Ashraf S Abou El Ela
Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery
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Ashraf S Abou El Ela
Clinical Assistant Professor
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  • Recent Publications
  • Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Samuel and Jean Frankel Cardiovascular Center
    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Journal Article
      Mitral regurgitation severity at left ventricular assist device implantation is associated with distinct myocardial transcriptomic signatures.
      Duggal NM, Lei I, Wu X, Aaronson KD, Pagani FD, Lam HY-K, Tang PC, Michigan Congestive Heart Failure Investigators . J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 2023 Jul; 166 (1): 141 - 152.e1. DOI:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.08.061
      PMID: 34689984
    • Presentation
      Cardiac Mitochondrial Stress Burden and Impairment of Oxidative Phosphorylation are More Profound in Human Heart Donated after Circulatory Death Than Heart Donated after Brain Death
      Abou El Ela A. 2023 Apr 22;
    • Journal Article
      Metabolic reprogramming by immune-responsive gene 1 up-regulation improves donor heart preservation and function.
      Lei I, Huang W, Noly PE, Naik S, Ghali M, Liu L, Pagani FD, Abou El Ela A, Pober JS, Pitt B, Platt JL, Cascalho M, Wang Z, Chen YE, Mortensen RM, Tang PC. Sci Transl Med, 2023 Feb 8; 15 (682): eade3782 DOI:10.1126/scitranslmed.ade3782
      PMID: 36753565
    • Journal Article
      Preoperative passive venous pressure-driven cardiac function determines left ventricular assist device outcomes.
      Tang PC, Millar J, Noly PE, Sicim H, Likosky DS, Zhang M, Pagani FD, Michigan Congestive Heart Failure Investigators . J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 2023 Jul 24; DOI:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.07.019
      PMID: 37495169
    • Journal Article
      Interhospital variability in health care-associated infections and payments after durable ventricular assist device implant among Medicare beneficiaries.
      Likosky DS, Yang G, Zhang M, Malani PN, Fetters MD, Strobel RJ, Chenoweth CE, Hou H, Pagani FD, Michigan Congestive Heart Failure Investigators . J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 2022 Nov; 164 (5): 1561 - 1568. DOI:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.04.074
      PMID: 34099272
    • Journal Article
      Impact of donor blood type on outcomes after prolonged allograft ischemic times.
      Tang PC, Haft JW, Lei I, Wang Z, Chen YE, Abou El Ela A, Wu X, Pitt B, Aaronson KD, Pagani FD. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 2022 Sep; 164 (3): 981 - 993.e8. DOI:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.12.123
      PMID: 33558115
    • Journal Article
      Advancing Quality Metrics for Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device Implant: Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Intermacs Database.
      Pienta MJ, Wu X, Cascino TM, Brescia AA, Abou El Ela A, Zhang M, McCullough JS, Shore S, Aaronson KD, Thompson MP, Pagani FD, Likosky DS, Michigan Congestive Heart Failure Investigators . Ann Thorac Surg, 2022 May; 113 (5): 1544 - 1551. DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.01.031
      PMID: 35176258
    • Journal Article
      Rescuing the right ventricle: A conceptual framework to target new interventions for patients receiving a durable left ventricular assist device.
      Pienta MJ, Noly P-E, Janda AM, Tang PC, Bitar A, Mathis MR, Aaronson KD, Pagani FD, Likosky DS, Michigan Congestive Heart Failure Investigators . J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 2023 Jun; 165 (6): 2126 - 2131. DOI:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2022.03.025
      PMID: 35527048