Ramachandran S. Vasan
Boston University
1256 Papers
4.3K Citations
Ramachandran S. Vasan is an academic researcher from Boston University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Framingham Heart Study & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 172, co-authored 1100 publications. Previous affiliations of Ramachandran S. Vasan include University Health Network & Swinburne University of Technology.
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Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in >80,000 subjects identifies multiple loci for C-reactive protein levels
Abbas Dehghan,Josée Dupuis,Josée Dupuis,Maja Barbalić,Joshua C. Bis,Gudny Eiriksdottir,Chen Lu,Niina Pellikka,Henri Wallaschofski,Johannes Kettunen,Peter Henneman,Jens Baumert,David P. Strachan,Christian Fuchsberger,Veronique Vitart,James F. Wilson,Guillaume Paré,Silvia Naitza,Megan E. Rudock,Ida Surakka,Eco J. C. de Geus,Behrooz Z. Alizadeh,Jack M. Guralnik,Alan R. Shuldiner,Toshiko Tanaka,Robert Y.L. Zee,Renate B. Schnabel,Vijay Nambi,Maryam Kavousi,Samuli Ripatti,Matthias Nauck,Nicholas L. Smith,Albert V. Smith,Jouko Sundvall,Paul Scheet,Yongmei Liu,Aimo Ruokonen,Lynda M. Rose,Martin G. Larson,Martin G. Larson,Ron C. Hoogeveen,Nelson B. Freimer,Alexander Teumer,Russell P. Tracy,Lenore J. Launer,Julie E. Buring,Jennifer F. Yamamoto,Jennifer F. Yamamoto,Aaron R. Folsom,Eric J.G. Sijbrands,James S. Pankow,Paul Elliott,John F. Keaney,John F. Keaney,Wei Sun,Antti-Pekka Sarin,João D. Fontes,João D. Fontes,Sunita Badola,Brad C. Astor,Albert Hofman,Anneli Pouta,Karl Werdan,Karin Halina Greiser,Karin Halina Greiser,Oliver Kuss,Henriette E. Meyer zu Schwabedissen,Joachim Thiery,Yalda Jamshidi,Yalda Jamshidi,Ilja M. Nolte,Nicole Soranzo,Tim D. Spector,Henry Völzke,Alex Parker,Thor Aspelund,David W. Bates,Lauren Young,Kim Tsui,David S. Siscovick,Xiuqing Guo,Jerome I. Rotter,Manuela Uda,David Schlessinger,Igor Rudan,Igor Rudan,Andrew A. Hicks,Brenda W.J.H. Penninx,Barbara Thorand,Christian Gieger,Joe Coresh,Gonneke Willemsen,Tamara B. Harris,André G. Uitterlinden,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,Kenneth Rice,Dörte Radke,Veikko Salomaa,Ko Willems van Dijk,Eric Boerwinkle,Ramachandran S. Vasan,Luigi Ferrucci,Quince Gibson,Stefania Bandinelli,Harold Snieder,Dorret I. Boomsma,Xiangjun Xiao,Harry Campbell,Caroline Hayward,Peter P. Pramstaller,Cornelia M. van Duijn,Leena Peltonen,Bruce M. Psaty,Vilmundur Gudnason,Paul M. Ridker,Georg Homuth,Wolfgang Koenig,Christie M. Ballantyne,Jacqueline C.M. Witteman,Emelia J. Benjamin,Markus Perola,Daniel I. Chasman +121 more
TL;DR: A genome-wide association analysis of CRP identified 18 loci that were associated with CRP levels and highlighted immune response and metabolic regulatory pathways involved in the regulation of chronic inflammation.
Common variants in KCNN3 are associated with lone atrial fibrillation
Patrick T. Ellinor,Kathryn L. Lunetta,Kathryn L. Lunetta,Nicole L. Glazer,Arne Pfeufer,Alvaro Alonso,Mina K. Chung,Moritz F. Sinner,Paul I.W. de Bakker,Paul I.W. de Bakker,Martina Mueller,Steven A. Lubitz,Ervin R. Fox,Dawood Darbar,Nicholas L. Smith,Nicholas L. Smith,Jonathan D. Smith,Renate B. Schnabel,Elsayed Z. Soliman,Kenneth Rice,David R. Van Wagoner,Britt-M. Beckmann,Charlotte van Noord,Ke Wang,Georg Ehret,Georg Ehret,Jerome I. Rotter,Stanley L. Hazen,Gerhard Steinbeck,Albert V. Smith,Lenore J. Launer,Tamara B. Harris,Seiko Makino,Mari Nelis,Mari Nelis,David J. Milan,Siegfried Perz,Tõnu Esko,Tõnu Esko,Anna Köttgen,Susanne Moebus,Christopher Newton-Cheh,Christopher Newton-Cheh,Man Li,Stefan Möhlenkamp,Thomas J. Wang,Thomas J. Wang,W. H. Linda Kao,Ramachandran S. Vasan,Ramachandran S. Vasan,Markus M. Nöthen,Markus M. Nöthen,Calum A. MacRae,Bruno H. Stricker,Albert Hofman,André G. Uitterlinden,Daniel Levy,Eric Boerwinkle,Andres Metspalu,Andres Metspalu,Eric J. Topol,Aravinda Chakravarti,Vilmundur Gudnason,Bruce M. Psaty,Bruce M. Psaty,Dan M. Roden,Thomas Meitinger,H.-Erich Wichmann,Jacqueline C.M. Witteman,John Barnard,Dan E. Arking,Emelia J. Benjamin,Emelia J. Benjamin,Susan R. Heckbert,Susan R. Heckbert,Stefan Kääb +75 more
TL;DR: A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies conducted using 1,335 individuals with lone AF and 12,844 unaffected individuals found an association on chromosome 1q21 to lone AF, which is intronic to KCNN3, which encodes a potassium channel protein involved in atrial repolarization.
Plasma natriuretic peptides for community screening for left ventricular hypertrophy and systolic dysfunction: the Framingham heart study.
Ramachandran S. Vasan,Emelia J. Benjamin,Emelia J. Benjamin,Martin G. Larson,Martin G. Larson,Eric P. Leip,Thomas J. Wang,Thomas J. Wang,Peter W.F. Wilson,Peter W.F. Wilson,Daniel Levy,Daniel Levy,Daniel Levy +12 more
TL;DR: In this large community-based sample, the performance of BNP and NT-ANP for detection of elevated LV mass and LVSD was suboptimal, suggesting limited usefulness of natriuretic peptides as mass screening tools.
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Abdominal Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue: A Protective Fat Depot?
Stacy A. Porter,Joseph M. Massaro,Udo Hoffmann,Ramachandran S. Vasan,Christopher J. O'Donnel,Caroline S. Fox +5 more
TL;DR: Although adiposity increases the absolute risk of metabolic and cardiovascular disease, abdominal subcutaneous fat is not associated with a linear increase in the prevalence of all risk factors among the obese, most notably, high triglycerides.
Neck Circumference as a Novel Measure of Cardiometabolic Risk: The Framingham Heart Study
Sarah R. Preis,Joseph M. Massaro,Udo Hoffmann,Ralph B. D'Agostino,Daniel Levy,Daniel Levy,Sander J. Robins,Sander J. Robins,James B. Meigs,Ramachandran S. Vasan,Ramachandran S. Vasan,Christopher J. O'Donnell,Christopher J. O'Donnell,Christopher J. O'Donnell,Caroline S. Fox,Caroline S. Fox,Caroline S. Fox +16 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used a multidetector computed tomography (CT) to assess the association between the increase in neck circumference and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors (systolic and diastolic blood pressure; total, low-density lipoprotein, and high-density cholesterol and triglycerides; and fasting plasma glucose, insulin, proinsulin, and homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance).