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Michel Burnier is affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a particular focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their research also spans endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, nutrition and dietetics, nephrology, and public health.

The scientist's main research topics include blood pressure and hypertension studies, sodium intake and health, medication adherence and compliance, hormonal regulation and hypertension, nutritional studies and diet, heart rate variability and autonomic control, and cardiovascular health and disease prevention.

Burnier has authored multiple papers, including recent publications such as:

  • 2023 ESH Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension The Task Force for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension (2023, Journal of Hypertension)
  • Hypertension, the renin-angiotensin system, and the risk of lower respiratory tract infections and lung injury: implications for COVID-19 (2020, Cardiovascular Research)
  • Hypertension as Cardiovascular Risk Factor in Chronic Kidney Disease (2023, Circulation Research)
  • Cardiovascular complications in chronic kidney disease: a review from the European Renal and Cardiovascular Medicine Working Group of the European Renal Association (2023, Cardiovascular Research)
  • 2024 European Society of Hypertension clinical practice guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension (2024, European Journal of Internal Medicine)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Sverre E. Kjeldsen
  • Krzysztof Narkiewicz
  • Reinhold Kreutz
  • Grégoire Wuerzner
  • Giuseppe Mancia

Burnier has published extensively in journals such as:

  • Journal of Hypertension
  • Blood Pressure
  • Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
  • Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Hypertension

Their work primarily focuses on advancing understanding in cardiovascular risk factors and complications, particularly in relation to hypertension and its role in chronic kidney disease and other related conditions.

Best Publications

  • 2013 ESH/ESC Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension: The Task Force for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

    Giuseppe Mancia;Robert Fagard;Krzysztof Narkiewicz;Josep Redon

  • 2018 ESC/ESH Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension.

    Williams B;Mancia G;Spiering W;Agabiti Rosei E

  • Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

    Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso

  • 2018 ESC/ESH Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension : The Task Force for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Cardiology and the European Society of Hypertension

    Bryan Williams;Giuseppe Mancia;Wilko Spiering;Enrico Agabiti Rosei

  • Modulation of genetic associations with serum urate levels by body-mass-index in humans

    Jennifer E. Huffman;Eva Albrecht;Alexander Teumer;Massimo Mangino

  • Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease

    Ron Do;Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta

  • Adherence to prescribed antihypertensive drug treatments: longitudinal study of electronically compiled dosing histories

    Bernard Vrijens;Gäbor Vincze;Paulus Kristanto;John Urquhart

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 18 new loci associated with serum urate concentrations

    Anna Köttgen;Anna Köttgen;Eva Albrecht;Alexander Teumer;Veronique Vitart

  • Prevalence of hyperuricemia and relation of serum uric acid with cardiovascular risk factors in a developing country

    D Conen;V Wietlisbach;P Bovet;C Shamlaye

  • Angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockers.

    Michel Burnier

  • 2018 Practice Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension and the European Society of Cardiology: ESH/ESC Task Force for the Management of Arterial Hypertension

    Bryan Williams;Giuseppe Mancia;Wilko Spiering;Enrico Agabiti Rosei

  • Adherence in Hypertension

    Michel Burnier;Brent M. Egan

  • Genome-Wide Association Study of Blood Pressure Extremes Identifies Variant near UMOD Associated with Hypertension

    Sandosh Padmanabhan;Olle Melander;Toby Johnson;Anna Maria Di Blasio

  • Medication Adherence and Persistence as the Cornerstone of Effective Antihypertensive Therapy

    Michel Burnier

  • Body mass index, abdominal adiposity and blood pressure: consistency of their association across developing and developed countries

    S Doll;F Paccaud;P Bovet;M Burnier

  • The genetics of blood pressure regulation and its target organs from association studies in 342,415 individuals

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Teresa Ferreira;Daniel I. Chasman;Anne U. Jackson

  • Renal effects of selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition in normotensive salt-depleted subjects.

    Julien Rossat;Marc Maillard;Jürg Nussberger;Hans R. Brunner

  • Hypertension, the renin-angiotensin system, and the risk of lower respiratory tract infections and lung injury: implications for COVID-19.

    Reinhold Kreutz;Engi Abd El-Hady Algharably;Michel Azizi;Piotr Dobrowolski

  • [2018 ESC/ESH Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension. The Task Force for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Society of Hypertension (ESH)].

    Bryan Williams;Giuseppe Mancia;Wilko Spiering;Enrico Agabiti Rosei

  • 2018 Practice guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

    Bryan Williams;Giuseppe Mancia;Wilko Spiering;Enrico Agabiti Rosei

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernard Waeber
Bernard Waeber University of Lausanne
Fred Paccaud
Fred Paccaud University of Lausanne
Sverre E. Kjeldsen
Sverre E. Kjeldsen University of Oslo
Hans R. Brunner
Hans R. Brunner University of Lausanne
Georg B. Ehret
Georg B. Ehret University of Geneva
Pascal Bovet
Pascal Bovet University Center for General Medicine and Public Health (Unisanté)
Luis M. Ruilope
Luis M. Ruilope European University of Madrid
Suzanne Oparil
Suzanne Oparil University of Alabama at Birmingham
Peter Vollenweider
Peter Vollenweider University of Lausanne

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