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Overview

Salim Yusuf is affiliated with McMaster University in Canada and has a research profile focused primarily on medicine, with a significant body of work in cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Their published work frequently appears in several prominent venues, including:

  • European Heart Journal
  • Circulation
  • The Lancet
  • New England Journal of Medicine
  • JAMA Network Open

The main topics in their research encompass a variety of fields related to cardiovascular health and public health:

  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Salim Yusuf include:

  • "Pharmacological blood pressure lowering for primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease across different levels of blood pressure," 2021, published in The Lancet
  • "Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion during Cardiac Surgery to Prevent Stroke," 2021, published in New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Saturated Fats and Health: A Reassessment and Proposal for Food-Based Recommendations," 2020, published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Progression as Surrogate Marker for Cardiovascular Risk," 2020, published in Circulation
  • "Association of ultra-processed food intake with risk of inflammatory bowel disease: prospective cohort study," 2021, published in BMJ

Frequent co-authors of Salim Yusuf include:

  • Sumathy Rangarajan
  • Patricio López-Jaramillo
  • Álvaro Avezum
  • Annika Rosengren
  • Fernando Laņas

The main subfields of study covered in their work reflect an interdisciplinary approach to medical research and include:

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Surgery
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Economics and Econometrics

Among the recognitions received by Salim Yusuf are induction into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame in 2014 and being named a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (ACC).

Best Publications

  • Effect of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with myocardial infarction in 52 countries (the INTERHEART study): case-control study

    Salim Yusuf;Steven Hawken;Stephanie Ôunpuu;Tony Dans

  • MRC/BHF Heart Protection Study of cholesterol lowering with simvastatin in 20536 high-risk individuals: a randomised placebo-controlled trial. Commentary

    Salim Yusuf

  • Effects of clopidogrel in addition to aspirin in patients with acute coronary syndromes without ST-segment elevation.

    S Yusuf;F Zhao;S R Mehta;S Chrolavicius

  • Effects of an angiotensin-converting -enzyme inhibitor, ramipril, on cardiovascular events in high-risk patients

    S Yusuf;P Sleight;J Pogue

  • Effect of enalapril on survival in patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fractions and congestive heart failure.

    Solvd Investigators;Salim Yusuf;Bertram Pitt;Clarence E Davis

  • COLLABORATIVE OVERVIEW OF RANDOMIZED TRIALS OF ANTIPLATELET THERAPY .1. PREVENTION OF DEATH, MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION, AND STROKE BY PROLONGED ANTIPLATELET THERAPY IN VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF PATIENTS

    R Altman;L Carreras;R Diaz;E Figueroa

  • Risk factors for ischaemic and intracerebral haemorrhagic stroke in 22 countries (the INTERSTROKE study): a case-control study

    Martin J O'Donnell;Martin J O'Donnell;Denis Xavier;Lisheng Liu;Hongye Zhang

  • Effects of pretreatment with clopidogrel and aspirin followed by long-term therapy in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: the PCI-CURE study.

    Shamir R. Mehta;Salim Yusuf;Ron J. G. Peters;Michel E. Bertrand

  • Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases Part I: General Considerations, the Epidemiologic Transition, Risk Factors, and Impact of Urbanization

    Salim Yusuf;Srinath Reddy;Stephanie Ôunpuu;Sonia Anand

  • Effect of enalapril on mortality and the development of heart failure in asymptomatic patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fractions.

    Solvd Investigators;Yusuf S;Pitt B;Davis Ce

  • Effects of candesartan in patients with chronic heart failure and reduced left-ventricular systolic function intolerant to angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors: the CHARM-Alternative trial

    Christopher B Granger;John J V McMurray;Salim Yusuf;Peter Held

  • Obesity and the risk of myocardial infarction in 27,000 participants from 52 countries: a case-control study.

    Salim Yusuf;Steven Hawken;Stephanie Ôunpuu;Leonelo Bautista

  • Effects of candesartan in patients with chronic heart failure and preserved left-ventricular ejection fraction: the CHARM-Preserved Trial

    Salim Yusuf;Marc A Pfeffer;Karl Swedberg;Christopher B Granger

  • The effect of digoxin on mortality and morbidity in patients with heart failure

    G Perry;E Brown;R Thornton;T Shiva

  • ACC/AHA Guidelines for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery A Report of the American College of Cardiology/ American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Revise the 1991 Guidelines for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery)

    Kim A. Eagle;Robert A. Guyton;Ravin Davidoff;Gordon A. Ewy

  • Apixaban in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

    Stuart J. Connolly;John Eikelboom;Campbell Joyner;Hans-Christoph Diener

  • Albuminuria and risk of cardiovascular events, death, and heart failure in diabetic and nondiabetic individuals

    Hertzel C. Gerstein;Johannes F. E. Mann;Qilong Yi;Bernard Zinman

  • Effect of clopidogrel added to aspirin in patients with atrial fibrillation.

    Stuart J. Connolly;Janice Pogue;Robert G. Hart;Stefan H. Hohnloser

  • Association of psychosocial risk factors with risk of acute myocardial infarction in 11 119 cases and 13 648 controls from 52 countries (the INTERHEART study): case-control study

    Annika Rosengren;Steven Hawken;Stephanie Ôunpuu;Karen Sliwa

  • Effects of ramipril on cardiovascular and microvascular outcomes in people with diabetes mellitus: results of the HOPE study and MICRO-HOPE substudy. Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation Study Investigators.

    Jfe Mann;HC Gerstein;S Yusuf

Frequent Co-Authors

Stuart J. Connolly
Stuart J. Connolly McMaster University
Koon K. Teo
Koon K. Teo McMaster University
Sonia S. Anand
Sonia S. Anand McMaster University
John W. Eikelboom
John W. Eikelboom Population Health Research Institute
Hertzel C. Gerstein
Hertzel C. Gerstein McMaster University
Lars Wallentin
Lars Wallentin Uppsala University
Janice Pogue
Janice Pogue Population Health Research Institute
Eva Lonn
Eva Lonn McMaster University
Jackie Bosch
Jackie Bosch McMaster University
Alvaro Avezum
Alvaro Avezum Population Health Research Institute

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