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Amanda M. Perak

Researcher at Northwestern University

Publications -  38
Citations -  10795

Amanda M. Perak is an academic researcher from Northwestern University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 22 publications receiving 4473 citations. Previous affiliations of Amanda M. Perak include Children's Memorial Hospital & Boston Children's Hospital.

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Life’s Essential 8: Updating and Enhancing the American Heart Association’s Construct of Cardiovascular Health: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association

TL;DR: This presidential advisory introduces an enhanced approach to assessing cardiovascular health: Life’s Essential 8, which includes diet, physical activity, nicotine exposure, sleep health, body mass index, blood lipids, blood glucose, and blood pressure.
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Long-Term Risk of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in US Adults With the Familial Hypercholesterolemia Phenotype.

TL;DR: In the general US population, the long-term ASCVD burden related to phenotypic FH, defined by low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ≥190 mg/dL, is likely substantial and the finding of CHD risk acceleration may aid efforts in risk communication.