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2023

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Medicine

D-Index
135
Citations
79284
World Ranking
2046
National Ranking
62

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Gerald F. Watts is affiliated with the University of Western Australia in Australia. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Economics and Econometrics, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Cancer Research.

The scientist's work covers various topics, including:

  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Lipid metabolism and disorders
  • Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
  • Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases

The recent notable papers authored by Gerald F. Watts include:

  • Low-density lipoproteins cause atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: pathophysiological, genetic, and therapeutic insights: a consensus statement from the European Atherosclerosis Society Consensus Panel (2020), published in European Heart Journal
  • Lipoprotein(a) in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and aortic stenosis: a European Atherosclerosis Society consensus statement (2022), published in European Heart Journal
  • Prevalence of Familial Hypercholesterolemia Among the General Population and Patients With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (2020), published in Circulation
  • Notch signalling drives synovial fibroblast identity and arthritis pathology (2020), published in Nature
  • Deconstruction of rheumatoid arthritis synovium defines inflammatory subtypes (2023), published in Nature

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Jing Pang
  • Dick C. Chan
  • Stephen J. Nicholls
  • David Sullivan
  • Frederick J. Raal

The principal venues for their publications comprise:

  • Heart Lung and Circulation
  • Atherosclerosis
  • European Heart Journal
  • Journal of clinical lipidology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Low-density lipoproteins cause atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. 1. Evidence from genetic, epidemiologic, and clinical studies. A consensus statement from the European Atherosclerosis Society Consensus Panel

    Brian A Ference;Henry N Ginsberg;Ian T. Graham;Kausik K Ray

  • Familial hypercholesterolaemia is underdiagnosed and undertreated in the general population: guidance for clinicians to prevent coronary heart disease: consensus statement of the European Atherosclerosis Society

    Borge G. Nordestgaard;M. John Chapman;Steve E. Humphries;Henry N. Ginsberg

  • Lipoprotein(a) as a cardiovascular risk factor: current status

    Børge G. Nordestgaard;M. John Chapman;Kausik Ray;Jan Borén

  • Triglyceride-rich lipoproteins and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease: evidence and guidance for management

    M John Chapman;Henry N Ginsberg;Pierre Amarenco;Felicita Andreotti

  • Low-density lipoproteins cause atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: pathophysiological, genetic, and therapeutic insights: a consensus statement from the European Atherosclerosis Society Consensus Panel

    Jan Borén;M. John Chapman;M. John Chapman;Ronald M. Krauss;Chris J. Packard

  • Defining inflammatory cell states in rheumatoid arthritis joint synovial tissues by integrating single-cell transcriptomics and mass cytometry.

    Fan Zhang;Kevin Wei;Kamil Slowikowski;Chamith Y Fonseka

  • Platelets Amplify Inflammation in Arthritis via Collagen-Dependent Microparticle Production

    Eric Boilard;Peter A. Nigrovic;Peter A. Nigrovic;Katherine Larabee;Gerald F. M. Watts

  • Homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia: new insights and guidance for clinicians to improve detection and clinical management. A position paper from the Consensus Panel on Familial Hypercholesterolaemia of the European Atherosclerosis Society

    Marina Cuchel;Eric Bruckert;Henry N. Ginsberg;Frederick J. Raal

  • Effects on coronary artery disease of lipid-lowering diet, or diet plus cholestyramine, in the St Thomas' Atherosclerosis Regression Study (STARS)

    G.F Watts;B Lewis;E.S Lewis;D.J Coltart

  • Familial Hypercholesterolaemia in Children and Adolescents: Gaining Decades of Life by Optimizing Detection and Treatment

    Albert Wiegman;Samuel S. Gidding;Gerald F Watts;M John Chapman

  • Purified eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids have differential effects on serum lipids and lipoproteins, LDL particle size, glucose, and insulin in mildly hyperlipidemic men

    Trevor A Mori;Valerie Burke;Ian B Puddey;Gerald F Watts

  • Fasting is not routinely required for determination of a lipid profile: Clinical and laboratory implications including flagging at desirable concentration cut-points - A joint consensus statement from the European Atherosclerosis Society and European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

    Børge G. Nordestgaard;Anne Langsted;Samia Mora;Genovefa Kolovou

  • Familial Hypercholesterolemia in the Danish General Population: Prevalence, Coronary Artery Disease, and Cholesterol-Lowering Medication

    Marianne Benn;Gerald F. Watts;Anne Tybjaerg-Hansen;Børge G. Nordestgaard;Børge G. Nordestgaard

  • Homozigot ailevi hiperkolesterolemi: klinisyenlerin tanıyı ve klinik yönetimi geliştirmelerine yönelik yeni anlayışlar ve rehberlik. Avrupa Ateroskleroz Derneği’nin Ailevi Hiperkolesterolemi Üzerine Uzlaşı Paneli yazılı görüşü

    Marina Cuchel;Eric Bruckert;Henry N. Ginsberg;Frederick J. Raal

  • Anti-PCSK9 Antibody Effectively Lowers Cholesterol in Patients With Statin Intolerance : The GAUSS-2 Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Phase 3 Clinical Trial of Evolocumab

    Erik Stroes;David Colquhoun;David Sullivan;Fernando Civeira

  • The Agenda for Familial Hypercholesterolemia A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

    Samuel S. Gidding;Mary Ann Champagne;Sarah D. de Ferranti;Joep Defesche

  • Statin Toxicity: Mechanistic Insights and Clinical Implications

    Natalie C. Ward;Natalie C. Ward;Gerald F. Watts;Gerald F. Watts;Robert H. Eckel

  • Impaired endothelium-dependent vasodilation of forearm resistance vessels in hypercholesterolaemia

    P.J. Chowienczyk;G.F. Watts;J.R. Cockcroft;J.M. Ritter

  • The polygenic nature of hypertriglyceridaemia: implications for definition, diagnosis, and management

    Robert A. Hegele;Henry N. Ginsberg;M. John Chapman;Børge G. Nordestgaard

  • Improved analysis of brachial artery ultrasound using a novel edge-detection software system.

    R.J. Woodman;D.A. Playford;Gerald Watts;C. Cheetham

Frequent Co-Authors

Amirhossein Sahebkar
Amirhossein Sahebkar Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Trevor A. Mori
Trevor A. Mori University of Western Australia
Valerie Burke
Valerie Burke University of Western Australia
Maciej Banach
Maciej Banach John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
Michael B. Brenner
Michael B. Brenner Harvard Medical School
Børge G. Nordestgaard
Børge G. Nordestgaard University of Copenhagen
Kausik K. Ray
Kausik K. Ray Imperial College London
David J. Castle
David J. Castle University of Tasmania
Ian B. Puddey
Ian B. Puddey University of Western Australia
Kerry-Anne Rye
Kerry-Anne Rye University of New South Wales

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