Salim S Virani

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Affiliation: Baylor College of Medicine
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol reporting and goal attainment in primary care
    Salim S Virani
    Health Policy and Quality Program, Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center, Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, and Section of Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    J Clin Lipidol 6:545-52. 2012
  2. ncbi Association between traditional cholesterol parameters, lipoprotein particle concentration, novel biomarkers and carotid plaques in retired National Football League players
    Salim S Virani
    Health Services Research and Development, Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Atherosclerosis 222:551-6. 2012
  3. ncbi Chromosome 9p21 single nucleotide polymorphisms are not associated with recurrent myocardial infarction in patients with established coronary artery disease
    Salim S Virani
    Center of Excellence, Health Services Research and Development, Michael E DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Circ J 76:950-6. 2012
  4. ncbi Usefulness of single nucleotide polymorphism in chromosome 4q25 to predict in-hospital and long-term development of atrial fibrillation and survival in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting
    Salim S Virani
    Michael E DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Houston, Texas, USA
    Am J Cardiol 107:1504-9. 2011
  5. ncbi Preoperative statin therapy decreases risk of postoperative renal insufficiency
    Salim S Virani
    Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
    Cardiovasc Ther 28:80-6. 2010
  6. ncbi Relation of cholesterol and lipoprotein parameters with carotid artery plaque characteristics: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) carotid MRI study
    Salim S Virani
    Michael E DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX 77030, United States
    Atherosclerosis 219:596-602. 2011
  7. ncbi Outcomes of preoperative angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor therapy in patients undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass grafting
    Salman J Bandeali
    Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
    Am J Cardiol 110:919-23. 2012
  8. ncbi Obesity: an independent predictor of in-hospital postoperative renal insufficiency among patients undergoing cardiac surgery?
    Salim S Virani
    Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
    Tex Heart Inst J 36:540-5. 2009
  9. ncbi Associations between lipoprotein(a) levels and cardiovascular outcomes in black and white subjects: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study
    Salim S Virani
    Michael E DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Houston, TX, USA
    Circulation 125:241-9. 2012
  10. ncbi Carotid arterial wall characteristics are associated with incident ischemic stroke but not coronary heart disease in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study
    Eric Y Yang
    Section of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX, USA
    Stroke 43:103-8. 2012

Detail Information

Publications41

  1. ncbi Non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol reporting and goal attainment in primary care
    Salim S Virani
    Health Policy and Quality Program, Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center, Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, and Section of Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    J Clin Lipidol 6:545-52. 2012
    ..However, non-HDL-C levels are not reported on standard lipid panels by many hospital-based and/or commercial biochemical laboratories...
  2. ncbi Association between traditional cholesterol parameters, lipoprotein particle concentration, novel biomarkers and carotid plaques in retired National Football League players
    Salim S Virani
    Health Services Research and Development, Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Atherosclerosis 222:551-6. 2012
    ....
  3. ncbi Chromosome 9p21 single nucleotide polymorphisms are not associated with recurrent myocardial infarction in patients with established coronary artery disease
    Salim S Virani
    Center of Excellence, Health Services Research and Development, Michael E DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Circ J 76:950-6. 2012
    ....
  4. ncbi Usefulness of single nucleotide polymorphism in chromosome 4q25 to predict in-hospital and long-term development of atrial fibrillation and survival in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting
    Salim S Virani
    Michael E DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Houston, Texas, USA
    Am J Cardiol 107:1504-9. 2011
    ....
  5. ncbi Preoperative statin therapy decreases risk of postoperative renal insufficiency
    Salim S Virani
    Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
    Cardiovasc Ther 28:80-6. 2010
    ..Although current guidelines recommend withholding statins in perioperative patients, little information is available on whether perioperative statin use increases risk for postoperative renal failure...
  6. ncbi Relation of cholesterol and lipoprotein parameters with carotid artery plaque characteristics: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) carotid MRI study
    Salim S Virani
    Michael E DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX 77030, United States
    Atherosclerosis 219:596-602. 2011
    ....
  7. ncbi Outcomes of preoperative angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor therapy in patients undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass grafting
    Salman J Bandeali
    Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
    Am J Cardiol 110:919-23. 2012
    ..In conclusion, preoperative ACE inhibitor use was associated with an increased risk of MAEs after CABG, in particular postoperative renal dysfunction and atrial fibrillation...
  8. ncbi Obesity: an independent predictor of in-hospital postoperative renal insufficiency among patients undergoing cardiac surgery?
    Salim S Virani
    Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
    Tex Heart Inst J 36:540-5. 2009
    ....
  9. ncbi Associations between lipoprotein(a) levels and cardiovascular outcomes in black and white subjects: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study
    Salim S Virani
    Michael E DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Houston, TX, USA
    Circulation 125:241-9. 2012
    ..We evaluated associations between Lp(a) and incident CVD events in blacks and whites in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study...
  10. ncbi Carotid arterial wall characteristics are associated with incident ischemic stroke but not coronary heart disease in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study
    Eric Y Yang
    Section of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX, USA
    Stroke 43:103-8. 2012
    ..We evaluated the association of carotid ultrasound-derived arterial stiffness measures with incident coronary heart disease (CHD) and ischemic stroke in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study...
  11. ncbi Cardiac troponin T measured by a highly sensitive assay predicts coronary heart disease, heart failure, and mortality in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study
    Justin T Saunders
    6565 Fannin, MS A 601, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Circulation 123:1367-76. 2011
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  12. ncbi Isolated coronary artery bypass grafting in obese individuals: a propensity matched analysis of outcomes
    Mahboob Alam
    Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Circ J 75:1378-85. 2011
    ..There is conflicting data regarding the impact of obesity on morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)...
  13. ncbi Variants in the APOA5 gene region and the response to combination therapy with statins and fenofibric acid in a randomized clinical trial of individuals with mixed dyslipidemia
    Ariel Brautbar
    Section of Cardiovascular Research, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Atherosclerosis 219:737-42. 2011
    ..We sought to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with HDL-C, TG, and apolipoprotein A1 (ApoA-I) response to combination therapy with statins and fenofibric acid (FA) in individuals with atherogenic dyslipidemia...
  14. ncbi Impact of clinical complexity on the quality of diabetes care
    LeChauncy D Woodard
    Health Policy and Quality Program, Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Am J Manag Care 18:508-14. 2012
    ..To assess the impact of clinical complexity on 3 dimensions of diabetes care...
  15. ncbi Preoperative statin therapy is not associated with a decrease in the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing cardiac surgery
    Salim S Virani
    Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Am Heart J 155:541-6. 2008
    ..We investigated whether preoperative statin therapy was associated with decreased incidence of postoperative AF in patients undergoing cardiac surgery, including isolated valve surgery and patients with low ejection fraction (EF)...
  16. ncbi The 9p21 genetic variant is additive to carotid intima media thickness and plaque in improving coronary heart disease risk prediction in white participants of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study
    Vijay Nambi
    Section of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
    Atherosclerosis 222:135-7. 2012
    ..We evaluated whether the addition of carotid intima media thickness and plaque (CIMT-P), and a single nucleotide polymorphism on chromosome 9p21 (9p21) together improve coronary heart disease (CHD) risk prediction in the ARIC study...
  17. ncbi Subclinical changes in serum creatinine and mortality after coronary artery bypass grafting
    Daniel A Tolpin
    Division of Cardiovascular Anesthesiology, The Texas Heart Institute, St Luke s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 143:682-688.e1. 2012
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  18. ncbi Frequency and correlates of treatment intensification for elevated cholesterol levels in patients with cardiovascular disease
    Salim S Virani
    Health Policy and Quality Program, Michael E DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Houston, TX, USA
    Am Heart J 162:725-732.e1. 2011
    ....
  19. ncbi Barriers to non-HDL cholesterol goal attainment by providers
    Salim S Virani
    Health Policy and Quality Program, Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center, Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence and Section of Health Services Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Am J Med 124:876-80.e2. 2011
    ..This study assessed providers' knowledge of, attitude toward, and practice regarding non-HDL-C...
  20. ncbi Institutional, provider, and patient correlates of low-density lipoprotein and non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol goal attainment according to the Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines
    Salim S Virani
    Health Policy and Quality Program, Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence and Section of Health Services Research, Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Am Heart J 161:1140-6. 2011
    ....
  21. ncbi Non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol calculation and goal awareness among physicians-in-training
    Smita I Negi
    Section of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
    J Clin Lipidol 6:50-7. 2012
    ..Non-high density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-C) goal attainment per Adult Treatment Panel III (ATP III) guidelines remains low...
  22. ncbi Does preoperative statin therapy improve outcomes in patients undergoing isolated cardiac valve surgery?
    Salim S Virani
    Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
    Am J Cardiol 102:1235-9. 2008
    ..In conclusion, preoperative statin therapy was not associated with a decrease in morbidity or mortality in patients undergoing isolated cardiac valve surgery...
  23. ncbi Percutaneous coronary intervention vs. coronary artery bypass graft surgery for unprotected left main coronary artery disease in the drug-eluting stents era--an aggregate data meta-analysis of 11,148 patients
    Mahboob Alam
    Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Circ J 77:372-82. 2013
    ..We hypothesized that PCI with DES for unprotected LMCA disease is safe and effective compared with CABG...
  24. ncbi How to identify patients with vulnerable plaques
    Salim S Virani
    Section of Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Heart Institute, St Luke s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
    Diabetes Obes Metab 10:824-33. 2008
    ....
  25. ncbi Treating chronically ill people with diabetes mellitus with limited life expectancy: implications for performance measurement
    LeChauncy D Woodard
    Health Policy and Quality Program, Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
    J Am Geriatr Soc 60:193-201. 2012
    ..To develop an algorithm to identify individuals with limited life expectancy and examine the effect of limited life expectancy on glycemic control and treatment intensification in individuals with diabetes mellitus...
  26. ncbi Novel markers of inflammation in atherosclerosis
    Salim S Virani
    Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, 6565 Fannin, M S A 601, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Curr Atheroscler Rep 10:164-70. 2008
    ..It also discusses the limitations of current risk stratification models and characteristics of a good biomarker...
  27. ncbi Relationship between circulating levels of RANTES (regulated on activation, normal T-cell expressed, and secreted) and carotid plaque characteristics: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Carotid MRI Study
    Salim S Virani
    Michael E DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Eur Heart J 32:459-68. 2011
    ..To assess the relationship between regulated on activation, normal T-cell expressed and secreted (RANTES) and carotid atherosclerotic plaque burden and plaque characteristics...
  28. ncbi Clinical outcomes of percutaneous interventions in saphenous vein grafts using drug-eluting stents compared to bare-metal stents: a comprehensive meta-analysisof all randomized clinical trials
    Mahboob Alam
    Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN 38104, USA
    Clin Cardiol 35:291-6. 2012
    ..We conducted a meta-analysis of all existing randomized controlled trials (RCTS) comparing bare-metal stents (BMS) and DES in SVGPCIs...
  29. ncbi A novel mutation in the ABCA1 gene causing an atypical phenotype of Tangier disease
    Smita I Negi
    Center for Atherosclerosis and Lipoprotein Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    J Clin Lipidol 7:82-7. 2013
    ....
  30. ncbi Variability and persistence of aspirin response in lower extremity peripheral arterial disease patients
    Justin Saunders
    Section of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex, USA
    J Vasc Surg 53:668-75. 2011
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  31. ncbi Lipid management: considerations in acute coronary syndrome
    Venkateshwar R Polsani
    Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Curr Cardiol Rep 10:334-41. 2008
    ..A growing body of literature supports the concept that early and intensive treatment with statins after an ACS event decreases recurrent adverse cardiovascular events. We review available evidence pertaining to lipid alterations in ACS...
  32. ncbi Clinical implications of JUPITER (Justification for the Use of statins in Prevention: an Intervention Trial Evaluating Rosuvastatin) in a U.S. population insights from the ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities) study
    Eric Y Yang
    Section of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
    J Am Coll Cardiol 54:2388-95. 2009
    ....
  33. ncbi Automatic quantification of muscle volumes in magnetic resonance imaging scans of the lower extremities
    Gerd Brunner
    Division of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Magn Reson Imaging 29:1065-75. 2011
    ..Experiments for the fully automatic detection of muscle volume in MRI scans demonstrated an averaged accuracy, sensitivity and specificity for leave-one-out cross-validation of 88.3%, 93.6% and 87.2%, respectively...
  34. ncbi Efficacy and tolerability of multidrug therapy for hypertriglyceridemia
    Venkateshwar R Polsani
    Section of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, 6565 Fannin, M S A 601, Houston, TX 77030, USA and Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston, TX
    J Clin Lipidol 3:341-4. 2009
    ..Although there is clinical evidence for the safety and efficacy of single-drug therapy and some two-drug combinations for the treatment of hypertriglyceridemia, information is limited on the use of more than 2 drugs...
  35. ncbi ST elevation: telling pathology from the benign patterns
    Waleed Tallat Kayani
    Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
    Glob J Health Sci 4:51-63. 2012
    ..More studies need to be done to delineate the criteria to clearly distinguish between ischemic and non ischemic ST elevation...
  36. ncbi Real-time co-registration using novel ultrasound technology: ex vivo validation and in vivo applications
    Eric Y Yang
    Baylor College of Medicine, 6565 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr 24:720-8. 2011
    ..We then evaluated in vivo US-US and US-MRI co-registration...
  37. ncbi A genetic risk score based on direct associations with coronary heart disease improves coronary heart disease risk prediction in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC), but not in the Rotterdam and Framingham Offspring, Studies
    Ariel Brautbar
    Department of Medical Genetics, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI, USA
    Atherosclerosis 223:421-6. 2012
    ..We examined whether SNPs selected based on predefined criteria will improve CHD risk prediction when added to traditional risk factors (TRFs)...
  38. ncbi Segmental analysis of carotid arterial strain using speckle-tracking
    Eric Y Yang
    Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
    J Am Soc Echocardiogr 24:1276-1284.e5. 2011
    ..The aims of this study were to evaluate whether speckle-tracking could be used to measure carotid arterial strain (CAS) reproducibly in healthy volunteers and to determine if CAS was lesser in individuals with diabetes...
  39. ncbi Medicare eligibility and physician utilization among adults with coronary heart disease and stroke
    Jerome Dugan
    Department of Economics MS 22, Rice University, Houston, TX 77251 1892, USA
    Med Care 50:547-53. 2012
    ..Although Medicare eligibility has been shown to generally increase health care access and utilization, few studies have investigated the association between Medicare eligibility and health care utilization among the chronically ill...
  40. ncbi Lipid management: considerations in acute coronary syndrome
    Venkateshwar R Polsani
    Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, 6565 Fannin, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Curr Atheroscler Rep 11:149-56. 2009
    ..A growing body of literature supports the concept that early and intensive treatment with statins after an ACS event decreases recurrent adverse cardiovascular events. We review available evidence pertaining to lipid alterations in ACS...
  41. ncbi The role of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 as a marker for atherosclerosis
    Salim S Virani
    Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, 6565 Fannin, M S A 601, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Curr Atheroscler Rep 9:97-103. 2007
    ..This article reviews the potential mechanisms by which Lp-PLA2 may participate in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and its clinical manifestations, namely, coronary artery disease and stroke...