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Muhammad Imtiaz Ahmad MBBS

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Assistant Professor

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Medicine
Division: Medicine General Internal

Publications (55)

  • Lipoprotein(a), Insulin Resistance, and Cardiovascular Disease in the UK Biobank. (Kazibwe R, Schaich CL, Chevli PA, Kingsley JA, Mirzai S, Namutebi JH, Imtiaz Ahmad M, Mehta A, Bhatia HS, Paukner M, Rikhi R, Michos ED, Shapiro MD) J Am Heart Assoc 2026 Feb 17;15(4):e042361 PMID: 41669947 PMCID: PMC13055481 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105030513453 02/11/2026    
  • Association between cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome, inflammatory biomarkers, and cardiovascular outcomes: Insights from the MESA study. (Ahmad MI, Chevli P, Mirzai S, Spitz JA, Sharma G, Lima J, Nasir K, Blaha MJ, Pagidipati NJ, Blumenthal RS, Shapiro MD) Atherosclerosis 2025 Nov;410:120521 PMID: 41066800 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105018121395 10/09/2025       1 Citation
  • Relationship between interleukin-6, coronary artery calcium and risk of heart failure: Insights from MESA. (Ahmad MI, Chevli PA, Mirzai S, Rikhi R, Pagidipati N, Slipczuk L, Szklo M, Shapiro MD) Am J Prev Cardiol 2025 Dec;24:101310 PMID: 41050552 PMCID: PMC12495076 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105017665456 10/06/2025    
  • Retrospective analysis of disparities and excess mental health, opioid and alcohol mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. (Shami B, Al-Kindi SG, Al-Jammal M, Janus SE, Hackler E 3rd, Chami T, Haisam A, Ahmad MI) J Ethn Subst Abuse 2025 Jun 14:1-10 PMID: 40515753 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105009524038 06/14/2025    
  • Waist to hip ratio modifies the cardiovascular risk of lipoprotein (a): Insights from MESA. (Ahmad MI, Chevli PA, Mirzai S, Rikhi R, Bhatia H, Pagidipati N, Blumenthal R, Razavi AC, Ruddiman K, Spitz JA, Nasir K, Shapiro MD) Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2025;89:5-12 PMID: 40081639 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105000323729 03/14/2025       4 Citations
  • Effect of Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering on the Risk of Incident Silent Myocardial Infarction: A Post Hoc Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial. (Kazibwe R, Ahmad MI, Singh S, Chen LY, Soliman EZ) Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 2024 Nov;29(6):e70018 PMID: 39359164 PMCID: PMC11447273 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85205527516 10/03/2024       1 Citation
  • Isolated diastolic hypertension and cardiovascular outcomes across different diagnostic guidelines: a systematic review and meta-analysis. (Agarwal A, Mostafa MA, Ahmad MI, Soliman EZ) Egypt Heart J 2024 Sep 14;76(1):127 PMID: 39276199 PMCID: PMC11401826 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85204130260 09/14/2024       4 Citations
  • Malignant left ventricular hypertrophy and risk of cognitive impairment in SPRINT MIND trial. (Kazibwe R, Ahmad MI, Hughes TM, Chen LY, Soliman EZ) Am Heart J 2024 Oct;276:31-38 PMID: 39067559 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85200505582 07/28/2024    
  • Effect of vigorous-intensity physical activity on incident cognitive impairment in high-risk hypertension. (Kazibwe R, Schaich CL, Muhammad AI, Epiu I, Namutebi JH, Chevli PA, Kazibwe J, Hughes T, Rikhi RR, Shapiro MD, Yeboah J) Alzheimers Dement 2024 Jul;20(7):4602-4612 PMID: 38842100 PMCID: PMC11247677 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85195273285 06/06/2024       4 Citations
  • Association between blood pressure levels and premature atrial contractions in patients with hypertension. (Mostafa MA, Soliman MZ, Li Y, Singleton MJ, Ahmad MI, Soliman EZ) Am J Med Sci 2024 Oct;368(4):341-345 PMID: 38825075 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85195449691 06/03/2024       1 Citation
  • Exploring the Link between Anticoagulation, Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review. (Agarwal A, Mostafa MA, Ahmad MI, Soliman EZ) J Clin Med 2024 Apr 21;13(8) PMID: 38673694 PMCID: PMC11051417 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85191347288 04/27/2024       7 Citations
  • Association between Blood Lead Levels and Silent Myocardial Infarction in the General Population. (Mostafa MA, Abueissa MA, Soliman MZ, Ahmad MI, Soliman EZ) J Clin Med 2024 Mar 10;13(6) PMID: 38541807 PMCID: PMC10970933 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85188991911 03/28/2024       2 Citations
  • Small dense low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and coronary artery calcification in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. (Rikhi R, Schaich CL, Hafzalla GW, Patel NA, Tannenbaum JE, German CA, Polonsky T, Tsai MY, Ahmad MI, Islam T, Chevli PA, Shapiro MD) Eur J Prev Cardiol 2024 Jun 03;31(8):1048-1054 PMID: 38323698 PMCID: PMC11144463 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85189682634 02/07/2024       9 Citations
  • Racial differences in prevalence and impact of electrocardiographic subclinical myocardial injury risk factors. (Soliman MZ, Kozman SA, Li Y, Soliman EZ, Ahmad MI) Am J Med Sci 2024 Jun;367(6):352-356 PMID: 38301824 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85187559592 02/02/2024       1 Citation
  • Electrocardiographic left atrial abnormality and risk of heart failure. (Li S, Ahmad MI, Li Y, Soliman EZ) J Electrocardiol 2024;82:7-10 PMID: 37992497 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85177827720 11/23/2023    
  • Association between weight variability, weight change and clinical outcomes in hypertension. (Kazibwe R, Singleton MJ, Ahmad MI, Kaze AD, Chevli PA, Namutebi JH, Kasozi RN, Asiimwe DD, Kazibwe J, Shapiro MD, Yeboah J) Am J Prev Cardiol 2023 Dec;16:100610 PMID: 37942025 PMCID: PMC10630599 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85175091304 11/09/2023       4 Citations
  • Joint Association of Albuminuria and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy With Incident Heart Failure in Adults at High Risk With Hypertension: A Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial Substudy. (Ahmad MI, Kazibwe R, Soliman MZ, Singh S, Chen LY, Soliman EZ) Am J Cardiol 2023 Dec 01;208:75-82 PMID: 37820550 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85173477396 10/12/2023    
  • Association of Empirical Dietary Inflammatory Potential with Mortality: Results from the Third National Nutrition Examination Survey. (Mostafa MA, Skipina T, Anees MA, Soliman EZ, Ahmad MI) J Res Health Sci 2023 Jun;23(2):e00578 PMID: 37571949 PMCID: PMC10422134 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85168222164 08/12/2023       2 Citations
  • Electrocardiographic markers of atrial cardiomyopathy and risk of heart failure in the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis (MESA) cohort. (Ahmad MI, Mujtaba M, Floyd JS, Chen LY, Soliman EZ) Front Cardiovasc Med 2023;10:1143338 PMID: 37180781 PMCID: PMC10169752 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85158969267 05/14/2023       6 Citations
  • Interrelations between albuminuria, electrocardiographic left atrial abnormality, and incident atrial fibrillation in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) cohort. (Ahmad MI, Chen LY, Singh S, Luqman-Arafath TK, Kamel H, Soliman EZ) Int J Cardiol 2023 Jul 15;383:102-109 PMID: 37100232 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85153875865 04/27/2023       5 Citations
  • Relationship between abnormal P-wave axis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and mortality in the general population. (Kazibwe R, Ahmad MI, Luqman-Arafat TK, Chen H, Yeboah J, Soliman EZ) J Electrocardiol 2023;79:100-107 PMID: 37030109 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85151561847 04/09/2023       1 Citation
  • Relationship between premature ventricular complexes and stroke mortality in the general population. (Ahmad MI, Soliman MZ, Soliman EZ) J Electrocardiol 2023;77:41-45 PMID: 36584548 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85144974201 12/31/2022       4 Citations
  • Relation of Electrocardiographic Abnormal P-Wave Axis With Stroke Mortality in the General Population. (Ahmad MI, Tk LA, Anees MA, Chen LY, Soliman EZ) Am J Cardiol 2022 Oct 01;180:59-64 PMID: 35945040 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85135511722 08/10/2022       2 Citations
  • Relationship Between High Blood Pressure, Atrial Cardiopathy, and Mortality in the General Population. (Imtiaz Ahmad M, Mendys PM, Kelly SP, Chen LY, Soliman EZ) Am J Hypertens 2023 Jan 01;36(1):33-41 PMID: 35861252 PMCID: PMC9793894 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85143735593 07/22/2022       3 Citations
  • Alcohol Consumption and Systemic Hypertension (from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey). (Aladin AI, Chevli PA, Ahmad MI, Rasool SH, Herrington DM) Am J Cardiol 2021 Dec 01;160:60-66 PMID: 34548145 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85115159844 09/23/2021       14 Citations
  • The role of traditional risk factors in explaining the social disparities in cardiovascular death: The national health and Nutrition Examination Survey III (NHANES III). (Zhang W, Ahmad MI, Soliman EZ) Am J Prev Cardiol 2020 Dec;4:100094 PMID: 34327470 PMCID: PMC8315458 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85152426166 07/31/2021       6 Citations
  • Preventing Diabetes and Atherosclerosis in the Cardiometabolic Syndrome. (Ahmad MI, Shapiro MD) Curr Atheroscler Rep 2021 Mar 09;23(4):16 PMID: 33686460 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85102440308 03/10/2021       12 Citations
  • Subclinical myocardial injury and cardiovascular mortality: Racial differences in prevalence and risk (from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination survey). (Broughton ST, Ahmad M, Soliman EZ, Magnani JW) Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 2021 Jul;26(4):e12827 PMID: 33675082 PMCID: PMC8293602 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85102054773 03/07/2021       3 Citations
  • Impact of low fasting plasma glucose on mortality in the general population. (Chevli PA, Ahmad MI, Hari K, Anees MA, Soliman EZ) Diab Vasc Dis Res 2020;17(3):1479164120930599 PMID: 32720509 PMCID: PMC7607395 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85087131564 07/29/2020       3 Citations
  • Association of Atrial Fibrillation Without Cardiovascular Comorbidities and Stroke Risk: From the REGARDS Study. (Singleton MJ, Imtiaz-Ahmad M, Kamel H, O'Neal WT, Judd SE, Howard VJ, Howard G, Soliman EZ, Bhave PD) J Am Heart Assoc 2020 Jun 16;9(12):e016380 PMID: 32495723 PMCID: PMC7429041 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85086525361 06/05/2020       20 Citations
  • Electrocardiographic myocardial injury and stroke mortality in the general population. (Ahmad MI, Li Y, Soliman MZ, Stacey RB, Kamel H, Soliman EZ) J Electrocardiol 2020;60:126-130 PMID: 32361087 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85083793050 05/04/2020       1 Citation
  • Interrelations of Cumulative Social Risk, Silent Myocardial Infarction, and Mortality in the General Population. (Patel N, Ahmad MI, Zhang W, Soliman EZ) Am J Cardiol 2020 Jun 15;125(12):1823-1828 PMID: 32327189 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85083459954 04/25/2020       5 Citations
  • Incidence, Predictors, and Prognosis of Acute Kidney Injury Among Cardiac Arrest Survivors. (Dutta A, Hari KJ, Azizian J, Masmoudi Y, Khalid F, Kowal JL, Ahmad MI, Majeed M, Macdonald L, Sunkara P, Qureshi WT) J Intensive Care Med 2021 May;36(5):550-556 PMID: 32242492 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85082965052 04/04/2020       26 Citations
  • Response to the Letter to the Editor. (Majeed CN, Ahmad MI, Ahsan I, Anees MA, Maheshwari SK, Soliman EZ) Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 2020 Mar;25(2):e12756 PMID: 32154617 PMCID: PMC7358885 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85081232925 03/11/2020    
  • Impact of the Location of ST-T Abnormalities Accompanying Minor Q-Waves on the Definition of Prior Myocardial Infarction. (Lee HL, Ahmad MI, Li Y, Stacey RB, Soliman EZ) Am J Cardiol 2020 Mar 15;125(6):860-865 PMID: 31926633 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85077648268 01/14/2020    
  • Relations Between Physical Activity, Subclinical Myocardial Injury, and Cardiovascular Mortality in the General Population. (German C, Ahmad MI, Li Y, Soliman EZ) Am J Cardiol 2020 Jan 15;125(2):205-209 PMID: 31847957 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85076792051 12/19/2019       13 Citations
  • Association of Obesity Phenotypes with Electrocardiographic Markers of Poor Outcomes in the General Population. (Ahmad MI, Mongraw-Chaffin M, Lewis KH, Chen H, Ard JD, Soliman EZ) Obesity (Silver Spring) 2019 Dec;27(12):2076-2083 PMID: 31657153 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85074603555 10/28/2019       8 Citations
  • Atrial cardiopathy and stroke mortality in the general population. (Ahmad MI, Singleton MJ, Bhave PD, Kamel H, Soliman EZ) Int J Stroke 2020 Aug;15(6):650-656 PMID: 31530133 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85074303210 09/19/2019       13 Citations
  • Relation of total bilirubin and QT interval prolongation (from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey). (Majeed CN, Ahmad MI, Ahsan I, Anees MA, Maheshwari SK, Soliman EZ) Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 2020 Mar;25(2):e12696 PMID: 31498504 PMCID: PMC7358851 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85072014595 09/10/2019       5 Citations
  • Interrelation Between Electrocardiographic Left Atrial Abnormality, Left Ventricular Hypertrophy, and Mortality in Participants With Hypertension. (Ahmad MI, Mujtaba M, Anees MA, Li Y, Soliman EZ) Am J Cardiol 2019 Sep 15;124(6):886-891 PMID: 31324356 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85068935678 07/22/2019       16 Citations
  • Serum Cotinine and Silent Myocardial Infarction in Individuals Free from Cardiovascular Disease. (Brunetti R, Hicklin H, Rackley J, Ahmad MI, Li Y, Soliman EZ) Am J Cardiol 2019 Sep 01;124(5):666-670 PMID: 31272704 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85068043845 07/06/2019       9 Citations
  • Relation of Marital Status and QT Interval Prolongation (from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey). (Ahmad MI, Majeed CN, Chaudhary D, Dutta A, Jogu HR, Soliman EZ) Am J Cardiol 2019 Jul 15;124(2):211-215 PMID: 31084996 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85065444086 05/16/2019       1 Citation
  • Wake Forest University long-term follow-up of type 2 myocardial infarction: The Wake-Up T2MI Registry. (Jogu HR, Arora S, Vaduganathan M, Qamar A, Pandey A, Chevli PA, Pansuriya TH, Ahmad MI, Dutta A, Sunkara PR, Qureshi W, Vasu S, Upadhya B, Bhatt DL, Januzzi JL Jr, Herrington D) Clin Cardiol 2019 Jun;42(6):592-604 PMID: 30941774 PMCID: PMC6553563 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85064560057 04/04/2019       4 Citations
  • Prognostic significance of electrocardiographic right ventricular hypertrophy in the general population. (Kowal J, Ahmad MI, Li Y, Soliman EZ) J Electrocardiol 2019;54:49-53 PMID: 30901607 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85063060840 03/23/2019       4 Citations
  • Interrelationships Between American Heart Association's Life's Simple 7, ECG Silent Myocardial Infarction, and Cardiovascular Mortality. (Ahmad MI, Chevli PA, Barot H, Soliman EZ) J Am Heart Assoc 2019 Mar 19;8(6):e011648 PMID: 30859894 PMCID: PMC6475074 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85062845387 03/13/2019       21 Citations
  • Alcohol Consumption and Hypertension (Aladin Amer, Chevli, Parag, Ahmad Muhammad Imtiaz, Rasool Shereen, Herrington David) Journal of the American College of Cardiology Aladin A, Chevli P, Ahmad Muhammad I, Rasool S, Herrington D. ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND RISK OF HYPERTENSION. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2019;73(9_Supplement_2):12-. doi: 10.1016/S0735-1097(19)33774-X. 03/12/2019    
  • Relation of Minor Electrocardiographic Abnormalities to Cardiovascular Mortality. (Hari KJ, Singleton MJ, Ahmad MI, Soliman EZ) Am J Cardiol 2019 May 01;123(9):1443-1447 PMID: 30792000 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85061661187 02/23/2019       8 Citations
  • Electrocardiographic subclinical myocardial injury and alcohol consumption: a cross-sectional analysis of data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. (Chevli PA, Ahmad MI, Jogu HR, Dutta A, Anees MA, Sunkara PR, Aladin AI) Am J Cardiovasc Dis 2018;8(5):58-65 PMID: 30697451 PMCID: PMC6334197 01/31/2019    
  • Association of vitamin D deficiency with electrocardiographic markers of left atrial abnormalities. (Anees MA, Ahmad MI, Chevli PA, Li Y, Soliman EZ) Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 2019 May;24(3):e12626 PMID: 30659705 PMCID: PMC6931612 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85060332076 01/20/2019       4 Citations
  • Association of obesity phenotypes with electrocardiographic subclinical myocardial injury in the general population. (Vasim I, Ahmad MI, Mongraw-Chaffin M, Soliman EZ) Clin Cardiol 2019 Mar;42(3):373-378 PMID: 30652323 PMCID: PMC6712312 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85061188031 01/18/2019       11 Citations
  • Interrelations Between Serum Uric Acid, Silent Myocardial Infarction, and Mortality in the General Population. (Ahmad MI, Dutta A, Anees MA, Soliman EZ) Am J Cardiol 2019 Mar 15;123(6):882-888 PMID: 30617009 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85059476721 01/09/2019       12 Citations
  • Association of obesity phenotypes with electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy in the general population. (Ahmad MI, Li Y, Soliman EZ) J Electrocardiol 2018;51(6):1125-1130 PMID: 30497743 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85054665264 12/01/2018       5 Citations
  • Vitamin D deficiency and electrocardiographic subclinical myocardial injury: Results from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey-III. (Ahmad MI, Chevli PA, Li Y, Soliman EZ) Clin Cardiol 2018 Nov;41(11):1468-1473 PMID: 30239028 PMCID: PMC6489797 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85057048325 09/22/2018       14 Citations
  • Smoking and risk of atrial fibrillation in the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study. (Imtiaz Ahmad M, Mosley CD, O'Neal WT, Judd SE, McClure LA, Howard VJ, Howard G, Soliman EZ) J Cardiol 2018 Feb;71(2):113-117 PMID: 28886993 PMCID: PMC5735021 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85028728558 09/10/2017       15 Citations
  • Smoking and risk of atrial fibrillation in the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study 09/05/2017    
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