Maan Malahfji, MD

Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Academic Institute
Assistant Clinical Member, Research Institute
Clinical Scholar, Department of Cardiology
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College


Publications

Assessing Regurgitation Severity, Adverse Remodeling, and Fibrosis with CMR in Aortic Regurgitation
Saeed, M, Bersali, A, Darwish, A, Qamar, F, Maragiannis, D, El-Tallawi, KC, Malahfji, M & Shah, DJ 2024, , Current Cardiology Reports. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11886-024-02044-3

Coronary microvascular health in symptomatic patients with prior COVID-19 infection: an updated analysis
Ahmed, AI, Al Rifai, M, Alahdab, F, Saad, JM, Han, Y, Alfawara, MS, Nayfeh, M, Malahfji, M, Nabi, F, Mahmarian, JJ, Cooke, JP, Zoghbi, WA & Al-Mallah, MH 2023, , European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, vol. 24, no. 11, pp. 1544-1554. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/jead118

Reply: Cardiac Remodeling in Aortic Regurgitation
Malahfji, M, Nguyen, DT, Graviss, EA & Shah, DJ 2023, , Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 82, no. 14, pp. e125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.07.022

Aortic Regurgitation: Review of the Diagnostic Criteria and the Management Guidelines
Malahfji, M, Saeed, M & Zoghbi, WA 2023, , Current Cardiology Reports, vol. 25, no. 10, pp. 1373-1380. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11886-023-01955-x

Now You See Me Now You Don't: Subaortic Membrane Causing a Diagnostic Dilemma
Hatab, T, Zaid, S, Toro, S, Wessly, P, Malahfji, M, Faza, N, Little, SH, Kleiman, NS, Reardon, MJ & Goel, SS 2023, , JACC: Case Reports, vol. 18, 101916, pp. 101916. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.101916

Sex differences in myocardial remodeling and extracellular volume in aortic regurgitation
Malahfji, M, Senapati, A, Debs, D, Saeed, M, Tayal, B, Nguyen, DT, Graviss, EA & Shah, DJ 2023, , Scientific Reports, vol. 13, no. 1, 11334, pp. 11334. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-37444-y

Coronary microvascular health in symptomatic patients with prior COVID-19 infection: an updated analysis
Ahmed, AI, Al Rifai, M, Alahdab, F, Saad, JM, Han, Y, Alfawara, MS, Nayfeh, M, Malahfji, M, Nabi, F, Mahmarian, JJ, Cooke, JP, Zoghbi, WA & Al-Mallah, MH 2023, , European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging, vol. 24, no. 11, pp. 1544-1554. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/jead118

Influence of Cardiac Remodeling on Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Aortic Regurgitation
Malahfji, M, Crudo, V, Kaolawanich, Y, Nguyen, DT, Telmesani, A, Saeed, M, Reardon, MJ, Zoghbi, WA, Polsani, V, Elliott, M, Bonow, RO, Graviss, EA, Kim, R & Shah, DJ 2023, , Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 81, no. 19, pp. 1885-1898. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.03.001

Myocardial Injury on CMR in Patients With COVID-19 and Suspected Cardiac Involvement
Vidula, MK, Rajewska-Tabor, J, Cao, JJ, Kang, Y, Craft, J, Mei, W, Chandrasekaran, PS, Clark, DE, Poenar, AM, Gorecka, M, Malahfji, M, Cowan, E, Kwan, JM, Reinhardt, SW, Al-Tabatabaee, S, Doeblin, P, Villa, ADM, Karagodin, I, Alvi, N, Christia, P, Spetko, N, Cassar, MP, Park, C, Nambiar, L, Turgut, A, Azad, MR, Lambers, M, Wong, TC, Salerno, M, Kim, J, Elliott, M, Raman, B, Neubauer, S, Tsao, CW, LaRocca, G, Patel, AR, Chiribiri, A, Kelle, S, Baldassarre, LA, Shah, DJ, Hughes, SG, Tong, MS, Pyda, M, Simonetti, OP, Plein, S & Han, Y 2023, , JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 609-624. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2022.10.021

Differences in Myocardial Remodeling and Tissue Characteristics in Chronic Isolated Aortic and Mitral Regurgitation
Malahfji, M, Kitkungvan, D, Senapati, A, Nguyen, DT, El-Tallawi, C, Tayal, B, Debs, D, Crudo, V, Graviss, EA, Reardon, MJ, Quinones, M, Zoghbi, WA & Shah, DJ 2023, , Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. E014684. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.122.014684

Acute and Long-Term Scar Characterization of Venous Ethanol Ablation in the Left Ventricular Summit
Fuentes Rojas, SC, Malahfji, M, Tavares, L, Patel, A, Schurmann, PA, Dave, AS, Tapias, C, Rodríguez, D, Sáenz, LC, Korolev, S, Papiashvili, G, Peichl, P, Kautzner, J, Blaszyk, K, Malaczynska-Rajpold, K, Chen, T, Santangeli, P, Shah, DJ & Valderrábano, M 2023, , JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 28-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2022.08.035

Relation of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function to Global Fibrosis Burden: Implications for Heart Failure Risk Stratification
Lewandowski, D, Yang, EY, Nguyen, DT, Khan, MA, Malahfji, M, El Tallawi, C, Chamsi Pasha, MA, Graviss, EA, Shah, DJ & Nagueh, SF 2023, , JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 783-796. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2022.12.027

Medical Management of Aortic Disease: If They Don't Need Surgery, What Do They Need?
Saeed, M & Malahfji, M 2023, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 70-77. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1192

Coronary Microvascular Health in Patients With Prior COVID-19 Infection
Ahmed, AI, Saad, JM, Han, Y, Alahdab, F, Malahfji, M, Nabi, F, Mahmarian, JJ, Cooke, JP, Zoghbi, WA & Al-Mallah, MH 2022, , JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, vol. 15, no. 12, pp. 2153-2155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2022.07.006

Coronary microvascular dysfunction and COVID-19: implications for long COVID patients
Malahfji, M, Crudo, V, Ahmed, AI, Saeed, M, Saad, JM, Zoghbi, WA & Al-Mallah, MH 2022, , Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-022-03073-7

Incremental prognostic value of positron emission tomography derived left ventricular mass
Ahmed, AI, Saad, JM, Han, Y, Malahfji, M & Al-Mallah, MH 2023, , Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 254-263. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-022-03035-z

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance for suspected cardiac amyloidosis: where are we now?
Saad, JM, Ahmed, AI, Han, Y, Malahfji, M, Aljizeeri, A & Al-Mallah, MH 2022, , Heart Failure Reviews, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 1543-1548. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10741-022-10226-w

Regional Replacement and Diffuse Interstitial Fibrosis in Aortic Regurgitation: Prognostic Implications From Cardiac Magnetic Resonance
Senapati, A, Malahfji, M, Debs, D, Yang, EY, Nguyen, DT, Graviss, EA & Shah, DJ 2021, , JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, vol. 14, no. 11, pp. 2170-2182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2021.04.028

The Authors’ Reply
Malahfji, M, Senapati, A & Shah, DJ 2021, , JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, vol. 14, no. 11, pp. 2271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2021.09.026

Cardiac Imaging for Risk Assessment of Malignant Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients With Mitral Valve Prolapse
Tayal, B, Delling, FN, Malahfji, M & Shah, DJ 2021, , Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol. 8, 574446. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2021.574446