Center for Health Data Science and Analytics

Research output

Research output per year 1981 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

• 91695 Citations
• 1445 Article
• 223 Review article
• 102 Editorial
• 69 Conference contribution
• 135 More
  • 57 Letter
  • 34 Comment/debate
  • 20 Chapter
  • 11 Conference article
  • 3 Book
  • 3 Commissioned report
  • 3 Short survey
  • 2 Foreword/postscript
  • 1 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
  • 1 Patent

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2023

  Industry Relationships in Urology: Characterizing the High-payment Urologists. Letter.

  Nguyen, D. D., Nguyen, A. L. V., Khondker, A., Kwong, J. C. C., Xuan-Lan Nguyen, A., Labban, M., Stone, B. V., Sayyid, R., Bhojani, N., Satkunasivam, R., Trinh, Q. D. & Wallis, C. J. D., Oct 1 2023, In: Journal of Urology. 210, 4, p. 586-588 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
  1 Scopus citations

• Subclinical atherosclerosis on chest computed tomography and mortality in young patients with severe hypercholesterolemia

  Piña, P., Fernandez, C., Lorenzatti, D., Castagna, F., Miles, J., Kuno, T., Scotti, A., Arce, J., Gongora, C. A., Schenone, A. L., Budoff, M. J., Nasir, K., Blankstein, R., Blaha, M. J., Dey, D., Berman, D. S., Levsky, J. M., Virani, S. S., Garcia, M. J. & Slipczuk, L., Nov 1 2023, In: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. 81, p. 105-108 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

• Subclinical Coronary Atherosclerosis and Risk for Myocardial Infarction in a Danish Cohort

  Budoff, M. J., Nasir, K. & Blaha, M. J., Oct 2023, In: Annals of Internal Medicine. 176, 10, p. 1 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
• 2022

  Comments on Surgeon-Patient Sex Concordance and Postoperative Outcomes-Reply

  Wallis, C. J. D., Jerath, A. & Satkunasivam, R., Jul 1 2022, In: JAMA Surgery. 157, 7, p. 639-640 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
  2 Scopus citations

• Letter to the Editor: Improvement of Coronary Calcium Scores After Bariatric Surgery in People with Severe Obesity

  Cohen, C., Cohen, R., Nasir, K. & Sabouret, P., May 2022, In: Obesity Surgery. 32, 5, p. 1748-1749 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

• Preventive cardiology advances in the 2021 AHA/ACC chest pain guideline

  Cardoso, R., Shaw, L. J., Blumenthal, R. S., Nasir, K., Ferraro, R., Maron, D. J., Blaha, M. J., Gulati, M., Bhatt, D. L. & Blankstein, R., Sep 2022, In: American Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 11, 100365.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Cardiology 100%
  • Chest Pain 98%
  • Coronary Artery Disease 83%
  • Guidelines 64%
  • Thorax 23%
  3 Scopus citations
• 2021

  Kidney Transplant Recipients Rarely Show an Early Antibody Response Following the First COVID-19 Vaccine Administration

  Yi, S. G., Knight, R. J., Graviss, E. A., Moore, L. W., Nguyen, D. T., Ghobrial, R. M., Gaber, A. O. & Huang, H. J., Jul 1 2021, In: Transplantation. 105, 7, p. E72-E73

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  Open Access
  58 Scopus citations

• Letter to the Editor: Temporal Trends in E-Cigarette and Cigarette Use among US Adults by US State: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2016 to 2018

  Al Rifai, M., Merchant, A. T., Nambi, V., Jia, X., Gulati, M., Mahtta, D., Nasir, K., Ballantyne, C. M. & Virani, S. S., Jun 1 2021, In: Population Health Management. 24, 3, p. 414-415 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
  1 Scopus citations

• Performance of the pooled cohort equations in hispanic individuals across the united states: Insights from the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis and the dallas heart study

  Rosario, K. F., Mehta, A., Ayers, C., Gonzalez, P. E., Pandey, A., Khera, R., Kaplan, R., Blaha, M. J., Khera, A., Blumenthal, R. S., Nasir, K., Rodriguez, C. J. & Joshi, P. H., May 4 2021, In: Journal of the American Heart Association. 10, 9, e018410.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  Open Access
  4 Scopus citations

• Persistent Immunogenicity of the mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine in Patients Vaccinated Before Kidney Transplant

  Yi, S. G., Eagar, T., Moore, L., Huang, H. J., Ibrahim, H., Hobeika, M. J., McMillan, R., Podder, H., Ghobrial, R. M., Gaber, A. O. & Knight, R. J., Oct 1 2021, In: Transplantation. 105, 10, p. E133-E134

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  Open Access
  3 Scopus citations

• Response by Martinez-Amezcua et al to Letter Regarding Article, "The Upcoming Epidemic of Heart Failure in South Asia"

  Martinez-Amezcua, P., Haque, W. & Cainzos-Achirica, M., Feb 2021, In: Circulation. Heart failure. 14, 2, p. e008302 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

• Risk of Breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Adult Transplant Recipients

  Qin, C. X., Moore, L. W., Anjan, S., Rahamimov, R., Sifri, C. D., Ali, N. M., Morales, M. K., Tsapepas, D. S., Basic-Jukic, N., Miller, R. A., Duin, D. V., Santella, R. N., Wadei, H. M., Shah, P. D., Gage, N., Malinis, M., Aslam, S., Todesco, E., Werbel, W. A., Avery, R. K., & 1 othersSegev, D. L., Nov 1 2021, In: Transplantation. 105, 11, p. E265-E266

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  Open Access
  119 Scopus citations

• Status of International Medical Graduates in Cardiology and Its Subspecialties in the United States

  Shahid, I., Khan, M. S., Khan, S. U., Fudim, M., Sharma, G., Mehta, L. & Nasir, K., Nov 1 2021, In: Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 14, 11, p. E008196

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  Open Access
  3 Scopus citations
• 2020

  Characteristics and Outcomes of COVID-19 Patients during Initial Peak and Resurgence in the Houston Metropolitan Area

  Vahidy, F. S., Drews, A. L., Masud, F. N., Schwartz, R. L., Askary, B., Boom, M. L. & Phillips, R. A., Sep 8 2020, In: JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association. 324, 10, p. 998-1000 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  Open Access
  89 Scopus citations

• Reliability of CAC Scoring on Nongated Compared With Gated Cardiac CT Scans From MESA

  Almeida, S. O., Honoris, L., Defranco, A., Port, S., Li, D., Nasir, K., Kronmal, R., Barr, R. G. & Budoff, M., Jan 2020, In: JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging. 13, 1 Pt 1, p. 177-178 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  Open Access
  1 Scopus citations

• Rural-Urban Differences in Cardiovascular Mortality in the US, 1999-2017

  Cross, S. H., Mehra, M. R., Bhatt, D. L., Nasir, K., O'Donnell, C. J., Califf, R. M. & Warraich, H. J., May 12 2020, In: JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association. 323, 18, p. 1852-1854 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
  89 Scopus citations
• 2019

  Applicability and Cost Implications for Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9 Inhibitors Based on the ODYSSEY Outcomes Trial: Insights From the Department of Veterans Affairs

  Virani, S. S., Akeroyd, J. M., Nambi, V., Michos, E. D., Morris, P. B., Nasir, K., Smith, S. C., Stone, N. J., Petersen, L. A. & Ballantyne, C. M., Jan 15 2019, In: Circulation. 139, 3, p. 410-412 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  Open Access
  12 Scopus citations

• Association of access to exercise opportunities and cardiovascular mortality

  Angraal, S., Gupta, A., Khera, R., Nasir, K. & Desai, N. R., Jun 2019, In: American Heart Journal. 212, p. 152-156 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  • Cardiovascular Diseases 100%
  • Mortality 69%
  • Leisure Activities 51%
  • Obesity 32%
  5 Scopus citations

• E-cigarette use without a history of combustible cigarette smoking among U.S. Adults: Behavioral risk factor surveillance system, 2016

  Mirbolouk, M., Charkhchi, P., Orimoloye, O. A., Uddin, S. M. I., Kianoush, S., Jaber, R., Bhatnagar, A., Benjamin, E. J., Hall, M. E., DeFilippis, A. P., Maziak, W., Nasir, K. & Blaha, M. J., Jan 1 2019, In: Annals of Internal Medicine. 170, 1, p. 76-79 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
  28 Scopus citations

• Eligibility and cost for icosapent ethyl based on the reduce-it trial: Insight from the veterans affairs healthcare system

  Jia, X., Akeroyd, J. M., Nasir, K., Nambi, V., Ballantyne, C. M., Petersen, L. A. & Virani, S. S., Mar 5 2019, In: Circulation. 139, 10, p. 1341-1343 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
  17 Scopus citations

• Immune Checkpoint Blockade plus Axitinib for Renal-Cell Carcinoma

  Klaassen, Z., Satkunasivam, R. & Wallis, C. J. D., Jun 27 2019, In: New England Journal of Medicine. 380, 26, 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
  3 Scopus citations

• Prioritization of quality indicators for opioid stewardship

  Rizk, E., Swan, J. T. & Fink, E., Sep 16 2019, In: American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. 76, 19, p. 1458-1459 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
  1 Scopus citations

• United States donation after circulatory death liver transplantation is driven by a few high-utilization transplant centers

  Hobeika, M. J., Menser, T., Nguyen, D. T., Beal, L. L., Zajac, S. & Graviss, E. A., Sep 30 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: American Journal of Transplantation. 20, 1, p. 320-321 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  Open Access
  30 Scopus citations
• 2018

  Erectile dysfunction as an independent predictor of future cardiovascular events: The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

  Uddin, S. M. I., Mirbolouk, M., Dardari, Z., Feldman, D. I., Cainzos-Achirica, M., DeFilippis, A. P., Greenland, P., Blankstein, R., Billups, K. L., Miner, M. M., Nasir, K. & Blaha, M. J., 2018, In: Circulation. 138, 5, p. 540-542 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  Open Access
  56 Scopus citations

• Impact of C-Reactive Protein and Coronary Artery Calcium on Benefit Observed With Atorvastatin

  Blaha, M. J., Nasir, K., Budoff, M. J., Dardari, Z. A., Blumenthal, R. S., Pollack, S., Reichek, N. & Guerci, A. D., May 29 2018, In: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 71, 21, p. 2487-2488 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
  10 Scopus citations

• In reply

  Warraich, H., Salami, J. A. & Nasir, K., Aug 2018, In: JAMA Internal Medicine. 178, 8, p. 1140-1141 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
  1 Scopus citations

• Long-term outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in young patients with myocardial infarction partners Young-Mi registry

  DeFilippis, E. M., Singh, A., Gupta, A., Ayuba, G., Biery, D., Divakaran, S., Collins, B. L., Qamar, A., Fatima, A., Hainer, J., Klein, J., Nasir, K., Di Carli, M. F., Bhatt, D. L. & Blankstein, R., 2018, In: Circulation. 138, 24, p. 2855-2857 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  Open Access
  12 Scopus citations

• Reply: Validation of Predicted Cardiovascular Disease Risk to Guide Intensity of Blood Pressure Treatment

  Phillips, R. A., Arnold, R. M., Xu, J., Diamond, J. A. & Peterson, L. E., Aug 14 2018, In: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 72, 7, p. 820-821 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

• Reply: Cardiovascular Risk Models and Statin Therapy

  Singh, A., DiCarli, M. F., Nasir, K., Bhatt, D. L. & Blankstein, R., May 29 2018, In: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 71, 21, p. 2491-2492 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

• Trends in use and expenditures of brand-name atorvastatin after introduction of generic atorvastatin

  Warraich, H. J., Salami, J. A., Khera, R., Valero-Elizondo, J., Okunrintemi, V. & Nasir, K., May 2018, In: JAMA Internal Medicine. 178, 5, p. 719-721 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  Open Access
  19 Scopus citations
• 2017

  Estimation of Eligibility for Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9 Inhibitors and Associated Costs Based on the FOURIER Trial (Further Cardiovascular Outcomes Research with PCSK9 Inhibition in Subjects with Elevated Risk): Insights from the Department of Veterans Affairs

  Virani, S. S., Akeroyd, J. M., Nambi, V., Heidenreich, P. A., Morris, P. B., Nasir, K., Michos, E. D., Bittner, V. A., Petersen, L. A. & Ballantyne, C. M., Jun 20 2017, In: Circulation. 135, 25, p. 2572-2574 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  Open Access
  55 Scopus citations

• Family History of CHD Is Associated With Severe CAC in South Asians: Comparing the MASALA and MESA Studies

  Patel, J., Al Rifai, M., Cainzos-Achirica, M., Kandula, N. R., Kanaya, A. M., Khera, A., Blumenthal, R. S., Nasir, K., Blaha, M. J. & Joshi, P. H., Aug 2017, In: JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging. 10, 8, p. 958-960 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  Open Access
  14 Scopus citations

• High-quality statin trials support the 2013 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association cholesterol guidelines after the HOPE-3 trial (heart outcomes prevention evaluation-3): MESA (The multiethnic study of atherosclerosis)

  Mortensen, M. B., Budoff, M., Li, D., Nasir, K., Blaha, M. J., Sandfort, V., Rodriguez, C. J., Ouyang, P. & Falk, E., Jun 23 2017, In: Circulation. 136, 19, p. 1863-1865 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  Open Access
  7 Scopus citations

• The 10-Year Prognostic Value of Zero and Minimal CAC

  Joshi, P. H., Blaha, M. J., Budoff, M. J., Miedema, M. D., McClelland, R. L., Lima, J. A. C., Agatston, A. S., Blankstein, R., Blumenthal, R. S. & Nasir, K., Aug 2017, In: JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging. 10, 8, p. 957-958 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  Open Access
  33 Scopus citations

• Trends in cardiovascular health of US adults by income, 2005-2014

  Beckman, A. L., Herrin, J., Nasir, K., Desai, N. R. & Spatz, E. S., Jul 2017, In: JAMA Cardiology. 2, 7, p. 814-816 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  Open Access
  27 Scopus citations
• 2016

  Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Incident Cardiac Events the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

  Zeb, I., Li, D., Budoff, M. J., Katz, R., Lloyd-Jones, D., Agatston, A., Blumenthal, R. S., Blaha, M. J., Blankstein, R., Carr, J. & Nasir, K., Apr 26 2016, In: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 67, 16, p. 1965-1966 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  Open Access
  69 Scopus citations

• Reply coronary artery calcification testing: A platonic certainty

  Nasir, K. & Krumholz, H. M., Mar 8 2016, In: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 67, 9, p. 1126-1127 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

• Reply to Steven C. Campbell, Gopal N. Gupta, Robert G. Uzzo, Alexander Kutikov's Letter to the Editor re: Raj Satkunasivam, Sheaumei Tsai, Sumeet Syan, et al. Robotic Unclamped "minimal-margin" Partial Nephrectomy: Ongoing Refinement of the Anatomic Zero-ischemia Concept. Eur Urol 2015;68:705-12

  Satkunasivam, R., Desai, M. & Gill, I. S., May 1 2016, In: European Urology. 69, 5, p. e97-e98

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
  1 Scopus citations
• 2015

  Decreasing sample size in primary prevention studies: A potential role for coronary artery calcium score

  Bittencourt, M. S., Blankstein, R. & Nasir, K., Jul 9 2015, In: European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 22, 7, p. 931 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  Open Access
  5 Scopus citations

• Prevalence of Ideal Cardiovascular Health among Adults in the United States

  Younus, A., Aneni, E. C., Spatz, E. S., Osondu, C. U., Shaharyar, S., Roberson, L., Ali, S. S., Ogunmoroti, O., Ahmad, R., Post, J., Feldman, T., Maziak, W., Agatston, A. S., Veledar, E. & Nasir, K., Oct 6 2015, In: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 66, 14, p. 1633-1634 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  Open Access
  12 Scopus citations
• 2014

  Reply: Resting heart rate: An independent predictor of congestive heart failure

  Opdahl, A., Ambale Venkatesh, B., Fernandes, V. R. S., Wu, C. O., Nasir, K., Choi, E. Y., Almeida, A. L. C., Rosen, B., Carvalho, B., Edvardsen, T., Bluemke, D. A. & Lima, J. A. C., Jul 29 2014, In: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 64, 4, p. 422 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  Open Access
  1 Scopus citations
• 2013

  Screening for BK viremia reduces but does not eliminate the risk of BK nephropathy

  Knight, R. J., Gaber, L. W., Patel, S. J., Devos, J. M., Moore, L. W. & Gaber, A. O., Oct 15 2013, In: Transplantation. 96, 7, p. e51

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
  3 Scopus citations
• 2012

  Coronary artery calcium for guiding statin treatment - Authors' reply

  Blaha, M. J., Budoff, M. J., Blumenthal, R. S. & Nasir, K., 2012, In: The Lancet. 379, 9813, p. 312-313 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
  5 Scopus citations
• 2011

  Calcium score reclassification: How should baseline risk be measured?

  McEvoy, J. W., Nasir, K. & Blumenthal, R. S., Jun 14 2011, In: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 57, 24, p. 2456-2457 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
  1 Scopus citations

• Current nutrition guidelines may overestimate energy requirements in critically ill obese cancer patients

  Spear, S. A., Moore, L. W. & Turner, K., Dec 2011, In: Nutrition in Clinical Practice. 26, 6, p. 724 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

• No justification for coronary CT angiography in low-to intermediate-risk individuals with coronary artery calcium score of 0

  Nasir, K. & Blaha, M. J., Nov 1 2011, In: Radiology. 261, 2, p. 663-664 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
  1 Scopus citations
• 2010

  Zero coronary calcium and Bayes' theorem

  Blaha, M. J., Blumenthal, R. S. & Nasir, K., Aug 10 2010, In: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 56, 7, p. 611-612 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
  2 Scopus citations
• 2009

  Coronary calcification and coronary heart disease death rates in different countries, not only the influence of classical risk factors

  Santos, R. D., Nasir, K., Carvalho, J. A. M., Raggi, P. & Blumenthal, R. S., Jan 2009, In: Atherosclerosis. 202, 1, p. 32-33 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
  5 Scopus citations

• Exercise capacity and left ventricular function

  Gharavi, A., Diamond, J. A. & Phillips, R. A., Jun 10 2009, In: JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. 301, 22, p. 2326 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

• Is the Relationship Between Beta-Blocker-Induced Heart Rate Lowering and Cardiovascular Outcomes the Result of Confounding by Indication?

  Phillips, R. A., Jun 2 2009, In: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 53, 22, p. 2101 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

  Open Access
  2 Scopus citations