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William A. Zoghbi, MD, MACC, FAHA, FASE

  • Houston Methodist cardiologist
  • Chair, Houston Methodist Hospital department of cardiology
  • Elkins Family Distinguished Chair in Cardiac Health at the Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
  • Past President, American College of Cardiology
  • Professor of medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
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William A. Zoghbi, MD, MACC, FAHA, FASE

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Media Contact: Patti Muck , 713.851.4596

Areas of Expertise

  • Cardiac imaging
  • Echocardiography 
  • Heart failure
  • Myocardial hibernation
  • Valvular function 
  • Ventricular function 

Credentials

BOARD CERTIFICATION
Cardiovascular Disease, Subspecialty Certification in Echocardiography
MEDICAL SCHOOL
Meharry Medical College School of Medicine | 1979
INTERNSHIP
University of Texas Medical Branch Hospital - Internal Medicine - Galveston, TX | 1980
RESIDENCY
Baylor College of Medicine - Internal Medicine - Houston | 1980
FELLOWSHIP
Baylor College of Medicine - Cardiology - Houston | 1985

Publications

Myocardial Blood Flow Reserve, Microvascular Coronary Health, and Myocardial Remodeling in Patients With Aortic Stenosis
Alahdab, F, Ahmed, AI, Nayfeh, M, Han, Y, Abdelkarim, O, Alfawara, MS, Little, SH, Reardon, MJ, Faza, NN, Goel, SS, Alkhouli, M, Zoghbi, W & Al-Mallah, MH 2024, , Journal of the American Heart Association, vol. 13, no. 11, e033447. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.123.033447

Houston Methodist cardiovascular learning health system (CVD-LHS) registry: Methods for development and implementation of an automated electronic medical record-based registry using an informatics framework approach
Nasir, K, Gullapelli, R, Nicolas, JC, Bose, B, Nwana, N, Butt, SA, Shahid, I, Cainzos-Achirica, M, Patel, KV, Bhimaraj, A, Javed, Z, Andrieni, J, Al-Kindi, S, Jones, SL & Zoghbi, WA 2024, , American Journal of Preventive Cardiology, vol. 18, 100678, pp. 100678. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpc.2024.100678, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpc.2024.100678

Houston Methodist cardiovascular learning health system (CVD-LHS) registry: Methods for development and implementation of an automated electronic medical record-based registry using an informatics framework approach
Nasir, K, Gullapelli, R, Nicolas, JC, Bose, B, Nwana, N, Butt, SA, Shahid, I, Cainzos-Achirica, M, Patel, KV, Bhimaraj, A, Javed, Z, Andrieni, J, Al-Kindi, S, Jones, SL & Zoghbi, WA 2024, , American Journal of Preventive Cardiology, vol. 18, 100678. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpc.2024.100678

Prognostic Value of Right Ventricular Afterload in Patients Undergoing Mitral Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair
Bou Chaaya, RG, Hatab, T, Samimi, S, Qamar, F, Kharsa, C, Aoun, J, Faza, N, Little, SH, Atkins, MD, Reardon, MJ, Kleiman, N, Nagueh, SF, Zoghbi, WA, Guha, A, Zaid, S & Goel, S 2024, , Journal of the American Heart Association, vol. 13, no. 8, e033510. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.123.033510

Prognostic Interplay Between Exercise Capacity and PET-Derived Myocardial Flow Reserve: FIT-PET Study
Ahmed, AI, Al Rifai, M, Alahdab, F, Alfawara, MS, Han, Y, Nayfeh, M, Mahmarian, JJ, Nabi, F, Soliman, A, Patel, K, Zoghbi, WA & Al-Mallah, MH 2024, , JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 460-462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2023.11.002

Intraprocedural Doppler and Invasive Hemodynamic Profiling Predict Clinical Outcomes After Mitral TEER
Zaid, S, Wessly, P, Hatab, T, Faza, N, Little, SH, Atkins, MD, Reardon, MJ, Kleiman, NS, Zoghbi, WA & Goel, SS 2024, , JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 454-456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2023.10.013

Echocardiographic Profiling Predicts Clinical Outcomes After Mitral Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair
Hatab, T, Samimi, S, Chaaya, RGB, Qamar, F, Kharsa, C, Wessly, P, Faza, N, Little, SH, Atkins, MD, Reardon, MJ, Kleiman, NS, Zoghbi, WA, Nagueh, SF, Zaid, S & Goel, SS 2024, , Journal of the American Heart Association, vol. 13, no. 5, e032784, pp. e032784. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.123.032784

Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Ineligible for Tricuspid Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair
Hatab, T, Bou Chaaya, RG, Samimi, S, Qamar, F, Faza, N, Little, SH, Reardon, MJ, Kleiman, NS, Zoghbi, WA, Guha, A, Zaid, S & Goel, SS 2024, , Structural Heart, vol. 8, no. 2, 100235, pp. 100235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shj.2023.100235

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


Prognostic Interplay Between Exercise Capacity and PET-Derived Myocardial Flow Reserve: FIT-PET Study
Ahmed, AI, Al Rifai, M, Alahdab, F, Alfawara, MS, Han, Y, Nayfeh, M, Mahmarian, JJ, Nabi, F, Soliman, A, Patel, K, Zoghbi, WA & Al-Mallah, MH 2024, , JACC. Cardiovascular imaging, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 460-462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2023.11.002

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

Feasibility and Outcomes of Mitral Transcatheter Edge-To-Edge Repair in Patients With Variable Degrees of Mitral Annular Calcification
Hatab, T, Bou Chaaya, RG, Zaid, S, Wessly, P, Satish, P, Villanueva, V, Faza, N, Little, SH, Atkins, MD, Reardon, MJ, Kleiman, NS, Zoghbi, WA & Goel, SS 2023, , Journal of the American Heart Association, vol. 12, no. 19, e031118, pp. e031118. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.123.031118

Unanswered Questions in Primary Mitral Regurgitation
Zoghbi, WA & Chandrashekhar, Y 2023, , JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, vol. 16, no. 10, pp. 1368-1370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmg.2023.09.001

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

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

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

Prevalence and Clinical Implications of Tricuspid Valve Prolapse Based on Magnetic Resonance Diagnostic Criteria
Guta, AC, El-Tallawi, KC, Nguyen, DT, Qamar, F, Nguyen, T, Zoghbi, WA, Lawrie, G, Graviss, EA & Shah, DJ 2023, , Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 81, no. 9, pp. 882-893. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2022.11.052

Parachute Mitral Valve in an Adult
Wessly, P & Zoghbi, WA 2023, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 12-14. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1193

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