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Kazem Rahimi is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and specializes primarily in Medicine, with a focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Their research portfolio encompasses 282 publications, reflecting extensive work in multiple related subfields including Artificial Intelligence, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Surgery, and Epidemiology.

The scientist's research covers numerous topics, with notable emphasis on Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies, Machine Learning in Healthcare, Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension, Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control, Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health, Heart Failure Treatment and Management, and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life. These areas underscore a broad approach combining clinical cardiology with advanced analytical techniques.

Kazem Rahimi has authored or coauthored papers in several frequent publication venues, reflecting consistent participation in influential medical journals. These venues include:

  • European Heart Journal
  • Heart
  • The Lancet
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Hypertension

Key recent papers featuring Kazem Rahimi as an author include:

  • "2024 ESC Guidelines for the management of elevated blood pressure and hypertension" (2024), published in European Heart Journal
  • "Pharmacological blood pressure lowering for primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease across different levels of blood pressure: an individual participant-level data meta-analysis" (2021), published in The Lancet
  • "Global and regional prevalence, burden, and risk factors for carotid atherosclerosis: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and modelling study" (2020), published in The Lancet Global Health
  • "BEHRT: Transformer for Electronic Health Records" (2020), published in Scientific Reports
  • "Autoimmune diseases and cardiovascular risk: a population-based study on 19 autoimmune diseases and 12 cardiovascular diseases in 22 million individuals in the UK" (2022), published in The Lancet

Collaboration is a significant aspect of this researcher's work. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Dexter Canoy (60 joint publications)
  • Milad Nazarzadeh (57 joint publications)
  • Gholamreza Salimi-Khorshidi (36 joint publications)
  • Shishir Rao (31 joint publications)
  • Rema Ramakrishnan (30 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Theo Vos;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Gregory A Roth;Gregory A Roth;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Solomon M Abay

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Theo Vos;Ryan M. Barber;Brad Bell;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohsen Naghavi;Haidong Wang;Rafael Lozano;Adrian Davis

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Theo Vos;Christine Allen;Megha Arora;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Haidong Wang;Mohsen Naghavi;Christine Allen;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national burden of cardiovascular diseases for 10 causes, 1990 to 2015

    Gregory A. Roth;Catherine Johnson;Amanuel Abajobir;Foad Abd-Allah

  • Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease in Women After Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer

    Sarah C. Darby;Marianne Ewertz;Paul McGale;Anna M. Bennet

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Simon I Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Blood pressure lowering for prevention of cardiovascular disease and death: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Dena Ettehad;Connor A Emdin;Amit Kiran;Simon G Anderson;Simon G Anderson

  • Global, regional, and national burden of stroke, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Catherine Owens Johnson;Minh Nguyen;Gregory A. Roth;Emma Nichols

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013

    Mohammad H. Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H. Ross Anderson;Victoria F. Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016

    Simon I. Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, and national levels and causes of maternal mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Nicholas J. Kassebaum;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa;Megan S. Coggeshall;Katya A. Shackelford

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990-2015 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Nicholas J. Kassebaum;Megha Arora;Ryan M. Barber;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013 : quantifying the epidemiological transition

    Christopher J. L. Murray;Ryan M. Barber;Kyle J. Foreman;Ayse Abbasoglu Ozgoren

  • Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Nicholas J. Kassebaum;Ryan M. Barber;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta;Zulfiqar A. Bhutta;Lalit Dandona;Lalit Dandona

  • Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during 1990???2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Katrina F. Ortblad;Caterina Guinovart;Stephen S. Lim

  • Temporal trends and patterns in heart failure incidence: a population-based study of 4 million individuals.

    Nathalie Conrad;Andrew Judge;Andrew Judge;Andrew Judge;Jenny Tran;Hamid Mohseni

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Woodward
Mark Woodward Imperial College London
Derrick A. Bennett
Derrick A. Bennett University of Oxford
Alan D. Lopez
Alan D. Lopez University of Melbourne
Stein Emil Vollset
Stein Emil Vollset University of Washington
Simon I. Hay
Simon I. Hay University of Washington
Cyrus Cooper
Cyrus Cooper University of Southampton
Ted R. Miller
Ted R. Miller Pacific Institute
Maziar Moradi-Lakeh
Maziar Moradi-Lakeh Iran University of Medical Sciences
Charles D.A. Wolfe
Charles D.A. Wolfe King's College London
Zulfiqar A Bhutta
Zulfiqar A Bhutta Aga Khan University

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