Jain, Rahul
Gautam, Sandeep
Wu, Colin
Shen, Changyu
Jain, Aditya
Giesdal, Ola
Chahal, Harjit
Lin, Hongbo
Bluemke, David A.
Soliman, Elsayed Z.
Nazarian, Saman
Lima, João A. C.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (N01-HC-95159, N01-HC-95160, N01-HC-95161, N01-HC-95162, N01-HC-95163, N01-HC-95164, N01-HC-95165, N01-HC-95166,)
National Center for Research Resources (UL1-TR-000040 and UL1-TR-001079)
Article History
Received: 26 July 2019
Accepted: 20 August 2019
First Online: 3 September 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
: The institutional review board at each participating site approved the MESA study protocol, and written informed consent was obtained from each participant. The study was approved by the institutional review boards of participating centers, and participants gave informed consent.
: The views expressed in this manuscript are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the National Institutes of Health; or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.