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Dr Peter S Lacy
BSc (Hons) Biochemistry, 1984, University of Bath
PhD Biochemistry, 1991, University of Nottingham
Email: psl2@le.ac.uk
Address: Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Clinical Sciences Wing, Glenfield General Hospital, Leicester LE3 9QP
For general enquiries, please email Sue Page, or telephone 0116 258 3031
Research interests
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Vascular Physiology
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Cardiovascular Haemodynamics and Therapeutics
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Blood Pressure Monitoring
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Cardiac and Vascular Structure and Function
Membership of Learned Societies
British Hypertension Society
American Heart Association
Awards
American Heart Association Best Paper in Clinical Science Award 2007
Key Publications
Williams B, Lacy PS. Impact of heart rate on central aortic pressures and hemodynamics. Analysis from the CAFE study: CAFE-heart rate. J Am Coll Cardiol 2009; 54: 705-513.
Williams B, Lacy PS. Central aortic pressure and clinical outcomes. J Hypertens 2009; 27: 1123-1125.
Williams B, Lacy PS, Cruickshank JK, Collier D, Hughes AD, Stanton A, Thom S, Thurston H, for the CAFE investigators. Impact of Statin Therapy on Central Aortic Pressures and Hemodynamics - Principal Results of the Conduit Artery Function Evaluation study Lipid Lowering Arm: The CAFE-LLA Study. Circulation 2009; 119: 53-61.
Williams B, Lacy PS, Thom SM, Cruickshank K, Stanton A, Collier D, Hughes AD, Thurston H, O’Rourke MF, for the CAFE investigators. Differential Impact of Blood Pressure Lowering drugs on Central Aortic Pressure and Clinical Outcomes - Principal Results of the Conduit Artery Function Evaluation study: The CAFE Study. Circulation 2006; 113: 1213-1225.
Lacy PS, Carr SJ, O'Brien D, Fentum B, Williams B, Paul SK, Robinson TG. Reduced glomerular filtration rate in pre-dialysis non-diabetic chronic kidney disease patients is associated with impaired baroreceptor sensitivity and reduced vascular compliance. Clin Sci (Lond) 2006; 110: 101-8
Williams B, Lacy PS. Blood pressure and outcomes in clinical trials. J Hypertens 2005; 23: 487-8.
Lacy PS, O'Brien DG, Stanley AG, Dewar MM, Swales PP, Williams B. Increased pulse wave velocity is not associated with elevated augmentation index in patients with diabetes. J Hypertens 2004; 22: 1937-44.
Hastings R, Qureshi M, Verma R, Lacy PS, Williams B. Telomere attrition and accumulation of senescent cells in cultured human endothelial cells. Cell Prolif 2004; 37: 317-24.
Lacy PS, Pilkington G, Hanvesakul R, Fish HJ, Boyle JP and Thurston H. Evidence against potassium as an endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor in rat mesenteric small arteries. Br. J. Pharmacol. 2000: 129; 605-611.
Leckie BJ, Lacy PS and Lidder S. The expression of renin-binding protein and renin in the kidneys of rats with two-kidney, one-clip hypertension. J. Hypertension 2000: 18; 935-943.
