Shahab Ghafghazi, M.D., MRCP

• Associate Professor of Medicine
• Director, Cardiology Fellowship Program

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

502-852-1837- Academic Office
502-588-7010 - Patient Appointments

Featured Publications

• Ahmed F, Kahlon T, Mohamed TMA, Ghafghazi S, Settles D. Literature Review: Pathophysiology of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction. Curr Probl Cardiol. 2023 Apr 20;48(9):101745. doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2023.101745. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37087081.
• 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.
• Zheng S, Kassem KM, Ikram S, Ganzel BL, Ghafghazi S, Kalra D. Dual Left Main Coronary Arteries With Ischemia and Coronary Steal. JACC Case Rep. 2022 Jul 6;4(13):764-769. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.04.018. PMID: 35818592; PMCID: PMC9270633.
• Ahmed F, Spindel JF, Belur A, Ghafghazi S. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy secondary to alcohol withdrawal. Glob Cardiol Sci Pract. 2022 Jun 30;2022(1-2):e202206. doi: 10.21542/gcsp.2022.6. PMID: 36339672; PMCID: PMC9629299.
• Singam NSV, Ghafghazi S. Papillary Muscle Rupture After Acute Inferior Myocardial Infarction. Tex Heart Inst J. 2021 Sep 1;48(4):e186717. doi: 10.14503/THIJ-18-6717. PMID: 34637518; PMCID: PMC8717755.
• Solanki M, Dobson L, Alwair H, Ghafghazi S, Wysoczynski M, Slaughter MS, Trivedi JR. Association of temporal trends in neutrophil lymphocyte ratio on left ventricular assist device patient outcomes. Artif Organs. 2021 Jul;45(7):742-747. doi: 10.1111/aor.13911. Epub 2021 Feb 20. PMID: 33434359.