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Ernesto L. Schiffrin

Ernesto L. Schiffrin

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Medicine
Canada
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
141
Citations
74967
World Ranking
1625
National Ranking
54

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Canada Leader Award
  • 2006 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Ernesto L. Schiffrin is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and specializes primarily in the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Their research output includes 145 publications in medical sciences, with a considerable number in subfields such as Immunology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Physiology.

The scientist's work centers on topics related to blood pressure and hypertension, with 72 publications addressing these issues. Additional main topics include sodium intake and health, hormonal regulation and hypertension, atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases, cardiovascular disease and adiposity, cardiovascular health and disease prevention, and COVID-19 clinical research studies.

Frequent publication venues for Ernesto L. Schiffrin's work include:

  • American Journal of Hypertension
  • Journal of Hypertension
  • Hypertension
  • Canadian Journal of Cardiology
  • Cardiovascular Research

Among recent papers featuring or authored by Ernesto L. Schiffrin are:

  • Hypertension Canada's 2020 Comprehensive Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis, Risk Assessment, and Treatment of Hypertension in Adults and Children (2020, Canadian Journal of Cardiology)
  • Hypertension and COVID-19 (2020, American Journal of Hypertension)
  • Aldosterone, Inflammation, Immune System, and Hypertension (2020, American Journal of Hypertension)
  • Dual endothelin antagonist aprocitentan for resistant hypertension (PRECISION): a multicentre, blinded, randomised, parallel-group, phase 3 trial (2022, The Lancet)
  • Vascular consequences of inflammation: a position statement from the ESH Working Group on Vascular Structure and Function and the ARTERY Society (2020, Journal of Hypertension)

Ernesto L. Schiffrin has collaborated extensively with frequent co-authors such as:

  • Pierre Paradis
  • Olga Berillo
  • Kevin Comeau
  • Antoine Caillon
  • Brandon Shokoples

Their contributions to the study of cardiovascular health have been recognized with awards including the designation as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2006 under the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • The metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular risk a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Salvatore Mottillo;Kristian B. Filion;Jacques Genest;Lawrence Joseph

  • Clinical practice guidelines for the management of hypertension in the community a statement by the american society of hypertension and the international society of hypertension

    Michael A. Weber;Ernesto L. Schiffrin;William B. White;Samuel Mann

  • Chronic Kidney Disease Effects on the Cardiovascular System

    Ernesto L. Schiffrin;Mark L. Lipman;Johannes F.E. Mann

  • Recommendations for Improving and Standardizing Vascular Research on Arterial Stiffness: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

    Raymond R. Townsend;Ian B. Wilkinson;Ernesto L. Schiffrin;Alberto P. Avolio

  • Vascular Remodeling in Hypertension Roles of Apoptosis, Inflammation, and Fibrosis

    Hope D. Intengan;Ernesto L. Schiffrin

  • Signal Transduction Mechanisms Mediating the Physiological and Pathophysiological Actions of Angiotensin II in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

    Rhian M. Touyz;Ernesto L. Schiffrin

  • Endothelial dysfunction : Mechanisms of hypertension: Cells, hormones, and the kidney

    Dierk H. Endemann;Ernesto L. Schiffrin

  • Endothelial function and dysfunction. Part I: Methodological issues for assessment in the different vascular beds: A statement by the working group on endothelin and endothelial factors of the European society of hypertension

    John E Deanfield;Ann Donald;Claudio Ferri;Cristina Giannattasio

  • Reactive oxygen species in vascular biology: implications in hypertension

    R. M. Touyz;E. L. Schiffrin

  • Correction of Arterial Structure and Endothelial Dysfunction in Human Essential Hypertension by the Angiotensin Receptor Antagonist Losartan

    Ernesto L. Schiffrin;Jeong Bae Park;Hope D. Intengan;Rhian M. Touyz

  • Expression of a functionally active gp91phox-containing neutrophil-type NAD(P)H oxidase in smooth muscle cells from human resistance arteries: regulation by angiotensin II.

    Rhian M. Touyz;Xin Chen;Fatiha Tabet;Guoying Yao

  • Hypertension Canada’s 2018 Guidelines for Diagnosis, Risk Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment of Hypertension in Adults and Children

    Kara A. Nerenberg;Kelly B. Zarnke;Alexander A. Leung;Kaberi Dasgupta

  • The 2015 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for blood pressure measurement, diagnosis, assessment of risk, prevention, and treatment of hypertension.

    Kaberi Dasgupta;Robert R. Quinn;Kelly B. Zarnke;Doreen M. Rabi

  • Angiotensin-(1-7) Through Receptor Mas Mediates Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Activation via Akt-Dependent Pathways

    Walkyria Oliveira Sampaio;Robson Augusto Souza dos Santos;Raphael Faria-Silva;Leonor Tapias da Mata Machado

  • Management of High Blood Pressure in African Americans: Consensus Statement of the Hypertension in African Americans Working Group of the International Society on Hypertension in Blacks

    Janice G. Douglas;George L. Bakris;Murray Epstein;Keith C. Ferdinand

  • Structure and mechanical properties of resistance arteries in hypertension: role of adhesion molecules and extracellular matrix determinants.

    Hope D. Intengan;Ernesto L. Schiffrin

  • Impaired Tissue Perfusion A Pathology Common to Hypertension, Obesity, and Diabetes Mellitus

    Bernard I. Levy;Ernesto L. Schiffrin;Jean-Jacques Mourad;Denis Agostini

  • Antioxidant Effects of Vitamins C and E Are Associated With Altered Activation of Vascular NADPH Oxidase and Superoxide Dismutase in Stroke-Prone SHR

    Xin Chen;Rhian M. Touyz;Jeong Bae Park;Ernesto L. Schiffrin

  • Role of the renin–angiotensin system in vascular inflammation

    Chiara Marchesi;Pierre Paradis;Ernesto L. Schiffrin

  • Inflammation in hypertension.

    Carmine Savoia;Ernesto L Schiffrin

Frequent Co-Authors

Rhian M. Touyz
Rhian M. Touyz McGill University Health Centre
Pavel Hamet
Pavel Hamet University of Montreal
Jolanta Gutkowska
Jolanta Gutkowska University of Montreal
Daniel Sinnett
Daniel Sinnett University of Montreal
Raj Padwal
Raj Padwal University of Alberta
Agostino Virdis
Agostino Virdis University of Pisa
Michael D. Hill
Michael D. Hill University of Calgary
Stefan Offermanns
Stefan Offermanns Max Planck Society
Robert A. Hegele
Robert A. Hegele University of Western Ontario

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