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Michel E. Safar is affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France and specializes in the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Their research contributions span multiple related subfields, including Surgery, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine.

Their recent publications cover a range of topics centered around cardiovascular health, blood pressure regulation, and related diagnostic methodologies. Notable papers include:

  • Sex Differences in Arterial Stiffening and Central Pulse Pressure, 2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Arterial Stiffness and Coronary Ischemia: New Aspects and Paradigms, 2020, Current Hypertension Reports
  • Association of Pressure Wave Reflections With Left Ventricular Mass: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, 2022, Hypertension
  • The Age-Stiffness Relationships of Elastic and Muscular Arteries in a Control Population and in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients, 2023, Kidney and Dialysis
  • Emergency front of neck access in the management of acute airway obstruction secondary to postoperative neck haematoma, 2024, Anaesthesia Reports

The main topics addressed in their work include cardiovascular health and disease prevention, blood pressure and hypertension studies, cardiac imaging and diagnostics, hemodynamic monitoring and therapy, cardiovascular function and risk factors, cerebrovascular and carotid artery diseases, and airway management and intubation techniques.

Frequent publication venues for Michel E. Safar's work are:

  • Current Hypertension Reports
  • Hypertension
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Kidney and Dialysis
  • Anaesthesia Reports

Collaborations are an integral part of their research activities. Regular co-authors include Athanase D. Protogerou and Jacques Blacher, each with multiple joint publications. Other collaborators include Alexandre Vallée, A. Cinaud, and Yi Zhang, who have contributed to various projects within the cardiovascular and medical research domain.

Best Publications

  • Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity as a Marker of Cardiovascular Risk in Hypertensive Patients

    Jacques Blacher;Roland Asmar;Saliha Djane;Gérard M. London

  • Evidence for an increased rate of cardiovascular events in patients with primary aldosteronism

    Paul Milliez;Xavier Girerd;Pierre-François Plouin;Jacques Blacher

  • Relationship Between Aortic Stiffening and Microvascular Disease in Brain and Kidney Cause and Logic of Therapy

    Michael F. O’Rourke;Michel E. Safar

  • Pulse Pressure A Predictor of Long-term Cardiovascular Mortality in a French Male Population

    Athanase Benetos;Michel Safar;Annie Rudnichi;Harold Smulyan

  • Impact of Aortic Stiffness Attenuation on Survival of Patients in End-Stage Renal Failure

    Alain P. Guerin;Jacques Blacher;Bruno Pannier;Sylvain J. Marchais

  • Prediction of cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality with central haemodynamics: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Charalambos Vlachopoulos;Konstantinos Aznaouridis;Michael F O'Rourke;Michel E Safar

  • Arterial Wave Reflections and Survival in End-Stage Renal Failure

    Gérard M. London;Jacques Blacher;Bruno Pannier;Alain P. Guérin

  • Central Pulse Pressure and Mortality in End-Stage Renal Disease

    Michel E. Safar;Jacques Blacher;Bruno Pannier;Alain P. Guerin

  • Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity Predicts Cardiovascular Mortality in Subjects >70 Years of Age

    S. Meaume;A. Benetos;O.F. Henry;A. Rudnichi

  • Pulse Pressure Not Mean Pressure Determines Cardiovascular Risk in Older Hypertensive Patients

    Jacques Blacher;Jan A. Staessen;Xavier Girerd;Jerzy Gasowski

  • Clinical Applications of Arterial Stiffness, Task Force III: Recommendations for User Procedures

    Luc M. Van Bortel;Luc M. Van Bortel;Daniel Duprez;Mirian J. Starmans-Kool;Michel E. Safar

  • Central Blood Pressure Measurements and Antihypertensive Therapy: A Consensus Document

    Enrico Agabiti-Rosei;Giuseppe Mancia;Michael F. O'Rourke;Mary J. Roman

  • Determinants of Accelerated Progression of Arterial Stiffness in Normotensive Subjects and in Treated Hypertensive Subjects Over a 6-Year Period

    Athanase Benetos;Chris Adamopoulos;Jeanne-Marie Bureau;Mohamed Temmar

  • Calcium Antagonist Lacidipine Slows Down Progression of Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis Principal Results of the European Lacidipine Study on Atherosclerosis (ELSA), a Randomized, Double-Blind, Long-Term Trial

    Alberto Zanchetti;M. Gene Bond;Michael Hennig;Albrecht Neiss

  • Pulse Pressure and Cardiovascular Mortality in Normotensive and Hypertensive Subjects

    Athanase Benetos;Annie Rudnichi;Michel Safar;Louis Guize

  • Aortic pulse wave velocity index and mortality in end-stage renal disease

    Jacques Blacher;Michel E. Safar;Alain P. Guerin;Bruno Pannier

  • Role of Pulse Pressure Amplification in Arterial Hypertension: Experts’ Opinion and Review of the Data

    Alberto P. Avolio;Luc M. Van Bortel;Pierre Boutouyrie;John R. Cockcroft

  • Alterations of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in and Survival of Patients Receiving Hemodialysis: Follow-up of an Interventional Study

    Gérard M. London;Bruno Pannier;Alain P. Guerin;Jacques Blacher

  • Improvement in Blood Pressure, Arterial Stiffness and Wave Reflections With a Very-Low-Dose Perindopril/Indapamide Combination in Hypertensive Patient: A Comparison With Atenolol

    Roland G. Asmar;Gérard M. London;Michael E. O’Rourke;Michel E. Safar

  • Influence of age, risk factors, and cardiovascular and renal disease on arterial stiffness: Clinical applications

    Athanase Benetos;Bernard Waeber;Joseph Izzo;Gary Mitchell

Frequent Co-Authors

Gérard M. London
Gérard M. London Grenoble Alpes University
Athanase Benetos
Athanase Benetos University of Lorraine
Jacques Blacher
Jacques Blacher Hôtel-Dieu de Paris
Bruno Pannier
Bruno Pannier Grenoble Alpes University
Stéphane Laurent
Stéphane Laurent Université Paris Cité
Michael F. O'Rourke
Michael F. O'Rourke University of New South Wales
Alberto Zanchetti
Alberto Zanchetti University of Milan
Giuseppe Mancia
Giuseppe Mancia University of Milano-Bicocca
Pilar Galan
Pilar Galan Paris 13 University

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