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Gerald F. Watts
Researcher at University of Western Australia
Publications - 961
Citations - 52245
Gerald F. Watts is an academic researcher from University of Western Australia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Lipoprotein & Apolipoprotein B. The author has an hindex of 100, co-authored 889 publications receiving 43807 citations. Previous affiliations of Gerald F. Watts include Glasgow Royal Infirmary & King's College London.
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Familial Hypercholesterolaemia in Children and Adolescents: Gaining Decades of Life by Optimizing Detection and Treatment
Albert Wiegman,Samuel S. Gidding,Gerald F. Watts,M. John Chapman,Henry N. Ginsberg,Marina Cuchel,Leiv Ose,Maurizio Averna,Catherine Boileau,Jan Borén,Eric Bruckert,Alberico L. Catapano,Joep C. Defesche,Olivier S. Descamps,Robert A. Hegele,G. Kees Hovingh,Steve E. Humphries,Petri T. Kovanen,Jan Albert Kuivenhoven,Luis Masana,Børge G. Nordestgaard,Päivi Pajukanta,Klaus G. Parhofer,Frederick J. Raal,Kausik K. Ray,Raul D. Santos,Anton F. H. Stalenhoef,Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen,Erik S.G. Stroes,Marja-Riitta Taskinen,Marja-Riitta Taskinen,Anne Tybjærg-Hansen,Olov Wiklund +32 more
TL;DR: This consensus paper aims to improve awareness of the need for early detection and management of FH children by recommending cascade screening of families using a combined phenotypic and genotypic strategy.
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Improved analysis of brachial artery ultrasound using a novel edge-detection software system.
Richard J. Woodman,David Playford,Gerald F. Watts,Craig Cheetham,C. Reed,Roger R. Taylor,Ian B. Puddey,Lawrence J. Beilin,Valerie Burke,Trevor A. Mori,Daniel J. Green +10 more
TL;DR: A semiautomated computerized vascular ultrasound analysis system that will improve the power of clinical intervention studies to detect small changes in arterial diameter is developed.
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Familial Hypercholesterolemia in the Danish General Population: Prevalence, Coronary Artery Disease, and Cholesterol-Lowering Medication
Marianne Benn,Gerald F. Watts,Anne Tybjærg-Hansen,Børge G. Nordestgaard,Børge G. Nordestgaard +4 more
TL;DR: The prevalence of familial hypercholesterolemia appears to be higher than commonly perceived in a general population of white Danish individuals, with at least half of affected subjects not receiving cholesterol-lowering medication.
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Fasting is not routinely required for determination of a lipid profile: Clinical and laboratory implications including flagging at desirable concentration cut-points - A joint consensus statement from the European Atherosclerosis Society and European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
Børge G. Nordestgaard,Anne Langsted,Samia Mora,Genovefa Kolovou,Hannsjörg Baum,Eric Bruckert,Gerald F. Watts,Grazyna Sypniewska,Olov Wiklund,Jan Borén,M. John Chapman,Christa M. Cobbaert,Olivier S. Descamps,Arnold von Eckardstein,Pia R. Kamstrup,Kari Pulkki,Florian Kronenberg,Alan T. Remaley,Nader Rifai,Emilio Ros,Michel Langlois +20 more
TL;DR: Non-fasting blood samples should be routinely used for the assessment of plasma lipid profiles and laboratory reports should flag abnormal values on the basis of desirable concentration cut-points to improve patient compliance with lipid testing.
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The Agenda for Familial Hypercholesterolemia A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
Samuel S. Gidding,Mary Ann Champagne,Sarah D. de Ferranti,Joep C. Defesche,Matthew K. Ito,Joshua W. Knowles,Brian W. McCrindle,Frederick J. Raal,Daniel J. Rader,Raul D. Santos,Maria Lopes-Virella,Gerald F. Watts,Anthony S. Wierzbicki +12 more
TL;DR: Drug discovery has linked enhancement of LDL receptor function to LDL-C lowering and successful prevention of ischemic heart disease, first with statins and now with newer drugs that affect LDL receptors function in other ways, including those that impair PCSK9 regulation of LDL receptors recycling.