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A Biopsychosocial Examination of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Health Outcomes
(East Carolina University, 2015)Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the world accounting for 17.3 million deaths annually. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) was developed 13 years ago to treat people suffering from ... -
A Candidate Gene Study: Finding Associations between Recurrent Stroke and Genetic Variants of Five Folate-Mediated One Carbon Metabolism Pathway Genes
(East Carolina University, 2019-04-25)Stroke is the second leading cause of death in the world and fifth in the United States. Both in the United States and worldwide, stroke is the leading cause of disability. Stroke is a cerebrovascular event which results ... -
A metabolomics approach to understanding recurrent stroke risk in African Americans
(East Carolina University, 2019-07-02)Stroke is a significant health burden, as the fifth leading cause of death and the number one cause of serious, long term disability in the United States. Each year 795,000 individuals suffer a stroke; of which 185,000 ...