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Matthew R. Weir is affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore in the United States. Their research mainly focuses on the field of Medicine, with extensive work in subfields such as Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Nephrology, Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

Their scholarly contributions cover numerous topics, including:

  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
  • Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
  • Potassium and Related Disorders
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management

Some of the main publication venues where their work frequently appears include:

  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Kidney International
  • American Journal of Transplantation
  • American Journal of Nephrology

Matthew R. Weir has coauthored numerous papers with other researchers. Frequent collaborators in their work include George L. Bakris, Jonathan S. Bromberg, Jiang He, James P. Lash, and Panduranga S. Rao.

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by them are:

  • The case for early identification and intervention of chronic kidney disease: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference (2020), published in Kidney International
  • Characterization and implications of the initial estimated glomerular filtration rate 'dip' upon sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibition with empagliflozin in the EMPA-REG OUTCOME trial (2020), published in Kidney International
  • Patiromer for the management of hyperkalemia in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: the DIAMOND trial (2022), published in European Heart Journal
  • Clinical Management of Hyperkalemia (2020), published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings
  • Abnormalities of Potassium in Heart Failure (2020), published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Best Publications

  • Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor-associated elevations in serum creatinine: is this a cause for concern?

    George L. Bakris;Matthew R. Weir

  • The evaluation of renal transplantation candidates: clinical practice guidelines.

    Bertram L. Kasiske;Charles B. Cangro;Sundaram Hariharan;Dondald E. Hricik

  • MYH9 is associated with nondiabetic end-stage renal disease in African Americans

    W H Linda Kao;Michael J Klag;Lucy A Meoni;David Reich;David Reich

  • The Frequency of Hyperkalemia and Its Significance in Chronic Kidney Disease

    Lisa M. Einhorn;Min Zhan;Van Doren Hsu;Lori D. Walker

  • Patiromer in Patients with Kidney Disease and Hyperkalemia Receiving RAAS Inhibitors

    Matthew R. Weir;George L. Bakris;David A. Bushinsky;Martha R. Mayo

  • Renal outcomes with different fixed-dose combination therapies in patients with hypertension at high risk for cardiovascular events (ACCOMPLISH): a prespecified secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial

    George L. Bakris;Pantelis A. Sarafidis;Matthew R. Weir;Björn Dahlöf

  • Effects of blood pressure level on progression of diabetic nephropathy: results from the RENAAL study.

    George L. Bakris;Matthew R. Weir;Shahnaz Shanifar;Zhongxin Zhang

  • Cell-Free DNA and Active Rejection in Kidney Allografts

    Roy D Bloom;Jonathan S Bromberg;Emilio D Poggio;Suphamai Bunnapradist

  • The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system: a specific target for hypertension management

    Matthew R Weir;Victor J Dzau

  • Cardiovascular Thrombotic Events in Controlled, Clinical Trials of Rofecoxib

    Marvin A. Konstam;Matthew R. Weir;Alise Reicin;Deborah Shapiro

  • Clinical Course of Polyoma Virus Nephropathy in 67 Renal Transplant Patients

    Emilio Ramos;Cinthia B. Drachenberg;John C. Papadimitriou;Omar Hamze

  • Cardiac disease evaluation and management among kidney and liver transplantation candidates: A scientific statement from the american heart association and the American college of cardiology foundation

    Krista L. Lentine;Salvatore P. Costa;Matthew R. Weir;John F. Robb

  • Effect of Patiromer on Serum Potassium Level in Patients With Hyperkalemia and Diabetic Kidney Disease: The AMETHYST-DN Randomized Clinical Trial.

    George L. Bakris;Bertram Pitt;Matthew R. Weir;Mason W. Freeman

  • Microalbuminuria and Cardiovascular Disease

    Matthew R. Weir

  • Hypertension awareness, treatment, and control in adults with CKD: results from the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study.

    Paul Muntner;Amanda Anderson;Jeanne Charleston;Zhen Chen

  • Islet cell damage associated with tacrolimus and cyclosporine: morphological features in pancreas allograft biopsies and clinical correlation.

    Cinthia B. Drachenberg;David K. Klassen;Matthew R. Weir;Ann Wiland

  • Hypertension in CKD: Core Curriculum 2019.

    Elaine Ku;Benjamin J. Lee;Jenny Wei;Matthew R. Weir

  • Albuminuria is a target for renoprotective therapy independent from blood pressure in patients with type 2 diabetic nephropathy: Post hoc analysis from the reduction of endpoints in NIDDM with the angiotensin II antagonist losartan (RENAAL) trial

    Wouter B.A. Eijkelkamp;Zhongxin Zhang;Giuseppe Remuzzi;Hans Henrik Parving;Hans Henrik Parving

  • Cardiac Disease Evaluation and Management Among Kidney and Liver Transplantation Candidates

    Krista L. Lentine;Salvatore P. Costa;Matthew R. Weir;John F. Robb

  • In the clinic: hypertension.

    Matthew R Weir

Frequent Co-Authors

George L. Bakris
George L. Bakris University of Chicago
Raymond R. Townsend
Raymond R. Townsend University of Pennsylvania
Bertram Pitt
Bertram Pitt University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Mahboob Rahman
Mahboob Rahman Case Western Reserve University
Jiang He
Jiang He Tulane University
Lawrence J. Appel
Lawrence J. Appel Johns Hopkins University
Harold I. Feldman
Harold I. Feldman University of Pennsylvania
Chi-yuan Hsu
Chi-yuan Hsu University of California, San Francisco
John W. Kusek
John W. Kusek National Institutes of Health
Bertram L. Kasiske
Bertram L. Kasiske Hennepin County Medical Center

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