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Abdul Ahad 1, Eeshal Fatima 2, Wania Sultan 3, Muhammad Haleem Nasar 4, Adeena Jamil 5, Muteia Shakoor 5, Irfan Ullah 6 7, M Chadi Alraies 8, Naeif Almagal 9 Affiliations Expand Abstract Background: Despite an established association between heart failure (HF) and lung cancer (LC), there is limited evidence available regarding mortality patterns among the older (≥65 years) population in the United States. Methods: The mortality data, spanning 1999 to 2019, was surveyed using the…

Zaran A Butt 1, Naeif Almagal 2, Stephen O’Connor 2, Mark Hensey 2 Affiliations Expand No abstract available PubMed Disclaimer Conflict of interest statement Conflict of interest: None declared. Figures Similar articles See all similar articles LinkOut – more resources

David E Kandzari 1, Raymond R Townsend 2, Kazuomi Kario 3, Felix Mahfoud 4, Michael A Weber 5, Roland E Schmieder 6, Stuart Pocock 7, Konstantinos Tsioufis 8, Dimitrios Konstantinidis 8, James Choi 9, Cara East 9, Lucas Lauder 4, Debbie L Cohen 2, Taisei Kobayashi 2, Axel Schmid 6, David P Lee 10, Adrian Ma 10, Joachim Weil 11, Tolga Agdirlioglu 11, Markus P Schlaich 12, Sharad Shetty 12, Chandan M Devireddy 13, Janice Lea 13, Jiro Aoki 14, Andrew S P Sharp 15, Richard Anderson 15, Martin Fahy 16, Vanessa DeBruin 16, Sandeep Brar 16, Michael Böhm 4; SPYRAL HTN-ON MED Investigators Collaborators, Affiliations Expand Free article Abstract Background: Renal denervation (RDN) reduces blood pressure…

Naeif Almagal 1 2, Miguel Cainzos-Achirica 3 4, John W McEvoy 2 5 Affiliations Expand No abstract available Keywords: Editorials; aspirin; attention; cardiovascular disease; internal medicine; primary prevention. PubMed Disclaimer Comment on Similar articles See all similar articles LinkOut – more resources

Abstract Background: Limited information is available regarding sleep medicine education worldwide. Nevertheless, medical education has been blamed for the under-recognition of sleep disorders among physicians. This study was designed to assess the knowledge of Saudi undergraduate medical students about sleep and sleep disorders and the prevalence of education on sleep medicine in medical schools as well…

Naeif Almagal 1 2, Niall Leahy 1, Foziyah Alqahtani 1 3, Sara Alsubai 1 3, Hesham Elzomor 1, Paolo Alberto Del Sole 1, Ruth Sharif 1, Faisal Sharif 1 Affiliations Expand Abstract Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is a further light-based intravascular imaging modality and provides a high-resolution, cross-sectional view of coronary arteries. It has a useful anatomic and increasingly physiological evaluation in light of coronary artery disease (CAD). This review provides a critical examination…

Sara Alsubai 1, Foziyah Alqahtani 2, Sara Sgreva 3, Emiliano Bianchini 4, Aduba Chukwunwike 5, Ruth Sharif 6, Hesham Elzomor 7, Naeif Almagal 8, Shahad Almotairi 9, Muhammad Yusha Malik 10, Aoife Joyce 11, Nicola Glynn 12, Michael G Madden 13, Faisal Sharif 14 Affiliations Expand Free article Abstract Background: Non-calcified coronary atherosclerosis may be present despite a coronary artery calcium (CAC) score of zero, but its metabolic determinants are not well defined. This study investigated biomarker associations with non-calcified plaque and quantitative plaque…