K Pyörälä

9.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

K Pyörälä is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, K Pyörälä has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 17 papers in Surgery and 17 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in K Pyörälä's work include Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (10 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (7 papers) and Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (6 papers). K Pyörälä is often cited by papers focused on Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (10 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (7 papers) and Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (6 papers). K Pyörälä collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United Kingdom and United States. K Pyörälä's co-authors include Markku Laakso, Leena Mykkänen, Johanna Kuusisto, Heikki Miettinen, Steven M. Haffner, Daan Kromhout, Alan R. Dyer, Michael Marmot, Ulrich Laaser and G A Rose and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Circulation and Diabetes Care.

In The Last Decade

K Pyörälä

82 papers receiving 4.0k citations

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Intersalt: An international study of electrolyte excretion and blood pressure. Results for 24 hour urinary sodium and potassium excretion

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
K Pyörälä Finland	28	1.8k	942	916	905	697	89	4.3k
Michael J. Horan United States	21	3.9k 2.1×	1.3k 1.4×	884 1.0×	1.3k 1.4×	752 1.1×	49	6.3k
S Punsar Finland	34	1.5k 0.8×	1.7k 1.8×	1.2k 1.3×	903 1.0×	1.0k 1.5×	87	5.8k
Abraham Kagan United States	30	1.2k 0.7×	904 1.0×	438 0.5×	1.3k 1.4×	1.1k 1.6×	51	4.7k
Barry P. McGrath Australia	40	2.6k 1.4×	781 0.8×	497 0.5×	1.2k 1.3×	669 1.0×	168	5.4k
G Berglund Sweden	43	3.3k 1.8×	1.1k 1.2×	465 0.5×	1.5k 1.6×	1.2k 1.7×	143	7.5k
Efrain Reisin United States	34	2.7k 1.5×	521 0.6×	545 0.6×	956 1.1×	705 1.0×	112	5.1k
Richard P. Donahue United States	37	1.7k 1.0×	1.4k 1.5×	889 1.0×	2.0k 2.2×	773 1.1×	69	6.7k
Edoardo Casiglia Italy	39	2.8k 1.5×	567 0.6×	560 0.6×	902 1.0×	801 1.1×	238	5.2k
Clarice Brown United States	8	2.6k 1.4×	1.0k 1.1×	679 0.7×	977 1.1×	428 0.6×	12	4.1k
Richard E. Tracy United States	30	2.8k 1.5×	2.4k 2.5×	441 0.5×	1.6k 1.7×	1.2k 1.8×	99	6.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K Pyörälä

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Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Markku Mähönen, Coen D.A. Stehouwer, et al.. (2009). Hyperglycemia and Incidence of Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke-Comparison Between Fasting and 2-Hour Glucose Criteria. Stroke. 40(5). 1633–1637. 32 indexed citations

Salomaa, Veikko, Matti Ketonen, Heli Koukkunen, et al.. (2006). The effect of correcting for troponins on trends in coronary heart disease events in Finland during 1993-2002: the FINAMI study. European Heart Journal. 27(20). 2394–2399. 27 indexed citations

Redberg, Rita F., Philip Greenland, Valentı́n Fuster, et al.. (2002). Prevention Conference VI: Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease. Circulation. 105(18). e144–52. 56 indexed citations

Borch‐Johnsen, K., Andrew Neil, Beverley Balkau, et al.. (1998). Epidemiological considerations related to the new diagnostic criteria for diabetes mellitus. Diabetologia. 41(11). 51–52. 2 indexed citations

Koukkunen, Heli, Karri Penttilä, Matti Halinen, et al.. (1998). Troponin T and creatinine kinase isoenzyme MB mass in the diagnosis of myocardial infarction. Annals of Medicine. 30(5). 488–496. 9 indexed citations

Mähönen, Markku, Veikko Salomaa, Mats Brommels, et al.. (1997). The validity of hospital discharge register data on coronary heart disease in Finland. European Journal of Epidemiology. 13(4). 403–415. 88 indexed citations

Kuusisto, Johanna, Keijo Koivisto, Kari Kervinen, et al.. (1994). Association of apolipoprotein E phenotypes with late onset Alzheimer's disease: population based study. BMJ. 309(6955). 636–638. 177 indexed citations

Mustonen, Juha, Matti Uusitupa, Markku Laakso, et al.. (1994). Left ventricular systolic function in middle-aged patients with diabetes mellitus. The American Journal of Cardiology. 73(16). 1202–1208. 35 indexed citations

Heliö, Tiina, Tapani Ebeling, K Pyörälä, et al.. (1994). Screening for mutations in the exon 26 of the apolipoprotein B gene in hypercholesterolemic finnish families by the single-strand conformation polymorphism method. Human Mutation. 4(3). 217–223. 9 indexed citations

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Pyörälä, K, et al.. (1994). Prevention of coronary heart disease in clinical practice: recommendations of the task force of the European Society of cardiology, European atherosclerosis Society and European society of Hypertension. Atherosclerosis. 110(2). 121–161. 242 indexed citations

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Uusitupa, Matti, Leena Mykkänen, Onni Siitonen, et al.. (1992). Chromium supplementation in impaired glucose tolerance of elderly: effects on blood glucose, plasma insulin, C-peptide and lipid levels. British Journal Of Nutrition. 68(1). 209–216. 72 indexed citations

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Remes, Jouko, Esko Länsimies, & K Pyörälä. (1991). Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Has Limited Value in Diagnosing Heart Failure. Annals of Medicine. 23(5). 521–527. 1 indexed citations

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Pyörälä, K. (1990). Preventive cardiology: A progress report. Preventive Medicine. 19(1). 78–96. 3 indexed citations

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Laakso, Markku & K Pyörälä. (1988). Lipid and lipoprotein abnormalities in diabetic patients with peripheral vascular disease. Atherosclerosis. 74(1-2). 55–63. 31 indexed citations

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Pyörälä, K, et al.. (1985). Changing Trends in Coronary Heart Disease Mortality. PubMed. 72(1-2). 5–10. 23 indexed citations

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Pyörälä, K, Elliot Rapaport, K. König, G Schettler, & C. Diehm. (1985). [Secondary prevention of coronary heart disease. Recommendations of the Workshop of the International Society and Federation of Cardiology on the Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease. Titisee (German Federal Republic), 21-14 October 1983].. PubMed. 29(9-10). 459–74. 1 indexed citations

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Laakso, Markku, Erkki Voutilainen, H Sarlund, et al.. (1985). Serum lipids and lipoproteins in middle-aged non-insulin-dependent diabetics. Atherosclerosis. 56(3). 271–281. 74 indexed citations

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Reunanen, Antti, Arpo Aromaa, K Pyörälä, et al.. (1983). The Social Insurance Institution's coronary heart disease study. Baseline data and 5-year mortality experience.. PubMed. 673. 1–120. 137 indexed citations

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Kekki, M, K Pyörälä, O Mustala, et al.. (1971). Multicompartment analysis of the absorption kinetics of warfarin from the stomach and small intestine.. PubMed. 5(2). 209–11. 6 indexed citations

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Pyörälä, K & M. Kekki. (1963). Decreased Anticoagulant Tolerance During Methandrostenolone Therapy. Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation. 15(4). 367–374. 22 indexed citations

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