Dr Mohamed Dafaalla

Mohamed Dafaalla

Mohamed Dafaalla is a cardiology registrar at the  West Midland deanery who joined Keele cardiovascular research group as an academic clinical fellow in 2020. He is currently a PhD fellow at Keele University. He uses nationally linked clinical registries to study outcomes of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). As an academic clinical fellow, he studied outcomes of AMI patients presenting with out of hospital cardiac arrest. He was awarded the Terumo research fellowship to complete a PhD at Keele university. His PhD focuses on assessment of clinical outcomes of AMI in cancer patients. 

Publications

Heart Failure Readmission in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Active Cancer. Mohamed Dafaalla, Dmitry Abramov, Harriette G.C. Van Spall, Arjun K. Ghosh, Chris P. Gale, Sarah Zaman, Muhammad Rashid, Mamas A. Mamas. JACC: CardioOncology, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccao.2023.10.011

Outcomes of ST elevation myocardial infarction in patients with cancer: a nationwide study. Dafaalla M, Abdel-Qadir H, Gale CP, Sun L, López-Fernández T, Miller RJH, Wojakowski W, Nolan J, Rashid M, Mamas MA. Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes. 2023 Dec 22;9(8):806-817. doi: 10.1093/ehjqcco/qcad012. PMID: 36921979 

Outcomes of ST elevation myocardial infarction in patients with cancer: a nationwide study. Dafaalla M, Abdel-Qadir H, Gale CP, Sun L, López-Fernández T, Miller RJH, Wojakowski W, Nolan J, Rashid M, Mamas MA. Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes. 2023 Dec 22;9(8):806-817. doi: 0.1093/ehjqcco/qcad012. PMID: 36921979 

Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Who Underwent Coronary Atherectomy in Centers With and Without On-Site Cardiac Surgery. Dafaalla M, Rashid M, Moledina S, Kinnaird T, Ludman P, Curzen N, Zaman S, Nolan J, Mamas MA. Am J Cardiol. 2023 Oct 1;204:242-248. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.07.073. Epub 2023 Aug 7. PMID: 37556893 

Women Are Less Likely to Survive AMI Presenting With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Nationwide Study. Dafaalla M, Rashid M, Van Spall HGC, Mehta L, Parwani P, Sharma G, Palmer RB, Moledina S, Volgman AS, Mamas MA. Mayo Clin Proc. 2022 Sep;97(9):1608-1618. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2022.06.011. PMID: 36058575 

Effect of Location on Treatment and Outcomes of Cardiac Arrest Complicating Acute Myocardial Infarction in England & Wales. Dafaalla M, Rashid M, Weston C, Kinnaird T, Gurm H, Appleby C, Shoaib A, Stevens C, Alraies CM, Curzen N, Mamas MA. Am J Cardiol. 2021 Aug 1;152:1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2021.04.032. Epub 2021 Jun 12. PMID: 34127249 

Effect of the Timing of Admission of Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Complicating Acute Myocardial Infarction on Management and Outcome. Dafaalla M, Rashid M, Weston C, D'Ascenzo F, De Ferrari GM, Hussain ST, Mohamed MO, Shoaib A, Curzen N, Mamas MA. Am J Cardiol. 2021 Oct 1;156:1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2021.06.042. Epub 2021 Aug 2. PMID: 34353630 

Impact of availability of catheter laboratory facilities on management and outcomes of acute myocardial infarction presenting with out of hospital cardiac arrest. Dafaalla M, Rashid M, Sun L, Quinn T, Timmis A, Wijeysundera H, Bagur R, Michos E, Curzen N, Mamas MA. Resuscitation. 2022 Jan;170:327-334. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.10.031. Epub 2021 Oct 27. PMID: 34718080