# Guðmundur Þorgeirsson

**Type:** Researchers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/researchers/gu-mundur-orgeirsson/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 29,300 |
| Field | Genetic Associations and Epidemiology |
| h-index | 63 |
| i10-index | 128 |
| Last Known Institution | deCODE Genetics (Iceland) |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/A5027707263 |
| ORCID iD | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7146-1395 |
| Works | 181 |

## Researcher papers

Showing 12 of 14.

- [w2145813488](https://scholariq.org/papers/w2145813488/)
- [Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease](https://scholariq.org/papers/large-scale-association-analysis-identifies-new-risk-loci-for-coronary-artery/)
- [Cholesterol Lowering With Simvastatin Improves Prognosis of Diabetic Patients With Coronary Heart Disease: A subgroup analysis of the Scandinavian Simvastatin Survival Study (4S)](https://scholariq.org/papers/cholesterol-lowering-with-simvastatin-improves-prognosis-of-diabetic-patients/)
- [A Common Variant on Chromosome 9p21 Affects the Risk of Myocardial Infarction](https://scholariq.org/papers/a-common-variant-on-chromosome-9p21-affects-the-risk-of-myocardial-infarction/)
- [Effects of Controlled-Release Metoprolol on Total Mortality, Hospitalizations, and Well-being in Patients With Heart Failure](https://scholariq.org/papers/effects-of-controlled-release-metoprolol-on-total-mortality-hospitalizations-and/)
- [Variants conferring risk of atrial fibrillation on chromosome 4q25](https://scholariq.org/papers/variants-conferring-risk-of-atrial-fibrillation-on-chromosome-4q25/)
- [The gene encoding 5-lipoxygenase activating protein confers risk of myocardial infarction and stroke](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-gene-encoding-5-lipoxygenase-activating-protein-confers-risk-of-myocardial/)
- [Sequence variants affecting eosinophil numbers associate with asthma and myocardial infarction](https://scholariq.org/papers/sequence-variants-affecting-eosinophil-numbers-associate-with-asthma-and/)
- [The same sequence variant on 9p21 associates with myocardial infarction, abdominal aortic aneurysm and intracranial aneurysm](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-same-sequence-variant-on-9p21-associates-with-myocardial-infarction/)
- [Discovery and systematic characterization of risk variants and genes for coronary artery disease in over a million participants](https://scholariq.org/papers/discovery-and-systematic-characterization-of-risk-variants-and-genes-for/)
- [A sequence variant in ZFHX3 on 16q22 associates with atrial fibrillation and ischemic stroke](https://scholariq.org/papers/a-sequence-variant-in-zfhx3-on-16q22-associates-with-atrial-fibrillation-and/)
- [Several common variants modulate heart rate, PR interval and QRS duration](https://scholariq.org/papers/several-common-variants-modulate-heart-rate-pr-interval-and-qrs-duration/)

## Researcher topics

- [Genetic Associations and Epidemiology](https://scholariq.org/topics/genetic-associations-and-epidemiology/)
- [Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health](https://scholariq.org/topics/lipoproteins-and-cardiovascular-health/)
- [Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins](https://scholariq.org/topics/diabetes-cardiovascular-risks-and-lipoproteins/)
- [Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics](https://scholariq.org/topics/cardiac-imaging-and-diagnostics/)
- [Acute Myocardial Infarction Research](https://scholariq.org/topics/acute-myocardial-infarction-research/)

## Researcher university

- [deCODE Genetics (Iceland)](https://scholariq.org/institutions/decode-genetics-iceland/)

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