Alan Cheng

10.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
145 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Alan Cheng is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan Cheng has authored 145 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 129 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 23 papers in Surgery and 10 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Alan Cheng's work include Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (87 papers), Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (80 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (60 papers). Alan Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies (87 papers), Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments (80 papers) and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (60 papers). Alan Cheng collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Austria. Alan Cheng's co-authors include Hugh Calkins, Ronald D. Berger, David Spragg, Joseph E. Marine, Charles A. Henrikson, Darshan Dalal, Saman Nazarian, Jun Dong, Gordon F. Tomaselli and Sunil Sinha and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Circulation and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Alan Cheng

138 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Infarct Tissue Heterogeneity by Magnetic Resonance Imaging Identifies Enhanced Cardiac Arrhythmia Susceptibility in Patients With Left Ventricular Dysfunction

2007 588 citations Alan Cheng, Gordon F. Tomaselli et al. Circulation profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alan Cheng United States	41	5.0k	733	697	518	480	145	6.1k
Vassilios S. Vassiliou United Kingdom	27	2.0k 0.4×	768 1.0×	727 1.0×	285 0.6×	319 0.7×	201	3.6k
Christian Templin Switzerland	35	2.9k 0.6×	1.5k 2.1×	1.3k 1.9×	370 0.7×	213 0.4×	175	4.5k
Fırat Duru Switzerland	34	3.4k 0.7×	395 0.5×	689 1.0×	201 0.4×	84 0.2×	269	4.3k
D. Ian Paterson Canada	30	3.6k 0.7×	855 1.2×	1.3k 1.9×	446 0.9×	92 0.2×	130	5.1k
André La Gerche Australia	52	7.0k 1.4×	712 1.0×	1.4k 2.0×	1.7k 3.3×	240 0.5×	323	8.6k
Naoki Fujimoto Japan	29	1.8k 0.4×	707 1.0×	515 0.7×	398 0.8×	79 0.2×	166	3.5k
GW Dec United States	32	2.9k 0.6×	1.3k 1.8×	243 0.3×	535 1.0×	205 0.4×	85	4.3k
Lori B. Daniels United States	39	2.9k 0.6×	1.1k 1.5×	436 0.6×	1000 1.9×	79 0.2×	153	4.8k
Matthew W. Martinez United States	26	3.4k 0.7×	586 0.8×	588 0.8×	252 0.5×	80 0.2×	122	4.3k
Robert M. Hamilton Canada	42	4.8k 0.9×	1.3k 1.8×	306 0.4×	649 1.3×	187 0.4×	151	6.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan Cheng

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Yee, Raymond, et al.. (2025). Real World Performance of an Individualized Antitachycardia Pacing Algorithm. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 36(8). 1875–1885. 1 indexed citations

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Cheng, Alan, et al.. (2025). Evaluating Long-Term Oncologic Outcomes of Radiofrequency Ablation for T1a Renal Cell Carcinoma with Minimum 10 Years of Follow-Up. Journal of Endourology. 39(6). 594–600.

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Daniel, Sam J., P. Fayoux, An Boudewyns, et al.. (2023). Comprehensive management of anterior drooling: An International Pediatric Otolaryngology Group (IPOG) consensus statement. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 168. 111500–111500. 6 indexed citations

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Crossley, George H., Colleen Longacre, Lucas Higuera, et al.. (2023). Outcomes of patients implanted with an atrioventricular synchronous leadless ventricular pacemaker in the Medicare population. Heart Rhythm. 21(1). 66–73. 18 indexed citations

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Crozier, Ian, Haris M. Haqqani, Emily Kotschet, et al.. (2023). Three-year chronic follow-up from the pilot study of a substernal extravascular implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. EP Europace. 25(10). 8 indexed citations

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Chang, Oswin, et al.. (2023). Comparability of Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) and Written Tests for Assessing Medical School Students’ Competencies: A Scoping Review. Evaluation & the Health Professions. 46(3). 213–224. 6 indexed citations

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Cheng, Alan, et al.. (2023). Gamifying Music Education: An Appealing and Engaging Method of Practice for Teenagers. Journal of Student Research. 12(1).

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Birgersdotter‐Green, Ulrika, et al.. (2023). Real-world performance of a fully automatic antitachycardia pacing algorithm. European Heart Journal. 44(Supplement_2). 1 indexed citations

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Zhao, Di, Wendy S. Post, Elena Blasco‐Colmenares, et al.. (2019). Racial Differences in Sudden Cardiac Death. Circulation. 139(14). 1688–1697. 76 indexed citations

10.

Olshansky, Brian, Gourg Atteya, David S. Cannom, et al.. (2018). Competitive athletes with implantable cardioverter–defibrillators—How to program? Data from the Implantable Cardioverter–Defibrillator Sports Registry. Heart Rhythm. 16(4). 581–587. 20 indexed citations

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Bilchick, Kenneth C., Yongfei Wang, Alan Cheng, et al.. (2017). Seattle Heart Failure and Proportional Risk Models Predict Benefit From Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 69(21). 2606–2618. 62 indexed citations

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Dawoud, Fady, David Spragg, Ronald D. Berger, et al.. (2016). Non-invasive electromechanical activation imaging as a tool to study left ventricular dyssynchronous patients: Implication for CRT therapy. Journal of Electrocardiology. 49(3). 375–382. 8 indexed citations

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Sinha, Sunil, Barbara J. Crain, Hugh Calkins, et al.. (2016). Clinical Inferences of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Analysis at Autopsy. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 68(12). 1255–1264. 19 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yiyi, Eliseo Güallar, Elena Blasco‐Colmenares, et al.. (2016). Serum-Based Oxylipins Are Associated with Outcomes in Primary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Patients. PLoS ONE. 11(6). e0157035–e0157035. 17 indexed citations

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Rickard, John, Bryan Baranowski, Alan Cheng, et al.. (2015). Comparative Efficacy of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Africans Americans Compared With European Americans. The American Journal of Cardiology. 116(7). 1101–1105. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yiyi, Eliseo Güallar, Elena Blasco‐Colmenares, et al.. (2015). CHANGES IN FOLLOW-UP LEFT VENTRICULAR EJECTION FRACTION ASSOCIATED WITH OUTCOMES IN PRIMARY PREVENTION ICD RECIPIENTS. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 65(10). A410–A410.

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Bilchick, Kenneth C., George J. Stukenborg, Sandeep Kamath, & Alan Cheng. (2012). Prediction of Mortality in Clinical Practice for Medicare Patients Undergoing Defibrillator Implantation for Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 60(17). 1647–1655. 132 indexed citations

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Cheng, Alan, Yongfei Wang, Jeptha P. Curtis, & Paul D. Varosy. (2010). Acute Lead Dislodgements and In-Hospital Mortality in Patients Enrolled in the National Cardiovascular Data Registry Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Registry. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 56(20). 1651–1656. 54 indexed citations

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Cheng, Alan, Loretha Myers, Francisco Martínez-Murillo, et al.. (2004). TGF-β–dependent pathogenesis of mitral valve prolapse in a mouse model of Marfan syndrome. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 114(11). 1586–1592. 360 indexed citations

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Cheng, Alan, Loretha Myers, Francisco Martínez-Murillo, et al.. (2004). TGF-β–dependent pathogenesis of mitral valve prolapse in a mouse model of Marfan syndrome. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 114(11). 1586–1592. 403 indexed citations

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