Howard N. Hodis
- Harry J. Bauer and Dorothy Bauer Rawlins Professor of Cardiology
- Professor of Medicine and Preventive Medicine
- Professor of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Director, Atherosclerosis Research Unit
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
- Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Expertise Summary
Expert on preventing cardiovascular disease, especially in women
Expertise
- prevention of cardiovascular disease
- atherosclerosis and lipid metabolism
- antioxidant therapy for atherosclerosis
- non-lipid causes of atherosclerosis, suchas hyperinsulinemia and hypertension
- atheroma
- coronary thrombosis
- myocardial infarction (heart attack)
- modes of therapy to achieve athero-sclerosis regression
- measuring/ monitoring atherosclerosis
- dietary interventions for atherosclerosis
- atherosclerosis and coronary arterydisease in women, especially hormonalreplacement therapy (estrogen andprogestin) for atherosclerosis
- arterial imaging of atherosclerosis
- non-invasive methods of determining/measuring atherosclerosis
- ultrasound measurement /determinationof atherosclerosis