Prevalence, treatments and outcomes of coronary artery disease in Indians: A systematic review.

Aim: To conduct a systematic review on the prevalence, risk factors, treatments and outcomes of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) in Indians.

Methods And Results: We conducted a systematic review of studies in Indians with CAD from Jan 1969 to Oct 2012. Initial search yielded 3885 studies and after review 288 observational studies were included.

Prevalence, risk factors and awareness of hypertension in India: a systematic review.

Indians have high rates of cardiovascular disease. Hypertension (HTN) is an important modifiable risk factor. There are no comprehensive reviews or a nationally representative study of the burden, treatments and outcomes of HTN in India.

Digital mammography image simulation using Monte Carlo.

Monte Carlo simulations of digital images of the contrast detail phantom and the ACR phantom are presented for two different x-ray digital mammography modalities: a synchrotron mammography system and a next-generation scanning slot clinical system. A combination of variance reduction methods made it possible to simulate accurate images using real pixel dimensions within reasonable computation times. The complete method of image simulation, including a simple detector response model, a simple noise model, and the incorporation of system effects (MTF), is presented.

Dexamethasone metabolism in dexamethasone suppression test suppressors and nonsuppressors.

Background: Variable dexamethasone kinetics is a possible confound in the dexamethasone suppression test. Modifications to include dexamethasone plasma levels and specific dexamethasone "windows" have been proposed. Our study aims to validate our proposed dexamethasone windows in an independent sample of 121 subjects.

Measured molecular coherent scattering form factors of animal tissues, plastics and human breast tissue.

Photon scattering angular distributions from various animal tissues were measured at two energies of a monochromatic synchrotron x-ray beam. Two plastics and human breast tissue were also measured. From these two measurements, the molecular coherent scattering form factor of each material was extracted.