Cardiorheumatology: cardiac involvement in systemic rheumatic disease

…, CM Weyand, S Mulvagh, R Mankad… - Nature reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
Autoimmune rheumatic diseases can affect the cardiac vasculature, valves, myocardium,
pericardium, and conduction system, leading to a plethora of cardiovascular manifestations that …

Cardiac tumors: echo assessment

R Mankad, J Herrmann - Echo Research & Practice, 2016 - Springer
Cardiac tumors are exceedingly rare (0.001-0.03% in most autopsy series). They can be
present anywhere within the heart and can be attached to any surface or be embedded in the …

Hypereosinophilic syndrome: cardiac diagnosis and management

R Mankad, C Bonnichsen, S Mankad - Heart, 2016 - heart.bmj.com
Hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) is a heterogeneous group of conditions that is defined
at its core by hypereosinophilia (HE) (blood eosinophil count of >1.5×10 9 /L) and organ …

Photovoltaic Materials and Devices Based on the Alloyed Kesterite Absorber (AgxCu1–x)2ZnSnSe4

…, YS Lee, P Antunez, R Mankad… - Advanced Energy …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
… We use a relative dielectric constant ε r = 8.5 which is close to the CZTSe value.19 … high
series resistance (R S ≈ 0.6 Ω cm 2 ) and high ideality factor. The high R S is also apparent from …

Sex differences in aortic valve calcification measured by multidetector computed tomography in aortic stenosis

…, C Cueff, J Malouf, PA Araoz, R Mankad… - Circulation …, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
Background— Aortic valve calcification (AVC) is the intrinsic mechanism of valvular obstruction
leading to aortic stenosis (AS) and is measurable by multidetector computed tomography…

Photovoltaic Device with over 5% Efficiency Based on an n‐Type Ag2ZnSnSe4 Absorber

…, K Sardashti, O Gunawan, R Mankad… - Advanced Energy …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The kesterite material Cu 2 ZnSn(S,Se) 4 (CZTSSe) is an attractive earth‐abundant
semiconductor for photovoltaics. However, the power conversion efficiency is limited by a large …

Effects of the incorporation of alkali elements on Cu (In, Ga) Se2 thin film solar cells

D Shin, J Kim, T Gershon, R Mankad… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
This study describes in detail the effects of sodium and potassium on Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 (CIGS)
absorbers and solar cells. We report on the influence of these species on the surface and …

Focused cardiovascular care for women: the need and role in clinical practice

…, JAE Manson, NK Wenger, CNB Merz, R Mankad… - Mayo Clinic …, 2016 - Elsevier
Over the past decade, an emerging clinical research focus on cardiovascular (CV) disease (CVD)
risk in women has highlighted sex-specific factors that are uniquely important in the …

The impact of sodium on the sub-bandgap states in CZTSe and CZTS

BT Gershon, YS Lee, R Mankad, O Gunawan… - Applied Physics …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We compare the optically active sub-bandgap states in polycrystalline Cu 2 ZnSnSe 4 (CZTSe)
and Cu 2 ZnSnS 4 (CZTS) thin films as a function of sodium content. In all samples …

Go red for women cardiovascular health–screening evaluation: The dichotomy between awareness and perception of cardiovascular risk in the community

JM Kling, VM Miller, R Mankad, S Wilansky… - Journal of Women's …, 2013 - liebertpub.com
Background: Cardiovascular (CV) disease is the leading cause of death in US women.
Although women are becoming more aware of CV disease, there remains a dichotomy between …