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Ron Blankstein
Researcher at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Publications - 634
Citations - 25037
Ron Blankstein is an academic researcher from Brigham and Women's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Coronary artery disease & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 71, co-authored 560 publications receiving 18043 citations. Previous affiliations of Ron Blankstein include Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute & Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
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Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction Identifies Patients at High Risk of Adverse Events Across Cardiometabolic Diseases
Michael T. Osborne,Navkaranbir S. Bajaj,Viviany R. Taqueti,Ankur Gupta,Paco E. Bravo,Jon Hainer,Courtney F. Bibbo,Sharmila Dorbala,Ron Blankstein,Marcelo F. Di Carli +9 more
TL;DR: Patients with metabolic syndrome and diabetes mellitus are at increased risk for coronary artery disease (CAD) and heart failure and impaired coronary flow reserve is a marker of coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) in these patients.
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Noninvasive Assessment of Gender Differences in Coronary Plaque Composition with Multidetector Computed Tomographic Angiography
Khurram Nasir,Khurram Nasir,Ambarish Gopal,Ron Blankstein,Naser Ahmadi,Raveen S Pal,Faisal Khosa,Leslee J. Shaw,Roger S. Blumenthal,Matthew J. Budoff +9 more
TL;DR: Gender differences exist, not only in the atherosclerotic disease burden, but also in the underlying plaque composition, and future studies are needed to elucidate whether these underlying differences in plaque composition might explain the reduced risk of cardiac events in women.
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Stress CT perfusion: Coupling coronary anatomy with physiology
TL;DR: The strengths and the limitations of imaging coronary anatomy and myocardial perfusion will be discussed and key technical aspects of how to perform and interpret CT perfusion imaging will be summarized while providing an update of the most recent data in this emerging field.
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Burden of Catastrophic Health Expenditures for Acute Myocardial Infarction and Stroke Among Uninsured in the United States.
Rohan Khera,Jonathan C. Hong,Anshul Saxena,Alejandro Arrieta,Salim S. Virani,Ron Blankstein,James A. de Lemos,Harlan M. Krumholz,Khurram Nasir +8 more
TL;DR: Evaluated rates of catastrophic healthcare expenditures (CHEs), defined as expenses beyond financial means, in a period before the implementation of insurance expansion and protections in the Affordable Care Act.
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COCATS 4 Task Force 7: Training in Cardiovascular Computed Tomographic Imaging
Mario J. Garcia,Ron Blankstein,Matthew J. Budoff,John M. Dent,Douglas E. Drachman,John R. Lesser,Maleah Grover-McKay,Jeffrey M. Schussler,Szilard Voros,L. Samuel Wann +9 more
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