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J. Jeffrey Carr is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging; Epidemiology; Physiology; and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Their work centers on topics such as Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention, Nutrition and Health in Aging, as well as Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Deep Learning for Automatic Calcium Scoring in CT: Validation Using Multiple Cardiac CT and Chest CT Protocols (2020, Radiology)
  • Effect of High-Intensity Strength Training on Knee Pain and Knee Joint Compressive Forces Among Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis (2021, JAMA)
  • Genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies 17 loci associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (2023, Nature Genetics)
  • Multi-ancestry genome-wide study identifies effector genes and druggable pathways for coronary artery calcification (2023, Nature Genetics)
  • Longitudinal Association of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease With Changes in Myocardial Structure and Function: The CARDIA Study (2020, Journal of the American Heart Association)

J. Jeffrey Carr collaborates regularly with several researchers including James G. Terry, Sangeeta Nair, David R. Jacobs, Iva Miljkovic, and Matthew J. Budoff.

The most frequent venues for their research publications are:

  • Circulation
  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography

Best Publications

  • Coronary calcium as a predictor of coronary events in four racial or ethnic groups.

    Robert Detrano;Alan D. Guerci;J. Jeffrey Carr;Diane E. Bild

  • Assessment of coronary artery disease by cardiac computed tomography : A scientific statement from the american heart association committee on cardiovascular imaging and intervention, council on cardiovascular radiology and intervention, and committee on cardiac imaging, council on clinical cardiology

    Matthew J. Budoff;Stephan Achenbach;Roger S. Blumenthal;J. Jeffrey Carr

  • Comparison of Novel Risk Markers for Improvement in Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Intermediate-Risk Individuals

    Joseph Yeboah;Robyn L. McClelland;Tamar S. Polonsky;Gregory L. Burke

  • Calcified Coronary Artery Plaque Measurement with Cardiac CT in Population-based Studies: Standardized Protocol of Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) and Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study

    J. Jeffrey Carr;Jennifer Clark Nelson;Nathan D. Wong;Michael McNitt-Gray

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies variants associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease that have distinct effects on metabolic traits

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Laura M. Yerges-Armstrong;Jun Wu;Ruben Hernaez;Ruben Hernaez

  • Estrogen therapy and coronary-artery calcification.

    Jo Ann E. Manson;Matthew A. Allison;Jacques E. Rossouw;J. Jeffrey Carr

  • Ionizing radiation in cardiac imaging: a science advisory from the American Heart Association Committee on Cardiac Imaging of the Council on Clinical Cardiology and Committee on Cardiovascular Imaging and Intervention of the Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention

    Thomas C. Gerber;J. Jeffrey Carr;Andrew E. Arai;Robert L. Dixon

  • 10-Year Coronary Heart Disease Risk Prediction Using Coronary Artery Calcium and Traditional Risk Factors: Derivation in the MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis) With Validation in the HNR (Heinz Nixdorf Recall) Study and the DHS (Dallas Heart Study)

    Robyn L. McClelland;Neal W. Jorgensen;Matthew Budoff;Michael J. Blaha

  • Percent emphysema, airflow obstruction, and impaired left ventricular filling.

    R. Graham Barr;David A. Bluemke;Firas S. Ahmed;J. Jeffery Carr

  • Calcium density of coronary artery plaque and risk of incident cardiovascular events.

    Michael H. Criqui;Julie O. Denenberg;Joachim H. Ix;Robyn L. McClelland

  • ACCF/ACR/AHA/NASCI/SAIP/SCAI/SCCT 2010 Expert Consensus Document on Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Task Force on Expert Consensus Documents

    Daniel B. Mark;Daniel S. Berman;Matthew J. Budoff

  • The association of pericardial fat with incident coronary heart disease: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

    Jingzhong Ding;Fang Chi Hsu;Tamara B. Harris;Yongmei Liu

  • Ten-year association of coronary artery calcium with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) events: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis (MESA).

    Matthew J Budoff;Rebekah Young;Gregory Burke;J Jeffrey Carr

  • Adiponectin as a novel determinant of bone mineral density and visceral fat

    Lenchik L;Register Tc;Hsu Fc;Lohman K

  • Prevalence and progression of subclinical atherosclerosis in younger adults with low short-term but high lifetime estimated risk for cardiovascular disease: the coronary artery risk development in young adults study and multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis.

    Jarett D. Berry;Kiang Liu;Kiang Liu;Aaron R. Folsom;Cora E. Lewis

  • Coronary calcium measurements: effect of CT scanner type and calcium measure on rescan reproducibility--MESA study.

    Robert C Detrano;Melissa Anderson;Jennifer Nelson;Nathan D Wong

  • Evaluation of Subsecond Gated Helical CT for Quantification of Coronary Artery Calcium and Comparison with Electron Beam CT

    J. Jeffrey Carr;John R. Crouse;David C. Goff;Ralph B. D'Agostino

  • Genome-wide association for abdominal subcutaneous and visceral adipose reveals a novel locus for visceral fat in women.

    Caroline S. Fox;Caroline S. Fox;Yongmei Liu;Charles C. White;Charles C. White;Mary Feitosa

  • Association of Coronary Artery Calcium in Adults Aged 32 to 46 Years With Incident Coronary Heart Disease and Death.

    John Jeffrey Carr;David R. Jacobs;James G. Terry;Christina M. Shay

  • Association of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with subclinical myocardial remodeling and dysfunction: A population-based study

    Lisa B. VanWagner;Jane E. Wilcox;Laura A. Colangelo;Donald M. Lloyd-Jones

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald W. Bowden
Donald W. Bowden Wake Forest University
Barry I. Freedman
Barry I. Freedman Wake Forest University
Carl D. Langefeld
Carl D. Langefeld Wake Forest University
David R. Jacobs
David R. Jacobs University of Minnesota
Matthew J. Budoff
Matthew J. Budoff UCLA Medical Center
Cora E. Lewis
Cora E. Lewis University of Alabama at Birmingham
Lynne E. Wagenknecht
Lynne E. Wagenknecht Wake Forest University
Joao A.C. Lima
Joao A.C. Lima Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
David M. Herrington
David M. Herrington Wake Forest University
Kiang Liu
Kiang Liu Northwestern University

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