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Elsayed Zohair Soliman, M.D.

Elsayed Zohair Soliman, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Epidemiology & Prevention
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336-716-2011
Languages
Arabic
Education & Training
  MB,BChCairo University Medical School-Egypt1990
  MScFree Standing Institution-Egypt1997
  MSWFU School of Medicine2008
Memberships
World Medical Assn
American Heart Association
Int'L Society For Computerized Electrocard
Elsayed Zohair Soliman, M.D.

Elsayed Zohair Soliman, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Epidemiology & Prevention
Contact Information
Office:
336-716-2011
Research Interests
cancer/oncogenesis , cardiac function , diabetes , drugs/therapeutic agents pharm , epidemiology , health services, research/outc , hypertension , infectious diseases , neurosciences/behavior , prevention , vascular diseases
Recent Publications
Huxley RR, Alonso A, Lopez FL, Filion KB, Agarwal SK, Loehr LR, Soliman EZ, Pankow JS, Selvin E. Type 2 diabetes, glucose homeostasis and incident atrial fibrillation: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study. Heart. 2012; 98(2):133-138.

Magnani JW, Lopez FL, Soliman EZ, Maclehose RF, Crow RS, Alonso A. P wave indices, obesity, and the metabolic syndrome: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2012; 20(3):666-672.

Alonso A, Tang W, Agarwal SK, Soliman EZ, Chamberlain AM, Folsom AR. Hemostatic markers are associated with the risk and prognosis of atrial fibrillation: the ARIC study. Int J Cardiol. 2012; 155(2):217-222.

Soliman EZ, Rautaharju PM. Heart rate adjustment of PR interval in middle-aged and older adults. J Electrocardiol. 2012; 45(1):66-69.

Ebong IA, Bertoni AG, Soliman EZ, Guo M, Sibley CT, Chen YD, Rotter JI, Chen YC, Goff DC Jr. Electrocardiographic abnormalities associated with the metabolic syndrome and its components: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Metab Syndr Relat Disord. 2012; 10(2):92-97.


Lopez FL, Agarwal SK, MacLehose RF, Soliman EZ, Sharrett AR, Huxley RR, Konety S, Ballantyne CM, Alonso A. Blood lipid levels, lipid-lowering medications, and the incidence of atrial fibrillation: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2012; 5(1):155-162.

Babcock MJ, Soliman EZ, Ding J, Kronmal RA, Goff DC Jr. Pericardial fat and atrial conduction abnormalities in the Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Obesity (Silver Spring). 2011; 19(1):179-184.

Soliman EZ, Lundgren JD, Roediger MP, Duprez DA, Temesgen Z, Bickel M, Shlay JC, Somboonwit C, Reiss P, Stein JH, et al. Boosted protease inhibitors and the electrocardiographic measures of QT and PR durations. AIDS. 2011; 25(3):367-377.

Baber U, Howard VJ, Halperin JL, Soliman EZ, Zhang X, McClellan W, Warnock DG, Muntner P. Association of chronic kidney disease with atrial fibrillation among adults in the United States: REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2011; 4(1):26-32.

Chamberlain AM, Agarwal SK, Folsom AR, Soliman EZ, Chambless LE, Crow R, Ambrose M, Alonso A. A clinical risk score for atrial fibrillation in a biracial prospective cohort (from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities [ARIC] study). Am J Cardiol. 2011; 107(1):85-91.

Viera AJ, Sheridan SL, Edwards T, Soliman EZ, Harris R, Furberg CD. Acceptance of a Polypill approach to prevent cardiovascular disease among a sample of U.S. physicians. Prev Med. 2011; 52(1):10-15.

Smith JG, Magnani JW, Palmer C, Meng YA, Soliman EZ, Musani SK, Kerr KF, Schnabel RB, Lubitz SA, Liu Y, et al. Genome-wide association studies of the PR interval in African Americans. PLoS Genet. 2011; 7(2):e1001304.


Huxley RR, Lopez FL, Folsom AR, Agarwal SK, Loehr LR, Soliman EZ, Maclehose R, Konety S, Alonso A. Absolute and attributable risks of atrial fibrillation in relation to optimal and borderline risk factors: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Circulation. 2011; 123(14):1501-1508.

Alonso A, Lopez FL, Matsushita K, Loehr LR, Agarwal SK, Chen LY, Soliman EZ, Astor BC, Coresh J. Chronic kidney disease is associated with the incidence of atrial fibrillation: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Circulation. 2011; 123(25):2946-2953.

Howard VJ, Kleindorfer DO, Judd SE, McClure LA, Safford MM, Rhodes JD, Cushman M, Moy CS, Soliman EZ, Kissela BM, et al. Disparities in stroke incidence contributing to disparities in stroke mortality. Ann Neurol. 2011; 69(4):619-627.

Soliman EZ, Mendis S, Dissanayake WP, Somasundaram NP, Gunaratne PS, Jayasingne IK, Furberg CD. A Polypill for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: a feasibility study of the World Health Organization. Trials. 2011; 12():article 3.

Zhang Y, Post WS, Dalal D, Bansal S, Blasco-Colmenares E, Jan De Beur S, Alonso A, Soliman EZ, Whitsel EA, Brugada R, et al. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D, calcium, phosphorus, and electrocardiographic QT interval duration: findings from NHANES III and ARIC. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011; 96(6):1873-1882.

Anderson AM, Judd S, Kleindorfer D, Kissela B, Soliman EZ, Levitan EB, Brenner D, Brown TM, Safford MM, Howard VJ, et al. Prevalence and significance of unrecognized myocardial infarctions with stroke risk: the REGARDS study [abstract]. Stroke. 2011; 42(3):E102.

Pullicino P, McClure L, Howard V, Wadley WG, Safford M, Meschia J, Anderson A, Howard G, Soliman E. Stroke risk in persons with heart failure: the REGARDS study [abstract]. Stroke. 2011; 42(3):e271.

Tanner RM, Baber U, Carson AP, Voeks J, Brown TM, Soliman EZ, Howard VJ, Muntner P. Association of the metabolic syndrome with atrial fibrillation among United States adults (from the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke [REGARDS] Study). Am J Cardiol. 2011; 108(2):227-232.

Chamberlain AM, Agarwal SK, Folsom AR, Duval S, Soliman EZ, Ambrose M, Eberly LE, Alonso A. Smoking and incidence of atrial fibrillation: results from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Heart Rhythm. 2011; 8(8):1160-1166.

Ilkhanoff L, Soliman EZ, Ning H, Liu K, Lloyd-Jones DM. Factors associated with development of prolonged QRS duration over 20 years in healthy young adults: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study [abstract]. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011; 57(14 Suppl 1):E115.

Murad K, Lloyd-Jones DM, Soliman EZ, Carnethon M, Sloan R, Ning HY, Person SD, Goff DC Jr. Heart rate variability and markers of subclinical cardiovascular disease. The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study [abstract]. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011; 57(14 Suppl 1):E116.

Soliman EZ, Prineas RJ, Case LD, Russell G, Rosamond W, Rea T, Sotoodehnia N, Post WS, Siscovick D, Burke GL, et al. Electrocardiographic and clinical predictors separating atherosclerotic sudden cardiac death from incident coronary heart disease. Heart. 2011; 97(19):1597-1601.

Zhang Y, Ouyang P, Post WS, Dalal D, Vaidya D, Blasco-Colmenares E, Soliman EZ, Tomaselli GF, Guallar E. Sex-steroid hormones and electrocardiographic QT-interval duration: findings from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Am J Epidemiol. 2011; 174(4):403-411.

Soliman EZ, Howard G, Meschia JF, Cushman M, Muntner P, Pullicino PM, McClure LA, Judd S, Howard VJ. Self-reported atrial fibrillation as a predictor for stroke in the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study [abstract]. Am J Epidemiol. 2011; 173(Suppl 11):S109.

Ricardo AC, Lash JP, Fischer MJ, Lora CM, Budoff M, Keane MG, Kusek JW, Martinez M, Nessel L, Soliman EZ, et al. Cardiovascular disease among Hispanics and non-Hispanics in the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) study. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011; 6(9):2121-2131.

Soliman EZ, Howard G, Meschia JF, Cushman M, Muntner P, Pullicino PM, McClure LA, Judd S, Howard VJ. Self-reported atrial fibrillation and risk of stroke in the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study. Stroke. 2011; 42(10):2950-2953.

Soliman EZ, Prineas RJ, Roediger MP, Duprez DA, Boccara F, Boesecke C, Stephan C, Hodder S, Stein JH, Lundgren JD, et a. Prevalence and prognostic significance of ECG abnormalities in HIV-infected patients: results from the Strategies for Management of Antiretroviral Therapy study. J Electrocardiol. 2011; 44(6):779-785.

Ernst ME, Neaton JD, Grimm RH Jr, Collins G, Thomas W, Soliman EZ, Prineas RJ. Long-term effects of chlorthalidone versus hydrochlorothiazide on electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial. Hypertension. 2011; 58(6):1001-1007.

Faul C, Amaral AP, Oskouei B, Hu M-C, Sloan A, Isakova T, Gutierrez OM, Aguillon-Prada R, Lincoln J, Soliman EZ, et al. FGF23 induces left ventricular hypertrophy. J Clin Invest. 2011; 121(11):4393-4408.

Schnabel RB, Kerr KE, Lubitz SA, Alkylbekova EL, Marcus GM, Sinner MF, Magnani JW, Wolf PA, Deo R, Soliman EZ, et al. Large-scale candidate gene analysis in whites and African Americans identifies IL6R polymorphism in relation to atrial fibrillation: the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Candidate Gene Association Resource (CARe) project. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2011; 4(5):557-564.

Tamariz L, Agarwal S, Soliman EZ, Chamberlain AM, Prineas R, Folsom AR, Ambrose M, Alonso A. Association of serum uric acid with incident atrial fibrillation (from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities [ARIC] study). Am J Cardiol. 2011; 108(9):1272-1276.

Turkbey EB, Backlund J-YC, Genuth S, Jain A, Miao C, Cleary PA, Lachin JM, Nathan DM, van der Geest RJ, Soliman EZ, Liu C-Y, Lima JAC, Bluemke DA. Myocardial structure, function, and scar in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Circulation. 2011; 124(16):1737-1746.

Wadley VG, Howard VJ, Howard G, Soliman EZ. Continuum of cognitive impairment to stroke possibly via atrial fibrillation [reply to letter]. Ann Neurol. 2011; 70(4):666-667.

Howard G, Cushman M, Kissela BM, Kleindorfer DO, McClure LA, Safford MM, Rhodes JD, Soliman EZ, Moy CS, Judd SE, Howard VJ. Traditional risk factors as the underlying cause of racial disparities in stroke: lessons from the half-full (empty?) glass. Stroke. 2011; 42(12):3369-3375.

Olson KA, Viera AJ, Soliman EZ, Crow RS, Rosamond WD. Long-term prognosis associated with J-point elevation in a large middle-aged biracial cohort: the ARIC study. Eur Heart J. 2011; 32(24):3098-3106.

Chen LY, Lopez F, Prineas R, Soliman EZ, Adabag AS, Konety S, Folsom AR, Alonso A. Atrial fibrillation and sudden cardiac death: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study [abstraact]. Circulation. 2011; 124(21 Suppl):A10286.

Filion KB, Agarwal SK, Ballantyne CM, Hoogeveen RC, Huxley RR, Loehr LR, Nambi V, Soliman EZ, Alonso A. High-sensitivity cardiac troponin T and the risk of incident atrial fibrillation: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study [abstract]. Circulation. 2011; 124(21 Suppl):A8460.

Misialek JR, Rose KM, Everson-Rose SA, Soliman EZ, Clark CJ, Lopez FL, Alonso A. Socioeconomic status and the incidence of atrial fibrillation in whites and African Americans: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study [abstract]. Circulation. 2011; 124(21 Suppl):A16708.

Soliman EZ, Ding J, Hsu F-C, Carr JJ, Polak JF, Goff DC Jr. Association between carotid-intima-media thickness and pericardial fat in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2010; 19(1):58-65.


Meschia JF, Merrill P, Soliman EZ, Howard VJ, Barrett KM, Zakai NA, Kleindorfer D, Safford M, Howard G. Racial disparities in awareness and treatment of atrial fibrillation: the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study. Stroke. 2010; 41(4):581-587.

Pfeufer A, van Noord C, Marciante KD, Arking DE, Larson MG, Smith AV, Tarasov KV, Muller M, Sotoodehnia N, Soliman EZ, et al. Genome-wide association study of PR interval. Nat Genet. 2010; 42(2):153-159.

Ellinor PT, Lunetta KL, Glazer NL, Pfeufer A, Alonso A, Chung MK, Sinner MF, de Bakker PIW, Mueller M, Soliman EZ, et al. Common variants in KCNN3 are associated with lone atrial fibrillation. Nat Genet. 2010; 42(3):240-244.


Agarwal SK, Alonson A, Soliman EZ, Chamberlain A, Ambrose M, Simpson RJ Jr, Heiss G. Heart rate variability and incident atrial fibrillation: the Atherosclerosis Risks in Communities Study [abstract]. Stroke. 2010; 41(4):E337.

Howard VJ, Kleindorfer D, McClure LA, Kissela BM, Safford MM, Rhodes JD, Cushman M, Moy CS, Soliman EZ, Howard G. Stroke incidence as the major contributor to racial and regional disparities in stroke mortality: the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study [abstract]. Stroke. 2010; 41(4):E244-E245.

Meschia JF, Merril P, Soliman EZ, Howard VJ, Barrett KM, Zakai NA, Kleindorfer D, Safford M, Howard G. Racial disparities in awareness and treatment of atrial fibrillation: the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke Study [abstract]. Stroke. 2010; 41(4):E245.

Howard G, Kissela BM, Kleindorfer DO, McClure LA, Safford MM, Rhodes D, Cushman M, Soliman EZ, Moy CS, Howard VJ. Traditional risk factors play a minor role in the excess stroke incidence of African Americans: the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study [abstract]. Stroke. 2010; 41(4):E225.

Chamberlain AM, Agarwal SK, Ambrose M, Folsom AR, Soliman EZ, Alonso A. Metabolic syndrome and incidence of atrial fibrillation among blacks and whites in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Am Heart J. 2010; 159(5):850-856.

Soliman EZ, Howard G, Prineas RJ, McClure LA, Howard VJ. Calculating Cornell voltage from nonstandard chest electrode recording site in the Reasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke study. J Electrocardiol. 2010; 43(3):209-214.

Soliman EZ, Prineas RJ, Go AS, Xie D, Lash JP, Rahman M, Ojo A, Teal VL, Jensvold NG, Robinson NL, et al. Chronic kidney disease and prevalent atrial fibrillation: the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC). Am Heart J. 2010; 159(6):1102-1107.

Alonso A, Soliman EZ, Agarwal SK, Loehr L, Folsome AR. PR interval, P wave indices, and incidence of atrial fibrillation in Caucasians and African-Americans: the ARIC cohort [abstract]. Heart Rhythm. 2010; 7(5 Suppl):S44.

Gorodeski EZ, Magnani JW, Prineas RJ, Vitolins MZ, O'Sullivan MJ, Soliman EZ, Martin LW, Limacher MC, Curb JD, Cochrane BB, et al. Epidemiology of P wave indices in healthy post-menopausal women: the Women's Health Initiative [abstract]. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010; 55(10A):A13.E125.

Tamariz L, Agarwal S, Soliman E, Chamberlain A, Prineas R, Folsom A, Ambrose M, Alonso A. Serum uric acid as a predictor of incident atrial fibrillation: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study [abstract]. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010; 55(10A):A7.E62.

Rizk D, McClellan W, Safford M, Soliman EZ, Warnock D, Muntner P. Prevalence and significance of unrecognized myocardial infarctions in chronic kidney disease [abstract]. Am J Kidney Dis. 2010; 55(4):A94.

Soliman EZ, Juma H, Nkosi N. A simple electrocardiogram marker for risk stratification of ischemic stroke in low-resources settings. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2010; 19(5):388-392.

Murad K, Soliman EZ, Morgan TM, Fitzgerald DM, Eggebeen JD, Goff DC, Kitzman DW. Exercise training improves heart rate variability in older patients with heart failure. A randomized, controlled, single-blinded study [abstract]. J Card Fail. 2010; 16(8 Suppl 1):S67.

Marcus GM, Alonso A, Peralta CA, Lettre G, Vittinghoff E, Lubitz SA, Fox ER, Levitzky YS, Mehra R, Soliman EZ, et al. European ancestry as a risk factor for atrial fibrillation in African Americans. Circulation. 2010; 122(20):2009-2015.

Sotoodehnia N, Isaacs A, de Bakker PIW, Dorr M, Newton-Cheh C, Nolte IM, van der Harst P, Muller M, Eijgelsheim M, Soliman EZ, et al. Common variants in 22 loci are associated with QRS duration and cardiac ventricular conduction. Nat Genet. 2010; 42(12):1068-1076.

Furberg CD, Psaty BM, Soliman EZ. Blood pressure and cardiovascular disease. In: Yusuf S, Cairns J, Camm J, Fallen EL, Gersh BJ, eds. Evidence-based cardiology. 3rd ed. Chichester (UK): Wiley-Blackwell; 2010: 165-178.


Soliman EZ, Prineas RJ. Early repolarization and sudden cardiac death [letter]. South Med J. 2009; 102(1):110-111.

Chamberlain AM, Agarwal SK, Ambrose M, Folsom AR, Soliman EZ, Alonso A. Metabolic syndrome and risk of incident atrial fibrillation in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study [abstract]. Circulation. 2009; 119(10):e297.

Alonso A, Agarwal SK, Soliman EZ, Ambrose M, Chamberlain AM, Prineas RJ, Folsom AR. Incidence of atrial fibrillation in whites and African-Americans: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. Am Heart J. 2009; 158(1):111-117.

Benjamin EJ, Rice KM, Arking DE, Pfeufer A, van Noord C, Smith AV, Schnabel RB, Bis JC, Boerwinkle E, Soliman EZ, et al. Variants in ZFHX3 are associated with atrial fibrillation in individuals of European ancestry. Nat Genet. 2009; 41(8):879-881.


Soliman EZ, Alonso A, Goff DC Jr. Atrial fibrillation and ethnicity: the known, the unknown and the paradox. Future Cardiol. 2009; 5(6):547-556.

Soliman EZ, Abdel-Salam M, Dardir MD. A simple ECG marker for the detection of coronary restenosis after successful coronary angioplasty. Intern Med. 2009; 48(20):1793-1798.

Baber U, Howard V, Halperin JL, Soliman EZ, Zhang X, McClellan WM, Warnock DG, Muntner P. Association of chronic kidney disease with atrial fibrillation in the United States [abstract]. Circulation. 2009; 120(18 Suppl 2):S520.

Perez M, Wang PJ, Klein L, Connelly S, Larson J, Limacher M, Manson J, Martin LW, Prineas R, Soliman E, et al. Independent clinical correlates of atrial fibrillation in postmenopausal women: the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study [abstract]. Circulation. 2009; 120(18 Suppl 2):S520.



Furberg CD, Soliman EZ. Double-blindness protects scientific validity [editorial]. J Thromb Haemost. 2008; 6(2):230-231.

Soliman EZ. The ethics of non-inferiority trials [letter]. Lancet. 2008; 371(9616):895.

Soliman EZ, Goff DC Jr. The paradox of racial distribution of atrial fibrillation [letter]. J Natl Med Assoc. 2008; 100(4):447-448.

Soliman EZ, Shalash OA. Homocysteine, vitamins, and vascular disease prevention: more negative results [letter]. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008; 87(4):1069-1070.





Soliman EZ, Juma H. Cardiac disease patterns in northern Malawi: epidemiologic transition perspective. J Epidemiol. 2008; 18(5):204-208.


Soliman EZ, Abdel-Salam M. Effect of repeated coronary angioplasty on QT dispersion [abstract]. Circulation. 2008; 118(12):e241.

Jain A, Tandri H, Dalal D, Chahal H, Soliman EZ, Prineas RJ, Folsom AR, Lima JA, Bluemke DA. Utility of ECG to detect left ventricular hypertrophy defined by cardiac MRI in different ethnic groups: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) [abstract]. Circulation. 2008; 118(18 Suppl 2):833.

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