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  • Expanding the Donor Pool 
    Aoun, Sola; Ramos, Emilio; Harmon, William E.
  • Hypertension in the HIV-infected patient 
    Aoun, Sola; Ramos, Emilio; SOM; 200803754; N/A; sola.bahous@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University
    HIV infection has reached endemic proportions in many African countries. In addition, HIV infection is a significant cause of renal dysfunction in the United States. HIV patients are at higher risk of developing hypertension ...
  • Voluntary vs. compulsory student evaluation of clerkships 
    Bahous, Sola Aoun; Salameh, Pascale; Salameh, Wael; Park, Yoon Soo; Tekian, Ara
    Background Students evaluations of their learning experiences can provide a useful source of information about clerkship effectiveness in undergraduate medical education. However, low response rates in clerkship evaluation ...
  • T2DM GWAS in the Lebanese population confirms the role of TCF7L2 and CDKAL1 in disease susceptibility 
    Hirbli, Kamal; Zalloua, Pierre A.; Ghassibe-Sabbagh, Michela; Haber, Marc; Salloum, Angelique K.; Al-Sarraj, Yasser; Akle, Yasmine; Romanos, Jihane; Mouzaya, Francis; Gaugier, Dominique; Platt, Daniel E.; El Shanti, Hatem
    Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of multiple populations with distinctive genetic and lifestyle backgrounds are crucial to the understanding of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) pathophysiology. We report a GWAS on the ...
  • Prevalence of diabetes in greater Beirut 
    Hirbli, Kamal I.; Jambeine, Mayssa A.; Slim, Hanna B.; Barakat, Wadad M.; Habis, Richard J.; Francis, Zelia M.; SOM; 201000156; N/A; kamal.hirbli@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University
  • The Prevalence of High Blood Pressure among Marathon Runners during Beirut-Marathon 2014 
    Bahous, Sola; Tatari, Souzan; Mukhtar, Rusul; Alawieh, Hassan; Mourad, Abdul Rahm; Araji, Ahmad; El-Sayed, Ali; Sweid, Ahmad; Daher, Lea; Bou Hamdan, Omar; Kabbani, Samer; SOM; 200803754; N/A; sola.bahous@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University
    Objective: To assess the prevalence of high blood pressure (BP) and cardiovascular risk factors among marathon runners during Beirut-Marathon 2014. Methods: A total of 325 marathon runners were divided into 42 km and 10 ...
  • Sickle cell nephropathy: an update on pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment 
    Bahous, Sola Aoun; Hariri, Essa; Mansour, Anthony; El Alam, Andrew; Daaboul, Yazan; Korjian, Serge; SOM; 200803754; N/A; sola.bahous@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University
    Sickle cell nephropathy is a major complication of sickle cell disease. It manifests in different forms, including glomerulopathy, proteinuria, hematuria, and tubular defects, and frequently results in end-stage renal ...
  • Blood pressure and arterial wall mechanics in cardiovascular diseases 
    SOM; 200803754; N/A; Bahous, Sola Aoun; Korjian, Serge; Daaboul, Yazan; Blacher, Jacques; Safar, Michel E.; sola.bahous@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University (SpringerLondon, )
  • Arterial disorders 
    SOM; 200803754; N/A; Bahous, Sola Aoun; Daaboul, Yazan; Korjian, Serge; sola.bahous@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University (SpringerCham, )
  • Practical epilepsy 
    SOM; 201509120; N/A; Hani, Abeer J.; Husain, Aatif M.; abeer.hani@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University (Demosmedical, )
  • Practical epilepsy 
    SOM; 201509120; N/A; Hani, Abeer J.; Mikati, Mohamad A.; abeer.hani@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University (Demosmedical, )
  • Country of birth affects blood pressure in the French hypertensive diabetic population 
    Bahous, Sola Aoun; Thomas, Frederique; Pannier, Bruno; Danchin, Nicolas; Safar, Michel E.
    In a population of 56,242 individuals living in France, we showed that individuals born in France have significantly different levels of blood pressure (BP) and cardiovascular (CV) risk factors than African and Asian ...
  • Scalp video EEG monitoring 
    SOM; 201509120; N/A; Hani, Abeer J.; Husain, Aatif M.; abeer.hani@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University (Demosmedical, )
  • Practical epilepsy 
    SOM; 201509120; N/A; Hani, Abeer; Radtke, Rodney A.; abeer.hani@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University (Demosmedical, )
  • 50 studies every neurologist should know 
    SOM; 201509120; N/A; Hani, Abeer; abeer.hani@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University (Oxford University Press, )
  • Vitamin K2 supplementation and arterial stiffness among renal transplant recipients—a single-arm, single-center clinical trial 
    Kilany, Hala; Karam, Albert; Bahous, Sola Aoun; Mansour, Anthony G.; Hariri, Essa; Daaboul, Yazan; Korjian, Serge; El Alam, Andrew; Protogerou, Athanase D.; Stephan, Antoine
    ubclinical vitamin K deficiency is prevalent among renal transplant recipients and is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. However, the association between vitamin K supplementation and improvement ...
  • Medical education in a foreign language and history-taking in the native language in Lebanon – a nationwide survey 
    Abi Raad, Vanda; Asmar, Nadia; Bahous, Sola Aoun; Raad, Kareem; Daaboul, Yazan; Korjian, Serge; Jammal, Mouin
    Background With the adoption of the English language in medical education, a gap in clinical communication may develop in countries where the native language is different from the language of medical education. This study ...
  • Clinical relevance of aortic stiffness in end-stage renal disease and diabetes : implication for hypertension management 
    Bahous, Sola Aoun; Yannoutsos, Alexandra; Safar, Michel E.; Blacher, Jacques
    Evidence suggests that aortic stiffness may antedate and contribute initially to the development of hypertension and cardiovascular risk (CVR). In treated hypertensive patients, both diabetes and end-stage renal disease ...
  • Cardiovascular and renal outcome in recipients of kidney grafts from living donors: role of aortic stiffness 
    Bahous, Sola Aoun; Stephan, Antoine; Blacher, Jacques; Safar, Michel
    Background. Cardiovascular (CV) risk remains high in renal transplant patients despite a clear improvement conferred by transplantation. This risk is attributed mostly to recipient-related risk factors. Donor vascular ...
  • Impact of Miscuffing During Home Blood Pressure Measurement on the Prevalence of Masked Hypertension 
    Bahous, Sola Aoun; Mourad, Jean-Jacques; Lopez-Sublet, Marilucy; Villeneuve, Frédéric; Jaboureck, Olivier; Dourmap-Collas, Caroline; Denolle, Thierry; Fourcade, Jacques; Baguet, Jean-Philippe
    BACKGROUND Masked hypertension has been associated with obesity. However, because most studies do not mention the specific cuff size used for home measurements, masked hypertension prevalence may have been overestimated ...

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