Browsing by Subject "Cardiovascular disease"
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Cardiovascular comorbidities and survival of lung cancer patients: Medicare data based analysis.
(Lung Cancer, 2017-06-05)OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the role of cardiovascular disease (CVD) comorbidity in survival of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). MATERIALS AND METHODS: The impact of seven CVDs (at the time of NSCLC diagnosis ... -
Essays on the Complexities of Social Inequalities and Health Disparities
(2020)In this dissertation, I conduct three studies focusing on differences in social groups and their health outcomes or opinions related to medical practices. In Chapter 1, I outline each study and its findings.Chapter 2 focuses ... -
Extra-cardiac manifestations of adult congenital heart disease.
(Trends Cardiovasc Med, 2016-10)Advancement in correction or palliation of congenital cardiac lesions has greatly improved the lifespan of congenital heart disease patients, resulting in a rapidly growing adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) population. ... -
Improving Mass Spectrometry-Based Metabolite Identification and Quantification and Application to Cardiovascular Disease
(2017)High-throughput molecular profiling is being increasingly applied to identify novel biomarkers and mechanisms of health and disease. One such application is the use of mass spectrometry-based metabolomic profiling ... -
Incidence of postpartum hypertension among Kenyan women with preeclampsia: a prospective cohort study
(2020)Background: The burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is rising in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Preeclampsia, a type of hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, is a unique risk factor for CVD among women, yet little is known about ... -
Training Female Community Health Volunteers(FCHVs) for Cardiovascular Risk Screening in Lalitpur, Nepal: A Mixed Methods Feasibility Study
(2018)Background: Faced with the surging trends of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and the limited numbers of health professionals in Nepal, more innovative measures should be explored to tackle the challenges of CVD prevention ...
