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Peter S. Sever is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research predominantly centers on medicine, with a substantial focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Other significant areas of study include surgery, economics and econometrics, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, and physiology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, which include:

  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments

Publications by Peter S. Sever have appeared frequently in several academic venues, such as:

  • European Heart Journal
  • Journal of Hypertension
  • Circulation
  • The Lancet
  • JAMA Cardiology

Recent papers include:

  • Efficacy and safety of lowering LDL cholesterol in older patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (2020, The Lancet)
  • Effect of statin therapy on muscle symptoms: an individual participant data meta-analysis of large-scale, randomised, double-blind trials (2022, The Lancet)
  • Side Effect Patterns in a Crossover Trial of Statin, Placebo, and No Treatment (2021, Journal of the American College of Cardiology)
  • Efficacy of Evolocumab on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Recent Myocardial Infarction (2020, JAMA Cardiology)
  • Efficacy and Safety of PCSK9 Inhibition With Evolocumab in Reducing Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Metabolic Syndrome Receiving Statin Therapy (2020, JAMA Cardiology)

Peter S. Sever frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Ajay Gupta
  • Anthony Keech
  • Robert P. Giugliano
  • Marc S. Sabatine
  • Somayeh Rostamian

Best Publications

  • Evolocumab and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease

    Marc S. Sabatine;Robert P. Giugliano;Anthony C. Keech;Narimon Honarpour

  • Prevention of coronary and stroke events with atorvastatin in hypertensive patients who have average or lower-than-average cholesterol concentrations, in the Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial—Lipid Lowering Arm (ASCOT-LLA): a multicentre randomised controlled trial

    Peter S Sever;Björn Dahlöf;Neil R Poulter;Hans Wedel

  • Prevention of cardiovascular events with an antihypertensive regimen of amlodipine adding perindopril as required versus atenolol adding bendroflumethiazide as required, in the Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial-Blood Pressure Lowering Arm (ASCOT-BPLA): a multicentre randomised controlled trial

    Björn Dahlöf;Peter S Sever;Neil R Poulter;Hans Wedel

  • Prognostic significance of visit-to-visit variability, maximum systolic blood pressure, and episodic hypertension.

    Peter M Rothwell;Sally C Howard;Eamon Dolan;Eoin O'Brien

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • Interpretation of the evidence for the efficacy and safety of statin therapy.

    Rory Collins;Christina Reith;Jonathan Emberson;Jane Armitage

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits.

    Evangelos Evangelou;Evangelos Evangelou;Helen R. Warren;Helen R. Warren;David Mosen-Ansorena;Borbala Mifsud

  • Guidelines for management of hypertension: report of the fourth working party of the British Hypertension Society, 2004—BHS IV

    Williams B;Poulter Nr;Brown Mj;Davis M

  • Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries

    Mary F. Feitosa;Aldi T. Kraja;Daniel I. Chasman;Yun J. Sung

  • Spironolactone versus placebo, bisoprolol, and doxazosin to determine the optimal treatment for drug-resistant hypertension (PATHWAY-2): a randomised, double-blind, crossover trial

    Bryan Williams;Thomas M MacDonald;Steve Morant;David J Webb

  • British Hypertension Society guidelines for hypertension management 2004 (BHS-IV): summary

    Bryan Williams;Neil R Poulter;Morris J Brown;Mark Davis

  • Effects of β blockers and calcium-channel blockers on within-individual variability in blood pressure and risk of stroke

    Peter M Rothwell;Sally C Howard;Eamon Dolan;Eoin O'Brien

  • Prevention of Coronary and Stroke Events with Atorvastatin in Hypertensive Patients who have Average or Lower-than-Average Cholesterol Concentrations, in the Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial— Lipid Lowering Arm (ASCOT-LLA): A Multicentre Randomised Controlled Trial

    Peter S Sever;Björn Dahlöf;Neil R Poulter;Hans Wedel

  • HMG-coenzyme A reductase inhibition, type 2 diabetes, and bodyweight: evidence from genetic analysis and randomised trials.

    Daniel I Swerdlow;David Preiss;Karoline B Kuchenbaecker;Michael Holmes

  • Effect of Spironolactone on Blood Pressure in Subjects With Resistant Hypertension

    Neil Chapman;Joanna Dobson;Sarah Wilson;Björn Dahlöf

  • Lipoprotein(a), PCSK9 Inhibition, and Cardiovascular Risk.

    Michelle L. O’Donoghue;Sergio Fazio;Robert P. Giugliano;Erik S.G. Stroes

  • Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Lowering With Evolocumab and Outcomes in Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease: Insights From the FOURIER Trial (Further Cardiovascular Outcomes Research With PCSK9 Inhibition in Subjects With Elevated Risk)

    Marc P. Bonaca;Patrice Nault;Robert P. Giugliano;Anthony C. Keech

  • Genetic risk, coronary heart disease events, and the clinical benefit of statin therapy: an analysis of primary and secondary prevention trials

    Jessica L Mega;Nathan O Stitziel;J Gustav Smith;J Gustav Smith;Daniel I Chasman

  • Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits

    Evangelos Evangelou;Helen R. Warren;David Mosen-Ansorena;Borbala Mifsu

Frequent Co-Authors

Neil R. Poulter
Neil R. Poulter Imperial College London
Mark J. Caulfield
Mark J. Caulfield Queen Mary University of London
Patricia B. Munroe
Patricia B. Munroe Queen Mary University of London
Nilesh J. Samani
Nilesh J. Samani University of Leicester
Alun D. Hughes
Alun D. Hughes University College London
Jaspal S. Kooner
Jaspal S. Kooner Imperial College London
Weihua Zhang
Weihua Zhang Imperial College London
John C. Chambers
John C. Chambers Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington

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