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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award
  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1991 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1988 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Antonio M. Gotto is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research predominantly centers around medicine, with a significant focus on surgery, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, economics and econometrics, and molecular biology.

The scientist's main topics of work include lipoproteins and cardiovascular health, diabetes, cardiovascular risks, and lipoproteins, cholesterol and lipid metabolism, health systems, economic evaluations, quality of life, diabetes treatment and management, cancer, lipids, and metabolism, as well as lipid metabolism and disorders.

Frequently publishing in notable venues, Gotto's work appears often in the Journal of Clinical Lipidology, Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Atherosclerosis, Journal of Lipid Research, and Circulation.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Effects of statin therapy on diagnoses of new-onset diabetes and worsening glycaemia in large-scale randomised blinded statin trials: an individual participant data meta-analysis, 2024, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • Effect of statin therapy on muscle symptoms: an individual participant data meta-analysis of large-scale, randomised, double-blind trials, 2022, The Lancet
  • High-density lipoproteins, reverse cholesterol transport and atherogenesis, 2021, Nature Reviews Cardiology
  • Association of Bempedoic Acid Administration With Atherogenic Lipid Levels in Phase 3 Randomized Clinical Trials of Patients With Hypercholesterolemia, 2020, JAMA Cardiology
  • Bempedoic acid safety analysis: Pooled data from four phase 3 clinical trials, 2020, Journal of clinical lipidology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Gotto include:

  • Henry J. Pownall
  • Corina Rosales
  • Baiba K. Gillard
  • Maciej Banach
  • P. Barton Duell

Antonio M. Gotto has received multiple awards over the years, including the Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Medical Research Award in 2012, fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2001, membership of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in 1991, and fellowship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1988.

Best Publications

  • K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease: Evaluation, classification, and stratification

    Andrew S. Levey;Josef Coresh;Kline Bolton;Bruce Culleton

  • Rosuvastatin to prevent vascular events in men and women with elevated C-reactive protein.

    Paul M Ridker;Eleanor Danielson;Jacques Genest;Antonio M. Gotto

  • Primary Prevention of Acute Coronary Events With Lovastatin in Men and Women With Average Cholesterol Levels: Results of AFCAPS/TexCAPS

    John R. Downs;Michael Clearfield;Stephen Weis;Edwin Whitney

  • Rosuvastatin to Prevent Vascular Events in Men and Women With Elevated C-Reactive Protein

    Paul M. Ridker;Eleanor Danielson;Francisco A. H. Fonseca;Jacques Genest

  • Intensive lipid lowering with atorvastatin in patients with stable coronary disease.

    John C. LaRosa;Scott M Grundy;David D. Waters;Charles Shear

  • Statins and risk of incident diabetes: a collaborative meta-analysis of randomised statin trials

    Naveed Sattar;David Preiss;Heather M Murray;Paul Welsh

  • K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for bone metabolism and disease in chronic kidney disease

    Shaul G. Massry;Jack W. Coburn;Glenn M. Chertow;Keith Hruska

  • Measurement of C-reactive protein for the targeting of statin therapy in the primary prevention of acute coronary events.

    Paul M. Ridker;Nader Rifai;Michael Clearfield;John R. Downs

  • HDL Cholesterol, Very Low Levels of LDL Cholesterol, and Cardiovascular Events

    Philip Barter;Antonio M. Gotto;John C. LaRosa;Jaman Maroni

  • Circulating adhesion molecules VCAM-1, ICAM-1, and E-selectin in carotid atherosclerosis and incident coronary heart disease cases: The Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities (ARIC) study

    Shih Jen Hwang;Christie M. Ballantyne;A. Richey Sharrett;Louis C. Smith

  • Relation of triglyceride metabolism and coronary artery disease. Studies in the postprandial state.

    J R Patsch;G Miesenböck;T Hopferwieser;V Mühlberger

  • Association of levels of lipoprotein Lp(a), plasma lipids, and other lipoproteins with coronary artery disease documented by angiography.

    G. H. Dahlen;J. R. Guyton;Mohammad Attar;J. A. Farmer

  • Reduction in C-reactive protein and LDL cholesterol and cardiovascular event rates after initiation of rosuvastatin: a prospective study of the JUPITER trial.

    Paul M Ridker;Eleanor Danielson;Francisco Ah Fonseca;Jacques Genest

  • K/DOQI Clinical Practice Guidelines on Hypertension and Antihypertensive Agents in Chronic Kidney Disease

    Andrew S. Levey;Michael V. Rocco;Sharon Anderson;Sharon P. Andreoli

  • AHA/ACC Guidelines for Preventing Heart Attack and Death in Patients With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: 2001 Update A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology

    Sidney C. Smith;Steven N. Blair;Robert O. Bonow;Lawrence M. Brass

  • The benefits of statins in people without established cardiovascular disease but with cardiovascular risk factors: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

    J. J. Brugts;T. Yetgin;S. E. Hoeks;Antonio Gotto

  • AHA/ACC Scientific Statement: AHA/ACC guidelines for preventing heart attack and death in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: 2001 update: A statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology.

    Sidney C. Smith;Steven N. Blair;Robert O. Bonow;Lawrence M. Brass

  • Association of LDL Cholesterol, Non–HDL Cholesterol, and Apolipoprotein B Levels With Risk of Cardiovascular Events Among Patients Treated With Statins: A Meta-analysis

    S. Matthijs Boekholdt;Benoit J. Arsenault;Samia Mora;Terje R. Pedersen

  • Apolipoprotein B-48 is the product of a messenger RNA with an organ-specific in-frame stop codon.

    San Hwan Chen;Geetha Habib;Chao Yuh Yang;Zi Wei Gu

  • Intensive Lipid Lowering With Atorvastatin in Patients With Stable Coronary Disease

    J.C. LaRosa;S.M. Grundy;D.D. Waters

Frequent Co-Authors

Henry J. Pownall
Henry J. Pownall Houston Methodist
Richard L. Jackson
Richard L. Jackson University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Christie M. Ballantyne
Christie M. Ballantyne Baylor College of Medicine
Wolfgang Patsch
Wolfgang Patsch Paracelsus Medical University
David P. Hajjar
David P. Hajjar Cornell University
Scott M. Grundy
Scott M. Grundy The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Paul M. Ridker
Paul M. Ridker Brigham and Women's Hospital
Maciej Banach
Maciej Banach John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
Lawrence Chan
Lawrence Chan Baylor College of Medicine
John J.P. Kastelein
John J.P. Kastelein University of Amsterdam

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