Search Results - "ALMAHMEED, WAEL"
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Occurrence of death and stroke in patients in 47 countries 1 year after presenting with atrial fibrillation: a cohort study
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (17-09-2016)“…Summary Background Atrial fibrillation is an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, but scant data are available for long-term outcomes in…”
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Cardiometabolic Clinics: Is There a Need for a Multidisciplinary Clinic?
Published in Frontiers in clinical diabetes and healthcare (online) (06-06-2022)Get full text
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Association of psychosocial risk factors with risk of acute myocardial infarction in 11 119 cases and 13 648 controls from 52 countries (the INTERHEART study): case-control study
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (11-09-2004)“…Psychosocial factors have been reported to be independently associated with coronary heart disease. However, previous studies have been in mainly North…”
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The differential expression of adipose tissue genes in short, medium and long-term periods after bariatric surgery
Published in Scientific reports (28-08-2024)“…Bariatric surgery is an approved treatment for obesity that consistently improves metabolic syndrome, with well-documented beneficial effects on dyslipidemia,…”
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Meta-analysis of the Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Circulating TMAO Levels as a Predictor of Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Published in Current medicinal chemistry (01-01-2024)“…Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) is a metabolite of the gut microbiota that is considered a cardiovascular risk factor. Because bariatric surgery (BS) produces…”
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Impact of bariatric surgery on circulating PCSK9 levels as marker of cardiovascular disease risk: a meta-analysis
Published in Archives of medical science (08-08-2022)“…IntroductionThis systematic review and meta-analysis focuses on PCSK9 changes in obese patients following bariatric surgery. MethodsA systematic literature…”
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Association of obesity indices with in-hospital and 1-year mortality following acute coronary syndrome
Published in International Journal of Obesity (01-02-2021)“…Background/objectives According to the “obesity paradox”, adults with obesity have a survival advantage following acute coronary syndrome, compared with those…”
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Agreement between cardiovascular disease risk assessment tools: An application to the United Arab Emirates population
Published in PloS one (24-01-2020)“…Evidence regarding the performance of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk assessment tools is limited in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Therefore, we assessed…”
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Achievement of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol goals in 18 countries outside Western Europe: The International ChoLesterol management Practice Study (ICLPS)
Published in European journal of preventive cardiology (01-07-2018)“…Background Little is known about the achievement of low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) targets in patients at cardiovascular risk receiving stable…”
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Characteristics and predictors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in young adults hospitalized with acute coronary syndrome: A retrospective cohort study of 30,000 patients in the Gulf region
Published in PloS one (25-05-2023)“…The characteristics of young adults with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) due to acute coronary syndrome (ACS) has not been well described. The mean age…”
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World Heart Federation Cholesterol Roadmap 2022
Published in Global heart (14-10-2022)“…BackgroundAtherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (ASCVD) including myocardial infarction, stroke and peripheral arterial disease continue to be major causes…”
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The Atrial FibriLlatiOn (FLOW-AF) Registry in the Middle East and North Africa: Patient Characteristics, Treatment Patterns and Outcomes
Published in Advances in therapy (01-07-2024)“…Introduction Limited data on atrial fibrillation (AF) are available from the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA). The aim of the FLOW-AF registry was to…”
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Targeting PCSK9 as a key player in lipid metabolism: exploiting the therapeutic and biosensing potential of aptamers
Published in Lipids in health and disease (25-05-2024)“…The degradation of low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) is induced by proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9), resulting in elevated plasma…”
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Age-Related Sex Differences in Clinical Presentation, Management, and Outcomes in ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Pooled Analysis of 15 532 Patients From 7 Arabian Gulf Registries
Published in Journal of the American Heart Association (18-02-2020)“…Background No studies from the Arabian Gulf region have taken age into account when examining sex differences in ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction…”
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Familial Hypercholesterolemia in the Arabian Gulf Region: Clinical results of the Gulf FH Registry
Published in PloS one (04-06-2021)“…Background and aims Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a common autosomal dominant disorder that can result in premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular…”
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Identification of Critical Genes Differentiating Stable and Unstable Atherosclerotic Plaques: A Bioinformatic and Computational Analysis
Published in Current vascular pharmacology (01-01-2024)“…Identification of biomarkers to distinguish between stable and unstable plaque formation would be very useful to predict plaque vulnerability. We downloaded…”
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The burden of ischemic heart disease and the epidemiologic transition in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: 1990–2019
Published in PloS one (05-09-2023)“…It has been estimated that in the next decade, IHD prevalence, DALYs and deaths will increase more significantly in EMR than in any other region of the world…”
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Repressive H3K27me3 drives hyperglycemia-induced oxidative and inflammatory transcriptional programs in human endothelium
Published in Cardiovascular diabetology (05-04-2024)“…Histone modifications play a critical role in chromatin remodelling and regulate gene expression in health and disease. Histone methyltransferases EZH1, EZH2,…”
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Clinical features, socioeconomic status, management, short and long-term outcomes of patients with acute myocardial infarction: Phase I results of PEACE MENA registry
Published in PloS one (11-01-2024)“…The Program for the Evaluation and Management of Cardiac Events in the Middle East and North Africa (PEACE MENA) is a prospective registry program in Arabian…”
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Acute myocardial infarction and acute heart failure in the Middle East and North Africa: Study design and pilot phase study results from the PEACE MENA registry
Published in PloS one (22-07-2020)“…This pilot study describes the overall design and results of the Program for the Evaluation and Management of the Cardiac Events registry for the Middle East…”
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