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Payne JE, Woods C, Elshazly MB, Matthews A, Kroman A, Feng Z, Rabinkova A, Ghadban R, Dhakal B, Winterfield J. A novel automated peak frequency annotation algorithm for identifying deceleration zones and ventricular tachycardia ablation sites. Heart Rhythm. 2024 Jan;21(1):27-33. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2023.10.014. Epub 2023 Oct 16. PubMed PMID: 37852563.
Quispe R, Sweeney T, Martin SS, Jones SR, Allison MA, Budoff MJ, Ndumele CE, Elshazly MB, Michos ED. Associations of Adipokine Levels with Levels of Remnant Cholesterol: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). medRxiv. 2023 Apr 26;. doi: 10.1101/2023.04.24.23289072. PubMed PMID: 37162928; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10168480.
Elshazly MB, Quispe R. The Lower the ApoB, the Better: Now, How Does ApoB Fit in the Upcoming Era of Targeted Therapeutics?. Circulation. 2022 Aug 30;146(9):673-675. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.061188. Epub 2022 Aug 29. PubMed PMID: 36037269.
Tahri Sqalli M, Al-Thani D, Elshazly MB, Al-Hijji M, Alahmadi A, Sqalli Houssaini Y. Understanding Cardiology Practitioners' Interpretations of Electrocardiograms: An Eye-Tracking Study. JMIR Hum Factors. 2022 Feb 9;9(1):e34058. doi: 10.2196/34058. PubMed PMID: 35138258; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8867292.
Saed Aldien A, Ganesan GS, Wahbeh F, Al-Nassr N, Altarawneh H, Al Theyab L, Saed Aldien S, Tomerak S, Naveed H, Elshazly MB, Zakaria D. Systemic Inflammation May Induce Cardiac Injury in COVID-19 Patients Including Children and Adolescents Without Underlying Cardiovascular Diseases: A Systematic Review. Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2022 Feb;35:169-178. doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2021.04.007. Epub 2021 Apr 15. Review. PubMed PMID: 33952432; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8046745.
Al-Ali D, Elshafeey A, Mushannen M, Kawas H, Shafiq A, Mhaimeed N, Mhaimeed O, Mhaimeed N, Zeghlache R, Salameh M, Paul P, Homssi M, Mohammed I, Narangoli A, Yagan L, Khanjar B, Laws S, Elshazly MB, Zakaria D. Cardiovascular and haematological events post COVID-19 vaccination: A systematic review. J Cell Mol Med. 2022 Feb;26(3):636-653. doi: 10.1111/jcmm.17137. Epub 2021 Dec 29. PubMed PMID: 34967105; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8817142.
Quispe R, Martin SS, Michos ED, Lamba I, Blumenthal RS, Saeed A, Lima J, Puri R, Nomura S, Tsai M, Wilkins J, Ballantyne CM, Nicholls S, Jones SR, Elshazly MB. Remnant cholesterol predicts cardiovascular disease beyond LDL and ApoB: a primary prevention study. Eur Heart J. 2021 Nov 7;42(42):4324-4332. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab432. PubMed PMID: 34293083; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8572557.
Tomerak S, Khan S, Almasri M, Hussein R, Abdelati A, Aly A, Salameh MA, Saed Aldien A, Naveed H, Elshazly MB, Zakaria D. Systemic inflammation in COVID-19 patients may induce various types of venous and arterial thrombosis: A systematic review. Scand J Immunol. 2021 Nov;94(5):e13097. doi: 10.1111/sji.13097. Epub 2021 Sep 27. PubMed PMID: 34940978; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8646950.
Tahri Sqalli M, Al-Thani D, Elshazly MB, Al-Hijji M. Interpretation of a 12-Lead Electrocardiogram by Medical Students: Quantitative Eye-Tracking Approach. JMIR Med Educ. 2021 Oct 14;7(4):e26675. doi: 10.2196/26675. PubMed PMID: 34647899; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8554676.
Alkadi MM, Al-Malki HA, Asim M, Fituri OM, Hamdi AF, Elidrisi RI, Abdul Rahiman R, Elshirbeny MF, Othman MA, Nauman A, Ashour A, Ghonimi TA, Tohid H, Jarman ME, Hamad A, Elshazly MB, Abuhelaiqa E. Kidney Transplant Recipients Infected With Coronavirus Disease 2019: Retrospective Qatar Experience. Transplant Proc. 2021 Oct;53(8):2438-2446. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2021.06.001. Epub 2021 Jun 11. PubMed PMID: 34275597; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8193030.
Sajja A, Park J, Sathiyakumar V, Varghese B, Pallazola VA, Marvel FA, Kulkarni K, Muthukumar A, Joshi PH, Gianos E, Hirsh B, Mintz G, Goldberg A, Morris PB, Sharma G, Blumenthal RS, Michos ED, Post WS, Elshazly MB, Jones SR, Martin SS. Comparison of Methods to Estimate Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in Patients With High Triglyceride Levels. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Oct 1;4(10):e2128817. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.28817. PubMed PMID: 34709388; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8554644.
Bayoumy K, Gaber M, Elshafeey A, Mhaimeed O, Dineen EH, Marvel FA, Martin SS, Muse ED, Turakhia MP, Tarakji KG, Elshazly MB. Smart wearable devices in cardiovascular care: where we are and how to move forward. Nat Rev Cardiol. 2021 Aug;18(8):581-599. doi: 10.1038/s41569-021-00522-7. Epub 2021 Mar 4. Review. PubMed PMID: 33664502; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7931503.
Naveed H, Elshafeey A, Al-Ali D, Janjua E, Nauman A, Kawas H, Kaul R, Saed Aldien A, Elshazly MB, Zakaria D. The Interplay Between the Immune System, the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System (RAAS), and RAAS Inhibitors May Modulate the Outcome of COVID-19: A Systematic Review. J Clin Pharmacol. 2021 Aug;61(8):987-1000. doi: 10.1002/jcph.1852. Epub 2021 Apr 7. PubMed PMID: 33635546; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8014479.
D'Souza S, Elshazly MB, Dargham SR, Donnellan E, Asaad N, Hayat S, Kanj M, Baranowski B, Wazni O, Saliba W, Abi Khalil C. Atrial fibrillation catheter ablation complications in obese and diabetic patients: Insights from the US Nationwide Inpatient Sample 2005-2013. Clin Cardiol. 2021 Aug;44(8):1151-1160. doi: 10.1002/clc.23667. Epub 2021 Jun 15. PubMed PMID: 34132405; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8364717.
Ferro EG, Elshazly MB, Bhatt DL. New Antidiabetes Medications and Their Cardiovascular and Renal Benefits. Cardiol Clin. 2021 Aug;39(3):335-351. doi: 10.1016/j.ccl.2021.04.007. Review. PubMed PMID: 34247748.
Donnellan E, Wazni OM, Chung MK, Elshazly MB, Chung R, Taigen T, Niebauer M, Kochar A, Hussain M, Patel DR, Il'Giovine Z, Harb S, Cantillon DJ, Kanj M, Saliba W, Jaber W. Attenuated heart rate recovery is associated with higher arrhythmia recurrence and mortality following atrial fibrillation ablation. Europace. 2021 Jul 18;23(7):1063-1071. doi: 10.1093/europace/euaa419. PubMed PMID: 33463688.
Abi Khalil C, Ignatiuk B, Erdem G, Chemaitelly H, Barilli F, El-Shazly M, Al Suwaidi J, Aboulsoud S, Kofler M, Stastny L, Jneid H, Bonaros N. Aortic valve function post-replacement of severe aortic stenosis by transcatheter procedure versus surgery: a systematic review and metanalysis. Sci Rep. 2021 Jun 7;11(1):11975. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-91548-x. PubMed PMID: 34099815; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8184892.
Elgendy IY, Elshazly MB. LDL-C-lowering therapies reduce major vascular events in patients aged ≥75 y. Ann Intern Med. 2021 Apr;174(4):JC38. doi: 10.7326/ACPJ202104200-038. Epub 2021 Apr 6. PubMed PMID: 33819068.
Mekhaimar M, Dargham S, El-Shazly M, Al Suwaidi J, Jneid H, Abi Khalil C. Diabetes-related cardiovascular and economic burden in patients hospitalized for heart failure in the US: a recent temporal trend analysis from the National Inpatient Sample. Heart Fail Rev. 2021 Mar;26(2):289-300. doi: 10.1007/s10741-020-10012-6. Review. PubMed PMID: 32930940; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7895778.
Elshazly MB, Wilkoff BL, Tarakji K, Wu Y, Donnellan E, Abi Khalil C, Asaad N, Jaber W, Wazni O, Cho L. Exercise Ventricular Rates, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Performance, and Mortality in Patients With Heart Failure With Atrial Fibrillation. Circ Heart Fail. 2021 Feb;14(2):e007451. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.120.007451. Epub 2021 Jan 22. PubMed PMID: 33478244.
Martin SS, Elshazly MB, Jones SR. Accuracy of New Equation to Calculate Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol. JAMA Cardiol. 2021 Jan 1;6(1):121-122. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2020.4411. PubMed PMID: 32997104.
Ferro EG, Michos ED, Bhatt DL, Lincoff AM, Elshazly MB. New Decade, New FDA Guidance for Diabetes Drug Development: Lessons Learned and Future Directions. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Nov 24;76(21):2522-2526. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.09.590. PubMed PMID: 33213731.
Quispe R, Elshazly MB, Zhao D, Toth PP, Puri R, Virani SS, Blumenthal RS, Martin SS, Jones SR, Michos ED. Total cholesterol/HDL-cholesterol ratio discordance with LDL-cholesterol and non-HDL-cholesterol and incidence of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in primary prevention: The ARIC study. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2020 Oct;27(15):1597-1605. doi: 10.1177/2047487319862401. Epub 2019 Jul 10. PubMed PMID: 31291776; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6952589.
Donnellan E, Cotter TG, Wazni OM, Elshazly MB, Kochar A, Wilner B, Patel D, Kanj M, Hussein A, Baranowski B, Cantillon D, Griffin B, Jaber W, Saliba WI. Impact of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease on Arrhythmia Recurrence Following Atrial Fibrillation Ablation. JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2020 Oct;6(10):1278-1287. doi: 10.1016/j.jacep.2020.05.023. Epub 2020 Aug 12. PubMed PMID: 33092755.
Donnellan E, Wazni OM, Hanna M, Elshazly MB, Puri R, Saliba W, Kanj M, Vakamudi S, Patel DR, Baranowski B, Cantillon D, Dresing T, Jaber WA. Atrial Fibrillation in Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis: Predictors, Prevalence, and Efficacy of Rhythm Control Strategies. JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2020 Sep;6(9):1118-1127. doi: 10.1016/j.jacep.2020.04.019. Epub 2020 Jul 29. PubMed PMID: 32972546.
Donnellan E, Wazni OM, Kanj M, Elshazly M, Hussein AA, Patel DR, Trulock K, Wilner B, Baranowski B, Cantillon DJ, Varma N, Jaber W, Saliba WI. Impact of risk-factor modification on arrhythmia recurrence among morbidly obese patients undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2020 Aug;31(8):1979-1986. doi: 10.1111/jce.14607. Epub 2020 Jun 22. PubMed PMID: 32510749.
Elshazly MB, Abdellatif A, Dargham SR, Rifai MA, Quispe R, Cainzos-Achirica M, Martin SS, Yeboah J, Psaty BM, Post WS, Nasir K, Budoff MJ, Blumenthal RS, Blaha MJ, McEvoy JW. Role of Coronary Artery and Thoracic Aortic Calcium as Risk Modifiers to Guide Antihypertensive Therapy in Stage 1 Hypertension (From the Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis). Am J Cardiol. 2020 Jul 1;126:45-55. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2020.02.036. Epub 2020 Mar 14. PubMed PMID: 32359719.
Elshazly MB, Mani P, Nissen S, Brennan DM, Clark D, Martin S, Jones SR, Quispe R, Donnellan E, Nicholls SJ, Puri R. Remnant cholesterol, coronary atheroma progression and clinical events in statin-treated patients with coronary artery disease. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2020 Jul;27(10):1091-1100. doi: 10.1177/2047487319887578. Epub 2019 Nov 19. PubMed PMID: 31744333.
Elshazly MB, Mekhaimar M, Arayssi T. Incoming International Medical Graduates and the COVID-19 Pandemic: More Than Meets the Eye. J Grad Med Educ. 2020 Jun;12(3):269-271. doi: 10.4300/JGME-D-20-00280.1. PubMed PMID: 32595842; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7301925.
Quispe R, Michos ED, Martin SS, Puri R, Toth PP, Al Suwaidi J, Banach M, Virani SS, Blumenthal RS, Jones SR, Elshazly MB. High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Discordance With Atherogenic Lipid Measures and Incidence of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Primary Prevention: The ARIC Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 Feb 4;9(3):e013600. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.013600. Epub 2020 Jan 30. PubMed PMID: 32013698; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7033866.
Donnellan E, Wazni O, Kanj M, Elshazly MB, Hussein A, Baranowski B, Hanna M, Patel D, Trulock K, Martyn M, Menon V, Saliba W, Jaber WA. Atrial fibrillation ablation in patients with transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis. Europace. 2020 Feb 1;22(2):259-264. doi: 10.1093/europace/euz314. PubMed PMID: 32031230.
Donnellan E, Wazni OM, Elshazly M, Kanj M, Hussein AA, Baranowski B, Kochar A, Trulock K, Aminian A, Schauer P, Jaber W, Saliba WI. Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Atrial Fibrillation Type. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2020 Feb;13(2):e007626. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.119.007626. Epub 2020 Jan 15. PubMed PMID: 31940441.
Donnellan E, Elshazly MB, Vakamudi S, Wazni OM, Cohen JA, Kanj M, Hanna M, Baranowski B, Saliba W, Jaber W. No Association Between CHADS-VASc Score and Left Atrial Appendage Thrombus in Patients With Transthyretin Amyloidosis. JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2019 Dec;5(12):1473-1474. doi: 10.1016/j.jacep.2019.10.013. PubMed PMID: 31857048.
Donnellan E, Wazni OM, Kanj M, Baranowski B, Cremer P, Harb S, McCarthy CP, McEvoy JW, Elshazly MB, Aagaard P, Tarakji KG, Jaber WA, Schauer PR, Saliba WI. Association between pre-ablation bariatric surgery and atrial fibrillation recurrence in morbidly obese patients undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation. Europace. 2019 Oct 1;21(10):1476-1483. doi: 10.1093/europace/euz183. PubMed PMID: 31304532.
Donnellan E, Aagaard P, Kanj M, Jaber W, Elshazly M, Hoosien M, Baranowski B, Hussein A, Saliba W, Wazni O. Association Between Pre-Ablation Glycemic Control and Outcomes Among Patients With Diabetes Undergoing Atrial Fibrillation Ablation. JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2019 Aug;5(8):897-903. doi: 10.1016/j.jacep.2019.05.018. Epub 2019 Jul 31. PubMed PMID: 31439289.
Clark D 3rd, Nicholls SJ, St John J, Elshazly MB, Ahmed HM, Khraishah H, Nissen SE, Puri R. Visit-to-Visit Blood Pressure Variability, Coronary Atheroma Progression, and Clinical Outcomes. JAMA Cardiol. 2019 May 1;4(5):437-443. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2019.0751. PubMed PMID: 30969323; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6537804.
Elshazly MB, Tarakji KG. Reimplantation After Lead Removal. Card Electrophysiol Clin. 2018 Dec;10(4):667-674. doi: 10.1016/j.ccep.2018.04.004. Epub 2018 Oct 5. Review. PubMed PMID: 30396581.
Andrews J, Psaltis PJ, Bayturan O, Shao M, Stegman B, Elshazly M, Kapadia SR, Tuzcu EM, Nissen SE, Nicholls SJ, Puri R. Warfarin Use Is Associated With Progressive Coronary Arterial Calcification: Insights From Serial Intravascular Ultrasound. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2018 Sep;11(9):1315-1323. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2017.04.010. Epub 2017 Jul 19. PubMed PMID: 28734922.
Sathiyakumar V, Park J, Quispe R, Elshazly MB, Michos ED, Banach M, Toth PP, Whelton SP, Blumenthal RS, Jones SR, Martin SS. Impact of Novel Low-Density Lipoprotein-Cholesterol Assessment on the Utility of Secondary Non-High-Density Lipoprotein-C and Apolipoprotein B Targets in Selected Worldwide Dyslipidemia Guidelines. Circulation. 2018 Jul 17;138(3):244-254. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.032463. Epub 2018 Mar 5. PubMed PMID: 29506984.
Clark D 3rd, Nicholls SJ, St John J, Elshazly MB, Kapadia SR, Tuzcu EM, Nissen SE, Puri R. Visit-to-visit cholesterol variability correlates with coronary atheroma progression and clinical outcomes. Eur Heart J. 2018 Jul 14;39(27):2551-2558. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy209. PubMed PMID: 29688308.
Elshazly MB, Senn T, Wu Y, Lindsay B, Saliba W, Wazni O, Cho L. Impact of Atrial Fibrillation on Exercise Capacity and Mortality in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Insights From Cardiopulmonary Stress Testing. J Am Heart Assoc. 2017 Oct 31;6(11). doi: 10.1161/JAHA.117.006662. PubMed PMID: 29089343; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5721762.
Quispe R, Hendrani A, Elshazly MB, Michos ED, McEvoy JW, Blaha MJ, Banach M, Kulkarni KR, Toth PP, Coresh J, Blumenthal RS, Jones SR, Martin SS. Accuracy of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol estimation at very low levels. BMC Med. 2017 Apr 20;15(1):83. doi: 10.1186/s12916-017-0852-2. PubMed PMID: 28427464; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5399386.
Hoosien M, Elshazly MB. Evaluating Precision Medicine's Ability to Improve Population Health. JAMA. 2017 Jan 24;317(4):440-441. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.20000. PubMed PMID: 28118446.
Puri R, Nissen SE, Shao M, Elshazly MB, Kataoka Y, Kapadia SR, Tuzcu EM, Nicholls SJ. Non-HDL Cholesterol and Triglycerides: Implications for Coronary Atheroma Progression and Clinical Events. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2016 Nov;36(11):2220-2228. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.116.307601. Epub 2016 Aug 11. PubMed PMID: 27515380.
Stegman B, Shao M, Nicholls SJ, Elshazly M, Cho L, King P, Kapadia S, Tuzcu M, Nissen SE, Puri R. Coronary atheroma progression rates in men and women following high-intensity statin therapy: A pooled analysis of REVERSAL, ASTEROID and SATURN. Atherosclerosis. 2016 Nov;254:78-84. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2016.09.059. Epub 2016 Sep 15. PubMed PMID: 27710808.
Elshazly MB, Nicholls SJ, Nissen SE, St John J, Martin SS, Jones SR, Quispe R, Stegman B, Kapadia SR, Tuzcu EM, Puri R. Implications of Total to High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Ratio Discordance With Alternative Lipid Parameters for Coronary Atheroma Progression and Cardiovascular Events. Am J Cardiol. 2016 Sep 1;118(5):647-55. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2016.06.021. Epub 2016 Jun 15. PubMed PMID: 27392507.
Elshazly MB, Stegman B, Puri R. Regression of coronary atheroma with statin therapy. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes. 2016 Apr;23(2):131-7. doi: 10.1097/MED.0000000000000234. Review. PubMed PMID: 26910274.
Elshazly MB, Quispe R, Michos ED, Sniderman AD, Toth PP, Banach M, Kulkarni KR, Coresh J, Blumenthal RS, Jones SR, Martin SS. Patient-Level Discordance in Population Percentiles of the Total Cholesterol to High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Ratio in Comparison With Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Non-High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol: The Very Large Database of Lipids Study (VLDL-2B). Circulation. 2015 Aug 25;132(8):667-76. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.016163. Epub 2015 Jul 2. PubMed PMID: 26137953; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4550508.
Quispe R, Al-Hijji M, Swiger KJ, Martin SS, Elshazly MB, Blaha MJ, Joshi PH, Blumenthal RS, Sniderman AD, Toth PP, Jones SR. Lipid phenotypes at the extremes of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol: The very large database of lipids-9. J Clin Lipidol. 2015 Jul-Aug;9(4):511-8.e1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jacl.2015.05.005. Epub 2015 Jun 19. PubMed PMID: 26228668.
Martin SS, Blaha MJ, Elshazly MB, Toth PP, Kwiterovich PO, Blumenthal RS, Jones SR. Comparison of a novel method vs the Friedewald equation for estimating low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels from the standard lipid profile. JAMA. 2013 Nov 20;310(19):2061-8. doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.280532. PubMed PMID: 24240933; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4226221.
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