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Published and Accepted Research Articles in Refereed Journals (Clinical, Basic Science, and Other)

  1. Zafari AM, Zarter SK, Heggen V, Wilson P, Taylor RA, Reddy K, Backscheider AG, Dudley SC Jr. A Program Encouraging Early Defibrillation Results in Improved In-Hospital Resuscitation Efficacy. J Am Coll Card 2004, accepted.
  2. Wyche KE, Wang SS, Griendling KK, Dikalov SI, Austin H, Rao S, Fink B, Harrison DG, Zafari AM. The C242T CYBA Polymorphism of the NADPH Oxidase is Associated With Reduced Respiratory Burst in Human Neutrophils. Hypertension 2004;43:1246-1251.
  3. Alameddine FF, Zafari AM. Transient Abnormal Q waves during Exercise Electrocardiography. Heart 2004;90:e1.
  4. Zafari AM, Davidoff MN, Austin H, Valppu L, Cotsonis G, Lassègue B, Griendling KK. The A640G and C242T p22phox Polymorphisms in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease. Antiox Redox Signal 2002;4:675-680. (Adobe Acrobat, 572K)
  5. Tuli A, Lim SS, Zafari AM. An Unusual Case of Groin Discomfort. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 2001;52:484-485. (Adobe Acrobat, 1.0M)
  6. Zafari AM, Ushio-Fukai M, Minieri CA, Akers M, Lassègue B, Griendling KK. Arachidonic Acid Metabolites Mediate Angiotensin II-induced NADH/NADPH Oxidase Activity and Hypertrophy in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells. Antiox Redox Signal 1999;1:167-179. (Adobe Acrobat, 1.4M)
  7. Zafari AM, Ushio-Fukai M, Akers M, Qiqin Y, Shah A, Harrison DG, Taylor WR, Griendling KK. Role of NADH/NADPH Oxidase-derived H2O2 in Angiotensin II-Induced Vascular Hypertrophy. Hypertension 1998;32:488-495. (Adobe Acrobat, 355K)
  8. Ushio-Fukai M, Zafari AM, Fukui T, Ishizaka N, Griendling KK. p22 phox is a Critical Component of the Superoxide-generating NADH/NADPH Oxidase System and Regulates Angiotensin II-induced Hypertrophy in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells. J Biol Chem 1996;271:23317-23321. (Adobe Acrobat, 369K)
  9. Shirani J, Zafari AM, Roberts WC. Morphologic Features of Fossa Ovalis Membrane Aneurysm in the Adult and Its Clinical Significance. J Am Coll Card 1995;26:466-471. (Adobe Acrobat, 1.8M)
  10. Shirani J, Zafari AM, Roberts WC. Long Asymptomatic Survival with a Bullet Adjacent to the Left Main Coronary Artery, the Only Site of Atherosclerotic Plaque in the Coronary Tree. Am Heart J 1994;128:1043-1044.
  11. Shirani J, Zafari AM, Roberts WC. Sudden Death, Right Ventricular Infarction, and Abnormal Right Ventricular Intramural Coronary Arteries in Isolated Congenital Valvular Pulmonic Stenosis. Am J Cardiol 1993;72:368-370.

Review Articles

  1. Wang SS, Zafari AM. Inflammation, Infection and Coronary Atherosclerosis. Hosp Phys Cardiology Board Review Manual 2004, 10 (Part 4), in press.
  2. Schuler B, Zafari AM. Cholesterol, Statins, Cardiovascular Risk, and Beyond: Review and Case Studies. Hosp Phys Cardiology Board Review Manual 2003, 9 (Part 6):1-12.
  3. Wyche K, Nicholson WJ, Zafari AM. Case Studies in Primary Hypertension. Hosp Phys Cardiology Board Review Manual 2003, 9 (Part 1):1-12.
  4. Alameddine FMF, Zafari AM. Genetic Polymorphisms and Oxidative Stress in Heart Failure. Congest Heart Fail 2002;8:157-164. (Adobe Acrobat, 1.2M)
  5. Wyche K, Zafari AM. Diagnosis and Treatment of Primary Hypertension. Hosp Phys Cardiology Board Review Manual 2002, 8 (Part 1):1-12. (Adobe Acrobat, 1.2M)
  6. Zafari AM. Genetic Polymorphisms in Coronary Heart Disease. Hosp Phys Cardiology Board Review Manual 2000, 6 (Part 4):1-12.
  7. Zafari AM. Anticoagulant Therapy for Coronary Heart Disease: Case Studies. Hosp Phys Cardiology Board Review Manual 2000, 6 (Part 1):1-12.
  8. Zafari AM. Antiplatelet Agents in Coronary Heart Disease: Case Studies. Hosp Phys Cardiology Board Review Manual 1999, 5 (Part 6):1-12.
  9. Zafari AM, Wenger NK. Secondary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1998;79:1006-1017.

Book Chapters

  1. Wyche KE, Zafari AM. Diagnosis and Treatment of Primary Hypertension. In GH Mudge, Jr. and AM Zafari (ed): Cardiology Board Review Manual-Volumes 7-8:47-56. Turner White Communications, Inc, Wayne, PA, 2003.
  2. Zafari AM. Antiplatelet Agents in Coronary Heart Disease: Case Studies. In WR Taylor (ed): Cardiology Board Review Manual-Volumes 5-6:59-70. Turner White Communications, Inc, Wayne, PA, 2003.
  3. Garas S, Zafari AM. Myocardial Infarction. http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1567.htm. 2000
  4. Zafari AM, Harrison DG, Griendling KK. Vascular Oxidant Stress and Nitric Oxide Bioactivity. In Panza JA, Cannon RO III (eds): Endothelium, Nitric Oxide, and Atherosclerosis. Futura Publishing Co, Inc, Armonk, NY, 1999.
    Garas S, Zafari AM. Myocardial Infarction. http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1567.htm. 2000.
  5. Zafari AM, Harrison DG, Griendling KK. Vascular Oxidant Stress and Nitric Oxide Bioactivity. In Panza JA, Cannon RO III (eds): Endothelium, Nitric Oxide, and Atherosclerosis. Futura Publishing Co, Inc, Armonk, NY, 1999.

Books Edited and Written

  1. Zafari AM. The Image of Mohammad by Ali Shariati. Translation into German; Göttingen 1979.
  2. Zafari AM. The Swallow’s Flight. Selected poetry in Persian. The Art Association of Cologne, Cologne 1984.
  3. Zafari AM. Psychosomatic Aspects in the Medieval Medicine of Persia. University of Cologne Publishing, Cologne 1990, (ISBN 3-925341-52-8).
  4. Shirani J, Zafari AM. The Golden Goblet by Georg Trakl. Translation into Persian. Iran Books Publishing, Bethesda 1994, (ISBN 0-936347-37-6).
  5. Zafari AM. Träume, Alpträume. Selected poetry in German. Internationales Kulturwerk Publishing, Hildesheim 1996, (ISBN 3-910069-65-7).
  6. Klotz T, Zafari AM. Internal Medicine in Questions and Answers. First 3 editions, Jungjohann Publishing, Stuttgart 1991, 1993, 1995 (ISBN 3-437-41500-X).
  7. Klotz T, Zafari AM. Internal Medicine in Questions and Answers. Revised 4th edition, Gustav Fischer Publishing, Stuttgart 1997 (ISBN 3-437-41500-X).
  8. Klotz T, Zafari AM, Schupp M. Internal Medicine in Questions and Answers. Revised and expanded 5th edition, Urban & Fischer Publishing, München 2002 (ISBN 3-437-41501-8).

Other Publications

  1. Zafari AM. Essay about William Carlos Williams. Bidâr 1986;1(6):12-16.
  2. Zafari AM, Mohajer-Ghomi S. Essay about Raphael Alberti’s poetry. Bidâr 1988;2(1):14-19.
  3. Zafari AM. Translation of Hans Magnus Enzensberger’s essay “Poetry and Politics”. Bidâr 1988;2(1):69-90.
  4. Zafari AM. Translation of Sigmund Freud’s essay “The Writer and his Imagination”. Bidâr 1989;2(2):82-93.
  5. Zafari AM. Translation of Marcel Reich-Ranicki’s essay “The Heart and Literature: Specialists in Human Pain”. Bidâr 1991;2(3):112-129 (ISSN 0940-0273).
  6. Harb ZF, Khoshnood K, Zafari AM, Sadigh M. HIV Experience in a Community Hospital in Connecticut. Conn Med 1992;56:611.
  7. Pasha T, Zafari AM, Sadigh M, Simms M, Miller D. St. Mary’s Autopsy Project: A Retrospective Review of Autopsies in the Last Two Years in a Community Hospital. Conn Med 1992;56:618.
  8. Zafari AM, Shirani J, Roberts WC. Frequency and Extent of Coronary Calcific Deposits in Men between Ages of 81 to 90 Years. Conn Med;57:596.
  9. Shirani J, Zafari AM, Nixon JV, Roberts WC. Morphologic Features of Fossa Ovalis Membranes. J Am Soc Echo 1994;S48, Abstract 8D.
  10. Zafari AM. Abu-Ali Sina. Avicenna Update in Internal Medicine. Avicenna Homepage 1996, http://www.yale.edu/avicenna.
  11. Zafari AM, Alexander RW, Minieri C, Akers M, Lassègue B, Griendling KK. Arachidonic Acid Metabolites Mediate Angiotensin II-induced Hypertrophy by Stimulation of NADH/NADPH Oxidase Activity in Cultured Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells. ASBMB/ASIP/AAI Joint Meeting 1996, A1013, Abstract 80.
  12. U-Fukai M, Fukui T, Zafari AM, Griendling KK. The Cytochrome b558 a-Subunit is Required for Activation of the NADPH Oxidase and Angiotensin II-induced Hypertrophy in Cultured Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells. FASEB 1996, A271, Abstract 1560.
  13. Zafari AM, Ushio-Fukai M, Howard AB, Harrison DG, Taylor RW, Griendling KK. Angiotensin II Increases Intracellular NADH/NADPH Oxidase-dependent Hydrogen Peroxide in Cultured Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells. Circulation 1996;94:I-280, Abstract 1630.
  14. Howard AB, Zafari AM, Griendling KK, Taylor RW. Cyclic Strain Increases Phospholipase A2 Activity in Endothelial Cells. Circulation 1996;94:I-444, Abstract 2595.
  15. Zafari AM, Davidoff MN, Valppu L, Cotsonis GA, Lassègue B, Griendling KK. The A640G p22phox Polymorphism in Coronary Artery Disease. Circulation 2000;102:II-303, Abstract 1483.
  16. Wyche KE, Griendling KK, Dikalov SI, Austin H, Sorescu D, Harrison DG, Zafari AM. The C242T p22phox Polymorphism of the NADPH Oxidase is Associated With Reduced Superoxide Production in Human Neutrophils. AHA Scientific Conference on Molecular, Integrative, and Clinical Approaches to Myocardial Ischemia, August 2001; Abstracts, P7.
  17. Publication Committee for the VMAC Investigators. Intravenous Nesiritide vs. Nitroglycerin for Treatment of Decompensated Congestive Heart Failure - A Randomized Controlled Trial. JAMA 2002;287:1531-1540.
  18. Zafari AM, Harrison DG. Free Radicals in Heart Failure: Therapeutic Targets for Old and New Drugs. Congest Heart Fail 2002;8:129-130.
  19. Rao S, Sheikh A, Austin H, Choudhary G, Zafari AM. The eNOS4 Polymorphism Does Not Predict Severity of CAD. FRBM 2002;33:(II)S366.
  20. Krawczynska EG, Aarsvold AN, Alazraki NP, Zafari AM, Grant SF, Folks RD, Galt JR, Garcia EV, Halkar RK, Zavosky LA, Chen J. Teboroxime vs Sestamibi: Comparison of Three Quantitative Indices. J Nucl Cardiol 2003;10:S24 (Abstract 70.09).
  21. Wang SS, Tondella MLC, Fink B, Liu G, Fields B, Zafari AM. Chlamydia Pneumoniae Infection Increases Free Radical Production Lymphoblast Cell Lines. FRBM 2003;35:(S1)S29 (Abstract 60).
  22. Chen J, Galt JR, Aarsvold JN, Krawczynska EG, Alazraki NP, Zafari AM,
    Faber TL, Garcia EV. Dynamic Cardiac SPECT With Tc-99m Teboroxime:
    Compensation for Rapid Myocardial Washout and High Liver Uptake.
    Conference record of the IEEE NSS/MIC 2003, M14-282.
  23. Prevalence of Chlamydia Pneumoniae Infection in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease. ATVB 2004;P292.

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