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Anders G. Olsson

Anders G. Olsson

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Medicine

D-Index
80
Citations
52876
World Ranking
16859
National Ranking
318

Overview

Anders G. Olsson is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and focuses research primarily in the field of medicine, with a particular emphasis on surgery. The scientist's work spans several subfields including surgery, rheumatology, economics and econometrics, public health, environmental and occupational health, as well as endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism.

The body of research encompasses various topics, notably hernia repair and management, lipoproteins and cardiovascular health, pelvic floor disorders treatments, pregnancy-related medical research, health systems with economic evaluations and quality of life considerations, pelvic and acetabular injuries, and diabetes, cardiovascular risks, and lipoproteins.

Frequent publication venues reflect the scientist's engagement with surgical and clinical research, including:

  • British journal of surgery
  • Hernia
  • Diabetes Care
  • Circulation
  • BJS Open

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Anders G. Olsson include:

  • "Lipoprotein(a) and Benefit of PCSK9 Inhibition in Patients With Nominally Controlled LDL Cholesterol," 2021, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "Management of diastasis of the rectus abdominis muscles: recommendations for swedish national guidelines," 2020, Scandinavian Journal of Surgery
  • "Relation of Lipoprotein(a) Levels to Incident Type 2 Diabetes and Modification by Alirocumab Treatment," 2021, Diabetes Care
  • "Dalcetrapib Reduces Risk of New-Onset Diabetes in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease," 2020, Diabetes Care
  • "Do postoperative complications correlate to chronic pain following inguinal hernia repair? A prospective cohort study from the Swedish Hernia Register," 2021, Hernia

Collaboration with other researchers is a significant aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Gabriel Sandblom
  • Gregory G. Schwartz
  • Shaun G. Goodman
  • Michael Szarek
  • J. Wouter Jukema

Best Publications

  • Randomised trial of cholesterol lowering in 4444 patients with coronary heart disease: the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S)

    A.G. Olsson;J McMurray;G Thorgeirsson;C Spaulding

  • Effects of atorvastatin on early recurrent ischemic events in acute coronary syndromes: the MIRACL study: a randomized controlled trial.

    Gregory G. Schwartz;Anders G. Olsson;Michael D. Ezekowitz;Peter Ganz

  • Cholesterol Lowering With Simvastatin Improves Prognosis of Diabetic Patients With Coronary Heart Disease: A subgroup analysis of the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S)

    Pyŏrälä K;Pedersen Tr;Kjekshus J;Faergeman O

  • High-dose atorvastatin vs usual-dose simvastatin for secondary prevention after myocardial infarction: the IDEAL study: a randomized controlled trial.

    Terje R. Pedersen;Ole Faergeman;John J. P. Kastelein;Anders G. Olsson

  • Effects of Dalcetrapib in Patients with a Recent Acute Coronary Syndrome

    Gregory G. Schwartz;Anders G. Olsson;Markus Abt;Christie M. Ballantyne

  • Effect of fluvastatin on cardiac outcomes in renal transplant recipients: a multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled trial

    Hallvard Holdaas;Bengt Fellstrom;Alan G Jardine;Ingar Holme

  • PCSK9 inhibition with evolocumab (AMG 145) in heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (RUTHERFORD-2) : a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

    Frederick J Raal;Evan A Stein;Robert Dufour;Traci Turner

  • Lipoprotein Changes and Reduction in the Incidence of Major Coronary Heart Disease Events in the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S)

    Terje R. Pedersen;Anders G. Olsson;Ole Færgeman;John Kjekshus

  • Cholesterol-Lowering Therapy in Women and Elderly Patients With Myocardial Infarction or Angina Pectoris Findings From the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S)

    Tatu A. Miettinen;Kalevi Pyörälä;Anders G. Olsson;Thomas A. Musliner

  • Effect of Simvastatin on Ischemic Signs and Symptoms in the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S)

    Terje R Pedersen;John Kjekshus;Kalevi Pyörälä;Anders G Olsson

  • Influence of Low High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Elevated Triglyceride on Coronary Heart Disease Events and Response to Simvastatin Therapy in 4S

    Christie M. Ballantyne;Anders G. Olsson;Thomas J. Cook;Michele F. Mercuri

  • Effect of a Monoclonal Antibody to PCSK9 on Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels in Statin-Intolerant Patients: The GAUSS Randomized Trial

    David Sullivan;Anders G. Olsson;Rob Scott;Jae B. Kim

  • Lipids, Apolipoproteins, and Their Ratios in Relation to Cardiovascular Events With Statin Treatment

    John J.P. Kastelein;Wim A. van der Steeg;Ingar Holme;Michael Gaffney

  • High-Dose Atorvastatin Enhances the Decline in Inflammatory Markers in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes in the MIRACL Study

    Scott Kinlay;Gregory G. Schwartz;Anders G. Olsson;Nader Rifai

  • High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein particle size, and apolipoprotein A-I: significance for cardiovascular risk: the IDEAL and EPIC-Norfolk studies.

    Wim A. van der Steeg;Ingar Holme;S. Matthijs Boekholdt;Mogens Lytken Larsen

  • The effects of simvastatin on the incidence of heart failure in patients with coronary heart disease

    John Kjekshus;Terje R. Pedersen;Anders G. Olsson;Ole Færgeman

  • Cost Effectiveness of Simvastatin Treatment to Lower Cholesterol Levels in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease

    Magnus Johannesson;Bengt Jönsson;John Kjekshus;Anders G. Olsson

  • Baseline and on-statin treatment lipoprotein(a) levels for prediction of cardiovascular events: individual patient-data meta-analysis of statin outcome trials

    Peter Willeit;Peter Willeit;Paul M Ridker;Paul J Nestel;John Simes

  • Randomised trial of cholesterol lowering in 4444 patients with coronary heart disease: the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S)

    Terje R Pedersen

  • Effects of atorvastatin on early recurrent ischemic events in acute coronary syndromes. the miracl study: a randomized controlled trial

    G.G Schwartz;A.G Olsson;M.D Ezekowitzet al

Frequent Co-Authors

Terje R. Pedersen
Terje R. Pedersen Oslo University Hospital
Ingar Holme
Ingar Holme Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
John J.P. Kastelein
John J.P. Kastelein University of Amsterdam
Peter Ganz
Peter Ganz University of California, San Francisco
John Kjekshus
John Kjekshus University of Oslo
Stephen J. Nicholls
Stephen J. Nicholls Monash University
Christie M. Ballantyne
Christie M. Ballantyne Baylor College of Medicine
Jean-Claude Tardif
Jean-Claude Tardif Montreal Heart Institute
Philip J. Barter
Philip J. Barter University of New South Wales
Lars A. Carlson
Lars A. Carlson Umeå University

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