Stephen E. Epstein
Stephen E. Epstein is the Head of Translational and Vascular Biology Research at the MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute, MedStar Washington Hospital Center and Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Georgetown University School of Medicine.
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Stephen E. Epstein is the Head of Translational and Vascular Biology Research at the MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute, MedStar Washington Hospital Center and Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Georgetown University School of Medicine.
Top Publications
- Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels (2013) - 3,320 citations
- A comprehensive 1000 Genomes–based genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease (2015) - 2,733 citations
- Abnormal Endothelium-Dependent Vascular Relaxation in Patients with Essential Hypertension (1990) - 2,383 citations
- Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease (2011) - 1,960 citations
- Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease (2012) - 1,681 citations
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- Full name
- Stephen E. Epstein
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5107838634
Research interests
- Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies, Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, Acute Myocardial Infarction Research, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
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- Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels ↗2013 · Nature Genetics3,320OpenAlex citations
- 2,733OpenAlex citations
- Abnormal Endothelium-Dependent Vascular Relaxation in Patients with Essential Hypertension ↗1990 · New England Journal of Medicine2,383OpenAlex citations
- 1,960OpenAlex citations
- Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease ↗2012 · Nature Genetics1,681OpenAlex citations
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- Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels ↗2013 · Nature Genetics
- Abnormal Endothelium-Dependent Vascular Relaxation in Patients with Essential Hypertension ↗1990 · New England Journal of Medicine
- Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease ↗2012 · Nature Genetics
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