M Zakkar

Affiliations

Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom.
Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, United Kingdom.

Publications (32)

Bicuspid aortic valve repair adapted to aortic phenotype.

Annals of cardiothoracic surgery

Avec: Mustafa Zakkar , Pouya Youssefi , Christophe Acar , Nizar Khelil , Mathieu Debauchez , Emmanuel Lansac

Combined Degenerative Mitral Valve and Coronary Surgery: Early Outcomes and 10-Year Survival.

The Annals of thoracic surgery

Avec: Vito D Bruno , Mustafa Zakkar , Gustavo Guida , Filippo Rapetto , Asif Rathore , Raimondo Ascione

Nrf2-Keap-1 imbalance under acute shear stress induces inflammatory response in venous endothelial cells.

Perfusion

Avec: Alexander O Ward , Graciela B Sala-Newby , Shameem Ladak , Gianni D Angelini , Massimo Caputo , M-Saadeh Suleiman , Paul C Evans , Sarah J George , Mustafa Zakkar

Atrial fibrillation inpatient management patterns and clinical outcomes during the conflict in Syria: An observational cohort study.

Perfusion

Avec: Ibrahim Antoun , Majed Aljabal , Alkassem Alkhayer , Yaman Mahfoud , Alamer Alkhayer , Peter Simon , Ahmed Kotb , Joseph Barker , Akash Mavilakandy , Muhammad Usman Naseer , Riyaz Somani , G André Ng , Mustafa Zakkar

Isolated aortic insufficiency valve repair with external ring annuloplasty: a standardized approach.

European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Avec: Mustafa Zakkar , Vito D Bruno , Pavel Zacek , Isabelle Di Centa , Christophe Acar , Nizar Khelil , Mathieu Debauchez , Emmanuel Lansac

Gene and metabolite expression dependence on body mass index in human myocardium.

Scientific reports

Avec: Adewale S Adebayo , Marius Roman , Mustafa Zakkar , Syabira Yusoff , Melanie Gulston , Lathishia Joel-David , Bony Anthony , Florence Y Lai , Antonio Murgia , Bryony Eagle-Hemming , Sophia Sheikh , Tracy Kumar , Hardeep Aujla , Will Dott , Julian L Griffin , Gavin J Murphy , Marcin J Woźniak

Evaluating the Feasibility of Screening Relatives of Patients Affected by Nonsyndromic Thoracic Aortic Diseases: The REST Study.

Journal of the American Heart Association

Avec: Riccardo Giuseppe Abbasciano , Giovanni Mariscalco , Julian Barwell , Gareth Owens , Mustafa Zakkar , Lathishia Joel-David , Suraj Pathak , Adewale Adebayo , Nora Shannon , Rebecca Louise Haines , Hardeep Aujla , Bryony Eagle-Hemming , Tracy Kumar , Florence Lai , Marcin Wozniak , Gavin Murphy

Prophylactic corticosteroids for cardiopulmonary bypass in adult cardiac surgery.

The Cochrane database of systematic reviews

Avec: Riccardo Giuseppe Abbasciano , Guido Maria Olivieri , Rachel Chubsey , Francesca Gatta , Nathan Tyson , Keertana Easwarakumar , Daniel P Fudulu , Roberto Marsico , Markus Kofler , Ghazi Elshafie , Florence Lai , Mahmoud Loubani , Simon Kendall , Mustafa Zakkar , Gavin J Murphy

Osteopontin Activation and Microcalcification in Venous Grafts Can Be Modulated by Dexamethasone.

Cells

Avec: Liam W McQueen , Shameem S Ladak , Georgia R Layton , Kerry Wadey , Sarah J George , Gianni D Angelini , Gavin J Murphy , Mustafa Zakkar

Indigenous Mothers' Perspective on Sexual Health in Northwest Territories, Canada: Results from the Maternal and Infant Health Project.

Journal of community health

Avec: Fariba Kolahdooz , Moutasem Zakkar , Se Lim Jang , Sarah Deck , Adrain Wagg , André Corriveau , Kami Kandola , Stephanie Irlbacher-Fox , Sangita Sharma

Combination of internal (epicardial) and external (transthoracic) defibrillation during heart surgery.

Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

Avec: Georgios Theodoros Karapanagiotidis , Philemon Sylvester Gukop , Mustafa Zakkar , Paschalis Tossios , Fotios Leventis , Georgios Ntontos , Mazin Abdul Ibrahim Sarsam

Benefits of mitral valve repair over replacement in the elderly: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Journal of cardiac surgery

Avec: Ettorino Di Tommaso , Filippo Rapetto , Gustavo A Guida , Mustafa Zakkar , Vito D Bruno

Concomitant aortic root and pectus deformity repair in Marfan syndrome patients.

Perfusion

Avec: Mustafa Zakkar , Emmanuel Lansac , Alain Wurtz , Emmanuel Brian

Aorto-Mitral Patch Enlargement for Elective Substantial Double Valve Upsizing.

World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery

Avec: Daniel Fudulu , Mustafa Zakkar , Serban Stoica

Acute shear stress and vein graft disease.

The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology

Avec: Liam W McQueen , Shameem S Ladak , Mustafa Zakkar

Incidence, outcomes, and predictors of new heart failure in syrian conflict-affected population following hospitalization for atrial fibrillation: A retrospective cohort study.

Perfusion

Avec: Ibrahim Antoun , Alkassem Alkhayer , Majed Aljabal , Yaman Mahfoud , Alamer Alkhayer , Ahmed I Kotb , Joseph Barker , Riyaz Somani , G André Ng , Mustafa Zakkar

Spatial Transcriptomic Profiling of Human Saphenous Vein Exposed to Ex Vivo Arterial Haemodynamics-Implications for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Patency and Vein Graft Disease.

International journal of molecular sciences

Avec: Liam W McQueen , Shameem S Ladak , Georgia R Layton , Marcin Wozniak , Charles Solomon , Zein El-Dean , Gavin J Murphy , Mustafa Zakkar

Saphenous vein graft disease, pathophysiology, prevention, and treatment. A review of the literature.

Journal of cardiac surgery

Avec: Gustavo Guida , Alex O Ward , Vito D Bruno , Sarah J George , Massimo Caputo , Gianni D Angelini , Mustafa Zakkar

Bicuspid aortic valve repair with hemi-remodeling technique and external ring annuloplasty.

Journal of cardiac surgery

Avec: Brega Carlotta , Mustafa Zakkar , Pavel Zacek , Michele Palladino , Emmanuel Lansac

MicroRNAs as potential biomarkers in congenital heart surgery.

The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

Avec: Serban C Stoica , Dan M Dorobantu , Antonella Vardeu , Giovanni Biglino , Kerrie L Ford , Domenico V Bruno , Mustafa Zakkar , Andrew Mumford , Gianni D Angelini , Massimo Caputo , Costanza Emanueli

Left thoracotomy approach for off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: 15 years of experience in 2500 consecutive patients.

European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Avec: Gustavo Antonio Guida , Gabriel Alessandro Guida , Vito Domenico Bruno , Mustafa Zakkar , Estefania De Garate , Miriam Terry Pecchinenda , Alfredo Homes , Calogerino Borzellino , Pablo Mendoza , Giuseppina Pecora , Ivan Bonillo , Umberto Benedetto , Antonio Maria Calafiore , Gianni Davide Angelini , Maximo Cosimo Guida

The Role of Endothelial Cells in the Onset, Development and Modulation of Vein Graft Disease.

Cells

Avec: Shameem S Ladak , Liam W McQueen , Georgia R Layton , Hardeep Aujla , Adewale Adebayo , Mustafa Zakkar

The Role of Preservation Solutions upon Saphenous Vein Endothelial Integrity and Function: Systematic Review and UK Practice Survey.

Cells

Avec: Georgia R Layton , Shameem S Ladak , Riccardo Abbasciano , Liam W McQueen , Sarah J George , Gavin J Murphy , Mustafa Zakkar

Effect of on-pump vs. off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with non-dialysis-dependent severe renal impairment: propensity-matched analysis from the UK registry dataset.

Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine

Avec: Daniel P Fudulu , Amerikos Argyriou , Rahul Kota , Jeremy Chan , Hunaid Vohra , Massimo Caputo , Mustafa Zakkar , Gianni D Angelini

The impact of patient-prosthesis mismatch on early and long-term survival after aortic replacement with the Edwards Perimount valve: A propensity score-matched analysis.

Journal of cardiac surgery

Avec: Roberto Marsico , Mustafa Zakkar , Vito D Bruno , Sherif Mansour , Alan J Bryan , Gianni D Angelini

NF-κB inhibition prevents acute shear stress-induced inflammation in the saphenous vein graft endothelium.

Scientific reports

Avec: Alexander O Ward , Gianni D Angelini , Massimo Caputo , Paul C Evans , Jason L Johnson , M Saadeh Suleiman , Robert M Tulloh , Sarah J George , Mustafa Zakkar

Next-Generation and Single-Cell Sequencing Approaches to Study Atherosclerosis and Vascular Inflammation Pathophysiology: A Systematic Review.

Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine

Avec: Liam W McQueen , Shameem S Ladak , Riccardo Abbasciano , Sarah J George , M-Saadeh Suleiman , Gianni D Angelini , Gavin J Murphy , Mustafa Zakkar

Large animal model of vein grafts intimal hyperplasia: A systematic review.

Perfusion

Avec: Oluwatomini Fashina , Riccardo G Abbasciano , Liam W McQueen , Shameem Ladak , Sarah J George , Sadeeh Suleiman , Prakash P Punjabi , Gianni D Angelini , Mustafa Zakkar

Trends and outcomes of concomitant aortic valve replacement and coronary artery bypass grafting in the UK and a survey of practices.

European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Avec: Daniel P Fudulu , Georgia R Layton , Bao Nguyen , Shubhra Sinha , Arnaldo Dimagli , Gustavo Guida , Riccardo Abbasciano , Alessandro Viviano , Gianni D Angelini , Mustafa Zakkar

Fractional flow reserve and instantaneous wave-free ratio in coronary artery bypass grafting: a meta-analysis and practice review.

Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine

Avec: R G Abbasciano , G R Layton , S Torre , N Abbaker , A Copperwheat , C Lucarelli , S Bhandari , S Nijjer , G Mikhail , R Casula , M Zakkar , A Viviano

Transaortic septal myectomy at the time of aortic valve replacement for severe aortic stenosis: a case series of 55 cases.

Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

Avec: Georgios Theodoros Karapanagiotidis , Evangelos Anastasakis , Chrysoula Nana , Philemon Sylvester Gukop , Mustafa Zakkar , Paschalis Tossios , Vasilios Grosomanidis , Despoina Sarridou , Dimitrios Krimiotis , Mazin Abdulla Ibrahim Sarsam

The validity and reliability of the Arabic version of the EQ-5D in atrial fibrillation patients in a conflict country: a study from Syria.

BMC cardiovascular disorders

Avec: Ibrahim Antoun , Alkassem Alkhayer , Majed Aljabal , Alamer Alkhayer , Peter Simon , Yaman Mahfoud , Ahmed Kotb , Joseph Barker , Akash Mavilakandy , Riyaz Somani , G Andre Ng , Mustafa Zakkar

Réseau de co-auteurs

Mustafa Zakkar 30 collaborations

Gianni D Angelini 10 collaborations

Sarah J George 7 collaborations

Liam W McQueen 7 collaborations

Gavin J Murphy 6 collaborations

Shameem S Ladak 6 collaborations

Vito D Bruno 5 collaborations

Massimo Caputo 5 collaborations

Georgia R Layton 5 collaborations

Emmanuel Lansac 4 collaborations

Gustavo Guida 3 collaborations

Ibrahim Antoun 3 collaborations

Majed Aljabal 3 collaborations

Alkassem Alkhayer 3 collaborations

Yaman Mahfoud 3 collaborations

Alamer Alkhayer 3 collaborations

Joseph Barker 3 collaborations

Riyaz Somani 3 collaborations

Hardeep Aujla 3 collaborations

Daniel P Fudulu 3 collaborations

Riccardo Abbasciano 3 collaborations

Christophe Acar 2 collaborations

Nizar Khelil 2 collaborations

Mathieu Debauchez 2 collaborations

Filippo Rapetto 2 collaborations

Alexander O Ward 2 collaborations

Shameem Ladak 2 collaborations

M-Saadeh Suleiman 2 collaborations

Paul C Evans 2 collaborations

Peter Simon 2 collaborations

Ahmed Kotb 2 collaborations

Akash Mavilakandy 2 collaborations

G André Ng 2 collaborations

Pavel Zacek 2 collaborations

Lathishia Joel-David 2 collaborations

Bryony Eagle-Hemming 2 collaborations

Tracy Kumar 2 collaborations

Riccardo Giuseppe Abbasciano 2 collaborations

Adewale Adebayo 2 collaborations

Florence Lai 2 collaborations

Marcin Wozniak 2 collaborations

Roberto Marsico 2 collaborations

Georgios Theodoros Karapanagiotidis 2 collaborations

Philemon Sylvester Gukop 2 collaborations

Paschalis Tossios 2 collaborations

Pouya Youssefi 1 collaboration

Asif Rathore 1 collaboration

Raimondo Ascione 1 collaboration

Graciela B Sala-Newby 1 collaboration

Muhammad Usman Naseer 1 collaboration

Isabelle Di Centa 1 collaboration

Adewale S Adebayo 1 collaboration

Marius Roman 1 collaboration

Syabira Yusoff 1 collaboration

Melanie Gulston 1 collaboration

Bony Anthony 1 collaboration

Florence Y Lai 1 collaboration

Antonio Murgia 1 collaboration

Sophia Sheikh 1 collaboration

Will Dott 1 collaboration

Julian L Griffin 1 collaboration

Marcin J Woźniak 1 collaboration

Giovanni Mariscalco 1 collaboration

Julian Barwell 1 collaboration

Gareth Owens 1 collaboration

Suraj Pathak 1 collaboration

Nora Shannon 1 collaboration

Rebecca Louise Haines 1 collaboration

Gavin Murphy 1 collaboration

Guido Maria Olivieri 1 collaboration

Rachel Chubsey 1 collaboration

Francesca Gatta 1 collaboration

Nathan Tyson 1 collaboration

Keertana Easwarakumar 1 collaboration

Markus Kofler 1 collaboration

Ghazi Elshafie 1 collaboration

Mahmoud Loubani 1 collaboration

Simon Kendall 1 collaboration

Kerry Wadey 1 collaboration

Fariba Kolahdooz 1 collaboration

Moutasem Zakkar 1 collaboration

Se Lim Jang 1 collaboration

Sarah Deck 1 collaboration

Adrain Wagg 1 collaboration

André Corriveau 1 collaboration

Kami Kandola 1 collaboration

Stephanie Irlbacher-Fox 1 collaboration

Sangita Sharma 1 collaboration

Fotios Leventis 1 collaboration

Georgios Ntontos 1 collaboration

Mazin Abdul Ibrahim Sarsam 1 collaboration

Ettorino Di Tommaso 1 collaboration

Gustavo A Guida 1 collaboration

Alain Wurtz 1 collaboration

Emmanuel Brian 1 collaboration

Daniel Fudulu 1 collaboration

Serban Stoica 1 collaboration

Ahmed I Kotb 1 collaboration

Charles Solomon 1 collaboration

Zein El-Dean 1 collaboration

Alex O Ward 1 collaboration

Brega Carlotta 1 collaboration

Michele Palladino 1 collaboration

Serban C Stoica 1 collaboration

Dan M Dorobantu 1 collaboration

Antonella Vardeu 1 collaboration

Giovanni Biglino 1 collaboration

Kerrie L Ford 1 collaboration

Domenico V Bruno 1 collaboration

Andrew Mumford 1 collaboration

Costanza Emanueli 1 collaboration

Gustavo Antonio Guida 1 collaboration

Gabriel Alessandro Guida 1 collaboration

Vito Domenico Bruno 1 collaboration

Estefania De Garate 1 collaboration

Miriam Terry Pecchinenda 1 collaboration

Alfredo Homes 1 collaboration

Calogerino Borzellino 1 collaboration

Pablo Mendoza 1 collaboration

Giuseppina Pecora 1 collaboration

Ivan Bonillo 1 collaboration

Umberto Benedetto 1 collaboration

Antonio Maria Calafiore 1 collaboration

Gianni Davide Angelini 1 collaboration

Maximo Cosimo Guida 1 collaboration

Amerikos Argyriou 1 collaboration

Rahul Kota 1 collaboration

Jeremy Chan 1 collaboration

Hunaid Vohra 1 collaboration

Sherif Mansour 1 collaboration

Alan J Bryan 1 collaboration

Jason L Johnson 1 collaboration

M Saadeh Suleiman 1 collaboration

Robert M Tulloh 1 collaboration

Oluwatomini Fashina 1 collaboration

Riccardo G Abbasciano 1 collaboration

Sadeeh Suleiman 1 collaboration

Prakash P Punjabi 1 collaboration

Bao Nguyen 1 collaboration

Shubhra Sinha 1 collaboration

Arnaldo Dimagli 1 collaboration

Alessandro Viviano 1 collaboration

R G Abbasciano 1 collaboration

G R Layton 1 collaboration

S Torre 1 collaboration

N Abbaker 1 collaboration

A Copperwheat 1 collaboration

C Lucarelli 1 collaboration

S Bhandari 1 collaboration

S Nijjer 1 collaboration

G Mikhail 1 collaboration

R Casula 1 collaboration

A Viviano 1 collaboration

Evangelos Anastasakis 1 collaboration

Chrysoula Nana 1 collaboration

Vasilios Grosomanidis 1 collaboration

Despoina Sarridou 1 collaboration

Dimitrios Krimiotis 1 collaboration

Mazin Abdulla Ibrahim Sarsam 1 collaboration

G Andre Ng 1 collaboration