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  • 1999 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Magdi H. Yacoub is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with significant contributions to Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Epidemiology, and Surgery.

Their recent publication record includes key papers such as:

  • Individualized interactomes for network-based precision medicine in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with implications for other clinical pathophenotypes, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Potential long-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the pulmonary vasculature: a global perspective, 2021, Nature Reviews Cardiology
  • Systematic large-scale assessment of the genetic architecture of left ventricular noncompaction reveals diverse etiologies, 2021, Genetics in Medicine
  • Disease-specific variant pathogenicity prediction significantly improves variant interpretation in inherited cardiac conditions, 2020, Genetics in Medicine
  • Prevalence, incidence, and survival of pulmonary arterial hypertension: A systematic review for the global burden of disease 2020 study, 2021, Pulmonary Circulation

Magdi H. Yacoub's frequent co-authors include:

  • Yasmine Aguib
  • Najma Latif
  • Mona Allouba
  • Sarah Halawa
  • Adrian H. Chester

The scientist has published extensively in venues such as:

  • Global Cardiology Science and Practice
  • Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Circulation
  • European Heart Journal

Main topics of work encompass:

  • Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Congenital heart defects research
  • Congenital Heart Disease Studies
  • Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments
  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair

The scientist was awarded the distinction of Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 1999.

Best Publications

  • Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019: Update From the GBD 2019 Study

    Gregory A. Roth;George A. Mensah;Catherine O. Johnson;Giovanni Addolorato

  • Guidelines on the diagnosis and management of pericardial diseases executive summary; The Task force on the diagnosis and management of pericardial diseases of the European society of cardiology.

    Bernhard Maisch;Petar M. Seferovi;Arsen D. Risti;Witold Z. Tomkowski

  • Left ventricular assist device and drug therapy for the reversal of heart failure.

    Emma J. Birks;Patrick D. Tansley;James Hardy;Robert S. George

  • Hydrogel scaffolds for tissue engineering: Progress and challenges

    Ibrahim M El-Sherbiny;Magdi H Yacoub

  • Asymmetric redirection of flow through the heart

    P J Kilner;G Z Yang;A J Wilkes;R H Mohiaddin

  • Sporadic primary pulmonary hypertension is associated with germline mutations of the gene encoding BMPR-II, a receptor member of the TGF-beta family.

    Jennifer R Thomson;Rajiv D Machado;Michael W Pauciulo;Neil V Morgan

  • Remodeling of the aortic valve anulus

    Mazin A.I. Sarsam;Magdi Yacoub

  • Late results of a valve-preserving operation in patients with aneurysms of the ascending aorta and root☆☆☆★★★

    Magdi H. Yacoub;Petra Gehle;V. Chandrasekaran;Emma J. Birks

  • BMPR2 Haploinsufficiency as the Inherited Molecular Mechanism for Primary Pulmonary Hypertension

    Rajiv D Machado;Michael W. Pauciulo;Jennifer R. Thomson;Kirk B. Lane

  • Expression of angiogenesis‐related molecules in plexiform lesions in severe pulmonary hypertension: evidence for a process of disordered angiogenesis

    Rubin M. Tuder;Mati Chacon;Lori Alger;Jun Wang

  • Inducible nitric oxide synthase is present within human atherosclerotic lesions and promotes the formation and activity of peroxynitrite.

    L D Buttery;D R Springall;A H Chester;T J Evans

  • Antigenic heterogeneity of vascular endothelium.

    C. Page;M. Rose;M. Yacoub;R. Pigott

  • Nitric oxide is the endogenous neurotransmitter of bronchodilator nerves in humans.

    Maria G. Belvisi;C. David Stretton;Magdi Yacoub;Peter J. Barnes

  • Tumour necrosis factor and inducible nitric oxide synthase in dilated cardiomyopathy

    F.M Habib;D.R Springall;G.J Davies;C.M Oakley

  • Integrated allelic, transcriptional, and phenomic dissection of the cardiac effects of titin truncations in health and disease

    Angharad M. Roberts;Angharad M. Roberts;James S. Ware;Daniel S. Herman;Daniel S. Herman;Daniel S. Herman;Sebastian Schafer

  • Altered connexin expression in human congestive heart failure

    Emmanuel Dupont;Tsutomu Matsushita;Riyaz A. Kaba;Cristina Vozzi

  • Opening and closing characteristics of the aortic valve after different types of valve-preserving surgery

    Rainer G. Leyh;Claudia Schmidtke;Hans-Hinrich Sievers;Magdi H. Yacoub

  • ETA and ETB Receptors Modulate the Proliferation of Human Pulmonary Artery Smooth Muscle Cells

    Neil Davie;Stephen J. Haleen;Paul D. Upton;Julia M. Polak

  • Cyclooxygenase-2 Is Widely Expressed in Atherosclerotic Lesions Affecting Native and Transplanted Human Coronary Arteries and Colocalizes With Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase and Nitrotyrosine Particularly in Macrophages

    Christopher S. R. Baker;Roger J. C. Hall;Thomas J. Evans;Ariela Pomerance

  • Late Sodium Current Inhibition Reverses Electromechanical Dysfunction in Human Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

    Raffaele Coppini;Cecilia Ferrantini;Lina Yao;Peidong Fan

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul J.R. Barton
Paul J.R. Barton Imperial College London
Marlene L. Rose
Marlene L. Rose Imperial College London
Maria G. Belvisi
Maria G. Belvisi Imperial College London
Iacopo Olivotto
Iacopo Olivotto University of Florence
Michael J. Dunn
Michael J. Dunn University College Dublin
Peter J. Barnes
Peter J. Barnes Imperial College London
Beverley J. Hunt
Beverley J. Hunt Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Michael J. Dunn
Michael J. Dunn Medical College of Wisconsin
Jane A. Mitchell
Jane A. Mitchell National Institutes of Health
Bongani M. Mayosi
Bongani M. Mayosi University of Cape Town

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