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Alexander R. Lyon is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their research spans multiple subfields including oncology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, surgery, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

The main topics covered in their publications include:

  • Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity and mitigation
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Cardiac tumors and thrombi
  • Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Associated Phenomena

Alexander R. Lyon has authored and co-authored several papers published in prominent journals. Notable recent publications include:

  • 2022 ESC Guidelines on cardio-oncology developed in collaboration with the European Hematology Association (EHA), the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO) and the International Cardio-Oncology Society (IC-OS), 2022, European Heart Journal
  • 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure, 2021, European Heart Journal
  • 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure, 2022, European Journal of Heart Failure
  • 2020 ESC Guidelines for the management of adult congenital heart disease, 2020, European Heart Journal
  • 2023 Focused Update of the 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure, 2023, European Heart Journal

Lyon frequently publishes in a range of medical journals. These publication venues include:

  • European Heart Journal
  • European Journal of Heart Failure
  • JACC CardioOncology
  • Cardio-Oncology
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology

The scientist often collaborates with several co-authors, emphasizing multidisciplinary research. Frequent collaborators are:

  • Teresa López-Fernández
  • Dimitrios Farmakis
  • Stuart D. Rosen
  • María Sol Andrés
  • Marco Metra

Best Publications

  • 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure.

    Theresa A McDonagh;Marco Metra;Marianna Adamo;Roy S Gardner

  • 2016 ESC Position Paper on cancer treatments and cardiovascular toxicity developed under the auspices of the ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines

    Jose Luis Zamorano;Patrizio Lancellotti;Daniel Rodriguez Muñoz;Victor Aboyans

  • 2016 ESC Position Paper on cancer treatments and cardiovascular toxicity developed under the auspices of the ESC Committee for Practice Guidelines The Task Force for cancer treatments and cardiovascular toxicity of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

    Jose Luis Zamorano;Patrizio Lancellotti;Daniel Rodriguez Munoz;Victor Aboyans

  • 2020 ESC Guidelines for the management of adult congenital heart disease.

    Helmut Baumgartner;Julie De Backer;Sonya V Babu-Narayan;Werner Budts

  • International Expert Consensus Document on Takotsubo Syndrome (Part I): Clinical Characteristics, Diagnostic Criteria, and Pathophysiology

    Jelena Rima Ghadri;Ilan Shor Wittstein;Abhiram Prasad;Scott Sharkey

  • Current state of knowledge on Takotsubo syndrome: a Position Statement from the Taskforce on Takotsubo Syndrome of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology

    Alexander R. Lyon;Eduardo Bossone;Birke Schneider;Udo Sechtem

  • Association of fibrosis with mortality and sudden cardiac death in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy.

    Ankur Gulati;Andrew Jabbour;Tevfik F. Ismail;Kaushik Guha

  • Stress (Takotsubo) cardiomyopathy--a novel pathophysiological hypothesis to explain catecholamine-induced acute myocardial stunning.

    Alexander R Lyon;Paul S C Rees;Sanjay Prasad;Philip A Poole-Wilson

  • High Levels of Circulating Epinephrine Trigger Apical Cardiodepression in a β2-Adrenergic Receptor/Gi–Dependent Manner A New Model of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy

    Helen Paur;Peter T. Wright;Markus B. Sikkel;Matthew H. Tranter

  • Management of cardiac disease in cancer patients throughout oncological treatment: ESMO consensus recommendations

    Giuseppe Curigliano;Daniel J. Lenihan;Michael G. Fradley;Sarju Ganatra

  • International Expert Consensus Document on Takotsubo Syndrome (Part II): Diagnostic Workup, Outcome, and Management

    Jelena Rima Ghadri;Ilan Shor Wittstein;Abhiram Prasad;Scott Sharkey

  • β2-Adrenergic Receptor Redistribution in Heart Failure Changes cAMP Compartmentation

    Viacheslav O. Nikolaev;Viacheslav O. Nikolaev;Alexey Moshkov;Alexander R. Lyon;Michele Miragoli

  • Baseline cardiovascular risk assessment in cancer patients scheduled to receive cardiotoxic cancer therapies: a position statement and new risk assessment tools from the Cardio-Oncology Study Group of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology in collaboration with the International Cardio-Oncology Society

    Alexander R. Lyon;Susan Dent;Susannah Stanway;Helena Earl

  • Calcium upregulation by percutaneous administration of gene therapy in patients with cardiac disease (CUPID 2): a randomised, multinational, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2b trial

    Barry Greenberg;Javed Butler;G Michael Felker;Piotr Ponikowski

  • Immune checkpoint inhibitors and cardiovascular toxicity.

    Alexander R Lyon;Nadia Yousaf;Nicolò M L Battisti;Javid Moslehi

  • Biomaterials in cardiac tissue engineering: Ten years of research survey

    Qi-Zhi Chen;Qi-Zhi Chen;Siân E. Harding;Nadire N. Ali;Alexander R. Lyon

  • Loss of T-tubules and other changes to surface topography in ventricular myocytes from failing human and rat heart

    Alexander R. Lyon;Ken T. MacLeod;Yanjun Zhang;Edwin Garcia

  • Medium and long-term risks of specific cardiovascular diseases in survivors of 20 adult cancers: a population-based cohort study using multiple linked UK electronic health records databases

    Helen Strongman;Sarah Gadd;Anthony Matthews;Kathryn E Mansfield

  • Cardiovascular toxicities associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors.

    Jiun Ruey Hu;Roberta Florido;Evan J. Lipson;Jarushka Naidoo

  • Epidemiology and pathophysiology of Takotsubo syndrome

    Yoshihiro J. Akashi;Holger M. Nef;Alexander R. Lyon

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Thum
Thomas Thum Hannover Medical School
Stephane Heymans
Stephane Heymans Maastricht University
Rudolf A. de Boer
Rudolf A. de Boer University Medical Center Groningen
Petar M. Seferovic
Petar M. Seferovic Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Andrew J.S. Coats
Andrew J.S. Coats The Heart Research Institute
Frank Ruschitzka
Frank Ruschitzka University of Zurich
Peter Wright
Peter Wright Newcastle University
Sanjay K. Prasad
Sanjay K. Prasad National Institutes of Health
Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan
Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan University Health Network
Gerasimos Filippatos
Gerasimos Filippatos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

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