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Obesity accelerates the progression of coronary atherosclerosis in young men by MCGILL, Henry C, MCMAHAN, C. Alex, HERDERICK, Edward E, ZIESKE, Arthur W, MALCOM, Gray T, TRACY, Richard E, STRONG, Jack P

“…Obesity is a risk factor for adult coronary heart disease and is increasing in prevalence among youths as well as adults. Results regarding the association of…”
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Association between Multiple Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Atherosclerosis in Children and Young Adults by Berenson, Gerald S, Srinivasan, Sathanur R, Bao, Weihang, Newman, William P, Tracy, Richard E, Wattigney, Wendy A

“…Atherosclerosis leading to coronary heart disease is complex in origin. Involved in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis are hemodynamic, thrombotic, and…”
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Eccentric May Differ From Concentric Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Because of Variations in Cardiomyocyte Numbers by Tracy, Richard E., MD, PhD

“…Abstract Background When overweight or hypertension is present, some patients at first examination exhibit left ventricular (LV) dilation and others concentric…”
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Cardiac myocyte sizes in right compared with left ventricle during overweight and hypertension by Tracy, Richard E

“…Evidence is sparse concerning hypertrophy of cardiomyocytes in left and right ventricles (LV, RV). LV and RV from 105 forensic autopsies were weighed. Cross…”
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Histologically Measured Cardiomyocyte Hypertrophy Correlates with Body Height as Strongly as with Body Mass Index by Tracy, Richard E., Sander, Gary E.

“…Cardiac myocytes are presumed to enlarge with left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). This study correlates histologically measured myocytes with lean and fat body…”
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Effects of Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors on Atherosclerosis of Selected Regions of the Aorta and Right Coronary Artery by McGill, Henry C, McMahan, C Alex, Herderick, Edward E, Tracy, Richard E, Malcom, Gray T, Zieske, Arthur W, Strong, Jack P

“…ABSTRACTWe examined topographic distributions of atherosclerosis and their relation to risk factors for adult coronary heart disease in right coronary arteries…”
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Cardiomyocyte size estimated from noninvasive measurements of left ventricular wall thickness and chamber diameter by Tracy, Richard E

“…Noninvasive measurements of left ventricular wall thickness (LVT) and left ventricular chamber diameter (LVD) allow calculation of expected left ventricular…”
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Bilateral common carotid artery ultrasound for prediction of incident strokes using intima-media thickness and external diameter: an observational study by Eigenbrodt, Marsha L, Evans, Gregory W, Rose, Kathryn M, Bursac, Zoran, Tracy, Richard E, Mehta, Jawahar L, Couper, David J

“…External common carotid artery (CCA) diameter and intima-media thickness (IMT) are independently associated with incident stroke and other cardiovascular…”
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Common carotid artery wall thickness and external diameter as predictors of prevalent and incident cardiac events in a large population study by Eigenbrodt, Marsha L, Sukhija, Rishi, Rose, Kathryn M, Tracy, Richard E, Couper, David J, Evans, Gregory W, Bursac, Zoran, Mehta, Jawahar L

“…Arterial diameters enlarge in response to wall thickening, plaques, and many atherosclerotic risk factors. We hypothesized that right common carotid artery…”
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Coronary artery circumferential stress: departure from Laplace expectations with aging by Tracy, Richard E, Eigenbrodt, Marsha L

“…Normal, youthful arteries generally maintain constant radius/wall thickness ratios, with the relationship being described by the Laplace Law. Whether this…”
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B-mode ultrasound common carotid artery intima-media thickness and external diameter: cross-sectional and longitudinal associations with carotid atherosclerosis in a large population sample by Eigenbrodt, Marsha L, Bursac, Zoran, Tracy, Richard E, Mehta, Jawahar L, Rose, Kathryn M, Couper, David J

“…Arterial diameter and intima-media thickness (IMT) enlargement may each be related to the atherosclerotic process. Their separate or combined enlargement may…”
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Evidence concerning resistance to atheroma by media-like islands in the intima of coronary arteries by Tracy, Richard E.

“…Coronary arteries with and without atheroma are compared histologically to ask what kind of artery encourages atheroma. When atheroma obliterates the…”
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Common carotid arterial interadventitial distance (diameter) as an indicator of the damaging effects of age and atherosclerosis, a cross-sectional study of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Community Cohort Limited Access Data (ARICLAD), 1987-89 by Eigenbrodt, Marsha L, Bursac, Zoran, Rose, Kathryn M, Couper, David J, Tracy, Richard E, Evans, Gregory W, Brancati, Frederick L, Mehta, Jawahar L

“…The effect of age on common carotid artery diameter is unclear for varying atherosclerosis risk levels. Cross-sectional data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in…”
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Pathobiological Determinants of Atherosclerosis in Youth Risk Scores Are Associated With Early and Advanced Atherosclerosis by McMahan, C. Alex, Gidding, Samuel S, Malcom, Gray T, Tracy, Richard E, Strong, Jack P, McGill, Henry C., Jr, Pathobiological Determinants of Atherosclerosis in Youth Research Group

“…Atherosclerosis begins in childhood and progresses during adolescence and young adulthood. The Pathobiological Determinants of Atherosclerosis in Youth Study…”
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Relation of a Postmortem Renal Index of Hypertension to Atherosclerosis and Coronary Artery Size in Young Men and Women by McGill, Henry C, McMahan, C. Alex, Tracy, Richard E, Oalmann, Margaret C, Cornhill, J. Frederick, Herderick, Edward E, Strong, Jack P

“…In a cooperative multicenter study, the Pathobiological Determinants of Atherosclerosis in Youth, we measured atherosclerosis of the aorta and right coronary…”
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Origin of atherosclerosis in childhood and adolescence by MCGILL, Henry C, MCMAHAN, C. Alex, HERDERICK, Edward E, MALCOM, Gray T, TRACY, Richard E, STRONG, Jack P

“…Atherosclerosis begins in childhood as deposits of cholesterol and its esters, referred to as fatty streaks, in the intima of large muscular arteries. In some…”
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Prevalence and Extent of Atherosclerosis in Adolescents and Young Adults: Implications for Prevention From the Pathobiological Determinants of Atherosclerosis in Youth Study by Strong, Jack P, Malcom, Gray T, McMahan, C. Alex, Tracy, Richard E, Newman III, William P, Herderick, Edward E, Cornhill, J. Fredrick, for the Pathobiological Determinants of Atherosclerosis in Youth Research Group

“…CONTEXT Atherosclerosis, the underlying cause of coronary heart disease, has been shown to be present even in young adults. OBJECTIVE To document the extent…”
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Association of coronary heart disease risk factors with microscopic qualities of coronary atherosclerosis in youth by MCGILL, H. C, MCMAHAN, C. A, ZIESKE, A. W, TRACY, R. E, MALCOM, G. T, HERDERICK, E. E, STRONG, J. P

“…This study examined whether atherosclerosis in young people is associated with the risk factors for clinical coronary heart disease (CHD). Methods and…”
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Associations of Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors With the Intermediate Lesion of Atherosclerosis in Youth by McGill, Henry C, McMahan, C Alex, Zieske, Arthur W, Sloop, Gregory D, Walcott, Jamie V, Troxclair, Dana A, Malcom, Gray T, Tracy, Richard E, Oalmann, Margaret C, Strong, Jack P

“…The raised fatty streak (fatty plaque) is the gross term for the lesion intermediate between the juvenile (flat) fatty streak and the raised lesion of…”
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Effects of nonlipid risk factors on Atherosclerosis in youth with a favorable lipoprotein profile by MCGILL, Henry C, MCMAHAN, C. Alex, ZIESKE, Arthur W, MALCOM, Gray T, TRACY, Richard E, STRONG, Jack P

“…The strong association between coronary heart disease and dyslipoproteinemia has often overshadowed the effects of the nonlipid risk factors-smoking,…”
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