Publications

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Coronary Plaque · 2019

Effect of statins on atherosclerotic plaque

Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine 29(8):451-455
Imaging Biomarkers · 2020

Feasibility of measuring pericoronary fat from precontrast scans: effect of iodinated contrast on pericoronary fat attenuation

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography 14(6):490-494
Imaging Biomarkers · 2020

Effect of 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor, VIA-2291 (Atreleuton), on epicardial fat volume in patients with recent acute coronary syndrome

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography 14(4):343-348
Cardiac CT · 2024

Distal-vessel fractional flow reserve by computed tomography to monitor epicardial coronary artery disease

European Heart Journal — Cardiovascular Imaging 25(2):163-172
Health Disparities · 2025

Regional and socioeconomic disparities in calcium scans

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography 19(1):169-172
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2019

Effect of statins on atherosclerotic plaque

Almeida SO, Budoff M. Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine 29(8):451-455.

Coronary Plaque
2020

Feasibility of measuring pericoronary fat from precontrast scans: effect of iodinated contrast on pericoronary fat attenuation

Almeida S, Pelter M, Shaikh K, Cherukuri L, et al.. Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography 14(6):490-494.

Imaging Biomarkers
2020

Effect of 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor, VIA-2291 (Atreleuton), on epicardial fat volume in patients with recent acute coronary syndrome

Almeida SO, Ram RJ, Kinninger A, Budoff MJ. Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography 14(4):343-348.

Imaging Biomarkers
2015

Arrhythmia in stem cell transplantation

Almeida SO, Skelton RJ, Adigopula S, Ardehali R. Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics 7(2):357.

Editorials
2020

Reliability of CAC scoring on nongated compared with gated cardiac CT scans from MESA

Almeida SO, Honoris L, DeFranco A, Port S, et al.. JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging 13(1, Pt 1):177-178.

Coronary Calcium
2020

Aged garlic extract reduces low attenuation plaque in coronary arteries of patients with diabetes

Shaikh K, Kinninger A, Cherukuri L, …, Almeida S, et al.. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 19(2):1457-1461.

Coronary Plaque
2016

Magnetic resonance imaging of iron oxide-labeled human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiac progenitors

Skelton RJP, Khoja S, Almeida S, et al.. Stem Cells Translational Medicine 5(1):67-74.

Imaging Biomarkers
2021

Intraventricular flow patterns in patients treated with left ventricular assist devices

Rossini L, Braun OÖ, Brambatti M, …, Almeida S, et al.. ASAIO Journal 67(1):74-83.

Imaging Biomarkers
2024

Distal-vessel fractional flow reserve by computed tomography to monitor epicardial coronary artery disease

Chen M, Almeida SO, Sayre JW, Karlsberg RP, Packard RRS. European Heart Journal — Cardiovascular Imaging 25(2):163-172.

Cardiac CT
2022

Coronary artery plaque progression and cardiovascular risk scores in men with and without HIV-infection

Shaikh K, Bhondoekhan F, Haberlen S, …, Almeida S, et al.. AIDS 36(2):215-224.

Coronary Plaque
2022

Performance and integration of smartphone wireless ECG monitoring into the enterprise electronic health record

Cho GW, Almeida SO, Gang ES, Elad Y, Duncan R, Budoff MJ. Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports 15.

Editorials
2025

Regional and socioeconomic disparities in calcium scans

Sachs V, Scoma C, Shaikh K, Budoff M, Almeida S. Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography 19(1):169-172.

Health Disparities
2025

CT derived fractional flow reserve: Part 1 — Comprehensive review of methodologies

Shaikh K, Lozano PR, Evangelou S, Wu EH, …, Almeida S, et al.. Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography.

Cardiac CT
2025

The RUCkus around plaque: valuing coronary CT data

Coombes T, Almeida S, Budoff M, Shaikh K. Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography 19(1):159-161.

Editorials
2020

Biomarkers and noncalcified coronary artery plaque progression in older men treated with testosterone

Shaikh K, Ellenberg SS, Nakanishi R, Snyder PJ, …. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 105(7):2142-2149.

Coronary Plaque
2019

Low short-term and long-term cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in absence of coronary artery calcium

Shaikh K, Li D, Nakanishi R, Kinninger A, Almeida S, et al.. Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications 33(9):616-622.

Coronary Calcium
2019

Anomalous coronary sinus communication to the left atrium

Shafter AM, Almeida SO, Syed U, Shaikh K, Budoff MJ. Journal of Cardiology Cases 20(4):122-124.

Cardiac CT
2012

Can structured data fields accurately measure quality of care? The example of falls

Ganz DA, Almeida S, Roth CP, Reuben DB, Wenger NS. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development 49(9):1411.

Editorials