Kilmer S. McCully

Kilmer S. McCully is the Chief of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Services for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center. McCully was the first to propose the homocysteine theory of cardiovascular disease, and is the author of the book, The Homocysteine Revolution.^{[1] [2]}

A biography of the father of homocysteine theory of heart disease is found in the 1997 article of New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/10/magazine/the-fall-and-rise-of-kilmer-mccully.html

Selected papers

1. McCully K S, “Vascular pathology of homocysteinemia: implications for the pathogenesis of arteriosclerosis”, Am. J. Pathol. (1969), 56: pp. 111–128.
2. McCully K S, “Chemical pathology of homocysteine”, I. Atherogenesis Ann. Clin. Lab. Sci. (1993), 23: pp. 477–493.
3. McCully K S, “Homocysteine and vascular disease”, Nature Med. (1996), 2: pp. 386–389.
4. McCully K S, “Homocysteine, folate, vitamin B6 and cardiovascular disease”, J.Am. Med.Assoc. (1998), 279: pp. 392–393.
5. McCully K S,“Atherosclerosis, serum cholesterol and the homocysteine theory: a study of 194 consecutive autopsies”, J.Am. Med. Sci. (1990), 299: pp. 217–221.
6. McCully K S,“Keeping the Young-Elderly Healthy. Homocysteine, vitamins, and vascular disease prevention”, Am. J. Clin. Nutr. Nov. 2007 Vol. 86, No. 5, 1563S-8S http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/86/5/1563S

Notes