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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2013 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Rhian M. Touyz is affiliated with the McGill University Health Centre in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with particular emphasis on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Their work spans several subfields of study, including cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, nutrition and dietetics, molecular biology, immunology, and endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism.

The main research topics covered by Rhian M. Touyz include:

  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
  • Sodium Intake and Health
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Magnesium in Health and Disease
  • Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity and mitigation

They have contributed to the following recent papers:

  • 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure (2021), European Heart Journal
  • 2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice (2021), European Heart Journal
  • 2020 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment elevation (2020), European Heart Journal
  • 2022 ESC/ERS Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension (2022), European Heart Journal
  • 2022 ESC Guidelines for the management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death (2022), European Heart Journal

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Rhian M. Touyz include:

  • Augusto C. Montezano
  • Francisco J. Rios
  • Lívia L. Camargo
  • Rhéure Alves-Lopes
  • Karla B Neves

Publications by Rhian M. Touyz have appeared predominantly in the following venues:

  • Hypertension
  • Journal of Hypertension
  • European Heart Journal
  • Canadian Journal of Cardiology
  • Clinical Science

The scientist has received recognition such as being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2013 and a Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • 2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: lipid modification to reduce cardiovascular riskThe Task Force for the management of dyslipidaemias of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Atherosclerosis Society (EAS)

    François Mach;Colin Baigent;Alberico L Catapano;Konstantinos C Koskinas

  • 2019 ESC/EAS Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: lipid modification to reduce cardiovascular risk

    A Halliday;C Baigent;F Mach;B Mihaylova;B Mihaylova

  • 2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice

    Frank L J Visseren;François Mach;Yvo M Smulders;David Carballo

  • Clinical practice guidelines for the management of hypertension in the community a statement by the american society of hypertension and the international society of hypertension

    Michael A. Weber;Ernesto L. Schiffrin;William B. White;Samuel Mann

  • 2020 ESC Guidelines for the management of adult congenital heart disease.

    Helmut Baumgartner;Julie De Backer;Sonya V Babu-Narayan;Werner Budts

  • COVID-19 and the cardiovascular system: implications for risk assessment, diagnosis, and treatment options.

    Tomasz J Guzik;Tomasz J Guzik;Saidi A Mohiddin;Anthony Dimarco;Vimal Patel

  • Diabetes, Hypertension, and Cardiovascular Disease: Clinical Insights and Vascular Mechanisms

    John R. Petrie;Tomasz J. Guzik;Rhian M. Touyz

  • Association of Inpatient Use of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers With Mortality Among Patients With Hypertension Hospitalized With COVID-19.

    Peng Zhang;Lihua Zhu;Jingjing Cai;Fang Lei

  • 2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapyDeveloped by the Task Force on cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) With the special contribution of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)

    Michael Glikson;Jens Cosedis Nielsen;Mads Brix Kronborg;Yoav Michowitz

  • Signal Transduction Mechanisms Mediating the Physiological and Pathophysiological Actions of Angiotensin II in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

    Rhian M. Touyz;Ernesto L. Schiffrin

  • Reactive Oxygen Species, Vascular Oxidative Stress, and Redox Signaling in Hypertension What Is the Clinical Significance?

    Rhian M. Touyz

  • NADPH oxidases, reactive oxygen species, and hypertension: clinical implications and therapeutic possibilities.

    Tamara M. Paravicini;Rhian M. Touyz

  • Reactive oxygen species in vascular biology: implications in hypertension

    R. M. Touyz;E. L. Schiffrin

  • Correction of Arterial Structure and Endothelial Dysfunction in Human Essential Hypertension by the Angiotensin Receptor Antagonist Losartan

    Ernesto L. Schiffrin;Jeong Bae Park;Hope D. Intengan;Rhian M. Touyz

  • Redox signaling in hypertension.

    Tamara M. Paravicini;Rhian M. Touyz

  • Expression of a functionally active gp91phox-containing neutrophil-type NAD(P)H oxidase in smooth muscle cells from human resistance arteries: regulation by angiotensin II.

    Rhian M. Touyz;Xin Chen;Fatiha Tabet;Guoying Yao

  • Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and Vascular Aging in Hypertension.

    Tomasz J. Guzik;Rhian M. Touyz

  • Angiotensin-(1-7) Through Receptor Mas Mediates Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Activation via Akt-Dependent Pathways

    Walkyria Oliveira Sampaio;Robson Augusto Souza dos Santos;Raphael Faria-Silva;Leonor Tapias da Mata Machado

  • Stratified Medical Therapy Using Invasive Coronary Function Testing in Angina: The CorMicA Trial

    Thomas J. Ford;Bethany Stanley;Richard Good;Paul Rocchiccioli

  • Apocynin Is Not an Inhibitor of Vascular NADPH Oxidases but an Antioxidant. Commentary

    Rhian M. Touyz;Sabine Heumüller;Sven Wind;Eduardo Barbosa-Sicard

Frequent Co-Authors

Ernesto L. Schiffrin
Ernesto L. Schiffrin McGill University
Anna F. Dominiczak
Anna F. Dominiczak University of Glasgow
Mark E. Cooper
Mark E. Cooper Monash University
Colin Berry
Colin Berry University of Glasgow
Tomasz J. Guzik
Tomasz J. Guzik University of Glasgow
Mark C. Petrie
Mark C. Petrie University of Glasgow
Robson A.S. Santos
Robson A.S. Santos Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Sandosh Padmanabhan
Sandosh Padmanabhan University of Glasgow
Keith G. Oldroyd
Keith G. Oldroyd Golden Jubilee National Hospital
Pavel Hamet
Pavel Hamet University of Montreal

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