Ahmed Merghani

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Ahmed Merghani is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Emergency Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Ahmed Merghani has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 7 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 6 papers in Emergency Medicine. Recurrent topics in Ahmed Merghani's work include Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise (25 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (13 papers) and Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (7 papers). Ahmed Merghani is often cited by papers focused on Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise (25 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (13 papers) and Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (7 papers). Ahmed Merghani collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and Portugal. Ahmed Merghani's co-authors include Sanjay Sharma, Aneil Malhotra, Lluı́s Mont, Michael Papadakis, Harshil Dhutia, Maite Tome, Gherardo Finocchiaro, Elijah R. Behr, Alexandros Steriotis and Greg Mellor and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Ahmed Merghani

31 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Etiology of Sudden Death in Sports

2016 337 citations Gherardo Finocchiaro, Michael Papadakis et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ahmed Merghani United Kingdom	11	1.2k	301	218	216	127	32	1.3k
Guido Pieles United Kingdom	15	547 0.5×	97 0.3×	78 0.4×	123 0.6×	43 0.3×	52	791
Patrizio Sarto Italy	13	405 0.3×	32 0.1×	94 0.4×	91 0.4×	43 0.3×	22	562
Nóra Sydó Hungary	14	372 0.3×	63 0.2×	156 0.7×	58 0.3×	10 0.1×	46	461
Luigi Sciarra Italy	22	1.5k 1.2×	60 0.2×	20 0.1×	41 0.2×	26 0.2×	127	1.5k
Adwin R. Hoogeveen Netherlands	18	237 0.2×	29 0.1×	221 1.0×	406 1.9×	7 0.1×	38	794
Caroline M. Van De Heyning Belgium	16	541 0.5×	224 0.7×	62 0.3×	8 0.0×	6 0.0×	56	792
Kjetil Isaksen Norway	11	250 0.2×	37 0.1×	167 0.8×	13 0.1×	5 0.0×	22	448
Damien Vitiello France	11	143 0.1×	25 0.1×	61 0.3×	39 0.2×	5 0.0×	41	307
Erik Madssen Norway	10	188 0.2×	29 0.1×	126 0.6×	20 0.1×	3 0.0×	26	375
A. Christian Blank Netherlands	10	220 0.2×	29 0.1×	51 0.2×	11 0.1×	6 0.0×	16	434

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20 of 20 papers shown

Tomoaia, Raluca, Ahmed Merghani, Efstathios Papatheodorou, et al.. (2025). Sex-based differences in masters athletes: insights from CPET and cardiac MRI analysis. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 32(Supplement_1). 1 indexed citations

Zaffalon, Denise, Efstathios Papatheodorou, Ahmed Merghani, et al.. (2022). Role of the electrocardiogram in differentiating genetically determined dilated cardiomyopathy from athlete's heart. European Journal of Clinical Investigation. 52(10). e13837–e13837. 4 indexed citations

Papatheodorou, Efstathios, Chris Miles, Ahmed Merghani, et al.. (2022). Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy and differential diagnosis with physiological right ventricular remodelling in athletes using cardiovascular magnetic resonance. The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging. 38(12). 2723–2732. 6 indexed citations

Proietti, Riccardo, Shamil Yusuf, Sandeep Panikker, et al.. (2021). Impact of a high-density grid catheter on long-term outcomes for structural heart disease ventricular tachycardia ablation. Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology. 62(3). 519–529. 16 indexed citations

Malhotra, Aneil, Harshil Dhutia, Sabiha Gati, et al.. (2017). Anterior T-Wave Inversion in Young White Athletes and Nonathletes. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 69(1). 1–9. 82 indexed citations

Merghani, Ahmed, Viviana Maestrini, Stefania Rosmini, et al.. (2017). P3990Exercise-induced arrhythmogenic right ventricular remodeling in master endurance athletes. European Heart Journal. 38(suppl_1). 3 indexed citations

Rosmini, Stefania, Heerajnarain Bulluck, Thomas A. Treibel, et al.. (2016). Native myocardial T1 and ECV with age and gender developing normal reference ranges - a 94 healthy volunteer study. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 18. O42–O42. 6 indexed citations

Finocchiaro, Gherardo, Michael Papadakis, Jan‐Lukas Robertus, et al.. (2016). Etiology of Sudden Death in Sports. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 67(18). 2108–2115. 337 indexed citations breakdown →

Dhutia, Harshil, Aneil Malhotra, Ahmed Merghani, et al.. (2016). Cost Implications of Using Different ECG Criteria for Screening Young Athletes in the United Kingdom. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 68(7). 702–711. 45 indexed citations

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Dores, Hélder, Aneil Malhotra, Nabeel Sheikh, et al.. (2016). Abnormal electrocardiographic findings in athletes: Correlation with intensity of sport and level of competition. Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia. 35(11). 593–600. 5 indexed citations

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Rosmini, Stefania, Heerajnarain Bulluck, Thomas A. Treibel, et al.. (2016). Hematocrit, iron and HDL-cholesterol explain 90% of variation in native blood T1. Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 18. O86–O86. 2 indexed citations

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Bastiaenen, Rachel, Navin Chandra, Ahmed Merghani, et al.. (2016). The Ventricular Ectopic QRS Interval. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology. 2(5). 587–595. 6 indexed citations

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Merghani, Ahmed, Aneil Malhotra, & Sanjay Sharma. (2015). The U-shaped relationship between exercise and cardiac morbidity. Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine. 26(3). 232–240. 112 indexed citations

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Dhutia, Harshil, Aneil Malhotra, Sameer Parpia, et al.. (2015). The prevalence and significance of a short QT interval in 18 825 low-risk individuals including athletes. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 50(2). 124–129. 50 indexed citations

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Sharma, Sanjay, Ahmed Merghani, & Lluı́s Mont. (2015). Exercise and the heart: the good, the bad, and the ugly. European Heart Journal. 36(23). 1445–1453. 234 indexed citations

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Malhotra, Aneil, Nabeel Sheikh, Harshil Dhutia, et al.. (2014). 91 Differentiating Physiological Left Ventricular Hypertrophy from Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Athletes: Proposed Echocardiographic Protocol. Heart. 100(Suppl 3). A52.2–A52. 1 indexed citations

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Sheikh, Nabeel, Michael Papadakis, Aneil Malhotra, et al.. (2014). 89 The Electrocardiographic Phenotype in Athletes with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Implications for Pre-Participation Cardiovascular Evaluation Using Electrocardiography. Heart. 100(Suppl 3). A51–A51. 1 indexed citations

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Narain, Rajay, Jared R. Mayers, Harshil Dhutia, et al.. (2014). Preventing sudden cardiac death in the young: Results form a population-based screening program in the UK. Indian Heart Journal. 66. S69–S69. 3 indexed citations

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Merghani, Ahmed, et al.. (2013). Sudden Death in Marathon Runners. Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics. 5(1). 43–51. 4 indexed citations

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Merghani, Ahmed & Sanjay Sharma. (2012). Identifying patients at risk of sudden arrhythmic death.. PubMed. 256(1755). 15–8, 2. 2 indexed citations

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