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Abdel Ghani El Rafei

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus
DepartmentSOM-MED

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    1. El Rafei A, Gosch K, Manning ES, Ghajar A, Raghavan S, Maddox TM, Peterson PN, Fleming L, Arnold SV, Chan PS, Greene SJ, Fonarow GC, Jones PG, Allen LA, Hess PL. Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitor Use for Heart Failure in US Ambulatory Cardiovascular Care. JAMA Cardiol. 2025 Sep 01; 10(9):904-913. PMID: 40632519.
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    2. Harrington JL, Canonico ME, El Rafei A, Solomon SD, Teerlink JR, Vaduganathan M, Zieroth SR, Bonaca MP, Sauer AJ. Nonsteroidal and Steroidal Mineralocorticoid Antagonists: Rationale, Evidence, and Unanswered Questions. JACC Heart Fail. 2025 Oct; 13(10):102637. PMID: 40886449.
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    3. Basile C, Samsky MD, El Rafei A, Harrington J, Ambrosy AP, Maggioni AP, Bonaca MP, Canonico ME. Mobile integrated health for heart failure: insights from the MIGHTy-Heart trial. Heart Fail Rev. 2025 Dec; 30(6):1371-1375. PMID: 40853421.
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    4. Rafei AE, Harrington JA, Tavares CAM, Guimarães PO, Ambrosy AP, Bonaca MP, Sauer AJ, Vardeny O, Canonico ME. Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction therapeutics: in search of the pillars. Heart Fail Rev. 2025 Sep; 30(5):1005-1014. PMID: 40399553.
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    5. El Rafei A, Cogswell R, Atik FA, Zuckermann A, Allen LA. Review of the Global Activity of Heart Transplant. Circ Heart Fail. 2025 Jul; 18(7):e012272. PMID: 40181780.
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    6. Ambardekar AV, El Rafei A. Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy in Heart Failure: The Treatment Is Not Worse Than the Disease. JACC Heart Fail. 2023 04; 11(4):437-439. PMID: 36892490.
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    7. El Rafei A, Trachtenberg BH, Schultz J, John R, Estep JD, Araujo-Gutierrez R, Suarez TEE, Goodwin K, Cogswell R. Association between digoxin use and gastrointestinal bleeding in contemporary continuous flow left ventricular assist device support. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2021 07; 40(7):671-676. PMID: 33875331.
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    8. Chakraborty T, Scharf E, DeSimone D, El Rafei A, Brinjikji W, Baddour LM, Wilson W, Steckelberg JM, Fugate JE, Wijdicks EFM, Rabinstein AA. Variable Significance of Brain MRI Findings in Infective Endocarditis and Its Effect on Surgical Decisions. Mayo Clin Proc. 2019 06; 94(6):1024-1032. PMID: 30922693.
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    9. El Rafei A, DeSimone DC, Narichania AD, Sohail MR, Vikram HR, Li Z, Steckelberg JM, Wilson WR, Baddour LM. Comparison of Dual ß-Lactam therapy to penicillin-aminoglycoside combination in treatment of Enterococcus faecalis infective endocarditis. J Infect. 2018 11; 77(5):398-404. PMID: 29969596.
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    10. O'Horo JC, Harper EP, El Rafei A, Ali R, DeSimone DC, Sakusic A, Abu Saleh OM, Marcelin JR, Tan EM, Rao AK, Sobel J, Tosh PK. Efficacy of Antitoxin Therapy in Treating Patients With Foodborne Botulism: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Cases, 1923-2016. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 12 27; 66(suppl_1):S43-S56. PMID: 29293927.
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    11. Chakraborty T, Scharf E, Rabinstein AA, DeSimone D, El Rafei A, Brinjikji W, Baddour LM, Wijdicks E, Wilson W, Steckelberg JM, Fugate JE. Utility of Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Surgical Management of Infective Endocarditis. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2017 Nov; 26(11):2527-2535. PMID: 28673812.
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    12. DeSimone DC, El Rafei A, Challener DW, Carr AB, Kelly JA, Rocca WA, St Sauver JL, Bock-Goodner CM, Lahr BD, Steckelberg JM, Wilson WR, Baddour LM. Effect of the American Heart Association 2007 Guidelines on the Practice of Dental Prophylaxis for the Prevention of Infective Endocarditis in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Mayo Clin Proc. 2017 May 10. PMID: 28549764.
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    13. El Rafei A, Desimone DC, Sohail MR, Desimone CV, Steckelberg JM, Wilson WR, Baddour LM. Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infections due to Propionibacterium Species. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2016 Jun; 39(6):522-30. PMID: 26970081.
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    14. El Rafei A, DeSimone DC, DeSimone CV, Lahr BD, Steckelberg JM, Sohail MR, Wilson WR, Baddour LM. Beta-haemolytic streptococcal endocarditis: clinical presentation, management and outcomes. Infect Dis (Lond). 2016; 48(5):373-8. PMID: 26950685.
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