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Christopher Newton-Cheh

Christopher Newton-Cheh

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Medicine

D-Index
107
Citations
54929
World Ranking
6140
National Ranking
3282

Overview

Christopher Newton-Cheh is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a primary focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their research encompasses a range of topics that bridge clinical practice and genetic epidemiology, reflecting interdisciplinary expertise.

Newton-Cheh's main fields of study include medicine, with particular emphasis on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, surgery, genetics, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and neurology. Specific areas of focus within these fields include:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
  • Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications

Recent notable publications by Newton-Cheh cover important developments in cardiovascular health and infectious disease impacts:

  • "Case Series of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Adults Associated with SARS-CoV-2 Infection - United Kingdom and United States, March-August 2020" (2020) published in MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  • "Transethnic Genome-Wide Association Study Provides Insights in the Genetic Architecture and Heritability of Long QT Syndrome" (2020) published in Circulation
  • "Factors associated with myocardial SARS-CoV-2 infection, myocarditis, and cardiac inflammation in patients with COVID-19" (2021) published in Modern Pathology
  • "Elevated Blood Pressure Increases Pneumonia Risk: Epidemiological Association and Mendelian Randomization in the UK Biobank" (2020) published in Med
  • "Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Adults After Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Infection and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccination" (2021) published in Clinical Infectious Diseases

Newton-Cheh frequently collaborates with other researchers. Prominent co-authors include:

  • Bruce M. Psaty
  • Jerome I. Rotter
  • Jennifer A. Brody
  • Nona Sotoodehnia
  • Daniel A. Zlotoff

Their work is published predominantly in several respected venues, demonstrating a consistent contribution to multiple high-impact outlets:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Circulation
  • Journal of the American Heart Association
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • New England Journal of Medicine

Best Publications

  • Genome-Wide Association Analysis Identifies Loci for Type 2 Diabetes and Triglyceride Levels

    Richa Saxena;Benjamin F. Voight;Valeriya Lyssenko;Noël P. Burtt

  • Plasma HDL cholesterol and risk of myocardial infarction: A mendelian randomisation study

    Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Marju Orho-Melander;Ruth Frikke-Schmidt

  • Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

    Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Georg B. Ehret;Patricia B. Munroe;Kenneth M. Rice;Murielle Bochud

  • Multiple Biomarkers for the Prediction of First Major Cardiovascular Events and Death

    Thomas J. Wang;Philimon Gona;Philimon Gona;Martin G. Larson;Martin G. Larson;Geoffrey H. Tofler

  • 50 year trends in atrial fibrillation prevalence, incidence, risk factors, and mortality in the Framingham Heart Study: a cohort study

    Renate B Schnabel;Xiaoyan Yin;Philimon Gona;Martin G Larson

  • Six new loci associated with blood low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol or triglycerides in humans.

    Sekar Kathiresan;Sekar Kathiresan;Olle Melander;Candace Guiducci;Aarti Surti

  • Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits.

    Evangelos Evangelou;Evangelos Evangelou;Helen R. Warren;Helen R. Warren;David Mosen-Ansorena;Borbala Mifsud

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure

    Christopher Newton-Cheh;Christopher Newton-Cheh;Toby Johnson;Toby Johnson;Vesela Gateva;Martin D. Tobin

  • Development of a risk score for atrial fibrillation (Framingham Heart Study): a community-based cohort study

    Renate B Schnabel;Lisa M Sullivan;Daniel Levy;Michael J Pencina

  • Rare independent mutations in renal salt handling genes contribute to blood pressure variation

    Weizhen Ji;Jia Nee Foo;Brian J O'Roak;Hongyu Zhao

  • Genome-wide association and Mendelian randomisation analysis provide insights into the pathogenesis of heart failure.

    S Shah;A Henry;C Roselli;H Lin

  • Resistant Hypertension: Detection, Evaluation, and Management: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.

    Robert M. Carey;David A. Calhoun;George L. Bakris;Robert D. Brook

  • Polymorphisms Associated with Cholesterol and Risk of Cardiovascular Events

    Sekar Kathiresan;Olle Melander;Dragi Anevski;Candace Guiducci

  • Multi-Ethnic Genome-wide Association Study for Atrial Fibrillation

    Carolina Roselli;Mark D. Chaffin;Lu Chen Weng;Lu Chen Weng;Stefanie Aeschbacher

  • Long-term outcomes in individuals with prolonged PR interval or first-degree atrioventricular block.

    Susan Cheng;Michelle J. Keyes;Michelle J. Keyes;Martin G. Larson;Martin G. Larson;Elizabeth L. McCabe;Elizabeth L. McCabe

  • Novel and Conventional Biomarkers for Prediction of Incident Cardiovascular Events in the Community

    Olle Melander;Christopher Newton-Cheh;Christopher Newton-Cheh;Peter Almgren;Bo Hedblad

  • A common genetic variant in the NOS1 regulator NOS1AP modulates cardiac repolarization.

    Dan E. Arking;Arne Pfeufer;Wendy Post;Wendy Post;W. H.Linda Kao

  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies novel blood pressure loci and offers biological insights into cardiovascular risk

    Helen R Warren;Evangelos Evangelou;Evangelos Evangelou;Claudia P Cabrera;He Gao

  • The Metabochip, a Custom Genotyping Array for Genetic Studies of Metabolic, Cardiovascular, and Anthropometric Traits

    B F Voight;H M Kang;J Ding;C D Palmer;C D Palmer

  • Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits

    Evangelos Evangelou;Helen R. Warren;David Mosen-Ansorena;Borbala Mifsu

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Daniel Levy
Daniel Levy National Institutes of Health
Thomas J. Wang
Thomas J. Wang Vanderbilt University
Christopher J. O'Donnell
Christopher J. O'Donnell Harvard Medical School
Nilesh J. Samani
Nilesh J. Samani University of Leicester
Sekar Kathiresan
Sekar Kathiresan Harvard University
Ramachandran S. Vasan
Ramachandran S. Vasan The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Markus Perola
Markus Perola Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Emelia J. Benjamin
Emelia J. Benjamin Boston University
Jerome I. Rotter
Jerome I. Rotter UCLA Medical Center

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