Colleges
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Paul Leeson
Web profile
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Cardiovascular DIsease and Pregnancy Research Collaborative
Research Collaboration
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National Echocardiography Research Network
Research Collaboration
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Cardiovascular Clinical Research Facility
Clinical facility
Paul Leeson
PhD FRCP FESC
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
- Head of Oxford Cardiovascular Clinical Research Facility
- Consultant Physician
Cardiovascular Imaging and Early Development of Cardiovascular Disease
Paul Leeson is Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Oxford, Fellow at Wolfson College and Head of the Oxford Cardiovascular Clinical Research Facility. He is also a Consultant Cardiologist at the John Radcliffe Hospital, where he provides expertise in Cardiovascular Imaging, as well as General Cardiology and Cardiovascular Prevention through the Oxford Specialist Hypertension Clinic.
He heads the Preventive Cardiology Research Group, based in the Oxford Cardiovascular Clinical Research Facility, which aims to improve how we identify and prevent heart disease in young people. The group works in three areas:
- Novel markers of early disease - Using imaging and laboratory studies to identify early cardiac and vascular changes in young people at risk of cardiovascular disease. In particular, those predisposed to hypertension, such as families with a history of preeclampsia or preterm birth.
- Young adult cardiovascular prevention trials - Running trials to understand how novel approaches to lifestyle and clinical management can modify early risk cardiovascular phenotypes to prevent the development of later disease.
- Artificial intelligence - Pioneering use of artificial intelligence to improve the clinical tools already available to identify those at risk, such as echocardiography, and identify next generation imaging and management approaches.
He sits on the NIHR i4i and Fellowship funding panels, NICE Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Guideline committee and UK Biobank Imaging Advisory Board. In addition, he is a National Cardiology Lead for the NIHR Clinical Research Network and leads research collaborative working groups within both imaging and cardiovascular prevention.
Key publications
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Journal article
Kitt J. et al, (2023), JAMA
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de Simone G. et al, (2022), Eur Heart J
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Hanssen H. et al, (2021), European Journal of Preventive Cardiology
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Upton R. et al, (2021), JACC Cardiovasc Imaging
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Williamson W. et al, (2018), JAMA, 320, 665 - 673
Recent publications
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A Novel Role of 5-Methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolate in Mediating Endothelial Cell Tetrahydrobiopterin in Pregnancy and Implications for Gestational Hypertension
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Dickinson Y. et al, (2024), Hypertension
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Isometric Exercise Training and Arterial Hypertension: An Updated Review.
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Edwards JJ. et al, (2024), Sports Med
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Left Atrial Mechanics Following Preeclamptic Pregnancy.
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O'Driscoll JM. et al, (2024), Hypertension
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Are we ready to let AI replace the human 'eye' when looking for wall motion abnormalities?
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Johnson CL. and Leeson P., (2024), J Am Soc Echocardiogr
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Long-Term Blood Pressure Control after Hypertensive Pregnancy Following Physician-Optimized Self-Management: The POP-HT Randomized Clinical Trial
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Kitt J. et al, (2024), Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey, 79, 253 - 255
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The role of exercise training on cardiovascular risk factors and heart disease in patients with chronic kidney disease G3-G5 and G5D: A Clinical Consensus Statement of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC) of the ESC and the European Association of Rehabilitation in Chronic Kidney Disease (EURORECKD).
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Kouidi E. et al, (2024), Eur J Prev Cardiol