• Bariatric Surgery Improves Serum CD40L Levels as a Predictor of Cardiovascular Risk: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis 

      Jamialahamdi, Tannaz; Eid, Ali H.; Nguyen, Ninh T.; Gadde, Kishore M.; Sukhorukov, Vasily N.; ... more authors (2024 , Article)
      CD40 and its ligand have been recently implicated in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease (CVD). This meta-analysis examined the effect of bariatric surgery in reducing circulating CD40L levels. A systematic review ...
    • Clinical presentation and outcomes of peripartum cardiomyopathy in the Middle East: a cohort from seven Arab countries 

      Salam, Amar M.; Ahmed, Mohamed Badie; Sulaiman, Kadhim; Singh, Rajvir; Alhashemi, Mohammed; ... more authors ( Wiley , 2020 , Article)
      Aims: Published data on the clinical presentation of peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) are very limited particularly from the Middle East. The aim of this study was to examine the clinical presentation, management, and ...
    • Effect of Bariatric Surgery on Intima Media Thickness: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 

      Jamialahmadi, Tannaz; Reiner, Željko; Alidadi, Mona; Almahmeed, Wael; Kesharwani, Prashant; ... more authors ( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2022 , Article)
      Background: Obesity, and in particular extreme obesity, as a global health problem is an important risk factor for many diseases, including atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ACVD). Bariatric surgery might stop or ...
    • Effect of Bariatric Surgery on Serum Amyloid A Protein: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis 

      Jamialahamdi, Tannaz; Mirhadi, Elaheh; Atkin, Stephen L.; le Roux, Carel W.; Kroh, Matthew; ... more authors ( springer link , 2023 , Article)
      Background: Obesity is a chronic inflammatory condition and this meta-analysis evaluated the impact of bariatric surgery on SAA. Methods: Studies included all types of bariatric surgery where SAA was measured before and ...
    • Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risks, 1990-2022 

      George A., Mensah; Fuster, Valentin; Murray, Christopher J.L.; Roth, Gregory A.; Mensah, George A.; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2023 , Other)
      The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) is a multinational collaborative research study with >10,000 collaborators around the world. GBD generates a time series of summary measures of health, ...
    • Identifying mortality risk factors amongst acute coronary syndrome patients admitted to Arabian Gulf hospitals using machine‐learning methods 

      Raza, Syed Asif; Thalib, Lukman; Al Suwaidi, Jassim; Sulaiman, Kadhim; Almahmeed, Wael; ... more authors ( Wiley , 2019 , Article)
      Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in the Arabian Gulf. In this study, the in‐hospital mortality amongst patients admitted with ACS to Arabian Gulf hospitals is predicted using a ...
    • Validation of the 6-Month GRACE Score in Predicting 1-Year Mortality of Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome Admitted to the Arabian Gulf Hospitals 

      Thalib, Lukman; Furuya-Kanamori, Luis; AlHabib, Khalid F.; Alfaleh, Hussam F.; AlShamiri, Mostafa Q.; ... more authors ( SAGE Publications , 2016 , Article)
      Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) are the most common cardiovascular diseases and are associated with a significant risk of mortality and morbidity. The Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) risk score postdischarge ...