Mohammed A. Chamsi-Pasha, MD

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


Biography

Dr. Chamsi-Pasha did his internal medicine training at the Cleveland Clinic in 2013. In 2016, he completed cardiovascular disease fellowship program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He then moved to Houston and did 2-year advanced cardiac imaging fellowship at the DeBakey Heart and Vascular Institute, then started his academic career at Houston Methodist in 2018 as an assistant professor and associate director of the echocardiography laboratory.

Description of Research

Dr. Chamsi-Pasha area of expertise is multimodality cardiac imaging (including echocardiography, cardiac CT, cardiac MRI and nuclear cardiology), especially pertaining to structural and valvular heart disease. His research interest is focused on improving diagnostic accuracy of cardiac imaging and correlating imaging findings with patient outcomes.

Areas Of Expertise

Multimodality cardiac imaging
Publications

Guidelines for the Evaluation of Prosthetic Valve Function With Cardiovascular Imaging: A Report From the American Society of Echocardiography Developed in Collaboration With the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Zoghbi, WA, Jone, PN, Chamsi-Pasha, MA, Chen, T, Collins, KA, Desai, MY, Grayburn, P, Groves, DW, Hahn, RT, Little, SH, Kruse, E, Sanborn, D, Shah, SB, Sugeng, L, Swaminathan, M, Thaden, J, Thavendiranathan, P, Tsang, W, Weir-McCall, JR & Gill, E 2024, , Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 2-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2023.10.004

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

Temporal trends in the use of cardiac computerized tomography angiography and transesophageal echocardiography for left atrial appendage thrombus detection
Nayfeh, M, Ahmed, AI, Al Rifai, M, Alahdab, F, Nagueh, SF, Chamsi-Pasha, MA, Mahmarian, JJ, Chang, SM, Zoghbi, WA & Al-Mallah, MH 2023, , Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 289-290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcct.2023.03.013

Temporal trends in the use of cardiac computerized tomography angiography and transesophageal echocardiography for left atrial appendage thrombus detection
Nayfeh, M, Ahmed, AI, Al Rifai, M, Alahdab, F, Nagueh, SF, Chamsi-Pasha, MA, Mahmarian, JJ, Chang, SM, Zoghbi, WA & Al-Mallah, MH 2023, , Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcct.2023.03.013

Think Outside the Heart: An Unusual Cause of Large Hemopericardium
Basha, NR, Wessly, P & Chamsi-Pasha, MA 2023, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 69-74. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1276

Unveiling the Hidden Patterns: Multimodality Cardiac Imaging in Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Diagnosis
Alfawara, MS, Al Rifai, M, Nayfeh, M, Chamsi-Pasha, MAR & Al-Mallah, MH 2023, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 73-76. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1288

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

Cardiovascular risk profile of Middle Eastern immigrants living in the United States-the National Health Interview Survey
Yahya, T, Acquah, I, Taha, MB, Valero-Elizondo, J, Al-Mallah, MH, Chamsi-Pasha, MA, Zoghbi, WA, Soliman, A, Faza, N, Cainzos-Achirica, M & Nasir, K 2022, , American Journal of Preventive Cardiology, vol. 9, 100312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpc.2021.100312

Atypical Presentation of Marantic Endocarditis
Manian, N, Arunachalam, P, El Nihum, LI, Al Abri, Q, Barrios, R, Chamsi-Pasha, M & Ramchandani, M 2022, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 45-47. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1105

Atypical Presentation of Right Ventricular Cardiac Hamartoma in a Young Man
Barsoom, R, El Nihum, LI, Al Abri, Q, Ali, A, Haley, SL, Chamsi-Pasha, MA, von Ballmoos, MCW, MacGillivray, TE & Reardon, MJ 2022, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 102-107. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1158

Ventricular Septal Rupture Complicating Silent Myocardial Infarction
Telmesani, A, Al Abri, Q & Chamsi-Pasha, M 2022, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 77-80. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1168

Added prognostic value of plaque burden to computed tomography angiography and myocardial perfusion imaging
Ahmed, AI, Han, Y, Al Rifai, M, Alnabelsi, T, Nabi, F, Chang, SM, Chamsi-Pasha, MA, Nasir, K, Mahmarian, JJ, Cainzos-Achirica, M & Al-Mallah, MH 2021, , Atherosclerosis, vol. 334, pp. 9-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2021.08.032

Cardiac involvement in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 and its incremental value in outcomes prediction
Pournazari, P, Spangler, AL, Ameer, F, Hagan, KK, Tano, ME, Chamsi-Pasha, M, Chebrolu, LH, Zoghbi, WA, Nasir, K & Nagueh, SF 2021, , Scientific Reports, vol. 11, no. 1, 19450, pp. 19450. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98773-4

Valve Strain Quantitation in Normal Mitral Valves and Mitral Prolapse With Variable Degrees of Regurgitation
El-Tallawi, KC, Zhang, P, Azencott, R, He, J, Herrera, EL, Xu, J, Chamsi-Pasha, M, Jacob, J, Lawrie, GM & Zoghbi, WA 2021, , JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 1099-1109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2021.01.006

Mitral Valve Remodeling and Strain in Secondary Mitral Regurgitation: Comparison With Primary Regurgitation and Normal Valves
El-Tallawi, KC, Zhang, P, Azencott, R, He, J, Xu, J, Herrera, EL, Jacob, J, Chamsi-Pasha, M, Lawrie, GM & Zoghbi, WA 2021, , JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 782-793. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2021.02.004

Outcomes of patients with moderate-to-severe Ischemia excluded from the ischemia trial
Al-Mallah, MH, Ahmed, AI, Nabi, F, Chang, SM, Kleiman, NS, Chamsi-Pasha, MA, Shah, A, Han, Y, Zoghbi, WA & Mahmarian, JJ 2022, , Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 1100-1105. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-021-02679-7

Positrons, protons, and pulse waves: Multimodality characterization of newly diagnosed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Al-Sabeq, B, Soliman, A, Chamsi-Pasha, M, Shah, DJ & Al-Mallah, M 2020, , Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 2412-2416. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-019-02012-3

Imaging in mitral stenosis
Al-Sabeq, B & Chamsi-Pasha, MA 2020, , Current Opinion in Cardiology, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 445-453. https://doi.org/10.1097/HCO.0000000000000760

CMR in the Evaluation of Diastolic Dysfunction and Phenotyping of HFpEF: Current Role and Future Perspectives
Chamsi-Pasha, MA, Zhan, Y, Debs, D & Shah, DJ 2020, , JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, vol. 13, no. 1 Pt 2, pp. 283-296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2019.02.031

Association Between FFRCT and Instantaneous Wave-Free Ratio (iFR) of Intermediate Lesions on Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography
Beg, F, Rehman, H, Chamsi-Pasha, MA, Nabi, F, Chang, SM, Mahmarian, JJ & Al-Mallah, MH 2021, , Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine, vol. 31, pp. 57-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carrev.2020.11.026