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Laura P. Svetkey

Laura P. Svetkey

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Medicine

D-Index
78
Citations
57727
World Ranking
17780
National Ranking
8871

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Laura P. Svetkey is affiliated with Duke University in the United States, with a research focus primarily within the field of Medicine. Their work spans several subfields, including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, General Health Professions, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as Diet and Metabolism Studies, Nutritional Studies and Diet, Sodium Intake and Health, Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies, Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies, Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare, and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation.

Among recent publications, notable papers authored or co-authored by Svetkey include:

  • Safety and Efficacy of Renal Denervation in Patients Taking Antihypertensive Medications, 2023, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Two Self-management Interventions to Improve Hypertension Control, 2020, PubMed Central
  • Feasibility of a Digital Health Intervention to Improve Diet Quality Among Women With High Blood Pressure: Randomized Controlled Feasibility Trial, 2020, JMIR mhealth and uhealth
  • Racial and Ethnic Differences in Communication Quality During Family-Centered Rounds, 2022, PEDIATRICS
  • Metabolomic profiling identifies complex lipid species and amino acid analogues associated with response to weight loss interventions, 2021, PLoS ONE

Svetkey frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Crystal C. Tyson, Kimberly S. Johnson, Pao-Hwa Lin, Gary G. Bennett, and Carmen D. Samuel-Hodge.

Their work has been published in notable venues such as UNC Libraries, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Health Equity, Academic Medicine, and Current Developments in Nutrition.

In recognition of their contributions to the scientific community, they have been named a Member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • 2014 Evidence-Based Guideline for the Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: Report From the Panel Members Appointed to the Eighth Joint National Committee (JNC 8)

    Paul A. James;Suzanne Oparil;Barry L. Carter;William C. Cushman

  • A Clinical Trial of the Effects of Dietary Patterns on Blood Pressure

    Lawrence J. Appel;Thomas Burton Moore;Thomas Burton Moore;Eva Obarzanek;William M. Vollmer

  • Effects on Blood Pressure of Reduced Dietary Sodium and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Diet

    F M Sacks;L P Svetkey;W M Vollmer;L J Appel

  • A Branched-Chain Amino Acid-Related Metabolic Signature that Differentiates Obese and Lean Humans and Contributes to Insulin Resistance

    Christopher B. Newgard;Jie An;James R. Bain;Michael J. Muehlbauer

  • 2013 AHA/ACC Guideline on Lifestyle Management to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk

    Robert H. Eckel;John M. Jakicic;Jamy D. Ard;Janet M. de Jesus

  • Effects of comprehensive lifestyle modification on blood pressure control: main results of the PREMIER clinical trial.

    Lawrence J Appel;Catherine M Champagne;David W Harsha;Lawton S Cooper

  • Practice Guideline2013 AHA/ACC Guideline on Lifestyle Management to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines☆

    Robert H. Eckel;John M. Jakicic;Jamy D. Ard;Janet M. de Jesus

  • Comparison of strategies for sustaining weight loss: the weight loss maintenance randomized controlled trial.

    Laura P. Svetkey;Victor J. Stevens;Phillip J. Brantley;Lawrence J. Appel

  • Effects of Comprehensive Lifestyle Modification on Diet, Weight, Physical Fitness, and Blood Pressure Control: 18-Month Results of a Randomized Trial

    Patricia J. Elmer;Eva Obarzanek;William M. Vollmer;Denise Simons-Morton

  • Effects of Diet and Sodium Intake on Blood Pressure: Subgroup Analysis of the DASH-Sodium Trial

    William M Vollmer;Frank M Sacks;Jamy D Ard;Lawrence J. Appel

  • Effect of renal denervation on blood pressure in the presence of antihypertensive drugs: 6-month efficacy and safety results from the SPYRAL HTN-ON MED proof-of-concept randomised trial

    David E Kandzari;Michael Böhm;Felix Mahfoud;Felix Mahfoud;Raymond R Townsend

  • Catheter-based renal denervation in patients with uncontrolled hypertension in the absence of antihypertensive medications (SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED): a randomised, sham-controlled, proof-of-concept trial

    Raymond R Townsend;Felix Mahfoud;Felix Mahfoud;David E Kandzari;Kazuomi Kario

  • Effects of Dietary Patterns on Blood Pressure: Subgroup Analysis of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Randomized Clinical Trial

    Laura P. Svetkey;Denise Simons-Morton;William M. Vollmer;Lawrence J. Appel

  • Predictors of blood pressure response in the SYMPLICITY HTN-3 trial.

    David E Kandzari;Deepak L Bhatt;Sandeep Kaur Brar;Chandan M Devireddy

  • Rationale and design of the dietary approaches to stop hypertension trial (DASH) : a multicenter controlled feeding study of dietary patterns to lower blood pressure

    Frank M. Sacks;Frank M. Sacks;Eva Obarzanek;Marlene M. Windhauser;Laura P. Svetkey

  • Efficacy of catheter-based renal denervation in the absence of antihypertensive medications (SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED Pivotal): a multicentre, randomised, sham-controlled trial

    Michael Böhm;Kazuomi Kario;David E. Kandzari;Felix Mahfoud;Felix Mahfoud

  • Weight loss during the intensive intervention phase of the weight-loss maintenance trial.

    Jack F. Hollis;Christina M. Gullion;Victor J. Stevens;Phillip J. Brantley

  • The clinical epidemiology and course of the spectrum of renal diseases associated with HIV infection

    Lynda Anne Szczech;Samir K. Gupta;Ramez Habash;Antonio Guasch

  • Differential Metabolic Impact of Gastric Bypass Surgery Versus Dietary Intervention in Obese Diabetic Subjects Despite Identical Weight Loss

    Blandine Laferrère;Blandine Laferrère;David Reilly;Sara Arias;Nicholas Swerdlow

  • Branched-chain amino acid levels are associated with improvement in insulin resistance with weight loss.

    S. H. Shah;D. R. Crosslin;C. S. Haynes;S. Nelson

Frequent Co-Authors

Lawrence J. Appel
Lawrence J. Appel Johns Hopkins University
William M. Vollmer
William M. Vollmer Kaiser Permanente
Frank M. Sacks
Frank M. Sacks Harvard University
Hayden B. Bosworth
Hayden B. Bosworth Duke University
Phillip J. Brantley
Phillip J. Brantley Pennington Biomedical Research Center
George A. Bray
George A. Bray Louisiana State University
Catherine M. Champagne
Catherine M. Champagne Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Svati H. Shah
Svati H. Shah Duke University
Corrine I. Voils
Corrine I. Voils University of Wisconsin–Madison
Gary G. Bennett
Gary G. Bennett Duke University

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