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Michael V. Rocco is affiliated with Wake Forest University in the United States and specializes primarily in the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on cardiology and nephrology. Their research output includes a significant number of publications in various prestigious journals, demonstrating engagement with topics related to blood pressure, kidney function, and cardiovascular health.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine

Their research spans several subfields, such as:

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Nephrology
  • Surgery
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Economics and Econometrics

Key topics addressed in their research work include:

  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
  • Acute Kidney Injury Research
  • Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
  • Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
  • Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis
  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management

Michael V. Rocco has contributed to the following recent papers:

  • The Difference Between Cystatin C- and Creatinine-Based Estimated GFR and Associations With Frailty and Adverse Outcomes: A Cohort Analysis of the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT), 2020, American Journal of Kidney Diseases
  • Concordance Between Blood Pressure in the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial and in Routine Clinical Practice, 2020, JAMA Internal Medicine
  • Urine Markers of Kidney Tubule Cell Injury and Kidney Function Decline in SPRINT Trial Participants with CKD, 2020, Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Overcoming Barriers for Uptake and Continued Use of Home Dialysis: An NKF-KDOQI Conference Report, 2020, American Journal of Kidney Diseases
  • Longer-Term All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality With Intensive Blood Pressure Control, 2022, JAMA Cardiology

Frequent coauthors in their publications include:

  • Nicholas M. Pajewski
  • Barry I. Freedman
  • Paul K. Whelton
  • Paul E. Drawz
  • Suzanne Oparil

Their research has been published repeatedly in the following venues:

  • American Journal of Kidney Diseases
  • Hypertension
  • Kidney International Reports
  • Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
  • Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

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

  • Intensity of renal support in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury

    Paul M. Palevsky;Jane Hongyuan Zhang;Theresa Z. O'Connor;Glenn M. Chertow

  • KDOQI Clinical Practice Guideline for Diabetes and CKD: 2012 Update

    RW Bilous;JM Gonzalez-Campoy;JE Fradkin;M Mauer

  • In-center hemodialysis six times per week versus three times per week.

    Glenn M Chertow;Nathan W Levin;Gerald J Beck

  • 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

  • K/DOQI Clinical Practice Guidelines on Hypertension and Antihypertensive Agents in Chronic Kidney Disease

    Andrew S. Levey;Michael V. Rocco;Sharon Anderson;Sharon P. Andreoli

  • International Society of Nephrology's 0by25 initiative for acute kidney injury (zero preventable deaths by 2025): a human rights case for nephrology

    Ravindra L Mehta;Jorge Cerdá;Emmanuel A Burdmann;Marcello Tonelli

  • KDOQI Clinical Practice Guideline for Hemodialysis Adequacy: 2015 Update

    Michael Rocco;John T. Daugirdas;Thomas A. Depner;Jula Inrig

  • Effect of Clopidogrel on Early Failure of Arteriovenous Fistulas for Hemodialysis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Laura M. Dember;Gerald J. Beck;Michael Allon;James A. Delmez

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

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

  • Final Outcome Results of the Multicenter Isradipine Diuretic Atherosclerosis Study (MIDAS): A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Nemat O. Borhani;Michele Mercuri;Patricia A. Borhani;Vardaman M. Buckalew

  • 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

  • The effects of frequent nocturnal home hemodialysis: the Frequent Hemodialysis Network Nocturnal Trial

    Michael V. Rocco;Robert S. Lockridge;Gerald J. Beck;Paul W. Eggers

  • 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

  • Recognition and management of acute kidney injury in the International Society of Nephrology 0by25 Global Snapshot: a multinational cross-sectional study

    Ravindra L Mehta;Emmanuel A Burdmann;Jorge Cerdá;John Feehally

  • 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

  • Elevated glucose stimulates TGF-β gene expression and bioactivity in proximal tubule

    Michael V. Rocco;Ying Chen;Stanley Goldfarb;Fuad N. Ziyadeh

Frequent Co-Authors

Tom Greene
Tom Greene University of Utah
Glenn M. Chertow
Glenn M. Chertow Stanford University
Alfred K. Cheung
Alfred K. Cheung University of Utah
Nathan W. Levin
Nathan W. Levin Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Barry I. Freedman
Barry I. Freedman Wake Forest University
Gerald J. Beck
Gerald J. Beck Cleveland Clinic
George A. Kaysen
George A. Kaysen University of California, Davis
William C. Cushman
William C. Cushman University of Tennessee Health Science Center
William M. McClellan
William M. McClellan Emory University
Cora E. Lewis
Cora E. Lewis University of Alabama at Birmingham

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