Ahmad Masri, MD, MS
Dr. Masri is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, School of Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). He specializes in caring for patients with conditions that result in abnormally thickened hearts, such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, amyloidosis and Fabry’s disease.
Dr. Masri trained in Internal Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic, where he developed his passion for improving the lives of patients with heart disease. Subsequently, he moved to the University of Pittsburgh, where he completed training in cardiovascular diseases.
Dr. Masri is also an expert in cardiac imaging. He spent two years at the University of Pittsburgh supported by a grant from the National Institute of Health, focusing on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear cardiology, and echocardiography.
Representative Publications:
Efficient 1-Hour Technetium-99 M Pyrophosphate Imaging Protocol for the Diagnosis of Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis
Setting the Stage for the Next Step in Cardiac Amyloidosis Imaging: Serial Quantitative Studies to Assess Disease Activity
Wearable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy for the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Prediction of Sudden Death Risk in Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Potential for Refinement of Current Criteria
Angiographic Predictors of Adverse Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With Radiation Associated