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Joseph F. Polak
Researcher at Tufts University
Publications - 411
Citations - 40621
Joseph F. Polak is an academic researcher from Tufts University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Intima-media thickness & Population. The author has an hindex of 91, co-authored 406 publications receiving 38083 citations. Previous affiliations of Joseph F. Polak include Johns Hopkins University & Charles University in Prague.
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Carotid-Artery Intima and Media Thickness as a Risk Factor for Myocardial Infarction and Stroke in Older Adults
Daniel H. O'Leary,Joseph F. Polak,Richard A. Kronmal,Teri A. Manolio,Gregory L. Burke,Sidney K. Wolfson +5 more
TL;DR: Increases in the thickness of the intima and media of the carotid artery, as measured noninvasively by ultrasonography, are directly associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction and stroke in older adults without a history of cardiovascular disease.
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Carotid artery stenosis: Gray-scale and Doppler US diagnosis-society of Radiologists in Ultrasound consensus conference
Edward Grant,Carol B. Benson,Gregory L. Moneta,Andrei V. Alexandrov,J.Dennis Baker,Edward I. Bluth,Barbara A. Carroll,Michael Eliasziw,John Gocke,Barbara S. Hertzberg,Sandra Katanick,Laurence Needleman,John S. Pellerito,Joseph F. Polak,Kenneth S. Rholl,Douglas L. Wooster,R. Eugene Zierler +16 more
TL;DR: A multidisciplinary panel of experts in the field of vascular ultrasonography (US) to come to a consensus regarding Doppler US for assistance in the diagnosis of carotid artery stenosis identified several important unanswered questions meriting future research.
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Ankle-arm index as a marker of atherosclerosis in the Cardiovascular Health Study. Cardiovascular Heart Study (CHS) Collaborative Research Group.
Anne B. Newman,David S. Siscovick,Teri A. Manolio,Joseph F. Polak,Linda P. Fried,Nemat O. Borhani,Sidney K. Wolfson +6 more
TL;DR: There was an inverse dose-response relation of the AAI with CVD risk factors and subclinical and clinical CVD among older adults, and even those with modest, asymptomatic reductions in theAAI appear to be at increased risk of CVD.
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Risk Factors for 5-Year Mortality in Older Adults The Cardiovascular Health Study
Linda P. Fried,Richard A. Kronmal,Anne B. Newman,Diane E. Bild,Maurice B. Mittelmark,Joseph F. Polak,John A Robbins,Julius M. Gardin +7 more
TL;DR: Objective measures of subclinical disease and disease severity were independent and joint predictors of 5-year mortality in older adults, along with male sex, relative poverty, physical activity, smoking, indicators of frailty, and disability.
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Predictors of congestive heart failure in the elderly: the cardiovascular health study
John S. Gottdiener,Alice M. Arnold,Gerard P. Aurigemma,Joseph F. Polak,Russell P. Tracy,Dalane W. Kitzman,Julius M. Gardin,John E Rutledge,Robin Boineau +8 more
TL;DR: The incidence of CHF is high in the elderly and is related mainly to age, gender, clinical and subclinical coronary heart disease, systolic BP and inflammation, which is a leading source of morbidity and mortality in this group.