Browsing Faculty Publications (CoM) by Author "Alsheikh-Ali, Alawi"
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Acute heart failure presentations and outcomes during the fasting month of Ramadan: an observational report from seven Middle Eastern countries
Alsheikh-Ali, Alawi (2018)Background: Fasting during the month of Ramadan is practiced by over 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide. It remains unclear, however, how this change in lifestyle affects heart failure, a condition that has reached epidemic ... -
Analysis of risk factors, presentation, and in-hospital events of very young patients presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction
Alsheikh-Ali, Alawi (2017-02-05)Introduction: In the Indian subcontinent and Arab Gulf, coronary artery disease is affecting younger persons at greater rates. Few studies have focused on young ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients in these ... -
Analyzing single cell transcriptome data from severe COVID-19 patients
Nassir, Nasna; Tambi, Richa; Bankapur, Asma; Karuvantevida, Noushad; Zehra, Binte; Begum, Ghausia; Hameid, Reem Abdel; Ahmed, Awab; Shabestari, Seyed Ali Safizadeh; Hachim, Mahmood Yaseen; Alsheikh-Ali, Alawi; Berdiev, Bakhrom; Al Heialy, Saba; Uddin, Mohammed (2022)SUMMARY: We describe the protocol for identifying COVID-19 severity specific cell types and their regulatory marker genes using single-cell transcriptomics data. We construct COVID-19 comorbid disease-associated gene list ... -
Association between education and major adverse cardiac events among patients with acute coronary syndrome in the Arabian Gulf
Alsheikh-Ali, Alawi (2019)Introduction: The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between education and major adverse cardiac events in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in the Arabian Gulf. Methods: Data were ... -
Association of Lipid, Inflammatory, and Metabolic Biomarkers With Age at Onset for Incident Coronary Heart Disease in Women
Alsheikh-Ali, Alawi (2021)Importance: Risk profiles for premature coronary heart disease (CHD) are unclear. Objective: To examine baseline risk profiles for incident CHD in women by age at onset. Design, Setting, And Participants: A ... -
Association of QRS narrowing with response to cardiac resynchronization therapy-a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.
Alsheikh-Ali, Alawi (2019-08-07)Abstract: Prolonged QRS duration, which reflects a higher degree of mechanical dysynchrony, is a predictor of response to CRT. However,the association of QRS narrowing after biventricular pacing with CRT response rates ... -
Augmenting Flexnerism Via Twitterism: Need for Integrating Social Media Application in Blueprinting Pedagogical Strategies for Undergraduate Medical Education
Alsheikh-Ali, Alawi; Banerjee, Yajnavalka; Bayoumi, Riad (2019-03-25)Background: Flexnerism, or “competency-based medical education,” advocates that formal analytic reasoning, the kind of rational thinking fundamental to the basic sciences, especially the natural sciences, should be the ... -
BMI is inversely correlated to the risk of mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes hospitalized for acute heart failure: Findings fromthe Gulf aCute heArt failuRE (Gulf-CARE) registry.
Alsheikh-Ali, Alawi (2017-02-27)Background: A U-shaped relationship has been reported between BMI and cardiovascular events among patients with acute heart failure (AHF). We hypothesized that an obesity paradox also governs the relationship between BMI ... -
Cardiovascular risk factor burden in Africa and the Middle East across country income categories: a post hoc analysis of the cross-sectional Africa Middle East Cardiovascular Epidemiological (ACE) study
Alsheikh-Ali, Alawi (2018-02-12)Background: A significant number of cardiovascular disease (CVD)-related deaths occur in developing countries. An increasing prevalence of CVD is associated with a change in the macro-economy of these countries. In this ... -
Circadian Rhythm and ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Insights From the Third Gulf Registry of Acute Coronary Events (Gulf RACE-3Ps)
Alsheikh-Ali, Alawi (2019-04)Abstract: Circadian rhythms have been identified in multiple physiological processes that may affect cardiovascular diseases, yet little is known about the impact of circadian rhythm on acute ST-segment elevation myocardial ... -
Clinical learning environments across two different healthcare settings using the undergraduate clinical education environment measure
Benamer, Hani TS; Alsuwaidi, Laila; Khan, Nusrat; Lakshmanan, Jeyaseelan; Ho, Samuel B.; Kellett, Catherine; Alsheikh-Ali, Alawi; Stanley, Adrian G (2023)Background: The clinical placements of our medical students are almost equally distributed across private and public sectors. This study aims to assess medical students’ perceptions of their Clinical learning Environment ... -
Clinical presentation and outcomes of peripartum cardiomyopathy in the Middle East: a cohort from seven Arab countries
Alsheikh-Ali, Alawi (2020)Aims: Published data on the clinical presentation of peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) are very limited particularly from the Middle East. The aim of this study was to examine the clinical presentation, management, and ... -
Coinfections in Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19: A Descriptive Study from the United Arab Emirates
Senok, Abiola; Nassar, Rania; Hachim, Mahmood Yaseen; Al Suwaidi, Hanan; Alsheikh-Ali, Alawi (2021)Purpose: Microbial coinfections in COVID-19 patients carry a risk of poor outcomes. This study aimed to characterize the clinical and microbiological profiles of coinfections in patients with COVID-19. Methods: A ... -
Compliance of Atrial Fibrillation Treatment with the Atrial Fibrillation Better Care (ABC) Pathway Improves the Clinical Outcomes in the Middle East Population: A Report from the Gulf Survey of Atrial Fibrillation Events (SAFE) Registry
Alsheikh-Ali, Alawi (2020)Abstract: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with substantially increased risk of cardiovascular events and overall mortality. The Atrial fibrillation Better Care (A—Avoid stroke, B—Better symptom management, ... -
Computational Analysis of Short Linear Motifs in the Spike Protein of SARS-CoV-2 Variants Provides Possible Clues into the Immune Hijack and Evasion Mechanisms of Omicron Variant
Soorajkumar, Anjana; Alakraf, Ebrahim; Uddin, Mohammed; Du Plessis, Stefan; Alsheikh-Ali, Alawi; Kandasamy, Richard K (2022-08)Abstract: Short linear motifs (SLiMs) are short linear sequences that can mediate protein–protein interaction. Mimicking eukaryotic SLiMs to compete with extra- or intracellular binding partners, or to sequester host ... -
Coronary artery disease prevalence and outcome in patients hospitalized with acute heart failure: an observational report from seven Middle Eastern countries
Alsheikh-Ali, Alawi (2016)Objectives: The purpose of this study was to report prevalence, clinical characteristics, precipitating factors, management and outcome of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) among patients hospitalized with heart ... -
Demystifying Smoker’s Paradox: A Propensity Score–Weighted Analysis in Patients Hospitalized With Acute Heart Failure
Alsheikh-Ali, Alawi (2019)Background: Smoker’s paradox has been observed with several vascular disorders, yet there are limited data in patients with acute heart failure (HF). We examined the effects of smoking in patients with acute HF using data ... -
Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Distance Learning Framework to Adapt to the Changing Landscape of Anatomy Instruction in Medical Education During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Proof-of-Concept Study
Naidoo, Nerissa; Azar, Aida J; Hassan Khamis, Amar; Gholami, Mandana; Lindsbro, Marjam; Alsheikh-Ali, Alawi; Banerjee, Yajnavalka (2021)Abstract: This study presents the design of a DL-framework to deliver anatomy teaching that provides a microfiche of the onsite anatomy learning experience during the mandated COVID-19 lockdown. First, using nominal-group ... -
Disparity in ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Practices and Outcomes in Arabian Gulf Countries (Gulf COAST Registry).
Alsheikh-Ali, Alawi (2017)Objectives: The objective of this study is to describe contemporary management and 1‑year outcomes of patients hospitalized with ST‑segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in Arabian Gulf countries. Methods: ... -
Divorce and Severity of Coronary Artery Disease: A Multicenter Study
Alsheikh-Ali, Alawi (2017-07-28)Abstract: The association between marital status and coronary artery disease (CAD) is supported by numerous epidemiological studies. While divorce may have an adverse effect on cardiac outcomes, the relationship between ...