By Professor Stephen MacMahon

Journal articles

Neal B; MacMahon S; Bousser MG; Chalmers J; Cutler J; Donnan G; Hansson L; Harrap S; Lisheng L; Mancia G; Menard J; Omae T; Reid J; Rodgers A, 1995, 'The PROGRESS study: Rationale and design', Journal of Hypertension, 13, pp. 1869 - 1873, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004872-199512010-00068

Flack JM; Neaton J; Grimm R; Shih J; Cutler J; Ensrud K; MacMahon S, 1995, 'Blood pressure and mortality among men with prior myocardial infarction', Circulation, 92, pp. 2437 - 2445, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/01.CIR.92.9.2437

Scoggins BA; MacMahon S, 1995, 'A direct threat to research in public hospitals.', New Zealand Medical Journal, 108, pp. 415 - 416

Krum H; Tonkin A; Trotter A; Burton R; Garrett J; Lane G; Owensby D; Ryan J; Shepherd J; Singh J; Jackson B; Rudge G; Stephensen J; Woodhouse S; Davidson T; Turner J; Walsh W; Bradbury J; Hamer A, 1995, 'Effects of carvedilol, a vasodilator-β-blocker, in patients with congestive heart failure due to ischemic heart disease', Circulation, 92, pp. 212 - 218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/01.CIR.92.2.212

Katsuya T; Koike G; Horiuchi M; Pratt RE; Dzau VJ; Yee TW; Sharpe N; MacMahon S; Jackson R; Norton R, 1995, 'Association of angiotensinogen gene T235 variant with increased risk of coronary heart disease', The Lancet, 345, pp. 1600 - 1603, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(95)90115-9

Harris ML; Bron AJ; Brown NAP; Keech AC; Wallendszus KR; Armitage JM; MacMahon S; Snibson G; Collins R, 1995, 'Absence of effect of simvastatin on the progression of lens opacities in a randomised placebo controlled study', British Journal of Ophthalmology, 79, pp. 996 - 1002, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjo.79.11.996

Warwick DJ; MacMahon S; Rodgers A; Collins R; Farrell B, 1995, 'Antiplatelet therapy to prevent thrombosis after hip fracture [1]', Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B, 77, pp. 163 - 164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/0301-620x.77b1.7822384

MacMahon S; Norton R; Jackson R; Mackie MJ; Cheng A; Vander Hoorn S; Milne A; McCulloch A, 1995, 'Fletcher Challenge-University of Auckland Heart & Health Study: design and baseline findings.', The New Zealand medical journal, 108, pp. 499 - 502

Doughty R; Yee T; Sharpe N; MacMahon S, 1995, 'Hospital admissions and deaths due to congestive heart failure in New Zealand, 1988-91.', The New Zealand medical journal, 108, pp. 473 - 475

Aylward P; Colquhoun D; Glasziou P; Harris P; Hunt D; Keech A; MacMahon S; Sharpe N; Simes J; Thompson P; Thomson A; Tonkin A; West M; White H, 1995, 'Lowering cholesterol levels in patients with coronary heart disease', Medical Journal of Australia, 162, pp. 455 - 456, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1995.tb140002.x

Rodgers A; MacMahon S, 1995, 'Systematic underestimation of treatment effects as a result of diagnostic test inaccuracy: Implications for the interpretation and design of thromboprophylaxis trials', Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 73, pp. 167 - 171, http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1653746

MACMAHON S; RODGERS A; COLLINS R; FARRELL B, 1994, 'ANTIPLATELET THERAPY TO PREVENT THROMBOSIS AFTER HIP FRACTURE - RATIONALE FOR A RANDOMIZED TRIAL', JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-BRITISH VOLUME, 76B, pp. 521 - 524, http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.76B4.8027132

Doughty RN; MacMahon S; Sharpe N, 1994, 'Beta-blockers in heart failure: Promising or proved?', Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 23, pp. 814 - 821, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0735-1097(94)90773-0

MacMahon S; Rodgers A; Collins R; Farrell B, 1994, 'Antiplatelet therapy to prevent thrombosis after hip fracture. Rationale for a randomised trial', Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B, 76, pp. 521 - 524, http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/0301-620x.76b4.8027132

Collins R; MacMahon S, 1994, 'Blood pressure, antihypertensive drug treatment and the risks of stroke and of coronary heart disease', British Medical Bulletin, 50, pp. 272 - 298, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a072892

Gamble G; Zorn J; Sanders G; MacMahon S; Sharpe N, 1994, 'Estimation of arterial stiffness, compliance, and distensibility from m-mode ultrasound measurements of the common carotid artery', Stroke, 25, pp. 11 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/01.STR.25.1.11

MacMahon S; North D, 1994, 'Hormone replacement therapy [2]', New Zealand Medical Journal, 107, pp. 185

Jackson R; Barham P; MacMahon S, 1994, 'Management of raised blood pressure [1]', New Zealand Medical Journal, 107, pp. 112

Chalmers J, 1994, 'Mild hypertension: A summary of the 1993 World Health Organization/International Society of Hypertension (WHO/ISH) guidelines for the management of mild hypertension Memorandum from a WHO/ISH meeting', Journal of Internal Medicine, 235, pp. 21 - 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2796.1994.tb01028.x

Rodgers A; Gray H; MacMahon S, 1994, 'PHARMACOLOGICAL THROMBOPROPHYLAXIS IN HIP AND KNEE SURGERY: A SURVEY OF NEW ZEALAND ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 64, pp. 167 - 172, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-2197.1994.tb02170.x

MacMahon S; Rodgers A, 1994, 'The Epidemiological Association between Blood Pressure and Stroke: Implications for Primary and Secondary Prevention', Hypertension Research, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1291/hypres.17.SupplementI_S23

Keech A; Collins R; Macmahon S; Armitage J; Lawson A; Wallendszus K; Fatemian M; Kearney E; Lyon V; Mindell J; Mount J; Painter R; Parish S; Slavin B; Sleight P; Youngman L; Peto R, 1994, 'Three-year follow-up of the Oxford Cholesterol Study: Assessment of the efficacy and safety of simvastatin in preparation for a large mortality study', European Heart Journal, 15, pp. 255 - 269

MacMahon S; Rodgers A, 1994, 'Antihypertensive Agents and Stroke Prevention', Cerebrovascular Diseases, 4, pp. 11 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000108556

Zanchetti A; Chalmers J; Arakawa K; Gyarfas I; Hamet P; Hansson L; Julius S; MacMahon S; Mancia G; Ménard J; Omae T; Reid J; Safar M, 1993, 'Summary of 1993 World Health Organisation-International Society of Hypertension guidelines for the management of mild hypertension', British Medical Journal, 307, pp. 1541 - 1546

Zanchetti A; Chalmers J; Arakawa K; Gyarfas I; Hamet P; Hansson L; Julius S; MacMahon S; Mancia G; Menard J; Omae T; Reid J; Safar M, 1993, 'Summary of 1993 WHO/ISH guidelines for the management of mild hypertension: Memorandum from a WHO/ISH meeting', Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 20, pp. 801 - 808

MacMahon S; Rodgers A, 1993, 'The effects of antihypertensive treatment on vascular disease: Reappraisal of the evidence in 1994', Journal of Vascular Medicine and Biology, 4, pp. 265 - 271

Zanchetti A; Chalmers J; Arakawa K; Gyarfas I; Hamet P; Hansson L; Julius S; MacMahon S; Mancia G; Ménard J; Omae T; Reid J; Safar M, 1993, '1993 Guidelines for the management of mild hypertension: MEMORANDUM from a World Health Organization/International Society of Hypertension meeting', Journal of Hypertension, 11, pp. 905 - 918, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004872-199309000-00004

Gamble G; Beaumont B; Smith H; Zorn J; Sanders G; Merrilees M; MacMahon S; Sharpe N, 1993, 'B-mode ultrasound images of the carotid artery wall: correlation of ultrasound with histological measurements', Atherosclerosis, 102, pp. 163 - 173, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0021-9150(93)90158-Q

Jackson R; Barham P; Bills J; Birch T; McLennan L; MacMahon S; Maling T, 1993, 'Management of raised blood pressure in New Zealand: A discussion document', British Medical Journal, 307, pp. 107 - 110, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.307.6896.107

ZANCHETTI A; CHALMERS J; ARAKAWA K; GYARFAS I; HAMET P; HANSSON L; JULIUS S; MACMAHON S; MANCIA G; MENARD J; OMAE T; REID J; SAFAR M, 1993, 'MEMORANDUM FROM A WHO ISH MEETING', CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL HYPERTENSION, 15, pp. 1363 - 1395, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:A1993MF61400039&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Zanchetti A; Chalmers JP; Arakawa K; Gyarfas I; Hamet P; Hansson L; Julius S; Macmahon S; Mancia G; Ménard J; Omae T; Reid J; Safar M, 1993, 'The 1993 guidelines for the management of mild hypertension: Memorandum from a WHO/ISH meeting', Blood Pressure, 2, pp. 86 - 100, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/08037059309077535

Mac Mahon S; Rodgers A, 1993, 'The effects of blood pressure reduction in older patients: An overview of five randomized controlled trials in elderly hypertensives', Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, 15, pp. 967 - 978, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10641969309037085

Mashiba H; Zanchetti A; Chalmers JP; Arakawa K; Gyarfas I; Hamet P; Hansson L; Julius S; MacMahon S; Mancia G; Menard J; Omae T; Reid JL; Safar M, 1993, '1993 Guidelines for the Management of Mild Hypertension: Memorandum from a WHO/ISH Meeting.', Hypertension Research, 16, pp. 149 - 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1291/hypres.16.149

Collins R; Keech A; Peto R; Sleight P; Kjekshus J; Wilhelmsen I; MacMahon S; Shaw J; Simes J; Braunwald E; Buring J; Hennekens C; Pfeffer M; Sacks F; Probstfield J; Yusuf S; Downs JR; Gotto A; Cobbe S, 1992, 'Cholesterol and total mortality: Need for larger trials [1]', British Medical Journal, 304, pp. 1689

MacMahon S, 1992, 'Lowering cholesterol: effects on trauma death, cancer death and total mortality', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine, 22, pp. 580 - 582, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.1992.tb00481.x

Chen Z; Peto R; Collins R; MacMahon S; Lu J; Li W, 1991, 'Serum cholesterol concentration and coronary heart disease in population with low cholesterol concentrations', British Medical Journal, 303, pp. 276 - 282

Macmahon S; Sharpe N, 1991, 'The J-Curve Phenomenon and the Treatment of Hypertension', JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 266, pp. 64 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1991.03470010068025

MacMahon S, 1991, 'Blood pressure reduction and the prevention of stroke', Journal of Hypertension, 9, pp. S7 - S10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004872-199112007-00003

MacMahon S, 1991, 'Effects of antihypertensive treatment on coronary artery disease: Directions for future research', Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, 18, pp. S59 - S63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00005344-199106182-00013

MacMahon S; Sharpe N, 1991, 'Long-term antiplatelet therapy for the prevention of vascular disease', Medical Journal of Australia, 154, pp. 477 - 480, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1991.tb121183.x

MacMahon S, 1991, 'Effects of Antihypertensive Treatment on Coronary Artery Disease', Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, 18, pp. S59 - S63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00005344-199100182-00013

Collins R; Peto R; Godwin J; Macmahon S, 1990, 'Blood pressure and coronary heart disease', The Lancet, 336, pp. 370 - 371, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0140-6736(90)91908-S

Collins R; Peto R; MacMahon S; Godwin J; Qizilbash N; Hebert P; Eberlein KA; Taylor JO; Hennekens CH; Fiebach NH, 1990, 'Blood pressure, stroke, and coronary heart disease. Part 2, short-term reductions in blood pressure: overview of randomised drug trials in their epidemiological context', The Lancet, 335, pp. 827 - 838, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0140-6736(90)90944-Z

MacMahon S; Peto R; Collins R; Godwin J; Cutler J; Sorlie P; Abbott R; Neaton J; Abbott R; Dyer A; Stamler J, 1990, 'Blood pressure, stroke, and coronary heart disease. Part 1, prolonged differences in blood pressure: prospective observational studies corrected for the regression dilution bias', The Lancet, 335, pp. 765 - 774, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0140-6736(90)90878-9

MacMahon S; Sharpe N, 1990, 'Future directions for randomized trials of cardiovascular disease prevention in hypertensive patients', Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, 16, pp. S96 - S99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00005344-199006167-00030

MacMahon S; Sharpe N, 1990, 'Future Directions for Randomized Trials of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Hypertensive Patients', Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, 16, pp. S96 - S99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00005344-199000167-00030

MacMahon S; Collins G; Rautaharju P; Cutler J; Neaton J; Prineas R; Crow R; Stamler J, 1989, 'Electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy and effects of antihypertensive drug therapy in hypertensive participants in the multiple risk factor intervention trial', The American Journal of Cardiology, 63, pp. 202 - 210, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0002-9149(89)90286-5

MacMahon S; Cutler JA; Stamler J, 1989, 'Antihypertensive drug treatment: Potential, expected, and observed effects on stroke and on coronary heart disease', Hypertension, 13, pp. I-45-I-50, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/01.hyp.13.5_suppl.i45

MAcMahon S, 1989, 'Prevention of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in hypertension: Benefits of blood pressure reduction and cholesterol lowering', Postgraduate Medical Journal, 65

Macmahon S, 1989, 'The effects of antihypertensive drug treatment on the incidence of stroke and of coronary heart disease', Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, A11, pp. 807 - 823, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10641968909035375

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