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Alan C. Yeung is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and has a research focus primarily in the field of medicine, with 188 publications in this area. Their work covers several subfields, including epidemiology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, surgery, hepatology, and radiology, nuclear medicine, and imaging.

The research topics Alan C. Yeung has contributed to include:

  • Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Hepatitis C Virus Research
  • Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment

Recent papers by Alan C. Yeung span several years and prestigious journals. Notable publications include:

  • "Fractional Flow Reserve-Guided PCI as Compared with Coronary Bypass Surgery," 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Population-level effectiveness of a national HIV preexposure prophylaxis programme in MSM," 2020, AIDS
  • "Fractional Flow Reserve-Guided PCI or Coronary Bypass Surgery for 3-Vessel Coronary Artery Disease: 3-Year Follow-Up of the FAME 3 Trial," 2023, Circulation
  • "Mortality among individuals prescribed opioid-agonist therapy in Scotland, UK, 2011-20: a national retrospective cohort study," 2023, The Lancet Public Health
  • "Population-level estimates of hepatitis C reinfection post scale-up of direct-acting antivirals among people who inject drugs," 2021, Journal of Hepatology

Alan C. Yeung maintains frequent collaborations with several researchers in related fields. Key coauthors include:

  • William F. Fearon (28 joint publications)
  • Sharon Hutchinson (25 joint publications)
  • Andrew McAuley (15 joint publications)
  • Frederik M. Zimmermann (14 joint publications)
  • Yuhei Kobayashi (13 joint publications)

The scientist's work is regularly published in a range of journals, with multiple contributions to:

  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology (9 publications)
  • International Journal of Drug Policy (5 publications)
  • JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions (5 publications)
  • Addiction (4 publications)
  • Journal of Hepatology (3 publications)

Best Publications

  • Close relation of endothelial function in the human coronary and peripheral circulations

    Todd J. Anderson;Akimi Uehata;Marie D. Gerhard;Ian T. Meredith

  • The Effect of Cholesterol-Lowering and Antioxidant Therapy on Endothelium-Dependent Coronary Vasomotion

    Todd J. Anderson;Ian T. Meredith;Alan C. Yeung;Balz Frei

  • Coronary vasomotor response to acetylcholine relates to risk factors for coronary artery disease.

    J A Vita;C B Treasure;E G Nabel;J M McLenachan

  • Stent-Based Delivery of Sirolimus Reduces Neointimal Formation in a Porcine Coronary Model

    Takeshi Suzuki;Greg Kopia;Shin Ichiro Hayashi;Lynn R. Bailey

  • Estrogen Improves Endothelium-Dependent, Flow-Mediated Vasodilation in Postmenopausal Women

    Eric H. Lieberman;Marie D. Gerhard;Akimi Uehata;Brian W. Walsh

  • The Effect of Atherosclerosis on the Vasomotor Response of Coronary Arteries to Mental Stress

    Alan C. Yeung;Vladimir I. Vekshtein;David S. Krantz;Joseph A. Vita

  • Radiolabeled Cell Distribution After Intramyocardial, Intracoronary, and Interstitial Retrograde Coronary Venous Delivery Implications for Current Clinical Trials

    Dongming Hou;Eyas Al Shaykh Youssef;Todd J. Brinton;Ping Zhang

  • Novel Index for Invasively Assessing the Coronary Microcirculation

    William F. Fearon;Leora B. Balsam;H. M. Omar Farouque;Robert C. Robbins

  • Final Results of the Can Routine Ultrasound Influence Stent Expansion (CRUISE) Study

    Peter J. Fitzgerald;Akio Oshima;Motoya Hayase;Jonas A. Metz

  • Efficacy of catheter-based renal denervation in the absence of antihypertensive medications (SPYRAL HTN-OFF MED Pivotal): a multicentre, randomised, sham-controlled trial

    Michael Böhm;Kazuomi Kario;David E. Kandzari;Felix Mahfoud;Felix Mahfoud

  • Clinical Interpretation and Implications of Whole-Genome Sequencing

    Frederick E. Dewey;Megan E. Grove;Cuiping Pan;Benjamin A. Goldstein

  • Trial of Everolimus-Eluting Stents or Bypass Surgery for Coronary Disease

    Seung Jung Park;Jung Min Ahn;Young Hak Kim;Duk Woo Park

  • Arterial remodeling : Mechanisms and clinical implications

    Michael R. Ward;Gerard Pasterkamp;Alan C. Yeung;Cornelius Borst

  • Flow-induced vasodilation of the human brachial artery is impaired in patients <40 years of age with coronary artery disease

    Eric H. Lieberman;Marie D. Gerhard;Akimi Uehata;Andrew P. Selwyn

  • Invasive Assessment of the Coronary Microcirculation. Superior Reproducibility and Less Hemodynamic Dependence of Index of Microcirculatory Resistance Compared With Coronary Flow Reserve

    Martin K.C. Ng;Alan C. Yeung;William F. Fearon

  • Multicenter intravascular ultrasound validation study among heart transplant recipients: outcomes after five years.

    Jon A. Kobashigawa;Jonathan M. Tobis;Randall C. Starling;E. Murat Tuzcu

  • Long-term effects of polymer-based, slow-release, sirolimus-eluting stents in a porcine coronary model

    Andrew J Carter;Meenakshi Aggarwal;Gregory A Kopia;Fermin Tio

  • Use of localised intracoronary β radiation in treatment of in-stent restenosis: the INHIBIT randomised controlled trial

    Ron Waksman;Albert E Raizner;Alan C Yeung;Alexandra J Lansky

  • Impact of coronary artery remodeling on clinical presentation of coronary artery disease: an intravascular ultrasound study

    Mamoo Nakamura;Hideo Nishikawa;Sei Mukai;Morimichi Setsuda

  • Inhibition of Restenosis With β-Emitting Radiotherapy Report of the Proliferation Reduction With Vascular Energy Trial (PREVENT)

    Albert E. Raizner;Stephen N. Oesterle;Ron Waksman;Patrick W. Serruys

Frequent Co-Authors

William F. Fearon
William F. Fearon Stanford University
Peter J. Fitzgerald
Peter J. Fitzgerald Stanford University
Paul G. Yock
Paul G. Yock Stanford University
Andrew P. Selwyn
Andrew P. Selwyn Brigham and Women's Hospital
Peter Ganz
Peter Ganz University of California, San Francisco
Martin B. Leon
Martin B. Leon Columbia University Medical Center
Laura Mauri
Laura Mauri University of Milan
John P. Cooke
John P. Cooke Houston Methodist
Sharon A. Hunt
Sharon A. Hunt Stanford University
Joseph C. Wu
Joseph C. Wu Stanford University

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