South Asians and coronary disease: is there discordance between effects on incidence and prognosis?

MJS Zaman, P Philipson, R Chen, A Farag, M Shipley… - Heart, 2013 - heart.bmj.com
Objective To determine whether the effect of South Asian ethnicity differs between studies of
incidence and prognosis of coronary disease. Design Systematic literature review and meta …

Influenza, influenza‐like symptoms and their association with cardiovascular risks: a systematic review and meta‐analysis of observational studies

CS Kwok, S Aslam, E Kontopantelis… - … Journal of Clinical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To synthesise the evidence relating influenza and influenza‐like symptoms to the risks
of myocardial infarction (MI), heart failure (HF) and stroke. Methods We conducted a …

Systematic review on evidence of the effectiveness of cholesterol-lowering drugs

A Gupta, V Guyomard, MJS Zaman, HU Rehman… - Advances in …, 2010 - Springer
Introduction Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. With
increasingly urbanized lifestyles in developing countries and the aging populations, the …

Cardiothoracic ratio within the “normal” range independently predicts mortality in patients undergoing coronary angiography

MJS Zaman, J Sanders, AM Crook, G Feder, M Shipley… - Heart, 2007 - heart.bmj.com
Objective: To determine whether cardiothoracic ratio (CTR), within the range conventionally
considered normal, predicted prognosis in patients undergoing coronary angiography …

[HTML][HTML] Relationship of serum interleukin-10 and its genetic variations with ischemic stroke in a Chinese general population

G Xie, PK Myint, MJS Zaman, Y Li, L Zhao, P Shi… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background and Purpose Anti-inflammatory cytokine and its genetic variations may play an
important role in the process of atherosclerosis. We assessed whether serum interleukin-10 …

Prognostic value of troponins in acute coronary syndrome depends upon patient age

PK Myint, CS Kwok, MO Bachmann, S Stirling… - Heart, 2014 - heart.bmj.com
Objective This study aims to determine whether the prognostic significance of troponins in
acute coronary syndrome in predicting mortality varies by age, and if so, to what extent when …

Changing disease patterns in South Asians in the UK

MJS Zaman, P Mangtani - Journal of the Royal Society of …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
Cancer is perceived to be a low priority public health issue in South Asians. Yet changing
lifestyles and environments towards those of the majority population are shifting …

The tip of the iceberg: finding patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in primary care. An observational study

C Deaton, D Edwards, A Malyon, MJS Zaman - BJGP open, 2018 - bjgpopen.org
Background Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is under-identified in
primary care. Aim The aim of this study was to determine what information is available in …

Update on guidelines for management of hypercholesterolemia

GS Mannu, MJS Zaman, A Gupta… - Expert Review of …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally.
Hypercholesterolemia is one of the major risk factors for CHD. With the increase in aging …

South Asians, physical exercise and heart disease

MJS Zaman, M Jemni - Heart, 2011 - heart.bmj.com
Considering that, for 99.9% of human history, physical activity was a key component of
everyday human life, 1 our 'evolution'into a sedentary species is all the more remarkable. In …