Dr Salmasi is a Clinical Senior Lecturer at the National Heart and Lung Institute. He is a Consultant Cardiologist at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust. He is a senior member of many committees of the MRCP exam in the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK and the Royal college of Physicians. In 1979 he obtained his Ph.D. in Medicine from St. Mary's Hospital Medical School (currently Imperial College London) and continued his training in cardiology at St. Mary's Hospital, London. His interest in echocardiography and Doppler ultrasound dates back to 1980. In 1982 he published the first report on the use of Doppler ultrasound during exercise to characterise left ventricular function. Together with Professor Merril Spencer of Seattle, he was the co-founder of the International Cardiac Doppler Society in 1983 and became its first vice-president. He has edited four postgraduate text books in Cardiology and till now published 52 original articles in the cardiovascular field. He also published a few original articles on the usefulness of isometric exercise to study diastolic left ventricular function in patients with coronary artery disease, diabetics and hyperlipidaemics. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (London), Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology, Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, Fellow of the British and Irish Hypertension Society and a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health at the Royal College of Physicians of London. His main research interest is left ventricular hypertrophy and the relation between hypertension and glucose intolerance, arterial pulse velocity and compliance, atrial fibrillation and cardiovascular changes in auto-immune diseases and cardiovascular diseases in women.

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• Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology

• Salmasi AM, Malcolm S, Williamson R, Elliot T, Ferguson-Smith MA. Nucleolus organiser regions in familial extra metacentric human chromosomes. Heredity. 1980;44(1):63-69.
• Salmasi AM, Nicolaides AN, Vecht RJ, Hendry WG, Salmasi SN, Nicolaides EP, Kidner PH, Besterman EM. Electrocardiographic chest wall mapping in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease. Br Med J. 1983;287:9-12
• Salmasi SN, Salmasi AM, Hendry WG, Kidner PH, Nicolaides AN, Besterman EMM, Light LH. Exercise-induced changes in stroke volume measured non-invasively in coronary artery disease. Acta Cardiol. 1983;6:337-339.
• Salmasi AM, Salmasi SN, Nicolaides AN, Vecht RJ, Hendry WG, Kidner PH, Besterman EM. The value of exercise-induced U-wave inversion on ECG chest wall mapping in the identification of individual coronary arterial lesions. Eur Heart J.1985;6:437-443.
• Nicolaides AN, Salmasi AM, Sonecha TN. How should we investigate the arteriopath for coexisting lesions. J Cardiovasc Surg.1986;27:515-33.
• Salmasi AM, Salmasi S, Nicolaides AN, Dore C, Hendry WG, Kidner PH. Non-invasive assessment of left ventricular function in coronary artery disease by Doppler stress testing. J Cardiovasc Surg..1987;28:313-320.
• Salmasi AM, Salmasi S, Dore C, Nicolaides AN. Non-invasive assessment of changes in aortic blood velocity and its derivatives with exercise in normal subjects by Doppler ultrsound. J Cardiovasc Surg.1987;28:321-327.
• Salmasi AM, Salmasi S, Nicolaides AN, Dore C, Kidner P. Assessment of the effect of coronary artery bypass grafting on left ventricular performance by Doppler measurement of the aortic blood velocity during exercise. . J Cardiovasc Surg..1988;29:321-327.
• Sonecha TN, Nicolaides AN, Kyprianou P, Zukowski A, Papadakis K, Vasdekis S, Salmasi AM. The effect of enalapril on leg muscle blood flow in patients with claudication. Int Angiol.1990; 9:22-24.
• Salmasi AM, Salmasi S, Nicolaides AN. Doppler ultrasound in assessing systolic left ventricular function in cardiovascular patients. . Int Angiol.1990; 9:29-37.
• Belcaro G, Santarelli P, Calafiore A, Possati F, Salmasi AM. Valutazione Del Fusso in bypass aortocoronarici con Doppler E duplex scanning. Federazione Medica. 1990;XLIII-4:322-327.
• Sonecha TN, Nicolaides AN, Salmasi AM, Nicolaides EP, Papadakis K, Nissiotis T. Noninvasive detection of coronary artery disease in patients presenting with claudication. Int Angiol.1990; 9:79-83.
• Sukkar I, Papdakis K, Reilly D, Grigg M, Christapolou D, Salmasi AM. Nicoalides AN. Quantitative assessment of aortoiliac disease by ultrasonic Doppler spectral analysis. J Cardiovasc Technol. 1991; 9:213-226.
• Salmasi AM, Belcaro G, Nicolaides AN. Impaired venoarteriolar reflex as a possible cause for nifedipine-induced ankle oedema. Int J Cardiol. 1991;30: 303-307.
• Salmasi AM, Salmasi S, MacDonald G, Nicolaides AN. Improvement of silent myocardial ischaemia and reduction of plasma fibrinogen during nisoldipine therapy in occult coronary arterial disease. Int J Cardiol. 1991;31: 71-80.
• Salmasi AM, Nicolaides AN, Al-Katoubi A, Sonecha TN, Taylor PR, Serenkuma S, Eastcott HH. Intermittent claudication as a manifestation of silent myocardial ischaemia; a pilot study. J Vasc Surg. 1991;14:76-86.
• Salmasi AM, Abraham R, Al-Katoubi A, Nicolaides AN. Exercise-induced inverted U wave: an ECG sign of silent myocardial ischaemia in asymptomatic high-risk subjects. A preliminary study. Angiology.1994;45:789-795.
• Salmasi AM. Cardiogenic claudication: fact or fantacy? Arab Med J. 1994;1:10-14.
• Salmasi AM, Nicolaides E, Vecht RJ. M-mode echocardiographic features of ruptured chordae tendineae. Brit J Cardiol. 1995;2: 282-285.
• Salmasi AM, Dore C. Variation of aortic blood velocity with age at rest and during exercise in normal subjects. Clin Auton Res. 1995;5: 19-23.
• Salmasi AM, Dore C, Dancy M. Effects of age on aortic blood velocity at rest and during exercise in patients with coronary artery disease. . Clin Auton Res. 1996;6: 99-106.
• Walker JM, Curry PVL, Bailey AE, Steare SE and the group of investigators. A comparison of nifedipine once daily (Adalat LA), isosorbide mononitrate once daily and isosorbide dinitrate twice daily in patients with chronic stable angina. International J Cardiol. 1996; 53:117-126.
• McVey D, Patel H, Eminton Z, Maton S and the authors involved in the study. An assessment of the efficacy of atorvastatin in treating patients with dyslipidaemia to target LDL-cholesterol goals: the atorvastatin matrix study. International J Clin Practice. 1999;53:509-513.
• Salmasi AM, Alimo A, Dancy M. Combating smoking: The effect of one-session hypnotherapy. Public Health Medicine. 2001;2:64-67.
• Dickstein K, Kjekshus J for the OPTIMAAL trial and steering committee and investigators. Comparison of baseline data, initial course and management: Losartan versus captopril following acute myocardial infarction (the OPTIMAAL Trial). Am J Cardiol. 2001;87: 766-771.
• IONA study Group. Impact of nicorandil in angina: design, methodology and management. Heart.2001; 85:E9
• Krishnamani R, Salmasi AM, Lahiri A. Mechanism of transient exercise-induced ST-segment elevation in non-Q wave lead: a scintigraphic correlation. Heart. 2002;87.2.
• The IONA Study Group. Effect of nicorandil on coronary events in patients with stable angina: the Impact Of Nicorandil in Angina (IONA) randomised trial. Lancet 2002; 359(9314):1269-1275.
• Dickstein K, Kjekshus J for the OPTIMAAL study group. Effects of losartan and captopril on mortality and morbidity in high-risk patients after acute myocardial infarction: the OPTIMAAL randomised trial. Lancet. 2002;360:752-60.
• Salmasi AM, Jepson E, Alimo A, Dancy M. Age associated changes in left ventricular diastolic function are related to increasing left ventricular mass. Am J Hypertens. 2003;16:473-477.
• The EURopean trial On reduction of cardiac events with Perindopril in stable coronary Artery disease Investigators. Efficacy of perindopril in reduction of cardiovascular events among patients with stable coronary artery disease. Lancet. 2003; 362(9386):782-788.
• Salmasi AM, Jepson E, Kirollos C, Grenfell A, Dancy M. The degree of albuminuria is related to left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive diabetics and is associated with abnormal left ventricular filling: a pilot study. Angiology. 2003;54 (6):671-678.
• IONA study Group. Impact of nicorandil in angina: subgroup analyses. Heart.2004; 90:1427-1430.
• Salmasi AM, Frost P, Dancy M. Impaired left ventricular diastolic function during isometric exercise in asymptomatic patients with hyperlipidaemia. Int J Cardiol. 2004;95:269-274.
• Salmasi AM, Alimo A, Dancy M. Prevalence of unrecognised abnormal glucose tolerance in patients attending a hospital Hypertension Clinic. Am J Hypertens. 2004; 17:483-488.
• LaRosa JC, Grundy SM, Waters DD, Shear C, Barter P, Fruchart JC, Gotto AM, Greten H, Kastelein JJ, Shepherd J, Wenger NK; Treating to New Targets (TNT) Investigators. Intensive lipid lowering with atorvastatin in patients with stable coronary disease. New Eng J Med. 2005;352:1425-1435.
• Salmasi AM, Frost P, Dancy M. Left ventricular diastolic function in normotensive subjects 2-month after acute myocardial infarction is related to glucose intolerance. Amer Heart J. 2005;150 (1): 168-174.
• Salmasi AM, Dancy M. Glucose tolerance test but not HbA1c is the gold standard for the diagnosis of unrecognised diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance in hypertensive subjects. Angiology. 2005; 56(5):571-579.
• Salmasi AM, Rawlins S, Dancy M. Left ventricular hypertrophy and preclinical impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes mellitus contribute to abnormal left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in hypertensive subjects. Blood Pressure Monitoring. 2005. Oct; 10(5):231-238.
• Kakkos SK, Nicolaides AN, Griffin M, Sabetai M, Dhanjil S, Thomas DJ, Sonecha T, Salmasi AM, Geroulakos G, Georgiou N, Francis S, Ioannidou E, Dore CJ. Factors associated with mortality in patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis: results from the ACSRS study. Int Angiol. 2005; 24(3):221-230.
• Salmasi AM, Al-Bahrani LJ, Alimo A, Frost P, Dancy M. The combination of site of infarct, unrecognised glucose intolerance and re-infarction after acute myocardial infarction in normotensive subjects is determinant of the development of subsequent systemic hypertension: a pilot study. Am J Hypertens. 2005. Oct; 18(10):1294-1299.
• Daly CA, Fox KM, Willem JR, Bertrand ME, Ferrari R, Simoons ML on behalf of the EUROPA Investigators. The effect of perindopril on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with diabetes in the EUROPA study: results from the PERSUADE substudy. Europ Heart J. 2005;26(14):1369-1378.
• Salmasi AM, Frost P, Dancy M. Is glycated haemoglobin a sensitive index to identify left ventricular dysfunction two months after acute myocardial infarction in normotensive subjects? Int J Cardiol. 2006; 110(1):67-73.
• Voors AA, von Haehling S, Anker SD, Hillege HL, Struck J, Hartman O, Bergmann A, Squire I, van Veldhuisen DJ, Dickstein K for the OPTIMAAL Investigators. C-Terminal provasopressin (copeptin) is a strong prognostic marker in patients with heart failure after an acute myocardial infarction: results from the OPTIMAAL study. Europ Heart J. 2009; 30: 1187-1194.
• Anker SD, Voors A, Okono D, Clark AL, James MK, Haehling S von, Kjekshus J, Ponikowski P, Dickstein K for the OPTIMAAL Investigators. Prevalence, incidence and prognostic value of anaemia in patients after an acute myocardial infarction: data from the OPTIMAAL trial. Europ Heart J. 2009; 30:1331-1339.
• Salmasi AM, Salmasi H, Rawlins S, Dancy M. Atrial Septal aneurysm and patent foramen ovale are less prevalent in the Indo-Asian than in the Caucasian or Afro-Caribbean population. Angiology. 2010: 61(2):205-210.
• LaRosa JC, Deedwania PC, Shepherd J, Wenger NK, Greten H, DeMicco DA, Breazna A; TNT Investigators. Comparison of 80 versus 10 mg of atorvastatin on occurrence of cardiovascular events after the first event (from the Treating to New Targets [TNT] trial). Am J Cardiol. 2010: 1;105(3):283-287.
• Bertrand ME, Ferrari R, Remme WJ, Simoons ML, Deckers JW, Fox KM, on the behalf of the EUROPA Investigators. Clinical Synergy of Perindopril and calcium channel blocker in the prevention of cardiac events and mortality in patients with coronary artery disease. Post hoc analysis of the EUROPA study. Amer Heart J. 2010; 159:795-802.
• Bangalore S, Messerli FH, Wun CC, Zuckerman AL, DeMicco D, Kostis JB, LaRosa JC and the Treating to New Targets (TNT) Steering Committee and Investigators. J-Curve Revisited: An Analysis of Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Events in the Treating to New Targets (TNT) Trial. Europ Heart J. 2010.
• Salmasi AM, Dancy M. Unrecognised mitral valve stenosis in a London multi-ethnic Community. Brit J Cardiol. 2011; 18:138-141.
• Zargaran D, Hardwick S, Adel R, Hill GT, Stubbins D, Salmasi AM. Sphygmomanometer cuffs: potential source of infection. Angiology. 2015;66:118-121.
• Bangalore S, Fayyad R, Laskey R, DeMicco D, Deedwania P, Kostis JB, Messerli FH, Treating to New Targets Steering Committee and Investigators. Lipid lowering in patients with treatment-resistant hypertension: an analysis from the Treating to New Targets (TNT) trial. Europ Heart J. 2014;35:1801-1808.
• Alshaikh M, Filippidis FT, Rawaf S, Majeed A, Al-Omar AHA, Salmasi A-M. The Ticking Time Bomb in lifestyle-related diseases among women in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries; Review of systematic reviews. BMC Public Health. 2017; 17:536-544.
• Noaman H, Rawaf S, Majeed A, Salmasi A-M. Hydatid cyst of the Heart. Angiology. 2017; 68(9): 765-768.
• MY Salmasi, D Naqvi, A Pantazis, AM Salmasi, DeRobertis F. Unusual Case Of Combined Aortic Root Replacement And Repair Of Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy. J Thoracic Cardiovasc Surg. 2019;9: 180-6.
• Allaf M, Elghazaly H, Mohamed OG, Fareen MFK, Zaman S, Salmasi A-M, Tsilidis K, Dehghan A. Intermittent fasting for the prevention of cardiovascular disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2019. Nov; 2019(11): CD013496.
• Salmasi A-M. Obituary: Dr Michael Schacter. Brit J Cardiol. August 2020.
• Tserioti E, Chana H, Salmasi A-M. Hypertensive subjects are more likely to develop coronary artery lesions: a study by CT coronary angiography. Angiology.In press.
• Tserioti E, Chana H, Salmasi A-M. The value of Calcium Scoring in hypertensive patients as a referral criterion for the prediction of coronary artery disease detected on CT coronary angiography. Angiology. 2023. PMID: 37678558.
• Tserioti E, Chana H, Salmasi AM. Calcium Scoring on CT Coronary Angiography in Hypertensive Patients as a Criterion for the Prediction of Coronary Artery Disease. J Cardiol Cardiovasc Med. 2024; 9: 035-043.
• Salmasi AM. Exercise Doppler Cardiography. In: Cardiac Doppler diagnosis. Volume II. Ed. MP Spencer. Martinus-Nijhoff. Holland. 1985. pp. 93-105.
• Nicolaides AN, Sonecha TN, Nicolaides EP, Salmasi AM. The assessment of cardiac function in patients with peripheral vascular disease. In: Diagnostic techniques and assessment procedures in vascular surgery. Ed. RM Greenhalgh. Grune & Stratton. Ney York. 1986. pp. 37-48.
• Nicolaides AN, Salmasi AM, Sonecha TN. How aggressively should we screen a patient for co-existent lesions? In;Vascular surgery; Issues in current practice. Ed. RM Greenhalgh, CW Jamieson, AN Nicolaides. Grune & Stratton. New York. 1986. pp. 135-158.
• Nicolaides AN, Salmasi AM, Sonecha TN. How should we investigate the arteriopath for co-existing lesions. Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery. 1986. Vol. 27. pp. 515-533.
• Salmasi AM. Doppler stress testing. In: Cardiovascular applications of Doppler ultrasound. Ed. AM Salmasi & AN Nicolaides. Churchill-Livingstone. Edinburgh. 1989. pp. 127-144.
• Salmasi AM. Variation of linear cardiac output with age. In: Cardiovascular applications of Doppler ultrasound. Ed. AM Salmasi & AN Nicolaides. Churchill-Livingstone. Edinburgh. 1989. pp. 145-158.
• Nicolaides AN, Foale R, Cunningham D, Sonecha TN, Salmasi AM. Coronary artery disease in patients with peripheral arterial disease. In: Surgical management of vascular disease. Ed. CW Jamieson. Grune & Stratton. New York. 1989.
• Salmasi AM, Nicolaides AN. Noninvasive detection of concomitant coronary artery disease in patients with intermittent claudication. In: Advances in vascular pathology. Ed. A Strano & A. Novo. Excerpta medica. Amsterdam. 1989. pp. 1255-1259.
• Nicolaides AN, Foale RA,Cunningham D, Sonecha TN, Salmasi AM . Preoperative evaluation and risk minimisation in patient requiring vascular surgery . In :Current Critical Problems in Vascular Surgery . Ed, F. J. Veith . Quality Medical Publishing Inc., St Louis, Missouri, USA, 1989. pp. 415 – 429.
• Salmasi AM .Assessment of the effect of coronary artery bypass grafting on left ventricular function by stress Doppler echocardiography . In: Stress Doppler echocardiography. Ed. S.M. Teague. Kluwer Academic Publishers ( Dordrecht / Holland). 1990. pp 137 – 153.
• Salmasi AM. Nisoldipine in occult ischaemic heart disease. In New aspects on Nisoldipine. Ed. PR Litchlen & H. Kreynbuhl. Schattauer. Stuttgart. 1990. pp. 29-38.
• Salmasi AM . Strees testing in the diagnosis of occult coronary disease . In : Occult Atherosclerotic Disease, Diagnosis Assessment and Mangement . Ed, A-M .Salmasi & AN Nicolaides Kluwer Academic Publishers . Dordrech / Netherland. 1991. pp. 91-103.
• Nicolaides AN, Foale RA, Cunningham DA, Salmasi AM, Sonecha TN. Coronary and carotid artery disease in patients with peripheral arterial disease. In: Surgical Management of Vascular Disease. Ed. PRF Bell, CW Jamieson and CV Ruckley. WB Saunders & Co. London. 1992. pp. 333-347.
• Salmasi AM. Cardiac output, Physiological concepts. In: Cardiac output and regional flow in health and disease. Ed. AM Salmasi & AS Iskandrian. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Dordrecht/ Netherlands. 1993. pp. 85-88.
• Salmasi AM. Cardiac output in athletes and effect of training. In: Cardiac output and regional flow in health and disease. Ed. AM Salmasi & AS Iskandrian. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Dordrecht/ Netherlands. 1993. pp. 89-90.
• Salmasi AM. Linear cardiac output. In: Cardiac output and regional flow in health and disease. Ed. AM Salmasi & AS Iskandrian. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Dordrecht/ Netherlands 1993. pp. 79-81.
• Salamsi AM. Cardiac output during exercise. In: Cardiac output and regional flow in health and disease. Ed. AM Salmasi & AS Iskandrian. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Dordrecht/ Netherlands. 1993. pp. 91-96.
• Salmasi AM. Effect of age on cardiac output. In: Cardiac output and regional flow in health and disease. Ed. AM Salmasi & AS Iskandrian. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Dordrecht/ Netherlands. 1993. pp. 97-106.
• Salmasi AM. Cardiac output in coronary artery disease. In: Cardiac output and regional flow in health and disease. Ed. AM Salmasi & AS Iskandrian. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Dordrecht/ Netherlands. 1993. pp. 127-136.
• Salmasi AM. Cardiac output in systemic hypertension. In: Cardiac output and regional flow in health and disease. Ed. AM Salmasi & AS Iskandrian. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Dordrecht/ Netherlands. 1993. pp. 169 –173 .
• Salmasi AM. Mibefradil, a novel calcium antagonist in angina and hypertension. Geriatric Medicine. 1998. Vol 28. pp. 8-10.
• Salmasi AM. Diabetic Cardiomyopathy. Diabetes today. 2002;.5: 50-53.
• Salmasi AM, Dancy M. Glucose intolerance: a hidden danger in hypertensives. Intern Angiol. 2005;24(3):207-214.
• Salmasi AM, Dancy M. Glucose intolerance: the occult danger in systemic hypertension! Brit J Pub Health Med. 2006; 6(2):51-56.
• Salmasi A-M. An Undiscovered glucose time bomb. Editorial. Iraqi Med J. 2006:7;10-13.

• Cardiovascular Applications of Doppler Ultrasound. Abdul-Majeed Salmasi & Andrew Nicolaides (Editors). Churchill-Livingstone Edinburgh 1989.
• Occult Atherosclerotic Disease, Diagnosis Assessment and Management. Abdul-Majeed Salmasi & Andrew Nicolaides (Editors). Kluwer Academic Publishers. Dordrecht/The Netherlands 1991.
• Cardiac Output and Regional Flow in Health & Disease. Abdul-Majeed Salmasi & A.S. Iskandrian (Editors). Kluwer Academic Publishers. Dordrecht/The Netherlands 1993.
• Angiology in Practice. Abdul-Majeed Salmasi & Antonio Strano. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Dordrecht/The Netherlands 1996.

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