Shahab Ghafghazi, M.D., MRCP

• Associate Professor of Medicine
• Director, Clinical Cardiology
• Director, Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship Program

UofL Physicians Outpatient Center
401 East Chestnut Street, Ste. 310
Louisville, KY 40202

502-852-9505 - Academic Office
502-588-7010 - Patient Appointments

Featured Publications

• Bradley J, Xu Q, Touloumes N, Lusciks E, Ali T, Huang EC, Chen J, Ghafghazi S, Arnold FW, Kong M, Huang J, Cavallazzi R; Center of Excellence for Research in Infectious Diseases (CERID) Post-COVID-19 Research Clinic Study Group. Association of pulmonary function test abnormalities and quality-of-life measures after COVID-19 infection. Am J Med Sci. 2024 Apr 16:S0002-9629(24)01170-4. doi: 10.1016/j.amjms.2024.04.010. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38636655.
• Carson JL, Brooks MM, Hébert PC, Goodman SG, Bertolet M, Glynn SA, Chaitman BR, Simon T, Lopes RD, Goldsweig AM, DeFilippis AP, Abbott JD, Potter BJ, Carrier FM, Rao SV, Cooper HA, Ghafghazi S, Fergusson DA, Kostis WJ, Noveck H, Kim S, Tessalee M, Ducrocq G, de Barros E Silva PGM, Triulzi DJ, Alsweiler C, Menegus MA, Neary JD, Uhl L, Strom JB, Fordyce CB, Ferrari E, Silvain J, Wood FO, Daneault B, Polonsky TS, Senaratne M, Puymirat E, Bouleti C, Lattuca B, White HD, Kelsey SF, Steg PG, Alexander JH; MINT Investigators. Restrictive or Liberal Transfusion Strategy in Myocardial Infarction and Anemia. N Engl J Med. 2023 Dec 28;389(26):2446-2456. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2307983. Epub 2023 Nov 11. PMID: 37952133; PMCID: PMC10837004.
• Berg DD, Kaur G, Bohula EA, Baird-Zars VM, Alviar CL, Barnett CF, Barsness GW, Burke JA, Chaudhry SP, Chonde M, Cooper HA, Daniels LB, Dodson MW, Gerber DA, Ghafghazi S, Gidwani UK, Goldfarb MJ, Guo J, Hillerson D, Kenigsberg BB, Kochar A, Kontos MC, Kwon Y, Lopes MS, Loriaux DB, Miller PE, O'Brien CG, Papolos AI, Patel SM, Pisani BA, Potter BJ, Prasad R, Rowsell RO, Shah KS, Sinha SS, Smith TD, Solomon MA, Teuteberg JJ, Thompson AD, Zakaria S, Katz JN, van Diepen S, Morrow DA. Prognostic significance of haemodynamic parameters in patients with cardiogenic shock. Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2023 Oct 25;12(10):651-660. doi: 10.1093/ehjacc/zuad095. Erratum in: Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2024 Mar 26:zuae035. doi: 10.1093/ehjacc/zuae035. PMID: 37640029; PMCID: PMC10599641.
• Ahmed F, Kahlon T, Mohamed TMA, Ghafghazi S, Settles D. Literature Review: Pathophysiology of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction. Curr Probl Cardiol. 2023 Sep;48(9):101745. doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2023.101745. Epub 2023 Apr 20. PMID: 37087081.
• Kadosh BS, Berg DD, Bohula EA, Park JG, Baird-Zars VM, Alviar C, Alzate J, Barnett CF, Barsness GW, Burke J, Chaudhry SP, Daniels LB, DeFilippis A, Delicce A, Fordyce CB, Ghafghazi S, Gidwani U, Goldfarb M, Katz JN, Keeley EC, Kenigsberg B, Kontos MC, Lawler PR, Leibner E, Menon V, Metkus TS, Miller PE, O'Brien CG, Papolos AI, Prasad R, Shah KS, Sinha SS, Snell RJ, So D, Solomon MA, Ternus BW, Teuteberg JJ, Toole J, van Diepen S, Morrow DA, Roswell RO. Pulmonary Artery Catheter Use and Mortality in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. JACC Heart Fail. 2023 Aug;11(8 Pt 1):903-914. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2023.04.007. Epub 2023 Jun 14. PMID: 37318422; PMCID: PMC10527413.
• Miller J, White J, Hashemi J, Ghafghazi S, Berson RE. Coronary Flow Rate Adds Predictive Capability for FFR Assessment. Res Sq [Preprint]. 2023 Jan 23:rs.3.rs-2394292. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2394292/v1. PMID: 36747669; PMCID: PMC9901010.
• Patel SM, Berg DD, Bohula EA, Baird-Zars VM, Barnett CF, Barsness GW, Chaudhry SP, Daniels LB, van Diepen S, Ghafghazi S, Goldfarb MJ, Jentzer JC, Katz JN, Kenigsberg BB, Lawler PR, Miller PE, Papolos AI, Park JG, Potter BJ, Prasad R, Singam NSV, Sinha SS, Solomon MA, Teuteberg JJ, Morrow DA; CCCTN Investigators. Clinician and Algorithmic Application of the 2019 and 2022 Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention Shock Stages in the Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network Registry. Circ Heart Fail. 2023 Jan;16(1):e009714. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.122.009714. Epub 2022 Dec 2. PMID: 36458542; PMCID: PMC9851990.
• Metkus TS, Baird-Zars VM, Alfonso CE, Alviar CL, Barnett CF, Barsness GW, Berg DD, Bertic M, Bohula EA, Burke J, Burstein B, Chaudhry SP, Cooper HA, Daniels LB, Fordyce CB, Ghafghazi S, Goldfarb M, Katz JN, Keeley EC, Keller NM, Kenigsberg B, Kontos MC, Kwon Y, Lawler PR, Leibner E, Liu S, Menon V, Miller PE, Newby LK, O'Brien CG, Papolos AI, Pierce MJ, Prasad R, Pisani B, Potter BJ, Roswell RO, Sinha SS, Shah KS, Smith TD, Snell RJ, So D, Solomon MA, Ternus BW, Teuteberg JJ, van Diepen S, Zakaria S, Morrow DA. Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network (CCCTN): a cohort profile. Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes. 2022 Oct 26;8(7):703-708. doi: 10.1093/ehjqcco/qcac055. PMID: 36029517; PMCID: PMC9603535.
• Peters AE, Ogunniyi MO, Hegde SM, Bianco C, Ghafghazi S, Hernandez AF, DeVore AD. A multicenter program for electronic health record screening for patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: Lessons from the DELIVER-EHR initiative. Contemp Clin Trials. 2022 Oct;121:106924. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2022.106924. Epub 2022 Sep 12. PMID: 36100197.
• Latif RK, Clifford SP, Ghafghazi S, Phipps Z, Chen JJ, Sangroula D, Khan AZ, Saleem J, Farah I, Huang J, Businger JR. Echocardiography and Management for Cardiac Trauma. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2022 Aug;36(8 Pt B):3265-3277. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2022.02.010. Epub 2022 Feb 12. PMID: 35305892.