SamirFSabaMDDivision Chief, Cardiology

Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiac Electrophysiology

Professor, Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Division Chief, Cardiology Co-Director, Heart and Vascular Institute

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Office
200 Lothrop St
Oakland, PA 15213
Phone+1 412-647-2695
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Summary

Dr. Samir Saba is a cardiologist in Oakland, PA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Mercy, UPMC Passavant, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, UPMC East, Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, and Shadyside Campus. He received his medical degree from American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine and has been in practice 24 years. He specializes in adult congenital heart disease and cardiac electrophysiology and is experienced in cardiac electrophysiology, cardiac critical care, and icd / pacemaker insertion.

Education & Training

Tufts Medical CenterFellowship, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, 1999 - 2000
Tufts Medical CenterFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1996 - 1999
Tufts Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1993 - 1996
American University of Beirut Faculty of MedicineClass of 1993

Certifications & Licensure

PA State Medical License 2000 - 2024
MA State Medical License 1996 - 2011
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology

Clinical Trials

Predictors of Response to Biventricular Pacing in Heart Failure Start of enrollment: 2005 Jun 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Genetic Predictors of Outcome in HCM Patients Start of enrollment: 2009 Apr 22
Terminated
Morphological Predictors of Sudden Cardiac Death in Patients With Known Cardiomyopathies Start of enrollment: 2006 Apr 01
Completed
Reconstruction of 12-Lead Electrogram From Intracardiac Signals From Defibrillators During or After Implantation Start of enrollment: 2007 Nov 01
Completed
Common Sensing and Right Ventricular Automatic Capture (COGNATE) Start of enrollment: 2009 Nov 01
Completed
TYRX™ Envelope for Prevention of Infection Following Replacement With a CRT or ICD Start of enrollment: 2010 Jan 01
Completed
AIGISRx Anti-Bacterial Envelope and Custom Mesh for Prevention of Infection Following Cardiac Rhythm Management Device Replacement With an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) Start of enrollment: 2010 Jan 01
Ranolazine Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Trial Start of enrollment: 2011 Sep 01
Completed
Phase 3
INcrease Of VAgal TonE in CHF Start of enrollment: 2011 Feb 01
Terminated
Phase 3
LONGEVITY Study. Evaluation of the Device and Battery Longevity of Boston Scientific Market-released ICD and CRT-D Devices Start of enrollment: 2014 Jan 27
Completed
Cardiac Resynchronization in the Elderly Start of enrollment: 2017 Mar 21
Completed
Not Applicable
Improvement in Endothelial Dysfunction After Initiation of Anti-arrhythmic Therapy in Atrial Fibrillation Patients Start of enrollment: 2019 May 01
Completed
Arrhythmia Detection After MI Start of enrollment: 2022 Aug 09
Recruiting
Not Applicable
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact, Sponsor-Investigator
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Do Implantable Defibrillators Still Save Lives in the Times of Quadruple Heart Failure Therapy?
Samir F Saba, Mehak Dhande> ;JACC. Clinical Electrophysiology. 2024 Mar 8
Heart Rate at Rest and Incident Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Diastolic Dysfunction.
Stefan Preisendörfer, Virginia Singla, Aditya Bhonsale, Krishna Kancharla, Floyd Thoma, Suresh Mulukutla, Andrew Voigt, Alaa Shalaby, Sandeep Jain, Samir Saba, N A Mar...> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 2024 Mar 9
Ventricular arrhythmia inducibility in porcine infarct model after stereotactic body radiation therapy.
Krishna Kancharla, Siamak Salavatian, Yuki Kuwabara, Yuriy Martynyuk, Partha Dutta, Sathish Vasamsetti, Aman Mahajan, Kimberley Howard-Quijano, Samir Saba, Adam Olson> ;Heart Rhythm. 2024 Feb 21
COVID-19 pandemic and initiation of treatment for atrial fibrillation: a nationwide analysis of claims data.
Yang, L., Tang, S., He, M., Guo, J., Gabriel, N., Swabe, G., Benjamin, E., Hernandez, I., Gellad, W., Essien, U., Saba, S., Magnani, J.> ;BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. 2023 Dec 8
Improving Outcomes in Atrial Fibrillation: Evidence Guiding Clinical Care.
Nathan A Mark Estes, Sandeep Jain, Samir Saba> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 2024 Jan 1
Stereotactic body radiotherapy for refractory ventricular tachycardia: Still paving the road to randomized trials….
Samir Saba, Krishna Kancharla> ;Heart Rhythm. 2024 Jan 1
Targeted left ventricular lead positioning to the site of latest activation in cardiac resynchronization therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Daniel Benjamin Fyenbo, Henrik Laurits Bjerre, Maria Hee Jung Park Frausing, Charlotte Stephansen, Anders Sommer, Rasmus Borgquist, Zoltan Bakos, Michael Glikson, Anat...> ;Europace. 2023 Aug 2
Impact of Diastolic Dysfunction on the Risk of Sudden Cardiac Arrest.
Samir Saba, Suresh Mulukutla, Floyd Thoma, Konstantinos N Aronis, Aditya Bhonsale, Krishna Kancharla, Andrew Voigt, Alaa A Shalaby, N A Mark Estes 3rd, Sandeep Jain> ;Circulation. Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. 2023 Aug 1
11 citations
Machine learning for ECG diagnosis and risk stratification of occlusion myocardial infarction.
Salah S Al-Zaiti, Christian Martin-Gill, Jessica K Zègre-Hemsey, Zeineb Bouzid, Ziad Faramand, Mohammad O Alrawashdeh, Richard E Gregg, Stephanie Helman, Nathan T Riek...> ;Nature Medicine. 2023 Jul 1
1 citations
Association between left ventricular lead position and intrinsic QRS morphology with regard to clinical outcome in cardiac resynchronization therapy for heart failure.
Tove Olsson Brandtvig, Sofia Marinko, Maiwand Farouq, Johan Brandt, David Mörtsell, Lingwei Wang, Uzma Chaudhry, Samir Saba, Rasmus Borgquist> ;Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology. 2023 Jul 1
Relative Contribution of Atrial Fibrillation to Outcomes of Patients With Cardiomyopathy Based on Severity of Left Ventricular Dysfunction.
Mumammad Talha Ayub, Gautam Rangavajla, Floyd Thoma, Suresh Mulukutla, Konstantinos Aronis, Aditya Bhonsale, Krishna Kancharla, Andrew Voigt, Alaa Shalaby, Nathan Anth...> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 2023 Jul 1
Ventricular conduction abnormality in patients with mild to moderate cardiomyopathy.
Mehak Dhande, Konstantinos N Aronis, Floyd Thoma, Suresh Mulukutla, Aditya Bhonsale, Krishna Kancharla, Alaa Shalaby, Andrew Voigt, N A Mark Estes, Sandeep K Jain, Sam...> ;Clinical Cardiology. 2023 May 1
Impact of a dedicated center for atrial fibrillation on resource utilization and costs.
Ankit Medhekar, Suresh Mulukutla, Whitney Adams, Amanda Kristofik, Erica Byers, Floyd Thoma, Konstantinos Aronis, William Barrington, Raveen Bazaz, Aditya Bhonsale, Na...> ;Clinical Cardiology. 2023 Mar 1
2 citations
Thoracic dorsal root ganglion stimulation reduces acute myocardial ischemia induced ventricular arrhythmias.
Yuki Kuwabara, Kimberly Howard-Quijano, Siamak Salavatian, Tomoki Yamaguchi, Samir Saba, Aman Mahajan> ;Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2023 Jan 1
4 citations
COVID-19 pandemic and trends in new diagnosis of atrial fibrillation: A nationwide analysis of claims data.
Inmaculada Hernandez, Meiqi He, Jingchuan Guo, Mina Tadrous, Nico Gabriel, Gretchen Swabe, Walid F Gellad, Utibe R Essien, Samir Saba, Emelia J Benjamin, Jared W Magnani> ;Plos One. 2023 Jan 1
2 citations
Subject-specific factors affecting particle residence time distribution of left atrial appendage in atrial fibrillation: A computational model-based study.
Soroosh Sanatkhani, Sotirios Nedios, Prahlad G Menon, Samir F Saba, Sandeep K Jain, William J Federspiel, Sanjeev G Shroff> ;Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 2023 Jan 1
2 citations
Dofetilide use is not associated with increased mortality in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy and atrial fibrillation.
Daniel G Wann, Brent S Medoff, Noor-Ul-Huda A Mehdi, Ahmet Sezer, Floyd W Thoma, Suresh Mulukutla, Aditya Bhonsale, Na Mark Estes, Samir Saba, Sandeep K Jain> ;Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 2023 Feb 1
4 citations
Targeting the latest site of left ventricular mechanical activation is associated with improved long-term outcomes for recipients of cardiac resynchronization therapy.
Rasmus Borgquist, William R Barrington, Zoltan Bakos, Anna Werther-Evaldsson, Samir Saba> ;Heart Rhythm O2. 2022 Aug 1
5 citations
Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy and the Risk of Death in Primary Prevention Defibrillator Recipients.
Mehak Dhande, Gautam Rangavajla, Ann Canterbury, Mohanad Hamandi, Hetal Boricha, David Newhouse, Emma C Osterhaus, Floyd Thoma, Suresh Mulukutla, Konstantinos N Aronis...> ;JACC. Clinical Electrophysiology. 2022 Aug 1
Multisite Left Ventricular Pacing in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy.
Sandeep K Jain, Samir Saba> ;Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics. 2022 Jun 1
1 citations
Predictors of Hospital Admissions for Ventricular Arrhythmia or Cardiac Arrest in Patients With Cardiomyopathy.
Effimia M Zacharia, Filip Istvanic, Suresh Mulukutla, Floyd Thoma, Konstantinos N Aronis, Aditya Bhonsale, Krishna Kancharla, Andrew Voigt, Alaa Shalaby, N A Mark Este...> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 2022 May 15
2 citations
Feasibility of a Randomized Clinical Trial of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy With or Without an Implantable Defibrillator in Older Patients.
Andrew D Althouse, Sandeep Kumar Jain, Alaa Shalaby, Madhurmeet Singh, Raul Weiss, Larissa Myaskovsky, Sana M Al-Khatib, Samir Saba> ;Circulation. Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology. 2022 Apr 1
1 citations
Comparison of Circadian Variation for In-Hospital Versus Out-of-Hospital Sudden Cardiac Arrest Survivors.
Yicheng Tang, Tarryn Tertulien, Aditya Bhonsale, Krishna Kancharla, Nathan Anthony Mark Estes, Sandeep Jain, Samir Saba> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 2021 Dec 1
Atrial Resynchronization Therapy: An Emerging Potential to Advance Physiologic Pacing?
N.A. Mark Estes, Samir Saba> ;Heart Rhythm. 2021 Nov 25
6 citations
Usefulness of Multisite Ventricular Pacing in Nonresponders to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy.
Samir Saba, Devi Nair, Christopher R. Ellis, Allen Ciuffo, Marilyn Cox, Nigel Gupta, Saumya Sharma, Sandeep Jain, Marshall Winner, Sharda Mehta, Torri Simon, Ken Stein...> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 2021 Nov 20
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Journal Articles

Effectiveness of High Rate and Delayed Detection ICD Programming by Race: A MADIT‐RIT Sub‐Study
Marc Lahiri, Samir Saba, Claudio Schuger, Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology