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  • 2016 - Distinguished Fellowship Award, American College of Cardiology (ACC)

Overview

Nabil El-Sherif is affiliated with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of medicine, with a particular emphasis on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their scholarly work spans various related subfields, including molecular biology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and physiology.

The scientist's main research topics include cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, ion channel regulation and function, cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, genetic neurodegenerative diseases, obstructive sleep apnea research, neuroscience of respiration and sleep, and cardiovascular and diving-related complications.

El-Sherif has contributed to research published in several notable venues, with recurrent publications in journals such as the Journal of the American Heart Association, Frontiers in Physiology, Circulation, Frontiers in Pharmacology, and Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Mohamed Boutjdir, Pietro Enea Lazzerini, Pier Leopoldo Capecchi, Michael Cupelli, and Maurizio Acampa.

Significant recent publications by El-Sherif and associates include:

  1. Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association, 2021, Circulation
  2. Risk of QTc Interval Prolongation Associated With Circulating Anti-Ro/SSA Antibodies Among US Veterans: An Observational Cohort Study, 2021, Journal of the American Heart Association
  3. Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Prostatic Cancer in Patients With Torsades de Pointes, 2020, Frontiers in Pharmacology
  4. Proton Pump Inhibitors Directly Block hERG-Potassium Channel and Independently Increase the Risk of QTc Prolongation in a Large Cohort of US Veterans, 2021, Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology
  5. Contribution of cytokine-mediated prolongation of QTc interval to the multi-hit theory of Torsade de Pointes, 2023, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

El-Sherif received the Distinguished Fellowship Award from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Standards for analysis of ventricular late potentials using high-resolution or signal-averaged electrocardiography: A statement by a task force committee of the European Society of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, and the American College of Cardiology

    Günter Breithardt;Michael E. Cain;Nabil El-Sherif;Nancy C. Flowers

  • Re-entrant ventricular arrhythmias in the late myocardial infarction period. 1. Conduction characteristics in the infarction zone.

    N El-Sherif;B J Scherlag;R Lazzara;R R Hope

  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.

    Yerem Yeghiazarians;Hani Jneid;Jeremy R. Tietjens;Susan Redline

  • Microvolt T-wave alternans physiological basis, methods of measurement, and clinical utility--consensus guideline by International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology.

    Richard L. Verrier;Thomas Klingenheben;Thomas Klingenheben;Marek Malik;Nabil El-Sherif

  • The electrophysiological mechanism of ventricular arrhythmias in the long QT syndrome. Tridimensional mapping of activation and recovery patterns.

    Nabil El-Sherif;Edward B. Caref;Hong Yin;Mark Restivo

  • Characterization and Localization of Ventricular Arrhythmias Resulting from Myocardial Ischemia and Infarction

    Benjamin J. Scherlag;Nabil El-Sherif;Ronald Hope;Ralph Lazzara

  • Reentrant ventricular arrhythmias in the late myocardial infarction period. II. Burst pacing versus multiple premature stimulation in the induction of reentry.

    Nabil El-Sherif;Rahul Mehra;William B. Gough;Robert H. Zeiler

  • 2017 ISHNE-HRS expert consensus statement on ambulatory ECG and external cardiac monitoring/telemetry.

    Jonathan S. Steinberg;Niraj Varma;Iwona Cygankiewicz;Peter Aziz

  • Re-entrant ventricular arrhythmias in the late myocardial infarction period. 2. Patterns of initiation and termination of re-entry.

    N El-Sherif;R R Hope;B J Scherlag;R Lazzara

  • Electrolyte disorders and arrhythmogenesis

    Nabil El-Sherif;Gioia Turitto

  • Erythropoietin protects cardiac myocytes from hypoxia-induced apoptosis through an Akt-dependent pathway.

    Anthony F Tramontano;Ranganath Muniyappa;Aislinn D Black;Mihaela C Blendea

  • A comparison of T-wave alternans, signal averaged electrocardiography and programmed ventricular stimulation for arrhythmia risk stratification

    Michael R Gold;Daniel M Bloomfield;Kelley P Anderson;Nabil E El-Sherif

  • Coronary artery aneurysms: study of the etiology, clinical course and effect on left ventricular function and prognosis.

    Benjamin Befeler;Juan M. Aranda;Abraham Embi;Francis L. Mullin

  • Canine ventricular arrhythmias in the late myocardial infarction period. 8. Epicardial mapping of reentrant circuits.

    N El-Sherif;R A Smith;K Evans

  • Electrophysiological Properties of Canine Purkinje Cells in One-Day-Old Myocardial Infarction

    Ralph Lazzara;Nabil El-Sherif;Benjamin J. Scherlag

  • Electrophysiological Mechanism of the Characteristic Electrocardiographic Morphology of Torsade de Pointes Tachyarrhythmias in the Long-QT Syndrome Detailed Analysis of Ventricular Tridimensional Activation Patterns

    Nabil El-Sherif;Masaomi Chinushi;Edward B. Caref;Mark Restivo

  • Cellular and ionic basis of arrhythmias in postinfarction remodeled ventricular myocardium

    Dayi Qin;Zhi-Hao Zhang;Edward B. Caref;Mohamed Boutjdir

  • Normalization of bundle branch block patterns by distal His bundle pacing. Clinical and experimental evidence of longitudinal dissociation in the pathologic his bundle.

    N El-Sherif;F Amay-Y-Leon;C Schonfield;B J Scherlag

  • QTU prolongation and polymorphic ventricular tachyarrhythmias due to bradycardia-dependent early afterdepolarizations. Afterdepolarizations and ventricular arrhythmias.

    N. El-Sherif;R. H. Zeiler;William Craelius;W. B. Gough

  • Reentrant ventricular arrhythmias in the late myocardial infarction period in the dog. 13. Correlation of activation and refractory maps.

    W. B. Gough;R. Mehra;M. Restivo;R. H. Zeiler

Frequent Co-Authors

Benjamin J. Scherlag
Benjamin J. Scherlag University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Ralph Lazzara
Ralph Lazzara University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Richard L. Verrier
Richard L. Verrier Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Marek Malik
Marek Malik Imperial College London
Jill P. Buyon
Jill P. Buyon New York University
Robert J. Myerburg
Robert J. Myerburg University of Miami
N.A. Mark Estes
N.A. Mark Estes Tufts Medical Center
Brian Olshansky
Brian Olshansky University of Iowa
Peter Stone
Peter Stone The University of Texas at Austin
Gaetano Thiene
Gaetano Thiene University of Padua

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