Clinical ResearchCoronary Artery DiseaseCarotid Intima-Media Thickness and Presence or Absence of Plaque Improves Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease Risk: The ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities) Study
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The ARIC study is carried out as a collaborative study supported by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)contracts N01-HC-55015, N01-HC-55016, N01-HC-55018, N01-HC-55019, N01-HC-55020, N01-HC-55021, and N01-HC-55022from the NHLBI, Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Nambi has research collaboration with General Electric. Dr. Ballantyne is a consultant for Abbott, Astra Zeneca, Atherogenics, Bristol-Myers Squibb, KOWA, Metabsis, Merck, Merck-Schering-Plough, Novartis, Pfizer, Reliant, Schering-Plough, Sanofi-Synthelabo, Takeda, and GlaxoSmithKline; has received grant/research support from Abbott, ActivBiotics, AstraZeneca, Gene Logic, GlaxoSmithKline, Integrated Therapeutics, Merck, Pfizer, Schering-Plough, Sanofi-Synthelabo, and Takeda; is on the Speakers’ Bureau for AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Pfizer, Reliant, and Merck-Schering-Plough, Schering-Plough; and has received honorarium from Merck, AstraZeneca, Abbott, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck-Schering-Plough, Novartis, Pfizer, Sanof-Synthelabo, Schering-Plough, and Takeda.