Sherif Nagueh, MD

Professor of Cardiology, Institute for Academic Medicine
Full Member, Research Institute
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College

Biography

In 1996, Dr. Nagueh joined the Section of Cardiology in the Department of Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine as an Assistant Professor. He was promoted in 2001 to an Associate Professor, and became the T.L.L Temple/William H. Spencer, MD Chair in Clinical Cardiology there in 2004. Dr. Nagueh assumed his positions at Houston Methodist in 2005.

Description of Research

Dr. Nagueh´s research career has been in the field of echocardiography. He has authored or co-authored over 100 manuscripts in peer reviewed journals and four book chapters. His research interest has been in the evaluation of diastolic function with tissue Doppler and its application in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, particularly in patients undergoing alcohol septal ablation.

Areas Of Expertise

Alcohol septal ablation Echocardiography Diastolic function Doppler

Education & Training

Residency, Baylor College of Medicine

Clinical Fellowship

MD, University of Cairo

Active Clinical Trials

HCMR - Novel

NCT01915615

Publications

Mean Right Atrial Pressure for Estimation of Left Ventricular Filling Pressure in Patients with Normal Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction: Invasive and Noninvasive Validation

Nagueh, SF, Smiseth, OA, Dokainish, H, Andersen, OS, Abudiab, MM, Schutt, RC, Kumar, A, Gude, E, Sato, K, Harb, SC & Klein, AL 2018, Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2018.01.025

Changes in Left Atrial Function After Transcutaneous Mitral Valve Repair

Avenatti, E, Little, SH, Barker, CM & Nagueh, SF 2018, American Journal of Cardiology. DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2018.06.031

Non-invasive assessment of left ventricular filling pressure

Nagueh, SF 2017, European Journal of Heart Failure. DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.971

Left ventricular function in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and its relation to myocardial fibrosis and exercise tolerance

Maragiannis, D, Alvarez, PA, Ghosn, MG, Chin, K, Hinojosa, JJ, Buergler, JM, Shah, DJ & Nagueh, SF 2017, International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging, pp. 1-9. DOI: 10.1007/s10554-017-1214-z

Reply: Issues With Estimating “Diastolic Function” and Left Ventricular Filling Pressure Using the New Guidelines

Andersen, OS, Smiseth, OA, Dokainish, H, Ha, JW, Klein, AL & Nagueh, SF 2017, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol 70, no. 9, pp. 1198-1199. DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.05.073