Christie Ballantyne, MD

Christie Ballantyne, MD

Director, Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention

Methodist DeBakey Heart Center

Chief of the Section of Cardiovascular Research

Baylor College of Medicine

Director of Atherosclerosis Laboratory

Professor of Medicine

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

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