John Townend

Research interests

Publications

• Allopurinol versus usual care in UK patients with ischaemic heart disease (ALL-HEART): a multicentre, prospective, randomised, open-label, blinded-endpoint trial

  The Lancet · 2022 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(22)01657-9

• Effect of Digoxin vs Bisoprolol for Heart Rate Control in Atrial Fibrillation on Patient-Reported Quality of Life

  JAMA · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.23138

• Controlled Trial of Two Incremental Milk-Feeding Rates in Preterm Infants

  New England Journal of Medicine · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa1816654

• Triggering of the Pohang, Korea, Earthquake (Mw 5.5) by Enhanced Geothermal System Stimulation

  Seismological Research Letters · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1785/0220190102

• Planned early delivery or expectant management for late preterm pre-eclampsia (PHOENIX): a randomised controlled trial

  The Lancet · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(19)31963-4

• Serum potassium and adverse outcomes across the range of kidney function: a CKD Prognosis Consortium meta-analysis

  European Heart Journal · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehy100

• Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation With or Without Percutaneous Coronary Artery Revascularization Strategy: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

  Journal of the American Heart Association · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.117.005960

• Effect of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists on proteinuria and progression of chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  BMC Nephrology · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-016-0337-0

• Safety and efficacy of digoxin: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational and controlled trial data

  BMJ · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h4451

• Estimated glomerular filtration rate and albuminuria for prediction of cardiovascular outcomes: a collaborative meta-analysis of individual participant data

  The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s2213-8587(15)00040-6

• A Meta-analysis of the Association of Estimated GFR, Albuminuria, Diabetes Mellitus, and Hypertension With Acute Kidney Injury

  American Journal of Kidney Diseases · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2015.02.338

• Myocardial strain measurement with feature-tracking cardiovascular magnetic resonance: normal values

  European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/jev006

• A Meta-analysis of the Association of Estimated GFR, Albuminuria, Age, Race, and Sex With Acute Kidney Injury

  American Journal of Kidney Diseases · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2015.02.337

• Impella ventricular support in clinical practice: Collaborative viewpoint from a European expert user group

  International Journal of Cardiology · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.07.065

• Remote Ischemic Preconditioning in Human Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

  Circulation · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.109.926667

• Arterial stiffness in chronic kidney disease: causes and consequences

  Heart · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.2009.184879

• Prediction of ESRD and Death Among People With CKD: The Chronic Renal Impairment in Birmingham (CRIB) Prospective Cohort Study

  American Journal of Kidney Diseases · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2010.07.016

• Systematic review of dermoscopy and digital dermoscopy/ artificial intelligence for the diagnosis of melanoma

  British Journal of Dermatology · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09093.x

• Effect of Spironolactone on Left Ventricular Mass and Aortic Stiffness in Early-Stage Chronic Kidney Disease

  Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2009.03.066

• Incidence and Outcomes in Acute Kidney Injury

  Journal of the American Society of Nephrology · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1681/asn.2006070756

• Calculating horizontal stress orientations with full or partial knowledge of the tectonic stress tensor

  Geophysical Journal International · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246x.2007.03468.x

• Ambient noise Rayleigh wave tomography of New Zealand

  Geophysical Journal International · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246x.2007.03414.x

• Inflammation, endothelial dysfunction, and platelet activation in patients with chronic kidney disease: the chronic renal impairment in Birmingham (CRIB) study

  American Journal of Kidney Diseases · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1053/j.ajkd.2003.10.037

• Mortality, cardiac vagal control and physical training — what's the link?

  Experimental Physiology · 2002 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-445x.2002.tb00055.x

• Implications of hydrostatic pore pressures and high crustal strength for the deformation of intraplate lithosphere

  Tectonophysics · 2001 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s0040-1951(01)00091-9

• How faulting keeps the crust strong

  Geology · 2000 · https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<399:hfktcs>2.0.co;2

• Nitric Oxide and Cardiac Autonomic Control in Humans

  Hypertension · 2000 · https://doi.org/10.1161/01.hyp.36.2.264

• Suppression of Inflammation in Primary Systemic Vasculitis Restores Vascular Endothelial Function: Lessons for Atherosclerotic Disease?

  Circulation · 2000 · https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.102.13.1470

• Role of nitric oxide in the regulation of cardiovascular autonomic control

  Clinical Science · 1999 · https://doi.org/10.1042/cs0970005

• Predictive value of dobutamine echocardiography and positron emission tomography in identifying hibernating myocardium in patients with postischaemic heart failure

  Heart · 1998 · https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.79.3.281

Current projects

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