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Samer S. Najjar
Researcher at MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Publications - 182
Citations - 25338
Samer S. Najjar is an academic researcher from MedStar Washington Hospital Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Heart failure & Arterial stiffness. The author has an hindex of 60, co-authored 166 publications receiving 22650 citations. Previous affiliations of Samer S. Najjar include United States Department of Agriculture & National Institutes of Health.
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Use of carotid ultrasound to identify subclinical vascular disease and evaluate cardiovascular disease risk: a consensus statement from the American Society of Echocardiography Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Task Force. Endorsed by the Society for Vascular Medicine.
James H. Stein,Claudia E. Korcarz,R. Todd Hurst,Eva Lonn,Christopher B. Kendall,Emile R. Mohler,Samer S. Najjar,Christopher M. Rembold,Wendy S. Post +8 more
TL;DR: This activity describes the rationale for using carotid ultrasound to identify subclinical vascular disease and to evaluate cardiovascular disease risk, and explains the key components of interpreting carOTid ultrasound studies for cardiovascular Disease risk assessment.
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Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk
Georg Ehret,Georg Ehret,Georg Ehret,Patricia B. Munroe,Kenneth Rice,Murielle Bochud,Andrew D. Johnson,Daniel I. Chasman,Albert V. Smith,Martin D. Tobin,Germaine C. Verwoert,Shih-Jen Hwang,Vasyl Pihur,Peter Vollenweider,Paul F. O'Reilly,Najaf Amin,Jennifer L. Bragg-Gresham,Alexander Teumer,Nicole L. Glazer,Lenore J. Launer,Jing Hua Zhao,Yurii S. Aulchenko,Simon Heath,Siim Sõber,Afshin Parsa,Jian'an Luan,Pankaj Arora,Abbas Dehghan,Feng Zhang,Gavin Lucas,Andrew A. Hicks,Anne U. Jackson,John F. Peden,Toshiko Tanaka,Sarah H. Wild,Igor Rudan,Igor Rudan,Wilmar Igl,Yuri Milaneschi,Alex Parker,Cristiano Fava,Cristiano Fava,John C. Chambers,John C. Chambers,Ervin R. Fox,Meena Kumari,Min Jin Go,Pim van der Harst,Wen Hong Linda Kao,Marketa Sjögren,D. G. Vinay,Myriam Alexander,Yasuharu Tabara,Sue Shaw-Hawkins,Peter H. Whincup,Yongmei Liu,Gang Shi,Johanna Kuusisto,Bamidele O. Tayo,Mark Seielstad,Mark Seielstad,Xueling Sim,Khanh-Dung H. Nguyen,Terho Lehtimäki,Giuseppe Matullo,Ying Wu,Tom R. Gaunt,N. Charlotte Onland-Moret,Mark E. Cooper,Carl G. P. Platou,Elin Org,Rebecca Hardy,Santosh Dahgam,Jutta Palmen,Veronique Vitart,Peter S. Braund,Peter S. Braund,Tatiana Kuznetsova,Cuno S.P.M. Uiterwaal,Adebowale Adeyemo,Walter Palmas,Harry Campbell,Barbara Ludwig,Maciej Tomaszewski,Maciej Tomaszewski,Ioanna Tzoulaki,Ioanna Tzoulaki,Nicholette D. Palmer,Thor Aspelund,Melissa Garcia,Yen Pei C. Chang,Jeffrey R. O'Connell,Nanette I. Steinle,Diederick E. Grobbee,Dan E. Arking,Sharon L.R. Kardia,Alanna C. Morrison,Dena G. Hernandez,Samer S. Najjar,Samer S. Najjar,Wendy L. McArdle,David Hadley,David Hadley,Morris J. Brown,John M. C. Connell,Aroon D. Hingorani,Ian N. M. Day,Debbie A Lawlor,John Beilby,Robert W. Lawrence,Robert Clarke,Jemma C. Hopewell,Halit Ongen,Albert W. Dreisbach,Yali Li,J. Hunter Young,Joshua C. Bis,Mika Kähönen,Jorma Viikari,Linda S. Adair,Nanette R. Lee,Ming-Huei Chen,Matthias Olden,Cristian Pattaro,Judith A. Hoffman Bolton,Anna Köttgen,Anna Köttgen,Sven Bergmann,Sven Bergmann,Vincent Mooser,Nish Chaturvedi,Timothy M. Frayling,Muhammad Islam,Tazeen H. Jafar,Jeanette Erdmann,Smita R. Kulkarni,Stefan R. Bornstein,Jürgen Grässler,Leif Groop,Benjamin F. Voight,Johannes Kettunen,Philip Howard,Andrew M. Taylor,Simonetta Guarrera,Fulvio Ricceri,Valur Emilsson,Andrew S. Plump,Inês Barroso,Inês Barroso,Kay-Tee Khaw,Alan B. Weder,Steven C. Hunt,Yan V. Sun,Richard N. Bergman,Francis S. Collins,Lori L. Bonnycastle,Laura J. Scott,Heather M. Stringham,Leena Peltonen,Markus Perola,Erkki Vartiainen,Stefan Martin Brand,Jan A. Staessen,Thomas J. Wang,Thomas J. Wang,Paul Burton,Paul Burton,María Soler Artigas,Yanbin Dong,Harold Snieder,Harold Snieder,Xiaoling Wang,Haidong Zhu,Kurt Lohman,Megan E. Rudock,Susan R. Heckbert,Susan R. Heckbert,Nicholas L. Smith,Nicholas L. Smith,Nicholas L. Smith,Kerri L. Wiggins,Ayo P. Doumatey,Daniel Shriner,Gudrun Veldre,Margus Viigimaa,Sanjay Kinra,Dorairaj Prabhakaran,Vikal Tripathy,Carl D. Langefeld,Annika Rosengren,Dag S. Thelle,Anna Maria Corsi,Andrew B. Singleton,Terrence Forrester,Gina Hilton,Colin A. McKenzie,Tunde Salako,Naoharu Iwai,Yoshikuni Kita,Toshio Ogihara,Takayoshi Ohkubo,Takayoshi Ohkubo,Tomonori Okamura,Hirotsugu Ueshima,Satoshi Umemura,Susana Eyheramendy,Thomas Meitinger,H.-Erich Wichmann,Yoon Shin Cho,Hyung Lae Kim,Jong-Young Lee,James Scott,Joban Sehmi,Joban Sehmi,Weihua Zhang,Bo Hedblad,Peter M. Nilsson,George Davey Smith,Andrew Wong,Narisu Narisu,Alena Stančáková,Leslie J. Raffel,Jie Yao,Sekar Kathiresan,Sekar Kathiresan,Christopher J. O'Donnell,Christopher J. O'Donnell,Stephen M. Schwartz,M. Arfan Ikram,W. T. Longstreth,Thomas H. Mosley,Sudha Seshadri,Nick Shrine,Louise V. Wain,Mario A. Morken,Amy J. Swift,Jaana Laitinen,Inga Prokopenko,Inga Prokopenko,Paavo Zitting,Jackie A. Cooper,Steve E. Humphries,John Danesh,Asif Rasheed,Anuj Goel,Anders Hamsten,Hugh Watkins,Stephan J. L. Bakker,Wiek H. van Gilst,C. S. Janipalli,K. Radha Mani,Chittaranjan S. Yajnik,Albert Hofman,Francesco U.S. Mattace-Raso,Ben A. Oostra,Ayse Demirkan,Aaron Isaacs,Fernando Rivadeneira,Edward G. Lakatta,Marco Orrù,Angelo Scuteri,Mika Ala-Korpela,Mika Ala-Korpela,Antti J. Kangas,Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen,Pasi Soininen,Pasi Soininen,Taru Tukiainen,Taru Tukiainen,Taru Tukiainen,Peter Würtz,Peter Würtz,Peter Würtz,Rick Twee-HeeOng,Rick Twee-HeeOng,Marcus Dörr,Heyo K. Kroemer,Uwe Völker,Henry Völzke,Pilar Galan,Serge Hercberg,Mark Lathrop,Diana Zelenika,Panos Deloukas,Massimo Mangino,Tim D. Spector,Guangju Zhai,James F. Meschia,Mike A. Nalls,Pankaj Sharma,Janoš Terzić,M.V. Kranthi Kumar,Matthew Denniff,Ewa Zukowska-Szczechowska,Lynne E. Wagenknecht,F. Gerald R. Fowkes,Fadi J. Charchar,Peter Schwarz,Caroline Hayward,Xiuqing Guo,Charles N. Rotimi,Michiel L. Bots,Eva Brand,Nilesh J. Samani,Nilesh J. Samani,Ozren Polasek,Philippa J. Talmud,Fredrik Nyberg,Fredrik Nyberg,Diana Kuh,Maris Laan,Kristian Hveem,Lyle J. Palmer,Lyle J. Palmer,Yvonne T. van der Schouw,Juan P. Casas,Karen L. Mohlke,Paolo Vineis,Olli T. Raitakari,Santhi K. Ganesh,Tien Yin Wong,Tien Yin Wong,E. Shyong Tai,Richard S. Cooper,Markku Laakso,Dabeeru C. Rao,Tamara B. Harris,Richard W Morris,Anna F. Dominiczak,Mika Kivimäki,Michael Marmot,Tetsuro Miki,Danish Saleheen,Giriraj R. Chandak,Josef Coresh,Gerjan Navis,Veikko Salomaa,Bok Ghee Han,Xiaofeng Zhu,Jaspal S. Kooner,Jaspal S. Kooner,Olle Melander,Paul M. Ridker,Stefania Bandinelli,Ulf Gyllensten,Alan F. Wright,James F. Wilson,Luigi Ferrucci,Martin Farrall,Jaakko Tuomilehto,Peter P. Pramstaller,Roberto Elosua,Nicole Soranzo,Nicole Soranzo,Eric J.G. Sijbrands,David Altshuler,David Altshuler,Ruth J. F. Loos,Alan R. Shuldiner,Alan R. Shuldiner,Christian Gieger,Pierre Meneton,André G. Uitterlinden,Nicholas J. Wareham,Vilmundur Gudnason,Jerome I. Rotter,Rainer Rettig,Manuela Uda,David P. Strachan,Jacqueline C. M. Witteman,Anna-Liisa Hartikainen,Jacques S. Beckmann,Eric Boerwinkle,Ramachandran S. Vasan,Ramachandran S. Vasan,Michael Boehnke,Martin G. Larson,Martin G. Larson,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,Bruce M. Psaty,Bruce M. Psaty,Gonçalo R. Abecasis,Aravinda Chakravarti,Paul Elliott,Cornelia M. van Duijn,Christopher Newton-Cheh,Christopher Newton-Cheh,Daniel Levy,Mark J. Caulfield,Toby Johnson +391 more
TL;DR: A genetic risk score based on 29 genome-wide significant variants was associated with hypertension, left ventricular wall thickness, stroke and coronary artery disease, but not kidney disease or kidney function, and these findings suggest potential novel therapeutic pathways for cardiovascular disease prevention.
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Genome-wide association scan shows genetic variants in the FTO gene are associated with obesity-related traits.
Angelo Scuteri,Serena Sanna,Wei-Min Chen,Manuela Uda,Giuseppe Albai,James B. Strait,Samer S. Najjar,Ramaiah Nagaraja,Marco Orru,Gianluca Usala,Mariano Dei,Sandra Lai,Andrea Maschio,Fabio Busonero,Antonella Mulas,Georg Ehret,Ashley A Fink,Alan B. Weder,Richard S. Cooper,Pilar Galan,Aravinda Chakravarti,David Schlessinger,Antonio Cao,Edward G. Lakatta,Gonçalo R. Abecasis +24 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a genome-wide association scan was conducted to identify genetic variants associated with obesity-related quantitative traits in the genetically isolated population of Sardinia, and the results showed that common genetic variants in the FTO gene are associated with substantial changes in body weight.
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Newly identified loci that influence lipid concentrations and risk of coronary artery disease
Cristen J. Willer,Serena Sanna,Anne U. Jackson,Angelo Scuteri,Lori L. Bonnycastle,Robert Clarke,Simon Heath,Nicholas J. Timpson,Samer S. Najjar,Heather M. Stringham,James B. Strait,William L. Duren,Andrea Maschio,Fabio Busonero,Antonella Mulas,Giuseppe Albai,Amy J. Swift,Mario A. Morken,Narisu Narisu,Derrick A Bennett,Sarah Parish,Haiqing Shen,Pilar Galan,Pierre Meneton,Serge Hercberg,Diana Zelenika,Wei-Min Chen,Yun Li,Laura J. Scott,Paul Scheet,Jouko Sundvall,Richard M. Watanabe,Ramaiah Nagaraja,Shah Ebrahim,Debbie A Lawlor,Yoav Ben-Shlomo,George Davey-Smith,Alan R. Shuldiner,Rory Collins,Richard N. Bergman,Manuela Uda,Jaakko Tuomilehto,Jaakko Tuomilehto,Antonio Cao,Francis S. Collins,Edward G. Lakatta,G. Mark Lathrop,Michael Boehnke,David Schlessinger,Karen L. Mohlke,Gonçalo R. Abecasis +50 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used genotype imputation and meta-analysis to identify genetic variants influencing plasma lipid concentrations, using three genome-wide scans totaling 8,816 individuals and comprising 6,068 individuals specific to their study.
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Aortic pulse wave velocity improves cardiovascular event prediction: an individual participant meta-analysis of prospective observational data from 17,635 subjects
Yoav Ben-Shlomo,Melissa Spears,Chris Boustred,Margaret T May,Simon G. Anderson,Emelia J. Benjamin,Pierre Boutouyrie,James D. Cameron,Chen Huan Chen,J. Kennedy Cruickshank,Shih-Jen Hwang,Edward G. Lakatta,Stéphane Laurent,João Maldonado,Gary F. Mitchell,Samer S. Najjar,Anne B. Newman,Mitsuru Ohishi,Bruno Pannier,Telmo Pereira,Ramachandran S. Vasan,Tomoki Shokawa,Kim Sutton-Tyrell,Francis Verbeke,Kang Ling Wang,David J. Webb,Tine W. Hansen,Sophia Zoungas,Carmel M. McEniery,John R. Cockcroft,Ian B. Wilkinson +30 more
TL;DR: In this paper, aortic pulse wave velocity (aPWV) improves prediction of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events beyond conventional risk factors, but they have been underpowered to examine whether this is true for different subgroups.