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Overview

Alfred K. Cheung is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States and has a prolific publication record primarily in the field of Medicine.

Their research encompasses several specialized subfields, including Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Nephrology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Emergency Medical Services.

Cheung's main topics of interest focus on Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies, Dialysis and Renal Disease Management, Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes, Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis, Vascular Procedures and Complications, Renal Function and Acid-Base Balance, and Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention.

Frequent co-authors associated with Cheung include:

  • Tom Greene
  • Joachim H. Ix
  • Srinivasan Beddhu
  • Robert Nee
  • Keith C. Norris

Cheung's publications appear regularly in notable venues such as:

  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Kidney International
  • JAMA Network Open
  • American Journal of Nephrology

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Cheung include:

  • KDIGO 2021 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Blood Pressure in Chronic Kidney Disease, 2021, Kidney International
  • Executive summary of the KDIGO 2021 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Blood Pressure in Chronic Kidney Disease, 2021, Kidney International

Other significant papers related to their field but authored by collaborators include:

  • Empagliflozin in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease, 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Final Report of a Trial of Intensive versus Standard Blood-Pressure Control, 2021, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Blood pressure and volume management in dialysis: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference, 2020, Kidney International

Best Publications

  • A Randomized Trial of Intensive versus Standard Blood-Pressure Control

    Jackson T. Wright;Jeff D. Williamson;Paul K. Whelton;Joni K. Snyder

  • Effect of Dialysis Dose and Membrane Flux in Maintenance Hemodialysis

    Garabed Eknoyan;Gerald J. Beck;Alfred K. Cheung;John T. Daugirdas

  • Effect of Intensive vs Standard Blood Pressure Control on Probable Dementia: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Jeff D. Williamson;Nicholas M. Pajewski;Alexander P. Auchus

  • Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risks in chronic hemodialysis patients

    Alfred K. Cheung;Mark J. Sarnak;Guofen Yan;Johanna T. Dwyer

  • Cardiac diseases in maintenance hemodialysis patients: results of the HEMO Study.

    Alfred K. Cheung;Mark J. Sarnak;Guofen Yan;Michael Berkoben

  • KDIGO 2021 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Blood Pressure in Chronic Kidney Disease

    Alfred K. Cheung;Tara I. Chang;William C. Cushman;Susan L. Furth

  • Hemodialysis Vascular Access Dysfunction: A Cellular and Molecular Viewpoint

    Prabir Roy-Chaudhury;Vikas P. Sukhatme;Alfred K. Cheung

  • GFR decline as an end point for clinical trials in CKD: a scientific workshop sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation and the US Food and Drug Administration.

    Andrew S. Levey;Lesley A. Inker;Kunihiro Matsushita;Tom H Greene

  • Serum β-2 Microglobulin Levels Predict Mortality in Dialysis Patients: Results of the HEMO Study

    Alfred K Cheung;Michael V. Rocco;Guofen Yan;John K. Leypoldt

  • FGF-23 Associates with Death, Cardiovascular Events, and Initiation of Chronic Dialysis

    Jessica Kendrick;Alfred K. Cheung;James S. Kaufman;Tom Greene

  • The design and rationale of a multicenter clinical trial comparing two strategies for control of systolic blood pressure: the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT).

    Walter T Ambrosius;Kaycee M Sink;Capri G Foy;Dan R Berlowitz

  • Lipoprotein Metabolism and Lipid Management in Chronic Kidney Disease

    Bonnie C H Kwan;Florian Kronenberg;Srinivasan Beddhu;Alfred K Cheung

  • Association of Intensive vs Standard Blood Pressure Control With Cerebral White Matter Lesions.

    Ilya M. Nasrallah;Nicholas M. Pajewski;Alexander P. Auchus;Gordon Chelune

  • Effects of High-Flux Hemodialysis on Clinical Outcomes: Results of the HEMO Study

    Alfred K. Cheung;Nathan W. Levin;Tom Greene;Lawrence Agodoa

  • Effects of Intensive BP Control in CKD

    Alfred K. Cheung;Mahboob Rahman;Mahboob Rahman;David M. Reboussin;Timothy E. Craven

  • Biocompatibility of hemodialysis membranes.

    Alfred K. Cheung

  • Final Report of a Trial of Intensive versus Standard Blood-Pressure Control.

    Cora E Lewis;Lawrence J Fine;Srinivasan Beddhu

  • Intradialytic Hypotension and Vascular Access Thrombosis

    Tara I. Chang;Jane Paik;Tom H Greene;Manisha Desai

  • Duration of end-stage renal disease and kidney transplant outcome

    Alex Goldfarb-Rumyantzev;John F. Hurdle;John Scandling;Zhi Wang

  • Executive summary of the KDIGO 2021 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Blood Pressure in Chronic Kidney Disease

    Alfred K. Cheung;Tara I. Chang;William C. Cushman;Susan L. Furth;Susan L. Furth

Frequent Co-Authors

Tom Greene
Tom Greene University of Utah
Joachim H. Ix
Joachim H. Ix University of California, San Diego
Glenn M. Chertow
Glenn M. Chertow Stanford University
Michael V. Rocco
Michael V. Rocco Wake Forest University
Michel Chonchol
Michel Chonchol University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Paul K. Whelton
Paul K. Whelton Tulane University
William C. Cushman
William C. Cushman University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Mark J. Sarnak
Mark J. Sarnak Tufts Medical Center
Jonathan Himmelfarb
Jonathan Himmelfarb University of Washington
Charles J. Parker
Charles J. Parker University of Utah

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