Journal - Research Article

Williams, M. J. A., Lee, M., Alfadhel, M., & Kerr, A. J. (2021). Obesity and all cause mortality following acute coronary syndrome (ANZACS QI 53). Heart, Lung & Circulation. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2021.04.014

Purvis, N., Kumari, S., Chandrasekera, D., Bellae Papannarao, J., Gandhi, S., van Hout, I., Coffey, S., Bunton, R., Sugunesegran, R., Parry, D., Davis, P., Williams, M. J. A., Bahn, A., & Katare, R. (2021). Diabetes induces dysregulation of microRNAs associated with survival, proliferation and self-renewal in cardiac progenitor cells. Diabetologia. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s00125-021-05405-7

Roxburgh, B. H., Campbell, H. A., Cotter, J. D., Reymann, U., Williams, M. J. A., Gwynne-Jones, D., & Thomas, K. N. (2021). Cardiopulmonary exercise testing in severe osteoarthritis: A crossover comparison of four exercise modalities. Anaesthesia, 76, 72-81. doi: 10.1111/anae.15162

Saw, E. L., Pearson, J. T., Schwenke, D. O., Munasinghe, P. E., Tsuchimochi, H., Rawal, S., Coffey, S., … Bunton, R., Van Hout, I., … Williams, M. J. A., … Fronius, M., & Katare, R. (2021). Activation of the cardiac non-neuronal cholinergic system prevents the development of diabetes-associated cardiovascular complications. Cardiovascular Diabetology, 20, 50. doi: 10.1186/s12933-021-01231-8

Wang, T. K. M., Kasargod, C., Chan, D., Cicovic, S., Dimalapang, E., Webster, M., … Smyth, D., Williams, M., … Somaratne, J. (2020). Diagnostic coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention practices in New Zealand: The All New Zealand Acute Coronary Syndrome-Quality Improvement CathPCI Registry 3-year study (ANZACS- QI 37). International Journal of Cardiology, 312, 37-41. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2020.02.063

Lal, S., Gray, A., Kim, E., Bunton, R. W., Davis, P., Galvin, I. F., & Williams, M. J. A. (2020). Frailty in elderly patients undergoing cardiac surgery increases hospital stay and 12-month readmission rate. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 29, 1187-1194. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2019.10.007

Aitken-Buck, H. M., Babakr, A. A., Fomison-Nurse, I. C., van Hout, I., Davis, P. J., Bunton, R. W., Williams, M. J. A., Coffey, S., Jones, P. P., & Lamberts, R. R. (2020). Inotropic and lusitropic, but not arrhythmogenic, effects of adipocytokine resistin on human atrial myocardium. American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology & Metabolism. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00202.2020

Jones, G. T., Marsman, J., Bhat, B., Phillips, V. L., Chatterjee, A., Rodger, E. J., Williams, M. J. A., van Rij, A. M., & McCormick, S. P. A. (2020). DNA methylation profiling identifies a high effect genetic variant for lipoprotein(a) levels. Epigenetics, 15(9), 949-958. doi: 10.1080/15592294.2020.1739797

Jones, G. T., Drinkwater, B., Blake-Barlow, A., Hill, G. B., Williams, M. J. A., Krysa, J., van Rij, A. M., & Coffey, S. (2020). Both small and large infrarenal aortic size is associated with an increased prevalence of ischaemic heart disease. European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 60, 594-601. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2020.06.025

Hancox, R. J., Thomas, L., Williams, M. J. A., & Sears, M. R. (2020). Associations between lung and endothelial function in early middle age. Respirology, 25, 89-96. doi: 10.1111/resp.13556

Chan, D. Z. L., Stewart, R. A. H., Kerr, A. J., Dicker, B., Kyle, C. V., Adamson, P. D., … Edmond, J., … Elliott, J. M., … Swain, A. H., … Williams, M. J. A., … Somaratne, J. B. (2020). The impact of a national COVID-19 lockdown on acute coronary syndrome hospitalisations in New Zealand (ANZACS-QI 55). Lancet Regional Health: Western Pacific, 5, 100056. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2020.100056

Moharram, M. A., Wilson, L. C., Williams, M. J. A., & Coffey, S. (2020). Beat-to-beat blood pressure measurement using a cuffless device does not accurately reflect invasive blood pressure. International Journal of Cardiology Hypertension, 5, 100030. doi: 10.1016/j.ijchy.2020.100030

Babakr, A. A., Fomison-Nurse, I. C., van Hout, I., Aitken-Buck, H. M., Sugunesegran, R., Davis, P. J., Bunton, R. W., Williams, M. J. A., Coffey, S., Stiles, M. K., Jones, P. P., & Lamberts, R. R. (2020). Acute interaction between human epicardial adipose tissue and human atrial myocardium induce arrhythmic susceptibility. American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology & Metabolism, 318, E164-E172. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00374.2019

Morgan, B. M., Brown, A. N., Deo, N., Harrop, T. W. R., Taiaroa, G., Mace, P. D., Wilbanks, S. M., Merriman, T. R., Williams, M. J. A., & McCormick, S. P. A. (2020). Nonsynonymous SNPs in LPA homologous to plasminogen deficiency mutants represent novel null apo(a) alleles. Journal of Lipid Research, 61, 432-444. doi: 10.1194/jlr.M094540

Moharram, M. A., Aitken-Buck, H. M., Reijers, R., van Hout, I., Williams, M. J. A., Jones, P. P., Whalley, G. A., Lamberts, R. R., & Coffey, S. (2020). Correlation between epicardial adipose tissue and body mass index in New Zealand ethnic populations. New Zealand Medical Journal, 133(1516), 22-32. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Chandrasekera, D. N. K., Neale, J. P. H., van Hout, I., Rawal, S., Coffey, S., Jones, G. T., … Manning, P., Williams, M. J. A., & Katare, R. (2020). Upregulation of microRNA-532 enhances cardiomyocyte apoptosis in the diabetic heart. Apoptosis, 25(5-6), 388-399. doi: 10.1007/s10495-020-01609-1

Aitken-Buck, H. M., Moharram, M., Babakr, A. A., Reijers, R., Van Hout, I., Fomison-Nurse, I. C., Sugunesegran, R., … Bunton, R. W., Williams, M. J. A., … Jones, P. P., Coffey, S., & Lamberts, R. R. (2019). Relationship between epicardial adipose tissue thickness and epicardial adipocyte size with increasing body mass index. Adipocyte, 8(1), 412-420. doi: 10.1080/21623945.2019.1701387

Kerr, A. J., Lee, M., Grey, C., Pegg, T. J., Fisher, N. G., White, H. H., … Williams, M. J. A., Smyth, D., … on behalf of the ANZACS-QI investigators. (2019). Acute reperfusion for ST-elevation myocardial infarction in New Zealand (2015-2017): Patient and system delay (ANZACS-QI 29). New Zealand Medical Journal, 132(1498), 41-59. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Jones, G. T., Sandiford, P., Hill, G. B., Williams, M. J. A., Khashram, M., Tilyard, M. W., Hammond-Tooke, G. D., Krysa, J., & van Rij, A. M. (2019). Correcting for body surface area identifies the true prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysm in screened women. European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 57(2), 221-228. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2018.08.048

Ellis, C. J., Gamble, G. D., Williams, M. J. A., Matsis, P., Elliott, J. M., Devlin, G., Mann, S., … for the Regional Cardiac Society NZ ACS Audit Group, including Richards, M., & Nixon, G. (2019). All-cause mortality following an acute coronary syndrome: 12-year follow-up of the comprehensive 2002 New Zealand Acute Coronary Syndrome Audit. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 28(2), 245-256. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2017.10.015

Williams, M. J. A., Barr, P. R., Lee, M., Poppe, K. K., & Kerr, A. J. (2019). Outcome after myocardial infarction without obstructive coronary artery disease. Heart, 105(7), 524-530. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2018-313665

Kerr, A. J., Lee, M., Jiang, Y., Grey, C., Wells, S., Williams, M., … on behalf of the ANZACS-QI Investigators. (2019). High level of capture of coronary intervention and associated acute coronary syndromes in the all New Zealand acute coronary syndrome quality improvement cardiac registry and excellent agreement with national administrative datasets (ANZACS-QI 25). New Zealand Medical Journal, 132(1492), 19-29. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Rawal, S., Nagesh, P. T., Coffey, S., Van Hout, I., Galvin, I. F., Bunton, R. W., Davis, P., Williams, M. J. A., & Katare, R. (2019). Early dysregulation of cardiac-specific microRNA-208a is linked to maladaptive cardiac remodelling in diabetic myocardium. Cardiovascular Diabetology, 18, 13. doi: 10.1186/s12933-019-0814-4

Shearer, D. M., Thomson, W. M., Cameron, C. M., Ramrakha, S., Wilson, G., Wong, T. Y., Williams, M. J. A., McLean, R., Theodore, R., & Poulton, R. (2018). Periodontitis and multiple markers of cardiometabolic risk in the fourth decade: A cohort study. Community Dentistry & Oral Epidemiology, 46(6), 615-623. doi: 10.1111/cdoe.12414

Fomison-Nurse, I., Saw, E. E. L., Gandhi, S., Munasinghe, P. E., Van Hout, I., Williams, M. J. A., Galvin, I., Bunton, R., Davis, P., Cameron, V., & Katare, R. (2018). Diabetes induces the activation of pro-ageing miR-34a in the heart, but has differential effects on cardiomyocytes and cardiac progenitor cells. Cell Death & Differentiation, 25, 1336-1349. doi: 10.1038/s41418-017-0047-6

Wilson, L. C., Peebles, K. C., Hoye, N. A., Manning, P., Sheat, C., Williams, M. J. A., Wilkins, G. T., Wilson, G. A., & Baldi, J. C. (2017). Resting heart rate variability and exercise capacity in Type 1 diabetes. Physiological Reports, 5(8), e13248. doi: 10.14814/phy2.13248

Williams, M. J. A., Milne, B. J., Ambler, A., Theodore, R., Ramrakha, S., Caspi, A., Moffitt, T. E., & Poulton, R. (2017). Childhood body mass index and endothelial dysfunction evaluated by peripheral arterial tonometry in early midlife. International Journal of Obesity, 41, 1355-1360. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2017.108

Jones, G. T., Tromp, G., Kuivaniemi, H., Gretarsdottir, S., Baas, A. F., Giusti, B., … Phillips, L. V., Williams, M. J. A., Wei, W., … Thomson, I. A., Krysa, J., Hill, G. B., Roake, J., Merriman, T. R., … van Rij, A., … Bown, M. J. (2017). Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for abdominal aortic aneurysm identifies four new disease-specific risk loci. Circulation Research, 120, 341-353. doi: 10.1161/circresaha.116.308765

Sharma, M., Redpath, G. M., Williams, M. J. A., & McCormick, S. P. A. (2017). Recycling of apolipoprotein(a) after PlgRKT-mediated endocytosis of lipoprotein(a). Circulation Research, 120(7), 1091-1102. doi: 10.1161/circresaha.116.310272

Rawal, S., Munasinghe, P. E., Shindikar, A., Paulin, J., Cameron, V., Manning, P., Williams, M. J. A., Jones, G. T., Bunton, R., Galvin, I., & Katare, R. (2017). Down-regulation of proangiogenic microRNA-126 and microRNA-132 are early modulators of diabetic cardiac microangiopathy. Cardiovascular Research, 113(1), 90-101. doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvw235

Rawal, S., Munasinghe, E. P., Nagesh, P. T., Lew, J. K. S., Jones, G. T., Williams, M. J. A., Davis, P., Bunton, R. W., Galvin, I. F., Manning, P., Lamberts, R. R., & Katare, R. (2017). Downregulation of miR-15a/b accelerates fibrotic remodelling in the Type-2 diabetic human and mouse heart. Clinical Science, 131(9), 847-863. doi: 10.1042/cs20160916

Kerr, A. J., Williams, M., White, H., Grey, C., Jiang, Y., Nunn, C., on behalf of the ANZACS-QI investigators. (2017). 30-day mortality aft er percutaneous coronary intervention in New Zealand public hospitals (ANZACS-QI 18). New Zealand Medical Journal, 130(1459), 54-63. Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Elliott, J. M., Wang, T. K. M., Gamble, G., Williams, M., Matsis, P., Troughton, R., … Mann, S., Richards, M., … Ellis, C. (2017). A decade of improvement in the management of New Zealand ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients: Results from the New Zealand Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Audit Group national audits of 2002, 2007 and 2012. New Zealand Medical Journal, 130(1453), 17-28. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

van 't Hof, F. N. G., Ruigrok, Y. M., Lee, C. H., Ripke, S., Anderson, G., de Andrade, M., … Jones, G. T., … van Rij, A. M., … Vascular Research Consortium of New Zealand, including Phillips, L. V., Hill, G. B., Williams, M. J. A., Thomson, I. A., Krysa, J., Wilkins, G. T., Merriman, T. R., Lewis, D. R., … de Bakker, P. I. W. (2016). Shared genetic risk factors of intracranial, abdominal, and thoracic aneurysms. Journal of the American Heart Association, 5(7), e002603. doi: 10.1161/jaha.115.002603

Thomas, K. N., Cotter, J. D., Williams, M. J. A., & van Rij, A. M. (2016). Repeated episodes of remote ischemic preconditioning for the prevention of myocardial injury in vascular surgery. Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 50(3), 140-146. doi: 10.1177/1538574416639150

Thomas, K. N., Cotter, J. D., Williams, M. J. A., & van Rij, A. M. (2016). Diagnosis, incidence, and clinical implications of perioperative myocardial injury in vascular surgery. Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 50(4), 247-255. doi: 10.1177/1538574416637441

Jones, G. T., Phillips, V., Williams, M. J. A., van Rij, A. M., & Kabir, T. D. (2016). Two C-C family chemokines, eotaxin and RANTES, are novel independent plasma biomarkers for abdominal aortic aneurysm. Journal of the American Heart Association, 5(5), e002993. doi: 10.1161/jaha.115.002993

Kerr, A. J., Williams, M. J. A., Harding, S., White, H., Doughty, R. N., Nunn, C., … on behalf of the ANZACS-QI Investigators. (2016). The All New Zealand Acute Coronary Syndrome Quality Improvement programme: Implementation, methodology and cohorts (ANZACS-QI 9). New Zealand Medical Journal, 129(1439), 23-36. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Barr, P., Smyth, D., Harding, S. A., El-Jack, S., Williams, M. J. A., Devlin, G., … on behalf of the ANZACS-QI Investigators. (2016). Variation in arterial access for invasive coronary procedures in New Zealand: A national analysis (ANZACS-QI 5). Heart, Lung & Circulation, 25, 451-458. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2015.10.009

Coffey, S., Williams, M. J. A., Phillips, L. V., Galvin, I. F., Bunton, R. W., & Jones, G. T. (2016). Integrated microRNA and messenger RNA analysis in aortic stenosis. Scientific Reports, 6, 36904. doi: 10.1038/srep36904

Jones, G. T., Hill, B. G., Curtis, N., Kabir, T. D., Wong, L. E., Tilyard, M. W., Williams, M. J. A., & van Rij, A. M. (2016). Comparison of three targeted approaches to screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm based on cardiovascular risk. British Journal of Surgery, 103(9), 1139-1146. doi: 10.1002/bjs.10224

Rawal, S., Parshu Ram, T., Coffey, S., Williams, M. J. A., Saxena, P., Bunton, R. W., Galvin, I. F., & Katare, R. (2016). Differential expression pattern of cardiovascular microRNAs in the human type-2 diabetic heart with normal ejection fraction. International Journal of Cardiology, 202, 40-43. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.08.161

Nioi, P., Sigurdsson, A., Thorleifsson, G., Helgason, H., Agustsdottir, A. B., Norddahl, G. L., … Williams, M. J. A., van Rij, A. M., Jones, G. T., … Stefansson, K. (2016). Variant ASGR1 associated with a reduced risk of coronary artery disease. New England Journal of Medicine, 374, 2131-2141. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1508419

Coffey, S., Cox, B., & Williams, M. J. A. (2016). Changing causes of heart valve disease mortality in New Zealand from 1988 to 2007. New Zealand Medical Journal, 129(1428), 55-64. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Devlin, G., Williams, M., Elliott, J., White, H., French, J., Gamble, G., Matsis, P., Troughton, R., Richards, M., & Ellis, C. (2016). Management of non ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome patients in New Zealand: A longitudinal analysis: Results from the New Zealand Acute Coronary Syndrome national audits of 2002, 2007 and 2012. New Zealand Medical Journal, 129(1428), 9-15. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Mandic, S., Stevens, E., Hodge, C., Brown, C., Walker, R., Body, D., … Nye, E. R., & Williams, M. J. A. (2016). Long-term effects of cardiac rehabilitation in elderly individuals with stable coronary artery disease. Disability & Rehabilitation, 38(9), 837-843. doi: 10.3109/09638288.2015.1061611

Williams, M. J. A., Harding, S. A., Devlin, G., Nunn, C., El-Jack, S., Scott, T., … on behalf of the ANZACS-QI Investigators, including Matsis, P., Smyth, D., Blake, J., Elliott, J., Lainchbury, J., Bridgman, P., Troughton, R., Wilkins, G., Green, B., Edmond, J., & Milburn, K. (2016). National variation in coronary angiography rates and timing after an acute coronary syndrome in New Zealand (ANZACS-QI 6). New Zealand Medical Journal, 129(1428), 65-77. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Sharma, M., Von Zychlinski-Kleffmann, A., Porteous, C. M., Jones, G. T., Williams, M. J. A., & McCormick, S. P. A. (2015). Lipoprotein (a) upregulates ABCA1 in liver cells via scavenger receptor-B1 through its oxidized phospholipids. Journal of Lipid Research, 56, 1318-1328. doi: 10.1194/jlr.M056150

Majeed, K., Hamer, A. W., White, S. C., Pegg, T. J., Wilkins, G. T., Williams, S. M., … Williams, M. J. A. (2015). Prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysm in patients referred for transthoracic echocardiography. Internal Medicine Journal, 45(1), 32-39. doi: 10.1111/imj.12592

Ellis, C., Hammett, C., Ranasinghe, I., French, J., Briffa, T., Devlin, G., Elliott, J., … Williams, M., Troughton, R., … on behalf of Bi-National Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS) 'SNAPSHOT' Audit Group. (2015). Comparison of the management and in-hospital outcomes of acute coronary syndrome patients in Australia and New Zealand: Results from the binational SNAPSHOT acute coronary syndrome 2012 audit. Internal Medicine Journal, 45(5), 497-509. doi: 10.1111/imj.12739

Mandic, S., Body, D., Barclay, L., Walker, R., Nye, E. R., Grace, S. L., & Williams, M. J. A. (2015). Community-based cardiac rehabilitation maintenance programs: Use and effects. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 24, 710-718. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2015.01.014

Horwood, H., Williams, M. J. A., & Mandic, S. (2015). Examining motivations and barriers for attending maintenance community-based cardiac rehabilitation using the Health-Belief Model. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 24, 980-987. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2015.03.023

Coffey, S., Williams, M. J. A., Phillips, L. V., & Jones, G. T. (2015). Circulating microRNA profiling needs further refinement before clinical use in patients with aortic stenosis. Journal of the American Heart Association, 4(8), e002150. doi: 10.1161/jaha.115.002150

Theodore, R. F., Broadbent, J., Nagin, D., Ambler, A., Hogan, S., Ramrakha, S., … Williams, M. J. A., Harrington, H., Moffitt, T. E., … Milne, B., & Poulton, R. (2015). Childhood to early-midlife systolic blood pressure trajectories: Early-life predictors, effect modifiers, and adult cardiovascular outcomes. Hypertension, 66, 1108-1115. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.115.05831

Bussey, C. T., Hughes, G., Saxena, P., Galvin, I. F., Bunton, R. W., Noye, M. K., Coffey, S., Williams, M. J. A., Baldi, J. C., Jones, P. P., & Lamberts, R. R. (2015). Chamber-specific changes in calcium-handling proteins in the type 2 diabetic human heart with preserved ejection fraction. International Journal of Cardiology, 193, 53-55. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.05.053

Jin, C., Phillips, L. V., Williams, M. J. A., van Rij, A. M., & Jones, G. T. (2014). Plasma heat shock protein 27 is associated with coronary artery disease, abdominal aortic aneurysm and peripheral artery disease. SpringerPlus, 3, 635. doi: 10.1186/2193-1801-3-635

Coffey, S., Cox, B., & Williams, M. J. A. (2014). The prevalence, incidence, progression, and risks of aortic valve sclerosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. JACC, 63(25), 2852-2861. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.04.018

Kader, T., Porteous, C. M., Williams, M. J. A., Gieseg, S. P., & McCormick, S. P. A. (2014). Ribose-cysteine increases glutathione-based antioxidant status and reduces LDL in human lipoprotein(a) mice. Atherosclerosis, 237(2), 725-733. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.10.101

Coffey, S., Cox, B., & Williams, M. J. A. (2014). Lack of progress in valvular heart disease in the pre—transcatheter aortic valve replacement era: Increasing deaths and minimal change in mortality rate over the past three decades. American Heart Journal, 167(4), 562-567. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.12.030

Moore, A., Shindikar, A., Fomison-Nurse, I., Riu, F., Munasinghe, P. E., Parshu Ram, T., Saxena, P., Coffey, S., Bunton, R. W., Galvin, I. F., Williams, M. J. A., … Katare, R. (2014). Rapid onset of cardiomyopathy in STZ-induced female diabetic mice involves the downregulation of pro-survival Pim-1. Cardiovascular Diabetology, 13, 68. doi: 10.1186/1475-2840-13-68

Francois, M. E., Baldi, J. C., Manning, P. J., Lucas, S. J. E., Hawley, J. A., Williams, M. J. A., & Cotter, J. D. (2014). ‘Exercise snacks’ before meals: A novel strategy to improve glycaemic control in individuals with insulin resistance. Diabetologia, 57(7), 1437-1445. doi: 10.1007/s00125-014-3244-6

Lamberts, R. R., Lingam, S. J., Wang, H.-Y., Bollen, I. A. E., Hughes, G., Galvin, I. F., Bunton, R. W., Bahn, A., Katare, R., Baldi, J. C., Williams, M. J. A., Saxena, P., Coffey, S., & Jones, P. P. (2014). Impaired relaxation despite upregulated calcium-handling protein atrial myocardium from type 2 diabetic patients with preserved ejection fraction. Cardiovascular Diabetology, 13, 72. doi: 10.1186/1475-2840-13-72

von Zychilinski, A., Williams, M., McCormick, S., & Kleffmann, T. (2014). Absolute quantification of apolipoproteins and associated proteins on human plasma lipoproteins. Journal of Proteomics, 106, 181-190. doi: 10.1016/j.jprot.2014.04.030

Mandic, S., Hodge, C., Stevens, E., Walker, R., Nye, E. R., Body, D., Barclay, L., & Williams, M. J. A. (2013). Effects of community-based cardiac rehabilitation on body composition and physical function in individuals with stable coronary artery disease: 1.6-year followup. BioMed Research International, 2013, 903604. doi: 10.1155/2013/903604

Ellis, C., Gamble, G., Devlin, G., Elliott, J., Hamer, A., Williams, M., Matsis, P., Troughton, R., … for the New Zealand Acute Coronary Syndromes (NZACS) 'SNAPSHOT' Audit Group. (2013). The management of acute coronary syndrome patients across New Zealand in 2012: Results of a third comprehensive nationwide audit and observations of current interventional care. New Zealand Medical Journal, 126(1387). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Tarr, G. P., Williams, M. J. A., Wilkins, G. T., Chen, V. H. T., Phillips, L. V., van Rij, A. M., & Jones, G. T. (2013). Intra-individual changes of active matrix metalloproteinase-9 are associated with clinical in-stent restenosis of bare metal stents. Cardiology, 124(1), 28-35. doi: 10.1159/000345591

Sorrenson, B., Suetani, R. J., Williams, M. J. A., Bickley, V. M., George, P. M., Jones, G. T., & McCormick, S. P. A. (2013). Functional rescue of mutant ABCA1 proteins by sodium 4-phenylbutyrate. Journal of Lipid Research, 54, 55-62. doi: 10.1194/jlr.M027193

Murrell, C. J., Cotter, J. D., Thomas, K. N., Lucas, S. J. E., Williams, M. J. A., & Ainslie, P. N. (2013). Cerebral blood flow and cerebrovascular reactivity at rest and during sub-maximal exercise: Effect of age and 12-week exercise training. Age, 35(3), 905-920. doi: 10.1007/s11357-012-9414-x

Mandic, S., Walker, R., Stevens, E., Nye, E. R., Body, D., Barclay, L., & Williams, M. J. A. (2013). Estimating exercise capacity from walking tests in elderly individuals with stable coronary artery disease. Disability & Rehabilitation, 35(22), 1853-1858. doi: 10.3109/09638288.2012.759629

Chu, J. W., Jones, G. T., Tarr, G. P., Phillips, L. V., Wilkins, G. T., van Rij, A. M., & Williams, M. J. A. (2013). Plasma active matrix metalloproteinase 9 and indices of diastolic function in patients with preserved systolic function. International Journal of Cardiology, 167(4), 1242-1246. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.03.147

Jones, G. T., Bown, M. J., Gretarsdottir, S., Romaine, S. P. R., Helgadottir, A., Yu, G., … Jin, C., … Phillips, L. V., Williams, M. J. A., Topless, R., Merriman, T. R., … Lewis, D. R., … van Rij, A. M. (2013). A sequence variant associated with sortilin-1 (SORT1) on 1p13.3 is independently associated with abdominal aortic aneurysm. Human Molecular Genetics, 22(14), 2941-2947. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddt141

Nadarasa, K., Robertson, M. C., Wong, C.-K., Green, B. K. W., Chen, V. H. T., Wilkins, G. T., & Williams, M. J. A. (2012). Rapid cycle change to predominantly radial access coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention: Effect on vascular access site complications. Catheterization & Cardiovascular Interventions, 79(4), 589-594. doi: 10.1002/ccd.23120

Nadarasa, K., & Williams, M. J. A. (2012). Single high oral dose amiodarone for cardioversion of recent onset atrial fibrillation. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 21(8), 444-448. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2012.03.015

von Zychlinski, A., Kleffmann, T., Williams, M. J. A., & McCormick, S. P. (2011). Proteomics of Lipoprotein(a) identifies a protein complement associated with response to wounding. Journal of Proteomics, 74, 2881-2891. doi: 10.1016/j.jprot.2011.07.008

Suetani, R. J., Sorrenson, B., Tyndall, J. D. A., Williams, M. J. A., & McCormick, S. P. A. (2011). Homology modeling and functional testing of an ABCA1 mutation causing Tangier disease. Atherosclerosis, 218(2), 404-410. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.06.019

Sorrenson, B., Suetani, R. J., Bickley, V. M., George, P. M., Williams, M. J. A., Scott, R. S., & McCormick, S. P. A. (2011). An ABCA1 truncation shows no dominant negative effect in a familial hypoalphalipoproteinemia pedigree with three ABCA1 mutations. Biochemical & Biophysical Research Communications, 409(3), 400-405. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.05.006

Tarr, G. P., Williams, M. J. A., Phillips, L. V., van Rij, A. M., & Jones, G. T. (2011). Seasonal variation and stability of matrix metalloproteinase-9 activity and tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase-1 with storage at -80 ^oC. Clinical Biochemistry, 44(16), 1346-1348. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2011.08.1139

Murrell, C. J., Cotter, J. D., George, K., Shave, R., Wilson, L., Thomas, K., Williams, M. J. A., & Ainslie, P. N. (2011). Syncope is unrelated to supine and postural hypotension following prolonged exercise. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 111(3), 469-476. doi: 10.1007/s00421-010-1671-8

Tarr, G. P., Williams, M. J. A., Phillips, L. V., van Rij, A. M., & Jones, G. T. (2011). Pro-MMP-9/TIMP-1 ratio correlates poorly with a direct assessment of MMP-9 activity. Clinical Biochemistry, 44(17-18), 1480-1482. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2011.09.019

Murrell, C. J., Cotter, J. D., George, K., Shave, R., Wilson, L., Thomas, K., Williams, M. J. A., & Ainslie, P. N. (2011). Cardiorespiratory and cerebrovascular responses to head-up tilt I: Influence of age and training status. Experimental Gerontology, 46(1), 9-17. doi: 10.1016/j.exger.2010.06.005

Murrell, C. J., Cotter, J. D., George, K., Shave, R., Wilson, L., Thomas, K., Williams, M. J. A., & Ainslie, P. N. (2011). Cardiorespiratory and cerebrovascular responses to head-up tilt II: Influence of age, training status and acute exercise. Experimental Gerontology, 46(1), 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.exger.2010.06.004

Ellis, C., Devlin, G., Elliott, J., Matsis, P., Williams, M., Gamble, G., … Richards, M., … for the New Zealand Acute Coronary Syndromes (NZACS) Audit Group. (2010). ACS patients in New Zealand experience significant delays to access cardiac investigations and revascularisation treatment especially when admitted to non-interventional centres: Results of the second comprehensive national audit of ACS patients. New Zealand Medical Journal, 123(1319). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/123-1319/4237/content.pdf

Gretarsdottir, S., Baas, A. F., Thorleifsson, G., Holm, H., den Heijer, M., de Vries, J.-P. P. M., … van Rij, A. M., Williams, M. J. A., … Jones, G. T., … Stefansson, K. (2010). Genome-wide association study identifies a sequence variant within the DAB2IP gene conferring susceptibility to abdominal aortic aneurysm. Nature Genetics, 42(8), 692-697. doi: 10.1038/ng.622

Ellis, C., Gamble, G., Hamer, A., Williams, M., Matsis, P., Elliott, J., … Richards, M., … for the New Zealand Acute Coronary Syndromes (NZACS) Audit Group. (2010). Patients admitted with an acute coronary syndrome in New Zealand in 2007: Results of a second comprehensive nationwide audit and a comparison with the first audit from 2002. New Zealand Medical Journal, 123(1319). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/123-1319/4235/content.pdf

Thomas, K. N., Galvin, S. D., Williams, M. J. A., Willie, C. K., & Ainslie, P. N. (2010). Identical pattern of cerebral hypoperfusion during different types of syncope. Journal of Human Hypertension, 24(7), 458-466. doi: 10.1038/jhh.2009.93

Sutherland, W. H. F., de Jong, S. A., Hessian, P. A., & Williams, M. J. A. (2010). Ingestion of native and thermally oxidized polyunsaturated fats acutely increases circulating numbers of endothelial microparticles. Metabolism, 59(3), 446-453. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2009.07.033

Stewart, R. A. H., Kerr, A. J., Whalley, G. A., Legget, M. E., Zeng, I., Williams, M. J. A., Lainchbury, J., … Richards, M. A., … for the New Zealand Heart Valve Study Investigators. (2010). Left ventricular systolic and diastolic function assessed by tissue Doppler imaging and outcome in asymptomatic aortic stenosis. European Heart Journal, 31(18), 2216-2222. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq159

Thomas, K. N., Cotter, J. D., Galvin, S. D., Williams, M. J. A., Willie, C. K., & Ainslie, P. N. (2009). Initial orthostatic hypotension is unrelated to orthostatic tolerance in healthy young subjects. Journal of Applied Physiology, 107(2), 506-517. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.91650.2008

Murrell, C. J., Cotter, J. D., George, K. P., Shave, R., Wilson, L. C., Thomas, K. N., Williams, M. J. A., … Ainslie, P. N. (2009). Influence of age on syncope following prolonged exercise: Differential responses but similar orthostatic intolerance. Journal of Physiology, 587(24), 5959-5969. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.179549

Jones, G. T., Tarr, G. P., Phillips, L. V., Wilkins, G. T., van Rij, A. M., & Williams, M. J. A. (2009). Active matrix metalloproteinases 3 and 9 are independently associated with coronary artery in-stent restenosis. Atherosclerosis, 207(2), 603-607. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2009.05.036

Gudbjartsson, D. F., Bjornsdottir, U. S., Halapi, E., Helgadottir, A., Sulem, P., Jonsdottir, G. M., … Williams, M. J. A., van Rij, A. M., Jones, G. T., … Stefansson, K. (2009). Sequence variants affecting eosinophil numbers associate with asthma and myocardial infarction. Nature Genetics, 41(3), 342-347. doi: 10.1038/ng.323

Ainslie, P. N., Cotter, J. D., George, K. P., Lucas, S., Murrell, C., Shave, R., Thomas, K. N., Williams, M. J. A., & Atkinson, G. (2008). Elevation in cerebral blood flow velocity with aerobic fitness throughout healthy human ageing. Journal of Physiology, 586(16), 4005-4010. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.158279

Slatter, T. L., Jones, G. T., Williams, M. J. A., van Rij, A. M., & McCormick, S. P. A. (2008). Novel rare mutations and promoter haplotypes in ABCA1 contribute to low-HDL-C levels. Clinical Genetics, 73, 179-184. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2007.00940.x

Peng, T., Ainslie, P. N., Cotter, J. D., Murrell, C., Thomas, K., Williams, M. J. A., … Payne, S. J. (2008). The effects of age on the spontaneous low-frequency oscillations in cerebral and systemic cardiovascular dynamics. Physiological Measurement, 29, 1055-1069.

Jones, G. T., van Rij, A. M., Hill, G. B., Wilkins, G. T., & Williams, M. J. A. (2008). Common carotid intimal-medial thickness is associated with coronary in-stent restenosis. Journal for Vascular Ultrasound, 32(3), 129-132.

Manning, P. J., Sutherland, W. H. F., McGrath, M. M., de Jong, S. A., Walker, R. J., & Williams, M. J. A. (2008). Postprandial cytokine concentrations and meal composition in obese and lean women. Obesity, 16(9), 2046-2052. doi: 10.1038/oby.2008.334

Hancox, R. J., Poulton, R., Greene, J. M., Filsell, S., McLachlan, C. R., Rasmussen, F., Taylor, D. R., Williams, M. J. A., Williamson, A., & Sears, M. R. (2007). Systemic inflammation and lung function in young adults. Thorax, 62, 1064-1068.

Sutherland, W. H., Williams, M. J., & de Jong, S. A. (2007). Plasma protein lipofuscin-like fluorophores in men with coronary artery disease treated with statins. Archives of Medical Research, 38, 757-763.