Atif Qasim, MD, MS

Professor

Cardiology UCSF Health

Atif Qasim, M.D., MSCE is an Associate Professor in the Division of Cardiology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He is curently the echo core lab director and cardiology fellowship program director.

He earned his M.S./B.S. in Biochemistry and Biophysics at Yale University and earned his M.D. degree at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed his medical internship, residency, chief residency and cardiology fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where he also served as chief resident. During his cardiology fellowship, Dr. Qasim received advanced training in multimodality imaging and earned a master’s degree in clinical epidemiology. He joined the University of California, San Francisco cardiology faculty in 2012.

Clinical Interests: Dr. Qasim’s clinical interests are in general cardiology and non invasive cardiology, using multi -modality imaging to better understand cardiac disease. In particular this includes the use of transthoracic, stress, transesophageal and three-dimensional echocardiography as well as cardiac CT and cardiac MRI for the diagnosis and management of valvular heart disease, cardiomyopathies, and pericardial disease.

Research Interests: Dr. Qasim is head of the echocardiography core laboratory which uses echocardiography to evaluate novel cardiac therapies for the treatment of heart failure and valvular heart diseases. The lab has expertise in strain imaging and in echocardiography of novel therapies for valvular heart disease including the Mitraclip system and other transcatheter valve devices.

Education Interests: Dr. Qasim is the cardiology fellowship program director and teaches in the medical school. He created a website related to echocardiography (www.echocardiographer.org) and has a strong interest in providing greater access to online medical educational materials for trainees and practitioners.

Education
2019 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
MSCE, 2012 - Epidemidiology and Biostatistics, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
2010 - Cardiology Fellowship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
2007 - Internal Medicine Residency and Chief Residency, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
M.D., 2003 - School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
BS, MS, 1999 - Biochemistry and Biophysics, Yale University
Websites
Publications
  1. Blissett S, Rodriguez S, Qasim A, O'Sullivan P. Beyond the Task: Developing a Tool to Measure Workplace Characteristics That Affect Cognitive Load and Learning. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2024. PMID: 38722251


  2. Ya'Qoub L, Caughron H, Qasim A, Tolstrop K, Delling FN, Watt C, Nguyen T, Deuse T, Beygui RE, Mahadevan VS. Clinical Improvement With Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Tricuspid Repair Irrespective of Right Atrial Pressure. JACC. Advances 2024. PMID: 38939678


  3. Lassen MCH, Arya F, Biering-Sørensen T, Reeh JLT, Melisko ME, Sarwary S, Baik AH, Aras MA, Qasim A. Left atrial strain is reduced following trastuzumab in breast cancer patients. Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) 2024. PMID: 38284677


  4. Sabanayagam A, Qasim A. Launching a career as an academic medical educator. Heart (British Cardiac Society) 2023. PMID: 37536759


  5. Lassen MCH, Skaarup KG, Johansen ND, Olsen FJ, Qasim AN, Jensen GB, Schnohr P, Møgelvang R, Biering-Sørensen T. Normal Values and Reference Ranges for the Ratio of Transmitral Early Filling Velocity to Early Diastolic Strain Rate - The Copenhagen City Heart Study. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 2023. PMID: 37390909


  6. Lassen MCH, Lind JN, Sengel?v M, Skaarup KG, Johansen ND, Qasim AN, Jensen MT, Jensen GB, Schnohr P, M?gelvang R, Biering-S?rensen T. Changes in Myocardial Tissue Velocities Over a Decade: The Copenhagen City Heart Study. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography 2023. PMID: 36898637


  7. Cullen MW, Damp JB, Soukoulis V, Keating FK, Abudayyeh I, Auseon A, Qasim A, Tam MC, Theriot P, Weissman G. Identification and Management of Learner Burnout in Cardiology Fellowship Programs. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2022. PMID: 35738719


  8. Rodriguez S, Blissett S, Qasim A, O'Sullivan P. Workplace Factors that Enhance and Impede Learning to Interpret Transthoracic Echocardiograms: Results from a National Survey. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35339620


  9. Blusztein D, Moore P, Qasim A, Mantri N, Mahadevan VS. Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair of Systemic Tricuspid Valve in Extracardiac Fontan Circulation: First in Human. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35199020


  10. Huppert LA, Hsu G, Elnachef N, Flint L, Frank JA, Gensler LS, Hsiao EC, Khanna RR, Qasim A, Schwartz BS, Widera E, Zapata C, Babik JM. A single center evaluation of applicant experiences in virtual interviews across eight internal medicine subspecialty fellowship programs. Medical education online 2021. PMID: 34187346


  11. Lassen MCH, Qasim A, Webber A, Gao Y, Biering-Sørensen T, Park M. The effect of kidney transplantation on left ventricular remodeling and global diastolic strain rate in end-stage renal disease. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2021. PMID: 34713484


  12. Cullen MW, Damp JB, Soukoulis V, Keating FK, Abudayyeh I, Auseon A, Bhakta D, Qasim A, Seryak A, Smith SA, Tam MC, Theriot P, Weissman G. Burnout and Well-Being Among Cardiology Fellowship Program Directors. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2021. PMID: 34674817


  13. Abuzaid A, Saad M, Addoumieh A, Ha LD, Elbadawi A, Mahmoud AN, Elgendy A, Abdelaziz HK, Barakat A, Mentias A, Adeola O, Elgendy IY, Qaism A, Buddoff M. Coronary artery calcium score and risk of cardiovascular events without established coronary artery disease: a systemic review and meta-analysis. Coronary artery disease 2021. PMID: 33417339


  14. Anderson DR, Blissett S, O'Sullivan P, Qasim A. Differences in echocardiography interpretation techniques among trainees and expert readers. Journal of echocardiography 2021. PMID: 34050902


  15. Zhang N, Blissett S, Anderson D, O'Sullivan P, Qasim A. Race and Gender Bias in Internal Medicine Program Director Letters of Recommendation. Journal of graduate medical education 2021. PMID: 34178258


  16. Blissett S, Rodriguez S, Qasim A, O'Sullivan P. Learning Echocardiography in the Workplace: A Cognitive Load Perspective. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2020. PMID: 33031115


  17. Dwiyanto J, Hussain MH, Reidpath D, Ong KS, Qasim A, Lee SWH, Lee SM, Foo SC, Chong CW, Rahman S. Ethnicity influences the gut microbiota of individuals sharing a geographical location: a cross-sectional study from a middle-income country. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2021. PMID: 33514807


  18. Damp JB, Cullen MW, Soukoulis V, Tam MC, Keating FK, Smith SA, Bhakta D, Abudayyeh I, Qasim A, Sernyak A, Auseon A, Theriot P, Weissman G. Program Directors Survey on Diversity in Cardiovascular Training Programs. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2020. PMID: 32883415


  19. Damp JB, Cullen MW, Soukoulis V, Tam MC, Keating FK, Abudayyeh I, Qasim A, Theriot P, Weissman G. Parental Leave in Cardiovascular Disease Training Programs. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2020. PMID: 32674798


  20. Lassen MCH, Olsen FJ, Skaarup KG, Tolstrup K, Qasim AN, Gislason G, Biering-Sørensen T. The clinical application of the ratio of transmitral early filling velocity to early diastolic strain rate: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of echocardiography 2020. PMID: 32189214


  21. Lassen MCH, Qasim AN, Biering-Sørensen T, Reeh JLT, Watnick T, Seliger SL, Chen H, Sawan MA, Nguyen D, Li Y, Hong SN, Park M. Cardiac function assessed by myocardial deformation in adult polycystic kidney disease patients. BMC nephrology 2019. PMID: 31419965


  22. Lassen MH, Sengeløv M, Qasim A, Jørgensen PG, Bruun NE, Olsen FJ, Fritz-Hansen T, Gislason G, Biering-Sørensen T. Ratio of Transmitral Early Filling Velocity to Early Diastolic Strain Rate Predicts All-Cause Mortality in Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction. Journal of cardiac failure 2019. PMID: 31336135


  23. Lassen MCH, Biering-Sørensen SR, Olsen FJ, Skaarup KG, Tolstrup K, Qasim AN, Møgelvang R, Jensen JS, Biering-Sørensen T. Ratio of transmitral early filling velocity to early diastolic strain rate predicts long-term risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the general population. European heart journal 2018. PMID: 29659790


  24. Ailawadi G, Lim DS, Mack MJ, Trento A, Kar S, Grayburn PA, Glower DD, Wang A, Foster E, Qasim A, Weissman NJ, Ellis J, Crosson L, Fan F, Kron IL, Pearson PJ, Feldman T. One-Year Outcomes After MitraClip for Functional Mitral Regurgitation. Circulation 2019. PMID: 30586701


  25. Zhang J, Gajjala S, Agrawal P, Tison GH, Hallock LA, Beussink-Nelson L, Lassen MH, Fan E, Aras MA, Jordan C, Fleischmann KE, Melisko M, Qasim A, Shah SJ, Bajcsy R, Deo RC. Fully Automated Echocardiogram Interpretation in Clinical Practice. Circulation 2018. PMID: 30354459


  26. Qasim A, Mayhew AJ, Ehtesham S, Alyass A, Volckmar AL, Herpertz S, Hinney A, Hebebrand J, Meyre D. Gain-of-function variants in the melanocortin 4 receptor gene confer susceptibility to binge eating disorder in subjects with obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity 2018. PMID: 30306707


  27. Kar S, Feldman T, Qasim A, Trento A, Kapadia S, Pedersen W, Lim DS, Kipperman R, Smalling RW, Bajwa T, Hermann HC, Hermiller JB, Lasala JM, Reisman M, Glower D, Mauri L, Whitlow P. Five-year outcomes of transcatheter reduction of significant mitral regurgitation in high-surgical-risk patients. Heart (British Cardiac Society) 2018. PMID: 30077993


  28. Lewin SM, Kallianos K, Nevah MI, Zhao S, Fix OK, Brooks GC, De Marco T, Qasim AN, Ordovas KG, Mehta N. Cardiac MRI T2* in Liver Transplant Candidates: Application and Performance of a Novel Imaging Technique to Identify Patients at Risk for Poor Posttransplant Cardiac Outcomes. Transplantation direct 2018. PMID: 30046653


  29. Gucuk Ipek E, Singh S, Viloria E, Feldman T, Grayburn P, Foster E, Qasim A. Impact of the MitraClip Procedure on Left Atrial Strain and Strain Rate. Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging 2018. PMID: 29535132


  30. Qasim A, Turcotte M, de Souza RJ, Samaan MC, Champredon D, Dushoff J, Speakman JR, Meyre D. On the origin of obesity: identifying the biological, environmental and cultural drivers of genetic risk among human populations. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2017. PMID: 29144594


  31. Jafri K, Ogdie A, Qasim A, Patterson SL, Gianfrancesco M, Izadi Z, Katz P, Yazdany J, Schmajuk G. Discordance of the Framingham cardiovascular risk score and the 2013 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association risk score in systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis. Clinical rheumatology 2017. PMID: 28993952


  32. Vemulapalli S, Lippmann SJ, Krucoff M, Hernandez AF, Curtis LH, Foster E, Qasim A, Wang A, Glower DD, Feldman T, Hammill BG. Cardiovascular events and hospital resource utilization pre- and post-transcatheter mitral valve repair in high-surgical risk patients. American heart journal 2017. PMID: 28625371


  33. Teismann NA, Ching B, Shyy W, Knight RS, Kornblith A, Webb E, Bogerman M, Qasim A. Technical Pitfalls in Sonography of the Inferior Vena Cava: Beware the Diaphragm. Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine 2017. PMID: 28339116


  34. Hayashida K, Yasuda S, Matsumoto T, Amaki M, Mizuno S, Tobaru T, Jujo K, Ootomo T, Yamaguchi J, Fukuda K, Saito S, Foster E, Qasim A, Kitakaze M, Yozu R, Takayama M. AVJ-514 Trial - Baseline Characteristics and 30-Day Outcomes Following MitraClip® Treatment in a Japanese Cohort. Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2017. PMID: 28321004


  35. Bhatt AB, Mulvey CK, Qasim AN, Nair JV, Rickels MR, Prenner SB, Iqbal N, Reilly MP. Selective association of electrocardiographic abnormalities with insulin sensitivity and beta-cell function in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional analysis. Diabetes/metabolism research and reviews 2016. PMID: 26889668


  36. Qamar A, Khetarpal SA, Khera AV, Qasim A, Rader DJ, Reilly MP. Plasma apolipoprotein C-III levels, triglycerides, and coronary artery calcification in type 2 diabetics. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 2015. PMID: 26069232


  37. Churchill TW, Rasania SP, Rafeek H, Mulvey CK, Terembula K, Ferrari V, Jha S, Lilly SM, Eraso LH, Reilly MP, Qasim AN. Ascending and descending thoracic aorta calcification in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography 2015. PMID: 26119363


  38. Martin SS, Blaha MJ, Muse ED, Qasim AN, Reilly MP, Blumenthal RS, Nasir K, Criqui MH, McClelland RL, Hughes-Austin JM, Allison MA. Leptin and incident cardiovascular disease: the Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Atherosclerosis 2014. PMID: 25574859


  39. Mehta N, Qamar A, Qu L, Qasim AN, Mehta NN, Reilly MP, Rader DJ. Differential association of plasma angiopoietin-like proteins 3 and 4 with lipid and metabolic traits. Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 2014. PMID: 24626437


  40. Pressman GS, Qasim A, Verma N, Miyamae M, Arishiro K, Notohara Y, Crudu V, Figueredo VM. Periodontal disease is an independent predictor of intracardiac calcification. BioMed research international 2013. PMID: 24106721


  41. Mulvey CK, McNeill AM, Girman CJ, Churchill TW, Terembula K, Ferguson JF, Shah R, Mehta NN, Qasim AN, Rickels MR, Reilly MP. Differential associations of oral glucose tolerance test-derived measures of insulin sensitivity and pancreatic ß-cell function with coronary artery calcification and microalbuminuria in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes care 2013. PMID: 23949560


  42. Lilly SM, Qasim AN, Mulvey CK, Churchill TW, Reilly MP, Eraso LH. Non-compressible arterial disease and the risk of coronary calcification in type-2 diabetes. Atherosclerosis 2013. PMID: 23958247


  43. Ferguson JF, Matthews GJ, Townsend RR, Raj DS, Kanetsky PA, Budoff M, Fischer MJ, Rosas SE, Kanthety R, Rahman M, Master SR, Qasim A, Li M, Mehta NN, Shen H, Mitchell BD, O'Connell JR, Shuldiner AR, Ho WK, Young R, Rasheed A, Danesh J, He J, Kusek JW, Ojo AO, Flack J, Go AS, Gadegbeku CA, Wright JT, Saleheen D, Feldman HI, Rader DJ, Foulkes AS, Reilly MP. Candidate gene association study of coronary artery calcification in chronic kidney disease: findings from the CRIC study (Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort). Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2013. PMID: 23727086


  44. Chan K, Patel RS, Newcombe P, Nelson CP, Qasim A, Epstein SE, Burnett S, Vaccarino VL, Zafari AM, Shah SH, Anderson JL, Carlquist JF, Hartiala J, Allayee H, Hinohara K, Lee BS, Erl A, Ellis KL, Goel A, Schaefer AS, El Mokhtari NE, Goldstein BA, Hlatky MA, Go AS, Shen GQ, Gong Y, Pepine C, Laxton RC, Whittaker JC, Tang WH, Johnson JA, Wang QK, Assimes TL, Nöthlings U, Farrall M, Watkins H, Richards AM, Cameron VA, Muendlein A, Drexel H, Koch W, Park JE, Kimura A, Shen WF, Simpson IA, Hazen SL, Horne BD, Hauser ER, Quyyumi AA, Reilly MP, Samani NJ, Ye S. Association between the chromosome 9p21 locus and angiographic coronary artery disease burden: a collaborative meta-analysis. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2013. PMID: 23352782


  45. Qasim AN, Rafeek H, Rasania SP, Churchill TW, Yang W, Ferrari VA, Jha S, Master SM, Mulvey CK, Terembula K, Dailing C, Budoff MJ, Kawut SM, Reilly MP. Cardiovascular risk factors and mitral annular calcification in type 2 diabetes. Atherosclerosis 2012. PMID: 23273961


  46. Martin SS, Qasim AN, Rader DJ, Reilly MP. C-reactive protein modifies the association of plasma leptin with coronary calcium in asymptomatic overweight individuals. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 2011. PMID: 21738237


  47. Wang K, Edmondson AC, Li M, Gao F, Qasim AN, Devaney JM, Burnett MS, Waterworth DM, Mooser V, Grant SF, Epstein SE, Reilly MP, Hakonarson H, Rader DJ. Pathway-Wide Association Study Implicates Multiple Sterol Transport and Metabolism Genes in HDL Cholesterol Regulation. Frontiers in genetics 2011. PMID: 22303337


  48. Qasim A, Ullah N, Crotty P, Swan N, Breslin N, Ryan B, Torreggiani W, Eguare E, Neary P, O'Connor H, O'Morain C. A changing trend in the management of patients with newly diagnosed Crohn's disease. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2011. PMID: 21431393


  49. Lettre G, Palmer CD, Young T, Ejebe KG, Allayee H, Benjamin EJ, Bennett F, Bowden DW, Chakravarti A, Dreisbach A, Farlow DN, Folsom AR, Fornage M, Forrester T, Fox E, Haiman CA, Hartiala J, Harris TB, Hazen SL, Heckbert SR, Henderson BE, Hirschhorn JN, Keating BJ, Kritchevsky SB, Larkin E, Li M, Rudock ME, McKenzie CA, Meigs JB, Meng YA, Mosley TH, Newman AB, Newton-Cheh CH, Paltoo DN, Papanicolaou GJ, Patterson N, Post WS, Psaty BM, Qasim AN, Qu L, Rader DJ, Redline S, Reilly MP, Reiner AP, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Liu Y, Shrader P, Siscovick DS, Tang WH, Taylor HA, Tracy RP, Vasan RS, Waters KM, Wilks R, Wilson JG, Fabsitz RR, Gabriel SB, Kathiresan S, Boerwinkle E. Genome-wide association study of coronary heart disease and its risk factors in 8,090 African Americans: the NHLBI CARe Project. PLoS genetics 2011. PMID: 21347282


  50. Martin SS, Qasim AN, Wolfe M, St Clair C, Schwartz S, Iqbal N, Schutta M, Bagheri R, Mehta NN, Rader DJ, Reilly MP. Comparison of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol to apolipoprotein A-I and A-II to predict coronary calcium and the effect of insulin resistance. The American journal of cardiology 2011. PMID: 21257004


  51. McNamara D, Qasim A, Lee N, Condon C, O'Morain C. Round one of the Adelaide and Meath Hospital/Trinity College Colorectal Cancer Screening Programme: programme report and analysis based on established international key performance indices. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2011. PMID: 21264524


  52. Qasim AN, Budharaju V, Mehta NN, St Clair C, Farouk S, Braunstein S, Schutta M, Iqbal N, Rader DJ, Reilly MP. Gender differences in the association of C-reactive protein with coronary artery calcium in type-2 diabetes. Clinical endocrinology 2011. PMID: 20874770


  53. Wade AN, Fedyna S, Mehta NN, St Clair C, Ginwala N, Krishna RK, Qasim AN, Braunstein S, Iqbal N, Schutta MH, Reilly MP. Type 2 diabetes does not attenuate racial differences in coronary calcification. Diabetes research and clinical practice 2010. PMID: 21067835


  54. Assimes TL, Hólm H, Kathiresan S, Reilly MP, Thorleifsson G, Voight BF, Erdmann J, Willenborg C, Vaidya D, Xie C, Patterson CC, Morgan TM, Burnett MS, Li M, Hlatky MA, Knowles JW, Thompson JR, Absher D, Iribarren C, Go A, Fortmann SP, Sidney S, Risch N, Tang H, Myers RM, Berger K, Stoll M, Shah SH, Thorgeirsson G, Andersen K, Havulinna AS, Herrera JE, Faraday N, Kim Y, Kral BG, Mathias RA, Ruczinski I, Suktitipat B, Wilson AF, Yanek LR, Becker LC, Linsel-Nitschke P, Lieb W, König IR, Hengstenberg C, Fischer M, Stark K, Reinhard W, Winogradow J, Grassl M, Grosshennig A, Preuss M, Schreiber S, Wichmann HE, Meisinger C, Yee J, Friedlander Y, Do R, Meigs JB, Williams G, Nathan DM, MacRae CA, Qu L, Wilensky RL, Matthai WH, Qasim AN, Hakonarson H, Pichard AD, Kent KM, Satler L, Lindsay JM, Waksman R, Knouff CW, Waterworth DM, Walker MC, Mooser VE, Marrugat J, Lucas G, Subirana I, Sala J, Ramos R, Martinelli N, Olivieri O, Trabetti E, Malerba G, Pignatti PF, Guiducci C, Mirel D, Parkin M, Hirschhorn JN, Asselta R, Duga S, Musunuru K, Daly MJ, Purcell S, Eifert S, Braund PS, Wright BJ, Balmforth AJ, Ball SG, Ouwehand WH, Deloukas P, Scholz M, Cambien F, Huge A, Scheffold T, Salomaa V, Girelli D, Granger CB, Peltonen L, McKeown PP, Altshuler D, Melander O, Devaney JM, Epstein SE, Rader DJ, Elosua R, Engert JC, Anand SS, Hall AS, Ziegler A, O'Donnell CJ, Spertus JA, Siscovick D, Schwartz SM, Becker D, Thorsteinsdottir U, Stefansson K, Schunkert H, Samani NJ, Quertermous T. Lack of association between the Trp719Arg polymorphism in kinesin-like protein-6 and coronary artery disease in 19 case-control studies. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2010. PMID: 20933357


  55. Shuhaibar M, Walsh C, Lindsay F, Lee N, Walsh P, O'Gorman P, Boran G, McLoughlin R, Qasim A, Breslin N, Ryan B, O'Connor H, O'Morain C. A comparative study of faecal occult blood kits in a colorectal cancer screening program in a cohort of healthy construction workers. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2010. PMID: 20953981


  56. Bagheri R, Qasim AN, Mehta NN, Terembula K, Kapoor S, Braunstein S, Schutta M, Iqbal N, Lehrke M, Reilly MP. Relation of plasma fatty acid binding proteins 4 and 5 with the metabolic syndrome, inflammation and coronary calcium in patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus. The American journal of cardiology 2010. PMID: 20920650


  57. Qasim AN, Martin SS, Mehta NN, Wolfe ML, Park J, Schwartz S, Schutta M, Iqbal N, Reilly MP. Lipoprotein(a) is strongly associated with coronary artery calcification in type-2 diabetic women. International journal of cardiology 2010. PMID: 20303190


  58. Qasim A, Zaman MB, Maguire D, Geoghegan J, Gibney R, Nolan N, Traynor O, Hegarty J, McCormick PA. Hepatic transplantation outcomes for carefully selected cirrhotic patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: experience at a small- to medium-volume centre. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2009. PMID: 19360451


  59. Eraso LH, Ginwala N, Qasim AN, Mehta NN, Dlugash R, Kapoor S, Schwartz S, Schutta M, Iqbal N, Mohler ER, Reilly MP. Association of lower plasma fetuin-a levels with peripheral arterial disease in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes care 2009. PMID: 19910501


  60. Martin SS, Qasim AN, Mehta NN, Wolfe M, Terembula K, Schwartz S, Iqbal N, Schutta M, Bagheri R, Reilly MP. Apolipoprotein B but not LDL cholesterol is associated with coronary artery calcification in type 2 diabetic whites. Diabetes 2009. PMID: 19491209


  61. Kathiresan S, Voight BF, Purcell S, Musunuru K, Ardissino D, Mannucci PM, Anand S, Engert JC, Samani NJ, Schunkert H, Erdmann J, Reilly MP, Rader DJ, Morgan T, Spertus JA, Stoll M, Girelli D, McKeown PP, Patterson CC, Siscovick DS, O'Donnell CJ, Elosua R, Peltonen L, Salomaa V, Schwartz SM, Melander O, Altshuler D, Ardissino D, Merlini PA, Berzuini C, Bernardinelli L, Peyvandi F, Tubaro M, Celli P, Ferrario M, Fetiveau R, Marziliano N, Casari G, Galli M, Ribichini F, Rossi M, Bernardi F, Zonzin P, Piazza A, Mannucci PM, Schwartz SM, Siscovick DS, Yee J, Friedlander Y, Elosua R, Marrugat J, Lucas G, Subirana I, Sala J, Ramos R, Kathiresan S, Meigs JB, Williams G, Nathan DM, MacRae CA, O'Donnell CJ, Salomaa V, Havulinna AS, Peltonen L, Melander O, Berglund G, Voight BF, Kathiresan S, Hirschhorn JN, Asselta R, Duga S, Spreafico M, Musunuru K, Daly MJ, Purcell S, Voight BF, Purcell S, Nemesh J, Korn JM, McCarroll SA, Schwartz SM, Yee J, Kathiresan S, Lucas G, Subirana I, Elosua R, Surti A, Guiducci C, Gianniny L, Mirel D, Parkin M, Burtt N, Gabriel SB, Samani NJ, Thompson JR, Braund PS, Wright BJ, Balmforth AJ, Ball SG, Hall A, Schunkert H, Erdmann J, Linsel-Nitschke P, Lieb W, Ziegler A, König I, Hengstenberg C, Fischer M, Stark K, Grosshennig A, Preuss M, Wichmann HE, Schreiber S, Schunkert H, Samani NJ, Erdmann J, Ouwehand W, Hengstenberg C, Deloukas P, Scholz M, Cambien F, Reilly MP, Li M, Chen Z, Wilensky R, Matthai W, Qasim A, Hakonarson HH, Devaney J, Burnett MS, Pichard AD, Kent KM, Satler L, Lindsay JM, Waksman R, Knouff CW, Waterworth DM, Walker MC, Mooser V, Epstein SE, Rader DJ, Scheffold T, Berger K, Stoll M, Huge A, Girelli D, Martinelli N, Olivieri O, Corrocher R, Morgan T, Spertus JA, McKeown P, Patterson CC, Schunkert H, Erdmann E, Linsel-Nitschke P, Lieb W, Ziegler A, König IR, Hengstenberg C, Fischer M, Stark K, Grosshennig A, Preuss M, Wichmann HE, Schreiber S, Hólm H, Thorleifsson G, Thorsteinsdottir U, Stefansson K, Engert JC, Do R, Xie C, Anand S, Kathiresan S, Ardissino D, Mannucci PM, Siscovick D, O'Donnell CJ, Samani NJ, Melander O, Elosua R, Peltonen L, Salomaa V, Schwartz SM, Altshuler D. Genome-wide association of early-onset myocardial infarction with single nucleotide polymorphisms and copy number variants. Nature genetics 2009. PMID: 19198609


  62. Qasim A, Zaman BM, Geoghegan J, Maguire D, Traynor O, Hegarty J, McCormick PA. Significant influence of the primary liver disease on the outcomes of hepatic retransplantation. Irish journal of medical science 2008. PMID: 18982406


  63. Martin SS, Qasim A, Reilly MP. Leptin resistance: a possible interface of inflammation and metabolism in obesity-related cardiovascular disease. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2008. PMID: 18926322


  64. Qasim AN, Metkus TS, Tadesse M, Lehrke M, Restine S, Wolfe ML, Hannenhalli S, Cappola T, Rader DJ, Reilly MP. Resistin gene variation is associated with systemic inflammation but not plasma adipokine levels, metabolic syndrome or coronary atherosclerosis in nondiabetic Caucasians. Clinical endocrinology 2008. PMID: 18710472


  65. Qasim A, Mehta NN, Tadesse MG, Wolfe ML, Rhodes T, Girman C, Reilly MP. Adipokines, insulin resistance, and coronary artery calcification. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2008. PMID: 18617073


  66. Qasim A, McCormick PA, Tajuddin T, Zaman MB, Traynor O, Hegarty J, Geoghegan J. Improved survival outcomes for liver transplantation. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2007. PMID: 17491536


  67. Zaman MB, Hoti E, Qasim A, Maguire D, McCormick PA, Hegarty JE, Geoghegan JG, Traynor O. MELD score as a prognostic model for listing acute liver failure patients for liver transplantation. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2006. PMID: 16980011


  68. Qasim A, Rader DJ. Human genetics of variation in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Current atherosclerosis reports 2006. PMID: 16767843


  69. Ardehali H, Howard DL, Hariri A, Qasim A, Hare JM, Baughman KL, Kasper EK. A positive endomyocardial biopsy result for sarcoid is associated with poor prognosis in patients with initially unexplained cardiomyopathy. American heart journal 2005. PMID: 16169324


  70. McCormick A, Qasim A. Advances in portal hypertension. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2005. PMID: 16108165


  71. Ardehali H, Qasim A, Cappola T, Howard D, Hruban R, Hare JM, Baughman KL, Kasper EK. Endomyocardial biopsy plays a role in diagnosing patients with unexplained cardiomyopathy. American heart journal 2004. PMID: 15131552


  72. Sebastian S, McLoughlin R, Qasim A, O'Morain CA, Buckley MJ. Endoscopic argon plasma coagulation for the treatment of gastric antral vascular ectasia (watermelon stomach): long-term results. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2004. PMID: 15046192


  73. Sebastian SS, Kernan N, Qasim A, O'Morain CA, Buckley M. Appropriateness of gastric antisecretory therapy in hospital practice. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2003. PMID: 14700112


  74. Qasim A, Townend J, Davies MK. Ecstasy induced acute myocardial infarction. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2001. PMID: 11359764