Mahwash Kassi, MD

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


Publications

Patients’ and physicians’ beliefs and attitudes towards integrating personalized risk estimates into patient education about left ventricular assist device therapy
Kostick-Quenet, KM, Lang, B, Dorfman, N, Estep, J, Mehra, MR, Bhimaraj, A, Civitello, A, Jorde, U, Trachtenberg, B, Uriel, N, Kaplan, H, Gilmore-Szott, E, Volk, R, Kassi, M & Blumenthal-Barby, JS 2024, , Patient Education and Counseling, vol. 122, 108157, pp. 108157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2024.108157

Sex-Based Differences in Patients With Left Ventricular-Assisted Devices and Strokes
Zook, S, Ojukwu, O, Khan, SU, Minhas, AMK, Lamba, HK, Ingram, KE & Kassi, M 2024, , JACC: Advances, vol. 3, no. 2, 100817. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacadv.2023.100817

Effectiveness of combined plasma cell therapy and costimulation blockade based desensitization regimen in heart transplant candidates
Fida, N, Eagar, TN, Yun, AN, Rogers, AW, Nguyen, DT, Graviss, EA, Ishaq, F, DiPaola, NR, Kim, J, Janardhana, G, Kassi, M, Yousefzai, R, Suarez, EE, Bhimaraj, A, Krisl, JC & Guha, A 2024, , Clinical Transplantation, vol. 38, no. 2, e15249, pp. e15249. https://doi.org/10.1111/ctr.15249

Repeat left ventricular-assisted device exchange and upgrade from second- to third-generation devices in a high-volume single center
Kassi, M, Avenatti, E, Hoang, KD, Zook, S, Yousafzai, R, Guha, A, Bhimaraj, A, Chou, LCP & Suarez, EE 2024, , Artificial Organs. https://doi.org/10.1111/aor.14710

Outflow cannula alignment in continuous flow left ventricular devices is associated with stroke
Kassi, M, Agrawal, T, Xu, J, Marcos-Abdala, HG, Araujo-Gutierrez, R, Macgillivray, T, Suarez, EE, Yousefzai, R, Fida, N, Kim, JH, Hussain, I, Guha, A, Trachtenberg, B, Bhimaraj, A, Chang, SM & Estep, J 2023, , International Journal of Artificial Organs, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 226-234. https://doi.org/10.1177/03913988231154284

Outflow cannula alignment in continuous flow left ventricular devices is associated with stroke
Kassi, M, Agrawal, T, Xu, J, Marcos-Abdala, HG, Araujo-Gutierrez, R, Macgillivray, T, Suarez, EE, Yousefzai, R, Fida, N, Kim, JH, Hussain, I, Guha, A, Trachtenberg, B, Bhimaraj, A, Chang, SM & Estep, J 2023, , International Journal of Artificial Organs, pp. 3913988231154284. https://doi.org/10.1177/03913988231154284

Patient-specific, echocardiography compatible flow loop model of aortic valve regurgitation in the setting of a mechanical assist device
Kassi, M, Filippini, S, Avenatti, E, Xu, S, El-Tallawi, KC, Angulo, CI, Vukicevic, M & Little, SH 2023, , Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol. 10, 994431, pp. 994431. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2023.994431

The role of innovative modeling and imaging techniques in improving outcomes in patients with LVAD
Wilson, SI, Ingram, KE, Oh, A, Moreno, MR & Kassi, M 2023, , Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, vol. 10, 1248300, pp. 1248300. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1248300

Bloodstream infections in prolonged use of axillary-placed, intra-aortic balloon-pump support: A single-center study
Dreucean, D, Donahue, KR, Morton, C, Succar, L, Krisl, J, Agrawal, T, Perez, K, Jaramillo, T, Kim, J, Fida, N, Guha, A, Kassi, M, Yousefzai, R, Hussain, I, Grimes, K & Bhimaraj, A 2023, , Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2023.225

Computational investigation of outflow graft variation impact on hemocompatibility profile in LVADs
Zambrano, BA, Wilson, SI, Zook, S, Vekaria, B, Moreno, MR & Kassi, M 2023, , Artificial Organs. https://doi.org/10.1111/aor.14679

Insidious Mass Within a Sinus
Dhorepatil, A, Modi, V, Kassi, M, Chamsi-Pasha, MAR, Ewton, A, Allen, D & Mallah, MHA 2023, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 92-95. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1316

Demographic and Regional Trends in Stroke-Related Mortality in Young Adults in the United States, 1999 to 2019
Ariss, RW, Minhas, AMK, Lang, J, Ramanathan, PK, Khan, SU, Kassi, M, Warraich, HJ, Kolte, D, Alkhouli, M & Nazir, S 2022, , Journal of the American Heart Association, vol. 11, no. 18, e025903, pp. e025903. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.122.025903

Urban-Rural Trends in Young Stroke-Related Mortality in the United States, 1999-2019
Ariss, RW, Minhas, AMK, Lang, J, Ramanathan, PK, Khan, SU, Kassi, M, Warraich, HJ, Kolte, D, Alkhouli, M & Nazir, S 2022, , Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 80, no. 4, pp. 466-468. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2022.05.018

Special Considerations in the Care of Women With Advanced Heart Failure
Ebong, IA, DeFilippis, EM, Hamad, EA, Hsich, EM, Randhawa, VK, Billia, F, Kassi, M, Bhardwaj, A, Byku, M, Munagala, MR, Rao, RA, Hackmann, AE, Gidea, CG, DeMarco, T & Hall, SA 2022, , Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, vol. 9, 890108, pp. 890108. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2022.890108

Inflammatory Cardiomyopathies: A Need to Identify Indolent Inflammation
Ali, HJR, Kassi, M, Agrawal, T, Shah, DJ, Alnabelsi, T, El-Tallawi, C, Al-Mallah, M & Bhimaraj, A 2022, , JACC: Case Reports, vol. 4, no. 10, pp. 632-638. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.03.020

Defining Vasoplegia Following Durable, Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation
Swan, JT, Iso, T, Rizk, E, Trachtenberg, BH, Krisl, J, Varnado, S, Suki, WN, Frost, AE, Suarez, E, Uddin, FS, Kassi, M, Giesecke, NM, Bhimaraj, A & Masud, FN 2022, , ASAIO Journal, vol. 68, no. 1, pp. 46-55. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAT.0000000000001419

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in suspected cardiac tumour: A multicentre outcomes study
Shenoy, C, Grizzard, JD, Shah, DIJ, Kassi, M, Reardon, MJ, Zagurovskaya, M, Kim, HW, Parker, MA & Kim, RJ 2022, , European heart journal, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 71-80. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehab635

Insights on Infiltrative and Restrictive Cardiomyopathies
Trachtenberg, B & Kassi, M 2022, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 1-3. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1098

Tissue plasminogen activator in left ventricular assist device-related intravascular hemolysis after failed augmented anticoagulation
Kenneth Sims, R, Srour, N, El Nihum, LI, Hannawi, B, Araujo-Gutierrez, R, Cruz-Solbes, AS, Trachtenberg, BH, Hussain, I, Kim, JH, Kassi, M, Graviss, EA, Nguyen, DT, Estep, J, Bhimaraj, A & Guha, A 2022, , International Journal of Artificial Organs, vol. 45, no. 11, pp. 911-918. https://doi.org/10.1177/03913988221115445

Giant Coronary Sinus Complicated by Spontaneous Thrombosis
Ojukwu, O, Zook, S, Kleiman, N, Lawrie, G & Kassi, M 2022, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 89-93. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1159