AbarmardMaziarZafariMD

Cardiology • Decatur, GA

Non-Invasive Cardiology

Professor of Medicine at Emory University

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Office
1670 Clairmont Rd
Decatur, GA 30033
Phone+1 404-321-6111

Fax+1 404-329-2211
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Education & Training

Emory University School of MedicineFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1994 - 1998
Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1990 - 1994
Medizinische Fakultät Universität zu KölnClass of 1988

Certifications & Licensure

GA State Medical License 1994 - 2025
CT State Medical License 1992 - 1995
National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Cardiovascular Disease
National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Internal Medicine

Clinical Trials

Smartphone Delivered In-home Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Start of enrollment: 2016 May 01
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

4 citations
Pseudo-Wellens syndrome, acute pancreatitis, and an anomalous coronary artery: a case report
V.S. Effoe, W. O'Neal, R. Santos, Leon Rubinsztain, AM Zafari> ;Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2019 Dec 30
24 citations
Feasibility of a Smartphone-enabled Cardiac Rehabilitation Program in Male Veterans With Previous Clinical Evidence of Coronary Heart Disease.
Arash Harzand, Bradley Witbrodt, Michelle Davis-Watts, Alaaeddin Alrohaibani, David Goese, Nanette K. Wenger, Amit J. Shah, AM Zafari> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 2018 Nov 1
21 citations
Pathway-Specific Aggregate Biomarker Risk Score Is Associated With Burden of Coronary Artery Disease and Predicts Near-Term Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Death.
Nima Ghasemzadeh, Salim S. Hayek, Yi-An Ko, Danny J. Eapen, Riyaz S. Patel, Pankaj Manocha, Hatem Al Kassem, Mohamed Khayata, Emir Veledar, Dimitrios Kremastinos, Chri...> ;Circulation. Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 2017 Mar 1
2 citations
Response to Letter Regarding Article "Novel Biomarker of Oxidative Stress Is Associated With Risk of Death in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease".
Riyaz S. Patel, Nima Ghasemzadeh, Danny J. Eapen, Salman Sher, Shawn Arshad, Yi-An Ko, Emir Veledar, Habib Samady, A. Maziar Zafari, Laurence S. Sperling, Viola Vaccar...> ;Circulation. 2016 May 31
2 citations
Rheumatoid Arthritis Presenting as Acute Myopericarditis.
Adam Mitchell, Tamas Alexy, Leon Rubinsztain, Ayesha A. Iqbal, Amit J. Shah, A. Maziar Zafari, Charles D. Searles> ;The American Journal of Medicine. 2016 May 1
94 citations
Novel Biomarker of Oxidative Stress Is Associated With Risk of Death in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
Riyaz S. Patel, Nima Ghasemzadeh, Danny J. Eapen, Salman Sher, Shawn Arshad, Yi-An Ko, Emir Veledar, Habib Samady, A. Maziar Zafari, Laurence S. Sperling, Viola Vaccar...> ;Circulation. 2016 Jan 26
35 citations
Cerebral Oximetry as a Real-Time Monitoring Tool to Assess Quality of In-Hospital Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Post Cardiac Arrest Care.
Akram W. Ibrahim, Antoine R Trammell, Harland Austin, Kenya Barbour, Emeka Onuorah, Dorothy House, Heather L. Miller, Chandila Tutt, Deborah Combs, Roger Phillips, Nea...> ;Journal of the American Heart Association. 2015 Aug 25
88 citations
Circulating CD34+ Progenitor Cells and Risk of Mortality in a Population With Coronary Artery Disease
Riyaz S. Patel, Qunna Li, Nima Ghasemzadeh, Danny J. Eapen, Lauren D. Moss, A. Umair Janjua, Pankaj Manocha, Hatem Al Kassem, Emir Veledar, Habib Samady, W. Robert Tay...> ;Circulation Research. 2015 Jan 16
21 citations
Plasma stromal cell-derived factor 1α/CXCL12 level predicts long-term adverse cardiovascular outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease
Nima Ghasemzadeh, Abdulwahab Hritani, Christine De Staercke, Danny J. Eapen, Emir Veledar, Hatem Al Kassem, Mohamed Khayata, A. Maziar Zafari, Laurence S. Sperling, Cr...> ;Atherosclerosis. 2015 Jan 1
67 citations
AWARE—AWAreness during REsuscitation—A prospective study☆
Sam Parnia, Ken Spearpoint, Gabriele de Vos, Peter Fenwick, Diana Goldberg, Jie Yang, Jiawen Zhu, Katie Baker, Hayley Killingback, Paula McLean, Melanie Wood, A. Mazia...> ;Resuscitation. 2014 Dec 1
32 citations
Oxidative Stress Is Associated With Increased Pulmonary Artery Systolic Pressure in Humans
Nima Ghasemzadeh, Riyaz S. Patel, Danny J. Eapen, Emir Veledar, Hatem Al Kassem, Pankaj Manocha, Mohamed Khayata, A. Maziar Zafari, Laurence S. Sperling, Dean P. Jones...> ;Hypertension. 2014 Jan 1
62 citations
Myocardial Ischemia During Mental Stress: Role of Coronary Artery Disease Burden and Vasomotion
Ronnie Ramadan, David S. Sheps, Fabio Esteves, A. Maziar Zafari, J. Douglas Bremner, Viola Vaccarino, Arshed A. Quyyumi> ;Journal of the American Heart Association. 2013 Oct 21
8 citations
Myocardial ischemia and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition: comparison of ischemia during mental and physical stress.
Ronnie Ramadan, Arshed A. Quyyumi, A. Maziar Zafari, Jose N. Binongo, David S. Sheps> ;Psychosomatic Medicine. 2013 Oct 25
46 citations
Association Between the Chromosome 9p21 Locus and Angiographic Coronary Artery Disease Burden: A Collaborative Meta-Analysis
Kenneth Chan, Riyaz S. Patel, Paul J. Newcombe, Christopher P. Nelson, Atif Qasim, Stephen E. Epstein, Susan Burnett, Viola Vaccarino, A. Maziar Zafari, Svati H. Shah,...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2013 Mar 5
3 citations
Neurologically Intact Survival after Prolonged Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for Pulseless Ventricular Tachycardia
Akram W. Ibrahim, Victor Y Wu, A. Maziar Zafari> ;The American Journal of Medicine. 2013 Mar 1
152 citations
Coronary angiographic scoring systems: An evaluation of their equivalence and validity
Ian J. Neeland, Riyaz S. Patel, Parham Eshtehardi, Saurabh S. Dhawan, Michael C. McDaniel, S. Tanveer Rab, Viola Vaccarino, A. Maziar Zafari, Habib Samady, Arshed A. Q...> ;American Heart Journal. 2012 Oct 1
21 citations
Angiotensin receptor type 1 single nucleotide polymorphism 1166A/C is associated with malignant arrhythmias and altered circulating miR-155 levels in patients with chr...
Raul R Blanco, Harland Austin, Richard N. Vest, Ravinder Valadri, Wei Li, Bernard Lassègue, Qing Song, Barry London, Samuel C. Dudley, Heather L. Bloom, Charles D. Sea...> ;Journal of Cardiac Failure. 2012 Sep 1
33 citations
Association of a Genetic Risk Score With Prevalent and Incident Myocardial Infarction in Subjects Undergoing Coronary Angiography
Riyaz S. Patel, Yan V. Sun, Jaana Hartiala, Emir Veledar, Shaoyong Su, Salman Sher, Ying X. Liu, Ayaz Rahman, Ronak Patel, S. Tanveer Rab, Viola Vaccarino, A. Maziar Z...> ;Circulation. Cardiovascular Genetics. 2012 Aug 1
12 citations
A genetic risk variant for myocardial infarction on chromosome 6p24 is associated with impaired central hemodynamic indexes
Riyaz S. Patel, Alanna A. Morris, Yusuf Ahmed, Nino Kavtaradze, Salman Sher, Shaoyong Su, A. Maziar Zafari, Rebecca Din-Dzietham, Salina P. Waddy, Viola Vaccarino, R. ...> ;American Journal of Hypertension. 2012 Jul 1
58 citations
Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species and Calcium Uptake Regulate Activation of Phagocytic NADPH Oxidase
Sergey Dikalov, Wei Li, Abdulrahman K. Doughan, Raul R Blanco, A. Maziar Zafari> ;American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 2012 May 15
2 citations
Familial aggregation of left main coronary artery disease and future risk of coronary events in asymptomatic siblings of affected patients.
Riyaz S Patel, Habib Samady, Abarmard Maziar Zafari, Arshed A Quyyumi> ;European Heart Journal. 2008 Mar 1
26 citations
The A640G and C242T p22(phox) polymorphisms in patients with coronary artery disease
A. Maziar Zafari, Madalyn N. Davidoff, Harland Austin, Liisa Valppu, George Cotsonis, Bernard Lassègue, Kathy K. Griendling> ;Antioxidants & Redox Signaling. 2002 Aug 1
5 citations
Free radicals in heart failure: therapeutic targets for old and new drugs.
A. Maziar Zafari, David G. Harrison> ;Congestive Heart Failure. 2002 May 1
4 citations
Long asymptomatic survival with a bullet adjacent to the left main coronary artery, the only site of atherosclerotic plaque in the coronary tree.
Jamshid Shirani, Abarmard Maziar Zafari, Vincent E Hill, William C. Roberts> ;American Heart Journal. 1994 Nov 1
6 citations
Sudden death, right ventricular infarction, and abnormal right ventricular intramural coronary arteries in isolated congenital valvular pulmonic stenosis
Jamshid Shirani, Abarmard Maziar Zafari, William C. Roberts> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 1993 Aug 1
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