Professor
MD(Otago) PhD(Otago) FRACP
Department of Medicine
University of Otago, Christchurch
PO Box 4345
Christchurch
New Zealand
Mark Richards is the director of the Christchurch Heart Institute.
He coordinates and directs multi-disciplinary programmes of grant-funded translational cardiovascular research which seek to improve diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic options in heart disease.
He is pursuing studies of epidemiological, molecular biological, neurohormonal and therapeutic aspects of acute and chronic cardiovascular disorders including hypertension, coronary syndromes, and the full spectrum of heart failure.
Richards holds the Heart Foundation of New Zealand’s Chair in Cardiovascular Studies.
He also holds joint appointments at the University of Otago and the National University of Singapore’s Cardiovascular Research Institute.
Current roles
- Director, The Christchurch Heart Institute
- Consultant Cardiologist, The Canterbury District Health Board
Research interests
- Neurohormonal physiology and pathophysiology in cardiovascular health and disease
- Heart Failure
- Acute Coronary Syndromes
- Hypertension
- Vasoactive Hormones
- The Cardiac Natriuretic Peptides
Publications
Rademaker, M. T., Charles, C. J., Nicholls, M. G., & Richards, A. M. (2013). Interactions of enhanced urocortin 2 and mineralocorticoid receptor antagonism in experimental heart failure. Circulation: Heart Failure, 6(4), 825-832. doi: 10.1161/circheartfailure.112.000205
Richards, M., Di Somma, S., Mueller, C., Nowak, R., Peacock, W. F., Ponikowski, P., … Maisel, A. (2013). Atrial fibrillation impairs the diagnostic performance of cardiac natriuretic peptides in dyspneic patients: Results from the BACH Study (Biomarkers in ACute Heart Failure). JACC: Heart Failure, 1(3), 192-199. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2013.02.004
Santhanakrishnan, R., Ng, T. P., Cameron, V. A., Gamble, G. D., Ling, L. H., Sim, D., … Troughton, R., Richards, A. M., … Lam, C. S. P. (2013). The Singapore Heart Failure Outcomes and Phenotypes (SHOP) study and Prospective Evaluation of Outcome in Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (PEOPLE) study: Rationale and design. Journal of Cardiac Failure, 19(3), 156-162. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2013.01.007
Rademaker, M. T., Yandle, T. G., Ellmers, L. J., Charles, C. J., Nicholls, M. G., & Richards, A. M. (2012). Hemodynamic, hormonal, and renal effects of (pro)renin receptor blockade in experimental heart failure. Circulation: Heart Failure, 5, 645-652. doi: 10.1161/circheartfailure.112.967059
Than, M., Cullen, L., Reid, C. M., Lim, S. H., Aldous, S., Ardagh, M. W., … George, P. M., & Richards, A. M. (2011). A 2-h diagnostic protocol to assess patients with chest pain symptoms in the Asia-Pacific region (ASPECT): A prospective observational validation study. Lancet, 377(9771), 1077-1084. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60310-3
Chapter in Book - Research
Troughton, R. W., & Richards, A. M. (2008). Outpatient monitoring and treatment of chronic heart failure guided by NT-proBNP measurement. In A. Bayés-Genís & J. L. Januzzi (Eds.), NT-proBNP as a biomarker in cardiovascular diseases. (pp. 91-100). Thomson Reuters.
Journal - Research Article
Santhanakrishnan, R., Ng, T. P., Cameron, V. A., Gamble, G. D., Ling, L. H., Sim, D., … Troughton, R., Richards, A. M., … Lam, C. S. P. (2013). The Singapore Heart Failure Outcomes and Phenotypes (SHOP) study and Prospective Evaluation of Outcome in Patients with Heart Failure with Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (PEOPLE) study: Rationale and design. Journal of Cardiac Failure, 19(3), 156-162. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2013.01.007
Richards, M., Di Somma, S., Mueller, C., Nowak, R., Peacock, W. F., Ponikowski, P., … Maisel, A. (2013). Atrial fibrillation impairs the diagnostic performance of cardiac natriuretic peptides in dyspneic patients: Results from the BACH Study (Biomarkers in ACute Heart Failure). JACC: Heart Failure, 1(3), 192-199. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2013.02.004
Rademaker, M. T., Charles, C. J., Nicholls, M. G., & Richards, A. M. (2013). Interactions of enhanced urocortin 2 and mineralocorticoid receptor antagonism in experimental heart failure. Circulation: Heart Failure, 6(4), 825-832. doi: 10.1161/circheartfailure.112.000205
Rademaker, M. T., Yandle, T. G., Ellmers, L. J., Charles, C. J., Nicholls, M. G., & Richards, A. M. (2012). Hemodynamic, hormonal, and renal effects of (pro)renin receptor blockade in experimental heart failure. Circulation: Heart Failure, 5, 645-652. doi: 10.1161/circheartfailure.112.967059
Rusinaru, D., Tribouilloy, C., Berry, C., Richards, A. M., Whalley, G. A., Earle, N., … on behalf of the MAGGIC Investigators. (2012). Relationship of serum sodium concentration to mortality in a wide spectrum of heart failure patients with preserved and with reduced ejection fraction: An individual patient data meta-analysis. European Journal of Heart Failure, 14(10), 1139-1146. doi: 10.1093/eurjhf/hfs099
Pemberton, C. J., Siriwardena, M., Kleffmann, T., Ruygrok, P., Palmer, S. C., Yandle, T. G., & Richards, A. M. (2012). First identification of circulating Prepro-A-Type natriuretic peptide (PreproANP) signal peptide fragments in humans: Initial assessment as cardiovascular biomarkers. Clinical Chemistry, 58(4), 757-767. doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2011.176990
Patel, K., Rademaker, M. T., Kirkpatrick, C. M. J., Charles, C. J., Fisher, S., Yandle, T. G., & Richards, A. M. (2012). Comparative pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of urocortins 1, 2 and 3 in healthy sheep. British Journal of Pharmacology, 166(6), 1916-1925. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2012.01904.x
Than, M., Cullen, L., Aldous, S., Parsonage, W. A., Reid, C. M., Greenslade, J., … Ardagh, M. W., Troughton, R., … Richards, A. M. (2012). 2-Hour accelerated diagnostic protocol to assess patients with chest pain symptoms using contemporary troponins as the only biomarker: The ADAPT trial. JACC, 59(23), 2091-2098. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.02.035
Than, M., Cullen, L., Reid, C. M., Lim, S. H., Aldous, S., Ardagh, M. W., … George, P. M., & Richards, A. M. (2011). A 2-h diagnostic protocol to assess patients with chest pain symptoms in the Asia-Pacific region (ASPECT): A prospective observational validation study. Lancet, 377(9771), 1077-1084. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60310-3
Ellis, K. L., Frampton, C. M., Pilbrow, A. P., Troughton, R. W., Doughty, R. N., Whalley, G. A., … Skelton, L., Thomson, J. A., Yandle, T. G., Richards, A. M., & Cameron, V. A. (2011). Genomic risk variants at 1p13.3, 1q41, and 3q22.3 are associated with subsequent cardiovascular outcomes in healthy controls and in established coronary artery disease. Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, 4(6), 636-646. doi: 10.1161/circgenetics.111.960336
Maisel, A., Mueller, C., Nowak, R., …, Richards, M., …, & Anker, S. D. (2011). Midregion prohormone adrenomedullin and prognosis in patients presenting with acute dyspnea: Results from the BACH (Biomarkers in Acute Heart Failure) Trial. JACC, 58(10), 1057-1067. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.06.006
Ellis, K. L., Pilbrow, A. P., Frampton, C. M., Doughty, R. N., Whalley, G. A., Ellis, C. J., Palmer, B. R., Skelton, L., Yandle, T. G., Palmer, S. C., Troughton, R. W., Richards, A. M., & Cameron, V. A. (2010). A common variant at chromosome 9P21.3 is associated with age of onset of coronary disease but not subsequent mortality. Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, 3(3), 286-293. doi: 10.1161/circgenetics.109.917443
Ritzema, J., Troughton, R., Melton, I., Crozier, I., Doughty, R., Krum, H., … Richards, M., … Frampton, C. M., … on behalf of the Hemodynamically Guided Home Self-Therapy in Severe Heart Failure Patients (HOMEOSTASIS) Study Group. (2010). Physician-directed patient self-management of left atrial pressure in advanced chronic heart failure. Circulation, 121, 1086-1095. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.800490
Hildebrandt, P., Collinson, P. O., Doughty, R. N., Fuat, A., Gaze, D. C., Gustafsson, F., … Richards, M. (2010). Age-dependent values of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide are superior to a single cut-point for ruling out suspected systolic dysfunction in primary care. European Heart Journal, 31(15), 1881-1889. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq163
Lainchbury, J. G., Troughton, R. W., Strangman, K. M., Frampton, C. M., Pilbrow, A., Yandle, T. G., … Nicholls, M. G., & Richards, A. M. (2010). N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide-guided treatment for chronic heart failure: Results from the BATTLESCARRED (NT-proBNP-assisted treatment to lessen serial cardiac readmissions and death) trial. JACC, 55(1), 53-60. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.02.095
Wright, S. P., Doughty, R. N., Frampton, C. M., Gamble, G. D., Yandle, T. G., & Richards, A. M. (2009). Plasma urocortin 1 in human heart failure. Circulation: Heart Failure, 2(5), 465-471. doi: 10.1161/circheartfailure.108.840207
Palmer, S. C., Yandle, T. G., Frampton, C. M., Troughton, R. W., Nicholls, M. G., & Richards, A. M. (2009). Renal and cardiac function for long-term (10 year) risk stratification after myocardial infarction. European Heart Journal, 30, 1486-1494. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp132
Whalley, G. A., Wright, S. P., Pearl, A., Gamble, G. D., Walsh, H. J., Richards, M., & Doughty, R. N. (2008). Prognostic role of echocardiography and brain natriuretic peptide in symptomatic breathless patients in the community. European Heart Journal, 29(4), 509-516. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm647
The ONTARGET Investigators, including Richards, A. M., & Troughton, R. W. (2008). Telmisartan, Ramipral, or both in patients at high risk for vascular events. New England Journal of Medicine, 358(15), 1547-1559.
Palmer, B. R., Pilbrow, A. P., Frampton, C. M., Yandle, T. G., Skelton, L., Nicholls, M. G., & Richards, A. M. (2008). Plasma aldosterone levels during hospitalization are predictive of survival post-myocardial infarction. European Heart Journal, 29, 2489-2496. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn383
Molyneux, S. L., Florkowski, C. M., George, P. M., Pilbrow, A. P., Frampton, C. M., Lever, M., & Richards, A. M. (2008). Coenzyme Q10: An independent predictor of mortality in chronic heart failure. JACC, 52(18), 1435-1441. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.07.044
Hillock, R. J., Frampton, C. M., Yandle, T. G., Troughton, R. W., Lainchbury, J. G., & Richards, A. M. (2008). B-type natriuretic peptide infusions in acute myocardial infarction. Heart, 94(5), 617-622. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2006.110239
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Martinez-Rumayor, A., Richards, A. M., Burnett, J. C., & Januzzi, Jr, J. L. (2008). Biology of the natriuretic peptides. American Journal of Cardiology. 101(3, Suppl. 1), (pp. 3A-8A). doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.11.012
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
Ellis, K. L., Frampton, C. M., Pilbrow, A. P., Troughton, R. W., Doughty, R. N., Whalley, G. A., … Yandle, T. G., Richards, A. M., & Cameron, V. A. (2011, August). Genomic risk variants at 1p13.3, 1q41 and 3q22.3 are associated with subsequent cardiovascular outcomes in healthy controls and in patients with established coronary artery disease. Poster session presented at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress, Paris, France.
