Lima JA, Polak JF, Burke GL, Herrington DM. Endothelial dysfunction is associated with left ventricular mass (assessed using MRI) in an adult population (MESA). J Hum Hypertens. 2011 Jan; 25(1):25-31. PMID: 20237502; PMCID: PMC3037860; DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2010.25;

Falcone EL, Mangili A, Tang AM, Jones CY, Woods MN, Polak JF, Wanke CA. Micronutrient concentrations and subclinical atherosclerosis in adults with HIV. Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 May; 91(5):1213-9. PMID: 20219956; PMCID: PMC2854900; DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28816;

Shrestha S, Irvin MR, Taylor KD, Wiener HW, Pajewski NM, Haritunians T, Delaney JA, Schambelan M, Polak JF, Arnett DK, Chen YD, Grunfeld C. A genome-wide association study of carotid atherosclerosis in HIV-infected men. AIDS. 2010 Feb 20; 24(4):583-92. PMID: 20009918; PMCID: PMC3072760; DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283353c9e;

Brinkley TE, Hsu FC, Carr JJ, Hundley WG, Bluemke DA, Polak JF, Ding J. Pericardial fat is associated with carotid stiffness in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2011 May; 21(5):332-8. PMID: 20153618; PMCID: PMC2929306; DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2009.10.010;

Kobayashi H, Giles JT, Polak JF, Blumenthal RS, Leffell MS, Szklo M, Petri M, Gelber AC, Post W, Bathon JM. Increased prevalence of carotid artery atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis is artery-specific. J Rheumatol. 2010 Apr; 37(4):730-9. PMID: 20110515

Soliman EZ, Ding J, Hsu FC, Carr JJ, Polak JF, Goff DC. Association between carotid intima-media thickness and pericardial fat in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2010 Jan; 19(1):58-65. PMID: 20123228; PMCID: PMC2817960; DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2009.03.008;

Yanez ND, Burke GL, Manolio T, Gardin JM, Polak J. Sibling history of myocardial infarction or stroke and risk of cardiovascular disease in the elderly: the Cardiovascular Health Study. Ann Epidemiol. 2009 Dec; 19(12):858-66. PMID: 19944349; PMCID: PMC2806844; DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.07.095;

Peralta CA, Adeney KL, Shlipak MG, Jacobs D, Duprez D, Bluemke D, Polak J, Psaty B, Kestenbaum BR. Structural and functional vascular alterations and incident hypertension in normotensive adults: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Am J Epidemiol. 2010 Jan 01; 171(1):63-71. PMID: 19951938; PMCID: PMC2800298; DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp319;

Polak JF, Person SD, Wei GS, Godreau A, Jacobs DR, Harrington A, Sidney S, O'Leary DH. Segment-specific associations of carotid intima-media thickness with cardiovascular risk factors: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study. Stroke. 2010 Jan; 41(1):9-15.View Related Profiles.

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Blaha MJ, Budoff MJ, Rivera JJ, Katz R, O'Leary DH, Polak JF, Takasu J, Blumenthal RS, Nasir K. Relationship of carotid distensibility and thoracic aorta calcification: multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Hypertension. 2009 Dec; 54(6):1408-15. PMID: 19805639; PMCID: PMC4118641; DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.109.138396;

Szklo M, Ding J, Tsai MY, Cushman M, Polak JF, Lima J, Barr RG, Sharrett AR. Individual pathogens, pathogen burden and markers of subclinical atherosclerosis: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2009 Oct; 10(10):747-51. PMID: 19444130; PMCID: PMC2732746; DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32832cacab;

Grunfeld C, Delaney JA, Wanke C, Currier JS, Scherzer R, Biggs ML, Tien PC, Shlipak MG, Sidney S, Polak JF, O'Leary D, Bacchetti P, Kronmal RA. Preclinical atherosclerosis due to HIV infection: carotid intima-medial thickness measurements from the FRAM study. AIDS. 2009 Sep 10; 23(14):1841-9. PMID: 19455012; PMCID: PMC3156613; DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32832d3b85;

Gallo LC, de Los Monteros KE, Allison M, Diez Roux A, Polak JF, Watson KE, Morales LS. Do socioeconomic gradients in subclinical atherosclerosis vary according to acculturation level? Analyses of Mexican-Americans in the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Psychosom Med. 2009 Sep; 71(7):756-62. PMID: 19661194; PMCID: PMC2761426; DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181b0d2b4;

Jacobson S, Epstein SK, Albright S, Ochieng J, Griffiths J, Coppersmith V, Polak JF. Creation of virtual patients from CT images of cadavers to enhance integration of clinical and basic science student learning in anatomy. Med Teach. 2009 Aug; 31(8):749-51. PMID: 19811213

Yeboah J, Folsom AR, Burke GL, Johnson C, Polak JF, Post W, Lima JA, Crouse JR, Herrington DM. Predictive value of brachial flow-mediated dilation for incident cardiovascular events in a population-based study: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Circulation. 2009 Aug 11; 120(6):502-9. PMID: 19635967; PMCID: PMC2740975; DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.864801;

Nettleton JA, Polak JF, Tracy R, Burke GL, Jacobs DR. Dietary patterns and incident cardiovascular disease in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Sep; 90(3):647-54. PMID: 19625679; PMCID: PMC2728647; DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.27597;

Chen YC, Chen YD, Li X, Post W, Herrington D, Polak JF, Rotter JI, Taylor KD. The HMG-CoA reductase gene and lipid and lipoprotein levels: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Lipids. 2009 Aug; 44(8):733-43. PMID: 19554360; PMCID: PMC2760058; DOI: 10.1007/s11745-009-3314-6;

Maas R, Xanthakis V, Polak JF, Schwedhelm E, Sullivan LM, Benndorf R, Schulze F, Vasan RS, Wolf PA, Böger RH, Seshadri S. Association of the endogenous nitric oxide synthase inhibitor ADMA with carotid artery intimal media thickness in the Framingham Heart Study offspring cohort. Stroke. 2009 Aug; 40(8):2715-9.View Related Profiles.

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Folsom AR, Delaney JA, Lutsey PL, Zakai NA, Jenny NS, Polak JF, Cushman M. Associations of factor VIIIc, D-dimer, and plasmin-antiplasmin with incident cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality. Am J Hematol. 2009 Jun; 84(6):349-53. PMID: 19472201; PMCID: PMC2950108; DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21429;

Romero JR, Beiser A, Seshadri S, Benjamin EJ, Polak JF, Vasan RS, Au R, DeCarli C, Wolf PA. Carotid artery atherosclerosis, MRI indices of brain ischemia, aging, and cognitive impairment: the Framingham study. Stroke. 2009 May; 40(5):1590-6.View Related Profiles.

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Berry JD, Liu K, Folsom AR, Lewis CE, Carr JJ, Polak JF, Shea S, Sidney S, O'Leary DH, Chan C, Lloyd-Jones DM. Prevalence and progression of subclinical atherosclerosis in younger adults with low short-term but high lifetime estimated risk for cardiovascular disease: the coronary artery risk development in young adults study and multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Circulation. 2009 Jan 27; 119(3):382-9. PMID: 19139385; PMCID: PMC2836265; DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.800235;

Erbay S, Han R, Aftab M, Zou KH, Polak JF, Bhadelia RA. Is intracranial atherosclerosis an independent risk factor for cerebral atrophy? A retrospective evaluation. BMC Neurol. 2008 Dec 22; 8:51. PMID: 19102733; PMCID: PMC2630977; DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-8-51;

Romero JR, Vasan RS, Beiser AS, Polak JF, Benjamin EJ, Wolf PA, Seshadri S. Association of carotid artery atherosclerosis with circulating biomarkers of extracellular matrix remodeling: the Framingham Offspring Study. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2008 Nov-Dec; 17(6):412-7.View Related Profiles.

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Erbay SH, O'Callaghan M, Shah P, Kini J, Bassett Midle J, Polak JF. Prospective evaluation of the role of atherosclerosis on cerebral atrophy: pilot study. J Neuroimaging. 2008 Oct; 18(4):375-80. PMID: 19012736

Bui AL, Katz R, Kestenbaum B, de Boer IH, Fried LF, Polak JF, Wasserman BA, Sarnak MJ, Siscovick D, Shlipak MG. Cystatin C and carotid intima-media thickness in asymptomatic adults: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Am J Kidney Dis. 2009 Mar; 53(3):389-98. PMID: 18823684; PMCID: PMC3046734; DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.06.025;

Das RR, Seshadri S, Beiser AS, Kelly-Hayes M, Au R, Himali JJ, Kase CS, Benjamin EJ, Polak JF, O'Donnell CJ, Yoshita M, D'Agostino RB, DeCarli C, Wolf PA. Prevalence and correlates of silent cerebral infarcts in the Framingham offspring study. Stroke. 2008 Nov; 39(11):2929-35.View Related Profiles.

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Reiner AP, Carlson CS, Thyagarajan B, Rieder MJ, Polak JF, Siscovick DS, Nickerson DA, Jacobs DR, Gross MD. Soluble P-selectin, SELP polymorphisms, and atherosclerotic risk in European-American and African-African young adults: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2008 Aug; 28(8):1549-55. PMID: 18535285; PMCID: PMC5643197; DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.108.169532;

O'Donnell CJ, Demissie S, Kimura M, Levy D, Gardner JP, White C, D'Agostino RB, Wolf PA, Polak J, Cupples LA, Aviv A. Leukocyte telomere length and carotid artery intimal medial thickness: the Framingham Heart Study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2008 Jun; 28(6):1165-71.View Related Profiles.

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Cheung N, Islam FM, Jacobs DR, Sharrett AR, Klein R, Polak JF, Cotch MF, Klein BE, Ouyang P, Wong TY. Arterial compliance and retinal vascular caliber in cerebrovascular disease. Ann Neurol. 2007 Dec; 62(6):618-24. PMID: 17918248

Mukamal KJ, Kennedy M, Cushman M, Kuller LH, Newman AB, Polak J, Criqui MH, Siscovick DS. Alcohol consumption and lower extremity arterial disease among older adults: the cardiovascular health study. Am J Epidemiol. 2008 Jan 01; 167(1):34-41. PMID: 17971339

Fernandes VR, Polak JF, Cheng S, Rosen BD, Carvalho B, Nasir K, McClelland R, Hundley G, Pearson G, O'Leary DH, Bluemke DA, Lima JA. Arterial stiffness is associated with regional ventricular systolic and diastolic dysfunction: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2008 Jan; 28(1):194-201. PMID: 17962621

O'Donnell CJ, Cupples LA, D'Agostino RB, Fox CS, Hoffmann U, Hwang SJ, Ingellson E, Liu C, Murabito JM, Polak JF, Wolf PA, Demissie S. Genome-wide association study for subclinical atherosclerosis in major arterial territories in the NHLBI's Framingham Heart Study. BMC Med Genet. 2007; 8 Suppl 1:S4.View Related Profiles.

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Ingelsson E, Sullivan LM, Fox CS, Murabito JM, Benjamin EJ, Polak JF, Meigs JB, Keyes MJ, O'Donnell CJ, Wang TJ, D'Agostino RB, Wolf PA, Vasan RS. Burden and prognostic importance of subclinical cardiovascular disease in overweight and obese individuals. Circulation. 2007 Jul 24; 116(4):375-84.View Related Profiles.

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Cushman M, Cornell A, Folsom AR, Wang L, Tsai MY, Polak J, Tang Z. Associations of the beta-fibrinogen Hae III and factor XIII Val34Leu gene variants with venous thrombosis. Thromb Res. 2007; 121(3):339-45. PMID: 17582472; PMCID: PMC2277495; DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2007.05.009;

Cao JJ, Arnold AM, Manolio TA, Polak JF, Psaty BM, Hirsch CH, Kuller LH, Cushman M. Association of carotid artery intima-media thickness, plaques, and C-reactive protein with future cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality: the Cardiovascular Health Study. Circulation. 2007 Jul 03; 116(1):32-8. PMID: 17576871

Mangili A, Jacobson DL, Gerrior J, Polak JF, Gorbach SL, Wanke CA. Metabolic syndrome and subclinical atherosclerosis in patients infected with HIV. Clin Infect Dis. 2007 May 15; 44(10):1368-74. PMID: 17443477; PMCID: PMC2745593; DOI: 10.1086/516616;

Ingelsson E, Sullivan LM, Murabito JM, Fox CS, Benjamin EJ, Polak JF, Meigs JB, Keyes MJ, O'Donnell CJ, Wang TJ, D'Agostino RB, Wolf PA, Vasan RS. Prevalence and prognostic impact of subclinical cardiovascular disease in individuals with the metabolic syndrome and diabetes. Diabetes. 2007 Jun; 56(6):1718-26.View Related Profiles.

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Kathiresan S, Larson MG, Keyes MJ, Polak JF, Wolf PA, D'Agostino RB, Jaffer FA, Clouse ME, Levy D, Manning WJ, O'Donnell CJ. Assessment by cardiovascular magnetic resonance, electron beam computed tomography, and carotid ultrasonography of the distribution of subclinical atherosclerosis across Framingham risk strata. Am J Cardiol. 2007 Feb 1; 99(3):310-4.View Related Profiles.

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Fernandes VR, Polak JF, Edvardsen T, Carvalho B, Gomes A, Bluemke DA, Nasir K, O'Leary DH, Lima JA. Subclinical atherosclerosis and incipient regional myocardial dysfunction in asymptomatic individuals: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006 Jun 20; 47(12):2420-8. PMID: 16781369

Erbay SH, O'Callaghan MG, Bhadelia RA, Polak JF. Unusual case of 2 renal cell carcinoma metastases ipsilateral to an occluded internal carotid artery. J Neuroimaging. 2006 Apr; 16(2):176-8. PMID: 16629743

Bertoni AG, Goff DC, D'Agostino RB, Liu K, Hundley WG, Lima JA, Polak JF, Saad MF, Szklo M, Tracy RP, Siscovick DS. Diabetic cardiomyopathy and subclinical cardiovascular disease: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Diabetes Care. 2006 Mar; 29(3):588-94. PMID: 16505511

Elosua R, Ordovas JM, Cupples LA, Lai CQ, Demissie S, Fox CS, Polak JF, Wolf PA, D'Agostino RB, O'Donnell CJ. Variants at the APOA5 locus, association with carotid atherosclerosis, and modification by obesity: the Framingham Study. J Lipid Res. 2006 May; 47(5):990-6.View Related Profiles.

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Erbay SH, Bhadelia RA, O'Callaghan M, Gupta P, Riesenburger R, Krackov W, Polak JF. Nerve atrophy in severe trigeminal neuralgia: noninvasive confirmation at MR imaging--initial experience. Radiology. 2006 Feb; 238(2):689-92. PMID: 16436823

Elosua R, Cupples LA, Fox CS, Polak JF, D'Agostino RA, Wolf PA, O'Donnell CJ, Ordovas JM. Association between well-characterized lipoprotein-related genetic variants and carotid intimal medial thickness and stenosis: The Framingham Heart Study. Atherosclerosis. 2006 Nov; 189(1):222-8.View Related Profiles.

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Gardin JM, Arnold AM, Polak J, Jackson S, Smith V, Gottdiener J. Usefulness of aortic root dimension in persons > or = 65 years of age in predicting heart failure, stroke, cardiovascular mortality, all-cause mortality and acute myocardial infarction (from the Cardiovascular Health Study). Am J Cardiol. 2006 Jan 15; 97(2):270-5. PMID: 16442377

Kennedy M, Solomon C, Manolio TA, Criqui MH, Newman AB, Polak JF, Burke GL, Enright P, Cushman M. Risk factors for declining ankle-brachial index in men and women 65 years or older: the Cardiovascular Health Study. Arch Intern Med. 2005 Sep 12; 165(16):1896-902. PMID: 16157835

Sharrett AR, Ding J, Criqui MH, Saad MF, Liu K, Polak JF, Folsom AR, Tsai MY, Burke GL, Szklo M. Smoking, diabetes, and blood cholesterol differ in their associations with subclinical atherosclerosis: the Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Atherosclerosis. 2006 Jun; 186(2):441-7. PMID: 16154575

Millen BE, Quatromoni PA, Nam BH, Pencina MJ, Polak JF, Kimokoti RW, Ordovas JM, D'Agostino RB. Compliance with expert population-based dietary guidelines and lower odds of carotid atherosclerosis in women: the Framingham Nutrition Studies. Am J Clin Nutr. 2005 Jul; 82(1):174-80.View Related Profiles.

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Cushman M, Arnold AM, Psaty BM, Manolio TA, Kuller LH, Burke GL, Polak JF, Tracy RP. C-reactive protein and the 10-year incidence of coronary heart disease in older men and women: the cardiovascular health study. Circulation. 2005 Jul 05; 112(1):25-31. PMID: 15983251

Polak JF. Ultrasound energy and the dissolution of thrombus. N Engl J Med. 2004 Nov 18; 351(21):2154-5. PMID: 15548774

Elosua R, Ordovas JM, Cupples LA, Fox CS, Polak JF, Wolf PA, D'Agostino RA, O'Donnell CJ. Association of APOE genotype with carotid atherosclerosis in men and women: the Framingham Heart Study. J Lipid Res. 2004 Oct; 45(10):1868-75.View Related Profiles.

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Fox CS, Larson MG, Corey D, Feng D, Lindpaintner K, Polak JF, Wolf PA, D'Agostino RB, Tofler GH, O'Donnell CJ. Absence of association between polymorphisms in the hemostatic factor pathway genes and carotid intimal medial thickness: the Framingham Heart Study. Stroke. 2004 Mar; 35(3):e65-7.View Related Profiles.

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Millen BE, Quatromoni PA, Nam BH, O'Horo CE, Polak JF, Wolf PA, D'Agostino RB. Dietary patterns, smoking, and subclinical heart disease in women: opportunities for primary prevention from the Framingham Nutrition Studies. J Am Diet Assoc. 2004 Feb; 104(2):208-14.View Related Profiles.

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Fox CS, Cupples LA, Chazaro I, Polak JF, Wolf PA, D'Agostino RB, Ordovas JM, O'Donnell CJ. Genomewide linkage analysis for internal carotid artery intimal medial thickness: evidence for linkage to chromosome 12. Am J Hum Genet. 2004 Feb; 74(2):253-61.View Related Profiles.

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Grant EG, Benson CB, Moneta GL, Alexandrov AV, Baker JD, Bluth EI, Carroll BA, Eliasziw M, Gocke J, Hertzberg BS, Katarick S, Needleman L, Pellerito J, Polak JF, Rholl KS, Wooster DL, Zierler E. Carotid artery stenosis: grayscale and Doppler ultrasound diagnosis--Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound consensus conference. Ultrasound Q. 2003 Dec; 19(4):190-8. PMID: 14730262

Mukamal KJ, Kronmal RA, Mittleman MA, O'Leary DH, Polak JF, Cushman M, Siscovick DS. Alcohol consumption and carotid atherosclerosis in older adults: the Cardiovascular Health Study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2003 Dec; 23(12):2252-9. PMID: 14563651

Grant EG, Benson CB, Moneta GL, Alexandrov AV, Baker JD, Bluth EI, Carroll BA, Eliasziw M, Gocke J, Hertzberg BS, Katanick S, Needleman L, Pellerito J, Polak JF, Rholl KS, Wooster DL, Zierler RE. Carotid artery stenosis: gray-scale and Doppler US diagnosis--Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound Consensus Conference. Radiology. 2003 Nov; 229(2):340-6. PMID: 14500855

Wang TJ, Nam BH, D'Agostino RB, Wolf PA, Lloyd-Jones DM, MacRae CA, Wilson PW, Polak JF, O'Donnell CJ. Carotid intima-media thickness is associated with premature parental coronary heart disease: the Framingham Heart Study. Circulation. 2003 Aug 5; 108(5):572-6.View Related Profiles.

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Cao JJ, Thach C, Manolio TA, Psaty BM, Kuller LH, Chaves PH, Polak JF, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Herrington DM, Price TR, Cushman M. C-reactive protein, carotid intima-media thickness, and incidence of ischemic stroke in the elderly: the Cardiovascular Health Study. Circulation. 2003 Jul 15; 108(2):166-70. PMID: 12821545

Wong TY, Klein R, Sharrett AR, Manolio TA, Hubbard LD, Marino EK, Kuller L, Burke G, Tracy RP, Polak JF, Gottdiener JS, Siscovick DS. The prevalence and risk factors of retinal microvascular abnormalities in older persons: The Cardiovascular Health Study. Ophthalmology. 2003 Apr; 110(4):658-66. PMID: 12689883

Fox CS, Polak JF, Chazaro I, Cupples A, Wolf PA, D'Agostino RA, O'Donnell CJ. Genetic and environmental contributions to atherosclerosis phenotypes in men and women: heritability of carotid intima-media thickness in the Framingham Heart Study. Stroke. 2003 Feb; 34(2):397-401.View Related Profiles.

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Millen BE, Quatromoni PA, Nam BH, O'Horo CE, Polak JF, D'Agostino RB. Dietary patterns and the odds of carotid atherosclerosis in women: the Framingham Nutrition Studies. Prev Med. 2002 Dec; 35(6):540-7.View Related Profiles.

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O'Leary DH, Polak JF. Intima-media thickness: a tool for atherosclerosis imaging and event prediction. Am J Cardiol. 2002 Nov 21; 90(10C):18L-21L. PMID: 12459422

Gottdiener JS, McClelland RL, Marshall R, Shemanski L, Furberg CD, Kitzman DW, Cushman M, Polak J, Gardin JM, Gersh BJ, Aurigemma GP, Manolio TA. Outcome of congestive heart failure in elderly persons: influence of left ventricular systolic function. The Cardiovascular Health Study. Ann Intern Med. 2002 Oct 15; 137(8):631-9. PMID: 12379062

Wang TJ, Nam BH, Wilson PW, Wolf PA, Levy D, Polak JF, D'Agostino RB, O'Donnell CJ. Association of C-reactive protein with carotid atherosclerosis in men and women: the Framingham Heart Study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2002 Oct 1; 22(10):1662-7.View Related Profiles.

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Tsai AW, Cushman M, Rosamond WD, Heckbert SR, Polak JF, Folsom AR. Cardiovascular risk factors and venous thromboembolism incidence: the longitudinal investigation of thromboembolism etiology. Arch Intern Med. 2002 May 27; 162(10):1182-9. PMID: 12020191

Klein R, Marino EK, Kuller LH, Polak JF, Tracy RP, Gottdiener JS, Burke GL, Hubbard LD, Boineau R. The relation of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease to retinopathy in people with diabetes in the Cardiovascular Health Study. Br J Ophthalmol. 2002 Jan; 86(1):84-90. PMID: 11801510

Sica GT, Pugach ME, Koniaris LS, Goldhaber SZ, Polak JF, Mukerjee A, Tempany CM. Isolated calf vein thrombosis: comparison of MR venography and conventional venography after initial sonography in symptomatic patients. Acad Radiol. 2001 Sep; 8(9):856-63. PMID: 11724040

Polak JF. Carotid ultrasound. Radiol Clin North Am. 2001 May; 39(3):569-89. PMID: 11506094

Newman AB, Naydeck BL, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Polak JF, Kuller LH. The role of comorbidity in the assessment of intermittent claudication in older adults. J Clin Epidemiol. 2001 Mar; 54(3):294-300. PMID: 11223327

Geffken DF, Cushman M, Burke GL, Polak JF, Sakkinen PA, Tracy RP. Association between physical activity and markers of inflammation in a healthy elderly population. Am J Epidemiol. 2001 Feb 01; 153(3):242-50. PMID: 11157411

Kaplan RC, Heckbert SR, Koepsell TD, Furberg CD, Polak JF, Schoen RE, Psaty BM. Risk factors for hospitalized gastrointestinal bleeding among older persons. Cardiovascular Health Study Investigators. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2001 Feb; 49(2):126-33. PMID: 11207865

Schwartz RB, Feske SK, Polak JF, DeGirolami U, Iaia A, Beckner KM, Bravo SM, Klufas RA, Chai RY, Repke JT. Preeclampsia-eclampsia: clinical and neuroradiographic correlates and insights into the pathogenesis of hypertensive encephalopathy. Radiology. 2000 Nov; 217(2):371-6. PMID: 11058630

Polak JF. Focus on imaging at the American Heart Association annual meeting. Radiology. 2000 Aug; 216(2):323-4. PMID: 10924546

Needleman L, Polak JF, Bettmann MA, Boxt LM, Gomes AS, Grollman J, Henkin RE, Higgins CB, Kelley MJ, Pagan-Marin H, Stanford W. Suspected lower extremity deep vein thrombosis. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria. Radiology. 2000 Jun; 215 Suppl:49-53. PMID: 11037404

Grollman J, Bettmann MA, Boxt LM, Gomes AS, Henkin RE, Higgins CB, Kelley MJ, Needleman L, Pagan-Marin H, Polak JF, Stanford W. Pulsatile abdominal mass. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria. Radiology. 2000 Jun; 215 Suppl:55-9. PMID: 11037405

Bettmann MA, Boxt LM, Gomes AS, Grollman J, Henkin RE, Higgins CB, Kelley MJ, Needleman L, Pagan-Marin H, Polak JF, Stanford W, Levin DC, Gardiner GA. Diagnostic imaging in patients with claudication. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria. Radiology. 2000 Jun; 215 Suppl:61-5. PMID: 11037406

Pagan-Marin H, Bettmann MA, Boxt LM, Gomes AS, Grollman J, Henkin RE, Higgins CB, Kelley MJ, Needleman L, Polak JF, Stanford W, Hessel SJ. Blunt abdominal or pelvic trauma--suspected vascular injury. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria. Radiology. 2000 Jun; 215 Suppl:41-7. PMID: 11037403

Kelley MJ, Bettmann MA, Boxt LM, Gomes AS, Grollman J, Henkin RE, Higgins CB, Needleman L, Pagan-Marin H, Polak JF, Stanford W. Blunt chest trauma--suspected aortic injury. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria. Radiology. 2000 Jun; 215 Suppl:35-9. PMID: 11037402

Higgins CB, Bettmann MA, Boxt LM, Gomes AS, Grollman J, Henkin RE, Kelley MJ, Needleman L, Pagan-Marin H, Polak JF, Stanford W. Chronic chest pain--suspected cardiac origin. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria. Radiology. 2000 Jun; 215 Suppl:29-34. PMID: 11037401

Kelley MJ, Levin DC, Bettmann MA, Gomes AS, Grollman J, Henkin RE, Hessel SJ, Higgins CB, Needleman L, Polak JF, Stanford W, Wexler L, Abbott W, Port S. Suspected congenital heart disease in the adult. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria. Radiology. 2000 Jun; 215 Suppl:67-72. PMID: 11037407

Higgins CB, Levin DC, Bettmann MA, Gomes AS, Grollman J, Henkin RE, Hessel SJ, Kelley MJ, Needleman L, Polak JF, Stanford W, Wexler L, Abbott W, Port S. Suspected bacterial endocarditis. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria. Radiology. 2000 Jun; 215 Suppl:73-7. PMID: 11037408

Boxt LM, Bettmann MA, Gomes AS, Grollman J, Henkin RE, Higgins CB, Kelley MJ, Needleman L, Pagan-Marin H, Polak JF, Stanford W, Wexler L. Shortness of breath--suspected cardiac origin. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria. Radiology. 2000 Jun; 215 Suppl:23-7. PMID: 11037400

Bettmann MA, Boxt LM, Gomes AS, Grollman J, Henkin RE, Higgins CB, Kelley MJ, Needleman L, Pagan-Marin H, Polak JF, Stanford W, Ashburn W. Acute chest pain--suspected pulmonary embolism. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria. Radiology. 2000 Jun; 215 Suppl:15-21. PMID: 11037399

Stanford W, Bettmann MA, Boxt LM, Gomes AS, Grollman J, Henkin RE, Higgins CB, Kelley MJ, Needleman L, Pagan-Marin H, Polak JF. Acute chest pain--suspected myocardial ischemia. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria. Radiology. 2000 Jun; 215 Suppl:7-13. PMID: 11037398

Stanford W, Levin DC, Bettmann MA, Gomes AS, Grollman J, Henkin RE, Hessel SJ, Higgins CB, Kelley MJ, Needleman L, Polak JF, Wexler L, Abbott W, Port S. Acute chest pain--no ECG evidence of myocardial ischemia/infarction. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria. Radiology. 2000 Jun; 215 Suppl:79-84. PMID: 11037409

Gomes AS, Bettmann MA, Boxt LM, Grollman J, Henkin RE, Higgins CB, Kelley MJ, Needleman L, Pagan-Marin H, Polak JF, Stanford W. Acute chest pain--suspected aortic dissection. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria. Radiology. 2000 Jun; 215 Suppl:1-5. PMID: 11037397

Henkin RE, Levin DC, Bettmann MA, Gomes AS, Grollman J, Hessel SJ, Higgins CB, Kelley MJ, Needleman L, Polak JF, Stanford W, Wexler L, Abbott W, Port S. Chronic chest pain without evidence of myocardial ischemia/infarction. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria. Radiology. 2000 Jun; 215 Suppl:85-8. PMID: 11037410

Hessel SJ, Levin DC, Bettmann MA, Gomes AS, Grollman J, Henkin RE, Higgins CB, Kelley MJ, Needleman L, Polak JF, Stanford W, Wexler L, Abbott W, Port S. Recurrent symptoms following lower extremity arterial bypass surgery. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria. Radiology. 2000 Jun; 215 Suppl:89-93. PMID: 11037411

Grollman J, Levin DC, Bettmann MA, Gomes AS, Henkin RE, Hessel SJ, Higgins CB, Kelley MJ, Needleman L, Polak JF, Stanford W, Wexler L, Abbott W, Port S. Recurrent symptoms following lower extremity angioplasty: claudication and threatened limb. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria. Radiology. 2000 Jun; 215 Suppl:95-9. PMID: 11037412

Bettmann MA, Levin DC, Gomes AS, Grollman J, Henkin RE, Hessel SJ, Higgins CB, Kelley MJ, Needleman L, Polak JF, Stanford W, Wexler L, Abbott W, Port S. Sudden onset of cold, painful leg. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria. Radiology. 2000 Jun; 215 Suppl:101-5. PMID: 11037413

Polak JF, Levin DC, Bettmann MA, Gomes AS, Grollman J, Henkin RE, Hessel SJ, Higgins CB, Kelley MJ, Needleman L, Stanford W, Wexler L, Abbott W, Port S. Unilateral upper extremity swelling and pain. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria. Radiology. 2000 Jun; 215 Suppl:107-12. PMID: 11037414

Gomes AS, Levin DC, Bettmann MA, Grollman J, Henkin RE, Hessel SJ, Higgins CB, Kelley MJ, Needleman L, Polak JF, Stanford W, Wexler L, Abbott W, Port S. Hematemesis. American College of Radiology. ACR Appropriateness Criteria. Radiology. 2000 Jun; 215 Suppl:113-9. PMID: 11037415

Gottdiener JS, Arnold AM, Aurigemma GP, Polak JF, Tracy RP, Kitzman DW, Gardin JM, Rutledge JE, Boineau RC. Predictors of congestive heart failure in the elderly: the Cardiovascular Health Study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000 May; 35(6):1628-37. PMID: 10807470

Polak JF. MR coronary angiography: are we there yet? Radiology. 2000 Mar; 214(3):649-50. PMID: 10715024

Mann MJ, Whittemore AD, Donaldson MC, Belkin M, Conte MS, Polak JF, Orav EJ, Ehsan A, Dell'Acqua G, Dzau VJ. Ex-vivo gene therapy of human vascular bypass grafts with E2F decoy: the PREVENT single-centre, randomised, controlled trial. Lancet. 1999 Oct 30; 354(9189):1493-8. PMID: 10551494

Barzilay JI, Spiekerman CF, Wahl PW, Kuller LH, Cushman M, Furberg CD, Dobs A, Polak JF, Savage PJ. Cardiovascular disease in older adults with glucose disorders: comparison of American Diabetes Association criteria for diabetes mellitus with WHO criteria. Lancet. 1999 Aug 21; 354(9179):622-5. PMID: 10466662

Psaty BM, Furberg CD, Kuller LH, Bild DE, Rautaharju PM, Polak JF, Bovill E, Gottdiener JS. Traditional risk factors and subclinical disease measures as predictors of first myocardial infarction in older adults: the Cardiovascular Health Study. Arch Intern Med. 1999 Jun 28; 159(12):1339-47. PMID: 10386510

Cornuz J, Pearson SD, Polak JF. Deep venous thrombosis: complete lower extremity venous US evaluation in patients without known risk factors--outcome study. Radiology. 1999 Jun; 211(3):637-41. PMID: 10352585

Meyerovitz MF, Mannting F, Polak JF, Goldhaber SZ. Frequency of pulmonary embolism in patients with low-probability lung scan and negative lower extremity venous ultrasound. Chest. 1999 Apr; 115(4):980-2. PMID: 10208195

Newman AB, Shemanski L, Manolio TA, Cushman M, Mittelmark M, Polak JF, Powe NR, Siscovick D. Ankle-arm index as a predictor of cardiovascular disease and mortality in the Cardiovascular Health Study. The Cardiovascular Health Study Group. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 1999 Mar; 19(3):538-45. PMID: 10073955

Polak JF, Fox LA. MR assessment of the extremity veins. Semin Ultrasound CT MR. 1999 Feb; 20(1):36-46. PMID: 10036710

Bhadelia RA, Anderson M, Polak JF, Manolio TA, Beauchamp N, Knepper L, O'Leary DH. Prevalence and associations of MRI-demonstrated brain infarcts in elderly subjects with a history of transient ischemic attack. The Cardiovascular Health Study. Stroke. 1999 Feb; 30(2):383-8. PMID: 9933275

O'Leary DH, Polak JF, Kronmal RA, Manolio TA, Burke GL, Wolfson SK. Carotid-artery intima and media thickness as a risk factor for myocardial infarction and stroke in older adults. Cardiovascular Health Study Collaborative Research Group. N Engl J Med. 1999 Jan 07; 340(1):14-22. PMID: 9878640

Longstreth WT, Shemanski L, Lefkowitz D, O'Leary DH, Polak JF, Wolfson SK. Asymptomatic internal carotid artery stenosis defined by ultrasound and the risk of subsequent stroke in the elderly. The Cardiovascular Health Study. Stroke. 1998 Nov; 29(11):2371-6. PMID: 9804651

Polak JF, Shemanski L, O'Leary DH, Lefkowitz D, Price TR, Savage PJ, Brant WE, Reid C. Hypoechoic plaque at US of the carotid artery: an independent risk factor for incident stroke in adults aged 65 years or older. Cardiovascular Health Study. Radiology. 1998 Sep; 208(3):649-54. PMID: 9722841

Patriquin L, Khorasani R, Polak JF. Correlation of diagnostic imaging and subsequent autopsy findings in patients with pulmonary embolism. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1998 Aug; 171(2):347-9. PMID: 9694449

Polak JF, Berger MF, Pagan-Marin H, Aruny JE, Meyerovitz MF. Comparative efficacy of pulse-spray thrombolysis and angioplasty versus surgical salvage procedures for treatment of recurrent occlusion of PTFE dialysis access grafts. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 1998 Jul-Aug; 21(4):314-8. PMID: 9688799

Schwartz RB, Holman BL, Polak JF, Garada BM, Schwartz MS, Folkerth R, Carvalho PA, Loeffler JS, Shrieve DC, Black PM, Alexander E. Dual-isotope single-photon emission computerized tomography scanning in patients with glioblastoma multiforme: association with patient survival and histopathological characteristics of tumor after high-dose radiotherapy. J Neurosurg. 1998 Jul; 89(1):60-8. PMID: 9647173

Polak JF, Anderson D, Hagspiel K, Mungovan J. Peripherally inserted central venous catheters: factors affecting patient satisfaction. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1998 Jun; 170(6):1609-11. PMID: 9609182

Hagspiel KD, Polak JF, Grassi CJ, Faitelson BB, Kandarpa K, Meyerovitz MF. Pulmonary embolism: comparison of cut-film and digital pulmonary angiography. Radiology. 1998 Apr; 207(1):139-45. PMID: 9530309

Fried LP, Kronmal RA, Newman AB, Bild DE, Mittelmark MB, Polak JF, Robbins JA, Gardin JM. Risk factors for 5-year mortality in older adults: the Cardiovascular Health Study. JAMA. 1998 Feb 25; 279(8):585-92. PMID: 9486752

Mannion TC, Vita JA, Keaney JF, Benjamin EJ, Hunter L, Polak JF. Non-invasive assessment of brachial artery endothelial vasomotor function: the effect of cuff position on level of discomfort and vasomotor responses. Vasc Med. 1998; 3(4):263-7.View Related Profiles.

Benjamin, Emelia
Vita, Joseph
Polak, Joseph

PMID: 10102666

Polak JF. Duplex sonography: can it be used to evaluate carotid artery stents? Radiology. 1997 Dec; 205(3):649-50. PMID: 9393515

Khorasani R, Gudas TF, Nikpoor N, Polak JF. Treatment of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism and intermediate-probability lung scans: is diagnostic imaging underused? AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1997 Nov; 169(5):1355-7. PMID: 9353458

Kauppila LI, Polak JF, Cupples LA, Hannan MT, Kiel DP, Wilson PW. New indices to classify location, severity and progression of calcific lesions in the abdominal aorta: a 25-year follow-up study. Atherosclerosis. 1997 Jul 25; 132(2):245-50. PMID: 9242971

Kuntz KM, Polak JF, Whittemore AD, Skillman JJ, Kent KC. Duplex ultrasound criteria for the identification of carotid stenosis should be laboratory specific. Stroke. 1997 Mar; 28(3):597-602. PMID: 9056618

Uehata A, Lieberman EH, Gerhard MD, Anderson TJ, Ganz P, Polak JF, Creager MA, Yeung AC. Noninvasive assessment of endothelium-dependent flow-mediated dilation of the brachial artery. Vasc Med. 1997; 2(2):87-92. PMID: 9546961

Polak JF, Kronmal RA, Tell GS, O'Leary DH, Savage PJ, Gardin JM, Rutan GH, Borhani NO. Compensatory increase in common carotid artery diameter. Relation to blood pressure and artery intima-media thickness in older adults. Cardiovascular Health Study. Stroke. 1996 Nov; 27(11):2012-5. PMID: 8898807

Polak JF, Anderson D, Mungovan J. Ultrasonographically guided puncture of the posterior tibial vein for lower extremity venography. J Ultrasound Med. 1996 Oct; 15(10):729-31. PMID: 8887247

Goldhaber SZ, Hirsch DR, MacDougall RC, Polak JF, Creager MA. Bolus recombinant urokinase versus heparin in deep venous thrombosis: a randomized controlled trial. Am Heart J. 1996 Aug; 132(2 Pt 1):314-8. PMID: 8701892

Polak JF. Femoropopliteal angioplasty with US guidance: an example of a niche market. Radiology. 1996 May; 199(2):317-8. PMID: 8668770

Cushman M, Yanez D, Psaty BM, Fried LP, Heiss G, Lee M, Polak JF, Savage PJ, Tracy RP. Association of fibrinogen and coagulation factors VII and VIII with cardiovascular risk factors in the elderly: the Cardiovascular Health Study. Cardiovascular Health Study Investigators. Am J Epidemiol. 1996 Apr 01; 143(7):665-76. PMID: 8651228

Kronmal RA, Smith VE, O'Leary DH, Polak JF, Gardin JM, Manolio TA. Carotid artery measures are strongly associated with left ventricular mass in older adults (a report from the Cardiovascular Health Study). Am J Cardiol. 1996 Mar 15; 77(8):628-33. PMID: 8610615

O'Leary DH, Polak JF, Kronmal RA, Savage PJ, Borhani NO, Kittner SJ, Tracy R, Gardin JM, Price TR, Furberg CD. Thickening of the carotid wall. A marker for atherosclerosis in the elderly? Cardiovascular Health Study Collaborative Research Group. Stroke. 1996 Feb; 27(2):224-31. PMID: 8571414

Polak JF, Kwon OJ. Use of a perfusion balloon angioplasty catheter during femoral artery angioplasty. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1995 Dec; 165(6):1485-6. PMID: 7484592

Polak JF. Role of duplex US as a screening test for carotid atherosclerotic disease: benefit without cost? Radiology. 1995 Dec; 197(3):581-2. PMID: 7480720

Goldhaber SZ, Hirsch DR, MacDougall RC, Polak JF, Creager MA, Cohn LH. Prevention of venous thrombosis after coronary artery bypass surgery (a randomized trial comparing two mechanical prophylaxis strategies). Am J Cardiol. 1995 Nov 15; 76(14):993-6. PMID: 7484878

Patel MR, Kuntz KM, Klufas RA, Kim D, Kramer J, Polak JF, Skillman JJ, Whittemore AD, Edelman RR, Kent KC. Preoperative assessment of the carotid bifurcation. Can magnetic resonance angiography and duplex ultrasonography replace contrast arteriography? Stroke. 1995 Oct; 26(10):1753-8. PMID: 7570720

Kent KC, Kuntz KM, Patel MR, Kim D, Klufas RA, Whittemore AD, Polak JF, Skillman JJ, Edelman RR. Perioperative imaging strategies for carotid endarterectomy. An analysis of morbidity and cost-effectiveness in symptomatic patients. JAMA. 1995 Sep 20; 274(11):888-93. PMID: 7674503

Tracy RP, Bovill EG, Yanez D, Psaty BM, Fried LP, Heiss G, Lee M, Polak JF, Savage PJ. Fibrinogen and factor VIII, but not factor VII, are associated with measures of subclinical cardiovascular disease in the elderly. Results from The Cardiovascular Health Study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 1995 Sep; 15(9):1269-79. PMID: 7670938

Polak JF. The role of the manuscript reviewer in the peer review process. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1995 Sep; 165(3):685-8. PMID: 7645496

Polak JF. Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt: building on experience. Radiology. 1995 Aug; 196(2):306-7. PMID: 7617838

Simons GR, Skibo LK, Polak JF, Creager MA, Klapec-Fay JM, Goldhaber SZ. Utility of leg ultrasonography in suspected symptomatic isolated calf deep venous thrombosis. Am J Med. 1995 Jul; 99(1):43-7. PMID: 7598141

Chernoff DM, Walker AT, Khorasani R, Polak JF, Jolesz FA. Asymptomatic functional popliteal artery entrapment: demonstration at MR imaging. Radiology. 1995 Apr; 195(1):176-80. PMID: 7892463

Tell GS, Polak JF, Ward BJ, Kittner SJ, Savage PJ, Robbins J. Relation of smoking with carotid artery wall thickness and stenosis in older adults. The Cardiovascular Health Study. The Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) Collaborative Research Group. Circulation. 1994 Dec; 90(6):2905-8. PMID: 7994837

Schulz R, Mittelmark M, Kronmal R, Polak JF, Hirsch CH, German P, Bookwala J. Predictors of perceived health status in elderly men and women. The Cardiovascular Health Study. J Aging Health. 1994 Nov; 6(4):419-47. PMID: 10138383

Lage SG, Kopel L, Monachini MC, Medeiros CJ, Pileggi F, Polak JF, Creager MA. Carotid arterial compliance in patients with congestive heart failure secondary to idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Am J Cardiol. 1994 Oct 01; 74(7):691-5. PMID: 7942527

Goldhaber SZ, Polak JF, Feldstein ML, Meyerovitz MF, Creager MA. Efficacy and safety of repeated boluses of urokinase in the treatment of deep venous thrombosis. Am J Cardiol. 1994 Jan 01; 73(1):75-9. PMID: 8279382

Tell GS, Rutan GH, Kronmal RA, Bild DE, Polak JF, Wong ND, Borhani NO. Correlates of blood pressure in community-dwelling older adults. The Cardiovascular Health Study. Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) Collaborative Research Group. Hypertension. 1994 Jan; 23(1):59-67. PMID: 8282331

Psaty BM, Savage PJ, Tell GS, Polak JF, Hirsch CH, Gardin JM, McDonald RH. Temporal patterns of antihypertensive medication use among elderly patients. The Cardiovascular Health Study. JAMA. 1993 Oct 20; 270(15):1837-41. PMID: 8105112

Bild DE, Fitzpatrick A, Fried LP, Wong ND, Haan MN, Lyles M, Bovill E, Polak JF, Schulz R. Age-related trends in cardiovascular morbidity and physical functioning in the elderly: the Cardiovascular Health Study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1993 Oct; 41(10):1047-56. PMID: 8409149

Kandarpa K, Chopra PS, Aruny JE, Polak JF, Donaldson MC, Whittemore AD, Mannick JA, Goldhaber SZ, Meyerovitz MF. Intraarterial thrombolysis of lower extremity occlusions: prospective, randomized comparison of forced periodic infusion and conventional slow continuous infusion. Radiology. 1993 Sep; 188(3):861-7. PMID: 8351363

Polak JF, O'Leary DH, Kronmal RA, Wolfson SK, Bond MG, Tracy RP, Gardin JM, Kittner SJ, Price TR, Savage PJ. Sonographic evaluation of carotid artery atherosclerosis in the elderly: relationship of disease severity to stroke and transient ischemic attack. Radiology. 1993 Aug; 188(2):363-70. PMID: 8327679

Lage SG, Polak JF, O'Leary DH, Creager MA. Relationship of arterial compliance to baroreflex function in hypertensive patients. Am J Physiol. 1993 Jul; 265(1 Pt 2):H232-7. PMID: 8342638

Hunink MG, Polak JF, Barlan MM, O'Leary DH. Detection and quantification of carotid artery stenosis: efficacy of various Doppler velocity parameters. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1993 Mar; 160(3):619-25. PMID: 8430567

Baxter GM, Polak JF. Lower limb colour flow imaging: a comparison with ankle: brachial measurements and angiography. Clin Radiol. 1993 Feb; 47(2):91-5. PMID: 8435971

Skibo L, Polak JF. Compression repair of a postcatheterization pseudoaneurysm of the brachial artery under sonographic guidance. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1993 Feb; 160(2):383-4. PMID: 8424357

Polak JF. Noninvasive carotid evaluation: carpe diem. Radiology. 1993 Feb; 186(2):329-31. PMID: 8421729

Polak JF, Kalina P, Donaldson MC, O'Leary DH, Whittemore AD, Mannick JA. Carotid endarterectomy: preoperative evaluation of candidates with combined Doppler sonography and MR angiography. Work in progress. Radiology. 1993 Feb; 186(2):333-8. PMID: 8421730

Barlan MM, Polak JF, Bjork L. Coronary artery fistula after cardiac transplantation: atypical location. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1993 Feb; 160(2):381-2. PMID: 8424356

Hunink MG, Donaldson MC, Meyerovitz MF, Polak JF, Whittemore AD, Kandarpa K, Grassi CJ, Aruny J, Harrington DP, Mannick JA. Risks and benefits of femoropopliteal percutaneous balloon angioplasty. J Vasc Surg. 1993 Jan; 17(1):183-92; discussion 192-4. PMID: 8421335

O'Leary DH, Polak JF, Kronmal RA, Kittner SJ, Bond MG, Wolfson SK, Bommer W, Price TR, Gardin JM, Savage PJ. Distribution and correlates of sonographically detected carotid artery disease in the Cardiovascular Health Study. The CHS Collaborative Research Group. Stroke. 1992 Dec; 23(12):1752-60. PMID: 1448826

Schwartz RB, Jones KM, Chernoff DM, Mukherji SK, Khorasani R, Tice HM, Kikinis R, Hooton SM, Stieg PE, Polak JF. Common carotid artery bifurcation: evaluation with spiral CT. Work in progress. Radiology. 1992 Nov; 185(2):513-9. PMID: 1410365

Meyerovitz MF, Polak JF, Goldhaber SZ. Short-term response to thrombolytic therapy in deep venous thrombosis: predictive value of venographic appearance. Radiology. 1992 Aug; 184(2):345-8. PMID: 1620826

Tracy RP, Bovill EG, Fried LP, Heiss G, Lee MH, Polak JF, Psaty BM, Savage PJ. The distribution of coagulation factors VII and VIII and fibrinogen in adults over 65 years. Results from the Cardiovascular Health Study. Ann Epidemiol. 1992 Jul; 2(4):509-19. PMID: 1342301

Polak JF, Bajakian RL, O'Leary DH, Anderson MR, Donaldson MC, Jolesz FA. Detection of internal carotid artery stenosis: comparison of MR angiography, color Doppler sonography, and arteriography. Radiology. 1992 Jan; 182(1):35-40. PMID: 1727306

Polak JF, Karmel MI, Meyerovitz MF. Accuracy of color Doppler flow mapping for evaluation of the severity of femoropopliteal arterial disease: a prospective study. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 1991 Nov; 2(4):471-6; discussion 476-9. PMID: 1797213

Hirsch DR, Reis SE, Polak JF, Donovan BC, Goldhaber SZ. Prolonged bleeding time as a marker of venous clot lysis during streptokinase therapy. Am Heart J. 1991 Oct; 122(4 Pt 1):965-71. PMID: 1927883

Whittemore AD, Donaldson MC, Polak JF, Mannick JA. Limitations of balloon angioplasty for vein graft stenosis. J Vasc Surg. 1991 Sep; 14(3):340-5. PMID: 1831863

O'Leary DH, Polak JF, Wolfson SK, Bond MG, Bommer W, Sheth S, Psaty BM, Sharrett AR, Manolio TA. Use of sonography to evaluate carotid atherosclerosis in the elderly. The Cardiovascular Health Study. CHS Collaborative Research Group. Stroke. 1991 Sep; 22(9):1155-63. PMID: 1926258

Polak JF, Wilkinson DL. Ultrasonographic diagnosis of symptomatic deep venous thrombosis in pregnancy. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1991 Sep; 165(3):625-9. PMID: 1892189

Reis SE, Polak JF, Hirsch DR, Cohn LH, Creager MA, Donovan BC, Goldhaber SZ. Frequency of deep venous thrombosis in asymptomatic patients with coronary artery bypass grafts. Am Heart J. 1991 Aug; 122(2):478-82. PMID: 1858629

Polak JF. Doppler ultrasound of the deep leg veins. A revolution in the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis and monitoring of thrombolysis. Chest. 1991 Apr; 99(4 Suppl):165S-172S. PMID: 2009814

Polak JF, Karmel MI, Mannick JA, O'Leary DH, Donaldson MC, Whittemore AD. Determination of the extent of lower-extremity peripheral arterial disease with color-assisted duplex sonography: comparison with angiography. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1990 Nov; 155(5):1085-9. PMID: 2120939

Grassi CJ, Polak JF. Axillary and subclavian venous thrombosis: follow-up evaluation with color Doppler flow US and venography. Radiology. 1990 Jun; 175(3):651-4. PMID: 2188295

Meyerovitz MF, Goldhaber SZ, Reagan K, Polak JF, Kandarpa K, Grassi CJ, Donovan BC, Bettmann MA, Harrington DP. Recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator versus urokinase in peripheral arterial and graft occlusions: a randomized trial. Radiology. 1990 Apr; 175(1):75-8. PMID: 2107563

Polak JF, Donaldson MC, Dobkin GR, Mannick JA, O'Leary DH. Early detection of saphenous vein arterial bypass graft stenosis by color-assisted duplex sonography: a prospective study. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1990 Apr; 154(4):857-61. PMID: 2107689

Polak JF, O'Leary DH, Quist WC, Creager MA, LoGerfo FW. Pulsed and color Doppler analysis of normal carotid bifurcation flow dynamics using an in-vitro model. Angiology. 1990 Mar; 41(3):241-7. PMID: 2310054

Belkin M, Donaldson MC, Whittemore AD, Polak JF, Grassi CJ, Harrington DP, Mannick JA. Observations on the use of thrombolytic agents for thrombotic occlusion of infrainguinal vein grafts. J Vasc Surg. 1990 Feb; 11(2):289-94; discussion 295-6. PMID: 2299748

Polak JF, Dobkin GR, O'Leary DH, Wang AM, Cutler SS. Internal carotid artery stenosis: accuracy and reproducibility of color-Doppler-assisted duplex imaging. Radiology. 1989 Dec; 173(3):793-8. PMID: 2682776

O'Leary DH, Polak JF. High-resolution carotid sonography: past, present, and future. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1989 Oct; 153(4):699-704. PMID: 2672729

Polak JF, Culter SS, O'Leary DH. Deep veins of the calf: assessment with color Doppler flow imaging. Radiology. 1989 May; 171(2):481-5. PMID: 2649923

Polak JF, Donaldson MC, Whittemore AD, Mannick JA, O'Leary DH. Pulsatile masses surrounding vascular prostheses: real-time US color flow imaging. Radiology. 1989 Feb; 170(2):363-6. PMID: 2643139

Wilkinson DL, Polak JF, Grassi CJ, Whittemore AD, O'Leary DH. Pseudoaneurysm of the vertebral artery: appearance on color-flow Doppler sonography. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1988 Nov; 151(5):1051-2. PMID: 3051957

Polak JF, O'Leary DH. Deep venous thrombosis in pregnancy: noninvasive diagnosis. Radiology. 1988 Feb; 166(2):377-9. PMID: 3275978

Jolesz FA, Polak JF, Adams DF, Ruenzel PW. Myelinated and nonmyelinated nerves: comparison of proton MR properties. Radiology. 1987 Jul; 164(1):89-91. PMID: 3035608

White HD, Polak JF, Wynne J, Holman BL, Antman EM, Nesto RW. Addition of nifedipine to maximal nitrate and beta-adrenoreceptor blocker therapy in coronary artery disease. Am J Cardiol. 1985 May 01; 55(11):1303-7. PMID: 2859798

Holman BL, Hill TC, Polak JF, Lee RG, Royal HD, O'Leary DH. Cerebral perfusion imaging with iodine 123-labeled amines. Arch Neurol. 1984 Oct; 41(10):1060-3. PMID: 6332608

Polak JF, Holman BL, Podrid PJ, Lown B. Postextrasystolic potentiation during spontaneous ventricular ectopy in man. Associated left ventricular volume changes determined by list mode radionuclide ventriculography. Invest Radiol. 1984 Sep-Oct; 19(5):380-4.View Related Profiles.

Polak, Joseph
Podrid, Philip

PMID: 6210263

Jolesz FA, Polak JF, Ruenzel PW, Adams DF. Wallerian degeneration demonstrated by magnetic resonance: spectroscopic measurements on peripheral nerve. Radiology. 1984 Jul; 152(1):85-7. PMID: 6729140

Polak JF, Holman BL, Wynne J, Colucci WS. Right ventricular ejection fraction: an indicator of increased mortality in patients with congestive heart failure associated with coronary artery disease. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1983 Aug; 2(2):217-24.View Related Profiles.

Polak, Joseph
Colucci, Wilson

PMID: 6306086

Holman BL, Goldhaber SZ, Kirsch CM, Polak JF, Friedman BJ, English RJ, Wynne J. Measurement of infarct size using single photon emission computed tomography and technetium-99m pyrophosphate: a description of the method and comparison with patient prognosis. Am J Cardiol. 1982 Sep; 50(3):503-11. PMID: 6287834

Polak JF, Bianco JA, Kemper AJ, Tow DE. Clinical utility of a multigated modified anterior projection in the detection of left ventricular inferior and apical wall motion abnormalities. Clin Nucl Med. 1982 Apr; 7(4):161-5. PMID: 6280917

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 330 publications over 40 distinct years, with a maximum of 23 publications in 2000

Bar chart showing 330 publications over 40 distinct years, with a maximum of 23 publications in 2000

Year	Publications
1982	2
1983	1
1984	3
1985	1
1987	1
1988	2
1989	4
1990	6
1991	7
1992	5
1993	12
1994	5
1995	10
1996	7
1997	5
1998	9
1999	9
2000	23
2001	5
2002	6
2003	7
2004	7
2005	4
2006	8
2007	9
2008	7
2009	17
2010	15
2011	19
2012	14
2013	18
2014	19
2015	15
2016	11
2017	8
2018	9
2019	8
2020	3
2021	4
2022	5