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Joseph F. Polak was a researcher affiliated with Boston University in the United States. Their work primarily concentrated in the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Epidemiology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their research covered a wide range of topics related to cardiovascular health and disease prevention, cerebrovascular and carotid artery diseases, cardiovascular function and risk factors, acute ischemic stroke management, cardiac imaging and diagnostics, nutritional studies and diet, as well as blood pressure and hypertension studies.

Joseph F. Polak published extensively in several venues. Notable frequent publication venues included UNC Libraries, Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, The American Journal of Cardiology, Journal for Vascular Ultrasound, and Circulation Research.

Their collaborations involved several frequent co-authors with whom they published multiple works. These included Roger S. Blumenthal, Matthew J. Budoff, Tatjana Rundek, Alexander C. Razavi, and João A.C. Lima.

Among the recent papers attributed to the research, the following stand out:

  • Interleukin-6 Predicts Carotid Plaque Severity, Vulnerability, and Progression, 2022, Circulation Research
  • Predicting Long-Term Absence of Coronary Artery Calcium in Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes, 2020, JACC. Cardiovascular Imaging
  • The progression of carotid atherosclerosis and imaging markers of dementia, 2020, Alzheimer s & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions
  • Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Association Between Classical Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Common Carotid Intima-Media Thickness: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis, 2022, Journal of the American Heart Association
  • Long-Term Prognostic Implications and Role of Further Testing in Adults Aged ≤55 Years With a Coronary Calcium Score of Zero (from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis), 2021, The American Journal of Cardiology

Best Publications

  • Carotid-Artery Intima and Media Thickness as a Risk Factor for Myocardial Infarction and Stroke in Older Adults

    Daniel H. O'Leary;Joseph F. Polak;Richard A. Kronmal;Teri A. Manolio

  • Ankle-arm index as a marker of atherosclerosis in the Cardiovascular Health Study. Cardiovascular Heart Study (CHS) Collaborative Research Group.

    Anne B. Newman;David S. Siscovick;Teri A. Manolio;Joseph Polak

  • Carotid artery stenosis: Gray-scale and Doppler US diagnosis-society of Radiologists in Ultrasound consensus conference

    Edward G. Grant;Carol B. Benson;Gregory L. Moneta;Andrei V. Alexandrov

  • Risk Factors for 5-Year Mortality in Older Adults The Cardiovascular Health Study

    Linda P. Fried;Richard A. Kronmal;Anne B. Newman;Diane E. Bild

  • Distribution and correlates of sonographically detected carotid artery disease in the Cardiovascular Health Study. The CHS Collaborative Research Group.

    D H O'Leary;J F Polak;R A Kronmal;S J Kittner

  • Ankle-Arm Index as a Predictor of Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality in the Cardiovascular Health Study

    Anne B. Newman;Lynn Shemanski;Teri A. Manolio;Mary Cushman

  • Predictors of congestive heart failure in the elderly: the cardiovascular health study

    John S Gottdiener;Alice M Arnold;Gerard P Aurigemma;Joseph F Polak

  • Predictive Value of Brachial Flow-Mediated Dilation for Incident Cardiovascular Events in a Population-Based Study The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

    Joseph Yeboah;Aaron R. Folsom;Gregory L. Burke;Craig Johnson

  • Cardiovascular risk factors and venous thromboembolism incidence: the longitudinal investigation of thromboembolism etiology.

    Albert W. Tsai;Mary Cushman;Wayne D. Rosamond;Susan R. Heckbert

  • Carotid-Wall Intima–Media Thickness and Cardiovascular Events

    Joseph F. Polak;Michael J. Pencina;Karol M. Pencina;Christopher J. O'Donnell

  • Common Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Measurements in Cardiovascular Risk Prediction A Meta-analysis

    Hester M. den Ruijter;Sanne A.E. Peters;Todd J. Anderson;Annie R. Britton

  • Association between Physical Activity and Markers of Inflammation in a Healthy Elderly Population

    Dominic F. Geffken;Mary Cushman;Gregory L. Burke;Joseph F. Polak

  • New indices to classify location, severity and progression of calcific lesions in the abdominal aorta : a 25-year follow-up study

    L. I. Kauppila;J. F. Polak;L. A. Cupples;M. T. Hannan

  • Use of sonography to evaluate carotid atherosclerosis in the elderly. The Cardiovascular Health Study. CHS Collaborative Research Group.

    D H O'Leary;J F Polak;S K Wolfson;M G Bond

  • Carotid intima-media thickness progression to predict cardiovascular events in the general population (the PROG-IMT collaborative project): a meta-analysis of individual participant data.

    Matthias W. Lorenz;Joseph F. Polak;Maryam Kavousi;Ellisiv B. Mathiesen

  • Outcome of congestive heart failure in elderly persons: influence of left ventricular systolic function. The Cardiovascular Health Study.

    John S Gottdiener;Robyn L McClelland;Robert Marshall;Lynn Shemanski

  • Ex-vivo gene therapy of human vascular bypass grafts with E2F decoy: the PREVENT single-centre, randomised, controlled trial.

    Michael J Mann;Anthony D Whittemore;Magruder C Donaldson;Michael Belkin

  • Intima-media thickness: a tool for atherosclerosis imaging and event prediction.

    Daniel H O’Leary;Joseph F Polak

  • Hypoechoic plaque at US of the carotid artery: an independent risk factor for incident stroke in adults aged 65 years or older. Cardiovascular Health Study.

    J F Polak;L Shemanski;D H O'Leary;D Lefkowitz

  • Cardiovascular imaging for assessing cardiovascular risk in asymptomatic men versus women the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

    Aditya Jain;Robyn L. McClelland;Joseph F. Polak;Steven Shea

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel H. O'Leary
Daniel H. O'Leary Tufts University
Philip A. Wolf
Philip A. Wolf Boston University
David A. Bluemke
David A. Bluemke University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ralph B. D'Agostino
Ralph B. D'Agostino Wake Forest University
Matthew J. Budoff
Matthew J. Budoff UCLA Medical Center
Joao A.C. Lima
Joao A.C. Lima Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Christopher J. O'Donnell
Christopher J. O'Donnell Harvard Medical School
Gregory L. Burke
Gregory L. Burke Wake Forest University
Wendy S. Post
Wendy S. Post Johns Hopkins University
Mary Cushman
Mary Cushman University of Vermont

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