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  • Association of waterpipe smoking with myocardial infarction and determinants of metabolic syndrome among catheterized patients 
    Platt, Daniel E.; Hariri, Essa; Salameh, Pascale; Helou, Mariana; Sabbah, Nada; Merhi, Mahmoud; Abchee, Antoine B.; Zalloua, Pierre A. (2019-06-03)
    Background: Waterpipe smoking is a rising global public health epidemic perceived by many users to be less harmful, though its toxicity overlaps or even exceeds that of cigarette smoking. Short-term cardiovascular changes ...
  • Genetic and environmental influences on total plasma homocysteine and its role in coronary artery disease risk 
    Milane, Aline; Platt, Daniel E.; Ghassibe-Sabbagh, Michella; Youhanna, Sonia; Abchee, Antoine B.; Haber, Marc; Badro, Danielle A.; Salloum, Angelique K.; Douayhi, Bouchra; Nemr, Rita; Cazier, Jean-Baptiste; Zalloua, Pierre A. (2016-10-05)
    Background Elevated levels of total plasma homocysteine are a risk factor for atherosclerotic disease. Aims The rationale behind this study is to explore the correlation between degree and site of coronary lesion ...
  • Genome-Wide Association Study in a Lebanese Cohort Confirms PHACTR1 as a Major Determinant of Coronary Artery Stenosis 
    Hager, Jorg; Kamatani, Yoichiro; Cazier, Jean-Baptiste; Youhanna, Sonia; Ghassibe-Sabbagh, Michella; Platt, Daniel E.; Abchee, Antoine B.; Romanos, Jihane; Khazen, Georges; Othman, Raed; Badro, Danielle A.; Haber, Marc; Salloum, Angelique K.; Zalloua, Pierre A. (2016-03-17)
    The manifestation of coronary artery disease (CAD) follows a well-choreographed series of events that includes damage of arterial endothelial cells and deposition of lipids in the sub-endothelial layers. Genome-wide ...
  • Type II diabetes mellitus and hyperhomocysteinemia 
    Platt, Daniel E.; Hariri, Essa; Salameh, Pascale; Merhi, Mahmoud; Sabbah, Nada; Helou, Mariana; Mouzaya, Francis; Nemr, Rita; Al-Sarraj, Yasser; El-Shanti, Hatem; Abchee, Antoine B.; Zalloua, Pierre A. (2019-06-03)
    Background Elevated homocysteine (Hc) levels have a well-established and clear causal relationship to epithelial damage leading to coronary artery disease. Furthermore, it is strongly associated with other metabolic ...