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Gerardo Heiss
Researcher at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Publications - 649
Citations - 75660
Gerardo Heiss is an academic researcher from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Risk factor. The author has an hindex of 128, co-authored 623 publications receiving 69393 citations. Previous affiliations of Gerardo Heiss include Bank of America & Brigham and Women's Hospital.
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Ideal Cardiovascular Health During Adult Life and Cardiovascular Structure and Function Among the Elderly.
Amil M. Shah,Brian Claggett,Aaron R. Folsom,Pamela L. Lutsey,Christie M. Ballantyne,Gerardo Heiss,Scott D. Solomon +6 more
TL;DR: Both greater CVHS attainment and improvement in CVHS during follow-up were associated with a lower prevalence of CVD and better left ventricular structure and systolic and diastolic function at visit 5, highlighting the importance of consistent primordial and primary prevention efforts throughout midlife to late life.
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NHLBI Family Heart Study
Millicent Higgins,Michael A. Province,Gerardo Heiss,John H. Eckfeldt,R. Curtis Ellison,Aaron R. Folsom,Dabeeru C. Rao,J. Michael Sprafka,Roger R. Williams +8 more
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Recent findings in the genetics of blood pressure and hypertension traits.
TL;DR: An overview of ongoing discovery efforts in the genetics of blood pressure (BP) and hypertension (HTN) traits is provided and several collaborative efforts toward discovery of low-frequency variants and copy number variation for BP traits are outlined.
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Baldness and Myocardial Infarction in Men The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study
TL;DR: The results of this study suggest that male pattern baldness is not a surrogate measure of an important risk factor for myocardial infarction or asymptomatic atherosclerosis.
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Conjugated Equine Estrogen Influence on Mammographic Density in Postmenopausal Women in a Substudy of the Women's Health Initiative Randomized Trial
Anne McTiernan,Rowan T. Chlebowski,Christopher F. Martin,Jennifer D. Peck,Aaron K. Aragaki,Etta D. Pisano,C. Y. Wang,Karen C. Johnson,JoAnn E. Manson,Robert B. Wallace,Mara Z. Vitolins,Gerardo Heiss +11 more
TL;DR: Use of CEE results in a modest but statistically significant increase in mammographic density that is sustained over at least a 2-year period, and the clinical significance of the CEE effect on mammographicdensity remains to be determined.