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Alex McConnachie is affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom and specializes in medicine with a focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their research portfolio spans several key subfields including surgery, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, and epidemiology.

The scientist's work covers fundamental topics related to cardiac imaging and diagnostics, heart failure treatment and management, long-term effects of COVID-19, cardiovascular function and risk factors, hormonal regulation and hypertension, coronary interventions and diagnostics, as well as diabetes treatment and management.

Their recent publications include:

  • European Society of Cardiology: cardiovascular disease statistics 2021, 2021, European Heart Journal
  • Effect of Empagliflozin on Left Ventricular Volumes in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes, or Prediabetes, and Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction (SUGAR-DM-HF), 2020, Circulation
  • Long-term cardiovascular safety of febuxostat compared with allopurinol in patients with gout (FAST): a multicentre, prospective, randomised, open-label, non-inferiority trial, 2020, The Lancet
  • Cardiovascular outcomes in adults with hypertension with evening versus morning dosing of usual antihypertensives in the UK (TIME study): a prospective, randomised, open-label, blinded-endpoint clinical trial, 2022, The Lancet
  • COVID-19 and its cardiovascular effects: a systematic review of prevalence studies, 2021, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

McConnachie frequently collaborates with other researchers. Their most common coauthors include Colin Berry, Naveed Sattar, Paul Welsh, Kenneth Mangion, and Robert Sykes.

The scientist regularly publishes in well-established academic venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), European Heart Journal, Circulation, European Journal of Heart Failure, and BMJ Open.

Best Publications

  • Primary care-led weight management for remission of type 2 diabetes (DiRECT): an open-label, cluster-randomised trial

    Michael Ej Lean;Wilma S Leslie;Alison C Barnes;Naomi Brosnahan

  • Durability of a primary care-led weight-management intervention for remission of type 2 diabetes: 2-year results of the DiRECT open-label, cluster-randomised trial

    Michael E J Lean;Wilma S Leslie;Alison C Barnes;Naomi Brosnahan

  • Effects and moderators of exercise on quality of life and physical function in patients with cancer : An individual patient data meta-analysis of 34 RCTs

    Laurien M. Buffart;Joeri Kalter;Maike G. Sweegers;Kerry S. Courneya

  • First year medical student stress and coping in a problem-based learning medical curriculum

    Katrina J Moffat;Alex McConnachie;Sue Ross;Sue Ross;Jillian M Morrison

  • Can metabolic syndrome usefully predict cardiovascular disease and diabetes? Outcome data from two prospective studies

    Naveed Sattar;Alex McConnachie;A Gerald Shaper;Gerard J Blauw

  • Benefits of supervised group exercise programme for women being treated for early stage breast cancer: pragmatic randomised controlled trial

    Nanette Mutrie;Anna M Campbell;Fiona Whyte;Alex McConnachie

  • Stratified Medical Therapy Using Invasive Coronary Function Testing in Angina: The CorMicA Trial

    Thomas J. Ford;Bethany Stanley;Richard Good;Paul Rocchiccioli

  • Smoke-free legislation and hospitalizations for acute coronary syndrome

    Jill Pell;Sally Haw;Stuart M Cobbe;David E Newby

  • Thyroid Hormone Therapy for Older Adults with Subclinical Hypothyroidism.

    David J. Stott;Nicolas Rodondi;Patricia M. Kearney;Ian Ford

  • Multiple physical and mental health comorbidity in adults with intellectual disabilities: population-based cross-sectional analysis

    Sally-Ann Cooper;Gary McLean;Bruce Guthrie;Alex McConnachie

  • Vaginal progesterone prophylaxis for preterm birth (the OPPTIMUM study): a multicentre, randomised, double-blind trial

    Jane Elizabeth Norman;Neil Marlow;Claudia-Martina Messow;Andrew Shennan

  • Human neural stem cells in patients with chronic ischaemic stroke (PISCES): a phase 1, first-in-man study.

    Dheeraj Kalladka;John Sinden;Kenneth Pollock;Caroline Haig

  • Intergenerational 20 year trends in the prevalence of asthma and hay fever in adults: the Midspan family study surveys of parents and offspring

    Mark N Upton;Alex McConnachie;Charles McSharry;Carole L Hart

  • Fractional flow reserve vs. angiography in guiding management to optimize outcomes in non-ST- segment elevation myocardial infarction: the British Heart Foundation FAMOUS-NSTEMI randomized trial

    Jamie Layland;Jamie Layland;Keith G. Oldroyd;Nick Curzen;Arvind Sood

  • Effect of Empagliflozin on Left Ventricular Volumes in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes, or Prediabetes, and Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction (SUGAR-DM-HF).

    Matthew M.Y. Lee;Matthew M.Y. Lee;Katriona J.M. Brooksbank;Kirsty Wetherall;Kenneth Mangion

  • Relevance and practical use of the Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) Measure in general practice.

    Stewart W Mercer;Alex McConnachie;Margaret Maxwell;David Heaney

  • Glasgow supported self-management trial (GSuST) for patients with moderate to severe COPD: randomised controlled trial

    C E Bucknall;G Miller;S M Lloyd;J Cleland

  • Cardiac Troponin T and Troponin I in the General Population

    Paul Welsh;David Preiss;Caroline Hayward;Anoop S.V. Shah

  • The natural history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

    DM Mannino;G Watt;D Hole;C Gillis

  • Randomized clinical trial of the effect of postoperative intravenous fluid restriction on recovery after elective colorectal surgery

    G MacKay;K Fearon;A McConnachie;M G Serpell

Frequent Co-Authors

Colin Berry
Colin Berry University of Glasgow
Naveed Sattar
Naveed Sattar University of Glasgow
Ian Ford
Ian Ford University of Glasgow
Keith G. Oldroyd
Keith G. Oldroyd Golden Jubilee National Hospital
Mark C. Petrie
Mark C. Petrie University of Glasgow
Paul Welsh
Paul Welsh University of Glasgow
Andrew Briggs
Andrew Briggs University of Glasgow
Christopher Gillberg
Christopher Gillberg University of Gothenburg
George Davey Smith
George Davey Smith University of Bristol
John P. Greenwood
John P. Greenwood University of Leeds

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