Asst Prof Lohendran Baskaran

• Clinician Scientist Award (INV Category); National Medical Research Council, 2026
• GCEO Outstanding Researcher Award, 2025
• Transition Award; National Medical Research Council, 2022

1.     Global Pretest probability study of Coronary Artery Disease (GPS-CAD)

2.     RESET: Redirecting immune, lipid and metabolic drivers of early cardiovascular disease

3.     Longitudinal exploration of Extracardiac Adipose tissue and coronary Plaque (LEAP)

4.     SENSE: Singapore hEart lesioN analySEr, AI-driven early detection of threatening heart conditions

5.     Improving Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease and Cardiovascular Risk Prediction Using Deep Learning Analysis on Coronary Artery Calcium Imaging

6.     Predicting Cardiometabolic Disease Using Data Science Analytics

7.     Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Transformation (AIMx) Program

8.     Artificial Intelligence To Quantify Coronary Artery Disease from Lung Cancer Screening CT Scans

9.     AI driven national Platform for CT cOronary angiography for clinicaL and industriaL applicatiOns (APOLLO)

10.  Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of noninvasive fractional flow reserve for physiological assessment in suspected coronary artery disease (ECONOMY)

1.      Park D, Yan L, Khan AA, Ho WHH, Ng CT, Yap JJL, Tan SY, Yeo KK, Baskaran L. Detection of obstructive coronary artery disease using a deep learning and machine learning ensemble: a retrospective feasibility study. Eur Heart J Digit Health. 2026 Aug 17;7(7):ztag134. doi: 10.1093/ehjdh/ztag134. PMID: 42676901; PMCID: PMC13528245. [IF: 5.3]

2.      Kalra DK, Vedamurthy D, Hosadurg N, Goyal A, Gupta M, Pagidipati N, Slipczuk L, Dey D, Mehta A, Joshi P, Baskaran L, Wong N, Virani SS. South Asian Cardiovascular Risk: Role of Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring and Computed Tomography Angiography. JACC Asia. 2026 Aug;6(8 Pt 2):1657-1677. doi: 10.1016/j.jacasi.2026.07.007. PMID: 42615437; PMCID: PMC13491094. [IF: 6.1]

3.      Malkasian S, Nurmohamed NS, Chang HJ, Choi AD, Marques H, Molloi S, van Rosendael A, Chow BJW, Andreini D, Conte E, Maffei E, Plank F, Pontone G, Feuchtner G, Samady H, Park HB, Danad I, Cho I, Bax JJ, Lee HJ, Sung JM, Baskaran L, Hadamitzky M, Budoff MJ, Stone PH, Heo R, Cury RC, Lee SE, Al'Aref SJ, Stuijfzand WJ, Kim YJ, Cademartiri F, Virmani R, Narula J, Chinnaiyan K, Villines TC, Leipsic J, Shaw LJ, Lin FY, Crabtree T, Hoffman U, Earls JP. Association of Low-Attenuation Noncalcified Plaque Shape and Degree of Intraplaque Embeddedness Using Atherosclerotic Imaging-enabled Quantitative CT with Acute Coronary Syndrome. Radiol Cardiothorac Imaging. 2026 Aug;8(4):e250117. doi: 10.1148/ryct.250117. PMID: 42489557. [IF: 4.5]

4.      Wang X, Zhong L, Tan SY, Teo LLS, Huang W, Lee HK, Leng S, Loong YT, Raffiee NAS, Tan SH, Yong TH, Yew MS, Sia CH, Dalakoti M, Shaw LJ, Yang E, Chan MYY, Hausenloy DJ, Baskaran L. Epicardial adipose tissue signatures in Asian coronary artery disease: Insights from cardiac CT. Am J Prev Cardiol. 2026 Feb 27;27:101453. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpc.2026.101453. PMID: 42291027; PMCID: PMC13261198. [IF: 5.4]

5.      Park D, Kim J, Ruan X, Chow W, Baskaran L. CycleGAN-based image-to-image translation for synthetic contrast enhancement in non-contrast cardiac CT: a ViT-CNN hybrid deep learning approach. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2026 Apr 16;26(1):189. doi: 10.1186/s12911-026-03446-9. PMID: 41992180; PMCID: PMC13202901. [IF: 3.8]

6.      Wang C, Leng S, Tan RS, Chai P, Fam JM, Low AFH, Baskaran L, Teo L, Keng FYJ, Chin CY, Ong CC, Allen JC, Chan MY, Wong ASL, Chua T, Tan SY, Lim ST, Zhong L. Coronary CT Angiography-Based Prediction Model for Hemodynamically Significant Coronary Stenosis Integrating Morphological and Plaque Characteristics. Cardiovasc Eng Technol. 2026 Mar 31. doi: 10.1007/s13239-026-00831-3. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41917550. [IF: 1.8]

7.      Baskaran L, Selva JJ, Mantri AVI, Douglas PS; GPS-CAD Investigators. Design and Rationale of GPS-CAD: Global Pretest Probability Study of Coronary Artery Disease. JACC Asia. 2025 Dec 30:S2772-3747(25)00695-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jacasi.2025.11.016. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41904715. [IF: 6.1]

8.      Cao G, Weight N, Jauhari SM, Chong B, Rashid M, Chen Y, Chin YH, Himan HR, Cai M, Kuo SM, Sim HW, Tyebally S, Seow X, Neo B, Jayabaskaran J, Teo L, Muthiah M, Lim ZYP, Imran SS, Foo D, Ho HH, Yap J, Fam JM, Huang Z, Chow W, Chai SC, Zhong L, Baskaran L, Tan JWC, Yeo KK, Djohan AH, Koo C, Chen J, Ng G, Chan KH, Loh PH, Low AF, Lee CH, Chai P, Yip J, Yeo TC, Tan HC, Hausenloy DJ, Figtree GA, Richards AM, Chan MY, Mamas MA, Chew NWS. Myocardial Infarction Without Standard Modifiable Risk Factors From 2025-2040: Forecast Analysis of Multinational, Population-Based Study. JACC Asia. 2026 Mar 17:S2772-3747(26)00094-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jacasi.2026.01.027. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41863519. [IF: 6.1]

9.      Leng S, Cheng N, Tan E, Baskaran L, Teo L, Yew MS, Ngiam KY, Huang W, Chai P, Ong CC, Sia CH, Singh M, Loong YT, Raffiee NAS, Wang X, Allen J, Tan SY, Chan M, Lee HK, Zhong L. Deep learning-based quantification of epicardial adipose tissue volume from non-contrast computed tomography images: a multi-centre study. Eur Heart J Digit Health. 2025 Oct 13;6(6):1223-1233. doi: 10.1093/ehjdh/ztaf116. PMID: 41267847; PMCID: PMC12629654. [IF: 4.4]

10. Baskaran L, Dutta U, Xiaomeng W, Gray MP, Chan M, Branch K, Budoff M, Blankstein R, Douglas PS, Figtree GA. Accelerating Drug Translation: Role of Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography Plaque Imaging Candidates as Surrogate Biomarkers. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2025 Aug;18(8):912-927. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2025.03.017. PMID: 40769623. [IF: 16.05]

11. Park D, Ng J, Zhong Y, Tan CSA, Wang X, Lai GGY, Zhong L, Ooi SKG, Tan DSW, Baskaran L. Evaluating the generalizability of an automated coronary artery calcium segmentation and scoring algorithm using multi-vendor dataset. Sci Rep. 2025 Jul 1;15(1):21744. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-05785-5. PMID: 40595954. [IF: 3.9]

12. Kwan AC, Tzolos E, Klein E, Han D, Lin A, Kuronuma K, Chen B, Flores Tomasino G, Gransar H, Slomka PJ, Cheng S, Gebhard C, Kaufmann P, Bax JJ, Cademartiri F, Chinnaiyan K, Chow BJW, Conte E, Cury RC, Feuchtner G, Hadamitzky M, Kim YJ, Leipsic JA, Maffei E, Marques H, Plank F, Pontone G, Villines TC, Al-Mallah MH, Gonçalves PA, Danad I, Lu Y, Lee JH, Lee SE, Baskaran L, Al'Aref SJ, Budoff MJ, Samady H, Stone PH, Virmani R, Achenbach S, Narula J, Chang HJ, Shaw LJ, Berman DS, Lin F, Dey D. Pericoronary Adipose Tissue Attenuation in Patients with Future Acute Coronary Syndromes: The ICONIC Study. Radiol Cardiothorac Imaging. 2025 Jun;7(3):e240200. doi: 10.1148/ryct.240200. PMID: 40539913; PMCID: PMC12207639. [IF: 4.2]

13. Jonas RA, Nurmohamed NS, Crabtree TR, Aquino M, Jennings R, Choi AD, Lin FY, Lee SE, Andreini D, Bax J, Cademartiri F, Chinnaiyan K, Chow BJW, Conte E, Cury R, Feuchtner G, Hadamitzky M, Kim YJ, Maffei E, Marques H, Plank F, Pontone G, van Rosendael AR, Villines TC, Al'Aref SJ, Baskaran L, Cho I, Danad I, Heo R, Lee JH, Rizvi A, Stuijfzand WJ, Sung JM, Park HB, Budoff MJ, Samady H, Shaw LJ, Stone PH, Virmani R, Narula J, Min JK, Earls JP, Chang HJ. CTA-Derived Plaque Characteristics and Risk of Acute Coronary Syndrome in Patients With Coronary Artery Calcium Score of Zero: Insights From the ICONIC Trial. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2025 Apr 30. doi: 10.2214/AJR.24.31476. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40304673. [IF: 4.7]

14. Wang X, Baskaran L. Commentary on 'Cardiac adipose tissue in post-acute myocardial infarction computed tomography imaging: is there enough light?'. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2025 May 30;26(6):1071-1072. doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jeaf110. PMID: 40179255. [IF: 6.7]

15. Li J, Lu Z, Leng S, Wang X, Baskaran L, Yew MS, Chan M, Teo LL, Ngiam KY, Lee HK, Zhong L, Lin Z, Huang W. Hierarchical Auto-labeling of Coronary Arteries on CT Coronary Angiography Images. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2024 Jul;2024:1-4. doi: 10.1109/EMBC53108.2024.10782317. PMID: 40031458. [IF: 1.37]

16. van Noort D, Guo L, Leng S, Shi L, Tan RS, Teo L, Yew MS, Baskaran L, Chai P, Keng F, Chan M, Chua T, Tan SY, Zhong L. Evaluating machine learning accuracy in detecting significant coronary stenosis using CCTA-derived fractional flow reserve: Meta-analysis and systematic review. Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc. 2024 Oct 18;55:101528. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2024.101528. PMID: 39911616; PMCID: PMC11795686. [IF: 2.5]

17. Wang X, Leng S, Adamson PD, Greer CE, Huang W, Lee HK, Loong YT, Raffiee NAS, Sia CH, Tan SY, Tan SH, Teo LLS, Wong SL, Yang X, Yew MS, Yong TH, Zhong L, Shaw LJ, Chan MYY, Hausenloy DJ, Baskaran L. Characterizing cardiac adipose tissue in post-acute myocardial infarction patients via CT imaging: a comparative cross-sectional study. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2025 Mar 27;26(4):733-740. doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jeaf019. PMID: 39823456. [IF: 6.7]

18. Baskaran L, Leng S, Dutta U, Teo L, Yew MS, Sia CH, Chew NW, Huang W, Lee HK, Vaughan R, Ngiam KY, Lu Z, Wang X, Tan EWP, Cheng NZY, Tan SY, Chan MY, Zhong L; APOLLO investigators. Cohort profile: AI-driven national Platform for CCTA for clinicaL and industriaL applicatiOns (APOLLO). BMJ Open. 2024 Dec 2;14(12):e089047. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-089047. PMID: 39622571; PMCID: PMC11624714. [IF: 2.4]

19. Wang X, Sia CH, Adamson PD, Greer CE, Huang W, Lee HK, Leng S, Loong YT, Raffiee NAS, Tan SY, Tan SH, Teo LLS, Wong SL, Yang X, Yew MS, Yong TH, Zhong L, Shaw LJ, Chan MYY, Hausenloy DJ, Baskaran L. Characterizing Nonculprit Lesions and Perivascular Adipose Tissue of Patients Following Acute Myocardial Infarction Using Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography: A Comparative Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Nov 5;13(21):e037258. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.124.037258. Epub 2024 Oct 29. PMID: 39470055; PMCID: PMC11935734. [IF: 6.10]

20. Goh RSJ, Chong B, Jayabaskaran J, Jauhari SM, Chan SP, Kueh MTW, Shankar K, Li H, Chin YH, Kong G, Anand VV, Chan KA, Sukmawati I, Toh SA, Muthiah M, Wang JW, Tse G, Mehta A, Fong A, Baskaran L, Zhong L, Yap J, Yeo KK, Hausenloy DJ, Tan JWC, Chao TF, Li YH, Lim SL, Chan KH, Loh PH, Chai P, Yeo TC, Low AF, Lee CH, Foo R, Tan HC, Yip J, Rao S, Honda S, Yasuda S, Kajiya T, Goto S, Yan BP, Zhou X, Figtree GA, Mamas MA, Kim Y, Jeong YH, Kim MH, Park DW, Park SJ, Richards AM, Chan MY, Lip GYH, Chew NWS. The burden of cardiovascular disease in Asia from 2025 to 2050: a forecast analysis for East Asia, South Asia, South-East Asia, Central Asia, and high-income Asia Pacific regions. Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2024 Jul 10;49:101138. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101138. PMID: 39100533; PMCID: PMC11296249. [IF: 7.6]

21.  Baskaran L, Yan L, Tan CS, Ho WW, Tan SY, Williams MC, Han D, Nakanishi R, Cerci RJ, Ng MY, Shaw LJ, Chua TSJ, Douglas P, Winther S. Evaluating the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Guideline-Recommended and Contemporary Pretest Probability Models in a Mixed Asian Cohort: The Contribution of Coronary Artery Calcium. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Jul 2;13(13):e033879. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.123.033879. Epub 2024 Jun 27. PMID: 38934865; PMCID: PMC11255685. [IF: 6.10]

22.  Chng AC, Keng BM, Teng XF, Aik KW, Azman MK, Natividad LR, Chong CS, Neela PN, Tan RS, Baskaran L, Chua TS, Keng FY, Koh AS. Going beyond summed stress scores: Correlating global and territorial coronary flow reserve by single photon emission tomography with routine myocardial perfusion imaging. Heliyon. 2024 Apr 14;10(8):e29629. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e29629. PMID: 38660292; PMCID: PMC11040110. [IF: 3.4]

23.  Wang C, Leng S, Tan RS, Chai P, Fam JM, Teo LLS, Chin CY, Ong CC, Baskaran L, Keng YJF, Low AFH, Chan MY, Wong ASL, Chua SJT, Wu Q, Tan SY, Lim ST, Zhong L. Coronary CT Angiography-based Morphologic Index for Predicting Hemodynamically Significant Coronary Stenosis. Radiol Cardiothorac Imaging. 2023 Dec;5(6):e230064. doi: 10.1148/ryct.230064. PMID: 38166346; PMCID: PMC11163246. [IF: 7.0]

24.  Chang Q, Yan Z, Zhou M, Qu H, He X, Zhang H, Baskaran L, Al'Aref S, Li H, Zhang S, Metaxas DN. Publisher Correction: Mining multi-center heterogeneous medical data with distributed synthetic learning. Nat Commun. 2023 Oct 24;14(1):6765. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-41835-0. Erratum for: Nat Commun. 2023 Sep 7;14(1):5510. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-40687-y. PMID: 37875489; PMCID: PMC10598072. [IF: 14.7]

25.  Chang Q, Yan Z, Zhou M, Qu H, He X, Zhang H, Baskaran L, Al'Aref S, Li H, Zhang S, Metaxas DN. Mining multi-center heterogeneous medical data with distributed synthetic learning. Nat Commun. 2023 Sep 7;14(1):5510. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-40687-y. Erratum in: Nat Commun. 2023 Oct 24;14(1):6765. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-41835-0. PMID: 37679325; PMCID: PMC10484909. [IF: 14.7]

26.  Dalakoti M, Foo R; RESET Consortium. Redirecting immune, lipid, and metabolic drivers of early cardiovascular disease: the RESET cohort study and randomized trial. Eur Heart J. 2023 Oct 14;44(39):3939-3941. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehad543. PMID: 37675563. [IF: 39.3]

27.  Rasmussen LD, Schmidt SE, Knuuti J, Spiro J, Rajwani A, Lopes PM, Lima MR, Ferreira AM, Maaniitty T, Saraste A, Newby D, Douglas PS, Bøttcher M, Baskaran L, Winther S. Clinical likelihood models calibrated against observed obstructive coronary artery disease on computed tomography angiography. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2025 Apr 30;26(5):802-813. doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jeaf049. PMID: 39918232; PMCID: PMC12042743. [IF: 6.7]

28.  Wang X, Baskaran L, Chan M, Boisvert W, Hausenloy DJ. Targeting leukotriene biosynthesis to prevent atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Cond Med. 2023 Apr;6(2):33-41. PMID: 38800614; PMCID: PMC11126214.

29.  Baskaran L, Lee JK, Ko MSM, Al'Aref SJ, Neo YP, Ho JS, Huang W, Yoon YE, Han D, Nakanishi R, Tan SY, Al-Mallah M, Budoff MJ, Shaw LJ. Comparing the pooled cohort equations and coronary artery calcium scores in a symptomatic mixed Asian cohort. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2023 Jan 17;10:1059839. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1059839. PMID: 36733301; PMCID: PMC9887040. [IF: 3.8]

30.  Pack JD, Xu M, Wang G, Baskaran L, Min J, De Man B. Cardiac CT blooming artifacts: clinical significance, root causes and potential solutions. Vis Comput Ind Biomed Art. 2022 Dec 9;5(1):29. doi: 10.1186/s42492-022-00125-0. PMID: 36484886; PMCID: PMC9733770. [IF: 3.2]

31.  Lin FY, Goebel BP, Lee BC, Lu Y, Baskaran L, Yoon YE, Maliakal GT, Gianni U, Bax AM, Sengupta PP, Slomka PJ, Dey DS, Rozanski A, Han D, Berman DS, Budoff MJ, Miedema MD, Nasir K, Rumberger J, Whelton SP, Blaha MJ, Shaw LJ. Mortality impact of low CAC density predominantly occurs in early atherosclerosis: explainable ML in the CAC consortium. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2023 Jan-Feb;17(1):28-33. doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2022.10.001. Epub 2022 Nov 12. PMID: 36376147. [IF: 5.5]

32.  Chang Q, Qu H, Yan Z, Gao Y, Baskaran L, Metaxas D. Modality Bank: Learn multi-modality images across data centers without sharing medical data. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2022 Jul;2022:4758-4763. doi: 10.1109/EMBC48229.2022.9871529. PMID: 36086601. [IF: 1.37]

33.  van den Hoogen IJ, Stuijfzand WJ, Gianni U, van Rosendael AR, Bax AM, Lu Y, Tantawy SW, Hollenberg EJ, Andreini D, Al-Mallah MH, Cademartiri F, Chinnaiyan K, Chow BJW, Conte E, Cury RC, Feuchtner G, Gonçalves PA, Hadamitzky M, Kim YJ, Leipsic J, Maffei E, Marques H, Plank F, Pontone G, Villines TC, Lee SE, Al'Aref SJ, Baskaran L, Danad I, Gransar H, Budoff MJ, Samady H, Virmani R, Berman DS, Chang HJ, Narula J, Min JK, Bax JJ, Lin FY, Shaw LJ; ICONIC Investigators. Early versus late acute coronary syndrome risk patterns of coronary atherosclerotic plaque. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2022 Sep 10;23(10):1314-1323. doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jeac114. PMID: 35904766. [IF: 6.7]

34.  Al'Aref SJ, Altibi AM, Malkawi A, Mansour M, Baskaran L, Masri A, Rahmouni H, Abete R, Andreini D, Aquaro G, Barison A, Bogaert J, Camastra G, Carigi S, Carrabba N, Casavecchia G, Censi S, Cicala G, Conte E, De Cecco CN, De Lazzari M, Di Giovine G, Di Roma M, Dobrovie M, Focardi M, Gaibazzi N, Gismondi A, Gravina M, Guglielmo M, Lanzillo C, Lombardi M, Lorenzoni V, Lozano-Torres J, Margonato D, Martini C, Marzo F, Masci P, Masi A, Memeo R, Moro C, Mushtaq S, Nese A, Palumbo A, Pavon AG, Pedrotti P, Pepi M, Perazzolo Marra M, Pica S, Pradella S, Presicci C, Rabbat MG, Raineri C, Rodriguez-Palomares JF, Sbarbati S, Schoepf UJ, Squeri A, Sverzellati N, Symons R, Tat E, Timpani M, Todiere G, Valentini A, Varga-Szemes A, Volpe A, Fusini L, Guaricci AI, Schwitter J, Pontone G. Cardiac magnetic resonance for prophylactic implantable-cardioverter defibrillator therapy international study: prognostic value of cardiac magnetic resonance-derived right ventricular parameters substudy. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2023 Mar 21;24(4):472-482. doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jeac124. PMID: 35792682; PMCID: PMC10029842. [IF: 6.7]

35.  van Rosendael AR, van den Hoogen IJ, Lin FY, Gianni U, Lu Y, Andreini D, Al-Mallah MH, Cademartiri F, Chinnaiyan K, Chow BJW, Conte E, Cury RC, Feuchtner G, de Araújo Gonçalves P, Hadamitzky M, Kim YJ, Leipsic JA, Maffei E, Marques H, Plank F, Pontone G, Raff GL, Villines TC, Lee SE, Al'Aref SJ, Baskaran L, Cho I, Danad I, Gransar H, Budoff MJ, Samady H, Virmani R, Min JK, Narula J, Berman DS, Chang HJ, Shaw LJ, Bax JJ. Age related compositional plaque burden by CT in patients with future ACS. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2022 Nov-Dec;16(6):491-497. doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2022.05.005. Epub 2022 May 31. PMID: 35725722. [IF: 5.5]

36.  Baskaran L, Neo YP, Lee JK, Yoon YE, Jiang Y, Al'Aref SJ, van Rosendael AR, Han D, Lin FY, Nakanishi R, Maurovich Horvat P, Tan SY, Villines TC, Bittencourt MS, Shaw LJ. Evaluating the Coronary Artery Disease Consortium Model and the Coronary Artery Calcium Score in Predicting Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease in a Symptomatic Mixed Asian Cohort. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 Apr 19;11(8):e022697. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.121.022697. Epub 2022 Apr 12. PMID: 35411790; PMCID: PMC9238474. [IF: 6.10]

37.  Han D, Lin A, Kuronuma K, Tzolos E, Kwan AC, Klein E, Andreini D, Bax JJ, Cademartiri F, Chinnaiyan K, Chow BJW, Conte E, Cury RC, Feuchtner G, Hadamitzky M, Kim YJ, Leipsic JA, Maffei E, Marques H, Plank F, Pontone G, Villines TC, Al-Mallah MH, de Araújo Gonçalves P, Danad I, Gransar H, Lu Y, Lee JH, Lee SE, Baskaran L, Al'Aref SJ, Yoon YE, Van Rosendael A, Budoff MJ, Samady H, Stone PH, Virmani R, Achenbach S, Narula J, Chang HJ, Min JK, Lin FY, Shaw LJ, Slomka PJ, Dey D, Berman DS. Association of Plaque Location and Vessel Geometry Determined by Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography With Future Acute Coronary Syndrome-Causing Culprit Lesions. JAMA Cardiol. 2022 Mar 1;7(3):309-319. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2021.5705. PMID: 35080587; PMCID: PMC8792800. [IF: 14.7]

38.  Huang W, Ying TW, Chin WLC, Baskaran L, Marcus OEH, Yeo KK, Kiong NS. Application of ensemble machine learning algorithms on lifestyle factors and wearables for cardiovascular risk prediction. Sci Rep. 2022 Jan 20;12(1):1033. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-04649-y. PMID: 35058500; PMCID: PMC8776753. [IF: 3.8]

39.  Zhang JM, Han H, Tan RS, Chai P, Fam JM, Teo L, Chin CY, Ong CC, Low R, Chandola G, Leng S, Huang W, Allen JC, Baskaran L, Kassab GS, Low AFH, Chan MY, Chan KH, Loh PH, Wong ASL, Tan SY, Chua T, Lim ST, Zhong L. Diagnostic Performance of Fractional Flow Reserve From CT Coronary Angiography With Analytical Method. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2021 Oct 20;8:739633. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.739633. PMID: 34746257; PMCID: PMC8564016. [IF: 3.8]

40.  Yoon YE, Baskaran L, Lee BC, Pandey MK, Goebel B, Lee SE, Sung JM, Andreini D, Al-Mallah MH, Budoff MJ, Cademartiri F, Chinnaiyan K, Choi JH, Chun EJ, Conte E, Gottlieb I, Hadamitzky M, Kim YJ, Lee BK, Leipsic JA, Maffei E, Marques H, de Araújo Gonçalves P, Pontone G, Shin S, Narula J, Bax JJ, Lin FY, Shaw L, Chang HJ. Differential progression of coronary atherosclerosis according to plaque composition: a cluster analysis of PARADIGM registry data. Sci Rep. 2021 Aug 24;11(1):17121. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-96616-w. PMID: 34429500; PMCID: PMC8385056. [IF: 3.8]

41.  Singh G, Al'Aref SJ, Lee BC, Lee JK, Tan SY, Lin FY, Chang HJ, Shaw LJ, Baskaran L, On Behalf Of The Credence And Iconic Investigators. End-to-End, Pixel-Wise Vessel-Specific Coronary and Aortic Calcium Detection and Scoring Using Deep Learning. Diagnostics (Basel). 2021 Feb 2;11(2):215. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics11020215. PMID: 33540660; PMCID: PMC7913112. [IF: 3.0]

42.  Shaw LJ, Blankstein R, Bax JJ, Ferencik M, Bittencourt MS, Min JK, Berman DS, Leipsic J, Villines TC, Dey D, Al'Aref S, Williams MC, Lin F, Baskaran L, Litt H, Litmanovich D, Cury R, Gianni U, van den Hoogen I, R van Rosendael A, Budoff M, Chang HJ, E Hecht H, Feuchtner G, Ahmadi A, Ghoshajra BB, Newby D, Chandrashekhar YS, Narula J. Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography / North American Society of Cardiovascular Imaging - Expert Consensus Document on Coronary CT Imaging of Atherosclerotic Plaque. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr. 2021 Mar-Apr;15(2):93-109. doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2020.11.002. Epub 2020 Nov 9. PMID: 33303383. [IF: 5.5]

43.  Beecy AN, Gummalla M, Sholle E, Xu Z, Zhang Y, Michalak K, Dolan K, Hussain Y, Lee BC, Zhang Y, Goyal P, Campion TR Jr, Shaw LJ, Baskaran L, Al'Aref SJ. Utilizing electronic health data and machine learning for the prediction of 30-day unplanned readmission or all-cause mortality in heart failure. Cardiovasc Digit Health J. 2020 Oct 22;1(2):71-79. doi: 10.1016/j.cvdhj.2020.07.004. PMID: 35265878; PMCID: PMC8890080. [IF: 2.6]

44.  Singh G, Hussain Y, Xu Z, Sholle E, Michalak K, Dolan K, Lee BC, van Rosendael AR, Fatima Z, Peña JM, Wilson PWF, Gotto AM Jr, Shaw LJ, Baskaran L, Al'Aref SJ. Comparing a novel machine learning method to the Friedewald formula and Martin-Hopkins equation for low-density lipoprotein estimation. PLoS One. 2020 Sep 30;15(9):e0239934. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239934. PMID: 32997716; PMCID: PMC7526877. [IF: 2.9]

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