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  • 1992 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

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Peter W. Macfarlane is affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. Their research focus lies primarily within the field of Medicine, with a substantial emphasis on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Their work extends into subfields including Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Molecular Biology, Surgery, and Emergency Medicine.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, ECG Monitoring and Analysis, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Acute Myocardial Infarction Research, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies, and the Long-Term Effects of COVID-19.

Frequent collaborators of Peter W. Macfarlane include Colin Berry, Alex McConnachie, Antônio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro, Naveed Sattar, and Andrew Morrow, reflecting a network of research partnerships across cardiovascular medicine and related disciplines.

Publications by Peter W. Macfarlane appear regularly in several scientific venues. These include:

  • Circulation
  • Journal of Electrocardiology
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Hearts
  • Journal of the American Heart Association

Recent significant papers authored or co-authored by Macfarlane include:

  • Pre-trained deep neural network models for ECG automatic abnormality detection, 2020, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Effect of statin therapy on muscle symptoms: an individual participant data meta-analysis of large-scale, randomised, double-blind trials, 2022, The Lancet
  • Effects of statin therapy on diagnoses of new-onset diabetes and worsening glycaemia in large-scale randomised blinded statin trials: an individual participant data meta-analysis, 2024, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • Myocardial Involvement After Hospitalization for COVID-19 Complicated by Troponin Elevation: A Prospective, Multicenter, Observational Study, 2023, Circulation
  • A multisystem, cardio-renal investigation of post-COVID-19 illness, 2022, Nature Medicine

In 1992, Peter W. Macfarlane was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. This distinction marks a longstanding involvement in the scientific community, particularly within areas that intersect cardiology, diagnostics, and the detailed study of cardiac conditions.

Best Publications

  • Prevention of coronary heart disease with pravastatin in men with hypercholesterolemia. West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study Group

    J Shepherd;S M Cobbe;I Ford;C G Isles

  • Pravastatin in elderly individuals at risk of vascular disease (PROSPER): a randomised controlled trial

    James Shepherd;Gerard J Blauw;Michael B Murphy;Edward Lem Bollen

  • Statins and risk of incident diabetes: a collaborative meta-analysis of randomised statin trials

    Naveed Sattar;David Preiss;Heather M Murray;Paul Welsh

  • Metabolic Syndrome With and Without C-Reactive Protein as a Predictor of Coronary Heart Disease and Diabetes in the West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study

    Naveed Sattar;Allan Gaw;Olga Scherbakova;Ian Ford

  • West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study: Identification of high-risk groups and comparison with other cardiovascular intervention trials

    J Shepherd;SM Cobbe;AR Lorimer;JH McKillop

  • Automatic diagnosis of the 12-lead ECG using a deep neural network

    Antônio H. Ribeiro;Antônio H. Ribeiro;Manoel Horta Ribeiro;Gabriella M.M. Paixão;Derick M. Oliveira

  • The prevention of progression of arterial disease and diabetes (POPADAD) trial: factorial randomised placebo controlled trial of aspirin and antioxidants in patients with diabetes and asymptomatic peripheral arterial disease

    Jill Belch;Angus MacCuish;Iain Campbell;Stuart Cobbe

  • Pravastatin and the Development of Diabetes Mellitus Evidence for a Protective Treatment Effect in the West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study

    Dilys J. Freeman;John Norrie;Naveed Sattar;R. Dermot G. Neely

  • Recommendations for the Standardization and Interpretation of the Electrocardiogram: Part I: The Electrocardiogram and Its Technology A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Electrocardiography and Arrhythmias Committee, Council on Clinical Cardiology; the American College of Cardiology Foundation; and the Heart Rhythm Society Endorsed by the International Society for Computerized Electrocardiology

    Paul Kligfield;Leonard S. Gettes;James J. Bailey;Rory Childers

  • Practice Standards for Electrocardiographic Monitoring in Hospital Settings An American Heart Association Scientific Statement From the Councils on Cardiovascular Nursing, Clinical Cardiology, and Cardiovascular Disease in the Young

    Barbara J. Drew;Robert M. Califf;Marjorie Funk;Elizabeth S. Kaufman

  • Efficacy and safety of statin therapy in older people: a meta-analysis of individual participant data from 28 randomised controlled trials

    Jane Armitage;Colin Baigent;Elizabeth Barnes;D John Betteridge

  • Multi-Ethnic Genome-wide Association Study for Atrial Fibrillation

    Carolina Roselli;Mark D. Chaffin;Lu Chen Weng;Lu Chen Weng;Stefanie Aeschbacher

  • Influence of pravastatin and plasma lipids on clinical events in the West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study (WOSCOPS)

    CJ Packard;J Shepherd;SM Cobbe;Jane B Ford

  • Recommendations for the Standardization and Interpretation of the Electrocardiogram

    Paul Kligfield;Leonard S. Gettes;James J. Bailey;Rory Childers

  • Can metabolic syndrome usefully predict cardiovascular disease and diabetes? Outcome data from two prospective studies

    Naveed Sattar;Alex McConnachie;A Gerald Shaper;Gerard J Blauw

  • Long-Term Follow-up of the West of Scotland Coronary Prevention Study

    Ian Ford;Heather Murray;Chris J Packard;James Shepherd

  • Elevated alanine aminotransferase predicts new-onset type 2 diabetes independently of classical risk factors, metabolic syndrome, and C-reactive protein in the west of Scotland coronary prevention study.

    Naveed Sattar;Olga Scherbakova;Ian Ford;Denis St. J. O’Reilly

  • A comparison of commonly used QT correction formulae: the effect of heart rate on the QTc of normal ECGs.

    Shen Luo;Kurt Michler;Paul Johnston;Peter W. Macfarlane

  • The design of a prospective study of pravastatin in the elderly at risk (PROSPER)

    James Shepherd;Gerard Jan Blauw;Michael B Murphy;Stuart M Cobbe

  • AHA/ACCF/HRS Recommendations for the Standardization and Interpretation of the Electrocardiogram Part V: Electrocardiogram Changes Associated With Cardiac Chamber Hypertrophy: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Electrocardiography and Arrhythmias Committee, Council on Clinical Cardiology; the American College of Cardiology Foundation; and the Heart Rhythm Society: Endorsed by the International Society for Computerized Electrocardiology

    E. William Hancock;Barbara J. Deal;David M. Mirvis;Peter Okin

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian Ford
Ian Ford University of Glasgow
J. Wouter Jukema
J. Wouter Jukema Leiden University Medical Center
Stuart M. Cobbe
Stuart M. Cobbe University of Glasgow
Chris J. Packard
Chris J. Packard Glasgow Royal Infirmary
David J. Stott
David J. Stott University of Glasgow
Stella Trompet
Stella Trompet Leiden University Medical Center
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Naveed Sattar
Naveed Sattar University of Glasgow
Rudi G. J. Westendorp
Rudi G. J. Westendorp University of Copenhagen
Albert V. Smith
Albert V. Smith University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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